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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Green City Market
Green City Market (GCM) requests a $100,000 grant to increase the visibility of the local food sector in Chicago while improving the efficiency of the local food businesses run by GCM farmers and food producers.
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Kuumba Lynx
Kuumba Lynx’s (KL) Hip Hop Arts Continuum and “Issa Vibe Healing Arts and Wellness Space” directly remedy trauma caused by systemic inequities and racism for the 1200 youth we engage each year and their families. Our trauma informed, Transformative Justice based continuum of programs examines root causes and equips youth ages 8 to 24 with the tools they require to identify and mitigate their trauma and do the work of Transformative Justice in their community. Support will deepen our engagement in Uptown via the ½ Pint Poetics program in 4 elementary/middle schools, KL Arts Apprenticeships and KL Performance Ensemble for high school youth, “As I Am” for youth 17-24, and Issa Vibe space for healing, wellness, and arts for the whole community.
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NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF CHICAGO INC
Addressing the growing needs of low-income residents in the wake of widespread class-based & racially motivated financial divestment has become a paramount challenge, especially when coupled with the unique barriers of the COVID-19 quarantine. NHS requests continued general operating funding of our comprehensive housing counseling programming. NHS, as a grassroots organization led and staffed from the communities of color we serve, seeks to empower prospective and current homebuyers with an aim of bringing back financial investment and homeownership across Chicago’s low-income neighborhoods. NHS will achieve this through pre-purchase counseling, financial education, foreclosure prevention, post-purchase counseling, & mission-based lending.
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Enlace Chicago
Through Enlace Chicago’s Community Health Worker (CHW)-led Health Equity Initiative, CHWs address critical needs, including access to healthcare, social services, public benefits, food, housing and clothing/household supplies. They do this by supporting community members in navigating the healthcare and social service systems; increasing access to fresh locally grown food, health information and wellness activities through community gardens; and managing emergency funding.
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The Night Ministry
The Night Ministry is a Chicago-based organization whose mission is to provide housing, health care, and human connection to any and all community members struggling with poverty or homelessness. With an open heart and an open mind, we accept people as they are and work to address their immediate physical, emotional, and social needs while affirming their sense of humanity. If awarded, this funding will allow The Night Ministry to continue promoting the wellbeing of this targeted population and address the critical needs of those whom we support in order to work towards their stability.
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CHICAGO MEDIA PROJECT
CMP is requesting a grant from the Chicago Community Trust to support the BIPOC Impact Film Fund to support filmmakers of color working in the social impact documentary space to create powerful media with strong impact campaigns and foster a vibrant community of BIPOC filmmakers.
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THE HANA CENTER
HANA Center will implement its Healing in Action project, engaging a range of culturally relevant, trauma-informed practices to promote the well-being of Chicagoland Korean, Asian American, and multiethnic immigrant community members. Engaging participants from its wide base of service & organizing programs, HANA will develop multi-generational healing and community-building initiatives including youth and women’s Korean drumming groups, a racial justice support program, and storytelling opportunities. Through participation in these programs, community members will be rooted in their culture and lived experiences, and together develop community-led tools and solutions to heal from trauma and support each other to live strong, healthy lives.
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Inner-City Muslim Action Network
The Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) proposes a partnership with Chicago Community Trust and the Rockefeller Foundation based on shared commitments to providing holistic health and wellness interventions for underserved Illinois residents. Specifically, IMAN requests $75,000 in funding to augment its Health Center’s ongoing COVID-19 Vaccination Program, including existing outreach and education efforts in hard-hit areas on Chicago’s southside, and to support the salaries of two new medical assistants.