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How belonging, early trust, and real responsibility lead to meaningful discovery by undergraduate students
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Upward Community is creating seamless, culturally grounded pathways to mental health support for Jewish youth and families in the Chicago region.
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Nucleate Chicago is behind the incorporation of six companies, $17 million in raised funding, and the creation of over 30 local jobs in the life sciences.
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New data highlights the impact of Dreamers in Illinois.
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A collaboration with the MAP Fund is creating opportunities and fostering enhanced wellbeing for Walder Foundation’s Platform Awardees
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Walder Foundation has opened the 2027 Biota Awards, a program to fund early-career researchers based in Illinois who seek to restore, protect and conserve biodiversity locally and around the world. Applications are due October 8, 2026.
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Nine exceptional Orthodox Jewish women will engage with the depth and breadth of the Jewish tradition and Jewish wisdom.
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Chicago’s creativity, talents, and cultural leadership will be on display to worldwide audiences in April 2026.
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Walder Foundation’s approach to supporting immigration legal services in a time of overwhelming need.
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From basement backups to overwhelmed outfalls, the Chicago region is feeling the strain of heavier rains and aging stormwater systems. How are organizations contributing to effective regional systems for water resilience in Chicago?
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Chicago-based researcher Sera Young, Ph.D., and team are advancing water insecurity understanding and action
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Solu’s commitment to empathy, action, and cross‑community connection reflects the best of what local leadership can achieve.
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Explore how philanthropic support powers the tools, techniques, and insights shaping next‑generation genome editing.
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State-of-the-art campus in Chicago inspires hundreds of students at Lubavitch Girls High School to learn deeply and live with purpose.
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Walder Foundation provided nearly $3 million in grants to 19 performing arts organizations in the Chicago region in October 2025.
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Chicago and Guyanese scientists and Indigenous experts team up to document and protect one of Earth’s most ecologically-vital landscapes.
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Bench science research discoveries could transform future treatments for neurodegenerative disease and viral infections.
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