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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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    Blair Thomas & Company

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $45,000

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    HEARTLAND ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN NEEDS & HUMAN RIGHTS

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $225,000

    Heartland Alliance (HA) is seeking support from the Chicago Community Trust to support and expand interventions that address trauma and disparities faced by people of color, ethnic minorities, and other particularly marginalized populations in Chicago. These interventions promote well-being and foster healing among children, youth, and adults, especially caregivers, that have faced historic (and still very present) injustices, as well as significant trauma.

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    RESPOND NOW

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

    As a trusted, low-barrier, wraparound social service provider with many local CBO and healthcare connections, Respond Now is poised to expand community outreach, street outreach, and vaccination event services. Respond Now will expand these services and host culturally competent block-party style vaccination events in the community garden. These events will be promoted via community health workers, hyper-local health communication campaigns, and trusted messengers. Our target population and goal is to vaccinate the community’s most vulnerable including the literally homeless, substance abusers, immigrant population, and those who experience social stigma.

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    Forward Momentum Chicago NFP

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $50,000

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    FAITH IN PLACE

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $115,000

    Faith in Place engages people of faith to grow a just and resilient local food economy. This project provides technical assistance to Congregation-Supported Agriculture farms and advances a faith-based Community Incubator Kitchen pilot project.

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    Chicago Community Foundation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $9,500

    Internal transfer grant from We Rise Together (FK64) to the Illinois Covid Response Fund (FK19) in support of grant commitments from the ICRF.

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    CHICAGO UNITED FOR EQUITY

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $180,000

    Since initial seed investment from the Chicago Community Trust in 2017, Chicago United for Equity (CUE) has trained over 200 Chicagoans in the Racial Equity Impact Assessment process, which stopped the closure of National Teachers Academy, built support for 100% affordable housing in Logan Square, and inspired more participatory policymaking processes like the 2019 Vote Equity co-created voter guide, and the 2020 launch of the People's Budget Chicago, a participatory budget built by communities most impacted by inequitable city investment. We seek the Trust's support to continue to grow our impact on policy issues, in building a leadership pipeline, and fostering cross-sector mutual accountability to racial equity.

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    CHICAGO DANCE CRASH NFP

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $25,000