3C Community Profile: Humboldt Park
Take a stroll down the Paseo Boricua corridor on Division Street and it’s easy to see why Humboldt Park is one of Chicago’s most vibrant…
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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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The Chicago Community Foundation/Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance
This year's Symposium will center on the theme Fostering Collaboration: Bridging the Gap Between Workers, Employers, and Community
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Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Art Inc
Kalapriya is presenting "She's Auspicious" a Bharatanatyam production/fundraising event, that blurs the lines between Goddess & Woman to explore the paradox of society & femininity (featuring dancer/choreographer Mythili Prakash & all-female cast.
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Casa Central Social Services Corporation
Hope for Homes Day is a collaborative fundraising effort powered by Illinois nonprofits committed to ending homelessness.
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Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation Inc
Mikva Challenge is hosting its annual benefit, this year celebrating the organization’s 25th year, to support our mission of developing youth to be empowered, informed, and active citizens who will promote a just and equitable society.
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PRAIZE PRODUCTIONS INC
Praize Productions Inc. (PPI) was founded in, serves, and roots its artwork in Chicago’s South and West side Black community. Our facility is in Bronzeville, the historic and current heart of this community. We engage with our community through our Academy (arts education programming for youth and adults), our youth and professional dance companies, and our multidisciplinary professional-quality annual production. A grant to PPI would enable us continue to grow in service to Chicago’s Black community, filling a recognized and significant need more each year. Our leaders and professional artists are all Black women rooted in our community – some grew up here on the South side, some live here with their families today. We are proud of our community and know its potential. We highlight the untapped artistry in Chicago’s Black community, impact our city with the often-disregarded potential of Black women and girls, and center the long-ignored beauty and power of Black voices. We bring high quality, relevant art to audiences largely ignored by Chicago’s arts organizations. And through our own programming and our partnerships with peers across Chicagoland, we open the wealth of Chicago’s arts and culture community to our students and audiences – making space for Black girls and women throughout Chicago and fostering today’s Black women leaders and artists while we prepare the next generation.
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Not Me We NFP
Not Me We is a black lead community groups whose mission is to "Organize Black, Poor & Working Class Community members in order to build grassroots infrastructure that allows for collective and individual repatriation of resources & power in South Shore and adjacent neighborhoods." We envision a Chicago where Black families can experience unconditional joy and humanity. Where families have the self determination and the ability to afford to live and care for themselves – wherever they choose. Where the environment is sustainable, health is prioritized, and community members have their material needs met, regardless of their ability or income. Where all spaces are free of oppression and everyone is committed to their role in sustaining liberation for all. Not Me We is seeking $20,000 for general operating support.
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Focus Fairies Mentoring
Focus Fairies’ proposed BEE Girls program is a trauma-informed therapeutic service that will provide young African American girls ages 12-18 with a safe and supportive environment for healing, self-care, personal growth, and empowerment. By recognizing and addressing the impacts of trauma, racism, and other systemic and environmental factors, this program will promote positive mental health and wellness, emotional intelligence, self-love, belonging, healthy coping strategies, and positive identity development among the fairies. Along the way, the BEE Girls experience will evoke feelings, challenge social constructions, and drive forward the curriculum values of self-awareness, self-esteem, self-advocacy, leadership, and empathy with a Fairy life.
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Black Girls Dance
To support programs of Black Girls Dance (BGD), whose mission is to champion and elevate dancers of color by providing a transformative journey that encompasses training, exposure, and performance opportunities. Dance is not only an art form but a powerful avenue for personal growth and empowerment, our mission transcends the stage to impact lives and communities. We provide excellent training, mentorship, and career guidance to dancers of color through: • Dance instruction for ages 3 to 18 in Beginner (ages 3 to 8), Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Acrobatics/dance, and Contemporary plus a STEM from Dance specialty program • Black Girls Dance Ensemble for girls envisioning a career in dance. Senior ensemble members also act as youth leadership, mentors, and peer support. • Performance, including concerts presented by our dancers, and exposure through field trips to important dance events