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Improving Quality of Life for Patients with Cancer
November 19, 2019 According to the American Cancer Society, one in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetime. Since 1971, the number of cancer survivors in the US has...
Building a Supportive Workplace Culture improves life for people with developmental disabilities
Many people with developmental disabilities depend on Direct Service Personnel (DSPs) to assist them with everything from helping with daily activities, acting as their advocates, and enabling them to gain and keep meaningful employment. Over the past several decades the...
The Coleman Foundation Announces Third Quarter 2019 Cancer Care and Health Rehabilitation Services Grants
In the third quarter of 2019, the Coleman Foundation approved grants totaling $650,000 to institutions serving the Chicago metro area. Saint Anthony Hospital, IL $350,000 – Improving Access to Breast Health Services in Communities of Color This award is for...
The Coleman Foundation Announces Third Quarter 2019 Entrepreneurship Grants
In the third quarter of 2019, the Coleman Foundation approved grants totaling $498,000 to advance its Entrepreneurship-In-Neighborhoods strategies. These strategies are: Strategy 1: Supporting individual non-profit business service organizations (BSOs) that provide training and other supports to aspiring and...
The Coleman Foundation Supports Entrepreneurs of Color Fund
On October 1, 2019, The Coleman Foundation joined Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and a group of six Chicago banks and three fellow grantmaking organizations to announce its recent support for the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund. The new investments bring the...
The Coleman Foundation Announces Third Quarter 2019 Developmental Disability Service Grants
In the third quarter of 2019, the Coleman Foundation approved grants totaling $654,044 to non-profit organizations serving the Chicago metro area. Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc., IL $85,000 – Empowering Economic Self-Sufficiency for People with Disabilities...
The Coleman Foundation Announces Second Quarter 2019 Entrepreneurship Grants
In the second quarter of 2019, the Coleman Foundation approved grants totaling nearly $1 million to advance its Entrepreneurship-In-Neighborhoods strategies. These strategies are: Strategy 1: Supporting individual non-profit business service organizations (BSOs) that provide training and other supports to...
The Coleman Foundation Announces Second Quarter 2019 Cancer Care and Health Rehabilitation Services Grants
In the second quarter of 2019, the Coleman Foundation approved grants totaling $500,000 to non-profit organizations in the cancer care and health rehabilitation program area advancing strategies articulated in the Foundation's Impact Plans. Receiving grants in this program area are:...
The Coleman Foundation Announces Second Quarter 2019 Developmental Disability Grants
In the second quarter of 2019, the Coleman Foundation approved a grant totaling $775,000 to a non-profit organization advancing strategies articulated in the Foundation's Disabilities Impact Plan. Envision Unlimited, IL $775,000 – Community Hub Initiative & VBR Initiative The award...
Final Report on Coleman Fellows Program; Transforming Entrepreneurship
June, 201 Created by two successful entrepreneurs, the Coleman Foundation has made entrepreneurship education a central focus of its grantmaking since 1981. Coleman Foundation resources have anchored entrepreneurship teaching in many U.S. universities and colleges. Our most recent initiative, the...
