The Chicago Headline Club Foundation aims to support journalism and journalist training, focusing on funding internships at media organizations within the Chicago area to foster the next generation of journalists by providing them with impactful, hands-on experiences.
The grant program offers two annual grants of $5,000 each to not-for-profit print, broadcast, or online media organizations in the Chicago area. These grants are intended to cover the direct costs of an internship, including providing paid stipends for the interns. The program's goal is to ensure journalism interns gain meaningful, real-world experience in their field. Applications for these grants are evaluated based on their plans to offer impactful experiences for journalism interns.