LGBTQ Community Fund Grants $420,000 to Support Youth, Seniors, and the Arts in 2024
The LGBTQ Community Fund, an affinity fund of The Chicago Community Trust, unites donors to support Chicago’s LGBTQ community. Since its founding in 2010,…
California Recovery Efforts
Our hearts are with everyone who has been affected by the devastating wildfires sweeping through the Los Angeles area. If you wish to support recovery efforts, please consider giving to the California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund or to the American Red Cross Los Angeles Region.
Spotlights on community issues, the people, and the organizations who contribute to effective philanthropy as well as a stronger Chicago region and world.
The LGBTQ Community Fund, an affinity fund of The Chicago Community Trust, unites donors to support Chicago’s LGBTQ community. Since its founding in 2010,…
Our environment has a huge impact on our well-being. Research has shown that access to outdoor amenities can reduce stress and improve physical…
December 3rd is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day that advances awareness of issues faced by the disability community. In 2022,…
Deana Haggag, president and chief executive officer of United States Artists, grew up in a family of scientists. But she believes passionately that the arts…
Globalization and technological advances have led to new levels of economic prosperity for many. But, at the same time, we know that they have also…
Today The Chicago Community Trust announced the recipients of this year’s Acting Up awards. $150,500 was awarded to 37 projects that will support tangible activities…
At the end of a productive work day, I go to bed believing that I am on top of the world with my tech knowledge.…
ADA 25 Advancing Leadership and the Disabilities Fund participated in On the Table to initiate dialogue about tackling our region’s greatest challenges. To be successful,…
Charities—especially fundraisers within—anxiously await mid-June each year to learn how charitable giving fared the prior year. On June 12, Giving USA released its annual report…
Every year, the Grant Park Music Festival presents 34 world-class concerts in 10 weeks, plus outreach and educational programs, for a combined attendance of approximately…
Mentor, champion, pioneer, dedicated attorney, compassionate advocate and philanthropist. These are just some of the words used over and over to describe Janice Rodgers, former…
All of us know that when we recommend a grant from our donor advised fund, write a check or give appreciated assets to a nonprofit…
Earlier this year, Congress passed a bill to extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, which provides health insurance for 9 million children…