Heartland Alliance believes that all of us deserve the opportunity to improve our lives. Each year, we help ensure this opportunity for more than one million people around the world who are homeless, living in poverty, or seeking safety.
Our policy efforts strengthen communities; our comprehensive services empower those we serve to rebuild and transform their lives.

Because of this 125-year commitment, Heartland Alliance has evolved into an organization that is uniquely:

Holistic

Because the causes of poverty, injustice, and lack of opportunity are interrelated and interlocking, our programs are similarly comprehensive and integrated, allowing us to achieve an unusual synergy in meeting our clients’ needs.

Far-reaching

Each year, in Chicago, the Midwest, and around the world, our services help more than one million struggling people secure the most basic of human needs — housing and health care, jobs and justice.

Change-driven

In addition to direct service, we partner with lawmakers and organizations to shape public policies that fit the needs of everyone, ensuring that even the most vulnerable can realize a brighter future.