Previously Funded Grants

Ascension Illinois (formally AMITA Health) is a faith-based healthcare system in the greater Chicago area. The Foundation's programs focus on meeting people where they are in their lives and in their community. By taking care of their minds, bodies, and spirits. By helping everyone access the exceptional, compassionate healthcare we all need and deserve. By giving special attention, outreach, and support to those living on the margins and with the greatest needs.

As the largest behavioral medicine provider in Illinois, Ascension IL and the Foundation are committed to meeting every need of everyone they serve; giving people in psychiatric crisis care in the right time and place; educating and intervening early with youth and young adults; and leaving no one behind in addressing the ever-increasing needs of mental health treatment and support.

Since 2016, Kenny's Kids has invested over $1M in Ascension Illinois' behavioral health programs focused on youth and young adults. Funding has directly supported community mental health centers, a residential addiction and/or anxiety treatment center, expansion of outpatient and "day treatment" facilities, and the establishment of a new in-patient eating disorder unit.

Click here to learn more about Ascension Illinois Foundation's mission, programs, and philanthropic opportunities.

Swimmers for Life was established in 2014 by then-high school varsity swimmers who were alarmed when they learned that drowning is the second leading cause of accidental childhood deaths and that formal swim lessons could reduce drowning by 88%.

Swimmers for Life raises money to fund swim lessons for children in the community that otherwise wouldn't learn to swim due to financial constraints. They partner with local organizations, such as YMCAs, to provide the actual lessons they are funding.

Kenny's Kids has supported Swimmers for Life since its inception and continues this partnership to this day.

To learn more about the life-saving mission of Swimmers for Life, click here.

The Taylor Family Foundation, based in Livermore, CA, has been serving children for the past 30 years. TTFF's Camp Arroyo program is a unique camp experience where kids with special needs can just be kids. Whether it's children with life-threatening and chronic illnesses or development disabilities, Camp Arroyo provide kids a safe and nurturing environment. A place where kids are surrounded by children with similar conditions, and individuality is not taboo, but celebrated.

In addition to on-line and virtual programs, TTFF brings music therapy to several Bay Area hospitals via their mobile music therapy program, Sophie's Place. By partnering with local hospitals, TTFF's Urgent Needs Fund provides financial assistance to families for items such as food, gas, funeral services, prescriptions, and treatments that insurance won’t cover.

Kenny's Kids has provided over $1.1M of funding to TTFF over the past 15 years, with the majority of the funding focused on two key programs. Kenny's Kids directly funds the Camp Arroyo program so kids can experience overnight camp for free, with all the activities, specialty staff, services, and care required. By funding the Urgent Needs Fund, Kenny's Kids eases some of the financial burden families face so parents can concentrate on their children.

Click here to learn more about The Taylor Family Foundation and their programs that serve approximately 3,000 children and families each year.

To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) is a national, nonprofit organization that exists to spread hope and find help for those struggling with mental health issues. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and invest directly in treatment and recovery. Since its founding in 2006, TWLOHA has responded to over 200,000 messages from people around the world, shared over 1,000 blog posts and launched a podcast, and donated over $2.6 million to treatment and recovery.

TWLOHA hosts several annual fundraising campaigns to provide life-saving resources. For the past seven years, Kenny’s Kids has provided matching funds to their Suicide Prevention fundraiser. This program raises in excess of $250,000 annually to provide counseling scholarships and their "Find Help" tool allows individuals to access resources in their community.

TWLOHA also hosts educational conferences to equip and educate others and has created programs for high school- and college-aged students to get involved in spreading their mission. The "Between the Bells" campaign is a week-long interactive program designed to engage high school students in starting impactful conversations and "TWLOHA UChapters" are a network of student organizations on collegiate campuses that exist to embody the mission and vision of TWLOHA.

Click here to learn more about TWLOHA and how you can bring their mission to your community.

We Care Services for Children has a 60-year history of helping change the lives of Northern California’s most vulnerable children. What started as on organization to address the lack of treatment and services for children with severe disabilities, We Care has expanded and evolved. Today, We Care’s services encompass a wide array of programming to support families and children from birth to six-years-old.

Through We Care’s targeted, compassionate, and effective early intervention services, families have help handling the developmental, behavioral, emotional, and educational needs of their young children. We Care’s programs help children reach their full potential regardless of their abilities or circumstances.

Kenny’s Kids support of We Care touches on many of their programs, including early childhood mental health, individual and family therapy, developmental playgroups, intensive foster care services, and wraparound services.

To learn more about the extensive programs offered by We Care Services for Children and how you can get involved, click here.