The Steans Family Foundation (SFF) dedicates time, resources, and skills within the North Lawndale community, located on Chicago’s west side. SFF believes effective revitalization can occur within the existing social, educational, and economic networks that create and sustain communities. SFF believes that with investment, coupled with a strong policy ecosystem, communities can thrive.

The following site contains maps, web tools, analytics, and research briefs related to the underlying social-economic conditions within the Chicago neighborhood of North Lawndale. These resources are made available to baseline the neighborhood's on the ground conditions by assembling disparate forms of geographic data in order to guide Steans Family Foundation investments in the community, but also to be available for use by the broader community to guide neighborhood development.

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Lead Water Testing in North Lawndale

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Chicago has a total of 522,571 Service Lines in its Public Water System (PWS). As part of a national survey conducted to determine federal allocation to stat...