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Our Grantmaking Strategy

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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  • Grant Recipient

    Serendipity Theatre Company DBA 2nd Story

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $2,500

    The Statement Piece is a virtual benefit featuring artists from across the country to support 2nd Story’s Leap To 15, a multi-year campaign to pay every artist we work with stipends based on $15/hr, which aligns with the Trust’s wealth gap goals.

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    Harvard Community Senior Center

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $12,500

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    Main Stay Therapeutic Farm, Inc.

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $11,160

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    United Way of Greater Mchenry County Inc

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $2,500

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    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $5,000

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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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    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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    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.