OUR FUNDING PRIORITIES
Meeting the needs of people experiencing homelessness.
Using a racial equity framework to focus our giving efforts.
Investing in people and infrastructure at nonprofits.
SECTOR-WIDE INITIATIVES
The Pierce Family Foundation invests in targeted organizations and projects that impact the nonprofit community in Chicago at large, building a stronger and more equitable sector. Read about our support of AMPT: Advancing Nonprofits, Chicago Funders Together to End Homelessness, Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund, and more.
CAPACITY-BUILDING
Effective funders listen to their grantees. Listening to ours taught us that nonprofits need support in areas that are often neglected by funders: infrastructure, planning, and staff. Pierce Family Foundation supports these areas through a variety of methods.
- Workshops and trainings
- Top Talent Institute
- Technology support
- Supplemental grants
