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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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    Enlace Chicago

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $120,000

    Through Enlace Chicago’s Community Health Worker (CHW)-led Health Equity Initiative, CHWs address critical needs, including access to healthcare, social services, public benefits, food, housing and clothing/household supplies. They do this by supporting community members in navigating the healthcare and social service systems; increasing access to fresh locally grown food, health information and wellness activities through community gardens; and managing emergency funding.

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    The Night Ministry

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $180,000

    The Night Ministry is a Chicago-based organization whose mission is to provide housing, health care, and human connection to any and all community members struggling with poverty or homelessness. With an open heart and an open mind, we accept people as they are and work to address their immediate physical, emotional, and social needs while affirming their sense of humanity. If awarded, this funding will allow The Night Ministry to continue promoting the wellbeing of this targeted population and address the critical needs of those whom we support in order to work towards their stability.

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    CHICAGO MEDIA PROJECT

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $235,000

    CMP is requesting a grant from the Chicago Community Trust to support the BIPOC Impact Film Fund to support filmmakers of color working in the social impact documentary space to create powerful media with strong impact campaigns and foster a vibrant community of BIPOC filmmakers.

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    THE HANA CENTER

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $225,000

    HANA Center will implement its Healing in Action project, engaging a range of culturally relevant, trauma-informed practices to promote the well-being of Chicagoland Korean, Asian American, and multiethnic immigrant community members. Engaging participants from its wide base of service & organizing programs, HANA will develop multi-generational healing and community-building initiatives including youth and women’s Korean drumming groups, a racial justice support program, and storytelling opportunities. Through participation in these programs, community members will be rooted in their culture and lived experiences, and together develop community-led tools and solutions to heal from trauma and support each other to live strong, healthy lives.

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    Inner-City Muslim Action Network

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $72,500

    The Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) proposes a partnership with Chicago Community Trust and the Rockefeller Foundation based on shared commitments to providing holistic health and wellness interventions for underserved Illinois residents. Specifically, IMAN requests $75,000 in funding to augment its Health Center’s ongoing COVID-19 Vaccination Program, including existing outreach and education efforts in hard-hit areas on Chicago’s southside, and to support the salaries of two new medical assistants.

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    MIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION INC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $81,000

    Although young people care deeply about the problems in their communities, many feel powerless to solve them. Being left out of the conversation exacerbates the inequalities that youth experience, especially in the education system. Colleges across the country have failed to ensure that their students, particularly their low-income and students of color, do not fall through the cracks or become victims of the vastly unequal achievement gap. With the help of Mikva Challenge’s expertise in empowering youth voice, the City Colleges of Chicago aim to combat these inequalities in their system by bringing youth perspectives to the forefront of equity conversations, ensuring youth have a say in the development of a more equitable education system.

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    Chicago Dancemakers Forum

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $25,000

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    CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $150,000

    This proposal supports the involvement of three organizations – the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), the Active Transportation Alliance, and Equiticity – to participate in coalitions regarding transportation equity and mobility justice. Our three groups are the co-chairs of the Transportation Equity Network (TEN), a recently-formed coalition that includes 30 community groups, civic organizations, equitable transportation advocates, academics, and other stakeholders. This grant will be used in large part to support the continued involvement and leadership of our three organizations in this coalition, and will also support our involvement in other related coalitions.