Disabilities Fund Awards Over $355,000 in Community-Based Grants

Disabilities Fund, an initiative of The Chicago Community Trust, recently restructured and piloted their first ever open call Request for Proposals (RFP) grant process. A total of 17 organizations were recommended to receive funding for this pilot round of grantmaking from the fund.

The grant partners for 2025 are as follows:

• 3Arts (Bodies of Work)
• A.B.L.E.
• Answer Inc.
• Center for Independence Through Conductive Education (Brighton Park)
• Chicago New Business
• Disability Rights Advocates
• Foundation for Hearing and Speech Resources
• House of Artists Foundation
• Jane Addams Senior Caucus
• Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland
• National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities
• Rogers Park Community Action Network
• Snow City Arts Foundation
• Star Farm Chicago
• Synapse Arts Collective Incorporated
• TGi Movement
• The Center for Mad Culture

To learn more about Disabilities Fund or to make a donation to support their work, please visit: www.cct.org/disabilitiesfund.