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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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    REFUGEEONE

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $30,000

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    Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $24,250

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    World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $20,000

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    Thrive Chicago NFP

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $200,000

    Thrive Chicago will identify specific communities of focus and will train Community Based Organizations (CBOs) across a variety of sectors to be action researchers. CBOs will learn about how students’ experiences within their communities are affecting their educational outcomes. The objective is empower CBOs with data to utilize community-driven research as a tool to develop strategies and support policy changes that addresses the underlying inequities that contribute to educational disparities in the communities where students live.

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    Chicagos Sunshine Enterprises Inc

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

    Next Level Exchange’s (NLE) vision is to be the central Chicago Area intersection of a growing community of diverse entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations offering entrepreneur support programs, and the established business community. Through these relationships, NLE will accelerate efforts to create an inclusive and growing business community that supports opportunity and wealth creation in often overlooked and under-resourced communities. Next Level Exchange’s mission is to support BSOs and their client/entrepreneurs through high-quality, intimate, and long-term mentor relationships with established business owners, executives, and professionals, networking opportunities, and ongoing business education. Sunshine Enterprises is applying on behalf of the Next Level Exchange collaborative for $50,000 to grow the NLE program and prepare for it to scale over the next 3-5 years. The NLE collaborative includes the Chicago Urban League (CUL) and the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC). During the grant period NLE plans to run 3 cohorts of the year-long NLE mentoring program, serving 45 unique entrepreneurs; host 7-8 events (workshops, town halls, networking events, and a graduation) for current and past NLE participants; develop and operationalize an NLE Playbook; fundraise a budget of $245K; add a fourth BSO partner; and bring on a full-time NLE staff member to coordinate and lead the NLE program. Within four years NLE seeks to: - Grow the collaborative program to include 5 BSO's - Annually match 100 diverse entrepreneurs who have successfully completed an entrepreneurship training program at one of the NLE partner organizations with an experienced business professional - Provide ongoing support to all past and present participants in the program by delivering at least four workshops per year on topics of importance to business owners, a minimum of three networking events where meaningful connections can be made, and the opportunity to be matched with new mentors.

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    Allies for Community Business

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $75,000

    Allies for Community Business (A4CB) will provide intensive support to entrepreneurs via our Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab (NEL) to help them grow businesses that create jobs and wealth in their communities.

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    ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $5,000

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    YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $5,000