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. Today, that means confronting the racial and ethnic wealth gap.
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Hacia Scholarship Foundation
HACIA proposes a strategic expansion of existing programming to create a business accelerator cohort designed to support and help Black and Latinx business owners scale their construction related businesses. The cohort, known as HACIA Executive Fellows in Construction, will provide both executive coaching and customized technical assistance in the following four core areas: finance, operations, business development, and legal. The aim is to give small to medium size M/W/V/DBE firms the opportunity to grow their professional networks within the construction industry in a targeted way, assist with scaling from subs to primes, where applicable, and/or help to facilitate joint ventures.
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Womens Business Development Center (WBDC)
WBDC requests a two-year $400,000 We Rise Together Grant from Chicago Community Trust to address cascading disparities by delivering ScaleHigher: Building Human, Financial, and Social Capital for Entrepreneurs of Color. This nine-week cohort-based program will be delivered in Chicago neighborhoods and address the gap in access to business innovation, leadership skills, and digital tools.
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The Chicago Community Trust
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The Chicago Community Trust
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FOLDED MAP PROJECT
This application creates a series of conversations that combine Tonika Johnson's arts-based projects (Folded Map and Inequity for Sale) with accessible social science research, on-the-ground insights from community organizations, and interactive experiences to encourage knowledge acquisition and to inspire innovative solutions and repairs to the wealth and economic inequities associated with homeownership in a segregated Chicago.
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Chicago Community Foundation/We Rise Together
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mHUB
mHUB requests funding to expand its Catalyze Initiative (CI) to reduce structural barriers to entrepreneurship and innovation in manufacturing for women and Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC).
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NORTHWEST SIDE CDC
The Northwest Side CDC (NWSCDC) is requesting general operating support from the Chicago Community Trust to support our efforts in creating and supporting a thriving local economic ecosystem bolstered by community commerce, affordable housing options, and placemaking in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood.