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.
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Advocates for Illinois Children
Children's Advocates for Change seeks a grant for general operational support to fund its activities to close the racial and ethnic wealth gap in the Chicago region, as well as statewide, by instituting measures that not only provide for an equitable recovery from the pandemic but moving forward provides a more progressive tax system that provides greater economic relief for low and moderate-income households, more stable housing for renters, greater access to early education opportunities, and a more robust public health system. This also means securing state funding to promote greater collection of data illustrating the use of state services by race and ethnicity and building in further budgetary mechanism that apply a race equity lens to the state budgeting process.
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Reform for Illinois
General operating funds request for Reform for Illinois, August 2022 grant cycle.
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Chicago Votes
Chicago Votes has been working for 10 years to bring young people into the political process through civic education, leadership development, voting, and advocacy efforts. We have a track record of success that points to hundreds of leaders being developed, legislative victories, increased youth voter turnout, and much more. Central to our mission is passing laws that make Illinois and Chicago a better place, and an area of focus for us has been, and continues to be, giving people who are incarcerated their civic rights. We have passed legislation that turned the Cook County Jail into a polling location and another that requires civics to be taught in prison by peer educators. Now, we are working on our working to restore the right to vote to people in prison. This application is focused on continuing to bolster the policy landscape around voting rights for people who are incarcerated. With the support of the Chicago Community Trust, we will inch closer to passing Senate Bill 828 and make Illinois the first state to restore voting rights to people while they are incarcerated.
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Harriet's Daughters, NFP
Inspired by the great abolitionist and humanitarian, Harriet Tubman, Harriet’s Daughters was initially formed in 2013 as a kitchen cabinet of Chicago area African American Professional Women leaders singularly focused on pinpointing strategic pathways for economic and employment opportunities in the African-American community. Now as a 501(c)(3), Harriet’s Daughters works collectively with peer organizations to advocate for, create and support policies and processes that secure employment and wealth creation opportunities for African-American communities. We are seeking a capacity building grant from the CCT to support our mission and work relating to increasing Black wealth and employment opportunities in the Chicagoland area.
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Indo American Center Inc
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Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community
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Iraqi Mutual Aid Society
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South Asian American Policy & Research Institute (SAAPRI)