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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Share Our Spare
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Gift of Hope Community Foundation
The Gift of Hope Community Foundation mission is to support Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network (Gift of Hope) through community engagement, awareness, and charitable giving. Gift of Hope’s mission is to save and enhance as many lives as possible through organ and tissue donation. Our commitment to ensuring equal access to organ and tissue donation stems from our core diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives which drive our community outreach education programs. The Community Outreach team creates events to ensure our outreach supports all marginalized communities in our service area including African American, Latinx/Hispanic, and LBTQIA+. We need funding for specific education and well-being programs that support and serve communities of color on the South and West sides of Chicago. These black and brown communities disproportionately suffer from chronic illnesses that often lead to the need for lifesaving organ transplants. Communities of color represent the largest number of transplant patients on the waitlist yet remain the lowest number of communities on the donor registry. Through targeted outreach and education programs, our goal is to increase the number of donor registrations from these communities while reducing the number of transplant waitlist patients from communities of color through preventative health education.
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UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
In 2023, with support from The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Metro Chicago successfully launched the 211 Metro Chicago program. The 211 System is a partnership between the City of Chicago, Cook County, United Way of Metro Chicago, and other philanthropic partners to connect residents of the Chicago/Cook region to essential services. After years of planning, design, and development, the 211 Contact Center opened in January 2023 and was fully operable by March 2023—providing all Cook County residents with a caring, confidential, and accessible resource to get the basic health and social service support they need, when they need it. In the first year of implementation, 211 Metro Chicago connected 106,000 residents of Cook County—more than 80% from Chicago’s south- and west-side communities—to trauma-informed, equity-focused referrals to help navigate the county’s social safety net. The program saw steadily increased utilization and made powerful data and reporting available to providers, partners, and the public. In year two, with Chicago Community Trust support, 211 Metro Chicago will continue to address the region’s critical needs by expanding 211 utilizations, increasing numbers and quality of referrals, and developing partnerships with local service providers/government agencies to build a stronger, more coordinated system. It will ensure the program’s financial sustainability, improve data systems and reporting to better identify need areas, demographics, and regional service gaps, and continuously scale and improve operations. In time, the 211 system can increasingly impact the region by arming Chicago-area service providers with accurate and timely data to inform local needs. This will support adjustment or expansion of existing programs and development of new services. Its data resources will be able to support policy changes that minimize barriers and increase access to essential human services. Leveraged effectively, the 211 Metro Chicago system can address regional needs and drive system change.
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Planned Parenthood of Illinois
Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) respectfully requests the support of the Chicago Community Trust to continue providing high-quality, affordable family planning and related preventive health services to low-income individuals in medically underserved communities throughout Chicago and the Chicago region. Through 11 health centers located in and around Chicago, PPIL’s family planning program averts unintended pregnancies, tests and treats sexually transmitted infections, screens for cervical and other cancers, and contributes to positive health outcomes for all low-income Illinoisans.
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CHICAGOLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION
The Burnham Award shines a light on the importance of civic involvement and is a reminder of how Chicago thrives with a fully engaged business community.
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AMPT ADVANCING NONPROFITS
AMPT: Advancing Nonprofits is an organization committed to transforming Chicago's nonprofit sector by providing targeted capacity-building support to Black and Latine-led organizations on the city's West and South sides. Our mission is to foster healthy, thriving, and sustainable organizations capable of serving their communities and advancing equity. AMPT offers a range of programs, coaching, and consulting support tailored to the specific needs of under-resourced BIPOC-led nonprofits, aiming to challenge disinvestment in these communities. Our approach centers on supporting grassroots organizations through holistic support, combining skill-building workshops with financial resources and fostering community collaboration. The proposal outlines their significant impact, robust partnerships, commitment to diversity and equity, and rigorous evaluation strategies.
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Metropolitan Planning Council
MPC's application supports the overall work of Great Rivers Chicago, with specific emphasis on: - Developing a self-sustaining River Ecology and Governance Task Force governance model through work with Friends of the Chicago River and the City of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development - Advancing the Task Force’s 2024 – 2025 work plan which focuses on recommendations to improve riverfront connectivity, advising on key planning initiatives such as the River Edge Access Study and the Calumet Design Guidelines and Land Use Update - Tracking the impact of the Development Review Working Group on new riverfront projects - Assessing the feasibility of creating a dedicated governance entity and funding model to maintain, enhance, and oversee expansion of riverfront public spaces and trails in Chicago - Evaluating the effectiveness of the Our Great Rivers initiative and its impact on improvement of Chicago’s River system
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True Star Foundation Inc
True Star respectfully requests $100,000 of renewed funding from the Chicago Community Trust to invest in its staffing and infrastructure and build capacity to take on its growth and invest in its long-term strategies, which include: 1) youth media; 2) Saturday workshop series; 3) True Star's social enterprise in which advanced youth creators and marketers provide services to small business and other non-profits; and 4) our new efforts to expand programming on Chicago's West Side