Paving the Path to Homeownership for Housing Choice Voucher Holders
Since the mid-20th century, homeownership has been one of the most important vehicles for building wealth in the United States. According to research from the…
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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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Green City Market
Green City Market (GCM) respectfully seeks $75,000 to expand and bolster our Farmer Support Program. The focus of this expansion is to advance our work to help our network of farmers build and develop skills to increase their revenue and market skills and become more viable businesses. This project will focus primarily on our mid-stage producers and equip our sustainable local farmers with the technical skills, market strategies, and peer learning opportunities they need to thrive and diversify their business. We will offer training-oriented programming such as topic panels and workshops led by peers and industry experts, and provide resources to build a roadmap for obtaining essential credentials and validations like third-party certifications.
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Illinois Collaboration On Youth
The Illinois Collaboration on Youth champions the safety, wellbeing, and success of all Illinois' children, youth, and families by connecting and strengthening the community organizations that serve them and by being a collective voice for policy and practice. Over the next 12 months, we will work to respond to the rapidly changing Federal funding and regulatory environment while remaining true to our mission, values, and guiding principles. We will also work to address the liability insurance crisis that is affecting community-based services to children and youth, and continue our support community organizations to identify and respond to racial disparities in their own work.
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Chicago Latines in Philanthropy
Chicago Latines in Philanthropy (CLIP) is dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of local philanthropy today and for future generations by investing in Latine talent, facilitating philanthropic partnerships, and fostering fellowship among its members. CLIP seeks funding to deepen our impact in building collective power within Chicago's Latine communities, aligning with the Chicago Community Trust’s focus on addressing inequities and fostering equity and connectivity.
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Heart Women & Girls Project
HEART is requesting $28,000 of general operating funds to support its reproductive justice and gender-based violence prevention programming.
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ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY
All Chicago seeks $150,000 in General Operating Funds to best perform its role as convener and accelerator of the homeless service system by dynamically responding to emerging and long-term, individual, and community needs. All Chicago meets the needs of its neighbors through targeted emergency assistance, community partnerships across the city that help diverse populations and data infrastructure and capacity building that ensure these partners have the information and preparation needed to meet old and new challenges. All Chicago uses its unique convening and coordinating position to fill gaps and equip the homeless response system to work more efficiently and effectively. All Chicago provides supports like the Chicago Rents housing dashboard for case workers and landlords and Accelerated Moving Events that coordinate services into one location for a less burdensome and more efficient rehousing experience. All Chicago’s Emergency Fund empowers agencies to provide payments for things like rent, utilities and public transportation that ensure individuals retain and obtain stable housing when other funding presents barriers. Of the more than 1,100 households served through Emergency Financial Assistance by All Chicago, 352 were only possible because of the private, flexible Emergency Fund. More than seven out of ten households surveyed in 2024 remained stably housed 90 days after receiving assistance. All Chicago serves critical roles in Chicago’s homeless response system made up of 66 collaborating organizations, the Continuum of Care, CoC. All Chicago leads the CoC’s joint application for $100,000,000+ of federal support; provides the Homeless Management Information System, HMIS, database containing data on Chicagoans experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness; and oversees the Coordinated Entry system, Chicago’s central access point to services for those in need and monitoring the status of that service.
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Equity And Transformation
Equity and Transformation (EAT) requests funding to support our 2025 Public Education Campaign and grassroots organizing work. This initiative targets high-risk communities through a series of 6 teach-ins across Illinois to increase awareness of current employment protections, highlight the outcomes of our Chicago Future Fund (CFF) guaranteed income pilot, and disseminate findings from our Breaking the Chains report. The goal is to reach over 100,000 Illinois residents in Illinois, educate formerly incarcerated individuals (FIP) about their rights under the Illinois Human Rights Act, the possibilities of a permanent guaranteed income fund in the state, and to activate and empower them to take action.
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Family Focus, Inc.
Family Focus serves the needs of children and the adults in their lives, aiming to improve the long-term outcomes for the entire family by supporting them together. Through a holistic approach, the goals of our programs are to ensure children from underserved, under-resourced communities are life-long learners and their parents have the skills, resources and support they need to build social capital and achieve upward economic mobility. For 175 years, across multiple programs, Family Focus affirms the cultural, racial and linguistic identities of each family we serve; mobilizes formal and informal resources to support family development; and creates pathways for each family member to enhance their capacities and long-term well-being.
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Corporation For Supportive Housing
As discussed with CCT, CSH will use a general operating award to advance two areas of work that require additional staff time and dedication. 1. Maintaining sustainability of the Chicago/Cook County Flexible Housing Pool and connecting tenants to entitlement income, and 2. Improving pathways and access to housing for returning citizens. Both areas of work are in alignment with the IL Program’s goals. 1. Fostering quality supportive housing development throughout the city; and 2. Cultivating systems changes that result in improved pathways to housing and better access to units for those who need them.