In a time when many nonprofits are struggling to sustain year-over-year support — and donors seek more transparency about where their money goes — a small church just north of Chicago has quietly built a model of grassroots philanthropy that’s helped dozens of local organizations not just survive, but thrive. Kenilworth Union Church’s approach might […]
Kenilworth Union Church (KUC), a non-denominational Christian church on Chicago’s North Shore, has announced recent grants they have awarded to three deserving local nonprofit organizations: Breakthrough Urban Ministries, Josselyn, and RefugeeOne. Selected due to their transformative work, these one-time, high-impact grants will allow the three nonprofits to launch and elevate programs to serve the community in […]
By The Hand, a nonprofit organization that serves more than 1,600 kids in under-resourced neighborhoods around Chicago, is receiving a transformative $1 million donation from the Kenilworth Union Church’s Gilbert and Marlene Bowen Christian Outreach Fund.
Vivian Maier, the photographer who famously left behind thousands of prints and negatives that were only discovered after her death, has earned almost as much notoriety for her mysterious life as for her stunning photography. Slowly, details of her time working and shooting in the Chicago suburbs are coalescing in much of the same coincidental […]
When the a capella group The Dartmouth Aires decided to try out for NBC’s new show “The Sing Off” in Boston this spring, they were up against hundreds of other groups. Once reserved for the preppy elite, today, a capella is as much a part of college life as beer. Only 16 groups were selected […]
A Mission Trip to Haiti is gift in life for many reasons—time with my daughter, bonding with amazing companions, improved fitness and the inspiring attitudes of the Haitians we served.
Susan B. Noyes Founder, Make It Better Wilmette When Susan sat around her kitchen table with a group of her closest friends and talked about how they could amplify the charitable work they were already doing, she had no idea their conversation would turn into a thriving website and magazine. “We had all run fundraisers […]
Imagine being the single mother of two toddlers, living in Uptown. You’ve lost your job, health insurance and housing. There is no one to turn to because you don’t have any family. Imagine being the mother of two teenagers, living on the North Shore. You are reflecting on “the price of privilege,” lamenting the […]
