We're a proud supporter of The Immigration Hub, a Chicago-area resource centering immigrants that features reporting, investigations & first-person immigrant narratives from 15 newsrooms. These stories about our neighbors are valuable and this resource deserves to be widely shared.

Chicago Immigration Hub

Your source for Chicago immigration news, guides and explainers.

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As #NationalGunViolenceAwarenessMonth comes to a close, we're taking a moment to recognize the progress made possible by committed advocates, community leaders, researchers & policymakers across the Great Lakes region and beyond. We're grateful for your urgency, expertise & care in this work.

Generosity brings Americans together & transforms our work from good intentions into real change. We're proud to join "Generosity Builds: 250 Years of Charitable Giving"—celebrating making America stronger through generosity. Learn more at GenerosityBuilds.org. #GenerosityBuilds

We recently hosted a webinar with leaders from the Government Alliance for Safe Communities (GASC) discussing findings from a new impact report on Community Violence Intervention strategies. The results are promising. Click below to learn more. www.joycefdn.org/webinars/com...

Investing in community violence intervention strategies: new evidence…

During the webinar, researchers discussed a newly published report on Illinois’ Government Alliance for Safe Communities investment’s impact on community…

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Incredibly important work we're excited to see. Congratulations to Rob and the Fund for a Safer Future. #PublicSafety #GunViolencePrevention

Jeff Asher@jeffasher.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New pod out! I talk with Rob Wilcox, former Deputy Director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and currently the CEO of Fund for a Safer Future, about how gun violence reduction has been achieved. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1... Spotify - open.spotify.com/episode/5nFS...

Congratulations to all of the finalists and to @aspenhighered.bsky.social on another successful Aspen Prize cycle! We're proud to be a founding funder of the award & to witness its continued impact nationwide. 🔥

Aspen Institute College Excellence Program@aspenhighered.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What can community colleges achieve when student success is the north star? Today we’re announcing the 2027 Aspen Prize finalists—colleges driving strong outcomes in completion, transfer, bachelor’s attainment, and workforce success. Learn more: as.pn/prize

The NJ AG SAFE Office offers an important example of how state-level civil enforcement may be used to address firearm industry practices that may affect public safety. Read more about this office and its approach in this new case study. https://www.joycefdn.org/research-reports/safe-office-model

The NJ SAFE Office: A Model for State Attorney General-Led Firearms...

This report reflects interviews conducted with staff members of the NJ Jersey Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office and others on the...

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Rigorous coursework shouldn’t be reserved for a select group of students. In this new report, EdTrust-Midwest outlines how Michigan can widen the path for more students to take engaging, high-quality courses that catalyze college and career success. https://bit.ly/ETMReadyforRigor

We awarded 69 grants totaling more than $10.9 million in our latest round of funding to recipients in our six program areas. Learn more about these organizations and their work in our Spring 2026 newsletter. #Philanthropy #Nonprofits

Congratulations to all of the semifinalists and to @aspenhighered.bsky.social for its continued leadership in elevating the impact of community colleges nationwide! #AspenPrize #HigherEd

Aspen Institute College Excellence Program@aspenhighered.bsky.social · 5mo ago

From nearly 1,000 community colleges nationwide, just 25 have been named semifinalists for the $1M #AspenPrize—recognized for strong and improving student outcomes. Learn more: as.pn/prize

Kudos to the Press Forward Chicago and Press Forward Springfield teams for hosting last week's Illinois Local News Summit. We enjoyed participating in an inspiring day of dialogue with local, regional and national leaders all invested in strengthening and elevating local news in our communities.

Strong local news is essential to civic life and democracy. It's why we invest in initiatives like Press Forward. On #LocalNewsDay, we celebrate the journalists and media leaders nationwide ensuring that communities have trustworthy information.

Communities want better policing rooted in trust. Two new @chicagopolice.bsky.social reports outline the structures to make that possible. This @crainschicago.bsky.social op-ed shows how structural transformation at CPD is necessary & achievable. #PoliceReform www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/comm...

Opinion: Chicago has a real path to meaningful police reform, if we choose to take it

Communities have made clear: they don’t want less police; they want better policing presence and response. But absent the mechanisms and structures to support that change, it’s merely hypothetical.

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On this date 84 years ago, more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent were incarcerated during World War II, including the parents of our President and CEO Julie Morita. Julie's op-ed in today's @chicagotribune.com reminds us to choose discourse & actions that unite rather than divide us. ⬇️

Julie Morita: My parents were interned in camps for Japanese Americans. We are repeating that national sin.

Reflecting on the interment of Japanese Americans and what is happening today challenges us to see how fragile our civil liberties are.

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The Joyce Foundation mourns the passing of Board Member Emeritus, @depauwuniversity.bsky.social President Emeritus & @depauwprindle.bsky.social founding director Robert G. Bottoms. He will be missed. Read our full remembrance ⬇️ www.joycefdn.org/news/in-reme...

In Remembrance: Robert G. Bottoms

The Joyce Foundation mourns the passing of Board Member Emeritus Robert G. Bottoms. Bob served as a Joyce board member for 26 years, retiring in 2023.

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We note with sadness the passing of former Joyce Foundation President & Board Member Emerita Charles U. Daly. Chuck passed away January 21. He was 98. He was Foundation president from 1978-1986 & Board member until 2019. Read more in our remembrance linked here. ⬇️ www.joycefdn.org/news/in-reme...

