CHICAGO - (Business Wire) The board of directors of the McCormick Tribune Foundation voted today to change the organization
’s name to the McCormick Foundation. The name change clarifies that the Foundation no longer holds an ownership position in Tribune Company. The McCormick Foundation remains an independent entity focused on improving the nation
’s civic health and supporting programs that benefit our free, democratic society.
In line with its mission, the Foundation’s communities program will continue to work with individual business units of Tribune Company and with other organizations to encourage important fundraising and philanthropic activities in markets across the nation.
About the McCormick Foundation
The McCormick Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening our free, democratic society by investing in children, communities and country. Through its five grantmaking programs, Cantigny Park and Golf, and three world-class museums, the Foundation helps build a more active and engaged citizenry. The Foundation was established as a charitable trust in 1955, upon the death of Colonel Robert R. McCormick, the longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune. The Foundation is one of the nation’s largest charities, with $1.2 billion in assets.
For more information, please visit our Web site www.McCormickFoundation.org.
McCormick Foundation
Kristin Kiss
Sr. Communications Officer
312-222-4502
KKiss@McCormickFoundation.org
