Philanthropic Initiatives
Little Wing Fund supports founder-led, community-based organizations that serve disinvested communities, primarily in Chicago. These organizations seek to address social, economic and racial justice, including access to housing, health care, mental health services, education, access to arts, the environment and a number of other social services needs of communities and individuals. Little Wing’s purpose is to support those following the words of the late Robert F. Kennedy: “It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice. He sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest wall of oppression and resistance.”
Center on Halsted provides a vast array of programs and services designed to advance Chicago's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) and allied community.
Chicago South Side Birth Center is changing the way people receive care on the South Side of Chicago. Offering wellness and abundance in whole health through community focused, culturally centered midwifery care.
Growing Home is a USDA-Certified Organic urban farm, workforce development center and non-profit social enterprise in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago.
La Casa Norte's mission is to serve youth and families confronting homelessness. We provide access to stable housing and deliver comprehensive services that act as a catalyst to transform lives and communities.
Chicago Jesuit Academy is a loving and academically rigorous tuition-free Catholic elementary school for students and families from resilient communities impacted by historical disinvestment.
Sunshine Enterprises helps rising entrepreneurs throughout Chicagoland start or grow businesses by training, coaching and connecting them.
For nearly 60 years, LINK Unlimited Scholars has been a Chicago-based institution working to change the trajectory of high-potential Black youth by providing unique programming in the classroom and beyond.
Apna Ghar provides critical, comprehensive, culturally competent services, and conducts outreach and advocacy across communities to end gender violence.
548 Foundation empowers individuals by providing the tools, resources, and training they need to lead their communities and drive sustainable change.
Red Clay Dance Company lives to awaken “glocal” Artivism through creating, performing and teaching dances of the African Diaspora.
The Dovetail Project provides young fathers – ages 17 to 24 – with the skills and support they need to be better fathers for their children and better men in their communities.
The Chicago Giving Circle is a group of service-oriented individuals and families pooling their philanthropic resources to make meaningful contributions to Chicago-area nonprofits.
