2021 Annual Report
Reflections On 2021
Letter from the CEO: Shelley Davis
I am proud and delighted to introduce the Coleman Foundation’s first Annual Report to our peers, partners, grantees and friends, and pleased to have this opportunity to share my thoughts on this extraordinary year of transition.
Like many of our peers in philanthropy, we are metabolizing the lessons we learned as grantmakers during a global pandemic. We asked our grantees about their biggest challenges to accomplishing their missions and in response we began adopting trust-based philanthropy practices: streamlining our application process and increasing our unrestricted general operating grants.
We also outlined a two-year strategic plan which affirms our commitment to our three historical program areas: entrepreneurship, health and rehabilitation, and intellectual/developmental disabilities. Our plan’s learning agenda will include visiting our grantees in the community, inviting leaders into our board meetings, and co-hosting grantee convenings.
Our 2021 annual report documents that the Board approved grants of $6.2 million across our three program areas. Total grants made for the year were $7.1 million.
Our grantees have provided photos to connect places and faces with the missions that draw us into the work, reminding us of the resilience and strength community leaders demonstrated through all the challenges of the pandemic.
Reflecting on the past year, all of us at Coleman are reminded of the privilege it is to give to the organizations who are providing solutions and opportunities for communities across the Chicago metropolitan area.
We are so excited to see what 2022 reveals.
–Shelley
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2021 Milestones
Shelley Davis' First 100 Days
2021 Grant Making
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Entrepreneurship
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Cancer & Health Rehab
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Developmental Disabilities
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Total
*Includes Board Directed And Other Grants
Grantee List
| A Silver Lining Foundation | $10,000 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| A Silver Lining Foundation | $15,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| ALAS-WINGS | $5,400 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| ALAS-WINGS | $20,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| Almost Home Kids | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Cactus Cancer Society | $15,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| Cal’s All Star Angel Foundation, Inc. | $9,275 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Cal’s All Star Angel Foundation, Inc. | $20,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| Camp Kesem National | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Camp Kesem National | $20,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| Cancer Support Center | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Cancer Support Center | $200,950 | The 4 C’s: Comprehensive Cancer Care in our Communities |
| Cancer Wellness Center | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Cancer Wellness Center | $20,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| Center for Food Equity in Medicine | $10,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| Chicago Association for Research and Education in Science (CARES) | $150,000 | Supportive Oncology for Veteran Patients with Lung Cancer |
| Children’s Oncology Services Inc. | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Children’s Oncology Services Inc. | $20,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| Culinary Care | $6,625 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Culinary Care | $20,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| Devices 4 the Disabled | $4,300 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Equal Hope | $220,000 | Supportive Oncology Collaborative Website Assignment |
| Family Christian Health Center | $13,000 | COVID-19 Youth Vaccine Outreach |
| Fox Valley Hands of Hope | $6,600 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Gilda’s Club Chicago | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center | $9,800 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center | $15,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| IMD Guest House Foundation | $8,000 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| IMD Guest House Foundation | $20,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| Imerman Angels | $11,000 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Imerman Angels | $20,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| JourneyCare Foundation | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Latino Alzheimer’s & Memory Disorders Alliance (LAMDA) | $10,150 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Lemons of Love | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Lemons of Love | $20,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Illinois Chapter | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Leukemia Research Foundation | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Michael Reese Health Trust | $250,000 | Chicagoland Vaccine Partnership |
| OSF Healthcare Little Company of Mary Medical Center | $150,000 | Supportive Oncology through 4R Patient Care Sequences for Breast Cancer Patients |
| Rush University Medical Center | $100,000 | Community Health Worker Hub |
| Sinai Health System | $150,000 | Supportive Oncology for Cancer Patients |
| True North Treks, NFP | $5,300 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| True North Treks, NFP | $20,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| Twist Out Cancer | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Twist Out Cancer | $20,000 | Cancer Community Providers |
| University of Chicago Hospitals | $20,000 | Temporary Vaccine Clinic at Chicago Family Health Center |
| University of Chicago Hospitals | $100,000 | South Side Pediatric Asthma Center (SSPAC) |
| University of Chicago Medical Center | $223,000 | Coleman Palliative Medicine Training |
| Wellness House | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Allies for Community Business | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| Chicago Community Foundation | $500,000 | Fund for Equitable Business Growth |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $50,000 | Windy City Harvest Entrepreneurship Pathway Program |
| Chicago Urban League | $3,000 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Chicago Urban League | $50,000 | Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation |
| Economic Strategies Development Corporation | $25,000 | Entrepreneurship |
| FamilyFarmed | $2,000 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| FamilyFarmed | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| Far South Community Development Corporation | $200 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Far South Community Development Corporation | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| Future Founders Foundation | $4,900 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Greater Englewood Community Development Corporation | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| Greater Southwest Development Corporation | $1,250 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Greater Southwest Development Corporation | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation | $50,000 | Entrepreneurship |
| Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| LISC Chicago | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| Little Village Community Foundation | $50,000 | Entrepreneurship |
| North Central College | $27,000 | Self-Employment in the Arts (SEA) |
| Northwest Side Community Development Corporation | $50,000 | Entrepreneurship |
| Puerto Rican Cultural Center | $50,000 | Entrepreneurship |
| Quad Communities Development Corporation | $4,300 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Quad Communities Development Corporation | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| Rogers Park Business Alliance | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Rogers Park Business Alliance | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| Small Business Majority | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| Sunshine Enterprises | $8,000 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Sunshine Enterprises | $100,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| U.S. Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship | $10,000 |
