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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MANO A MANO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
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WIEBOLDT FOUNDATION
The 2022 Wieboldt Foundation Capacity-Building Cohort seeks to fill an unfortunate void that exists. Intensive capacity-building funds are hard to come by, yet essential to strengthen, stabilize and enhance the impact of community organizing nonprofits. In this regard, these entities would function like any business; better equipment, stronger skills, and streamlined operations contribute to an improved bottom line – measured here in overall impact rather than profit. Additionally, fostering collaboration among a cohort of community organizing groups is important to the sustainability of the ecosystem. Specifically, organizational capacity will be built in 4 areas: operations; organizing; resources; and collaborations.
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CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO
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FULL SPECTRUM FEATURES NFP
FSF proposes to purchase an existing 3-flat building and the adjacent empty lot in the Marshall Square neighborhood (South Lawndale). We already occupy the first floor of the building for our offices, but it needs to be remodeled and modernized, including the addition of ramps and an elevator for accessibility purposes. The adjacent lot would be used to expand the building to the south with the addition of a 70-100 seat event space / cinema that would largely serve the surrounding community with Spanish-language films and other cultural offerings that are not available anywhere else in the city.
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The Chicago Community Trust
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Network for Young Adult Success
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Federacion De Clubes Michoacanos En Illinois
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Policy Kings LLC
Located at 51st Street and Martin Luther King Drive, Policy Kings is aiming to be a revolutionary, African American owned, mixed-use commercial and residential development project drawing community together in the name of art, culture, culinary experience and retail therapy. The space will fill the void of affordable housing options for those African American professionals who are currently not able to afford to live on Chicago's south side. This leaves a great need for market rate housing in a space that is currently dominated by only low income and luxury housing. This absence of living space for working African American class, often referred to the missing middle, is due to the fact that programming and initiatives have been designated for low income populations while unfair advantage and access to capital for other non minority populations have dominated all other housing options. Designed by long time Chicago pacemaker and Entrepreneur, owner of Leaders and one of the founding creatives behind Boxville Marketplace, Corey Gilkey and renowned social impact real estate developer James Daughrity, owner of Daughrity Real Estate, the space With the help of other African American Artists and Designers such as Norman Teague of Norman Teague Studios, Dwamina Drew of Enstrumental Design and many more, will transform a shuttered city block into an art-forward experience that combines affordable housing options with opportunity and space for emerging black entrepreneurs. The project is 17,7220 sq ft, and will include six eco-sustainable affordable apartments, indoor and outdoor dining, an elevated gym, health and wellness experience, Chicago's first elevated women's boutique, sharing and healing space, Queenz, and a brand new extension of Chicago's favorite local streetwear brand, Leaders 1354 as well as a frame and printmaking workshop teaching young minority artist who to frame and print their own art. We are working with local architectural firm, Silvestro Design Operations, African American general contractor James Webb, local business development firm the Nascent Group, and Minority owned local Environmental Strategy firm Sesenergi Eco Solutions Enterprise. A local gym and juice shop with add a much needed space for health and wellness to the neighborhood, healthy food options will create space for a vibrant restaurant operated by long time Chicago restaurateurs, Nikki Hayes of 63rd St Beach and Oreal James also revitalize the Lorraine Hansbury Mural to bring to life a corridor that has long needed invigorating. Spaces such as these transform neighborhoods and creates a healthy, safe and walkable space. The mission of this project is to transform the corridor with inclusivity at the top of mind by creating opportunity for up and coming black entrepreneurs with early, but proven track records.