Pre-Development Fund: Helping Communities Realize Their Visions for Thriving Neighborhoods
When I first arrived at The Chicago Community Trust, I was really focused on understanding the place-based factors driving the region’s wealth gap.…
Spotlights on community issues, the people, and the organizations who contribute to effective philanthropy as well as a stronger Chicago region and world.
When I first arrived at The Chicago Community Trust, I was really focused on understanding the place-based factors driving the region’s wealth gap.…
Jennifer Hodges is the co-founder and vice president of KIPP Chicago’s Whole Child Initiative, a program that supports students, teachers and families through…
The Chicago Region Food System Fund is a group of funders and community partners working together to build a more resilient local food…
The shooting of Hadiya Pendleton on Jan. 29, 2013, hit close to home for Bill and Cheryl Lowry. The 15-year-old honor student was caught in the crossfire…
Basketball legend Isiah Thomas is no stranger to defying the odds. Growing up in Chicago’s impoverished West Side, Thomas, as well as his two sisters…
Ray and Susan Gillette haven’t slowed down one bit since they grabbed the opportunity to retire early. Instead, the former advertising executives, who each served…
One of the most influential individuals in Trust history, Ryerson lived his life as an exercise in philanthropy and civic duty. Named to the Executive…
An unassuming but visionary donor, Edward F. Andrews directed his philanthropic focus on medicine and science. Andrews was a passionate and prolific inventor who regularly…
In 1923 the Trust published its fourth social survey, Survey of the Care of Disabled Ex-Service Men in Chicago, Study of the Adequacy of Social…
David Dangler, administrative officer in the Personal Trust Division of The Northern Trust Company, was a trusted and thoughtful advisor to many people looking to…
In 1924, Frank Loomis published the final installment in the early Trust’s series of social surveys. A 1924 survey found that disease caused most disabilities…
In 1924, Frank Loomis published the fourth installment in the early Trust’s series of social surveys. The Cook County Jail Survey in 1924 described inadequacies…
With the zeal of an enthusiastic leader, Clifford Barnes brought vision and business acumen to the early decades of the Trust. A religious man of…