The Power of We. THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST 2017 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS In Appreciation: Terry Mazany . 2 Year in Review . 4 Our Stories: Philanthropy in Action . 8 In Memoriam . 20 Competitive Grants . 22 Grants from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust . 46 Searle Scholars . 47 Donor Advised Grants . 48 Designated Grants . 76 Matching Gifts . 77 Grants from Identity-Focused Funds . 78 Grants from Supporting Organizations . 80 Grants from Collaborative Funds . 84 Funds of The Chicago Community Trust and Affiliates . 87 Contributors to Funds at The Chicago Community Trust and Affiliates . 99 The 1915 Society . 108 Professional Advisory Committee and Young Professional Advisory Committee . 111 Financial Highlights . 112 Executive Committee . 116 Trustees Committee and Banks . 117 The Chicago Community Trust Staff . 118 Trust at a Glance . 122 The power to reach. The power to dream. The power to build, uplift and create. The power to move the immovable, to align our reality to the best of our ideals. That is the power of we. We know that change doesn’t happen in silos. From our beginning, The Chicago Community Trust has understood that more voices, more minds, more hearts are better than one. It is our collective actions, ideas and generosity that propel us forward together. We find strength in our differences, common ground in our unparalleled love for our region. We take courage knowing that any challenge we face, we face as one. We draw power from our shared purpose, power that renews and emboldens us on our journey – the world-changing power of we. Helene D. Gayle President and CEO IN APPRECIATION : TERRY MAZANY TERRY MAZANY “ We have worked hard to generate the resources and the insights that will help us determine the right way to push forward.” The leadership of Terry Mazany is defined by how he elevated the expectations of what a community foundation can do . ABOVE Photo by John Sturdy. In everything from asset growth to dollars granted, from community visibility to a greater focus on inclusivity, the Trust’s reach was amplified through his insight and tireless efforts . During Terry’s 13 years as president and CEO, the dollar value of annual grants originating at the Trust more than tripled—enabling us to do more good for Chicago . Early in Terry’s tenure, board member Sue Gin clued him into the widely held view that the Trust was a “sleeping giant,” with unrealized potential for impact . She was clear that if the Trust continued on its current path, it would become increasingly insignificant to Chicago . “Armed with this ambition, we began to redesign the Trust for elevated stature,” Terry later recalled . Key to this change was to shift the mindset of the foundation from a receiver of funds to a fundraiser— a prerequisite for the Trust’s centennial endowment building campaign, We Are Chicago . With leadership from former Executive Committee member Marshall Field V, as well as John Bryan, King 2 THE C H I C A G O C O M MUNIT Y T R U S T IN APPRECIATION : TERRY MAZANY 1 Harris and Shawn Donnelley, this shift in focus achieved a profound new level of long-term impact that will endure beyond the staff and board serving today . In navigating the path to the Trust’s 100-year milestone, Mazany gathered the Trust’s forces in new ways that redefined success . With its audacious goal of $1 billion, the campaign topped out at $1 .6 billion—a triumph of philanthropic engagement for the Trust that became a model for community foundations nationwide . More importantly, the campaign stimulated a heightened awareness of the Trust and contributed to a steady increase of annual contributions, up to over $300 million a year from an average of under $100 million . As assets grew, and grants amplified, so did the Trust’s capacity to play a leadership role in the civic life of the region, championing the interests of those with the least . 2 In the face of complex and daunting challenges, connection and collaboration at every level are essential strategies . Terry’s work to expand philanthropy included a surge in identity-focused funds, which unite individuals and families in charitable giving inspired by a shared heritage or a common cause . It was also during Terry’s leadership that the Trust reached out to everyone in our region, welcoming each of us to take a seat at the table where social challenges are candidly shared, deeply understood and tackled with compassion and ingenuity . On the Table quickly became an unofficial civic holiday, a legacy of Terry’s commitment to collaboration that continues today . “We have worked hard to generate the resources and the insights that will help us ONE determine the right way to push forward,” Terry once wrote . And his leadership Photo by John Sturdy. pushed us closer to the ideals of equity, inclusive growth, shared prosperity, vibrant democracy and tangible improvements in the social, physical and natural TWO environments of our entire region . Photo by John H. White. True leaders elevate the stature of what they lead . For Terry Mazany’s extraordinary contributions to the reputation, health and culture of the Trust, and for his enduring effect on the place we call home, we will remain forever grateful . 