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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Chicago Foundation for Women
In 2017, CFW launched the Englewood Women’s Initiative (EWI), a place-based, community-centered and holistic approach to women’s economic security. Through the EWI, CFW leads, convenes and supports a strategic alliance of agencies who work together to support women in the Englewood community seeking to increase their and their families’ economic security. The overarching 5-year goal is to ensure that at least 60 women achieve a stable income of $40,000 or more per year. It is our broader vision that the EWI serves as a scale-able model for supporting women’s journey to economic security by meeting them where they are and addressing systemic barriers that prevent their achievement.
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University of Chicago Urban Labs
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings
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One Million Degrees
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings
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Interfaith Youth Core
One of the most pressing challenges of the vaccination process is the lack of trust for and access to the vaccine among certain subsets of the American population. While Black, Native American, and Latino/a/x communities are particularly ravaged by the pandemic, they are also less likely to trust the vaccine and have disproportionately lower vaccination rates due to a variety of factors, including the prevalence of historical wrongdoings. Chicago faith-based and faith-inspired organizations have considerable social capital to combat these issues on a regional level. IFYC proposes a partnership to equip leaders of these grassroots organizations with the information and skillset needed to serve as effective vaccine advocates and ambassadors.
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Youth Job Center Inc.
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings
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Chicagos Sunshine Enterprises Inc
Sunshine Enterprises (SE) seeks to build a catalytic facility at the critical intersection of 63rd and Martin Luther King Dr with the best in eTOD design and deeply intentional community engagement. Truly multi-use, it would serve as a(n): entrepreneur training center for SE programming; business incubator space, including small business store-fronts; community youth and family programs center; safe space for violence intervention work; and a home to other community serving orgs. This project would capitalize on close proximity to the CTA green line and several other area assets. It would stimulate the reversal of decades of disinvestment and abandonment, and build opportunity and inspiration for community residents and stakeholders.
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Shriver Center on Poverty Law
The Shriver Center on Poverty Law (Shriver Center) requests a $150,000 grant from the Chicago Community Trust to support its leadership and meaningful work across multiple coalitions, including the Transit Table, Cost of Living Refund Coalition, Housing Policy Roundtable, Illinois Domestic Workers Coalition, and Responsible Budget Coalition. We will leverage these networks throughout the grant period as they strive to promote economic and racial justice, strengthen families and communities, and advance policies and reforms that address the racial wealth gap. Our advocates generally serve as the primary legal and policy experts of these tables, increasing the strength and ultimate success of each coalition.
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Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings