Raja Krishnamoorthi

05/11/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/11/2021 11:17

Congressman Krishnamoorthi Announces $1.26 Billion In American Rescue Plan Emergency Funding For Illinois Colleges, Universities, and Students

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy which holds jurisdiction over the Department of Education, announced more than $1.26 billion in emergency funding for students, colleges, and universities across Illinois through the American Rescue Plan. This funding will help these institutions recover from the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic as they've continued to serve their students safely, while at least half the funding for each institution will be distributed to its students in the form of emergency cash assistance grants to help them combat hunger, homelessness, and other hardships. The funding to Illinois institutions is part of the American Rescue Plan's $36 billion aid fund which supports nearly 3,500 public and private nonprofit post-secondary educational institutions across the country. In addition to these funds, the American Rescue Plan includes nearly $3 billion in additional funding which will subsequently be distributed to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), other Minority-Serving Institutions, and other under-resourced institutions.

'The future of our country and our economy depends on the success of our students, and that's why I'm so happy to announce that colleges and universities across Illinois will be receiving this critical funding to continue their mission of preparing the next generation of leaders, even in the face of the pandemic,' said Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi. 'The American Rescue Plan's emergency education funding will help our colleges and universities overcome the financial burdens of the pandemic, while more than half of this funding will go directly to students as they personally work through the challenge of this pandemic to continue their educations and build a better future for all of us.'

Additional information on national emergency education funding under the American Rescue Plan is available here, breakdowns for Illinois level aid are available here and here, and a table outlining funding by institution follows:

American Rescue Plan Postsecondary Education Aid To Illinois By Institution

Institution Name

Total Award

Augustana College

$ 5,381,827

Aurora University

$ 13,706,056

Southwestern Illinois College

$ 18,128,905

Black Hawk College

$ 8,249,958

Blackburn University

$ 2,446,488

Prairie State College

$ 10,257,107

Bradley University

$ 11,083,484

Spoon River College

$ 2,630,042

City Colleges of Chicago Harry S Truman College

$ 11,331,588

Richard J Daley College‐City Colleges of Chicago

$ 10,704,705

City Colleges of Chicago ‐ Malcolm X College

$ 18,330,736

Harold Washington College

$ 20,234,601

City Colleges of Chicago ‐ Kennedy King College

$ 8,412,067

Wilbur Wright College

$ 18,123,592

Midwestern University

$ 5,182,375

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

$ 1,479,888

Chicago Theological Seminary

$ 59,393

Spertus College of Judaica

$ 46,426

University of St. Francis

$ 5,010,048

Columbia College Chicago

$ 17,215,112

Concordia University

$ 5,308,378

Danville Area Community College

$ 4,919,406

DePaul University

$ 40,179,371

Eastern Illinois University

$ 13,780,423

Elgin Community College

$ 17,521,163

Elmhurst University

$ 8,642,441

Eureka College

$ 1,665,939

Highland Community College

$ 3,840,353

Garrett ‐ Evangelical Theological Seminary

$ 157,756

Greenville University

$ 2,921,651

Hebrew Theological College

$ 324,907

Illinois College

$ 3,271,533

Illinois College of Optometry

$ 413,331

Illinois Institute of Technology

$ 9,726,564

Illinois State University

$ 44,071,400

Northeastern Illinois University

$ 19,607,847

Chicago State University

$ 7,611,853

Illinois Wesleyan University

$ 3,507,292

Joliet Junior College

$ 21,685,833

Judson University

$ 3,645,881

Kaskaskia College

$ 6,042,515

Knox College

$ 3,491,027

Illinois Valley Community College

$ 5,648,599

Lake Forest College

$ 4,189,300

Lewis University

$ 11,349,141

Lincoln Christian University

$ 1,181,521

Lincoln College

$ 4,253,929

Loyola University Chicago

$ 27,642,972

Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

$ 69,523

MacCormac College

$ 1,501,056

McCormick Theological Seminary

$ 115,028

McKendree University

$ 4,727,674

Meadville Theological School of Lombard College

$ 70,491

Millikin University

$ 6,209,329

Monmouth College

$ 2,749,332

Moody Bible Institute

$ 5,151,489

Morton College

$ 10,086,566

National University of Health Sciences (The)

$ 670,234

National Louis University

$ 11,183,707

North Central College

$ 6,520,089

North Park University

$ 6,683,645

Northern Baptist Theological Seminary

$ 105,263

Northern Illinois University

$ 42,112,987

Northwestern University

$ 23,247,316

Olivet Nazarene University

$ 8,431,583

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges

$ 9,612,730

Quincy University

$ 2,961,944

Rock Valley College

$ 11,944,780

Rockford University

$ 3,404,879

Roosevelt University

$ 15,795,078

Dominican University

$ 8,251,589

Sauk Valley Community College

$ 3,697,830

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

$ 5,795,787

Southeastern Illinois College

$ 2,693,053

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

$ 23,900,588

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

$ 27,132,975

University of Saint Mary of the Lake

$ 118,008

Benedictine University

$ 9,239,645

Saint Xavier University

$ 11,380,002

South Suburban College of Cook County

$ 10,445,032

Trinity Christian College

$ 3,197,529

Trinity International University

$ 2,962,433

Triton College

$ 18,374,722

University of Chicago (The)

$ 16,356,975

University of Illinois Urbana‐Champaign

$ 78,501,607

University of Illinois at Chicago

$ 82,953,017

VanderCook College of Music

$ 561,357

Western Illinois University

$ 22,183,557

Wheaton College

$ 5,227,217

Harper College

$ 22,332,991

Blessing Hospital

$ 569,565

Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences

$ 458,500

Methodist College

$ 2,292,938

Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing

$ 965,251

College of Du Page

$ 36,481,014

Illinois Central College

$ 14,378,374

Waubonsee Community College

$ 13,529,827

Parkland College

$ 12,822,793

Rend Lake College

$ 4,809,330

Lincoln Land Community College

$ 11,611,730

Carl Sandburg College

$ 4,515,215

Lake Land College

$ 10,901,213

Kishwaukee College

$ 5,829,025

Kankakee Community College

$ 6,391,478

McHenry County College

$ 9,323,925

Moraine Valley Community College

$ 25,416,897

Shawnee Community College

$ 3,410,357

College of Lake County

$ 20,518,628

John A. Logan College

$ 8,605,951

Morrison Institute of Technology

$ 483,612

Graham Hospital School of Nursing

$ 138,008

Governors State University

$ 10,158,100

Catholic Theological Union at Chicago

$ 128,959

University of Illinois at Springfield

$ 5,673,856

Olive‐Harvey College

$ 6,035,112

Rush University

$ 1,855,157

Oakton Community College

$ 12,399,478

Saint Anthony College of Nursing

$ 745,477

Lewis and Clark Community College

$ 8,404,544

Lakeview College of Nursing

$ 407,043

Capital Area Career Center

$ 997,075

Richland Community College

$ 5,878,323

John Wood Community College

$ 4,816,049

Adler University

$ 902,972

Telshe Yeshiva‐Chicago

$ 231,419

Beck School of Practical Nursing

$ 781,699

East‐West University

$ 1,985,017

Saint Augustine College

$ 5,242,067

Resurrection University

$ 3,031,591

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

$ 258,082

Institute for Clinical Social Work

$ 52,292

Heartland Community College

$ 8,299,218

St. John's College

$ 289,972

National Latino Education Institute

$ 88,204

Erikson Institute

$ 119,364

NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse

$ 58,361

Bexley Seabury Seminary Federation

$ 39,817

Coalition of African American Nurses

$ 427,576

Total Aid Statewide:

$ 1,266,037,816