We are fighting poverty with opportunity.

Together, we can build a better Chicago for everyone.

A Better Chicago is a venture philanthropy that invests in the most promising nonprofits helping children escape poverty. We’re a supercharger. We have provided more than $65 million in unrestricted funding and management support to help the nonprofits in our portfolio grow. We are the strategic partner for donors who want to make pivotal, well-researched investments that lift the outlook for our city.

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Our portfolio provides Chicago youth with the education, skills, and opportunities to succeed and break the cycle of poverty.

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Investment to date $229.940K
Students Served 120

Along with learning the sport of boxing, which serves as a meaningful physical outlet for youth, The Bloc provides youth from the West Side of Chicago with academic coaching and mentorship.

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Investment to date $3.4M
Students Served 3,882

Chicago Scholars selects, trains, and mentors academically ambitious students from under-resourced communities to enroll in, persist and graduate from college.

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Investment to date $4.6M
Students Served 743

One Million Degrees accelerates community college students’ progress on career pathways to economic mobility by providing academic, professional, personal, and financial supports to highly motivated, low-income students pursuing associate’s degrees or post-secondary certificates.

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