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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...
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...
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...
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....
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
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...
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...
The Best of Grantmaking
As part of their interview series celebrating the contributions of leaders in the nonprofit sector for Black History Month and Women's History Month, Evolve Giving Group interviewed our CEO Shelley A. Davis about her first 100 days on the job...
Coleman Foundation Impact Report 2020
The Fund for Equitable Business Growth’s BSO Collective Impact Initiative Awards 14 Partnerships
Funding in partnership with the Chicago Community Trust and others, we share news of the Fund for Equitable Business Growth’s 14 recent awards to create a marketplace of services for entrepreneurs of color in the Chicago region. The Fund's vision...
