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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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    TELPOCHCALLI COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROJECT INC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $5,000

    TCEP, a grassroots Latino-based organization, provides services, resources, and support to vulnerable populations: children, youth, and adults in Little Village and surrounding communities. More than 5000 individuals are served annually through community programs, house check-ins, phone calls, texts, walks in the community, mental health support, know your rights workshops, and connections to covid-19 vaccine and other resources needed. In addition, deliveries of diapers, baby formula, food boxes, PPE, and economic assistance are made on a weekly basis. TCEP provides opportunities for residents to develop skills and ensure their active participation in decisions directly affecting their well-being and that of their community.

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    SPANISH COMMUNITY CENTER

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $20,000

    Despite the pandemic, demand for citizenship and DACA services has skyrocketed in Will County. With first time applicants being eligible to apply for DACA and people seeking all the benefits of being a citizen, our agency is seeking financial support towards our legal assistant so that she is covered to work full-time. Our legal assistant is bilingual, bicultural, and training towards becoming a Department of Justice accredited representative. Only 40% of her salary is covered by a state grant called New Americans Initiative. Without her full-time work, we are not able to assist the over 900 people that reach out for immigration legal services. She consults 33 clients monthly and fully services 18 monthly with either citizenship or DACA.

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    Friends of the Highwood Public Library

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $10,000

    The Friends of the Highwood Public Library respectfully request the support of the Chicago Community Trust's Nuestro Futuro opportunity to help sustain the Highwood Public Library's general operation as they continue to provide vital community programs combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact on education of the digital divide. The library is providing vital essential resources to families in the form of nutritious meals, clothing drives, vaccination events, and more. In addition, the library's literacy focused initiatives are bridging the academic gap by providing opportunities for children and youth to learn, and adults and parents the possibility of obtaining new skills for better employment opportunities.

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    One Million Degrees

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $350,000

    One Million Degrees is thrilled to be a core evidence-based program working in Chicago advancing outcomes in the priority areas outlined by the Kinship Foundation, Searle Funds and The Chicago Community Trust’s multi-year collaboration, Bridges to Brighter Futures. OMD is proud to have demonstrated measurable results aligned with the core strategies and outcomes of Bridges to Brighter Futures. Like Bridges, OMD recognizing historic barriers and system inequities for Black, indigenous people of color (BIPOC). OMD serves nearly 90% BIPOC in Chicago and nearly 60% of first-generation college students. OMD’s innovative approach connects our scholars to career paths and a professional network enabling them to access a more inclusive economy.

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    Nonviolenceworks

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $7,500

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    TERRELL BOSLEY ANTI-VIOLENCE ASSOCIATION INC

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $5,000

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    United Way of Lake County, Inc.

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $15,000

    in support of the Connect Waukegan initiative to create a broadband master plan for the community of Waukegan and address barriers to the digital divide that were magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Waukegan Public Library

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $25,000

    in support of the African American Community Partnership Group and the Asociacion Comunitaria Latina’s grassroots efforts to register people for COVID-19 vaccine and provide education, outreach and vaccine incentives in communities that have been hardest hit by the pandemic.