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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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  • Grant Recipient

    Chicagos Sunshine Enterprises Inc

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $225,000

    Sunshine Enterprises (SE) and the South Shore Chamber of Commerce (SSCC) will offer two cohorts of SE’s "Community Business Academy" (CBA), a 12-week cohort based model of technical assistance for local entrepreneurs. These two cohorts for artists and artisans industries will serve 20-25 entrepreneurs each. SE will then offer Business Acceleration services including coaching, credit improvement, access to capital, and workshops. Concurrently SSCC will conduct “The Artisans Collective” (TAC) training program twice. TAC is a 5-week, cohort based model of technical assistance geared towards helping artisans become retail ready. It is then paired with low-rent access to space in TAC’s shared retail space in South Shore for qualified businesses with the long term goal of the clients being ready for retail space in South Shore’s retail corridors. Further, SSCC will offer supplemental workshops for continuing education. Together SSCC will serve 40 unduplicated clients in addition to those served in the SE CBA, totalling 80-90 entrepreneurs overall. Finally, the partnership will introduce several new interventions to improve the success of the entrepreneurs. Those include: supporting entrepreneurs at over a dozen pop ups (and sponsoring entrepreneurs to attend); developing an even clearer bridge from CBA to TAC curriculum; finding ways for artisans to improve their capital stacks, scale, and create pathways to brick and mortars; partnering with South Shore Works for recruitment, programming in TAC, and identifying grants for artisans; and growing South Shore Connect in its fifth year, including new reporting on increased foot traffic and revenue of businesses.

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    Scholarship America, Inc.

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $1,455

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    Chicago Community Foundation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $328,767

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    Indo American Center Inc

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $15,500

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    Midwest Immigration Bond Fund

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $15,500

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    Valley Immigrant Advocates

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $15,500

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    Center for Immigrant Progress

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $10,500

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    Organized Communities Against Deportations

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $15,500