3C Community Profile: Humboldt Park
Take a stroll down the Paseo Boricua corridor on Division Street and it’s easy to see why Humboldt Park is one of Chicago’s most vibrant…
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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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Garfield Park Community Council
As the needs of our community continue to change, Garfield Park Community Council is applying for funds to grow our capacity and organizational resources to meet them. Chief among these is hiring new employees that will serve both internal and external-facing roles. Each of our areas of focus (community leadership, equitable land use, and wellness), are primed for growth and we operating funds are key to ensuring our ability to grow them. Our leadership programs ensure that Garfield Park residents have power in determining the development of their own community and increase public will to increase equitable investment. Our land use programs are poised to explore our organization’s capacity to expand our real estate portfolio to promote and preserve affordable housing.
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UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
The Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities is a funder collaborative, made up of over 50 contributors, that awards grants up to $10,000 to grassroots organizations; to create safe and peaceful community programming within neighborhoods with high rates of gun violence during the summer and fall. The Chicago Fund is one part of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities’ 5- pronged approach to reducing gun violence within Chicago. Since its inception in 2016, the fund has awarded $10.4M in support of over 1,500 projects that promote safe and peaceful activities in 24 communities. Using the homicide data reports through a partnership with the University of Chicago Crime Lab and the Illinois Office of Firearm Violence Prevention, communities on the south and west sides of the city were prioritized –they are: Auburn Gresham, Austin, Burnside, Chatham, Chicago Lawn, Englewood, West Englewood, Fuller Park, Gage Park, East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, Greater Grand Crossing, Humboldt Park, Lower West Side (Pilsen), New City (Back of the Yards), North Lawndale, South Lawndale (Little Village), Riverdale, Roseland, South Chicago, South Shore, Washington Park, West Pullman and Woodlawn.
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The Chicago Community Trust
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GREATER SOUTHWEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Greater Southwest Development Corporation (GSDC) seeks a $100,000 grant to strengthen its core initiatives of real estate development, business support services, and housing solutions. These funds will be used to stabilize and grow small businesses, catalyze investment in key commercial corridors, and expand GSDC’s capacity to deliver high-quality community development services. By investing in GSDC’s general operations, the grant will ensure continued support for the economic health of southwest Chicago through job creation, commercial revitalization, and increased access to housing.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center
For over 50 years, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center (PRCC) has developed a model for sustainable community development rooted in a socio-ecological framework inspired by Puerto Rican culture and the indigenous practices of Maroon societies—communities of resistance. Through this model, PRCC has established over 20 parallel institutions to address systemic injustices impacting our community’s intersectional identities. These efforts include founding an alternative school to combat high dropout rates, creating the first Latino HIV/AIDS prevention organization, establishing a Trans Empowerment Center, and supporting the creation of the National Puerto Rican Museum and Urban Theater Company to heal from colonialism through art. PRCC is focused on revitalizing neighborhoods in Chicago, particularly Humboldt Park, which has faced severe generational disinvestment, leading to significant job losses, high unemployment rates, and plummeting property values. While citywide efforts aim to address these challenges, they often overlook the unique needs of local communities. PRCC’s proposal for the Chicago Trust’s "Community Wealth - Neighborhood Development Champions" centers on empowering local stakeholders and ensuring development directly benefits residents. With our longstanding history of successful community engagement, PRCC is well-positioned to lead initiatives that promote equitable growth and build lasting wealth for our community.
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The Chicago Community Foundation/Illinois Immigration Funders Collaborative
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South Shore Chamber Community Development Corporation
The South Shore Community Development Corporation (SSCDC) is lead agency for the economic development of the South Shore community. A once vibrant community with a rich history of Black wealth has experienced over the years a decline in locally owned properties and businesses, an increase in crime and a decline in the overall quality of life. Leveraging both local and national resources, the SSCDC is prioritizing the revitalization of the commercial corridors with the goal of restoring this once vibrant community. Our current priorities and programs to advance our goals include: Priority #1: Lead the commercial revitalization strategy with an initial focus on our main corridor along 71st Street. Current programs include the creation of a Community Investment Vehicle that will allow residents to collectively own and control the properties along the corridor. Additionally, the SSCDC serves as the development coordinator supporting community developers and entrepreneurs with the resources to advance their projects. The SSCDC has active relationships with the local Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), philanthropy, community banks, small business advocacy groups, local officials and real estate subject matter experts. These partnerships help to provide the appropriate resources for the community. Priority #2: Undertake direct development to reactivate vacant/blighted properties and to provide spaces for small businesses. The CDC currently owns a five-storefront commercial property on 71st and has another property under contract. Both will house start-up businesses but also serve as the design standard for future projects. The CDC is targeting two additional properties over the next twelve months to expand its current efforts. Priority 3: Aggregate capital and fundraise to fill development gaps. The CDC is actively fundraising and coordinating capital to support local development including assisting small businesses with meeting equity requirements for local and federal grants and to secure loans. A grant assistance program is in a pilot mode. We hope to scale the program. Priority 4: Our Corridor Live revitalization strategy in coordination with Community Desk Chicago is currently underway. This program aims to create healthy corridors that foster high quality of life for residents and create economic opportunities through small business and property ownership. The plan is a two-pronged approach that focuses on Corridor Stabilization and Wealth-Building Strategies. Key elements of this plan include: 1. development and activation strategy of community assets 2. coordinated capital raise to secure/stabilitze projects 3. coordinate an advisory team of industry experts to help implement plan Our Corridor Activation Strategy for 71st Street requires a total investment of $30.5 million. This investment would allows us to - Acquire 4 properties on 71st Street - Activate 15 commercial spaces - Renovate 58 housing units
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NORTHWEST SIDE CDC
Increasing household wealth and providing equitable entrepreneurial resources through small business development programming. Increasing neighborhood investment and improving residential quality of life through Community and Economic Development projects. Refreshing organizational structure to build capacity and provide services to more program participants more effectively.