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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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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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Local journalism helps the public understand the complexity of immigration policy and migrant experiences in Chicago.
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The grants are intended to help launch innovative ideas that respond to capacity-building needs affecting small and midsize performing arts organizations in Chicago.
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Examining financial realities of Chicago area arts workers and a look at what can happen when artists are supported.
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Chicago-area teen immigrants and refugees share stories of displacement, discovery, identity, and belonging.
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A look at the work of Walder Foundation grantees The Wetlands Initiative and the Field Museum of Natural History’s Adam Ferguson, Ph.D., and his colleagues.
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Members of IHSP’s first cohort are completing a four-year rigorous program having devoted a minimum of eight hours a week to advanced Torah study.
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