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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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  • Grant Recipient

    DEEPLY ROOTED PRODUCTIONS

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $75,000

    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

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $75,000

    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

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

    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.

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    FamilyFarmed

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $100,000

    Food:Land:Opportunity support will be used to grow and refine the Good Food Accelerator and its associated programs "Go to Market" and "Accelerate for Growth". These programs will serve the needs of entrepreneurs in underserved communities.

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    United States Curling Association

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

    The Darwin Curtis Grant's legacy is to support the awareness and growth of the sport of curling. Having been honored to be a chosen partner by the Chicago Community Trust to help ensure that Mr. Curtis' wishes are met, the United States Curling Association is applying in 2021 to continue that partnership. The United States Curling Association would use the grant money as general operation funds for staff and staff support, grassroots programming, SafeSport programming, technical support, and programming for our signature community outreach programs, IceBreakers and Curling in the Gym. We are requesting that all $50,000 be used for general operations funding with the option to grant money to curling clubs.

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    McHenry County College

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $200,000

    McHenry County College’s non-credit Center for Agrarian Learning and associate’s degree in Entrepreneurial Agriculture will help current and aspiring farmers envision new methods of business viability, leading to an improved local food system.

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    WOMEN EMPLOYED

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $150,000

    Women Employed respectfully submits a request of $150,000 to advance pathways for marginalized adults into Nursing and Allied Health Careers. This project, the Health Care Careers Program, will build upon learnings from our Health Care Bridge program, addressing barriers that students have named in accessing foundational courses and critical support services. Our goal is to transition bridge graduates to occupational training where they will have the opportunity to earn advanced industry-recognized credentials that lead to employment with high-growth, high-demand jobs in nursing and allied healthcare that provide family-sustaining wages.

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    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $32,198

    In support of general operations.