The following organizations have been selected by Illinois Patriot Education Fund to act as our partners to help identify military families in need of assistance and channel funds raised to those families: Fisher House, Pat Tillman Foundation, Student Veterans of America and Operation Homefront Illinois. When you donate to IPEF, you can be confident that those funds are going to the families in need and are being used for educational purposes.

Each one of these partners have excellent GuideStar and Charity Navigator ratings and ensure that our hard work is in vested back into our community.

100 percent of all donations granted to these partners are designated to support the educational needs of Illinois military families – specifically their spouses and children.  Our criteria is simple. If you have an association with the state of Illinois, you qualify. If you were born in Illinois, attended school in Illinois, lived in Illinois for at least one year, worked in Illinois for at least one year, were stationed in Illinois, served in Illinois, paid taxes in Illinois, or your children reside in Illinois, you qualify for assistance through our program.

Apply for Aid

If you are a member of the military or are a qualified dependent and would like to apply for assistance, please click on one of the logos below for more information.