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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Chicago Community Foundation
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Disability Lead
Disability Lead (DL) is profoundly grateful for the enduring support from The Chicago Community Trust, which has been crucial in establishing our organization as the pioneering leadership program for individuals with disabilities in the United States. This support has enabled the growth of a vibrant network comprising over 220 innovative leaders who are driving transformative changes across various sectors in Chicago. This network, underpinned by deep relationships and shared experiences, fosters ongoing growth and development for our members, ensuring sustained impact. DL has also grown our staff to seven, including new capacity through the addition of dedicated Education & Learning Services Manager, Operations, and Marketing & Communications roles. These roles will be key to our success going forward, and we anticipate delivering a higher level of service to our Members as a result of sustained funding for this growth. Reflecting our dedication to being a disabled-led organization, all three new staff members identify as disabled. At its core, Disability Lead embodies the belief that effective leadership thrives within a community grounded in understanding, empathy, and shared objectives. Our comprehensive programs ensure that individuals with disabilities are not only equipped with essential leadership skills but are also provided opportunities to exercise significant influence. Supported by a robust network, our members receive guidance and encouragement essential for their continuous growth. Continued backing from The Chicago Community Trust will be instrumental in allowing Disability Lead to sustain and expand our impactful work. This will enhance our presence in the Chicago area and strengthen our long-term strategies for growth and sustainability, maintaining our crucial role in the community and reinforcing our commitment to inclusive leadership.
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Metropolis Strategies NFP
General operating grant to support the Illinois Justice Project's criminal legal reform initiatives, including the Illinois Reentry Council and associated reentry work, the Justice 20/20 Network, and the SAFE-T Act Policing Implementation Workgroup.
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Zumwalt Acres
Zumwalt Acres (ZA) is a regenerative educational farm, community hub, and research center. ZA is grounded in Jewish values and centers queer identities. A three-month long fellowship for beginning growers to develop skills, build community, and learn about the landscape of farming in the Chicago foodshed is hosted at ZA. In addition, ZA hosts workshops, festivals, and community gatherings on the farm to offer more people the opportunity to learn about growing food regeneratively and mitigating climate change through farming, and to connect with the environment. On a weekly basis, ZA distributes fresh vegetables and fruit to communities throughout Chicago and downstate Illinois.
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Chicago Community Foundation
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Chicago Community Foundation
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Inner-City Muslim Action Network
Since 2013, the Granville T. Woods Academy has stood vacant, vandalized and a blight on the surrounding community. Englewood is home to two of the ten zip codes receiving the highest number of returning citizens every year. Multiple studies establish housing, health care, and employment as the critical components of successful reentry, yet many returning citizens struggle to access all three, creating instability at the individual, family and neighborhood level. The Regenerator, a project of the Go Green Development Group - comprising IMAN, Teamwork Englewood, Resident Association of Greater Englewood and E.G. Woode - will remediate and repurpose the Woods Academy to tackle these three integrated components with a robust health and wellness ecosystem, permanent supportive housing and workforce development opportunities, along with a range of reentry services. IMAN will be the owner and operator of the health and wellness ecosystem at The Regenerator. IMAN is requesting pre development funding from CCT for the interior buildout of this wellness ecosystem which includes a Federally Qualified Health Center, urgent care and pharmacy, bringing critical primary, behavioral and oral health care access and jobs to the entire community. This project is phase II of the Regenerator buildout.
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Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation
The Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation (i.c.stars) requests $300,000 across two years from Bridges to Brighter Futures to fund our Chicago program implementation. These funds will support our 4-month hybrid technology job skills training, resulting in thriving wage jobs, and our 24-month residency program, where participants receive continued case management, career advising, and professional skills development while working in the tech sector and assessing our cutting-edge curriculum and skill assessments. i.c.stars' vision is to break barriers and create transformational opportunities for one million untapped learners and leaders to reach and advocate for economic freedom and generational wealth by 2030. The support of the Bridges to Brighter Futures will ensure i.c.stars has a direct impact on our participants and an indirect impact on all the lives they touch in their families, workplaces, and neighborhoods.