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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The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture
The National Museum. Of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is seeking a total of $40,000 to enhance its work and services beyond the Puerto Rican community. The Nuestro Futuro / Hispanic Federation funding will allow the museum to continue new ways of supporting the needs of all of our communities.
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Partners for Our Communities (POC)
POC, an immigration services agency, respectfully requests $20,000 in general operating and $20,000 additional funding for building capacity for leadership development. The funds will support hiring an Operation Manager for the Community Resource Center (CRC) in Palatine to oversee the front desk receptionists' professional development and interns (5 from Harper, UIC, Loyola, D214). They will provide job skills development and work with the executive director on intern professional goals and marketable skills. The person will be bilingual from the Black or Latinx community and elevated to a mid-level manager and build their leadership skills, giving them opportunities for professional growth and increased income. The leadership development funding will support workshops and training for Latinx staff members newly promoted (over 1 year ago) to case managers and intake coordinators from volunteers and bilingual liaisons. POC wants to help these staff build sought-after skills by giving them access to the service provider and professional networks to increase their competencies and hiring power. They will have access to the executive, financial, program directors, and board of directors for mentoring.
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Friends of the Highwood Public Library
Highwood Library & Community Center's Camino a la Escuela program is a early literacy program that utilizes an established school readiness curriculum to provide children aged 0-6 with the social, emotional, cognitive and linguistic support they need and parents with the parent engagement support and education they need for children to enter school ready to succeed. The program provides the foundation needed to foster a level of comfort with structured learning and prepares children to succeed in the school learning environment. We respectfully request $20,000 in general operating support to provide this program to marginalized Latino/a/x families in the Highwood community. The Highwood Library & Community Center also seeks $20,000 to implement expressive play therapy and art therapy to provide evidence-based, age-appropriate therapies to a community struggling with trauma, fear, anxiety, abandonment and extreme poverty. This will allow preschool to adolescent aged children to access free mental health services without the stigma typically associated with therapy.
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Forefront
Forefront’s 2022 Annual Convening, Building Trust in Our Sector, will feature a keynote conversation with Forefront CEO Monique B. Jones, Vu Le, and Edgar Villanueva to explore the ways our shared need for a sector built on trust is greater than ever.
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Port Ministries
The Fall Harvest of hope is Port Ministries largest fundraising event of year, where we invite community members and donors to participate in an all-day event, including activities for children, an award ceremony, and a silent auction.
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Metropolitan Planning Council
Honor the Heritage, Embrace the Future. MPC's Annual Event is the organization's marque fundraiser and a chance celebrate the work of MPC and our outstanding partners like the Trust
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Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
A broad range of readings and conversations centered on the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s first major publication, Wherever I’m At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry, intended to amplify conversations highlighted in its pages.
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Chicago Debates
Chicago Debates Summer Institute is an immersive speech and debate camp which helps to bridge the opportunity gap for Chicago Public School students by allowing students to build leadership, argumentation, public speaking, and critical thinking skills.