We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2024 Joyce Awards, marking the 20th anniversary of the foundation’s annual awards program supporting artists of color in the creation of new works with organizational partners across the Great Lakes region.
Learn more about this year's winnersWe invest in evidence-informed public policies and strategies to advance racial equity and economic mobility for the next generation in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin.
ABOUT USInspiring creativity and cultural stewardship in the next generation and fostering culturally vibrant, equitable, and sustainable communities.
Building a more equitable democracy by striving for participation and representation by all people who call the Great Lakes home.
Closing income and race disparities in college and career success through equitable access to high-quality education.
Working to solve the long-term environmental challenges that threaten the next generation in the Great Lakes region.
Building safe and just communities in the Great Lakes Region.
Supporting high-quality journalism projects focused on public policy issues affecting the Great Lakes region.
In Illinois, the Joyce Foundation supports work to reduce domestic violence homicide in Cook County; to conduct research on justice system responses to gun offending; to strengthen Black cultural institutions; to promote youth civic engagement; to create pathways to college and career; and to promote community voice in water policy.
Example Grantees in Illinois
In Indiana, the Joyce Foundation supports work to raise the profile of the teaching profession; to strengthen the student-teacher experience; and to cover the Indiana Legislature with a focus on state elections and education.
Example Grantees in Indiana
In Ohio, the Joyce Foundation currently supports work to advance climate solutions; to advocate for inclusive higher ed state policies; to improve election administration, protect voting rights and lead redistricting reform; to reduce harmful college debt collection practices; and to address challenges faced by OH’s largest cities.
Example Grantees in Ohio
In Michigan, the Joyce Foundation supports work to engage community partners for input on redistricting maps; to provide Flint residents with trusted water safety information; to provide civic news coverage; and to promote community-driven alternatives to incarceration.
Example Grantees in Michigan
Learn more about our work in MichiganIn Minnesota, the Joyce Foundation currently supports work to promote voting and fair elections; to facilitate the implementation and evaluation of the “Lights On!” program; to develop recommendations on strengthening K-12, higher ed and workforce sector alignment; to advocate for a more racially equitable higher ed system; and to reduce global warming pollution from MN’s electric power sector.
Example Grantees in Minnesota
In Wisconsin, the Joyce Foundation currently supports work to protect voting rights; to prevent gun violence; to advocate for water policy reforms; to advocate to close racial and economic gaps in postsecondary education; and to support a community arts collaboration.
Example Grantees in Wisconsin
The Lend a Hand Fund was established in 2020 to provide support to BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving community organizations working to help Chicago residents hardest hit by COVID and the impacts of systemic racism.
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Two Joyce Foundation grantees recently reached settlement agreements in a legal case seeking to hold accountable individuals who played a key role in a scheme to submit a fraudulent slate of electors from Wisconsin in the 2020 presidential election.
Wisconsin achieves a huge victory with the enactment of fair maps. This victory for Wisconsin voters is the result of many years of advocacy and litigation by nonpartisan watchdog groups that took the fight for fair maps to the Supreme Court.
With a slate of clean energy bills recently passed and expected to be signed into law on November 28, 2023, Michigan will become a national leader in efforts to transition to a clean energy economy.
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ted Gregory highlights the Foundation's journey – from the first charitable giving to Joyce's current role as a $1 billion philanthropy advancing racial equity and economic mobility for the Great Lakes’ next generations.
LEARN MORE Strong local journalism is crucial for a dynamic and well-informed community, and investments are key to sustaining it.
Source
Crain's Chicago Business
Authors of Joyce-funded research report, Optimizing Crime Gun Intelligence, discuss the current landscape and key findings from the report, and possible ways to strengthen the use and adoption of these tools in a fair and just way.
Data centers require a lot of electricity and water to run and keep them cool. The Joyce Foundation is exploring strategies to support informed policy about data center development to help ensure the region meets its clean energy and clean water goals.
A new Joyce Foundation report examining the functions of offices of gun violence prevention (OVP), best practices, and recommendations for states looking to establish an OVP of their own.
Increasing grants to $100,000, the Foundation awards a total of $500,000 to support the creation of new works by artists of color and Great Lakes nonprofits.
Joyce Awards Honoree Tarell Alvin McCraney Reflects on Artistic Growth in Chicago
Julie Morita, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation EVP and former Chicago Department of Public Health Chief, will begin her role at the Foundation on October 1, 2024.
A three-part series to reframe the discussion around gun violence prevention and public safety by examining comprehensive solutions.
