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Social Justice
Community Safety
Mission: Provide human and financial resources, leadership and solutions to advance community safety, build community trust and strengthen the community's role in public safety.
Economic Advancement
Mission: Support efforts to address barriers and close the wealth and opportunity gap and accelerate community revitalization to expand economic opportunity in under-resourced communities.
Education
Mission: Invest human and financial resources in youth and young adults in underserved communities to expand access to quality education in the classroom, outside the classroom and beyond. Learn more about our Education programs.
Health Equity
Mission: Advance health equity by ensuring underserved communities have access to quality healthcare, nutrition, and essential resources.
Programs and Partnerships
Bears School Outreach
Through a partnership with Youth Guidance, Chicago Bears players make weekly visits to Chicago Public Schools during the season to speak to, motivate and interact with students who are part of the Becoming A Man® (BAM®) and Working On Womanhood℠(WOW) programs, which serve 13,000 CPS students.
Mini Monsters
Mini Monsters Clinics brought to you by Advocate Health Care offer free youth programming that stress the importance of healthy eating, physical activity and proper hydration through 90 minutes of free, fun, non-contact football drills. Police officers from local districts volunteer at the clinics to help build relationships between youth and officers.
Bears Care Community Investments
Bears Care and the Chicago Bears have provided grants supporting programming and capital projects throughout the city, including the Greater Auburn Gresham Healthy Lifestyle Hub and DuSable Museum of African American History.
Voting Rights and Education
The Chicago Bears encourage fans to stay informed about voting deadlines and the registration process through PSAs, social media and direct emails.
Players Social Justice Fund
Since 2018, Bears players have raised nearly $1.5 million for 13 local social justice organizations: Athletes for Justice, Breakthrough Urban Ministries, By the Hand Club for Kids, The Dovetail Project, HerStory, I Grow Chicago, Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, Kicks for the City, Lawndale Christian Legal Center, Saga Education, Social Change, Target Area and YWCA Lake County.
NABJ
The Chicago Bears have partnered with the National Association of Black Journalists-Chicago Chapter to build stronger relationships with Black-owned media outlets, reporters and student journalists.
RISE
The Chicago Bears partnered with RISE, a national nonprofit, to host two virtual series for Illinois high school football coaches to better equip them with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively discuss and address matters of racism and injustice with their teams, school and communities.
League initiatives
The Chicago Bears and Bears Care support and activate around NFL's initiatives, including the Inspire Change platform, player helmet decal opportunities, "My Cause, My Cleats" and more.
Bears Huddle
The Bears Huddle program is a monthly community service volunteer opportunity developed to strengthen our connections with the communities of Chicago. Together, the Chicago Bears and United Airlines collaborate to offer Bears fans, ticket holders, community members, alumni, staff and partners the opportunity to help address local community needs.