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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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    Heritage Museum of Asian Art

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $10,000

    Driven by the mission of preserving, presenting, and promoting pan-Asian culture, the Heritage Museum of Asian Art aims to re-explore and convey the stories and cultural significance embedded in Asian heritage through collaboration with artists from diverse fields, emphasizing interpretation aligned with presentation.

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    Japanese American Citizens League

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $10,000

    Intergenerational Conversations: Ripples of the Past is a JACL Chicago program that brings Chicago-area Nikkei (people of Japanese ancestry) together to connect and process the trauma of WWII forced displacement and incarceration through personal story sharing. It was created to bridge the gap in programming for the community’s need for containers to reflect on and heal from the generational impact of incarceration.

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    Mongolian Heritage Center

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $10,000

    Funding for program-related expenses

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    South Asian American Coalition to Renew Democracy

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $10,000

    Legal aid for South Asian American communities experiencing caste discrimination South Asian American community members experiencing caste discrimination have expressed a need for localized legal referral services to report caste discrimination. There is currently no such service in place to assist community members experiencing caste discrimination in the Chicagoland area. Based in Illinois, SACRED, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan, independent organization works to overcome hate in the South Asian American community. SACRED proposes a pilot project to: 1. Map out existing mechanisms and legal aid partners in the Chicagoland area to report caste discrimination; 2. Engage leaders in communities experiencing caste discrimination to develop the project as well as legal referral service tools meeting community needs; 3. Develop a public education curriculum designed specifically to educate leaders in the Chicagoland area on caste discrimination in the U.S.

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    People Matter

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $10,000

    People Matter is applying for general operating support for our work to end white supremacy in 3 to 5 generations. We do this by focusing on Black and Asian solidarity through grassroots organizing, racial literacy education, and direct services. We have an operating budget under $500,000. We are meeting multiple needs unaddressed by other organizations such as anti-blackness, language preservation, and supporting LGBTQ, neurodivergent, housing insecure, and otherwise at-risk API youth. We center API folks in our board, staff, and programming. We serve marginalized groups within the API community. An innovative program we are piloting is our tea business to help diversify our revenue and support work that would otherwise be unfunded-- LIFEisTEA-- a worker's co-operative to combat displacement in Chinatown, as well as a cultural event space to build solidarity between people of color on Chicago's South Side.

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    Chicago Community Foundation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $624,810

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    The Chicago Community Trust

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $531,785

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    The Chicago Community Trust

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $40,000