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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METROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL
MPC's application supports Our Great Rivers, with specific emphasis in 2021 on the Task Force. Working with DPD, MPC will ensure that Task Force priorities reflect the goals of its members and prioritize their presence and lived experience - to positively changes the way decisions are made. MPC will facilitate a Task Force structure that amplifies these perspectives, while simultaneously taking a systemic approach to planning, policy and development. MPC will also raise awareness of Our Great Rivers and its progress via focused communications. An essential role for MPC is to serve as a watchdog, advocating with and on behalf of partners ensuring that the actions and strategies put forward by the City align and adhere to the Rivers’ vision.
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ENDELEO INSTITUTE INC
The purchase, rehab and new construction addition to a vacant commercial property on the 95th street corridor in Washington Heights is slated to become Cafe Du Bois, a combination coffee shop/laundromat. As Covid-19 festers, Endeleo is pivoting in the face of economic uncertainties by 1) leveraging dual purpose of the space, 2) creating economic synergy and 3) providing greater value to the community. Endeleo was a 2019 recipient of a City of Chicago Neighborhood Opportunity Fund Grant and this year, secured Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity funding for a laundromat. While the innovative use of space and additional no cost capital helps offset financing, the Pre-Development Fund initially keeps the project moving.
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ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY
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Illinois Collaboration On Youth
For more than 45 years, the Illinois Collaboration on Youth has advocated on behalf of children, youth, and families, and the community-based organizations that serve them. Our mission is to promote the safety, health, and success of Illinois’ children, youth, and families by acting as a collective voice for policy and practice, and by connecting and strengthening the organizations that serve them. Over the past two fiscal years, we have worked intentionally to make our coalition and advocacy agenda more inclusive of the communities that our members serve by establishing the Equity and Access Fund, in which our members subsidize memberships for BIPOC-led CBOs that otherwise would not have the resources to join a membership association.
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Latino Policy Forum
In support of participation in the Color of Wealth Advisory Committee.
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Southland Development Authority NFP
The Southland Development Authority (SDA) was launched in 2019 to drive inclusive economic growth in southern Cook County and re-establish it as a major hub of economic activity, revitalizing the area as a unique set of communities that celebrates and engages its rich history and diversity. Since its inception the SDA has well surpassed its goals including growing a nearly $2M budget, against its intended $800K budget, developing an influential and effective board and staff, establishing a model stimulus relief program, and serving as a valued partner in the Southland. Funds from the Trust will allow the SDA to continue to build organizational capacity and further its growth as a national model for inclusive economic growth organizations.
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DISABILITY LEAD
With generous support from The Chicago Community Trust as our founding sponsor, ADA 25 Advancing Leadership (AL) has established itself in the last year as an independent nonprofit organization running the nation’s first and only leadership development and civic engagement program for leaders with disabilities. This successful nonprofit start-up grew from a program in incubation at the Trust to a growing regional network of nearly 170 diverse positive disruptors with disabilities leading and serving with power and influence in their communities. A three-year grant from the Trust – now in its second year of general operating support – will allow AL to continue to scale its programs and impact while centering racial and disability justice.
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Support from The Chicago Community Trust will support AIDS Foundation Chicago’s (AFC) work to protect and advance access to high-quality health care for people living with or vulnerable to HIV and other chronic conditions, particularly centering Black and Latinx communities who are disproportionately impacted by chronic conditions. AFC staff will: 1) monitor and respond to threats to health reform and access to care; 2) advocate for a state budget that ensures sufficient and equitable resources for HIV; 3) monitor discriminatory practices among health insurance plans and advocate as needed; and 4) advocate for policies within the Illinois Healthcare Feasibility Study that increase affordability and accessibility for AFC’s focus populations.