The Field Foundation, in partnership with the MacArthur Foundation, today announced the recipients of the 2025 Leaders for a New Chicago Award. As artists, journalists, storytellers, and organizers, these eight leaders are bringing transformative change to their communities—from the ground up—and are helping to write the next chapter in Chicago’s ever-unfolding story.

Healing Illinois Renews $4.5 Million Grant Initiative to Advance Racial Healing in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announces the relaunch of Healing Illinois. This statewide effort, managed in partnership with the Field Foundation of Illinois, will address racial disparities by distributing $4.5 million in grants for organizations to begin or continue the work of racial healing.

The Field Foundation of Illinois and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced the 2024 “A Road Together” (ART) grant recipients. In the second year of a five-year, $15 million partnership, 51 Chicago-based arts and culture nonprofits will receive $1.6 million in ART funding; 25 organizations will receive three-year grants, and 26 organizations will receive one-year grants.