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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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  • Grant Recipient

    The New School

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $224,658

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    NORTHWEST SIDE CDC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

    The Northwest Side CDC (NWSCDC) is requesting general operating support from the Chicago Community Trust to support our efforts in creating and supporting a thriving local economic ecosystem bolstered by community commerce, affordable housing options, and placemaking in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood.

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    The Asian American Foundation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $100,000

    In July 2021, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed into law the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act. The first legislative directive of its kind in the nation, the TEAACH Act requires the instruction of Asian American history in all Illinois K-12 public schools. Starting in the 2022-2023 school year, all elementary and high schools in the State of Illinois are required to include in its curriculum, a unit of instruction studying the events of Asian American history. The TEAACH Implementation Collaborative (‘the Collaborative’) was formed earlier this year to ensure the availability of curricular resources on Asian American history and to support and prepare Illinois public teachers with the integration of this content into current instruction. Over the next two academic years (2022-23; 2023-24), the Collaborative’s goal is to support a majority of Illinois English / Language Arts (ELA) and social sciences teachers in their implementation of the TEAACH Act with both curricular resources and associated professional development. This group of 9,000 represents 4,800 ELA and 4,100 secondary level (grades 9 - 12) social science educators across the state.

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    INFANT WELFARE SOCIETY OF EVANSTON INC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $75,736

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    NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF CHICAGO INC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $250,000

    To support the creation of sustainable homeownership opportunities in underserved and distressed communities, Neighborhood Lending Services and Transform Capital will create a secondary financing market, funded by impact investors (e.g. donor-advised funds, philanthropic organizations, high net worth donors, etc.), into which a lending entity may sell non-conventional home loans. These home loans will be packaged as a security and sold to funders. The typical secondary mortgage market is where lenders and investors buy and sell primarily conventional mortgages and their servicing rights. By being able to originate and sell the flexible loans that better serve a LMI target population to a non-conventional secondary market, the sale would provide a recycled stream of capital to originate more community home loans as the originator would not have to portfolio these loans. The lending entity could customize the lending product and the underwriting guidelines and they would not have to continually capital raise or take out lines of credit to their replenish fund. The lending entity would also provide case management for the potential home buyers and retain the servicing of the loans to generate additional income for the pool or to cover costs. Interest fees, if higher than market, and fund administrative costs can also offset management costs and/or be recycled to support additional lending activity. The sponsoring lending entity for this project will utilize the $250,000 to pay for planning and implementation of the community impact fund and provide an estimated 15% loan loss reserve to attract an estimated $1-$1.5MM in impact investing capital.

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    Womens Business Development Center (WBDC)

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $445,000

    WBDC requests a two-year $400,000 We Rise Together Grant from Chicago Community Trust to address cascading disparities by delivering ScaleHigher: Building Human, Financial, and Social Capital for Entrepreneurs of Color. This nine-week cohort-based program will be delivered in Chicago neighborhoods and address the gap in access to business innovation, leadership skills, and digital tools.

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    The Chicago Community Trust

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $2,086,933

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    The Chicago Community Trust

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $3,782,047