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Preservation Chicago is the catalyst behind Chicago’s unprecedented surge in high-profile, transformational efforts to recognize, protect, and transform long-neglected historic assets into dynamic neighborhood anchors. Please support the effort.
Preservation Chicago leverages the power of historic preservation to create healthy, vibrant, diverse, and sustainable communities.
The stabilization and revitalization of historic community assets is a proven powerful economic engine to anchor reinvestment and catalyze healthy, sustainable, equitable communities through job creation, heritage tourism, and community wealth building.
And it’s working. We catalyze change.
To achieve our ambitious vision of healthy communities, we determined that it would require the voice of the press, the support of local government, and hundreds of millions of investment dollars. These are precisely the tools we’ve harnessed to leverage transformative change. By mobilizing widespread goodwill through extensive media coverage, and deploying robust landmark protections against demolition, we create the stability necessary to secure the public, private and philanthropic funding essential for converting long-neglected historic assets into dynamic neighborhood anchors.
Preservation Chicago is the rare 501(c)(3) nonprofit that leverages philanthropic support into tangible community investment and economic development. In 2023, with our $500k budget, we catalyzed over $10M in public funding, which in turn generated over $100M in private funding in community investment.
Everything we do is pro-bono. We work closely with stakeholders on-the-ground to protect heritage assets at their most vulnerable stages. We deliver decisive wins at critical, early-stage inflection points. Our collective impact has resulted in countless successful outcomes across communities across Chicago. This makes Preservation Chicago one of the best nonprofits in Chicago to support with your charitable dollars.
All donations to Preservation Chicago are fully tax-deductible as permitted by law. Preservation Chicago is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, Federal Tax ID: 01-0674228
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Preservation Chicago, 205 W. Monroe, #400, Chicago, IL 60606
Preservation Chicago is a top-rated, highly-effective Chicago nonprofit. Preservation Chicago is among the best nonprofits in Chicago by earning multiple Seals of Excellence including Candid/Guidestar Platinum Transparency 2025 Rating, Charity Navigator, and Great Nonprofits. These ratings make Preservation Chicago among the most effective nonprofits in Chicago and on the short list of the best charities in Chicago to donate to.
