2024 Annual Report
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Partnerships & Initiatives
Through the years, the Trust has created many types of initiatives to help our region—and its foundations, businesses, civic leaders, and individuals—most effectively engage with the issues they care about. Through special task forces like these, we tackle issues of concern from innovative angles, or harness the power of civic collaboration for greater impact.
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Strengthening Community Organizing Infrastructure is Central to COVID-19 Recovery Efforts
A little over two years ago, the pandemic forced us to collectively adapt to an unprecedented set of circumstances. Community organizers quickly pivoted to address…
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For the Economy to Recover, the People Must Recover
For two years we worked to combat COVID-19 – masked up, stood six feet apart, got vaccinated, and then carried proof. Today, we continue rising…
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2.5 Million in Grants to Prepare and Connect Black and Latinx Workers to Quality Jobs as Chicago Prepares to Put Federal Infrastructure Dollars to Work
Grant support will expand workforce training and increase access to inclusive employment opportunities CHICAGO – As the Chicago region prepares for an influx of federal resources…
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An Intergenerational Approach to Community Wellbeing
The Chicago Community Trust wants to see Chicago families thrive. While we continue working to close the region’s racial and ethnic wealth gap, we know…
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Violence as a Public Health Crisis: Starting Off with the Right Question
“Have you eaten?” Inevitably, this is the first question my parents ask guests who enter their home. My parents are fluent in three languages: Korean,…
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Listen. Learn. Reflect. Address: How Cultivate: Women of Color Leadership Encourages Movement Building
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Trust is featuring insights from philanthropists and leaders who are making a difference in the Chicago region. Be…
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Household Wealth
We are working toward a day when every Chicagoan has the assets to care for their family and invest in their future. To achieve this, the Trust works to increase equitable access to wealth-building tools for households and communities that have faced systemic barriers to building wealth.
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Collective Power
We are working towards a future with a vibrant and engaged civic sector that cultivates and invests in community organizing, activates and elevates the voices of underrepresented Chicagoans to transform harmful narratives, and builds the connections and momentum necessary to drive change to harmful policies and practices.
