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The Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC) was a Chicago public school reform project from 1995 to 2001 that worked with half of Chicago's public schools and was funded by a $49.2 million, 2-to-1 matching challenge grant over five years from the Annenberg Foundation. The grant was contingent on being matched by $49.2 million in private donations and ...
The Woods Fund of Chicago is a private independent foundation in Chicago, whose goal is to increase opportunities for less-advantaged people and communities in the Chicago metropolitan area, including the opportunity to shape decisions affecting them.
The Joyce Foundation describes its mission as "working to improve quality of life, promote community vitality, and achieve a fair society". [11]The Joyce Foundation's primary focus is on the Great Lakes region, where its funding efforts are focused on "environmental preservation, diverse art, energy efficiency, teacher quality, gun violence prevention, early literacy, and workforce development ...
Private small business grants for minorities 4. Wish Local Empowerment Grant. Wish created the Wish Local Empowerment Grant to provide financial assistance to its small business partners. Wish’s ...
Aug. 22—Every year in August, folks ranging in age from 90-plus to pre-school gather on West Seventh Street in Mankato to meet and eat, play games and share names. It's a single summer night ...
This year, Sun Life expanded the program to seven cities from five in 2011, and will award grants and scholarships to students and nonprofits in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia ...
The Chicago Community Trust (the Trust) is the community foundation serving Chicago, suburban Cook County, and the Illinois counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will. Established on May 12, 1915, it is the second largest community foundation in the country as of 2020, with assets of more than $4.5 billion.
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — On Monday, Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced that communities around Illinois will receive funding for local park projects ...