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May 30, 2023
First and foremost, conversations with the MSI are completely confidential. That means that anything shared or discussed with the MSI…
March 6, 2023
Every spring, United Philanthropy Forum, Council on Foundations, and Independent Sector convene philanthropy serving organizations (PSOs) like Forefront from across…
February 9, 2023
This blog post is penned by Kate Piatt-Eckert, Forefront’s New Mission Sustainability Initiative (MSI) Director. MSI is a program dedicated…
January 26, 2023
Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics and professor of geography in Earth and Environmental…
January 25, 2023
As 2023 is off and running, I can’t help but marvel at the fact that Forefront will turn 50 next…
April 20, 2022
Every spring, United Philanthropy Forum, Council on Foundations, and Independent Sector convene philanthropy serving organizations (PSOs) like Forefront from across…
April 13, 2022
Forefront remains committed to bringing you the latest policy news and is working to integrate public policy across all of…
February 3, 2022
On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, Governor Pritzker delivered his FY23 budget address. The General Assembly will now finish the business of…
January 12, 2022
Effective January 1, 2022, Illinois made important changes to The Lobbyist Registration Act that are summarized below. The most important and substantive…
December 6, 2021
We are now nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and the social impact sector continues…