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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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    Greater Chatham Initiative Inc

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $175,000

    Planning for the fourth cohort of the FoodLab Chicago, the proposed program will expand to include the Englewood and Bronzeville communities. Program expansion will include formation of new partnerships to achieve community expansion. Under the proposed programming, local restaurateurs will continue to receive education and technical assistance to drive their overall profitability, create quality work environments, and support the development of dining districts that are culturally distinct to local Chicago communities.

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    NORTHWEST SIDE CDC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $110,000

    Northwest Side CDC (NWSCDC) will work with partnering agencies, Women's Business Development Center (WBDC) and Onward House to support newly established and emerging businesses through a series of workshops, trainings, and one-on-one advising sessions. Program participants will partake in a several month cohort. NWSCDC, WBDC, and Onward House will use internal and external resources to provide technical expertise to businesses in several subjects, including technological, budgetary, and social media support.

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    La Raza Chicago, Inc.

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

    A project to keep saving La Raza, the last major Spanish newspaper in Chicago, and to keep it as a quality and trusted source of local news to serve and empower the Hispanic community. The recovery amid COVID-19 has been slow and local media outlets face severe financial challenges, everything amid a declining trend in advertising revenue. The grant will help to support the cost of keeping the position of the Editor in Chief, will provide resources to assign Spanish content production to reliable stringer writers, and will support some new editorial initiatives. Part of the funding will be applied to renovate/expand our print distribution infrastructure (street boxes) to keep providing a place where our readers can pick up our newspaper for free as close to their homes as possible. This grant will mitigate the current news deserts affecting the Chicago Hispanic communities, preserve La Raza’s content production capacity, enhance its online platforms, support its transformation, and keep active a local media outlet that for more than 52 years have been critical for the defense and empowerment of the Chicago Latinx communities and for the preservation of democracy and free of speech.

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    Invisible Institute

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $100,000

    The Invisible Institute seeks general support for its ongoing journalism program.

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    NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF CHICAGO INC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $210,000

    In response to CCT’s requests for a combined submission, this request covers the following items: 1) $80,000 – The Housing Policy Task Force The Housing Policy Task Force pursues equitable access to the wealth-building opportunities of homeownership for all Chicagoans. Its two Working Groups actively pursue policy solutions and programs focused on racial lending disparities and appraisal inequity. As its convener, NHS seeks to create change through advocacy and action, supported by the thought-leadership of our 30 contributing members. NHS requests broad support of the Task Force and our continued administration of it as lead facilitator/convener, and specific support for the Task Force’s Appraisal Equity Working Group, which is led by Chicago Rehab Network. A mirrored request to the Polk Bros Foundation seeks complimentary support of the Mortgage Lending Equity Work Group. 2) $60,000 – The Housing Policy Task Force – CRN Pass-Through Funding In support of the Chicago Rehab Network’s continued engagement as the lead for our Appraisal Equity Working Group, this funding will be directly distributed to CRN. 3) $70,000 – General Program Support for NHS’ Homeownership Department CCT has requested, due to grant portal related issues, that our annual proposals be combined into a singular request. This request is a renewal of critical support to NHS’ Homeownership Program, continuing the legacy of CCT’s prior GO Grant support of this vital neighborhood resource.

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    Chicago Community Foundation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $200,000

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    Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $100,000

    Chicago Mahogany, LLC mission is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the rich history and culture of the city of Chicago. We aim to highlight Chicago’s people, architecture, and impact on the world. Our passion fuels our duty to deliver this history and educate current and future generations. We desire to plant a seed that will foster a sense of pride and community. "The Chicago Way”.

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    Trustees of Boston University

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $300,000