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Investing in the promise of Chicago. Funding civic infrastructure, the cultural sector, local news outlets, and organizers to support community power building. Learn more @ fieldfoundation.org
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · 15h
The 2025 ART Grant Recipients are listed below. Congrats to all!

UrbanTheater Company (UTC)
Walls Turned Sideways

#ARoadTogether #arts #culture #community #powerbuilding #philanthropy #chicago

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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · 15h
The 2025 ART Grant Recipients are listed below. Congrats to all!

Intonation Music
Kalapriya Foundation, Center for the Indian Performing Arts
Making a Difference Dancing (M.A.D.D.) Rhythms Organization
Pegasus Theatre Chicago
Territory NFP
The Era Footwork Collective

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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · 15h
The 2025 ART Grant Recipients are listed below. Congrats to all!

Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange
Cultural Access Collaborative
Design Museum of Chicago
Folded Map Project
FreshLens Chicago
High Concept Labs
ILA Creative Studio

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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · 15h
The 2025 ART Grant Recipients are listed below. Congrats to all!

About Face Theatre
Africa International House USA
Aguijón Theatre
Architreasures
Ballet Folklorico de Chicago
Changing Worlds
Chicago Blues Revival
Chicago Mobile Makers
Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center

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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · 15h
Now in its third year, the ART partnership has awarded general operating funding to 156 nonprofits – all of which have annual budgets of less than $1 million and operate largely in traditionally underserved communities. Learn more: fieldfoundation.org/art 3/
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · 15h
As a five-year, $15 million partnership with @macfound.org the ART initiative is rooted in the belief that small and mid-sized arts and culture organizations – including social service groups and community organizers – are vital to Chicago's identity, economy, and social fabric. 2/
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · 15h
We’re excited to announce the 2025 "A Road Together" (ART) grant recipients – 25 Chicago-based arts and culture nonprofits who together will receive general operating grants totaling $2.85 million over three years. 1/
Image shows the "A Road Together" logo with text arranged in a modern, stacked layout within a rectangular frame that gradients from green to blue. Below the frame, smaller text reads "an initiative of: Field Foundation" and "supported by: MacArthur Foundation" with their respective logos. The design uses a clean, contemporary aesthetic with the program's signature green and blue colors. Graphic displaying the first half of 2025 ART Cohort grant recipients on a white background with green border. The list includes 13 organizations: About Face Theater Company, Africa International House USA Inc., Aguijón Theater Company, Architreasures, Ballet Folklorico de Chicago, Changing Worlds, Chicago Blues Revival, Chicago Mobile Makers, Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center, Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation, Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange, Cultural Access Collaborative, and Design Museum of Chicago. The A Road Together logo appears in the bottom left corner in green and blue, with the website fieldfoundation.org/art in green at the bottom right. Graphic displaying the second half of 2025 ART Cohort grant recipients on a white background with green border. The list includes 12 organizations: Folded Map Project, FreshLens Chicago, High Concept Labs, ILA Creative Studio, Intonation Music, Kalapriya Foundation Center for the Indian Performing Arts, Making a Difference Dancing (M.A.D.D.) Rhythms Organization, Pegasus Theatre Chicago, Territory, The Era Footwork Collective, UrbanTheater Company, and Walls Turned Sideways. The A Road Together logo appears in the bottom left corner in green and blue, with the website fieldfoundation.org/art in green at the bottom right.
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · 7d
GRANT OPPORTUNITY: Healing Illinois Returns for 2025-2026!

We're proud to partner with @ilhumanservices.bsky.social to distribute $4.3 million in funding to Illinois nonprofits fostering racial healing and community healing statewide. Learn more: www.healing.illinois.gov.
A social media graphic with a gradient blue background featuring decorative wavy lines and other shapes. At the top center is the Healing Illinois logo—a white circle containing a heart made of blue and teal checkered pattern with "Healing Illinois" text. The main text reads "HEALING ILLINOIS GRANT APPLICATION" in large, bold yellow-gold letters. Below that, "open now" appears in white script font with a small starburst accent. The website "Healing.Illinois.gov" is displayed in white text. At the bottom, "COMMUNITY HEALING" appears in white capital letters against the blue background with large decorative shapes.
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Sep 11
We're proud to help support our Journalism & Storytelling grant recipients in overcoming these challenges. And we're especially proud of Chicago News Weekly & Investigative Project on Race & Equity for their impactful work. Check them out! /end

