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New Rogers Park Program Aims To Train Spanish-Speaking Entrepreneurs
A new Coleman Foundation-funded entrepreneur training center wants to help Far North Side Chicago's Spanish-speaking residents get their business ideas off the ground. The Rogers Park Business Alliance has expanded its GROW entrepreneur training program to include classes for predominantly...
Helping Artists and Musicians Succeed as Entrepreneurs
The Coleman Foundation has supported the launch of the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship, empowering creatives at all levels with the knowledge, skills, and relationships necessary for business success. See this recent story in Reel Chicago for details and an exciting 2020...
Devices for the Disabled Recycles Medical Devices to Those in Need
Grantee Devices 4 the Disabled started about three years ago and has now expanded, in part with a grant from The Coleman Foundation. D4D collects gently used medical devices -- wheelchairs, walkers, specialty equipment etc. and distributes them to anyone...
Record High Donations Fuel 2019 #ILGIVE Matching Grants Program
Record High Donations Fuel 2019 #ILGIVE Matching Grants Program Posted Jan 31, 2020 The seventh year of the Coleman Foundation’s #ILGIVE Matching Grants Program resulted in record fundraising by participating non-profit organizations. Seventy Foundation grantees collectively raised over $3.1 million...
The Coleman Foundation Announces Fourth Quarter 2019 Cancer Care and Health Rehabilitation Grants
In the fourth quarter of 2019, the Coleman Foundation approved grants totaling $1,991,500 to non-profit organizations in support of cancer care and health rehabilitation programs. Receiving grants in this program area are: JourneyCare Foundation, IL $500,000 – Community Health...
The Coleman Foundation Announces Fourth Quarter 2019 Developmental Disability Services Grant
In the fourth quarter of 2019, the Coleman Foundation approved a grant for $233,353 to a non-profit organization in support of the developmental disabilities services program. Receiving a grant in this program area is: Aspire, IL $233,353 – Aspire/NorthPointe Resources...
The Coleman Foundation Announces Fourth Quarter 2019 Entrepreneurship Grants
In the fourth quarter of 2019, the Coleman Foundation approved grants totaling $830,000 to non-profit organizations in support of entrepreneurship programming. Those receiving grants in this program area are:  Arts Alliance Illinois, IL $500,000 – Center for Creative Entrepreneurship...
Equal Hope Works to Address Racial Disparities in Women’s Cancer
January, 2020 Coleman Foundation Grantee Equal Hope (Formerly The Breast Cancer Task Force) recently launched a new initiative to eliminate cervical cancer in the Chicago area. Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable and treatable cancers, yet many women...
Building a Thriving Business Community through Entrepreneurship Education
One of the strategies guiding The Coleman Foundation’s initial efforts to support entrepreneurs in low- and moderate-income Chicago neighborhoods is to increase the capacity of trusted, community-rooted entrepreneurship educational organizations. A recent study indicated that more than 130 community-based organizations...
