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December 16, 2025
December 16, 2025

Listening deeply, building for now and what’s next

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March 27, 2020
All In Together
March 27, 2020

Our commitment to grantee partners during the COVID-19 pandemic

Our commitment to grantee partners during the COVID-19 pandemic   Dear Polk Bros. Foundation grantee partners, Frequently, in the course of our work together, we find […]
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October 22, 2019
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October 22, 2019

Chicago’s Potential: Building thriving, more equitable Chicago communities

Chicago’s Potential: Building thriving, more equitable Chicago communities Throughout our 30th anniversary year, in our Chicago’s Potential series, we are sharing trends and progress we’re noticing […]
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June 24, 2019
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June 24, 2019

Chicago’s Potential: Ending homelessness and strengthening nonprofits

Chicago’s Potential: Ending homelessness and strengthening nonprofits Throughout our 30th anniversary year, in our Chicago’s Potential blog series, we are sharing trends and progress we’re noticing […]
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About Polk Bros. Foundation

Polk Bros. Foundation is a private independent foundation which focuses its work at the intersection of Chicago's most pressing issues to address the complex roots and devastating effects of poverty, challenge inequity, and ensure that all Chicagoans have the opportunity to reach their full potential. Since its founding in 1988, the Foundation has partnered with more than 3,900 Chicago nonprofits to build strong communities and families, increase access to quality education and the arts, improve health, and strengthen organizations and the sectors in which they work. In fall 2024, Polk Bros. Foundation announced three new goals that will guide our work in the years to come: Closing the Life Expectancy Gap; Building Community Wealth Across Generations; and Fostering a Participatory, Multiracial Democracy. The Foundation will share full strategies in support of its new goals and begin fully grantmaking toward these goals in fall 2026.

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  • New Grant Opportunities
    Polk Bros. Foundation to release three grant opportunities to support community-driven efforts and help shape future grantmaking
    February 17, 2026
  • Listening deeply, building for now and what’s next
    December 16, 2025
  • Janet Ward
    Polk Bros. Foundation Controller Janet Ward to retire in June
    June 11, 2025
  • Evette Cardona
    A conversation with Evette Cardona as she bids farewell to Polk Bros. Foundation
    May 21, 2025
  • A Letter from Our CEO
    Standing firm in our commitments to Chicago | A letter from our CEO
    April 21, 2025
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