Posted on June 1, 2021

The third annual Network Philanthropy Initiative was the biggest ever with 10 nonprofit organizations receiving a grant from the Baum Fund…

Posted on May 8, 2020

This spring, the Baum Fund announced the six recipients of its 2020 Network Philanthropy Initiative grants – each nonprofit nominated by a Network member…

Posted on March 17, 2020

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…

Posted on March 7, 2020

The Baum Fund Network took part in our first Network Volunteer Day at Southwest Organizing Project on March 7, 2020…

Posted on February 8, 2020

The Baum Fund supports University of Illinois-Chicago Athletics and their Community Assist program. More than 600 people cheered on UIC men’s basketball team against University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and enjoyed a reception, lunch, and a meet-and-greet with UIC athletes…

Posted on November 20, 2019

Baum Scholars and Interns joined the Fund’s community partners to learn about the Network’s programming and plans for our first volunteer day, scheduled for Spring 2020. Daryl Grable, Baum Senior Fellow at Chicago Legal Clinic’s Environmental Law Program was the evening’s featured speaker…

Posted on June 11, 2019

The Baum Fund announced the recipients of the inaugural Network Philanthropy Initiative grants, going to seven Chicagoland organizations as part of an ongoing program connecting Baum Scholarship recipients and Baum Interns to each other and the work of the Fund…

Posted on May 16, 2019

A $200,000 gift to the University of Chicago will help build a team of experts and accelerate research on the biology of aggressive breast cancers, more accurately identify those at greatest risk, and develop more effective treatments…

Posted on April 18, 2019

At University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC Engage pairs undergraduates as tutors with elementary and middle school students on Chicago’s South and West Sides. The Baum Family Fund support enables UIC students to help demystify the college experience for Chicago area children and expose them to greater opportunities for future growth…

Posted on January 14, 2019

Evan H. DeLucia, the Baum Family Director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will accept the 2019 Second Nature Climate Leadership Award on behalf of the University in February at the Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit in Tempe, Arizona…

Posted on November 28, 2018

More than 50 people attended the kick-off event for the new Alvin H. Baum Family Fund Network at The John Marshall Law School…

Posted on September 26, 2018

The Alvin H. Baum Family Fund is supporting the new partnering between Better Government Association and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism to support environmental reporting in Chicago and across the state of Illinois…

Posted on September 7, 2018

Join Fund president, Joel M. Friedman, Wednesday, November 28th from 6pm to 8pm at the John Marshall Law School to celebrate the launch of the Alvin H. Baum Family Network…

Posted on May 8, 2018

With the support of the Baum Family Fund, the Better Government Association is launching a new in-depth environmental reporting initiative…