Editing Hull House (section)

===Hull House Association closure===
Because of its heavy reliance on public support—as much as 85 percent of its revenue came from such sources—Hull House Association had essentially become an arm of government, unlike anything Ms. Addams might recognize today.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=West |first1=Maureen |title=What Would Founder Jane Addams Think of Hull House Demise? |journal=The Chronicle of Philanthropy |date=2 February 2012 |url=https://www.philanthropy.com/article/What-Would-Founder-Jane-Addams/157177}}</ref> When Clarence Wood, then the head of Chicago's Human Relations Commission, took over in 2000, he promised to move toward more private fundraising. But that effort appears to have failed to bring in more than a few million dollars in any given year, accounting for less than 10 percent of the agency's funding in most of the last decade, according to financial statements filed with the IRS and the Illinois attorney general's office.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Thayer |first1=Kate |last2=Ford |first2=Liam |date=2012-01-21 |title=Reliance on shrinking government funds doomed Hull House |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/01/21/reliance-on-shrinking-government-funds-doomed-hull-house/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>

On January 19, 2012, it was announced that Jane Addams Hull House Association would close in the spring of 2012 and file for bankruptcy due to financial difficulties, after almost 122 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-jane-addams-hull-house-to-close-20120119,0,5506066.story|title=Jane Addams Hull House to close|access-date=January 20, 2012|date=January 19, 2012|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|author=Thayer, Kate}}</ref>  On Friday, January 27, 2012, Hull House closed unexpectedly and all employees received their final paychecks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120128/NEWS/120129494/1006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111180801/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20120128%2FNEWS%2F120129494%2F1006|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2015|title=Hull House closes after more than 120 years|access-date=January 29, 2012|date=January 28, 2012|work=[[Fort Wayne News-Sentinel]]}}</ref> Employees learned at time of closing that they would not receive severance pay or earned vacation pay or healthcare coverage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7chicago.com/archive/8521173/|title=Jane Addams Hull House closing doors|access-date=January 27, 2012|date=January 27, 2012|work=[[ABC News Chicago]]}}</ref> Union officials said that the agency closed while owing employees more than $27,000 in unpaid expense reimbursement claims.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/01/25/hull-house-closing-friday/|title=Hull House closing Friday|access-date=January 25, 2012|date=January 25, 2012|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> The University of Illinois Chicago's Jane Addams Hull-House Museum (unaffiliated with the agency), however, remains open.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hull-house-closes-doors-120-years-15457897|title=Hull House Closes Doors After More Than 120 Years|access-date=January 29, 2012|date=January 27, 2012|author=Webber, Tammy|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref>