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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Safi Group, LLC
SAFI proposes a research project that will evaluate violence reduction and prevention strategies used in communities that have experienced high rates of gun violence and homicides. Homicides and other violent acts are causing substantial harm in Chicago communities, especially in racially segregated and high-poverty neighborhoods. Yet, those adversely affected by the community violence are given opportunities to participate in policy and decision-making solutions to improve their conditions. In other words, they are continuously studied but are not empowered to voice what works best for them. This project aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of community collectiveness in creating violence reduction solutions best for their own neighborhoods. We will focus on factors that influence and deter engagement in violent acts and what policies and programs are truly impacting and transforming lives.
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Elevate Energy
Elevate seeks funding for the community-led multimedia project "Help This Garden Grow," a documentary podcast series uplifting the story of how a community at the edge of Chicago fought to breathe, took the fight around the world, and birthed the modern Environmental Justice movement. Produced by AirGo Radio, "Help This Garden Grow" (HTGG) explores the story of Hazel Johnson, a resident of the Altgeld Gardens community on the far South Side, who founded the People for Community Recovery (PCR) to address the toxic industrial pollution that was killing the families of her community. Over the course of the multigenerational multipart documentary, we will talk with Hazel Johnson’s daughter and the current Executive Director of PCR, Cheryl Johnson. We will also interview organizers, policymakers, historians, and community members about how PCR emerged, the legacy of Ms. Johnson's work, and how this Chicago community built the lineage of today's vibrant, impactful, and necessary environmental justice movement. Project partners include People for Community Recovery, a non-profit environmental organization founded by Hazel Johnson that for over 40 years has enhanced the quality of life of residents living in communities affected by pollution and educating communities on Environmental Justice; AirGo Radio, a media firm that documents and contributes to liberatory cultural and political movements; Elevate, a national organization that seeks to create a just and equitable world in which everyone has clean and affordable heat, power, and water; and the HTGG Creative Cabinet, a cohort of Chicago-based environmental justice leaders. The HTGG cohort will guide the narrative of the show, help identify additional voices to include in the conversation, and lead community discussions centering how Hazel Johnson and PCR have shaped the world-changing work of which the Cabinet members are at the forefront. This project is also designed to be a new model for equitable media collaboration, building a payment and production infrastructure that centers both Cheryl Johnson and our Creative Cabinet’s lived experience and engages them as co-creators of the story we are shaping together.
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Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County
In support of general operations.
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Chicago Community Foundation
To support grant making by African American Legacy Fund Board of Advisors.
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Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
In support of general operations.
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DISABILITY LEAD
With generous support from The Chicago Community Trust as our founding sponsor, Disability Lead has proudly established itself as the nation’s first and only leadership program for people with disabilities in the last six years. Over the previous two years, Disability Lead has operated as a successful start-up, enabled by our smooth transition from a program in incubation at the Trust, to an independent nonprofit, supported by a back-office partnership with National Able Network. Funding from the Trust at this critical juncture of our development will allow Disability Lead to scale its programs and impact while implementing strategies to further its long-term growth and sustainability as a new nonprofit.
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Strategy for Access Foundation NFP
Strategy for Access Foundation NFP is requesting General Operating Funds for building a base of Persons with Disabilities in the metro Chicagoland area as well as increasing and improving our content on our digital media and Chicago Access Television.
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Ageoptions Inc
In support of general operations.