Chicago Urban League
Opportunity. Community. Impact.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Youth Services Division
The Chicago Urban League’s Youth Services Division offers a continuum of services for middle school through college students that prepares them to compete in a growing global economy.
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) was founded in 2007 to help African-Americans launch, grow, and sustain businesses. Through personalized consulting, educational programs, and deal-making assistance, the CEI provides entrepreneurs with the tools and resources to maximize revenue growth, profitability, job creation, and innovation.
Housing and Financial Empowerment Center
The Chicago Urban League Housing Department is a HUD-certified counseling agency as well as a City of Chicago Department of Housing Delegate Agency. We provide low-to-moderate income residents with professional housing counseling assistance through our programs and services.
Workforce Development Center
The Chicago Urban League, through it Workforce Development programs, works to raise African American employment and income levels through job training and placement services, career exposure, career advancement, seminars, coaching and long-term retention strategies.
We help individuals access the skills, knowledge, support and networks they need to enter the workforce and advance in their careers.
The Chicago Urban League operates a full-service employment and training center as well as a career portal for jobseekers and employers. The League has also formed strong relationship and partnerships with local employers and training providers to offer employment and internship opportunities.
IMPACT Leadership Development Center
The Chicago Urban League is committed to helping emerging African American leaders advance their career paths while building a more diverse leadership pipeline across the city. IMPACT develops and engages culturally competent executives across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
Research & Policy Center
The Policy & Research Department is the ‘think-tank’ of the Chicago Urban League and provides a factual and statistical basis for our policy decisions and programs. The department issues a quarterly newsletter called “Strategies” and manages a research library of the League’s major studies, white papers and updated polling data.
Where we work
External reviews
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planHow we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Chicago Urban League
Board of directorsas of 07/22/2023
Suzet McKinney
Sterling Bay
Term: 2022 -
Andrew C. Barrett
The Barrett Group, Inc.
Barbara Bowles
Landers Bowles Family Foundation
Ajay Joshi
BP Products North America
Brian Duwe
Skadden
Esther Franklin
Spark
Maria C. Green
Retired Executive
Melvin C. Hopson
MC Hopson & Associates
Andre P. Hughes
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George E. Johnson
Retired Executive
James P. Kolar
PwC
Charles Matthews
Retired President & CEO, Peoples Gas and Northshore Gas
Anthony R. McCain
Mears
Lester H. McKeever Jr.
Pittman & McKeever LLC
David Nichols
Ernst & Young LLP
Jill Billhorn
CDW
James J. O'Connor Sr.
Retired Chairman & CEO, ComEd
William A. Osborn
Retired Chairman & CEO, Northern Trust
Thomas M. Patrick
Retired Executive
James Reynolds
Loop Capital Markets, LLC
John W. Rogers, Jr.
Ariel Investments
Michael J. Sacks
GCM Grosvenor
Samuel C. Scott III
Retired Chairman, President and CEO, Corn Products International, Inc.
Stacy Sharpe
Allstate Insurance Co.
Steven J. Sherman
Loop Capital
James P. Sledge
Comcast
Tyronne Stoudemire
Hyatt Hotels
Sheila Talton
Gray Matter Analytics
Frederick H. Waddell
Retired Executive
Daniel Anello
New Schools For Chicago
Hope Bentley
McDonald's
Carlos Cubia
Walgreens Company
Connie Lindsey
Retired Vice President and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Northern Trust
Craig C. Martin
Wilkie, Farr & Gallagher, LLP
Dwight Blackman
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP
Eileen Mitchell
AT&T Illinois
Bruce Taylor
Taylor Investment Partners
Donald E. Wilbon
JP Morgan Chase
John Didrickson
Goldman Sachs
Todd Lohr
KPMG
Bryce Fisher
KPS Capital Partners
Kimberly Evans
Northern Trust
Joseph A. Gregoire
Wintrust Financial
Lori Healey
Obama Foundation
Eric S. Smith
BMO Harris Bank
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
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