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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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    Gambit Chicago

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $5,000

    Gambit Chicago will be organizing a two day Urban Innovation Summit for youth in Englewood Neighborhood between the ages of 12-24 in conjunction with a six-week community garden youth program being held at our newly forming community garden this summer.

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    Hearing in Color

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $6,250

    Hearing in Color is requesting $5,000 to support its work creating space for artists and audiences who have felt their stories, music, and experiences are unwelcome in traditional musical spaces. A gift from the Young Leaders Fund would support Hearing in Color during the upcoming season as it launches a new resident vocal ensemble, Chroma, welcomes its fourth Young Composer in Residence, and begins paying its committed volunteer staff for the first time.

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    ILA Creative Studio

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $2,500

    ILA’s annual Black Art Love Affair (BALA) is an immersive experience honoring Black artists in Chicago, while raising funds for ILA Creative Studio.

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    The Chicago Community Trust

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $250,000

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    Foundation of Little Village

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $200,000

    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

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $250,000

    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

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $175,000

    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.

  • Grant Recipient

    The Chicago Community Trust

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $200,000