November 25, 2020
Spotlight: Our Education Program
The 2020-21 school year began amid the global pandemic, an economic collapse and a reawakening to entrenched racial injustice. For Chicago Public Schools and for Fry Foundation grantees, the year presents challenges that no one working in schools has previously seen or experienced. Learn how Fry Foundation grantees are working alongside principals and teachers as they navigate new operating realities for themselves and for their students. more >
November 25, 2020
An Update on COVID-19 from the Health Program
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to impact the environment in which our grantees are operating. Currently, COVID-19 infections are resurging, with 11 Illinois counties reaching the state’s warning level1 for infections and hospitalizations. Learn about how Erie Family Health Center adapted its operations to address challenges of providing care in the midst of the pandemic. more >
October 5, 2020
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Announces Open Program Assistant Position
The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation seeks a full-time Program Assistant to provide grants management and administrative support to the President and program staff. more >
September 22, 2020
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Announces New Senior Employment Program Officer
The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation is pleased to announce the return of Jennifer Miller Rehfeldt as the new Senior Employment Program Officer. more >
September 22, 2020
The Fry Foundation Education program awards grants to four organizations to respond to the COVID-19 crisis impact on Chicago Public Schools
In June, the Fry Foundation Education program awarded grants to four organizations who have been responsive to the challenges presented by COVID-19. These grants provided time-sensitive support for projects that needed to take place this summer in preparation for opening schools in the fall. more >
September 22, 2020
Fifteen Organizations Awarded Racial Equity Response Grants from the Fry Foundation
In response to the current moment—when Chicago is once again struggling with the historical legacy of systemic racism—the Fry Foundation made targeted investments in Black led organizations that uplift Blace voices and create the conditions for Black people and communities to flourish. Learn about how the Fry Foundation awarded grants to 15 organizations who responded to the murder of George Floyd. Staff expedited the proposal review process and worked outside of the Foundation’s traditional grantmaking procedures to identify a set of organizations that are playing critical roles in advancing racial justice. more >
September 22, 2020
Our Response to the Pandemic and Racial Inequity: We converted Health grants to General operating support and increased flexibility to all other grantees
After the Stay‐At Home order was put in place by Governor Pritzker in response to the pandemic, the Foundation streamlined the grant reporting and grant renewal process for all health grantees, and health grants were converted to general operating support in order to allow grantees to allocate the funds to where they are needed most in their clinics. more >
September 22, 2020
Our Response to the Pandemic and Racial Inequity
During these uncertain times, the Board and staff of the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation send our best wishes to you and your staff and the people you serve. Like you, this year, the Fry Foundation is thinking about how to respond in this moment when dramatic racial inequities are starkly exposed by the pandemic. more >
June 1, 2020
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Announces New Senior Health Program Officer
The Fry Foundation is pleased to welcome Brian Bragg as the new Senior Program Officer for the Health program more >
May 20, 2020
Thirteen Fry Foundation Grantees Awarded the Arts for Illinois Relief Fund Grants
The State of Illinois, the City of Chicago, and arts funders have come together to provide immediate support 501c3 organizations, individual artists, teaching artists, and arts administrators who are dealing with lost revenue or unrecoverable expenses due to COVID-19. In its first round, thirteen Fry Foundation grantees have been awarded AIRF grants. more >
May 20, 2020
Spotlight on Health: A COVID-19 Update from Fry Foundation Health Grantees
The world has changed fundamentally for the health sector as a result of COVID-19. Learn how Fry Foundation grantees have been nimble and reshaped their care delivery to meet the demands of the global pandemic. Additionally, learn how three health grantees have been tapped for a statewide initiative to expand COVID-19 testing on Chicago's South and West sides. more >
March 26, 2020
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Health Grantees - Streamlined Processes
We recognize that the COVID-19 outbreak has completely disrupted your operations. Please use your current Fry Foundation grant funds for general operating purposes, where the funds are needed most. Our goal is to offer you the flexibility needed to adapt to the current environment and deal with unforeseen circumstances. more >
March 18, 2020
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation response for COVID-19
The Foundation wants to provide flexibility to help grantees maintain the staff capacity needed to continue to operate strong programs as Chicago navigates the COVID-19 public health crisis. more >
March 18, 2020
An Open Letter to the Chicago Region’s Nonprofit Community | COVID-19
As the Chicago region grapples with unprecedented challenges presented by COVID-19, we are grateful for your ongoing work to provide essential public services, tackle inequities, and create communities where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. more >
December 16, 2019
News from the Employment Program
Several of the Fry Foundation’s Employment program grantees are sharing their learning in new webinars and reports. Fry Foundation grantees REDF and New Mom’s is sharing what it has learned about embedding brain and behavioral science in workforce programs and the Chicago Jobs Council has released a new report on how Chicagoland workforce agencies are educating participants about their rights when it comes to wages and working conditions. more >
