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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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    Southeast Chicago Chamber of Commerce

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $5,000

    Southside residents are invited to safely bike, walk or skate to public art murals and unknown architectural gems.

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    ISKALI

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $5,000

    Our gala celebration is Iskali's most important fundraiser of the year. All proceeds go towards funding our work with young Latinos from immigrant families.

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    FRIENDS OF MORAINE HILLS STATE PARK

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $7,500

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    Indo American Center Inc

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $8,000

    The Indo-American Center (IAC) seeks a grant to support our Youth Fellowship Council (YFC) which provides leadership development, civic engagement, and community organizing opportunities for South Asian youth aged 13-24. The YFC will establish a motivated, empowered, and knowledgeable group of South Asian youth with the desire, tools, and skills necessary to create change in their communities. The YFC will engage 50 youth leaders, 40 will attend an event or participate in phone banking shifts, 20 will participate in a campaign by submitting witness slips or offering testimony, and12 will be core leaders who make decisions about campaign sign on, have input in IAC’s organizing vision, and create a long-term structure for the youth council.

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    MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $12,500

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    3Arts, Inc.

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $5,000

    The annual 3Arts Awards event is a community celebration of our city’s creative spirit, honoring women artists, artists of color, and Deaf and disabled artists at the heart of what makes Chicago culturally vibrant. In 2021, our event will be virtual.

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    VIETNAMESE ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $3,120

    As an expansion of VAI’s youth program, “How do you say Racial Justice in Vietnamese?” is a project that will engage 15-20 young people between the ages of 14 through 30 to participate in political education and Vietnamese-language classes, which will allow young people to talk about racial justice with their families and community.

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    GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY ALLIANCE

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $5,000

    Garfield Park Conservatory's Annual Winter Flower Show, featuring the Conservatory's Poinsettia and tropical plant collections arranged to inspire and connect our visitors to the beauty and restorative qualities of nature