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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Metropolis Strategies NFP
Funding for food & drink at the day-long forum discussing increasing equitable access to local prison diversion programs that receive grant funding from ARI. Per ICJIA policy, state grant dollars can't generally be used for food and beverage costs.
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PROJECT EDUCATION PLUS
Project Education Plus is looking to continue our expanded, exemplary programs that benefit students’ grades K-12. Our program demographic includes 75% African American children who come from low-income residences such as Near North Cabrini-Green, and West Town. We also service 10% white, 10% Hispanic, 5% Asian, American Indian, and other nationalities. PEP's request will be used to fulfill the goals and objective of these educational services that help combat anger, frustration, and negative attitudes while encouraging positive outlooks. Our educational services consist of mentoring, after school activities, STEM, and high school tutoring/e-tutoring. Baseball was added to our program as of last year and has essentially become an extension to our after school program; the students who attend our after school program are also active members of the baseball team. These expanded programs are helping us revert back to pre-covid operations.
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ACADEMY OF SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT
With the changing landscape in public school education, since 1978 it has been a substantial challenge to educate youth who have dropped out of high school. This challenge has increased exponentially with the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid has lead to a decline in in-school attendance that has particularly hurt black and brown students who need face-to-face contact with teachers, support staff and social service providers to address issues that affect their attendance and ability to focus on school. More than ever we need funding that will allow us the flexibility to address a myriad of needs. We are gratified that the African American Legacy Fund is making an effort to provide for the basic general operations of organizations such as ours
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WESTSIDE RISING
WESTSIDE RISING is requesting funding support from the African American Legacy Initiative in the amount of $30,000 for general operating support. WESTSIDE RISING is a Black-led coalition established based on the identified need for community-grown leadership that would represent the best interest of West side communities. WESTSIDE RISING provides opportunities for learning, leadership development, civic engagement, and advocacy efforts that support residents and stakeholders in organizing an advocacy effort that helps build a just, livable, and vibrant West side. Funds from the African American Legacy Initiative will be used over a period of 12 months to support hiring a part-time organizer, hiring contracted support staff, training and capacity-building opportunities for West side residents and stakeholders, and the continued development of WESTSIDE RISING internal and external infrastructure.
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AAMPA AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF PERFORMING ARTS INC
AAMPA respectfully requests $30,000 in general operating funds to support our 2022/23 season, our second full season of programming since our founding.
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Lugenia Burns Hope Center Inc
Lugenia Burns Hope Center, a Black-led organization serving low-income families and seniors in the Bronzeville community, seeks general operating support for community organizing, policy advocacy and leadership development on issues of justice and equity as identified by the community.
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Gray Matter Experience
We are at a significant growth inflection point and require more general operating funds to continue expanding our team to impact more youth both in and outside of Chicago. We have identified that we must offer competitive salaries and compensation packages (including healthcare benefits and incentives), in order to attract job applicants that are equipped to lead and develop our programs in the ways that are needed to keep the organization growing and strong. We are seeking general operating funds to be able to increase the salaries for current staff members and those that will join our team in the future. We aim to create a work environment where we can offer our majority Black and Brown staff members competitive salaries and growth opportunities commiserate with other entrepreneurial development organizations. We believe that doing so will allow us to hire high caliber talent that is able to successfully lead and manage the program strategy for the organization, allowing the founder and operations manager to focus on infrastructure, growth and sustainability for the organization.
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Congo Square Theatre Company
Congo Square Theatre Company respectfully requests a $30,000 grant from the Chicago Charitable Trust for the African American Legacy Initiative to support our general operations, including assisting with staff and ensemble salaries and providing content and programming that will engage and expand our audiences through digital platforms. We first initiated digital content during the 2020-2021 COVID season and hope to continue doing so as it exponentially expands audience reach and access beyond our in-person venues. General operations funding will also contribute to building and strengthening our infrastructure and community engagement and educational partnerships. As an organization that focuses on the Black experience in the work we produce and perform, we strive to disrupt systems of racism that permeate communities by providing a space where Black art and artists are celebrated and showcased. We do this through a combination of performances, youth development programming, artist fellowships, digital productions, and events and festivals that celebrate the vibrancy of Black creators. As we look ahead to the future, we seek to establish a permanent theatre on the South Side where there is currently a dearth of professional theatre companies, artistic opportunities, and creative outlets for local residents.