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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 Foundation for Women

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $3,000

    The Annual Luncheon is Chicago Foundation for Women’s signature fundraising event, bringing Chicago’s civic, business, and community leaders together to support basic rights and equal opportunities for women, girls, trans, and nonbinary people..

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    Chicago Urban League

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $10,000

    Chicago Urban League's 63rd annual Golden Fellowship Dinner, is where we celebrate our progress, support equity for Black families and communities, and raise vital funds for our services benefiting thousands of Chicagoland residents each year.

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    The Chicago Community Foundation/Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $5,000

    This year's Symposium will center on the theme Fostering Collaboration: Bridging the Gap Between Workers, Employers, and Community

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    Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Art Inc

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $2,500

    Kalapriya is presenting "She's Auspicious" a Bharatanatyam production/fundraising event, that blurs the lines between Goddess & Woman to explore the paradox of society & femininity (featuring dancer/choreographer Mythili Prakash & all-female cast.

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    Casa Central Social Services Corporation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $2,000

    Hope for Homes Day is a collaborative fundraising effort powered by Illinois nonprofits committed to ending homelessness.

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    Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation Inc

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $5,000

    Mikva Challenge is hosting its annual benefit, this year celebrating the organization’s 25th year, to support our mission of developing youth to be empowered, informed, and active citizens who will promote a just and equitable society.

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    The Village Legal and Community Project

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $20,000

    This grant will support the economic development work of The Village Legal and Community Project. Our Business Owner Smart Start Program is a free 10-week cohort that provides valuable, transparent information and resources for those who wish to start or scale up their business to achieve economic freedom and create generational wealth.

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    PRAIZE PRODUCTIONS INC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $20,000

    Praize Productions Inc. (PPI) was founded in, serves, and roots its artwork in Chicago’s South and West side Black community. Our facility is in Bronzeville, the historic and current heart of this community. We engage with our community through our Academy (arts education programming for youth and adults), our youth and professional dance companies, and our multidisciplinary professional-quality annual production. A grant to PPI would enable us continue to grow in service to Chicago’s Black community, filling a recognized and significant need more each year. Our leaders and professional artists are all Black women rooted in our community – some grew up here on the South side, some live here with their families today. We are proud of our community and know its potential. We highlight the untapped artistry in Chicago’s Black community, impact our city with the often-disregarded potential of Black women and girls, and center the long-ignored beauty and power of Black voices. We bring high quality, relevant art to audiences largely ignored by Chicago’s arts organizations. And through our own programming and our partnerships with peers across Chicagoland, we open the wealth of Chicago’s arts and culture community to our students and audiences – making space for Black girls and women throughout Chicago and fostering today’s Black women leaders and artists while we prepare the next generation.