Summer Newsletter 2024

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In This Issue

We've Moved

This spring we moved to an office in Chicago's historic Civic Opera Building, closer to the vibrancy of the Loop and our peers. Our new address is:

The Coleman Foundation
20 N. Wacker Drive, Ste. 3410
Chicago IL 60606

Meet Our New Grants Management Consultant

We are excited to welcome Tiffany McQueen Lewis to our team as our new Grants Management Consultant.

Tiffany has dedicated over 20 years as a results-oriented strategic leader and coalition builder in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, serving in roles including Program Director, Director of Development and Founding Executive Director. As Founder and President of TNM Consulting Group, she has worked with Bright Promises Foundation and The Chicago Community Trust, where she helped distribute over 120 million dollars to over 1,000 nonprofits throughout Chicagoland. A skilled public speaker and facilitator, she specializes in connecting with people and building strategic alliances. Tiffany holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Clark Atlanta University and a Master of Education from the University of Georgia.

Grantees can contact Tiffany via grants@colemanfoundation.org

Grantees - Update Your Information in Fluxx

Please remember to keep your contact information, banking information and staff roster current in the Fluxx Grants Management system. Contact grants@colemanfoundation.org if you need help logging in or updating your information.

Program News

Photo: Funders and partners convene at The Coleman Foundation to discuss the IDD field, June, 2024

THE COLEMAN FOUNDATION HOSTS CONVENING OF INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FUNDERS AND PARTNERS

On June 12, we convened ten of our philanthropic peers to discuss the needs and inequities of Illinois’ Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) community and how philanthropy can get involved. The event showcased a panel featuring The Institute on Public Policy for People with Disabilities and the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities (ICDD). Curtis Harris, a self-advocate and governor-appointed ICDD council member, joined us as well to share some of his lived experience as a person with IDD, explaining which programs and services have aided his independence, and why funders should care about this community. We will follow up with a participant survey and use that data to strategize our next steps of increasing private dollars to the IDD sector.

COLEMAN CHALLENGE GRANT PROGRAM

As Coleman continues its efforts to influence the philanthropic community to support Intellectual and Developmental Disability service providers, we're excited to share the success of the 2023 Coleman Challenge Grant Program. All twelve participating IDD organizations met their $25,000 match and were able to leverage this program to raise more funds. With Coleman’s $300,000 investment in the program, over $3.4M was raised (an 11x multiple) across 2,710 donors—15% of which ($267,431) came from first time donors. We look forward to continuing this program in 2024.

2024 Grantmaking & Strategic Planning

This has been a year of transition for The Coleman Foundation. In addition to moving offices and welcoming new members to the team, board and staff are focused on strategic planning and the search for our next Executive Director. While we prepare to roll out our 2025 funding priorities, our commitment to support our grantee partners' work to better our communities remains as strong as ever. We are proud to announce $5+ million in grant awards to these organizations in the first half of 2024:

Ada S. McKinley Community Services
Allies for Community Business
Anixter Center
The Arc of IllinoisThe Arts of Life
Aspiritech NFP
Avenues to Independence
Blue Cap
Cancer Wellness Center
Center for Enriched Living
Center for Independence through Conductive Education
Chicago Horticultural Society
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Chicago Urban League
Chinese Mutual Aid Association Inc
Clearbrook
CTF ILLINOIS
Donka, Inc.
El Valor Corporation
Envision Unlimited
Equal Hope
Esperanza Community Services
Far South CDC
Foundation of Little Village
Garden Center Services
Gateway to Learning
GiGi's Playhouse
Gilda's Club Chicago
Good Food Catalyst
Greater Chatham Initiative
Greater Englewood CDC
Greater Southwest Dev. Corp.
Have Dreams
Helping Hand Center
Imerman Angels
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago

Ingalls Development Foundation
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
Institute on Public Policy for People with Disabilities
Jewish Child & Family Services
Keystone Alliance
La Rabida Children's Hospital
L'Arche Chicago
New Covenant CDC
Next Level Exchange
Northwest Side CDC
Orchard Village
PACTT Learning Center
Park Lawn School and Activity Center
Ray Graham Association
Rogers Park Business Alliance
Saint Anthony Hospital
Search, Inc.
Sertoma Star Services
Sinai Health System
Small Business Majority
South Chicago Parents and Friends
South Shore Community Development Corporation
Southland Development Authority
Sunshine Enterprises
Trinity Services, Inc.
United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago
University of Chicago Medical Center
University of Notre Dame
Urban Autism Solutions
Urban Juncture Foundation
West Side Forward
Women's Business Development Center
Working Credit
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

Click on the images below for more details about our Q1 and Q2 grants.

During this transitional year, we are not accepting unsolicited funding requests or letters of inquiry. Current grantees are welcome to contact the program team via grants@colemanfoundation.org with questions.