In the News

March 10, 2021

A recent report from DePaul University's Coleman Entrepreneurship Center connects the Coleman Foundation's past and future efforts and sets the course for new directions. After making a critical contribution to establishing the field of entrepreneurship in higher education across the nation for forty years, the Foundation began to shift our focus closer to our Chicago home in 2017. We believe that what we've learned about improving entrepreneurship education at the university level can be deeply...

February 25, 2021

As part of their interview series celebrating the contributions of leaders in the nonprofit sector for Black History Month and Women's History Month, Evolve Giving Group interviewed our CEO Shelley A. Davis about her first 100 days on the job and how the nonprofit sector can become more equitable and inclusive. https://evolvegivinggroup.com/the-best-of-grantmaking-an-interview-with-shelley-davis/...

December 20, 2020

Funding in partnership with the Chicago Community Trust and others, we share news of the Fund for Equitable Business Growth’s 14 recent awards to create a marketplace of services for entrepreneurs of color in the Chicago region. The Fund's vision is to close the racial and ethnic wealth gap and build a more just, equitable and resilient society. The Fund's BSO Collective Impact Initiative aims to support partnerships that are preparing entrepreneurs of color to...

March 2, 2020

A new Coleman Foundation-funded entrepreneur training center wants to help Far North Side Chicago's Spanish-speaking residents get their business ideas off the ground. The Rogers Park Business Alliance has expanded its GROW entrepreneur training program to include classes for predominantly Spanish-language speakers. Called GROW/Progresando, the new program will be run out of a storefront at 7056 N. Clark St. More details in this Block Club Chicago article....

February 13, 2020

The Coleman Foundation has supported the launch of the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship, empowering creatives at all levels with the knowledge, skills, and relationships necessary for business success.  See this recent story in Reel Chicago for details and an exciting 2020 program and event schedule. ...

February 2, 2020

Grantee Devices 4 the Disabled started about three years ago and has now expanded, in part with a grant from The Coleman Foundation. D4D collects gently used medical devices -- wheelchairs, walkers, specialty equipment etc. and distributes them to anyone in need for free. Located on Chicago's South Side, the recent expansion includes a partnership and facility to provide services for children with disabilities and a repair shop for medical equipment. Devices 4 the Disabled -...

January 23, 2020

Coleman Foundation Grantee Equal Hope (Formerly The Breast Cancer Task Force) recently launched a new initiative to eliminate cervical cancer in the Chicago area. Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable and treatable cancers, yet many women of color do not get regular pap smears. Equal Hope aims to eliminate cervical cancer disparities. Chicago Tribune Story. "January is cervical cancer awareness month and (Angela) Williams is just one of many women whom the new initiative Equal...