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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Elevate Energy
Elevate is requesting $250,000 to implement a Clean Energy Workforce Accelerator cohort in Chicago and Cook County focused on workforce and contractor development. This new Accelerator is modeled after Elevate’s National Justice40 Accelerator was launched in response to the 2021 White House Justice40 initiative. This effort is committed to supporting climate and environmental justice organizations serving Black, Indigenous, people of color, and historically disinvested communities. The goal is for these organizations to build their capacity, partnerships, and readiness to access federal funding and implement community-designed solutions. In the first two years of the Accelerator, our collaborative team of five core partners has built the infrastructure to support two cohorts totaling 101 community-based organizations across 35 states and U.S. territories through a 12-month program design that includes a peer community, workshops and trainings, program navigators, and a growing network of 70+ diverse technical assistance providers. To date, the participating organizations have been awarded over 30 million dollars in federal, state, and philanthropic funding. With the proposed Chicago Clean Energy Workforce Accelerator, we will leverage philanthropic support to replicate this success within our own community – Chicago and Cook County. We will provide community-based organizations the support needed to unlock federal and state funding for workforce development. Over the next decade a majority of federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) funding will flow through states and municipalities. We foresee ways our Accelerator can inform and support local organizations to develop workforce and contractor development programs, creating a sustainable ecosystem to prepare people and businesses for the influx of funding.
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Skills for Chicagoland's Future
Skills for Chicagoland’s Future’s Employment Champions Breakfast (ECB) honors businesses and community partnership working to support Skills’ vision of eliminating the access gap to jobs for Chicagoland’s under- and unemployed.
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Woodlawn Chamber of Commerce
This is our annual fundraiser and celebration of Woodlawn entrepreneurs and community, where we recognize and support the leaders and businesses that make our neighborhood unique and strong.
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Erie Neighborhood House
Erie House’s annual Future of Promise Awards Dinner celebrates our work, highlights our honorees, and hears from our participants.
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AUSTIN COMING TOGETHER
This event updates the community on our work and recognizes a variety of our members, partners, and local leaders who have made significant contributions to advancing our mission of creating conditions for a thriving Austin.
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The Chicago Public Library Foundation
The annual Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards event raises crucial support for and awareness of transformative programming at Chicago Public Library.
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Instituto del Progreso Latino
The past years have been deeply challenging for communities of color in new and unimagined ways. We have responded to these unprecedent needs with action and innovation. Most recently launching project AMOR- Asylum Migrant Outreach Response.
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Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation
This is our annual policy summit/conference and celebration event.