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Program News

Science Innovation

Request for Proposal: Engineering Biological Solutions for Societal Impact (February 2026)

Join Us in Celebrating National Public Health Week (April 2021)

$7.4 Million Awarded for Chicago CAN Initiative (October 2020)

Environmental Sustainability

Applications are open now for the 2027 Biota Awards (June 2026)

Applications now being accepted for the 2026 Biota Awards (July 2025)

Announcing the 2025 Biota Awardees (June 2025)

Announcing the 2024 Biota Awardees (May 2024)

Announcing the 2023 Biota Awardees (May 2023)

Congratulations to the first Biota Awards Recipients! (April 2022)

Celebrate Earth Day 2021! Restore our Earth (April 2021)

$1.2 Million Awarded for Environmental Projects for COVID-19 (October 2020)

Performing Arts

Walder Foundation Supports 19 Chicago Performing Arts Organizations with $3M in Grants (November 2025)

2024 Platform Awards Announcement (June 2024)

$2.5 Million to Support Arts Service Organizations in Chicago (December 2020)

Migration and Immigrant Communities

Walder Foundation Releases Lighting the Way: A Philanthropic Guide to Supporting Migration for a Welcoming Chicago (August 2025)

Welcoming Week is September 8-17, 2023 (September 2023)

Join Us in Celebrating Welcoming Week 2021 (September 2021)

$4 Million to Support Chicago’s Immigrant Communities (December 2020)

Jewish Life

Gratz College Welcomes Second Walder Cohort of Executive Ph.D. Students in Jewish Studies (May 2026)

Walder Foundation Powers New Podcast Led by Rabbanit Shani Taragin (January 2026)

Announcing the 2025 Walder Fellowship Cohort of Gratz College’s Executive Ph.D. in Jewish Studies (May 2025)