2017 A N N U A L R E P O R T 3 YEAR IN REVIEW YEAR IN REVIEW October 2016 October 26, 2016 Thanks to an innovative collaboration among the Trust’s program officers, Live on stage, five teams of local food pioneers pitch big ideas for the 10 grants help put Our Great Rivers—Chicago’s first comprehensive Food to Market Challenge, an innovative award competition created plan to reimagine our waterways—into action. Approved by the Executive by Food:Land:Opportunity. The panel of expert judges awards the Committee in September, the grants totaling $800,000 flow to $500,000 grand prize to Team Leverage, to bring its idea—using locally driven projects seeking to revitalize communities along the Chicago, existing delivery networks to provide fresh produce in neighborhoods Des Plaines and Calumet rivers. lacking access to healthy food—to life. October 1, 2016 November 15, 2016 African American Legacy, an identity-focused fund at the Trust, Terry Mazany gives the State of the Community address at the Chicago launches its Empowerment for Peace grant cycle to support Hilton and Towers. Reflecting on our need for community in times of organizations working collaboratively to develop the voices of division, Mazany advises, “We are successful when we are connected African-American youth and reduce violence. with each other, when we listen and work together. To create more opportunities, we must be proximate to those without opportunity.” October 12, 2016 Get IN Chicago hosts research partners, practitioners and caregivers November 21, 2016 for a Parental INvolvement Summit to discuss promising strategies What You Do Matters, a documentary about everyday acts of philanthropy, from family initiatives across the city. Since 2013, Get IN Chicago has airs on WTTW. As part of its Centennial celebration, the Trust awarded nearly $3 million to support parent leadership and family commissioned this documentary to showcase the giving spirit of engagement programs. people in Chicago and around the nation. October 21, 2016 ADA 25 Advancing Leadership announces its 2017 Fellows at the Chicagoland Business Leadership Network’s Disability Inclusion Opportunity Summit, hosted by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. ADA 25 Advancing Leadership members also participate on four panels and plenaries at the Summit. 1. October 26, 2016 2 2. November 15, 2016 1 3 4 THE C H I C A G O C O M MUNIT Y T R U S T 3. January 19-21, 2017 YEAR IN REVIEW January 19-21, 2017 March 3-4, 2017 BMO Harris Bank’s Institute For Learning hosts the first session ofthe Microsoft hosts the second session of the Leadership Institute in Leadership Institute, a project of ADA 25 Advancing Leadership, downtown Chicago. Since the first session, ADA 25 Advancing where 16 emerging leaders with disabilities develop their personal Leadership’s Members Network has expanded to over 50 members. and civic leadership skills. April 2017 January 31, 2017 The Trust partners with Black Star Project, the Faith Community At its first meeting of the year, the Trust’s Executive Committee of St. Sabina, NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo for Neighborhood approves grants to nonprofit organizations across the Chicago Heroes, which encourages each Chicago resident to take a pledge region. By the end of the fiscal year, the Trust will award more than to make a difference in their communities. The Trust and Smart $37 million in competitive grants. Chicago, a collaborative project housed at the Trust, provide strategic guidance for the effort. February 2, 2017 Nearly 1,000 people enjoy an evening of poetry celebrating Chicago icon April 27, 2017 Gwendolyn Brooks: the first African-American Pulitzer Prize-winning The Trust partners with New America Chicago and CHANGE Illinois poet and longtime Poet Laureate for the State of Illinois. The event to host two events featuring Eric Liu, founder and CEO of Citizen features all five living African-American Pulitzer Prize-winning poets University and executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship —Rita Dove, Yusef Komunyakaa, Natasha Trethewey, Tracy K. Smith and American Identity Program. Liu joined Maria Hinojosa, anchor and Gregory Pardlo—reading their favorite Brooks poems, then joining and executive producer of Latino USA on National Public Radio, at the in conversation moderated by journalist and author Natalie Moore. Chicago Cultural Center for a conversation about civic engagement, This is the signature event of Our Miss Brooks 100, the yearlong organizing and social change.