The Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust is accessible to local nonprofits and supports a variety of Chicago causes. Here are some things to know about this grantmaker.
Read MoreWith philanthropic backing, EducationSuperHighway helped get the majority of U.S. classrooms online. Now, it’s working to close the wider broadband gap, with funding from Laurene Powell Jobs, Ken Griffin and others.
Read More3Arts provides support to women artists, artists of color, and deaf and disabled artists in the Chicago metropolitan area. Here’s what you need to know about this particularly forward-thinking arts grantmaker.
Read MoreIn our latest Funder Spotlight, we look at the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, which supports conservation and arts and culture in the Chicago area and the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
Read MoreNow in his 90s, Newton Minow is an attorney, a former chair of the Federal Communications Commission and a philanthropist. Here’s what Great Lakes-area nonprofits should know about his foundation’s local giving.
Read MoreThe Educare Learning Network, a public-private partnership between governments and foundations, is working to close the opportunity gap—and pursue transformative change in our troubled early education system.
Read MoreDonald Cooke’s career spans fundraising and grantmaking, which he currently oversees at the Chicago-based McCormick Foundation. We chat with him about changes in the field, raising money, and the life and death of stars.
Read MoreSalesforce stands apart from many K-12 funders in that it’s heavily focused on direct support for public school districts. As schools face daunting challenges while reopening, the tech giant made another $19 million in grants.
Read MoreBased in two different parts of the Midwest, the Shavlik Family Foundation and the Pierce Family Foundation are distinct in many ways. But they’re both committed to a cause that often gets short shrift—nonprofit IT infrastructure.
Read MoreTo guide Milwaukee grantseekers, here’s an overview of the Zilber Charitable Foundation, including its interests in community development and other priorities.
Read MoreChristopher and Susan Gust’s grantmaking hasn’t gone unnoticed around Chicago. Here are a few important things to know about the Gust Foundation and its locally-focused funding for education and other causes.
Read MoreIn Chicago, the Harris Family Foundation is often overshadowed by the better-known Irving Harris Foundation, but it’s one that local nonprofits should know. Here’s an overview of HFF’s funding.
Read MoreThis media giant’s corporate funding arm awards millions of dollars to various regions to address community challenges. We take a closer look.
Read MoreTo help Chicago nonprofits get to know the Colonel Stanley R. McNeil Foundation a bit better, here are a few important things to keep in mind about this accessible, locally focused funder.
Read MoreThe family foundation of investment banker William A. McIntosh centers its giving on the Chicago area. Interests are varied, but include the arts, education and human services, often with a Catholic bent.
Read MoreHere are a few things to know about the Eugene & Janet Lerner Family Foundation and how it continues to give in Chicago after its founders’ passing.
Read MoreHere’s a look at how the LBTQ Giving Council works in Chicago, including who’s running it and who has been receiving its grants.
Read MoreThe jury is still out on the best ways for corporations and their foundations to support racial equity, but the six partnerships chosen by this biopharmacuetical company are an example of thoughtful leadership and grantmaking.
Read MoreA small family foundation is teaming up with Walton to put more Black teachers into the classroom and to support for Black education leaders around the country.
Read MoreThe Sinha Kikeri Foundation channels the wealth of Prabha and Anita Sinha, who made their money through the professional services firm ZS. Here’s what we know so far about this low-key funder’s Chicago commitments.
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