Tracy Baim, Journalist and Dedicated Community News Advocate, to Lead Press Forward Chicago
Baim will advance a collaborative fund to revitalize local news. CHICAGO (October 23, 2024) – Tracy Baim will serve as the Executive Director…
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Baim will advance a collaborative fund to revitalize local news. CHICAGO (October 23, 2024) – Tracy Baim will serve as the Executive Director…
The inaugural round of Press Forward Chicago grants will support capacity building and peer learning CHICAGO (May 23, 2024) – Today, Press Forward…
Local Coalition of Donors Unite to Support More Informed Communities CHICAGO (November 3, 2023) – A coalition of 10 funders today announced the…
Black Cook County residents are almost twice as likely to be Financially Vulnerable than their counterparts nationally; Latinx residents are nearly one and a half…
New grants approved in December bring total grantmaking for the initiative to more than $34 million in just over one year (January 10, 2023) –…
(November 1, 2022) – The Chicago Community Trust (the Trust) announced today the selection of Andrea Sáenz as the eighth President and CEO of the…
The Federal Recovery Funds Dashboard provides a transparent and full landscape of COVID recovery spending in Illinois CHICAGO (October 11, 2022) – The Chicago Community…
With hurricane season causing catastrophic damage, we at The Chicago Community Trust would like to share ways that you can help those impacted in Florida…
The Chicago Community Impact Grants Program, developed in partnership with The Chicago Community Trust, deepens McDonald’s longstanding commitment to the city it calls home (CHICAGO,…
Nuestro Futuro steps up to meet community needs with a four-fold increase in support. (CHICAGO, August 25, 2022) – Thirty nonprofit organizations serving the Chicago…
The grants aim to narrow the wealth gap by funding partners that provide services, support for Chicago-area entrepreneurs of color **Interviews with Grant Funder and…
Applying a Racial and Ethnic Equity Lens Captures a Broader Analysis of Civic Life (CHICAGO, August 2, 2022) – The Institute for Research on Race…
On July 4th, an Independence Day celebration in Highland Park was shattered by a mass shooting that killed seven people and injured dozens more. Highland…