Sponsors & Partners
Chicago Matters is an annual public affairs collaboration involving The Chicago Community Trust, WTTW11, Chicago Public Radio, the Chicago Public Library, and The Chicago Reporter.
The Chicago Community Trust
For 93 years, The Chicago Community Trust has connected the generosity of donors with the needs of the community by making grants to organizations working to improve metropolitan Chicago. With assets of $1.8 billion, the Trust made a record-breaking $114 million in grants in 2007.From strengthening community schools to assisting local art programs, from building health centers to helping lives affected by violence, the Trust continues to enhance our region.
WTTW11 Chicago
The most watched public television station in America, WTTW11 has four million monthly viewers and serves a four-state area. Recognized for its award-winning local and national productions, WTTW11 is committed to presenting the very best in cultural, nature, science, public affairs and children's programming.
Chicago Public Radio
Chicago Public Radio is a community-supported, public service broadcasting institution with a weekly listening audience of more than 600,000, making the station one of the most listened-to public radio stations in the nation. Chicago Public Radio is the exclusive provider of National Public Radio programming to the Chicago area and also broadcasts programming distributed by Public Radio International and the BBC. The station's programming is heard on WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago, WBEW 89.5 FM Chesterton, IN, WBEQ 90.7 FM Morris, IL and http://www.chicagopublicradio.org.
Chicago Public Library
For 130 years, the Chicago Public Library has been one of the city's premier cultural and educational institutions. Visited annually by more than eight million people, the Library's 79 locations are a source of books, periodicals, newspapers and information in more than 100 languages; programs for children and adults; and free access to the Internet.
The Chicago Reporter
Published since 1972 by the Community Renewal Society, The Chicago Reporter is the nation's only investigative publication that reports exclusively on issues of race and poverty. Through that lens, the publication identifies, analyzes, and reports on the social, economic, and political issues of metropolitan Chicago. The Reporter provides the hard facts, gets the "story behind the story," and trains journalists in investigative techniques.
Initiated and funded by The Chicago Community Trust, Chicago Matters is an annual exploration—via television, radio, print and community dialogue—of an issue of broad concern to the Chicago region.
