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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Open Collective Foundation
This grant will be used for two separate projects. First, it would be used to support the activation of the Love Solar Powered Fridge site in Englewood. The second way funds from the grant would be used is to fund an initiative called "The Culinary Care Kit." The Love Fridge is a community mutual aid project that provides free food and meals for the Chicago community. Approximately 30 fridges are set up across Chicago to provide free food and other common grocery items to populations who are living in low-income, historically disinvested and resource poor neighborhoods. In the winter of 2020, the Love Fridge established its first community Fridge in Englewood at Getting Grown Collective’s Libations to the Ancestors Community Garden. This fridge was initially powered from electricity provided by a neighbor. Unfortunately the neighbor wasn't able to continue to host the electric needs of the fridge. In an effort to maintain this location, the Love Fridge intends to create its first off-grid site using solar power. To make this happen, the fridge will need to be upgraded and the shelter will require modifications. Additionally, the solar capacity will be used to power: radios, cellphones, laptops, lighting, and tool batteries for tools used in the community garden, which supplies food throughout the growing season to the Love Fridge and the greater Englewood Community. The Culinary Care Kits Initiative focuses on improving the user experience for both the chefs from the Full Circle Initiative, as well as any potential users who are interested in learning how to make simple healthy meals with the basic kitchen tools and equipment. One of the ways that we plan to improve user experiences will be through the distribution of the Culinary Care Kits to both unhoused people and people who are housing insecure, as both groups often lack the proper resources to make a good home cooked meal. The Culinary Care Kits will include portable kitchen appliances such as a mini stove, pots/pans, and utensils. We plan on increasing the engagement with the outside users and the Love Fridge organization by creating a page on the Love Fridge website with all the recipes that the Full Circle chefs have created so that both the chefs and outside users will be able to access the recipes at any time. The meals that are shown on the website will consist of common ingredients that can often be found at the various Love Fridges. Additionally, the recipes will be designed so that meals can be prepared using the portable kitchen appliances and tools that are in the Culinary Care Kits. The overall focus of this project is to provide necessary tools and equipment to unhoused or housing insecure people while also providing them with simple and easily accessible instructions to cook healthy chef-inspired meals on their own with the limited resources that they have.
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Son Monarcas
> Overview: Son Monarcas-led Summer Arts Camp at McCutcheon Elementary. > Goals: Provide cultural arts programming for students at McCutcheon Elementary who might otherwise not have this opportunity. Introduce students to the unique history and fusion of music and dance from Latin America, particularly Mexico. This funding would support youth programming in cultural arts education through a summer camp at McCutcheon Elementary, where we would be working predominantly with Latinx and African American students coming from low-income backgrounds. > Primary Project Activities: - Son Monarcas led Cultural Arts Education Programming in Music, Visual Art, and Theatre at McCutcheon Elementary School and possibly other youth organizations - Field trip to National Museum of Mexican Art which includes an interactive museum tour, Aztec drum and dance workshops, printmaking workshops at the studio of Hector Duarte, and "Butterfly Fandango" educational performance. The grant would help to fund youth programming in cultural arts education with a specialization in music from Latin America, the music and dance from Latin America, and even more specialization to music from Mexico. The youth that we would be focused on working with would be Latinx and African American, low-income populations throughout the Chicagoland area. We may also be using it to supplement teacher instruction and field trips for McCutcheon Elementary and possibly other youth organizations in Chicago.
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Save Abandoned Babies Foundation
To increase bus shelter signage throughout the Chicago public bus transportation system to further educate everyone on the Safe Haven Law.
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Center for Impact Research
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YOUTH GUIDANCE
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National Able Network, Inc.
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Chicago Commons
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Resilience Partners NFP
Resilience Partners is known for our hard work and dedication in the non-profit field because we strive for greatness. We help individuals and organizations develop their technology, fiduciary responsibilities and business practices. Our primary focus is community-based grass root organization and social enterprises serving underserved and marginalized communities. For the last few years we have served as fiscal sponsors for over 25(+) Safe and Peaceful grant recipients a year. We would love the opportunity to support Safe and Peaceful Applicants who did not receive the grant by providing group workshops and one-to-one counseling to help them prepare to reapply in the upcoming grant cycle. These workshops would be made available city wide and be open to anyone who has an interest in the grant or want to know how a grant application process would work. Through the years we have met many individuals/organizations across Chicago who are passionate about their communities and the work they do to serve those around them. We know firsthand how intimidating the application process can be. But, even more how challenging understanding program development and putting their ideas and dreams on paper. We will partner with individuals who want to make a difference but don’t necessarily have the skills to develop their programs. Our main goal is to help individuals understand the grant application process. By, empowering them with the tools needed to better develop and execute their programs. Most importantly to build their capacity for community continuity, leadership and sustainability. We will partner with the 20 to 30 individuals/organizations, to host 6 sessions to help them better understand programing, the importance of building partnerships, funding, and the grant application process to strengthen the impact of their efforts and more.