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…
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…
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 Urban Agriculture is seeking funding to support farmer-to-farmer mentorship and capacity-building grants to scale up urban farms in Chicago that bolster the local food economy and improve food security. Our goal is to provide care-centered programming that supports the well-being of urban growing businesses, organizations, and the individuals who sustain them. Additionally, we are expanding our technical assistance to better equip growers with the tools and support needed to produce and distribute high-quality, organic, locally grown food, reinforcing the resilience of our local food system.
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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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With this grant the Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance will enable its partners, Purchasing with Purpose and HHP Lift, to launch a marketing and matching campaign designed to increase purchasing by corporations and other large buyers from Employment Social Enterprises.
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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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The Partnership for College Completion (PCC) seeks $150,000 to strengthen its institutional change programming and research leadership in response to shifting federal and state policy landscapes. As a trusted leader in higher education equity, PCC will provide rapid response programming, technical assistance, and data-driven policy support to help colleges and universities navigate emerging challenges while maintaining their commitment to student success. This funding will sustain key convenings, research initiatives, and direct institutional support through the Illinois Equity in Attainment (ILEA) Initiative. The final six months of the grant will focus on program evaluation, research, and sustainability planning, ensuring PCC’s institutional change efforts remain impactful and scalable beyond 2026. By leveraging its partnerships with colleges, state agencies, and policymakers, PCC will continue to drive equity-centered reforms, safeguarding progress in higher education and improving outcomes for historically underserved students.
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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.