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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DePaul University, Institute for Housing Studies
This grant is to support the continued participation of IHS as a member and co-chair of the KSWG, and data and TA assistant for Elevated Chicago partners, Community Tables and initiatives providing support in data needs, integrating data into narratives, guidance on indicators and metrics, and refinement of internal workplan and capital trackers. A final report is due to Marly Schott at marly@elevatedchicago.org by January 31, 2022.
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University of Chicago’s Arts and Public Life
To increase the racial equity within Elevated Chicago by providing financial support to community-based groups and leaders who represent and advocate for racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented and disenfranchised. These funds may be used to support the time of leaders and staff attending and contributing to meetings, transportation costs, meals, daycare, etc, and costs related to engaging people of color in activities in Elevated Chicago’s workplan. A mid-year check-in will be required. A brief final narrative and explanation of expenses and budget usage will be due June 1, 2022. Please email mid-year update and final report to Marly Schott at marly@elevatedchicago.org.
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Scholarship America, Inc.
In support of scholarship awards and management fee for the 2021 Leonard and Bernice Lavin Scholarship Program. This grant is made from the The Leonard and Bernice Lavin Scholarship Fund of the Chicago Community Foundation.
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Metropolitan Family Services
A renewal of general operating support is sought for Metropolitan Family Services and its Chicago Teen Food Literacy Program, one of the programs run by Altgeld Youth Leaders in the Altgeld Gardens Homes on Chicago’s far south side. Though some aspects of the program have slowed during the Covid-19 Pandemic, the program shifted successfully to a virtual basis and youth have been able to study food insecurity and food justice, issues that particularly intensified this past year, as planned. $30,000 is sought for each of the next two years to meet the increasing program demand and activities that are detailed in the narrative.
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Unity Parenting and Counseling Inc
Unity is requesting funds to implement and enhance its homeless youth housing programs . All youth programs serve homeless 18-24 years olds . Ujima Village is an overnight shelter for youth , serving dinner and breakfast. Harmony Village and Project Ignite serve individuals and youth headed families including intact young families in transitional housing . Ignite serves homeless youth living with HIV/AIDS, Ujima STARS provides shorter term project based transitional housing for young singles and families and then moves them into Rapid Rehousing with intensive services and tenant based housing subsidies . Umoja Village provides permanent housing for disabled youth. Funds will support program enhancement through targeted fund development.
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LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
LCDC requests a project grant to help close the racial wealth gap through creating Black homeownership. LCDC will do this with new construction, manufactured housing, rehabs for ownership, and homeownership counseling to ensure Black working families can access safe and affordable financing and are ready to purchase and retain their homes. North Lawndale is on the brink of extensive redevelopment and it is essential to increase homeownership now before prices are driven too high. In addition to other pending developments, Invest South West has two RFPs in the community for large scale development as well as a 606-type project near Homan Square. We are at the beginning of a tipping point that will determine the future of the community.
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Chicago Rehabilitation Network
The Appraisal Equity Project seeks to establish programmatic and policy remedies for decades of racist policies which have undervalued properties in Latino and Black communities. This undervaluation has resulted in lack of wealth, blocked pathways to small business initiation and equity for other purposes, and overall disinvestment which has led to blight and vacancy in some neighborhoods. Redress for these systemic policy failures is necessary for Chicago to reach its full potential as a City with thriving neighborhoods marked by housing stability for all residents. Community organizations, nonprofit development corporations, and advocates have a shared understanding of racist market dynamics and are ready to work for meaningful change.
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INNER VOICE INCORPORATED
Inner Voice respectfully requests renewal of its $60,000 general operating grant from the Chicago Community Trust which was instrumental in moving Inner Voice forward on its path toward converting from paper-based case management to an online system, development of a Workforce Solutions Division and enhancing onboarding for new employees. The grant also provided a much-needed safety net that covered unanticipated costs. As the pandemic wanes, so does emergency funding available from government/private sources. While demand for PPE has diminished, the need for Inner Voice’s services will continue to increase as the impact of the pandemic and the new federal administration unfolds, making general operating funds more critical than ever.