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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HR&A Advisors, Inc.
Chicago, as a sanctuary city, is facing unprecedented challenges due to the recent influx of migrants following the lifting of Title 42. With over 42,000 New Arrivals, primarily from Venezuela, having arrived in Chicago as of May 29, 2024, the city is grappling with the logistical and humanitarian aspects of accommodating and supporting these individuals. The sudden and continuous arrival of migrants, often without advance notice, has overwhelmed city officials, forcing the rapid expansion of as many as 28 temporary emergency shelters over eight months without certainty of volume and frequency of incoming buses in the coming months. This influx, coupled with the lack of federal and limited state funding, has strained city resources, leading to tension among residents, particularly in historically underfunded low income Black and Latine communities. City Hall and the Mayor's Office of Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Rights are in urgent need of capacity for strategic planning and facilitation support to figure out how to sustain and grow emergency response infrastructure to meet the profound needs on the ground today while leveraging the power of this moment as a vehicle to build better and lasting systems for the future. This represents a crucial opportunity for Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States, to lead on immigration reform, build pathways for resettlement, and operationalize the necessary infrastructure to fulfill the promise of a Sanctuary City.
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Foundation of Little Village
The Foundation of Little Village respectfully requests a grant of $187,450 to increase opportunities for capital and provide financial literacy to small business owners and entrepreneurs in Little Village. This grant will help us expand our FLV Capital & Micro-Grant initiative through salary support, access to capital technology, and other programmatic expenses.
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FamilyFarmed
Food:Land:Opportunity funds will be used to expand and further refine the Good Food Accelerator and its associated programs "Go to Market", “Local Food Promotion Program”, "Market Access Program" and "Accelerate for Growth". These programs will serve the needs of entrepreneurs in underserved communities. The additional resources will assisting in increasing our organization's capacity. Main focus points include community engagement and outreach to better serve minority and women food business owners.
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The Chicago Community Trust
This is a funding application for the Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance. The Chicago Community Trust is a Leadership Funder of the Funder Alliance, and this application maintains that role in FY24 and FY25. Being a Leadership Funder means that this funding (at least in part) pools with the other Leadership Funders, and that a CCT representative sits on the CWFA Management Committee to direct the funder collaborative's strategies, staff and grant-making. The application itself, as agreed to by Leadership Funders, is mainly cut and pasted from the latest version of the CWFA Leadership Funder Generic Proposal.
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The Chicago Community Trust
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FAMILY SERVICE & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF CICERO
An established community-based mental health agency primarily serving western Cook County, we are known for programs and services prioritizing low-income Latinx communities. We strive to ensure access and reduce barriers, whether linguistic, cultural, financial, or other, that prevent already underresourced, overlooked, or marginalized people from receiving services. As we extend our reach and deepen our impact with recently arrived populations, we seek funding that will help us strengthen our workforce and avert internal crises related to staffing shortages. The $50,000 we request will be allocated entirely toward our agency’s investment in clinical staff.
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LIBERTY PRAIRIE FOUNDATION
Funding will expand the Liberty Prairie Farm Store and share the stories of the farms, farmers, and food entrepreneurs that are strengthening our local food system.
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University of Chicago Urban Labs
Our organization is applying for additional funding to launch (In)Sights: PhotoVoice in the Chicago Resilient Communities, a PhotoVoice exhibition that captures the impact of the Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot through participants’ own photography and captions. The exhibition launch at the Harold Washington Public Library will aim for 200 guests and target elected officials who are not yet supporters of guaranteed income in order to shift the narrative around unconditional cash assistance. After a monthlong residency, the PhotoVoice exhibit will travel to other Chicago Public Library branches on the North, South, and West sides of Chicago in the fall of 2024 and will be permanently displayed through a microsite on the Inclusive Economy Lab website