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| Urban Juncture Foundation | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| West Side Forward | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| Women’s Business Development Center | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Women’s Business Development Center | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| YWCA Metropolitan Chicago | $50,000 | Capacity Support to Business Support Organizations |
| Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc. | $30,000 | Disabilities |
| Anixter Center | $3,600 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Anixter Center | $30,000 | Disabilities Employment Services |
| Aspire | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Aspire | $35,000 | Disabilities |
| Aspiritech NFP | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Association for Individual Development (AID) | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Avenues to Independence | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Avenues to Independence | $35,000 | Disabilities |
| Barbara Olson Center of Hope | $12,500 | Threshold Matching |
| Barbara Olson Center of Hope | $45,000 | Disabilities |
| Blue Cap | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Blue Cap | $35,000 | Disabilities |
| Center for Enriched Living | $12,500 | Threshold Matching |
| Center for Independence through Conductive Education | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Center for Independence through Conductive Education | $45,000 | Disabilities |
| Center for Independent Futures | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Clearbrook | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Clearbrook | $25,000 | Disabilities |
| Cornerstone Services, Inc. | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| CTF ILLINOIS | $5,250 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| CTF ILLINOIS | $30,000 | Disabilities |
| Donka, Inc. | $2,550 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Easterseals Metropolitan Chicago | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| El Valor Corporation | $30,000 | Disabilities |
| Elim Christian Services | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Elim Christian Services | $30,000 | Disabilities |
| Empowering Gardens, Inc. | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Envision Unlimited | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Envision Unlimited | $35,000 | Disabilities |
| Esperanza Community Services | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Garden Center Services | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Garden Center Services | $35,000 | Disabilities |
| Gateway to Learning | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Good Shepherd Manor | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Have Dreams | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Helping Hand Center | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Helping Hand Center | $30,000 | Disabilities |
| Keystone Alliance | $191,000 | Keystone Solutions Platform |
| Lambs Farm | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| L’Arche Chicago | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| L’Arche Chicago | $400,000 | New Fully Accessible CILA Home |
| Little City Foundation | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Little City Foundation | $35,000 | Disabilities |
| Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation | $6,100 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Misericordia Heart of Mercy | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Misericordia Heart of Mercy | $25,000 | Disabilities |
| Oak-Leyden Developmental Services | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Opportunity Knocks | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Orchard Village | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Orchard Village | $35,000 | Disabilities |
| Our Place of New Trier Township | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| PACTT Learning Center | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| PACTT Learning Center | $35,000 | Disabilities |
| Park Lawn School and Activity Center | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Park Lawn School and Activity Center | $35,000 | Disabilities |
| Ray Graham Association | $30,000 | Disabilities |
| Riverside Foundation | $11,550 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Search, Inc. | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Search, Inc. | $30,000 | Disabilities |
| Sertoma Centre, Inc. | $8,850 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Sertoma Centre, Inc. | $250,000 | I/DD Community-Based Programming |
| Shore Community Services, Inc. | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Shore Community Services, Inc. | $125,000 | General Operating Support |
| Soaring Eagle Academy | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| St. Coletta’s of Illinois, Inc. | $6,900 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| St. Coletta’s of Illinois, Inc. | $35,000 | Disabilities |
| STARS Family Services | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| The Arts of Life | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| The Arts of Life | $45,000 | Disabilities |
| The Douglas Center | $1,900 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Trinity Services, Inc. | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Trinity Services, Inc. | $25,000 | Disabilities |
| Turning Pointe Autism Foundation | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| UCP Seguin of Greater Chicago | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| UCP Seguin of Greater Chicago | $35,000 | Disabilities |
| Urban Autism Solutions | $6,450 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Western DuPage Special Recreation Association Foundation | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| A Safe Haven Foundation | $900 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| A Safe Place | $11,000 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| A Safe Place | $50,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Cara Chicago | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Carole Robertson Center for Learning | $50,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Center for Humans and Nature | $2,500 | Board Directed Giving |
| Crisis Center For South Suburbia | $50,000 | Choose Your Adventure, a Workforce Development Program |
| Designs For Dignity | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Erie Family Health Centers | $25,000 | General Operating Support |
| Exponent Philanthropy | $4,235 | Annual Support |
| Family Focus | $50,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Forefront | $27,750 | General Operating Support |
| Gads Hill Center | $50,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $100,000 | General Operating Support |
| Illinois Action for Children | $50,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization | $25,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Little Black Pearl | $25,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Openlands | $25,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| PAWS Chicago | $12,500 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| PAWS Chicago | $175,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Pilot Light | $25,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Providence St. Mel School | $10,000 | Celebration! 2021 Fundraiser |
| Reclaim13 | $25,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Sarah’s Inn | $8,225 | Threshold Matching Grant |
| Sarah’s Inn | $25,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Start Early | $50,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago | $5,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Vassar College | $5,000 | Board Directed Giving |
| Willamette Humane Society | $250 | Board Directed Giving |
| Willamette Valley Hospice Inc. | $250 | Board Directed Giving |
