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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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    Inner-City Muslim Action Network

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $72,500

    The Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) proposes a partnership with Chicago Community Trust and the Rockefeller Foundation based on shared commitments to providing holistic health and wellness interventions for underserved Illinois residents. Specifically, IMAN requests $75,000 in funding to augment its Health Center’s ongoing COVID-19 Vaccination Program, including existing outreach and education efforts in hard-hit areas on Chicago’s southside, and to support the salaries of two new medical assistants.

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    Black Ensemble Theater

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $75,000

    Black Ensemble Theater is seeking pre-development cost related to building the Free To BE Affordable Housing for Artists to be located on the property across from the theater and is a part of the Free To BE cultural village.

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    Inspiration Corporation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $120,000

    Inspiration Corporation respectfully requests $60,000 over two years in renewed funding to provide support for general operations, including programming in supportive housing, meals, direct support, and homeless outreach services. Funding from the Chicago Community Trust would help ensure that Chicagoans affected by homelessness and poverty receive services they need to lead healthier, more self-sufficient lives. Funding will also support the process of establishing a new program site in Chicago’s Central Business District in partnership with Italian NGO, Food For Soul, to provide services to individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty in the Loop.

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    Southwest Organizing Project

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $72,500

    The Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) is seeking support to continue its efforts to get as many people as possible vaccinated in Southwest Chicago while also addressing the ravages of the pandemic. SWOP will use community navigators, known as our Covid Response Corps (CRC), to engage with individuals and families, talk with them about getting the vaccine, move them to an appointment when they are ready, and follow up to ensure they make their appointments. At the same time, CRC members will help families access the supports and services they need because they have been impacted by Covid-19. This includes financial support and services for families in need.

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    Center for Enriched Living

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $150,000

    The Center for Enriched Living currently provides enriching, inclusive opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be socially connected and positioned to thrive. CEL seeks to grow its Employment Opportunities Program for individuals with disabilities, as well as to expand its outreach to new and under-served communities. For more than 50 years, CEL has provided enrichment, connection, and opportunities to lead a meaningful life for youth and adults across the Chicagoland area. CEL plans to build on its existing legacy by creating more inclusive, person-centered communities.

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    Albany Park Theater Project

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $180,000

    For 24 years, APTP has been deeply committed to empowering BIPOC, low income, immigrant and first-generation Albany Park teens to transform their own lived experience and the stories of their community into groundbreaking theater witnessed by 50,000+ audience members. We do this by interlacing artmaking and youth development programming that includes deep, multi-year mentoring, college counseling and future planning, and by compensating teens for their work. APTP seeks support to fuel our current capacity-building work which will triple the number of youth artists to whom we can offer the APTP high school ensemble experience annually, and enable us to train a new generation of APTP teaching artists, creating a far-reaching ripple effect.

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    Chicago Rehabilitation Network

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $80,000

    CRN with partner Chicago Community Loan Fund started the Center for Shared Ownership to provide leadership for the preservation and creation of shared ownership models (coops, affordable condos/townhomes). In addition to encouraging new coop development through training and education, many historically redlined communities are faced with troubled and aging shared ownership properties at risk of blight and speculation. These at-risk, collectively-owned properties need intense TA to strengthen governance, financial stability, and reconnections to community. Using collective impact frameworks, our approach is for community-wide engagement to improve overall housing options, create wealth, and to establish a foothold for shared ownership.

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    CHICAGO INDEPENDENT RADIO PROJECT

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $30,000