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The Chicago Community Trust was founded in 1915 by Norman Wait Harris, founder of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank, and his son Albert Wadsworth Harris. [5] The founders were inspired by The Cleveland Foundation, the country’s first community foundation, which was established the year before. [5] Most of the Trust’s funding during 1915 ...
The first community foundation was set up in Cleveland in 1914 by Frederick Goff and operates now as The Cleveland Foundation. [3] Others soon followed including the California Community Foundation and the Chicago Community Trust. The first Community Foundation in Canada, The Winnipeg Foundation, was established in Winnipeg in 1921. [4]
The Crossroads Fund is a Chicago-based public foundation that supports community organizations working for social and economic justice in the Chicago area.It is a member of a national network of grantmakers called the Funding Exchange [www.fex.org], all of whom share the motto, "change, not charity."
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McCormick Foundation is a Chicago-based nonprofit charitable trust established in 1955, following the death of "Colonel" Robert R. McCormick of the McCormick family. As of 2010 [update] , it had more than US$ 1 billion in assets.
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago was founded in 1985. [4] In 2012, the organization established community-based HIV testing and set up partnerships with medical homes to initiate care within 72 hours for individuals found to be HIV positive.
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Open Society Foundations United States: New York City: $19.6 billion 1993 [15] 11 Lilly Endowment United States: Indianapolis: $15.1 billion 1937 [16] 12 Ford Foundation United States: New York City: $13.7 billion 1936 [17] 13 Silicon Valley Community Foundation United States: San Jose, California: $13.6 billion 2007 [18] 14 Garfield Weston ...