December 16, 2019
Congratulations to Enrich Chicago as it celebrates its Fifth Anniversary
Friends from all across the Enrich Chicago community gathered to mark this anniversary and look forward to a flourishing and sustainable arts environment that is open, inclusive and equitable. more >
December 16, 2019
SPOTLIGHT: Education
Learn how Fry Foundation Education grantees University of Illinois Chicago, Network for College Success, LEAP Innovations, and Advance Illinois are helping aspiring and sitting principals lead CPS schools and improve opportunities for their students more >
October 14, 2019
Chicago Foundations support the initiative ‘Envisioning Justice,’ facilitated by Illinois Humanities
The Fry Foundation supported the arts education initiative Envisioning Justice through the Illinois Humanities. As part of the arts programming, nine groups received funding in 2018 for their work inside the carceral system. Two Fry Foundation grantees, Young Chicago Authors and Red Clay Dance, were among the recipients. The initiative engages Chicagoans of all neighborhoods, races, socio-economic backgrounds in a citywide conversation about the impact of incarceration in local communities. more >
October 14, 2019
Ingenuity is bringing Artlook to six cities
Fry Foundation grantee Ingenuity is working with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to expand the Artlook data platform to six other cities. more >
October 14, 2019
Two Fry Foundation grantees are selected to take part in a board diversity initiative
Arts Learning grantee the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and Education grantee the Chicago Botanic Garden are two of 51 museums to participate in a $4 Million national initiative through the American Alliance of Museums. more >
October 14, 2019
Health and Employment grantees advocate for the amendment of two state laws
A cluster of Fry Foundation grantees in Health and Employment, including Women Employed, the Sargent Shriver National Center for Poverty Law, the AIDS Foundation and more, were at the forefront of advocating for the No Salary History amendment and the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. more >
October 14, 2019
SPOTLIGHT: Health
Learn how our grantees ─ individually and collectively ─ are advancing the field of primary care through medical-home models. more >
July 30, 2019
SPOTLIGHT: Employment
The adage that a rising tide lifts all boats does not hold true when it comes to the employment experiences of the black, Latinx, and immigrant populations in the United States and Chicago. Learn about how the Fry Foundation invests in strengthening the skills of prospective workers to create a pathway to higher paying jobs. more >
July 30, 2019
The Fry Foundation Receives an Award from the National Children’s Alliance
The Fry Foundation received the Community Philanthropy Leadership Award from the National Children’s Alliance’s annual Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. The award recognized the Foundation’s ongoing support of the Children’s Advocacy Center. more >
July 30, 2019
New Report from Ingenuity and the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research
Education grantee, UChicago Consortium on Research, and Arts Learning grantee, Ingenuity, co-authored a report that examines the relationship between arts education practices and social-emotional development. more >
July 30, 2019
Grantees Participate on the Mayoral Transition Team
Leaders from 20 Fry Foundation grantees in Arts Learning, Education, Employment, and Health served as representatives across Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 10 transition teams. Learn more about which individuals were selected to participate. more >
July 30, 2019
Leaders of two Fry Foundation grantees are recipients of the New Leaders for Chicago Award and the Lab Artist Award:
Carlos Tortolero, the founder and president of the National Museum of Mexican Art, and Vershawn Sanders-Ward, founder of Red Clay Dance, were honored for their work in the arts. Carlos Tortolero has been named a recipient of the inaugural New Leaders for Chicago Award from the Field Foundation and MacArthur Foundation to expand the definition of leadership in Chicago. Vershawn Sanders-Ward has been named a recipient of Lab Artist Award by the Chicago Dancemakers Forum, an award granted to mid-career artists to research, explore and develop a new work of art. more >
July 30, 2019
A Letter from the President
To all the grantee organizations that have excellent diversity represented on your board and senior staff, the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation wishes to express our respect and appreciation for your commitment to diversity, equity and highly effective services for the diverse communities of Chicago more >
May 14, 2019
Education Grantees Provide Professional Learning for CPS Principals and Teachers
In February, we convened twelve education grantees that work with school leaders and teacher to help improve the climate for learning in their schools. more >
May 13, 2019
SPOTLIGHT: Arts Learning
These are the features of the strongest arts learning programs. And, research shows, these are some of the things that young people need to develop the personal, social, and intellectual skills critical to success in life, school, and work. more >
February 21, 2017
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation is a signatory to the Joint Foundation Statement on Immigration
The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation is a signatory to the Joint Foundation Statement on Immigration, standing with over 160 other philanthropic institutions. more >
June 16, 2016
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation elects Lloyd A. Fry, III as Board Chair
The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce the election of Lloyd A. “Chip” Fry, III as Board Chair. He succeeds Howard M. “Scott” McCue III, who served as Chair for 18 years. more >