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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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    RESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ENGLEWOOD

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $80,000

    Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.) was founded in November 2010 and our overarching mission is to empower residents to strategize and devise concrete solutions for the betterment of Englewood while actively serving as a credible information resource for the community at-large. R.A.G.E launched the Buy the Block Englewood Housing Program back in 2018, to organize a campaign targeting renters to become first time homebuyers. The goal is to engage & educate residents about the homeowner opportunities in Englewood and work to increase the number of owner-occupied homes. We collect and track data regarding their interest to invest in a home, financial capacity and follow up accordingly to ensure they are on a pathway to homeownership. We want to develop 10-15 new home owners and/or residents who enroll in financial literacy or a credit building program so that they will eventually become a homeowner soon in Englewood. Our goal is to expand this program to reach more renters and strengthen our partnerships.

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    INFANT WELFARE SOCIETY OF EVANSTON INC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $75,736

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    Hacia Scholarship Foundation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $500,000

    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)

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $445,000

    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

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $2,086,933

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    The Chicago Community Trust

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $3,782,047

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    FOLDED MAP PROJECT

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

    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

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $1,000,000