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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.

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  • Grant Recipient

    Ignite

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $100,000

    Ignite uses housing as a gateway to equity, advancement, and independence. Ignite’s nationally recognized Community Housing Program is like no other. Our team leverages 48 years of expertise in providing youth-centered, trauma informed, evidence-based, and culturally sensitive care to intervene in youth homelessness and prevent chronic, adult homelessness. Current public funding restrictions force youth to exit housing services within 18-21 months after arrival and before the age of 25. Ignite believes this is not a sufficient time to address the trauma associated with homelessness, nor is it long enough for a young person to transition from survival mode to resilience and long-term independence. The short timeline is both unrealistic and not age-appropriate, as it puts youth overcoming homelessness at a distinct disadvantage as compared to peers with adequate support systems, thus perpetuating a generational cycle of homelessness and poverty. Our Community Housing Program was developed to solve this complex problem that faces unaccompanied youth who lack a support system and safety net to successfully access and maintain long-term independent housing. We make this happen by using a blended funding model that leverages public and private supports. Ignite intends to gather data, learning, and outcomes to prove this model leads to a higher rate of stability for youth exiting homelessness.

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    Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $395,432

    General Operating Support

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    Planned Parenthood of Illinois

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $300,000

    PPIL respectfully requests unrestricted operating support to continue delivering gender-affirming, patient-centered sexual and reproductive health care and education to the communities we serve, and to advocate for and increase access to these vital services.

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    The Chicago Community Foundation/Illinois Immigration Funders Collaborative

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $500,000

    The Illinois Immigration Funder Collaborative (IFC) requests $500,000 from The Chicago Community Trust in support of our Special Initiative Fund. Since December 2024, the Fund has begun to support responses by immigrant justice nonprofits to harmful immigration policy changes coming from the new presidential administration. To date, IFC has secured $590,000 for the Fund, and has a goal of raising $1.5 million by the end of our fiscal year (June 2025). A large grant from the Trust would significantly expand IFC's ability to respond effectively, while also endorsing IFC to first-time funding prospects and potentially attracting other contributions from grantmaking foundations and some of the Trust's DAF holders. The Trust and IFC have been partners for more than a decade, beginning with the Trust's co-creation of IFC, along with The Chicago Bar Foundation and Polk Bros. Foundation. The Trust has contributed unrestricted grants to IFC annually since then, and has provided Special Initiative support in four of five IFC's Special Initiative completed grant cycles. Thank you for considering contributing to the current round.

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    Illinois Partners for Human Service

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $205,000

    Illinois Partners for Human Service is applying for a grant to support the Human Service Workforce Initiative as set out in the collaborative fund documentation we created in partnership with the Chicago Workforce Funder Alliance (CWFA).  For this initiative we are developing and pursuing strategies to activate philanthropy and aligned sectors to elevate, support, and sustain a thriving human service workforce.

  • Grant Recipient

    HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTER

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $300,000

    Howard Brown Health respectfully requests $300,000 over two years from The Chicago Community Trust to support the agency’s critical affirming services. Funds from The Trust will support medical, social, and behavioral health services provided to some of the agency’s most vulnerable populations.

  • Grant Recipient

    Elawa Farm Foundation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $245,000

    To strengthen a network of Northern Illinois farmers to collaborate on market opportunities, particularly during an uncertain time; to build and sustain the local food supply in the Chicago region through aggregation and connection to a strong market base; and to foster resource access and social connection among farmers by supporting the Northern Illinois Young Farmers chapter. Additionally, we will develop a case study documenting our experience in scaling our food service operation while prioritizing the sourcing of local farm products.

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    The Chicago Community Trust

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $4,000