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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Economic Architecture
Make homeownership more affordable, equitable, and sustainable by designing a product that provides liquidity to decrease the occurrence of delinquency, default and foreclosure.
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Historic Chicago Bungalow Association
unBLOCKED educates about Chicago’s racist housing policy of Land Sale Contracts (LSC) & uses art & material resources to catalyze the transformation of an Englewood block with former LSC homes.
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The Silver Room Foundation, Inc.
The Silverroom Block Party Film Fest is a 2-to-3 day showcase that centers local BIPOC filmmakers, giving them the opportunity to share their art and connect with their community. The Block Party Film Fest prioritizes the novice and hobbyist filmmaker; artists who never, or rarely, have shown their work, and seats them next to experienced filmmakers. It takes on the form of a traditional film festival and injects the soul of the iconic Silver Room Block Party into it, making it accessible for a wide range of people. The Film Fest bridges the gap between the cinema enthusiast and the casual moviegoer by creating an organic space to commune and converse. All while driving commerce and foot-traffic to the 53rd street commercial corridor. The film fest models itself after the Block Party as a space for joy, culture, and community. Support: Our ask is for support with costs over the course of the multi-day Film Fest including: Venue rental costs Marketing efforts + publicity (social media, website features, etc.) Catering for opening and closing night Pay for panelists/facilitator Screening fees/artist stipends for filmmakers Licensing fee for acquiring Goodie bags for filmmakers Pay for staff Pay for band/musicians for live composition Photographers and videographers Pay for screening committee Photo set for patrons (to include film fest signage, perhaps a neon sign) Pop up Step and Repeat Pay for programmers/planners Asks for Sponsors: Funding Photo Booth set up Swag/goodie bags Snacks, beverages, etc.
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THE HARBOUR INC
Youth homelessness is not new, nor does it discriminate based on resources, location, or identity. It is a universally recognized crisis that has worsened through the pandemic years yet often goes unseen and unrecognized. The mission of The Harbour is to provide emergency housing and services to youth experiencing homelessness to promote safety, stability, and personal growth in our goal to end youth homelessness.
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Land Connection Foundation
The Land Connection is requesting funding to support the development of Illinois FarmLink. This year, our team will increase the number of advising calls and in-person consultations offered to Illinois farmland owners and farmers, provide educational programs designed to address challenges surrounding farmland access and transfer, and gain a deeper understanding of farm viability in Illinois to better design programs and systems to support farmers and farmland owners.
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Reparations Media NFP
Reparations Media NFP requests increased and continuing support for the Change Agents Podcast and Production Lab season four. Reparations Media NFP is a recently designated 501c3 public charity created to extend the funding, training and educational programming opportunities to expand and sustain Change Agents season four and going forward. (Juneteenth Productions has assigned the intellectual property rights for the production lab and ensuing episodes to Reparations Media NFP.) Season four will include two sessions of an extended production lab (16 weeks instead of 12 weeks) in order to enhance training and production opportunities for up to 12 journalists and 12 CBO collaborators. Additional efforts have been budgeted to recruit and maintain a stable administrative staff and extend the outreach, marketing and promotional activities surrounding the episodes. We are targeting the following objectives to be met during a 50 week time period from June 2023 through June 2024: 1. To empower BIPOC journalists and community activists with the solution-based skills to develop and produce stories of positive social change that encourages safe and healthy communities. 2. To cultivate the skills of our emerging journalists to enable them to tell unbiased stories, that give voice to the unheard and allows them to shape their own narratives. 3. To provide our BIPOC journalists opportunities for professional networking to further their broadcast and journalism careers. 4. To establish a pipeline of journalistic leaders who will direct the industry toward a more just and equitable brand of news gathering. 5. To craft and present compelling media that dispel stereotypes of hopelessness and powerlessness in Chicago’s marginalized communities by sharing stories of community activists who are creating grassroots change and shaping their communities into healthier and safer spaces. 6. To disseminate our podcasts directly to the communities covered through community engagement events, digital marketing and traditional media publicity. 7. To disseminate our podcast to a broader audience via online streaming services and selectively on mainstream and alternative radio. 8. To promote the work of our CBOs through social media and traditional media publications. 9. To offer community based organizations a tool for organizing around and promoting work that helps lift up and empower Chicago’s underserved neighborhoods.
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Enlace Chicago
Through Enlace Chicago’s Community Health Worker [CHW]-led Health Equity Initiative, CHWs address critical needs, including access to healthcare, social services, public benefits, food, housing and clothing/household supplies. They do this by supporting community members in navigating the healthcare and social service systems; increasing access to fresh locally grown food, health information and wellness activities through community gardens; and managing emergency funding.
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Just Roots
Just Roots is seeking to enhance our capacity to provide technical support to neighboring, community based organizations who are pursuing long term urban agriculture initiatives on Chicago’s near south side. We are currently supporting five different organizations within a 3 mile radius of our Saint James Community Farm, located at 2936 South Wabash Avenue. Increased capacity will enable us to more effectively provide long term technical support to these five organizations and also build a sustainable program model by responding to new requests from organizations who are mission aligned, in our geographic focus area, and eager to contribute to the development of a more collaborative, sustainable, and resilient hyperlocal food system.