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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GREEN CITY MARKET
Green City Market (GCM) requests a $100,000 grant to continue its work increasing the visibility of the local food sector in Chicago while improving the efficiency of the local food businesses run by GCM farmers and food producers.
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CROSSROADS FUND
Crossroads Fund recently celebrated 40 years of existence as a public foundation that supports movements, organizes donors, provides fiscal sponsorship to grassroots organizations, partners with local philanthropy to host pooled funds and provides capacity building programs in collaboration with local and national foundations. In the last two years we have witnessed an increased demand in our work in the form of connecting grantees to funders, leading political education opportunities for both grantees and philanthropy, hosting pooled funds and providing fiscal sponsorship to grantee organizations and initiatives led by foundations. Our unique position of sitting at the intersection of grassroots organizing and philanthropy and being one of the few local public foundations enables us to serve in different and yet complimenting capacities. It provides us proximity to local organizing while having structures that allow for nimble collaboration in fundraising, grantmaking and playing a leading role in the provision of capacity building programs, enables us to collaborate deeply with philanthropy. However, our sustainability is predicated on our fundraising and it is in this spirit that we are honored to partner with Chicago Community Trust in our request for a multiyear grant that will maintain and increase our capacity.
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FAR SOUTH CDC
Far South Community Development Corporation’s (Far South CDC) project HEAPP (Housing and Equity Assistance Pilot Program) is a holistic and comprehensive strategy to address the housing and equity crisis that has persisted on Chicago’s far south side and south suburban Cook County for many decades, which has contributed to the shortage in housing options, family and neighborhood wealth leakage, and poor quality of living. HEAPP will combine: One-on-One Housing Counseling Services and Group Workshops and Seminars Family Financial Management (Family Budgeting and Debt Management) Equity & Quality of Life Home Technology & Access Housing Policy Advocacy & Public Safety This opportunity will give needed capacity to administer project HEAPP.
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Womens Business Development Center (WBDC)
Over 130 BSOs provide support to business owners in the Chicago area, many with a focus on a particular geography, industry, or population. Services provided by each may range from very general to narrowly targeted. As a result, service delivery is uneven across geographies and inefficient overall. Organizations focus on their offerings, often unaware of alternative and complementary options available to the entrepreneurs they support. What is needed is an ecosystem transformed for Access – increased coordination and collaboration via processes co-designed by participating BSOs that enable business owners to obtain from them what they need: Access to Education they can use to make better business decisions Access to Markets they can reach to increase their revenues Access to Capital they can employ to grow their enterprises Access to Networks they can leverage to connect to opportunities The WBDC is requesting funding to deliver EMBA-Year 3 to provide minority business owners with increased Access to Education, Markets and Networks. The aspirational goal of EMBA is to reduce racial wealth disparities and create generational wealth for minority businesses through higher-margin private/public sector contracting/procurement opportunities. As Helene D Gayle, President and CEO of the Chicago Community Trust wrote in her May 18, 2022 Chicago Tribune Editorial entitled, ‘Community development builds framework to close racial wealth gap’, “At all stages of development, Black and Brown-owned businesses must be assured a fair shot at contracts that allow them to hire, train and expand resources within the community”. For this to happen, Black and Brown-owned businesses must first be made aware of this business pathway and then how to be ready and position themselves for a fair shot. This is the goal of EMBA. EMBA's primary customers are Business Service Organizations (BSOs) within the Greater Chicago ecosystem. As BSO partners, they will be trained and provided with the information, education, resources, tools, and collateral necessary to educate neighborhood minority business owners about these higher-margin business pathways. EMBA has a three-step focus; advancing and deepening BSO knowledge in the contracting arena, ensuring minority businesses are aware of these pathways; and providing the 'roadmap' and technical assistance required for business owners to successfully enter and navigate this complex marketplace. Execution will be accomplished using a Hub-and-Spoke model in which the WBDC will serve as the Hub, CMSDC as a Subject Matter Expert Spoke and four neighborhood Business Service Organizations as local Awareness and Education Spokes. The WBDC and CMSDC will update the EMBA learning module, Tool Kit, and other related collateral for the Spokes to deploy. In addition, they will lead Train-the-Trainer Sessions for Spoke staff, facilitate client-focused Workshops and Webinars, deliver targeted one-on-one advising to Spoke clients, and leverage corporate, government, and Women and Minority Business Enterprise SMEs as mentors. Spoke organizations will complement these actions by marketing the opportunities, organizing and recruiting minority businesses to attend the Webinars and Workshops, delivering general one-on-one advising, assisting with matching businesses and mentors, adhering to reporting requirements, and participating in EMBA Hub and Spoke meetings and related activities. The WBDC's positive experience as both a Hub and a Spoke will enable a project structure that helps to build capacity, and is respectful and empowering for the partner BSO's, and builds an informational channel for minority small businesses. The budgetary request to FEBG is greater than the previous two years because it is inclusive of compensation for the five partner BSOs engagement, effort and expertise.
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Marwen Foundation
Marwen educates and inspires young people to nurture their growth and build their futures through art and community. We envision a world where young people flourish as change makers, leaders and thriving adults across Chicago and beyond. Marwen was founded in 1987 by Chicago entrepreneur Steve Berkowitz and named for his daughters, Marcy and Wendy. Steve was inspired by the positive impact of arts education on his children, and recognized how critically important arts instruction is for young people seeking to explore their own potential. For 34 years, Marwen has provided youth centered, no-cost studio and pathway programs for young people in Chicago who want to explore visual arts and do not have access to arts programming due to financial and systemic barriers, to build upon this core understanding. Throughout its history, Marwen has impacted the lives of more than 13,000 young people during some of the most transformative stages of their development into adulthood.
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UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
Much like 911 and 311, 211 is a vital, free service accessible to most Americans by simply dialing 3 numbers. There are more than 200 211 agencies across the United States, each equip with local experts that make finding help easier. Currently, 96% of the US population has access to a locally operated 211 service. Unfortunately, Chicago and Cook County residents do not. United Way of Metro Chicago seeks to close this gap. Every Day, 211 specialists help individuals and families access free and reduced- cost food, housing, financial assistance to pay utility bills, employment resources, mental health support, elderly and disability support, childcare, and more. United Way seeks diverse funding, 70% public and 30% private, building the budget at the state, county, and city levels to ensure greater sustainability. *Note - the total project budget displayed below is only for one year.
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Lonely Entrepreneur Inc
The Lonely Entrepreneur is honored to partner with the Chicago Community Trust to empower 300 Black men and women with the skills to start or grow a business. Working together this partnership will lead to unprecedented cooperation among corporations, philanthropies and governments to fight against social and economic injustice.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO