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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Chicagos Sunshine Enterprises Inc
Sunshine Enterprises (SE) seeks to build a catalytic facility at the critical intersection of 63rd and Martin Luther King Dr with the best in eTOD design and deeply intentional community engagement. Truly multi-use, it would serve as a(n): entrepreneur training center for SE programming; business incubator space, including small business store-fronts; community youth and family programs center; safe space for violence intervention work; and a home to other community serving orgs. This project would capitalize on close proximity to the CTA green line and several other area assets. It would stimulate the reversal of decades of disinvestment and abandonment, and build opportunity and inspiration for community residents and stakeholders.
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Shriver Center on Poverty Law
The Shriver Center on Poverty Law (Shriver Center) requests a $150,000 grant from the Chicago Community Trust to support its leadership and meaningful work across multiple coalitions, including the Transit Table, Cost of Living Refund Coalition, Housing Policy Roundtable, Illinois Domestic Workers Coalition, and Responsible Budget Coalition. We will leverage these networks throughout the grant period as they strive to promote economic and racial justice, strengthen families and communities, and advance policies and reforms that address the racial wealth gap. Our advocates generally serve as the primary legal and policy experts of these tables, increasing the strength and ultimate success of each coalition.
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Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings
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EVANSTON REBUILDING WAREHOUSE
The Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse (ERW) and Rebuilding Exchange (RX) model the circular economy in their neighborhoods of Evanston and Chicago. Our nonprofit work has diverted tons of building materials from landfills, engaged the community on reuse, and trained 200 community members to start building trades careers. As of March 1, 2021 we have merged! One of our first strategic projects is to move the Rebuilding Exchange location as its lease expires in late 2022. We will kick off the pre-real estate planning to move RX to a city neighborhood that has suffered from disinvestment.
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Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights
Get My Payment Illinois is planning and executing a second phase of work running from January through at least June 2021 to help Illinoisans access all three stimulus checks that have been authorized by Congress to date. Leveraging our existing partnerships, website, materials, and help hotline infrastructure, we will help Illinoisans access all stimulus checks they are eligible for by filing taxes and claiming the Recovery Rebate Credit; and help people access the checks by promoting safe and affordable bank accounts. The lead organizations for Get My Payment Illinois in phase II are New America, Heartland Alliance, Economic Awareness Council, and Heartland Human Care Services.
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES
COFI exists to bring the voices of low-income parent leaders of color to decision-making tables to address policies parent leaders identify as priority equity issues that improve outcomes for their children/families. Through COFI, 5,000 low-income parents of color have been trained as civic leaders in communities and, with POWER-PAC IL, in policy advocacy at city/state/federal levels. Closing the racial wealth/income gaps are top priorities of POWER-PAC IL: with a focus on increasing wages/savings opportunities and reducing debt burdens – especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. This grant will help us ensure that the voices of families (even when virtual) are as full participating members of coalitions fighting the racial wealth gap.
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Artisan Grain Collaborative
AGC is a network of 130+ farmers, processors, end-users, and advocates working to cultivate and elevate a regenerative grainshed in the Upper Midwest. FLO funds will support AGC's core operations and expanding programmatic work.
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WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC
Window to the World Communications respectfully requests The Chicago Community Trust’s consideration of a one-time grant of $200,000 to support WTTW News and its expanded news platform. Financial support from The Trust will enable WTTW to sustain and advance our local affairs and journalism programming that includes the broadcasts of Chicago Tonight, the newly launched Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices and Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, digital segments of these programs and other stories on WTTW News, and community engagement activities surrounding our news content.