Polk Bros. Foundation
Creating Clearer Pathways to Funding and Community Impact
Polk Bros. Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking foundation focused on strengthening families and communities across Chicago, particularly those most affected by poverty and inequity. Its website is an important resource for communicating the Foundation’s priorities, sharing its work, and connecting prospective grantee partners with funding opportunities. As the Foundation established three new interconnected grantmaking goals, its leaders also saw an opportunity to refresh the website’s look, feel, and overall user experience (UX). The legacy site offered limited navigation, making important information difficult to find. Grant details were accessible through a link near the bottom of the homepage and presented in a large spreadsheet, while text-heavy page...
