As our grant making works steadily to improve the quality of life in known priority areas, we also invest in creative solutions to emerging issues. These big-picture efforts may cut across multiple funding priorities, or may transcend them, in a direct response to community needs.

• Cause & Effect
• Chicago Area Fund for Legal Assistance
• Chicago Matters
• Community News Matters
• Foreclosure Relief
• Immigrant Integration Initiative
• One Chicago, One Nation
• Unity Challenge 2010