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)
  • Jason Baxendale
  • (Chief Development Officer)
  • Peggy A. Davis
  • (Vice President, Community Impact)
  • Clothilde Ewing
  • (Vice President, Strategic Communications)
  • Tom Irvine
  • (Chief Information Officer)
  • Andrea Sáenz
  • (Chief Operating Officer)
  • Jessica Strausbaugh
  • (Chief Financial Officer)
  • Wendell Williams
  • (Senior Director of Talent)
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Endowment$3.3 billion (2019)[4]
Employees
51–200[3][5]
Websitecct.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 third largest community foundation in the country as of 2019, with assets of more than $3.3 billion. The Trust awards more than $360 million annually in grants and has awarded more than $2 billion in grants since its founding. The Trust received gifts totaling almost $469 million during the 2019 fiscal year.

  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. ^ "MacArthur, Chicago Community Trust create low-interest loan program for nonprofits". Crains. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  5. ^ "Chicago Community Trust". Retrieved 2016-09-11.