The Shriver Center on Poverty Law announced Tuesday it will close at the end of the year, citing financial challenges.

The downtown Chicago-based organization has for more than 50 years litigated, shaped policy and trained lawyers, activists and community leaders working on economic and racial justice.

After evaluating the Shriver Center’s financial state this year following decreases in earned and donated revenue, the organization’s board of directors determined it could not overcome multi-year structural deficit, the organization said.

“This decision — while deeply painful — is the right one to honor the legacy and mission of the Shriver Center,” the organization said in a statement. “Much of our work on economic justice, housing justice, and healthcare justice can be found at other l

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