In 2025, the McCormick Foundation launched a collaboration with Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) to support workforce development on the South Side of Chicago, with a vision of spurring neighborhood revitalization in Greater Grand Crossing and surrounding South Side neighborhoods.
McCormick Match
The McCormick Foundation matches funds raised at 50 cents on the dollar. We pay all campaign and administrative expenses, so one hundred percent of all donations, plus the match is granted to qualified nonprofit organizations.
2025 at a Glance
COLLABORATION ESTABLISHED
2025
Total Funding
$150K
in grants paid to date
Programs Funded
1
nonprofit organization benefitted in 2025
Average Grant Size
$150K
in 2025
XChange Chicago
The Ernst & Young Workplace Development Fund primarily supports Xchange Chicago, an organization that leverages apprenticeship models to advance the training and development of on-ramps to technology careers. Xchange builds wraparound services for supportive on-ramps into careers and the development of business anchors in Greater Grand Crossing, with the goal of training and placing 100 individuals in new technology careers in 2025.
