Chicago Community Trust

The Chicago Community Trust
Founded1915[1][2]
FounderNorman Wait Harris and Albert Wadsworth Harris[1][2]
TypeCommunity Foundation
Location
Area served
Chicago
Key people
  • Andrea Sáenz
  • (President and CEO)
  • Sheila Cawley
  • (Chief Philanthropy Officer)
  • Marisa Novara
  • (Vice President, Community Impact)
  • Clothilde Ewing
  • (Vice President, Strategic Communications)
  • Lisa Jericho
  • (Vice President, Innovation & Technology
  • Sylvia Garcia
  • (Chief Operating Officer)
  • Jessica Strausbaugh
  • (Chief Financial Officer)
  • Wendell Williams
  • (Senior Director of Talent & Administration)
  • Amy Peña
  • (Chief Philanthropy Officer)
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Employees
51–200[3][4]
Websitehttps://www.cct.org/

The Chicago Community Trust (the Trust) is the community foundation serving Chicago, suburban Cook County, and the Illinois counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will. Established on May 12, 1915, it is the second largest community foundation in the country as of 2020, with assets of more than $4.5 billion. In fiscal year 2023, the Trust awarded more than $1.6 billion in grants and received more than $1.4 billion in contributions.

  1. ^ a b "History". The Chicago Community Trust. Archived from the original on 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. ^ a b "Albert Wadsworth Harris and Kemah Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  3. ^ a b "Our People".
  4. ^ "Chicago Community Trust". Retrieved 2016-09-11.