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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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    Illinois Partners for Human Service

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $205,000

    Illinois Partners for Human Service is applying for a grant to support the Human Service Workforce Initiative as set out in the collaborative fund documentation we created in partnership with the Chicago Workforce Funder Alliance (CWFA).  For this initiative we are developing and pursuing strategies to activate philanthropy and aligned sectors to elevate, support, and sustain a thriving human service workforce.

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    AMPT Advancing Nonprofits

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $400,000

    AMPT: Advancing Nonprofits is rooted in the belief that small, community-based nonprofits—especially those led by Black and Latine leaders—are critical to building thriving, equitable communities. Since our founding in 2020, AMPT has worked to ensure that these organizations have the resources, relationships, and infrastructure they need to succeed. As a BIPOC-led organization, we launched Crisis Management Consulting during the COVID-19 pandemic as a direct response to the urgent needs of nonprofits navigating an unprecedented crisis. AMPT saw first-hand how community-based Black and Latine-led organizations were the first to mobilize, showing up with resources, information, and direct services for those who were most impacted in our city, and we were prepared to support their work. Since 2020, AMPT has continued to respond to the real-time needs of our nonprofit partners. In 2025, we are implementing a strategic pivot to ensure our programming remains responsive and impactful. This includes reinstating free Crisis Management Consulting, restructuring our AMPT Up Your Org workshop series to focus on emerging financial, operational and policy issues, accelerating the distribution of general operating grants, and deepening our cohort model curricula on compliance, financial planning, and strategic communications. With this grant from the Chicago Community Trust, AMPT will be able to expand access to high-priority resources and remain nimble in evaluating and adjusting our support to nonprofit organizations on a quarterly basis. These iterations ensure that we steadfastly meet nonprofits where they are, with the right tools at the right time.

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    Fresh Taste

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $150,000

    North Lawndale Fresh (NLF) is a collaborative grantmaking program to increase access to healthy affordable food; support community gardens and local food production; grow food enterprises; and protect and strengthen food assistance programs in the North Lawndale neighborhood. The vision is an equitable Chicagoland region where all people have knowledge of and access to healthy food. The funders involved with North Lawndale Fresh have committed to a minimum $1M for each of five years to support the neighborhood (2022-2026). 2025 is the fourth year of the five-year commitment to North Lawndale Fresh. This project aligns with the building supply-side skills and attracting capital strategies of Food:Land:Opportunity while also reducing fragmentation. It also fits squarely within the newly announced Access to Capital/Pooled Funding Resources strategy.

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    Urban Institute

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $100,000

    This application is to request a continuation and expansion of ongoing work for the Chicago Community Trust to study capital flows in Chicago. We will collect and analyze data on investment across asset classes and neighborhood types, as well as comparing Chicago with other places. We will assist the Trust in identifying investment targets.

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    Network for Young Adult Success

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $400,000

    UtmostU empowers young adults to achieve their professional aspirations by supporting degree attainment and career preparation. The Bridges to Brighter Futures two-year grant will sustain our post-secondary coaching model, providing direct coaching and critical wraparound services to 100-125 fellows in the City Colleges of Chicago, as well as those who have transferred to four-year institutions or other credentialing programs. We will also support coaches from partners across Chicago and the greater Chicagoland area to support approximately 120 two-year pathway fellows with their degree attainment. By equipping young adults from under-resourced neighborhoods with the tools and guidance to earn degrees and pursue meaningful careers, UtmostU fosters long-term economic and social mobility. Through strong partnerships, structured fellow engagement, and technology-driven support, Bridges to Brighter Futures will build upon past successes to drive economic mobility and opportunities for fellows, their families, and communities.

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    Chicago Community Foundation

    Awarded: Awarded Amount: $542,000