Our Strategy
Knight Impact Partners focuses on helping people build steady financial footing and long-term opportunity, with education as a key pathway.
We welcome ideas beyond our priorities, recognizing that new solutions often come from the ground up. Investing in organizations that address urgent needs and drive long-term solutions, we help create lasting systems of support that strengthen both individuals and communities.
Kathleen Hinkel
Community Building
Our community building investments seek to support place-based activities to address homelessness, food insecurity, economic stability, physical and behavioral health, and the creation of affordable housing. Our partners are organizations that address immediate needs and understand long-term strategies in order to build more resilient systems.
Human Services
Our Human Services grantmaking focuses on interdisciplinary practices that alleviate food insecurity and address housing insecurity, violence prevention, stability, economic mobility and financial security.
Education
Our Education partners expand access to continued learning for all Chicagoans. We prioritize economic mobility and stability, supporting pathways that create opportunity, whether through a four-year degree, workforce training or certification that leads to a sustainable wage.
Health
Our Health partners build well-being in communities by increasing access to care, conducting much-needed research and providing resources to those who need them.
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