Dedicated to the Promise of Chicago

The Field Foundation is a private, independent foundation that supports community power building.

  • Funding civic infrastructure, the cultural sector, local news outlets & organizers.

  • Catalyzing community transformation.

  • Dedicated to the promise of Chicago since 1960.

Learn about “A Road Together” (ART)
Our grantmaking partnership with the MacArthur Foundation creates opportunities for more Chicagoans to dream and flourish through a vibrant and sustainable creative ecosystem.

Meet the 2025 Leaders for a New Chicago
Our grantmaking partnership with the MacArthur Foundation recognizing leaders who are redefining civic leadership
and reimagining Chicago’s future.
Photo: Brian J. Morowczynski/ViaPhotos.com

The Field Foundation’s Inaugural Journalism & Storytelling Multiyear Cohort — Borderless Magazine, Chicago News Weekly, Investigative Project on Race & Equity, and South Side Weekly —represents the vibrance of Chicago’s media ecosystem.