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For more than 100 years, The Chicago Community Trust has convened, supported, funded, and accelerated the work of community members and changemakers committed to strengthening the Chicago region. From building up our civic infrastructure to spearheading our response to the Great Recession, the Trust has brought our community together to face pressing challenges and seize our greatest opportunities. Today, that means confronting the racial and ethnic wealth gap.
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Resurrection Project
The Resurrection Project (TRP) requests support from The Chicago Community Trust to support its capacity managing government grants. Specifically, with the continued support of The Chicago Community Trust, TRP will assess and improve its subgrantee invoice processing and payout systems. As a result, TRP will be able to deploy funds faster and more efficiently, helping subgrantees meet the urgent needs of the vulnerable individuals and families they serve.
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Agape Collective
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Covenant House Illinois Inc
We are seeking $75,000 to cover the full salary of one full-time Quality Assurance & Outcome Specialist as part of our Quality Assurance Initiative. The full project will include the Quality Assurance & Outcome Specialist and a part-time position that will report to this position. This key position will enable us to leverage our internal database, Efforts to Outcomes (ETO), to provide critical insight and assistance in fulfilling all reporting and audit requirements across funding sources, including government grants. This initiative will also equip us with the resources and expertise to keep abreast of data trends and help guide strategic program expansion and improvement, inform service analytics, and create and implement a continuous quality improvement model. Funding from the Chicago Community Trust will aid us in expanding our organizational capacity to coordinate reporting and program data requests from city, state, and federal funders.
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IAYV INC
Located at the historic corner of 4702 S King Drive, the South Side Sanctuary is a transformative, art and design-forward gathering space, launching June 2024, in the heart of Bronzeville. Exemplifying the power of community collaboration, the South Side Sanctuary was founded by multifaceted arts based nonprofit I Am Your Village (IAYV), supported by business development agency The Nascent Group, and co-founded by sanctuary development firm OASES, with architecture helmed by sustainable design firm Future Firm. Recipient of a DPD POP! Grant. and programmed by a diverse team of passionate community partners, the South Side Sanctuary centers local talent, with partners including leading locally based organizations such as Fortune House and the Chicago Fashion Coalition. A truly innovative approach to community led economic transformation, the South Side Sanctuary utilizes the wisdom of creative placemaking and the innovation of adaptive reuse to transform a vacant, public lot into a revolutionary and biophilic incubation space that nourishes, inspires, and uplifts entrepreneurs, artists, organizers, non-profits, and residents from across the South Side. Modern and biophilic, the South Side Sanctuary’s design features distinct areas created to encourage expression and support active, sustained entrepreneurship. With longevity in mind, unique modular structures will allow the Sanctuary to activate other spaces at the culmination of the 3 year POP! Plaza program, creating an initiative that moves/flexes through the community as a way to activate other local organizations. With a robust year round programming schedule that includes both events at the 4702 S King South Sidea Sanctuary lot, and a powerful series of Winter Pop-ups throughout the community, The South Side Sanctuary will offer a supportive platform for business development, community connection, creativity, and wellness sharing, empowering community members to realize their passions and actualize their positive potential.
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Firebird Community Arts
Firebird is requesting $50,000 to build back office support by building the capacity of its Administrative Assistant position; increasing Firebird’s capacity to both meet reporting requirements and apply for additional federal funds. Funding will also improve and streamline FCA’s program evaluation through training and small technology investments. Lastly FCA is requesting indirect funding support to meet gaps from current government grants.
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Network for Young Adult Success
UtmostU empowers young adults from marginalized backgrounds to realize their professional aspirations by supporting them as they earn college degrees, certifications, and launch their careers. The Bridges to Brighter Futures 2024 initiative will utilize our post-secondary coaching model to support 125 students in the City Colleges of Chicago system as well as students who have transfered from City Colleges of Chicago to four year institutions. Our program will ensure that young adults from under-resourced Chicago neighborhoods have the tools and guidance to earn degrees and attain careers of their choosing. Through a combination of strong partnerships, structured student interactions, and the use of technology, Bridges to Brighter Futures will build upon our previous learnings to have even greater city-wide economic and social impact.
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The Chicago Community Foundation/Scaling CVI
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Lambda Publications, Inc.
Windy City Times (WCT), Chicago’s legacy LGBTQ+ newspaper, respectfully requests funding to support additional staff capacity on our Newsletter and Audience Engagement team. During the two-year capacity-building period, two new part-time staff members will help WCT grow our recently launched “Chicago Social Butterflies” newsletter, launch three new newsletters that will serve Chicago’s diverse LGBTQ+ community, and grow our audience base. These new products, in turn, will lead to increased earned and contributed revenue streams that will ultimately support WCT’s other vital reporting on Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community.