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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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    SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $40,000

    Small Business Majority respectfully requests support from the Chicago Community Trust for our ongoing leadership of the Chicago Inclusive Growth Coalition (CIGC). The CIGC unites more than 40 stakeholders from the city’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, including business service organizations (BSOs), funders, lenders, small business owners and other partners whose insight and experience inform our strategies. The CIGC works to increase coordination between local business ecosystem stakeholders, develop a shared consensus regarding recommended best-practice standards and improve service delivery in specific industries. Ultimately, this pioneering effort is strengthening service delivery for entrepreneurs of color and underserved communities.

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    The Chicago Community Trust

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $75,500

    To transfer funds from T576 (Unity) to T501(Kushel) to reimburse fund for FY20 Pathways to Housing Stability grants

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    Girls Like Me Project

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

    We are proposing funding for our Digitally Innovative Voices of Advocacy Sisiters Stortyelling Project. This project is an extension of our current DIVAS Media Literacy program. In this proposed project the experiences of shared by girls in our program and their peers will be normalized and validated. And while many of our girls use their smart phones to upload tons of selfie pictures, snapchat videos, and other social media content, through this project they will gain the technical skills to direct their creative and critical content in ways that offer creative expression, inclusion, public insight and influence.

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    CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $1,981

    In support of general operations, funded by the closeout of endowment fund CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois (F389).

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    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF JOLIET

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $15,000

    Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet, is requesting funds to replace broken and damaged ceiling tiles in its Daybreak Center.

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    The Chicago Scholars Foundation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $200,500

    At Chicago Scholars, we believe that education is social justice. We want all young men of color to feel holistically supported, socially, emotionally, and academically and to feel like they are a part of a community with similar backgrounds and goals. Over the next three years, we will holistically expand wrap around supports to high school aged young men of color as they prepare to transition to a new school level and to prevent summer melt and feelings of isolation. By connecting earlier and engaging these young boys in pathways of purpose, we believe we can improve their college matriculation and graduation rates. And we believe we can help them better transition into careers as the leaders we know them to be.

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    ENDELEO INSTITUTE INC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $15,000

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    TALLGRASS EDUCATIONAL FILMS

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $120,000

    "For those of you who recall Chicago at that time, it’s hard to forget the sense of possibility that Harold Washington sparked in people.” - President Barack Obama. The story of Harold Washington could not be more timely. Racism in American politics has taken an ugly turn, while at the same time, minorities and women are gaining political clout they never had before. Our objective it to use the film to inspire people, young and old, to combine activism and electoral politics, to spark a national conversation about restoring our American democracy. In collaboration with academic scholars, public school teachers, social impact experts, and award-winning filmmakers, we will develop a robust, and timeless social impact campaign.