How We Move
Catalytic funding, leadership development, and cross-sector connections, each designed to resource change differently.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
LEAD
LEAD connects college students to paid, 10-week placements at foundations, nonprofits, and mission-driven companies across Chicago. Through real work, weekly programming, and a citywide network of peers and mentors, LEAD is building the next generation of leaders who understand how power, capital, and community actually move.
CATALYTIC CAPTICAL
The 1954 Project
Through The 1954 Project, we award $1 million unrestricted grants to nonprofit education leaders committed to Black students and communities. Grant recipients—the Luminaries—receive catalytic funding, leadership support, and membership in a network of innovators reshaping U.S. education across teaching and learning, educator pipelines, and economic mobility.
