Healing Illinois 2025 Reporting Project Publishes “Healing Through Narrative Change: Untold Stories” CHICAGO – The Field Foundation today announced publication of a series of stories highlighting diverse Central Illinois communities and pressing issues they face. The series was produced under the Healing Through Narrative Change Reporting Project made possible by a grant from Healing Illinois. […]
Field And MacArthur Foundations Announce 2024 “A Road Together” (ART) Grant Recipients Fifty-one Small to Mid-Sized Arts and Culture Nonprofits Fundedthrough 5-year, $15 Million Partnership to Support Historically Underserved Communities CHICAGO –The Field Foundation of Illinois and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced the 2024 “A Road Together” (ART) grant recipients. […]
The Field Foundation Honors Judith Stofer Block It is with heavy hearts that we mark the transition of Field Foundation Life Director Judith Stofer Block, who passed away on June 26 at the age of 83. Judy dedicated her life to civic service and made an incredible impact in the many leadership roles she played […]
Field and MacArthur Foundations Announce 2024 Leaders for a New Chicago Cohort 10 Leaders Committed to Diversity Across the City to be Awarded $50,000 for Exemplary Work in their Communities CHICAGO – The Field Foundation of Illinois, in partnership with The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, today announced the recipients of the 2024 […]
The Healing Illinois Segregation and Migrant Crisis Reporting Project Features Work from Five Local News Outlets CHICAGO – Public Narrative today announced the publication of a series of hard-hitting stories investigating Chicago’s legacy of segregation, produced under the Segregation and Migrant Crisis Reporting Project made possible by a grant from Healing Illinois. An initiative led […]
More than 180 Subgrantees will Receive $4.5 Million in Healing Illinois Funding SPRINGFIELD, IL – Healing Illinois, an initiative led by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and the Field Foundation of Illinois, announced today the 184 recipients of $4.5 million in funding for community-based activities to advance racial healing. “The ongoing ills associated […]
Joe Aguilar Succeeds Gloria Castillo, who Becomes Vice Chair. Field Foundation President Daniel O. Ash Joins Board of Directors CHICAGO – The Field Foundation Board of Directors today announced it has elected board member Joe Aguilar as its chair. Aguilar succeeds Gloria Castillo, who had chaired the board since September 2018 and now serves as […]
We’re so excited to welcome Maudlyne Ihejirika to our Field Foundation team. Maudlyne, who will manage our Media & Storytelling portfolio, spent 29 years with the Chicago Sun-Times, where she was an award-winning reporter and columnist. She is responsible for supporting the foundation’s work in seeking to change how news production and storytelling reflect Chicago—and […]
A message from Field Foundation President Daniel O. Ash Today, I began my new role as the Field Foundation’s eighth president. I am incredibly honored to be working with our Board and the Field Foundation staff in service of our mission—centering racial equity to achieve community empowerment through Art, Justice, Media & Storytelling, and Leadership […]