We do this by noticing differently and:
- Widening our perspective by deepening our understanding of social challenges, root causes, and sources of strength
- Prioritizing proximity when we choose who to invest in
- Elevating learning by increasing the value that we assign to being a forever student

At Chicago Beyond, we ask ourselves this question regularly. Our team designed the Mirror Tool to help funders reflect and ensure that unconscious bias doesn’t stand in the way of investing in the people and solutions closest to the work.

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4. Ideas, leaders, and organizations that may be undervalued.
5. Organizations with aspirations and plans to shift systemic conditions.

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1. Organizations led by leaders with lived experiences that they apply to their work.
2. Organizations with both qualitative and quantitative impact that is rooted in the voices of community members.
3. Organizations who hold themselves accountable to the people they seek to support.

Our partnerships with correctional institutions help us facilitate tangible change.

Tap here to read about how our partner, Halawa Correctional Facility in Hawaii, held their first Easter Keiki Day and reunited incarcerated fathers with their families:
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