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The Albany Park Storefront Where Kids Find Inspiration – and a Warm Meal

In a cramped storefront in Albany Park, 35 schoolchildren get a little bit of magic nearly every day. They eat hot food after school. They…

From the Archives: 10 Moments in Chicago School History

Students from across the Chicago region have returned to school, bringing with them much excitement and hope for a successful year of learning and enlightenment.…

5,000 Schools for Black Students Rise Across the South in ‘Rosenwald’

Chicagoans have good reason to recognize the name Julius Rosenwald. As president of Sears, Roebuck and Co., Rosenwald grew the company to become among the…

“The Personality Conversion”: A Financial Advisor’s Insight into the Power of Generosity

The benefits of philanthropy extend beyond tax deductions and other financial gains. As a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch, Denny Cummings has seen how charitable…

The ‘Take Action’ Generation: CHIRP Radio Talks to Young Volunteers

Perhaps more than any generation before, Generation Z is aware of the world around them and intent on making it a better place. Born after…

An Antique Dealer's Last Wishes Provide Art for Chicago's Future

A rare books dealer with a shop in downtown Chicago, Alex Demond was the first individual to leave a bequest to the Trust in his…

An Ally for Chicago's LGBT Community

For the creators of The LGBT Community Fund at The Chicago Community Trust, the goal was to come together so that organizations serving the LGBT…

Philanthropy as Small as a Box of Pens—And as Big as Asia

Homework help and tutoring in Chinatown. Health services for Laotian refugees in Elgin. Research-based public policy initiatives to benefit South Asian Americans. These valuable services…

Surviving Against the Odds, She Finds Her Destiny in Service

The baby girl born July 4, 1998 was 3 1/2 months premature and weighed only 1 pound, 5 ounces. The doctor who attended the birth…

The U.S. Vice President with a Nobel Prize—and a #1 Hit Single

Charles Gates Dawes was a Chicago banker and politician who rose to the highest levels of society. General Dawes, as he was commonly known, had served…