Friends is looking for innovative, river-system benefiting, sustainable, and nature-based projects located throughout the Chicago River watershed that exemplify our vision for the river system as a healthy and accessible blue-green corridor. 

The Bridgehouse Museum’s Art Contest reflects Friends’ commitment to not only showcasing the beauty of the Chicago-Calumet River system, but to amplifying creative and constructive community partnerships and building positive relationships between the people of the watershed and our river system.

For more than a decade, Trump Tower Chicago has underreported the rate at which it withdraws water from the Chicago River in reports required by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).

We are proud to be named a finalist for two competitive awards recognizing nonprofit managerial excellence, and innovation. Help support us by voting for the innovation award.

Haunt the halls of our 103-year-old landmark, five-story Bridgehouse while raising money for health and protection of the Chicago River.

With the 2023-24 school year underway, the Chicago River Schools Network is off to a swift start. Less than a month into the school year the CRSN completed or scheduled 50% more programs than all of the last school year.

The river system is essential to improving public health supporting wildlife and plant biodiversity, and building climate resiliency for the region.

Among their unheralded attributes, beavers help forestall the climate crisis, slow flooding, and restore wetlands.

Your support benefits important programming at the Bridgehouse Museum such as educational field trips for students to learn about the river’s ecology and history.

We invite you take a survey to contribute to our new strategic plan for 2024-2028.