Our mission is to empower communities to ensure Illinois is a great place to live and work. We believe people and communities are at the center of social and economic change. Through our funding, we aim to change and improve conditions that persistently hold problems in place.
titles from this organization

Success Story: COFI Scales Parent Engagement Work to New Communities and Constitutiencies - Wins Local and Statewide Change for Families and Young Children
Dec 19, 2017
Publisher(s): Community Organizing and Family Issues

No Right Turn: Illinois' Auto Title Loan Industry and its Impact on Consumers
Oct 28, 2015
Publisher(s): Woodstock Institute; Illinois Asset Building Group (IABG); Heartland Alliance

Starting out Behind: Trends in Student Loan Burdens at For-Profit Colleges
May 11, 2015
Publisher(s): Woodstock Institute

Unresolved Foreclosures: Patterns of Zombie Properties in Cook County
Jan 24, 2014
Publisher(s): Woodstock Institute

Poverty Matters: It's Now 50/50, Chicago Region Poverty Growth is a Suburban Story
Sep 5, 2013
Publisher(s): Social IMPACT Research Center