A Better Chicago | 12,229 followers on LinkedIn. Changing how Chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth. | A Better Chicago is a venture philanthropy fund devoted to dramatically improving educational opportunities for low-income students. We invest in a select portfolio of high performing nonprofits that are putting low-income students on a path toward high school and college success. By providing our grantees with both significant funding and management support (such as business planning, leadership development and legal assistance), A Better Chicago is empowering Chicago’s most effective nonprofits to scale and meet the need for better educational options for our city and region.