This was a year of reflection, listening, and learning. We awarded $7.1 million across our program areas and beyond to help grantees fulfill their missions and serve their communities.
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 is to close the racial and ethnic wealth gap and build a more just, equitable …
This week Shelley Davis will take the helm of The Coleman Foundation. The Coleman Foundation invests about $8 million each year in programs that advance personal empowerment and well-being for residents of the Chicago Metro area. Shelley will succeed Michael Hennessy who began working with the Foundation in 1987 when he was an officer of …
