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We Are Michael Reese / Timeline Stories

After 21 years as a private foundation, Michael Reese becomes a public charity. The change increases the foundation’s potential impact in grant making, advocacy, and partnership. Michael Reese and Polk... read more →
  • April 1, 2021
  • Brandies Mevaa

Michael Reese, together with Crown Family Philanthropies and Polk Bros. Foundation, supports a domestic violence/interpersonal violence needs assessment for Chicago to help refine goals and funding strategies. In December, the... read more →
  • April 1, 2021
  • Brandies Mevaa

Gayla Brockman, MA, is named Michael Reese president and CEO, and the foundation undertakes a year-long, board-led strategic planning process. The comprehensive, self-reflective process leads to a new consensus on... read more →
  • April 1, 2021
  • Brandies Mevaa

In response to the worsening state of finances in Illinois, Michael Reese creates budget crisis mini-grants: one-time, rapid-response funding to help agencies respond to revenue shortfalls.In May, the National Bureau... read more →
  • April 1, 2021
  • Brandies Mevaa

Michael Reese begins funding the High School-Hospital Partnership at Chicago Public Schools. The partnership opens doors at local hospitals for students in Chicago Public Schools’ Career and Technical Education program,... read more →
  • April 1, 2021
  • Brandies Mevaa

Researchers at the Center for Youth and Communities at the Heller School for Social Policy at Brandeis University review the core grant program. The review finds that core-funded initiatives—including systems... read more →
  • April 1, 2021
  • Brandies Mevaa

The Infant Welfare Society receives core grant support to expand mental health services to children.
  • April 1, 2021
  • Brandies Mevaa

PCC Wellness Center, a federally qualified health center serving the West Side and near west suburbs; Chicago Youth Programs; and AIDS Foundation of Chicago receive core grants.
  • April 1, 2021
  • Brandies Mevaa

Michael Reese introduces “core” grants, which provide long-time grantees with consistent, flexible funding over three years. The goal is to build organizational capacity to provide high-quality services.Over the next two... read more →
  • April 1, 2021
  • Brandies Mevaa

Gregory S. Gross, Ed.D., succeeds Dorothy Gardner as president.Michael Reese expands funding for CeaseFire, with special emphasis on Chicago’s Southwest and Brighton Park neighborhoods. The same year, the U.S. Department... read more →
  • April 1, 2021
  • Brandies Mevaa
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