Sharing What We've Learned

Current, in-depth knowledge about our community is essential to our grant making and our donor services. On these pages you can explore research commissioned by the Trust to shape our strategies for change. You will also find reports on projects funded by the Trust that are of lasting interest to the community. In addition, we bring you the best and brightest ideas about community issues and effective philanthropy.

Research & Reports

Assessment across various nonprofit sectors, produced by the Trust and Social IMPACT Research Center at Heartland Alliance

An approach to estimating the IL workforce's dependence on human service jobs, produced by the Trust and Social IMPACT Research Center at Heartland Alliance

Summary of the Unity Challenge's first year, which raised $4 million for grants to 177 nonprofit agencies fighting the human toll of the recession

Ideas

John Nichols, Robert McChesney and Steve Rhodes discuss the media revolution in journalism on this episode of CAN-TV's Chicago Newsroom.