If you are planning to mail a check by the end of the year, please note that the U.S. Postal Service has updated its rules, and machine postmarks will now be applied when mail is processed at regional processing centers (not at the local drop off point). To ensure your check is postmarked in time to be eligible for a 2025 charitable deduction, we recommend requesting a manual postmark in person at a post office or using certified/registered mail. Click here for more details on giving dates and deadlines.
Laura Kernaghan is the associate vice president and chief of investments for The Chicago Community Trust.
Laura is responsible for all aspects of the Trust’s investment portfolio, including setting investment strategy, collaborating with our external investment partners, and guiding the Trust’s impact investing efforts.
Laura previously served as managing director of investments at QBI Financial, where she led the fundamental research effort for six investment strategies. Prior to that, Laura was investments manager at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, where she oversaw the hospital’s endowment and pension investment portfolios.
A lifelong resident of the Chicago metropolitan area, Laura holds a master’s from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s from Loyola University Chicago. She is also a CFA charterholder.
