Our Teams and Partners
A groundbreaking collaborative of philanthropic stakeholders and researchers representing 25 foundations, public agencies and some private sector entities formed and agreed to voluntarily share data about how investments shifted to respond to the pandemic and what more needs to be done.
CORE TEAM
PARTNERS
The Builders Initiative
Comer Family Foundation
The Coleman Foundation
Chicago Workforce Funders Alliance
Cuore e Mani Foundation
Joyce Foundation
Lefkofsky Family Foundation
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Pierce Family Foundation
Polk Bros Foundation
Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation
McCormick Foundation
VNA Foundation
City of Chicago (Office of Equity and Racial Justice and Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection)
RESEARCH TEAM
Jennifer Axelrod
Senior Director of Learning
and Impact
The Chicago Community Trust
Carrie Shield
Associate Director,
Data Management
MacArthur Foundation
Kirsten Carroll
Associate Principal
Civic Consulting Alliance
Gillian Knight
Program Associate
Healthy Communities Foundation
Shruti Jayaraman
Director
Chicago Beyond
Laura Walzer
Portfolio Impact Associate
A Better Chicago
Michael Stiehl
Senior Policy Analyst
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Daniel Cooper
Research Director
Metropolitan Planning Council
Shawn Kendrick
Manager, Learning and Impact
The Chicago Community Trust
Kimberly Smith
Associate Director
University of Chicago Crime & Education Labs
Angelique Power
President
Former President of the Field Foundation
Emma Landgraf
Senior Manager, Data Strategy
United Way of Metro Chicago
Meegan Dugan Bassett
Fellow
New America Chicago | New America Local
Iván Arenas
Associate Director
UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Ann Liu
Design
Danielle Veira
A Better Chicago
Isabelle Cadrot
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Jackie Rodriguez
Healthy Communities Foundation
Grace Cheung
MacArthur Foundation
Lilly Athamanah
The Chicago Community Trust
Marrianne McMullen
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Mandy Burrell Booth
Metropolitan Planning Council
Michelle Morales
Woods Fund Chicago
Nina Alcacio
The Chicago Community Trust
Sabrina L. Miller
Field Foundation
Teresa Myers
The FBRK Impact House