Q&A with Dara Munson: 2024 Donald Stewart Fellowship Recipient
Dara Munson is President and CEO of Family Focus, an organization that helps families build social capital and achieve upward economic mobility through…
Spotlights on community issues, the people, and the organizations who contribute to effective philanthropy as well as a stronger Chicago region and world.
Dara Munson is President and CEO of Family Focus, an organization that helps families build social capital and achieve upward economic mobility through…
The Chicago Community Trust was established in 1915 as the second ever community foundation in the United States. Founded by American banker Norman…
What we believed when We Rise Together: For an Equitable & Just Recovery launched in October 2020 has proven to be true: The…
To celebrate Pride Month, the Trust will spotlight LGBTQ-serving organizations that contribute to fostering a safe and inclusive community by responding to the most pressing…
To celebrate Pride Month, the Trust will be spotlighting LGBTQ-serving organizations that contribute to fostering a safe and inclusive community by responding to the most…
Chicagoans facing difficult situations now have a dedicated resource to contact for help. Launched in January 2023, 211 Metro Chicago is a free helpline connecting…
To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, the Trust will be spotlighting AAPI leaders and AAPI-serving organizations that have contributed to the…
Addressing our communities’ most immediate needs has always been—and always will be—foundational to the Trust’s work. In 2021, one of our most urgent priorities was…
To administer the Searle Collaborative Funds, the Trust works closely with Kinship Foundation—a private operating foundation that advances the institutional philanthropy of the Searle family.…
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government provided Economic Impact Payments (EIP), also known as stimulus checks, to individuals and families to help mitigate the impact…
The zip code that contains most of Little Village—a predominantly Latinx neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side—has, as of early 2021, seen more COVID-19 deaths than…
How does an organization feed more than 800,000 people each year and tackle the root causes of hunger? Since 1979, the Greater Chicago Food Depository—a…
Bright blue and yellow bins stretch in every direction across the floor of a warehouse on Chicago’s Northwest side. “Boys long pants”; “Girls dresses and…