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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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    Mad Shak Dance Company

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $15,000

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    E. G. Woode, L3C

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $30,000

    E.G. Woode L3C, with guidance from and in partnership with Upside Collaboration Company (UPSIDE) and numerous community partners, is looking for better ways to leverage our real estate development to support the Englewood community. We are doing that through the establishment of a community benefit trust (CBT) that will take the profits from our developments and put it directly into use by the community. This grant application is for community engagement and marketing support for a pilot campaign for the CBT. It will allow us to engage with and compensate community partners and members to raise awareness and participation around the development of the CBT.

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    Sophia S Choice (Asian Pop-Up Cinema)

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $20,000

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    INTONATION MUSIC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $15,000

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    Equity And Transformation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $232,000

    Equity and Transformation (EAT) is requesting $232,000 from the Chicago Community Trust to fund our personal development program. The program provides our base of Black informal workers and system-impacted people with the tools, education, and resources to advocate for themselves, participate in civic life, & overcome personal barriers they may be facing so that they are best positioned and prepared to take on leadership roles within EAT as well as within their own lives.

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    Floating Museum NFP

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $100,000

    Situated in the heart of the Grand Crossing neighborhood, Practice Space is a 6250 square foot building that will include fabrication, staging, recording, and broadcasting space to support the growth of the Floating Museum and our growing artists-in-residence program. This facility leverages the Floating Museum’s existing partnership with cultural institutions working across the arts, social justice, and food access initiatives. Practice Space will support development along the 75th Street corridor and workforce development on the south side of Chicago.

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    Public Narrative

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $125,000

    Public Narrative leverages its legacy in an effort to sustain Chicago’s media ecosystem through its relationships with civic organizations, educational institutions and media outlets.

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    Chicago City Theatre Company DBA Joel Hall Dancers & Center

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $16,000