Grants

Grant Recipient

Chicago Community Foundation

Awarded: December 2022 Awarded Amount: $250,000

Grant Recipient

Borealis Philanthropy

Awarded: December 2022 Awarded Amount: $100,000

Grant Recipient

Historic Pullman Foundation Inc

Awarded: December 2022 Awarded Amount: $100,000

Historic Pullman Foundation / HPF requests a grant of $100,000 to continue strengthening its staffing resources and building its capacity to serve as the philanthropic and programmatic partner of Pullman National Monument / the Monument, Chicago’s first national park. As opportunities to serve public audiences expand in the Pullman neighborhood, HPF seeks funds to support expansion of full-time and contractual staff positions. Following the model used in hiring the executive director, HPF will transition a full-time contractor to a full-time staff position, and expand and bring on new contractors, first, in interim positions, then transition them to full-time staff positions as multi-year funding and fiscal stability allow. The three planned positions are 1. a program director, currently successfully staffed by a full-time contractual employee, who will create and coordinate educational and cultural programming with the Monument and other cultural partners, 2. a full-time contractual communications director, currently staffed by a part-time contractual employee, whose work will inform audiences throughout the region about the community of Pullman and its status as a National Park Service / NPS national monument, communicate with partners, donors, members, and the larger community, and build a contacts database, 3. a part-time contractual finance manager, a new position, currently staffed by volunteer board members, to maintain HPF financial records, including enhanced monitoring of grant funds. The expected short-term outcome of the project is that HPF will significantly enhance its organizational functionality, stability, and sustainability. Hiring additional staff will ensure that HPF develops a broad, consistent roster of programs, supported by consistent, robust communications, which will increase in scope each year in response to community interest and participation. Shifting responsibility for financial records keeping from a board member’s volunteer service to a paid position will strengthen the organization’s fiscal management. The long-term expected outcome of the project is that HPF’s support for the Monument, and its other community-based work, will result in significant economic, cultural, recreational, and educational benefits to the area, including communities of Pullman, West Pullman, and Roseland.

Grant Recipient

The Chicago Community Foundation/Arts Work Fund

Awarded: December 2022 Awarded Amount: $180,000

Grant Recipient

Revitalize Communities

Awarded: December 2022 Awarded Amount: $100,000

Revitalize Communities will design and develop the 11,400 sf site located at 222-229 E 79th St. in the Chatham neighborhood. The Equitable Transit Oriented Development site is located along the CTA bus route 79 and 0.4 miles away from the 79th Red Line station. The proposed development will be new construction on a vacant lot. The mixed-use development will consist of approximately 43 residential units and commercial space. The residential units will contain a mix of 1, and 2. The building will provide approximately 3,500 SF of commercial space. Probable tenants for the commercial space are a food service provider, financial service center, or other community benefiting tenants who will bring jobs to Chatham. This development will be the first phase of planned development for the northside 200 East Block of 79th Street.

Grant Recipient

Woodstock Institute

Awarded: December 2022 Awarded Amount: $150,000

Woodstock Institute will: • Protect the Predatory Loan Prevention Act (PLPA) from attempts by predatory lenders to weaken it through carve-outs and loopholes, working especially to advocate for additional legislation to include coverage of pawnbrokers in the PLPA. • Educate, inform, and recruit Black, Brown, and lower income community members on safe and affordable credit options through social media outreach, media campaigns, promotion and dissemination of the We Prosper IL Resource Guide. Encourage impacted individuals to share their stories publicly. • Support the campaign to adopt a national 36% rate cap across the US to protect Illinoisans from out-of-state lenders trying to evade the Illinois PLPA and to create consistent nationwide consumer protections. • Organize and convene a Small Business Truth in Lending Act (SB-SB-TILA) coalition to support state and national legislation that requires small business lenders to disclose each loan’s annual percentage rate (APR).