Creating a More Inclusive Future: A Q&A with Adam Ballard
The Disabilities Fund at The Chicago Community Trust is an affinity fund that supports organizations advancing disability inclusion, rights and justice. Recently, the…
Spotlights on community issues, the people, and the organizations who contribute to effective philanthropy as well as a stronger Chicago region and world.
The Disabilities Fund at The Chicago Community Trust is an affinity fund that supports organizations advancing disability inclusion, rights and justice. Recently, the…
March is a month dedicated to celebrating the drive and accomplishments of women. For three Trust staff members, one organization stands out by…
The Illinois Immigration Funder Collaborative (IFC) is a grantmaking collaborative that awards grants to nonprofit organizations working with immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.…
When it comes to closing the racial and ethnic wealth gap, small businesses can be a force multiplier, helping people build wealth, creating jobs and…
Illinois is known as a major producer of corn and soybeans for the world market. But if more grains like barley, wheat and oats were…
Born and raised in Chicago, Kim Kamin grew up seeing and hearing the Trust’s name all over the city in connection to the programs it…
Joe Pedott knows firsthand the life-changing difference philanthropy can make in a person’s trajectory. When Pedott found himself living on his own as a teenager,…
How does an organization feed more than 800,000 people each year and tackle the root causes of hunger? Since 1979, the Greater Chicago Food Depository—a…
For Chicagoans with low incomes, a parking ticket can be so much more than an annoyance. It can be a penalty that forces gut wrenching…
It takes a lot to revitalize a community. Beyond ambitious development plans and the right lenders and agencies, it requires a central player—the glue binding…
Across the region, nonprofit organizations are on the frontlines in this COVID-19 crisis, providing essential support to communities and families most hard hit by the health…
Every day of every year, the fabric of the Chicago region is made strong by small and large nonprofit organizations lending a hand to neighbors…
Spearheading the Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund follows The Chicago Community Trust’s century-long legacy of leadership and assistance to the region’s most vulnerable citizens at…