Students shouldn’t have to choose between groceries and graduation.

Half of City Colleges students identify as food insecure. Access to a no-cost, reliable food source is critical to staying on track toward a degree or credential, and ultimately, a family sustaining career.

In September, City Colleges launched an expanded partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to step up our response to food insecurity. This Food Security for Life initiative includes expanded on-campus food markets, snacks to go for all students, meals –to go for eligible students, and stronger connections to public benefits.

Feed a student, support your community.

As federal funding for food assistance is slashed, any amount helps us provide food and resources to our students.
Your donation will go directly to food resources for students and their families, including:

  • Fresh and shelf stable groceries
  • Frozen meals to go
  • Snacks available around campus

Any amount helps, and if you make a donation of $150 or more, you can opt in for a City Colleges t-shirt to show that you are a champion of our city’s students.

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Your generosity has not only brought me closer to achieving my dreams but has also inspired me to one day give back to others in need, just as you have done for me. I am committed to making the most of this opportunity and to working hard every day to make a positive impact.
Natnael Kifle, Scholarship Recipient
City Colleges of Chicago empowers all residents of Chicago and beyond to better themselves, their families, and their communities.
Theresa, City Colleges of Chicago Foundation Donor and Employee

More ways to Support City Colleges Students

Choose how you’d like to support City Colleges students by selecting one – or more! – fund to donate to below.

Unrestricted Scholarship Fund

Students face any number of other unexpected financial crises that threaten to derail their educational attainment. We are deeply committed to meeting student needs through support, guidance and emergency funding to help them navigate these challenges.

Student Emergency Fund

 Students face any number of unexpected financial crises that threaten to derail their educational attainment. We are deeply committed to meeting student needs through support, guidance and emergency funding to help them navigate these challenges.

Star Plus Scholarship Fund

The Star Plus Scholarship Fund provides financial support to City Colleges of Chicago Star Scholar graduates that maintained a B average or better and who are admitted to four-year higher education institutions.

Student Technology Equity Fund

The Student Technology Equity Fund supports students with low access to digital resources and students of color by providing them with access to technology, internet connectivity, and other classes and supports needed to succeed at school and beyond.

Timuel D. Black Jr. Scholarship and Fellowship Fund

The Timuel D. Black Scholarship Fund provides support to City Colleges students who have an interest in civil rights, community activism, and being a changemaker in our communities.

The Walter & Shirley Massey Scholarship for STEM Students

The Walter & Shirley Massey Scholarship for STEM Students supports City Colleges of Chicago students who are working toward a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics degree.

CCC Monarch Fund

Please contact the City Colleges of Chicago Foundation at CCCFoundation@ccc.edu if you’d like to learn more about this fund.

CCC Cybersecurity Career Accelerator (CCA)

Help send non-traditional community college students to Hacker Summer Camp, where they can take their first steps toward a career in cybersecurity.

Romulo V. Ronquillo Memorial Endowment Fund

The Romulo V. Ronquillo Memorial Endowment Fund will support immigrant students or students seeking to make a life change, to pursue a career in Respiratory Care at Malcolm X College where he was an alumnus.

Alumni Giving Fund

Help more City Colleges students reach their goals and become alumni – just like you. 

Malcolm X College Study Abroad Fund

Help promote social-emotional learning, strengthen student identities, and improve Black male student outcomes by donating to Malcolm X College’s study abroad program, which will visit various locations across Africa.

Harold Washington College Fund

Harold Washington College is a student-centered institution that empowers all members of its community through accessible and affordable academic advancement, career development, and personal enrichment.

Harry S Truman College Fund

Truman College is a vibrant and vital part of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, delivering high-quality, innovative, affordable and accessible educational opportunities and services. 

Kennedy-King College Fund

Kennedy-King College embodies the commitment to academic excellence and civic responsibility exemplified by its namesakes, civil and human rights activists Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Malcolm X College Fund

Malcolm X College, the iconic and historic institution on the West Side of Chicago, strives to deliver quality, affordable educational opportunities that prepare students to pursue further college or a career in a rapidly changing and diverse global economy.

Olive-Harvey College Fund

Olive-Harvey College is dedicated to the academic success of all of its students and provides high-quality educational programs and support services.

Richard J. Daley College Fund

Richard J. Daley College empowers a diverse community to achieve their goals through innovative education and programming in a supportive, inclusive, and equitable environment for life‐long learning.

Wilbur Wright College Fund

Wright College is a learning-centered, multi-campus institution of higher education, offering students of diverse backgrounds, talents, and abilities a quality education leading to baccalaureate transfer, career advancement, and/or personal development.

About the City Colleges of Chicago Foundation 

Fueled by the generosity of Chicago’s philanthropic community, the City Colleges of Chicago Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, raises charitable contributions to support City Colleges students as they reach their academic and career goals.