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Financial Literacy: A Costly Knowledge Gap for Many Small Business Entrepreneurs
During the past year, Women’s Business Development Center, a Foundation grantee, administered over $225 million in emergency grants to over 8000 local small businesses. One of the organization’s key lessons learned was that a significant number of business owners in...
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May 2021: A costly knowledge gap for many small business entrepreneurs
Financial Literacy: A Costly Knowledge Gap for Many Small Business Entrepreneurs During the past year, Women’s Business Development Center, a Foundation grantee, administered over $225 million in emergency grants to over 8000 local small businesses. One of the organization’s key lessons...
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The Coleman Foundation Announces Thomas D. Trinley New CFO/COO
The Coleman Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas D. Trinley as Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer. Tom is responsible for overall financial management, investment oversight, human resources, information technology, and other administrative responsibilities. He is a key...
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Coleman Foundation First Quarter 2021 Grants
The Coleman Foundation awarded ninety-three grants for a total of $1.59 million in January, February, and March 2021. Developmental Disabilities A Safe Place $11,000.00 2020 Threshold Matching Grant Program Anixter Center $3,600.00 " Aspire $12,500.00 " Aspiritech NFP $12,500.00...
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2020 Impact Report Third Edition
EDITION THREE: 2020 GRANTMAKING This was a year of doing our part to help grantees and members of our community get through the pandemic. The Foundation awarded $11.8 million in grants, including over $8 million as a response to COVID-19....
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March 2021: First 100 Days
Coleman Foundation's new CEO Shelley Davis shares her impressions and insights from the last few months and talks about the opportunities and challenges ahead. Play Video
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March 2021: Announcing Our New President And CEO
In her first 100 days as President and CEO, Shelley A. Davis went on a virtual listening tour to get to know the Coleman Foundation’s grantee community, mapped out 2021 grantmaking with the board and staff, and worked with the...
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Report: E-ship Training in Chicago
A recent report from DePaul University's Coleman Entrepreneurship Center connects the Coleman Foundation's past and future efforts and sets the course for new directions. After making a critical contribution to establishing the field of entrepreneurship in higher education across the...