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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Sep 11
The discussion covered all aspects of launching a news business start-up — from the process of securing a nonprofit 501c3 designation or fiscal sponsor, to what keeps these news leaders up at night: the constant challenge of diversifying revenue, increasing staff and maintaining sustainability. 4/
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Sep 11
Introduced by the Field Foundation's Director of Journalism & Storytelling Maudlyne Ihejirika, and moderated by The Chronicle of Philanthropy's Senior Writer Stephanie Beasley, the panel examined the challenges and rewards of building and maintaining a nonprofit newsroom in today’s industry. 3/
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Sep 11
The leaders of these Chicago-based news outlets — Chicago News Weekly's Cheryl Mainor, and Wendy Wei from Investigative Project on Race & Equity — joined Stacy Palmer from @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social and Emily Holden from @floodlightnews.org on a national stage. 2/
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Sep 11
We were proud to sponsor the "Building a Nonprofit Newsroom," panel at last weekend's @womenjournos.bsky.social JAWS conference in Washington, D.C. The panel featured two grant recipients from Field's Multi-Year Cohort: Chicago News Weekly & Investigative Project & Race and Equity. 1/
A conference panel in progress at the JAWS (Journalism and Women Symposium) Conference. Maudlyne Ihejirika stands at a podium on stage with microphone, introducing the session. The panelists seated from left to right are: Stephanie Beasley, Stacy Palmer, Emily Holden, Wendy Wei, and Cheryl Mainor Norman. The setting is a modern conference room with blue-gray walls and a presentation screen visible in the background. The "Building a Nonprofit Newsroom" panel at the JAWS Conference in full session. Five participants are seated on stage: from left to right, Stephanie Beasley in a light blue dress, Stacy Palmer in a colorful striped dress, Emily Holden in a yellow top and black pants, Wendy Wei in a floral blouse and polkadot skirt, and Cheryl Mainor Norman in a black dress holding a microphone and speaking. The presentation slide is visible on the left side of the frame, and the backdrop features illuminated white panels with blue accent lighting. The "Building a Nonprofit Newsroom" panel at the JAWS Conference in full session. Five participants are seated on stage: from left to right, Stephanie Beasley in a light blue dress, Stacy Palmer in a colorful striped dress, Emily Holden in a yellow top and black pants, Wendy Wei in a floral blouse and polkadot skirt holding a microphone and speaking, and Cheryl Mainor Norman in a black dress. The presentation slide is visible on the left side of the frame, and the backdrop features illuminated white panels with blue accent lighting. Group photo of all six participants standing together after the panel at the JAWS Conference. From left to right: Stephanie Beasley in a denim dress, Stacy Palmer in a colorful striped dress, Emily Holden in a yellow top and black pants, Wendy Wei in a floral blouse and black and white dotted skirt, Cheryl Mainor Norman in a black dress, and Maudlyne Ihejirika in a navy dress. Everyone is smiling and the photo appears to be taken in the same conference room setting.
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Sep 3
We're proud to support #JAWSCAMP2025 @womenjournos.bsky.social, Sept 5-7 in Washington, DC. For all attending, don't miss this panel on "Building a Nonprofit Newsroom," featuring leaders from @floodlightnews.org, Chicago News Weekly, @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social, & @raceandequityproject.org
womenjournos.bsky.social JAWS (Journalism & Women Symposium) @womenjournos.bsky.social · Aug 28
Join us at #JAWSCAMP2025 Sept. 5-7 in Washington, DC for a panel examining the challenges and rewards of building and maintaining a nonprofit newsroom in today’s industry. This panel is generously sponsored by the Field Foundation. Learn more about the conference: www.jaws.org/news/jaws-ca...
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 29
Yesterday, we toured the construction site of the Obama Presidential Center on the South Side. We learned about how the 19.3-acre campus will serve Chicago, its communities & residents. We look forward to returning when it opens in 2026. Thx to the @obamafoundation.bsky.social team for hosting us.
The Field Foundation team, many in yellow safety vests and white hard hats, poses in front of the Obama Presidential Center construction site. Behind them stands the concrete structure under construction, featuring a distinctive angular tower with textured facade and a construction crane. The modern building rises against a bright blue sky with white clouds, showcasing the progress of this significant cultural institution that will serve Chicago's South Side communities across the city when it opens in summer 2026.
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 27
This event, presented by WF Fund, kicked-off Inspired Generosity's Chicago Showcase at Impact House. WF Fund President Dilnaz Waraich opened and closed the event, encouraging all participants to continue the conversations and use “smiling as a form of generosity.” /end
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 27
The challenge in this moment, Maudlyne said, is to use the power of storytelling to humanize:

