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
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The Chicago Community Foundation/Elevated Chicago
Elevated Chicago (Elevated) requests Project-Specific Support for a coalition of public, private and nonprofit organizations (Coalition) co-convened by the Office of Mayor Lightfoot and Elevated as the Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Working Group (ETOD WG). The Coalition includes 40+ government agencies, BIPOC-led community and art organizations, developers, and policy experts. Its goal is to implement the 36 policies of Chicago’s first ETOD Policy Plan and advance several ETOD demonstration projects. This work seeks to prevent future TOD from displacing residents, small businesses, cultural institutions, and community organizations; encourage investment and build community wealth in BIPOC and low-income communities; and position Chicago as a national leader in ETOD.
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California Institute of Technology
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Cicero Independiente
General operating support to ensure that Cicero Independiente can continue to meet the information needs of a bilingual, immigrant community and provide paid opportunities for people of color to acquire journalism skills and increase civic engagement.
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Growing Home, Inc.
This grant application is to support the early stage development of the Wood Street North lot. These funds will be used to conduct the activities necessary to fulfill the vision of Growing Home for the expansion of facilities that will support further growing and availability of local food and enterprise opportunities in Englewood.
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Habitat for Humanity Chicago
As an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, Habitat for Humanity Chicago (Habitat Chicago) shares the same mission – to bring people together to build homes, communities, and hope. Our vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. We are committed to seeing Chicago thrive. Habitat Chicago contributes to neighborhood health by delivering affordable housing services where they will have the most impact; at-risk neighborhoods where there are some assets and solid social networks. We focus on strategic investment in West Pullman and Greater Grand Crossing on Chicago’s Southside because regional prosperity depends on the success of these neighborhoods. Our investment in these historically disinvested neighborhoods prioritizes community-centered planning and partnerships—essential characteristics of sustainable and equitable community development. By partnering with committed residents and trusted organizations, we help families and communities achieve strength, stability, and self-reliance. Habitat Chicago builds quality homes and prepares buyers for affordable mortgages, which in turn improves neighborhood health. Our programs give families access to the long-term financial, health, educational, and social benefits of homeownership by providing in-depth financial literacy education, new home construction, and support for neighborhood improvement projects. Habitat Chicago helps build neighborhood health through three core programs: The Affordable Homeownership Program creates access to the long-term benefits of homeownership. Residents who do not qualify for conventional loans can own new, energy efficient homes with a 30-year, no-interest mortgage. Participants prepare for homeownership with classes and guidance meetings and help build their home alongside volunteers and construction professionals. Habitat Chicago strives to open homeownership opportunities to more Chicagoans through its Homebuyer University – a public program that introduces participants to all aspects of purchasing a home—from financial planning and building credit, assessing homes and neighborhoods, to the responsibilities of homeownership. This public homeownership education program prepares students with knowledge and resources to navigate the homebuying process. The Neighborhood Grants Initiative provides small grants to residents in our focus neighborhoods to support resident-led community development or improvement projects. Each project is an investment in our focus neighborhoods that builds and enhances community assets while connecting neighbors. These strategic investments promote leadership and self-sufficiency, engage residents with each other, and improve social and physical conditions. Habitat Chicago’s volunteer pool includes corporate groups, students, families, and faith groups. Community members can volunteer at our construction sites or at ReStore, a home-improvement resale store in the northside of Chicago that supplies gently used furniture, appliances, and other home needs. HOMEOWNERSHIP AND NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH Owning a home is a significant wealth-generating tool for families and a key factor in neighborhood stability. Access to affordable homeownership and healthy neighborhoods should be an opportunity for all. Through targeted investments and programming, we partner with residents to build strong and thriving neighborhoods, and support homebuyers to build generational wealth through homeownership. We work to promote market vitality in our focus neighborhoods by delivering high-quality, community-centered housing services in coordination with organized local coalitions efforts and operating in significant volume to positively affect a neighborhood’s trajectory, so that we elevate equitable development and effect decent places to live. Support for Habitat Chicago is an investment in our focus neighborhoods that: • Support education tools for new homebuyers • Secure construction materials • Help construct new, affordable homes • Mobilize volunteers, donors, and coalition partners • Improve property values and physical conditions • Increase the rate of Black homeownership Safe and affordable housing plays a critical role in helping families create lives filled with possibility. A Growing Household Wealth-Assets Grant of $80,000 to support Habitat for Humanity Chicago’s mission will help a homebuyer purchase a home—subsidized at a price lower than the cost to build it. It will help a family find a decent place to live.
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The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
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Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council NFP
The Metro Chicago Good Food Purchasing Initiative (GFPI) is seeking continued support to deepen our work with institutions to improve their procurement processes, provide support to growers to access these institutional opportunities, and ensure the consistent application of the good food goals of fair wages, sustainable practices, and equitable access.