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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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    Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $7,500

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    THE HANA CENTER

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

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    Chicago Human Rhythm Project

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $99,750

    Chicago Human Rhythm Project respectfully requests a grant of $99,750 to fund pre-development expenses for its arts education center and business-career development incubator, the Mayfair Arts Center, serving children, teens, adults, elders, independent artists and other small to medium sized nonprofits in Calumet Heights and surrounding neighborhoods. The pre-development expenses include fees for architectural services, pre-construction services, owner’s representation, community engagement, market analysis, development consultant, legal fees, and an additional environmental survey (potential remediation plan).

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    New America Foundation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $225,000

    CivicSpace will continue to develop community-informed solutions to build low income Chicagoan’s access to wealth, with a specific focus on EITC simplified filing expansion, predatory lending, and knowledge building around portable benefits.

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    MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

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    WIEBOLDT FOUNDATION

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $350,000

    The 2022 Wieboldt Foundation Capacity-Building Cohort seeks to fill an unfortunate void that exists. Intensive capacity-building funds are hard to come by, yet essential to strengthen, stabilize and enhance the impact of community organizing nonprofits. In this regard, these entities would function like any business; better equipment, stronger skills, and streamlined operations contribute to an improved bottom line – measured here in overall impact rather than profit. Additionally, fostering collaboration among a cohort of community organizing groups is important to the sustainability of the ecosystem. Specifically, organizational capacity will be built in 4 areas: operations; organizing; resources; and collaborations.

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    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

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    FULL SPECTRUM FEATURES NFP

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $100,000

    FSF proposes to purchase an existing 3-flat building and the adjacent empty lot in the Marshall Square neighborhood (South Lawndale). We already occupy the first floor of the building for our offices, but it needs to be remodeled and modernized, including the addition of ramps and an elevator for accessibility purposes. The adjacent lot would be used to expand the building to the south with the addition of a 70-100 seat event space / cinema that would largely serve the surrounding community with Spanish-language films and other cultural offerings that are not available anywhere else in the city.