Paving the Path to Homeownership for Housing Choice Voucher Holders
Since the mid-20th century, homeownership has been one of the most important vehicles for building wealth in the United States. According to research from the…
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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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ARTS & BUSINESS COUNCIL OF CHICAGO
Arts & Business Council of Chicago (A&BC) seeks to renew support in service of Chicago Community Trust's (CCT) SMART Growth grantees and for A&BC’s general operations. Since 2011, A&BC and CCT have partnered to provide over 100 cultural agencies an organizational, management, and governance assessment. The smARTscope® assessment tool is ideal for short and long range planning and supports cohort learning. To support this partnership, A&BC will provide 29 SMART Growth Grantees with: - Review of Grantees' Year 3 proposals - 2 admissions per organization to Learning and Board Labs - 2 dedicated professional development Labs designed specifically for the SG cohort - 5 hours per organization of Business Volunteers for the Arts® On-Demand
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK
We are requesting $150,000 to support our vision that our neighbors will have the food they need to thrive. As of 2020, we met the meal gap in 99% of our service area, yet recognize that we are not yet reaching all neighbors in need, particularly with the increased food insecurity due to COVID-19. We acknowledge and embrace the opportunity to design a better experience for neighbors and prioritize solutions for populations disproportionately impacted by hunger. In launching a new strategic plan, we take responsibility to serve more neighbors, especially those we often miss, and pursue a refined mission to provide nutritious food and resources for all those in need, with dignity, equity and convenience, through partnerships and innovation.
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The Chicago Community Foundation/Arts Work Fund
AWF provides capacity-building grants and peer knowledge sharing opportunities to small arts and cultural organizations. In September, we launched Think • Explore • Share. These grants enable arts organizations to develop and test solutions to challenges posed by COVID-19 or challenges that hampered arts nonprofits before the pandemic. Challenges can relate to management, production, technology, fiscal planning, or artistic mission. The AWF Connect a listserv has grown in vitality as grantees are now asked to post lessons learned from their grants on the listserv so that the field can benefit from the knowledge gained and lessons learned.
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ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS
Despite our significant successes in policy advocacy at the local, state and federal levels, permanent immigration policy solutions are still needed. ICIRR’s evolving analysis and approach is now focused on developing innovative partnerships that support not only immigrants and refugees but all low-income Black and Brown communities. We believe an integrated strategy that lifts all boats is the way to create economic equity. We will: -Develop the capacity and leadership of our institutional members. -Conduct Intentional relational organizing with BIPOC-led organizations and people directly impacted by immigration policies and the racial/ethnic wealth gap. -Build integrated campaigns that support Black/Brown unity and economic justice.
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The Chicago Community Trust
To support the Office of Equity and Racial Justice, for Nneka Onwuzurike’s internship.
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The Network - Advocating Against Domestic Violence
The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence (The Network) is a collaborative membership organization dedicated to improving the lives of those impacted by domestic violence (DV) through education, public policy and advocacy, & the connection of community members to direct service providers. We also operate the IL DV Hotline, which received 28,940 calls in FY20. We work in collaboration with over 40 community-based DV service providers to advance the collective power of those experiencing gender-based violence. The Network advocates at the local, State, & Federal level to ensure that survivors have sufficient services and responsive systems and is applying to Chicago Community Trust to expand and develop this critical systems advocacy.
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Thrive Chicago NFP
My Brother’s Keeper, housed within Thrive Chicago, is driving a focused effort to engage and empower the next generation of male educators of color by leading the implementation of a targeted teacher pipeline, in partnership with the Obama Foundation and Chicago Public Schools. In 2021, we will move from planning to phase one of implementation. In collaboration with our partners, we will develop and implement purpose-oriented practices, embedded within the school day and a complimentary mentorship program. These efforts will be targeted at high school boys and youth of color with the aim of promoting high school graduation, pursuit of post-secondary education, as well as fostering an interest in teaching as a career pathway.
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Leadership Greater Chicago
Leadership Greater Chicago is seeking funding in the amount of $25,000 to support the participation of Karen Tamley -- former Commissioner for the Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities who was named the new president and CEO of Access Living in January 2020 -- in the 2021 cohort of The Daniel Burnham Fellowship. The 2021 Cohort, which begins in mid-February, will consist of 20-25 C-level and senior executives from major corporations across various industries, with 3-5 of the allocations reserved for the participation of nonprofit executives. The Fellowship is designed for senior leaders to urgently impact Chicago’s workforce and the region’s economic progress to benefit all of us, which makes Karen's participation critical.