Today @weldoncoopercenter.bsky.social released the first-ever comprehensive report on data centers in the #GreatLakes region, illuminating the rapid growth, and environmental & economic impact of these facilities. We're pleased to support this research. ⬇️ tinyurl.com/bdzm5c2b

Cooper Center Releases Comprehensive Findings on Data Centers in the Great Lakes Region | Cooper Center

Press release regarding Cooper Center work on data centers in the Great Lakes region.

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The Joyce Foundation is proud to be a founding funder of this promising initiative designed to strengthen @chipubschools.bsky.social policies & help advance the best conditions for student success. chicago.suntimes.com/2026/01/09/c...

Chicago Education Alliance seeks to bring clarity to CPS’ toughest issues

The newly launched organization will offer research-backed guidance to Chicago school leaders and board members as they tackle the district’s thorniest issues, from budget deficits to struggling chart...

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Join our Thursday, 1/8 webinar at Noon CST discussing new research exploring the relationship between law enforcement and community cooperation in homicide investigations, and how that impacts homicide clearance rates. Registration link below. joycefdn-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Chicago's 10-year low in violent crime rebuts a challenging national narrative. Learn more in this month's @crainschicago.bsky.social Forum, including an op-ed from our Senior Program Officers Louisa Aviles & Quintin Williams. www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum...

Commentary: Progress on gun violence doesn't deserve a trophy — yet. We must keep going.

It will take ongoing commitment to build on the gains against the backdrop of declining federal support for prevention efforts, write philanthropic supporters.

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New @crainsdetroit.bsky.social Forum. Features op-eds from Joyce Education & Economic Mobility Program Officer Chibuzo Ezeigbo and our board member Russ Kavalhuna, president of Western Michigan University. #HigherEducation #StudentSuccess www.crainsdetroit.com/crains-forum...

College enrollment has been falling for years. Is it time to overhaul the whole system?

Michigan's one-of-a-kind college system may make change hard to coordinate among 15 schools, but there are things the state can do.

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Congratulations to the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers on launching a new multi-year initiative to strengthen the region’s water management institutions by “future proofing” the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Water Resources Compact and Agreement. ⬇️ gsgp.org/projects/wat...

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers Launch Initiative to “Future Proof” the Great Lakes Compact and Agreement Great Lakes Governors and Premiers

The Governors and Premiers work as equal partners to grow the region’s $9.3 (US) trillion economy and protect the world’s largest system of surface fresh water.

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We are pleased to welcome Courtney Lundquist as our new Program Officer in the Education & Economic Mobility Program, overseeing the Foundation's Post-Secondary Success portfolio. She will join the Foundation in January. #HigherEducation #StudentSuccess

This year our Environment team kicked off a Data Center Initiative which includes a webinar series to better understand maximizing economic benefits while minimizing harm to communities. Our latest webinar explores trends on community response to emerging data center development. ⬇️

Responding to Data Center Development: Emerging Insights for…

The goal of this webinar is to share learnings and connect diverse stakeholders interested in how local communities are experiencing and responding to…

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Congratulations to Rob Wilcox and the Fund for a Safer Future! His appointment as the organization's first CEO and President is a major milestone in its history. Joyce is proud to be a founding funder of FSF, the nation's only donor collaborative focused on reducing gun violence in America.

The Trace@thetrace.org · 10mo ago

As federal support disappears, gun violence prevention groups are turning to philanthropy. Rob Wilcox, from the Biden administration, will now lead one of the organizations at the forefront of this work.

Our Fall newsletter includes a reflective & uplifting message from our President & CEO Julie Morita, along with details about the 114 grants totaling more than $23 million we awarded in our latest round of funding, and other key program notes. ⬇️ tinyurl.com/92pw9pev

New policing series from @wttw.bsky.social examines Chicago Police progress implementing the 2019 consent decree that mandates broad police reform. We're proud to support this project-an intersection of 2 of our core programs: #Journalism & #Justice Reform. 👇 #Chicago news.wttw.com/policing

Policing | Chicago News | WTTW

WTTW News dives deep into why consent decree reform is so slow and how policing in Chicago continues to evolve.

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We're excited to announce Soledad Adrianzén McGrath as our new Program Director for the Gun Violence Prevention and Justice Reform Program. Soledad was most recently executive director of Northwestern's Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science (CORNERS). She starts in January.

We're thrilled to announce the 2025 Creative Impact Awards! $900K in unrestricted funding awarded to 60 artists & 57 organizations, celebrating their contributions to the #GreatLakes region. Administered by @unitedstatesartists.org & supported by Joyce. 🎉 ⬇️ www.joycefdn.org/news/announc...

Announcing the 2025 Creative Impact Awardees

Sixty artists and 57 organizations are recognized for their contributions to the Great Lakes region

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Exciting news: the 2027 #AspenPrize Top 200 community colleges were announced today! Joyce is proud to be a founding funder of the Aspen Prize. Join us in celebrating their commitment to driving higher student success and outcomes. ⬇️ #HigherEd #StudentSuccess

Aspen Institute College Excellence Program@aspenhighered.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Community colleges change lives every day. Today, we celebrate the top 200 colleges eligible for the 2027 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, recognizing high achievement and student success. Learn more: as.pn/prize