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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IL Muslim Civic Coalition
Illinois is home to one of the larger populations of Muslims in America, yet there has never been an evidence based portrait of this vibrant and diverse community, nor an assessment of both needs and opportunities. Amidst the backdrop of a pandemic that disproportionately affects minority communities, systemic racial inequities, and increasing anti-Muslim discrimination, understanding the needs of diverse residents is critical for policy makers, social service agencies, businesses, employers, funders, journalists and others.
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CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS
In support of general operations.
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CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES INC
CNI and our team of community partners seek to equitably transform lives through development of housing, workforce, health and public safety infrastructure. Looking ahead, we intend to continue our strategy in Pullman and carry the results-backed progress CNI has spearheaded in Pullman into neighboring Roseland, applying targeted place-based investments in alignment with community goals. We have spent the last two years engaging with community stakeholders to understand their needs and goals. As a result of this ongoing engagement, we seek to address depopulation and corresponding challenges: declines in safety, reductions in property values, reduced access to retail and significant health disparities. We seek to build Black wealth through the creation of new assets and dispel the notion that improving lives means leaving a neighborhood. This request will specifically fund costs associated with planning and predevelopment activities related to the Roseland Rising initiative, which will drive investment to 4 specific districts within Roseland. Based on our experience as a community and economic development organization with a long-standing track record in Chicago, predevelopment funding is the most difficult to access but the most necessary in order to get a project off the ground. We appreciate your consideration of our proposal.
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Forefront
In support of general operations.
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METROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL
MPC's application supports Our Great Rivers, with specific emphasis in 2022 on the Task Force. MPC will ensure that it is comprised of stakeholders most impacted by their rivers; and prioritize their presence and lived experience - to positively changes the way decisions are made. MPC will facilitate a Task Force structure that amplifies these perspectives, while simultaneously taking a systemic approach to planning, policy and development. MPC will also raise awareness of Our Great Rivers and its progress via focused engagement. An essential role for MPC is to serve as a watchdog, advocating with and on behalf of partners ensuring that the actions and strategies put forward by the City align and adhere to the Rivers’ vision.
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Institute for Community Empowerment
The Institute for Community Empowerment, working with its partner organization, the Coalition to Save Our Mental Health Centers, seeks to engage and train volunteer leaders to create three new Expanded Mental Health Services Programs (EMHSPs) in 2022 and 2023 in three broad and diverse Chicago communities with 440,000 residents on the South and West Sides. To be successful, residents will first learn the skills to educate their neighbors about the importance of mental health services, then win a binding referendum to raise their property taxes to pay for them, and finally steer and oversee their new mental health center. Through their efforts, they will build collective power to take ownership of vital services tailored to local needs.
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FIELD FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC
Field Foundation is seeking renewed support of up to $350,000. At Field Foundation, we know that media and storytelling connects communities, helps us understand possible solutions to tackle deep problems like the racial wealth divide and technology deserts. In this moment, when there are uprisings and protests pushing us to examine the patterns of neglect and divestment that have damaged communities of color, at Field we have decided now is the time to deepen our commitment to this precious group of media and storytellers that help us think about and know our city in a unique way. Field is changing how news production and storytelling reflect Chicago and we are helping to create a more equitable, connected and inclusive media ecosystem.
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Chicago Community Foundation
In support of the activities of the Fund for Equitable Business Growth (FEBG cost center 314), including the Project Director position ($100,000), consulting support for the BSO Collective Impact Initiative ($118,600), and professional services ($20,000).