It’s a critical moment in Chicago and 20 newsrooms are partnering through Solving for Chicago to report on what sort of city communities want coming out of the pandemic.

During nine months of reporting on essential workers, partners at WBEZ, Block Club Chicago, the Chicago Defender, the Chicago Reader and 16 other outlets heard that many Chicagoans could see for the first time what a more fair workplace or equitable healthcare system would mean for their communities. Now is the moment in our city that people are trying to make those ideas a reality and we need your support to meet the challenges of this moment.

We know the vision for a better Chicago post-COVID is already taking form and have seen how our reporting can surface those stories and share them with others still searching. Our essential workers coverage took the concerns of Chicago’s communities directly to lawmakers like U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and helped spread the solutions that were working, like how Little Village was using the essential work of vaccine outreach to get young people employed among other stories. In total, our reporting has contributed to $1.4 million in community impacts and nearly $10 million in policy change. The opportunities are only growing and we need your help to meet them.

Your support helps us bring more community voices into the conversation about what Chicago looks like post-COVID, track down the data that shows what solutions work and investigate whether investments in community-based solutions are truly serving those most affected.

We hope that we can rely on your support as our reporting grows to meet the demands of a changing Chicago.

For institutional and philanthropic donors

In addition to this online donation method, foundations, philanthropists, and corporate donors interested in supporting the Solving for Chicago Collaborative are welcome to donate by check or bank transfer.

If you would like to donate by check, please address the check to Local Media Foundation. Please add “Solving for Chicago” to the memo line of the check.

Send your check donation to:

Local Media Foundation
P.O. Box 85033
Chicago, IL 60689-5033

To pay by electronic bank transfer or similar means, please contact us at flj@localmedia.org for instructions and more information.

The LMF Solving for Chicago Collaborative Program provides support for the work of the LMA Solving for Chicago Collaborative to educate and inform the public in communities across the Chicago region about complex issues of local concern. The program is administered by Local Media Foundation, tax ID #36‐4427750, a Section 501(c)(3) charitable trust affiliated with Local Media Association. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, donations to LMF are tax-deductible to the extent of the law, and no goods or services are provided in exchange for contributions. Please consult a tax advisor for details.

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