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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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    The Chicago Community Trust

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

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    Chicago Community Foundation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $946,744

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    Borealis Philanthropy

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $100,000

    This application lays out Borealis Philanthropy’s request for a one-year grant of $100,000 from Chicago Community Trust to support the Disability Inclusion Fund (DIF). As the DIF moves into our third-year of grantmaking, this funding will support the continued expansion of the overlooked and under-resourced disability justice movement. The DIF strengthens the disability justice movement by resourcing disability-led organizations committed to intersectional movement strategies, providing specific grantee capacity building supports, and building upon disability inclusive practices through our participatory grantmaking model. The CCT’s continued support will enable the Disability Inclusion Fund to further its impact in the movement and demonstrate the necessary importance of disability inclusion to broader justice commitments across philanthropy. This support is particularly important now, as the disabled community navigates a world where COVID still looms large, impacting people’s physical, emotional, and mental health, as well as exacerbating already existing financial and social inequalities.

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    CFLEADS

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $15,000

    2022 support: It is thanks to your generous financial investment that CFLeads is able to support peer connection and field leadership for community foundations of all sizes all across the country. Investments from community foundations like yours are invaluable in helping both your foundation and the entire field develop and strengthen its community leadership capacity.

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    Leadership Greater Chicago

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $25,000

    The Daniel Burnham Fellowship© is the newest leadership initiative in the Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC) portfolio. This Fellowship is an accelerated civic onboarding experience for senior executives who, in their role as change leaders and decision makers, are able to play an active part in shaping the future of Chicago. The Fellowship integrates participants into the civic fabric of the city—understanding its history and future trajectory—and building relationships and networks to positively impact the trajectory of the Greater Chicago Region with opportunity and potential for all. To ensure a dynamic group of participants, representative of all sectors, LGC identifies 1-2 leaders from prominent nonprofit and cultural organizations. This year, LGC is delighted to put forth Blake-Anthony Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Sinfonietta. Chicago Sinfonietta champions diversity, equity, and inclusion by creating community through bold symphonic experiences. LGC is confident that Blake-Anthony’s participation will lead to strategic connections and further drive the calls to action for this Fellowship. Participation in The Daniel Burnham Fellowship includes a $25,000 commitment from a corporation or sponsoring organization. LGC would be grateful to have The Chicago Community Trust serve as the sponsoring organization for Blake-Anthony Johnson's participation in the 2022 cohort of The Daniel Burnham Fellowship.

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    ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $10,000

    The purpose of this grant is for the Chicago Community Trust Philanthropic Institutional annual membership to the Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) for the 2022 - 2023 period. Philanthropic Institutional membership is open to grantmaking entities, including community foundations, and benefits are available for up to 7 representatives like current staff, trustees, and/or board members. This is an opportunity to join a growing network of donors, foundations, and non-profits dedicated to engaging in effective and responsive philanthropy in Black communities while accessing tools and information to address the complex issues facing Black communities. ABFE members gain greater knowledge, leadership skills, networks, and decision-making power to serve as strong advocates for racial equity. We currently have over 1,000 members in the United States including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

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    Chicago Community Foundation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $200,000

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    Endeleo Institute Inc

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $100,000

    Endeleo seeks continued support for general operations as it relates to ongoing economic development efforts across the 95th Street Corridor, specifically in the Washington Heights, Roseland, Chatham, Burnside and Calumet Heights communities, which all intersect 95th street. In lockstep with a 2016 Planning Priorities Report, Endeleo was recently instrumental in securing a 2022 Pilot equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) Planning Grant from the Federal Transit Administration, a highly collaborative process that includes transit and planning agencies, community-based organizations, Chicago State University, local business owners and residents. Led by the City of Chicago's Department of Planning, this community wide comprehensive land use/strategic planning process was one of the many short-term recommendations made by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) in its report and Endeleo is poised to help lead community engagement efforts and foster a spirit of collaboration to ensure prioritized development around the Red Line Station and within its 1/2 mile footprint is largely driven by community input. In addition to other projects in various stages of development, Endeleo was awarded an ETOD Pilot Project from the City of Chicago for a community ownership project aimed to provide access to healthy food. Along with Cafe Du Bois and the Free and Fresh Market (a Greater Food Depository Partnership), Briget's Bodega will serve as the third intervention to address food insecurity and the lack of nutrition across the corridor. General operating support will thus help ensure Endeleo has the capacity to execute on its projects and programs, maintain valuable partnerships and coordinate the all-important community actions that result in highly impactful investments consistent with community priorities.