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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Goldin Institute
In 2022, the Goldin Institute will continue to partner with the PSCP as we host a new cohort of Chicago Peace Fellows while continuing to support the Mutual Aid Collaborative as ongoing platform for shared learning and collaboration between the growing network of Alumni and Chicago Fund Grantees who lead peace building programs in the communities hardest hit by the epidemic of violence.
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The Monroe Foundation
The Partnership Assisting Community Transformation project is a capacity-building program for past, current, and new Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities grantees. The purpose of the project is to help community-based organizations develop infrastructure, build effective programs, and secure funding to support both the program and operations.
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University of Illinois at Chicago
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LIBERTY PRAIRIE FOUNDATION
Through the activities and resources of our Northeast Illinois FarmLink project, we will continue to connect and equip diverse farmers and landowners to achieve land access successes even as we work to enhance our strategies and approaches. By acting as a land access gateway for the region, we will also make it easier for other organizations seeking to help farmers with long-term land access to find those farmer candidates, thereby reducing fragmentation. In addition, we selectively address systemic factors that shape the context of land access by creative engagement with both private and public landowners and by supporting the emerging statewide land access program.
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The University of Chicago - Office of Civic Engagement
The UChicago Office of Civic Engagement (OCE) and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Polsky) in partnership with local financial and banking partners, and a local economic development referral partner, will continue to serve South Side entrepreneurs of color to help them increase access to social, financial, and knowledge resources through the Small Business Financial Fundamentals Program (SBFF). The SBFF will provide dedicated support on the advancement of individualized business growth projects and comprehensive instruction, and leverage the robust academic resources of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Chicago Booth) - including MBA students - to deliver tailored training and education to South Side business owners. Through this program, participants will also have full member access to the robust and ongoing supports at the Polsky Exchange at the University of Chicago, yielding a strengthened network of local entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills needed to most effectively utilize the services and resources offered by the Exchange.
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The Chicago Community Foundation/Elevated Chicago
Elevated Chicago is requesting $200,000 to support the ongoing implementation of the ETOD Policy Plan, developed in partnership with the City and 40+ organizations through the ETOD Working Group, and to increase public sector funding for ETOD, particularly in communities of color.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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FAITH IN PLACE
Faith in Place's "Faith Action for Sustainable Food and Communities" project builds on work to sustain and expand the Congregation-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and pilot a Community Incubator Kitchen (CIK) at Greater St. John Bible Church in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. Proposed grant period activities include 1) continue to provide technical assistance, mentoring, and access to resources for the 6 existing CSA program farms; 2) outreach to explore adding more faith-based farms into the CSA program; 3) work to advance the CIK pilot, including overcoming municipal regulatory barriers; and 4) education and advocacy engagement with policymakers to reduce and rectify policies detrimental to CIK formation and CSA operations.