After School Matters, a nonprofit serving high schoolers with programs and opportunities, will transform an old school building into a collaborative space that offers teens a black box theater, gymnasium, state-of-the-art culinary kitchen, art studios, STEM labs, wood shop and outdoor spaces for urban gardening. The nonprofit expects the building to serve some 1,500 teens each year. #Chicago Learn more: https://bit.ly/3YZg4ao
The Chicago Community Trust
Philanthropic Fundraising Services
Chicago, Illinois 21,771 followers
The Trust, our region’s community foundation, partners with donors to leverage philanthropy in ways that transform.
About us
As our region’s community foundation, The Chicago Community Trust is a platform for change that connects philanthropy to impact. We bring together generous donors, committed organizations, and caring residents to effect lasting change that moves our entire region forward. We envision a Chicago region where equity is central and opportunity and prosperity are in reach for all. For over 100 years, forward-looking individuals and families have entrusted their philanthropic resources and visions to the Trust’s stewardship. Our expertise goes to work helping donors translate their funds and passions into innovative and impactful giving strategies. Guided by our deep community knowledge, we make grants, lead, convene, and collaborate to address the greatest and most critical needs facing the Chicago region.
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http://www.cct.org
External link for The Chicago Community Trust
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- Philanthropic Fundraising Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1915
- Specialties
- Philanthropy, Nonprofit, and Community Foundation
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33 S State St
Suite 750
Chicago, Illinois 60603, US
Employees at The Chicago Community Trust
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The Disabilities Fund, an initiative of The Chicago Community Trust, is proud to announce its new cohort of advisory board members! The group met in mid-August at the Ambassador Chicago hotel for a weekend of connecting, brainstorming, and collaborating. Consistent with the slogan, “nothing about us without us,” Disabilities Fund advisory board members will engage in participatory grantmaking, centering the perspectives of those with lived experience with disability and funding organizations that are addressing the needs of the disability community in the Chicago region. Stay tuned for exciting updates as this new advisory board begins their journey to empower and support their community! #Philanthropy #Chicago The Chicago Community Trust
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The Union League Boys & Girls Club, a Trust grant recipient, debuted its community fridge in Humboldt Park to encourage healthy eating habits and close the food desert gap. The fridge is part of a national initiative to increase access to nourishing food for youth. It will also enhance the club's cooking program for youth and their families. #Chicago Learn more: https://bit.ly/4dOBGuV
Community Fridge Debuts In Humboldt Park To Increase Access To Healthy Foods
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"But #localjournalism is a fragile ecosystem. Where news used to be available for free, consumers are now reluctant to pay for news online. Paywalls and digital advertising don’t begin to compensate for the loss of lucrative print ads that once funded local news. #Philanthropy has stepped up, notably through Press Forward, a $500 million, five-year national initiative to invest in local news." Press Forward Chicago, housed at The Chicago Community Trust, awarded a total of $1.6 million to 13 local news organizations in May as part of a $10 million funding. “We’re at the very early stages of being able to lift up some new thinking, some new solutions, and kick the tires on some ideas that seem to be promising,” says Trust President & CEO Andrea Sáenz. #Chicago Learn more: https://bit.ly/4g3bnmc
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#FromTheArchives: The Gautreaux case is a landmark example of legal advocacy creating more equitable policies that address the social and economic consequences of lack of access to opportunity by exposing the role that discriminatory housing policies played in racial segregation. Today, the Trust continues this work by advancing multiple efforts to reform public housing authority homeownership programs that have the potential to unlock long-term wealth building opportunities for Black and Latine individuals and repair past harms caused to communities of color by inequitable federal and local housing policy. #Chicago #Philanthropy Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gDTswd5p
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Gertie, a Trust grant recipient, is a civic and cultural agency working to amplify organizations aimed at revitalizing communal spaces. Through a series of public art activations during the DNC last week, the group highlighted community-based organizations that address the city's post-pandemic infrastructure inequity. #Chicago Learn more: https://bit.ly/3SWMVJ6
Cultural Agency Looks to Amplify Art and Chicago's ‘Third Spaces' With Events Timed to DNC
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The Englewood Arts Collective, a Trust grant recipient, will continue its efforts to bring public art to a South Side block after receiving a $75,000 grant from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. The group will use the funding to create community-informed art as a part of artist and social justice activist Tonika Lewis Johnson's unBlocked #Englewood project. #Chicago Learn more: https://bit.ly/3MdKQ7W
Englewood Arts Collective Gets $75,000 Grant To Beautify South Side Block
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Because of gifts to our endowment over the decades and the generosity of our donor advised fundholders, The Chicago Community Trust distributed more in total grants in 2023 than any other #Chicago area foundation with $1.6 billion awarded to nonprofits throughout Chicago and across the country. #Philanthropy "Chicagoans have demonstrated time and again our commitment to supporting our communities and meeting the moment when crises arise. There are many paths to generosity, and the Trust is proud to serve as a partner in helping all our donors achieve their greatest impact," notes the Trust's Kristin Carlson Vogen. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gY9Unkxf
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ICYMI: Chicago Tonight's Brandis Friedman hosted a Community Conversation with guests to discuss the history of segregation and racial housing policies in #Chicago and the lasting impact they’ve had on those trying to find safe, stable housing. Tune in: https://bit.ly/3X7S0AT
A ‘Voices' Community Conversation: The Impact of Segregation on Housing in Chicago
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Led by The Chicago Community Trust, Press Forward Chicago is part of a national coalition investing more than $500 million to revive local newsrooms, develop sustainable business models, and reverse the trend of news deserts across the country. Against a backdrop of growing polarization, misinformation and mistrust in institutions, Press Forward grant recipients are working across #Chicago communities to build trust and help residents understand and engage in the issues that affect them. #Philanthropy Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gWHhFse7
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