“Help those who do not look like you to care about those who do not look like them … to relate to, identify with, and understand that we are all one humanity. There is no distinction.” 3/
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 27
Maudlyne and guest speakers Tracy Baim (#PressForwardChicago), Rummana Hussain (@chicago.suntimes.com), and Nissa Rhee (@borderlessmag.bsky.social) explored the need to reshape media narratives to ensure accurate, fair, and contextual news coverage of underrepresented communities. 2/
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 27
Yesterday, the Field Foundation’s Director of Journalism & Storytelling, Maudlyne Ihejirika, joined an insightful Inspired Generosity panel, “FROM MARGINS TO MAINSTREAM: Advancing Narrative Change in Community Stories.” 1/
hree women speakers sit at a white panel table with microphones during a discussion. Maudlyne, on the right, wearing a black outfit, is speaking into her microphone while gesturing. Rummana, in the middle, wears a vibrant purple dress. Nissa, on the left, is wearing a dark dress and a jean jacket. The modern conference room has large windows and a presentation screen visible in the background. Dilnaz is wearing a white and khaki linen outfit with a colorful head wrap. She stands next to a podium, speaking into a microphone. Behind her, the three panelists from the previous image sit at their table listening. A presentation slide is displayed on the screen, and Press Forward Chicago branding is visible on a banner to the left. Tracy, in a dark blouse and pants, stands next to the podium addressing the audience. The presentation screen shows a slide titled "GUEST SPEAKERS" with four professional headshots. The panelists are seated at a white table, with Field Foundation and Press Forward Chicago branded banners visible to the left. A close-up view of the presentation screen displaying the panel title "FROM MARGINS TO MAINSTREAM: ADVANCING NARRATIVE CHANGE IN COMMUNITY STORIES" along with guest speaker photos and their affiliations: Rummana Hussain (Chicago Sun-Times), Nissa Rhee (Borderless Magazine), Maudlyne Ihejirika (Field Foundation), and Tracy Baim (Press Forward Chicago). The Inspired Generosity logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 27
This event, presented by WF Fund, kicked-off Inspired Generosity's Chicago Showcase. WF Fund President Dilnaz Waraich opened and closed the event, encouraging all participants to continue the conversations and use “smiling as a form of generosity.” /end
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 27
The challenge in this moment, Maudlyne said, is to use the power of storytelling to humanize:

“Help those who do not look like you to care about those who do not look like them … to relate to, identify with, and understand that we are all one humanity. There is no distinction.” 3/
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 27
Maudlyne and guest speakers Tracy Baim (Press Forward Chicago), Rummana Hussain (Chicago Sun-Times), and Nissa Rhee (Borderless Magazine) explored the need to reshape media narratives to ensure accurate, fair, and contextual news coverage of underrepresented communities. 2/
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 22
They discussed the intersection of philanthropy, journalism, and Chicago as well as the importance of storytelling in lifting up voices and communities that may not be heard otherwise. Congrats to CWIP on a stellar event. /end
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 22
The Field Foundation attended the Chicago Women in Philathropy (CWIP) Annual Meeting yesterday in support of this important organization and our colleague, Maudlyne Ihejirika, who informed and inspired the room in her keynote conversation with CWIP Board Co-Chair Diane Knoepke. 2/
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Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · Aug 22
“Storytelling is at the heart of journalism and at the heart of philanthropy … and we need each other. We have to tell our stories … that’s how we move hearts and minds.” — Maudlyne Ihejirika, Director of Journalism & Storytelling, Field Foundation 1/ #journalism #storytelling
Keynote conversation in progress between Maudlyne Ihejirika (right) and CWIP Board Co-Chair Diane Knoepke (left). The two speakers are seated in comfortable chairs by large windows with a small table between them, engaged in their discussion about the intersection of philanthropy, journalism, and storytelling. Another angle of the keynote conversation, capturing the intimate setting and engaged dialogue between Maudlyne and Diane as they discuss the importance of storytelling in lifting up voices and communities. Maudlyne Ihejirika presents as the keynote speaker at the Chicago Women in Philanthropy Annual Meeting. The presentation slide displays her title as "Director of Journalism & Storytelling Program, Field Foundation of Illinois" alongside her professional headshot. Attendees are seated at tables in an elegant venue with exposed brick walls and large windows. Field Foundation team members pose with colleagues at the CWIP Annual Meeting. The group of seven stands together in professional attire against a backdrop of large windows, celebrating the successful event and Maudlyne's keynote presentation. The photo is framed against a bright green background.
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