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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The Chicago Community Trust
In support of an internal transfer to CCT Unrestricted Account (T361), from T200 Eckhart Chicago Sunday Evening; T203 Eckhart Presbyterian Hospital; T204 Eckhart United Charities of Chicago; T205 Eckhart YMCA of Chicago.
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The Chicago Community Trust
In support of the general operations of The Chicago Community Trust (illiquid asset valuation). Internal transfer grant from F145 Leslie and Loretta Copeland Fund to T001.
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CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC
Connections is among the first organizations across the nation to embark on a municipal zoning review with a focus on advancing equity and home affordability. We are partnering with ZoneCo, an equity-focused zoning consultancy, to conduct a review of the City of Evanston’s zoning regulations. We will identify where zoning may perpetuate inequities, racial and ethnic wealth gaps, and higher housing prices that force people, especially BIPOC, to leave their neighborhoods. After the review, Connections’ advocacy team will collect community feedback and combine it with the assessment to create a report for publication. This report will be an essential tool to propose and advocate for solutions to address zoning issues that perpetuate inequity.
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Green Table Talks
Roots & Vine Produce and Cafe in partnership with Green Table Talks "Connects Farmers to People and Reconnects People to Real Food." Our mission is to target and eliminate food deserts in blighted neighborhoods, create jobs and building relationships farmers. We host workshops & food demos to (re)introduce customers to healthier food options, recipes and solutions to reduce food related illnesses such as diabetes and obesity. We have executed a purchase contract for a convenience store in Englewood on 6600 S. Sangamon. We have deposited $20,000 in escrow. We have a loan commitment letter from Illinois Food Fund (IFF) to complete the purchase, renovations and equipment in the amount of $189,000.
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Crossroads Fund
Cultivate: Women of Color Leadership, organized in cooperation with The Chicago Community Trust, Chicago Foundation for Women, Walder Foundation, & Woods Fund Chicago, is designed for women of color in social justice advocacy organizations to strengthen their individual leadership, their organizations, and the fields in which they work. Cultivate brings together women working on women’s rights, labor rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, gender-based violence, & more. The program was initiated to equip women leaders of local social justice groups with the tools to consider their work through a gender lens. The collaborative nature encourages participants to learn & grow from each others professional and personal experience.
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DEEPLY ROOTED PRODUCTIONS
During the pandemic, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT) created “The Black Edition Chicago,” a new artistic work that celebrates the history, people, landmarks, and art of Chicago’s Black neighborhoods. It offers hope, pride, and healing to areas that have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic and empowers residents of those communities to share their truth. It teaches a new generation of Chicagoans stories that have been omitted from textbooks, the media, etc., and corrects false narratives to promote understanding. The Project responds to changes in the way communities experience the performing arts post-COVID, exploring new ways of creating and sharing performances in a virtual environment and through strategic partnerships.
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The Chicago Community Foundation/Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance
CWFA has been asked by the Governor’s Office of the State of Illinois to assist them in executing a Commission which will re-imagine the State’s workforce development system. The Funder Alliance will provide this support by standing up a facilitation team to staff the Governor's Office leadership. The Commission will center equity throughout its approach and in its deliverables. One critical way it will center equity is by incorporating the principles of human-centered design. This application is specifically to enable the facilitation team to have the required expertise and experience in human-centered design.
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Legal Action Chicago LLC
Legal Action Chicago ("Legal Action") seeks a $75,000 general operating grant for its program of policy and systemic advocacy on behalf of people in poverty in Cook County, with priority on racial justice and the racial wealth gap. Legal Action is a subsidiary of Legal Aid Chicago ("Legal Aid"), provider of free legal help to tens of thousands of people every year. Legal Action's agenda arises from the real-world problems presented by Legal Aid's clientele and from other community partners. The program uses litigation, organizing, legislative and administrative advocacy and other tactics to change systems and policies to solve those problems. A major racial wealth gap focus in the coming year is reform of the debt collection system.