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Recent News Releases

Heartland Alliance and the McCormick Foundation Launch the Chicago Community Data Portal
November 12, 2020

New Journalism Fund Supporting Nearly 50 Local Media Organizations Providing Information About COVID-19 to Chicagoland Communities
May 7, 2020

New Journalism Fund to Help Support Local Media Providing Information About COVID-19 to Chicagoland Communities
April 2, 2020

Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund Established to Rapidly Deploy Resources to Local Nonprofit Organizations Serving Most Vulnerable Residents
March 17, 2020

David Hiller to Retire as McCormick Foundation President/CEO
February 26, 2020

Robert R. McCormick Foundation Elects Celena Roldán and William McLean to Board of Directors
December 11, 2019

Governor Pritzker Signs Bill Requiring Civic Education in Illinois Middle Schools
August 14, 2019

McCormick In the Headlines

Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Xquina Incubator Café in Little Village
Little Village Chamber of Commerce, September 23, 2020

New Data Show Statewide Snapshot of Kindergarten Readiness
Illinois State Board of Education, August 24, 2020

READI Chicago: How A Program Against Gun Violence Helps Save Lives
NBC Chicago, April 23, 2019

Census changes raise fears of Illinois undercounting
Chicago Sun-Times, March 11, 2019

Tuesday's Election is First Test of Youth Voter Turnout After State-Mandated Civics Education
Block Club Chicago, November 2, 2018

Monitoring Cook County's Central Bond Court
The Coalition to End Money Bond, February 27, 2018

Two McCormick Foundation Grantees Win VETTY Awards for Service to Veteran Community
We Are the Mighty, January 22, 2018

Chicago's West and South Sides Rate News Media Poorly, See Opportunities for Engagement
UT Austin Center for Media Engagement, January 18, 2018