What started as a vision to provide senior care and housing for Greek elders in need, the Hellenic Foundation has evolved into a multi-faceted foundation and resource for a broader range of people and programs within Chicago’s Greek and Orthodox communities.

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Today, the Hellenic Foundation continues to fulfill its original mission of caring for elders through its senior in-home care services. With years of experience and a dedicated, multilingual staff of home health care professionals, the Hellenic Foundation helps seniors from a variety of ethnic backgrounds remain in their homes when possible, with dignity, respect, and sensitivity to their unique cultural needs.

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Through its Grant Program, the Hellenic Foundation seeks to harness the commitment, creativity, and ingenuity of a vast array of local nonprofit organizations that provide key programs and services to the Greek and Orthodox communities. Each year the Hellenic Foundation awards grants to qualified recipients whose missions and programs enhance and preserve our Greek language, culture, heritage, and religion in the Chicago area. Since 2016, the Hellenic Foundation has awarded more than $3.4 million specifically for programs and projects benefiting Chicagoland’s Greek and Orthodox communities.

Together with the Philoptochos of the Metropolis of Chicago, the Hellenic Foundation’s Emergency Fund also provides critical assistance to individuals in need during crisis situations.

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The Hellenic Foundation Initiative Programs reflect its mission and contribute more than $400,000 in funding to benefit the community. 

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• Through the Golden Circle initiative, launched in 2022, the Hellenic Foundation promotes senior group outings and encourages interactions among the senior citizen groups of the Greek Orthodox parishes outside the participating church’s immediate area.  

• Established in 2022, OCF Chicago offers centralized college ministry services for OCF chapters throughout the Chicago area by hosting monthly gatherings and retreats for students from various OCF chapters in Chicago. 

• The Hellenic Foundation announced the newly established Shelter Impact Program at the 2023 Hellenic Foundation Grant Awards. This transformative initiative aims to offer safe housing and empower individuals with the skills needed to achieve self-reliance. 

• In 2024, The Hellenic Foundation brought the Hearing Loop to Chicago area Greek Orthodox churches. The Hearing Loop is a specialized assistive listening system designed to aid individuals with hearing impairments. It transmits sound directly into hearing aids or cochlear implants equipped with Telecoils (T-coils).

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Through these self-funded programs, the Hellenic Foundation strives to fulfill its mission of helping those in need and improving the lives of people in Chicago’s Greek and Pan-Orthodox communities.