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Sharing What We've Learned

Current, in-depth knowledge about our community is essential to our grant making and our donor services. On this page, you can explore additional research commissioned by The Chicago Community Trust that is of lasting interest to the community. In addition, we bring you the best and brightest ideas about community issues and effective philanthropy.

2009

Nonprofits in Financial Distress | 08/01/2009

The Community Economic Development Law Project presents alternatives for Illinois nonprofits facing serious financial pressures

The New News: Journalism We Want and Need | 06/15/2009

First-of-its-kind report, commissioned by the Trust and produced by the Community Media Workshop, assesses online local news coverage in our region

RHOPI Action Plan: Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis in the Chicago Metro Area | 05/01/2009

The Regional Home Ownership Preservation Initiative (Regional HOPI) is the Chicago metropolitan area’s integrated approach to exerting a collective, measurable impact on the foreclosure crisis. This document summarizes their progress and presents a Regional Action Plan.

The Latino Landscape: A Metro Chicago Guide & Nonprofit Directory | 03/01/2009

This first-of-its-kind resource for the Latino community is a collaborative effort between the Trust and the Center for Metropolitan Chicago Initiatives of the Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame.

2008

Rising to the Challenge: A Community's Commitment to Education | 01/15/2008

Report details five years of funding education improvement initiatives

2007

A Report on the Chicago Region's Health & Human Services Sector | 04/15/2007

2007 study by United Way of Metropolitan Chicago and The Chicago Community Trust