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COMPETITIVE GRANTS

EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

We believe that every child should have access to a high-quality education, including a post-secondary experience that leads to living-wage employment. Our grants support programs that help close the academic achievement gap. Build pathways from high school to future success. Reduce unemployment. Prepare workers with the job skills employers need to remain local and profitable. Fight discrimination in the workplace. Secure fair earnings for working people.

TOTAL EDUCATION GRANTS: $3,846,912

TOTAL GRANT
Chicago Foundation for Women (CFW)
In support of the Englewood Women’s Initiative, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$50,000 $50,000
Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance
In support of the Progressive Pathways for Post-secondary Success Fund, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$30,000 $30,000
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation (CCCF)
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$1,000 $1,000
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation (CCCF)
In support of a five-year plan that will narrow equity gaps within City Colleges of Chicago by a third by FY2025, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$1,393,275 $1,393,275
Enlace Chicago
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$1,000 $1,000
HIRE360
In support of the Training & Mentoring Together Initiative, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$200,000 $200,000
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$1,000 $1,000
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation
In support of its market-facing workforce training model, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$75,000 $75,000
Lift, Inc.
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$1,000 $1,000
Lift, Inc.
In support of the Chicago Milestones Program, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$50,000 $50,000
Mikva Challenge
In support of the Mikva Challenge and City Colleges of Chicago: Increasing Youth Voice for Future Equity Initiative, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$81,000 $81,000
National Able Network
In support of the IT Career Lab: Today?s Technology. Your Future. Initiative, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$135,000 $135,000
Noble Schools
In support of the Noble Network?s Two-year Pathway Support, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$115,000 $115,000
OAI, Inc.
In support of the Livable Wages in Healthcare Careers Initiative, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$200,000 $200,000
One Million Degrees
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$1,000 $1,000
One Million Degrees
In support of One Million Degrees model to improve success in degree completion, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$350,000 $350,000
Partnership for College Completion (PCC)
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$1,000 $1,000
Partnership for College Completion (PCC)
In support of Partnership for College Completion’s Illinois Equity in Attainment initiative, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$100,000 $100,000
Per Scholas
In support of the Per Scholas Chicago: Pathways to IT Careers Initiative, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$200,000 $200,000
Revolution Workshop
In support of the Revolution Workshop Alumni Services, part of our Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Job Training Program Initiative, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$150,000 $150,000
Skills for Chicagoland’s Future
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$1,000 $1,000
Southwest Organizing Project’s (SWOP)
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$1,000 $1,000
The Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University
In support of the Analyzing Middle-Skills Pathways in Chicago (Year 2), from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$95,000 $95,000
The Chicago Community Trust
To support the administration of the Bridges to Brighter Futures initiative, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$200,000 $200,000
The Network for Young Adult Success (UTMOSTU)
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$1,000 $1,000
The Network for Young Adult Success (UTMOSTU)
In support of UtmostU, a college success program operated by the Network for Young Adult Success (NYAS), from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$101,637 $101,637
UChicago Urban Labs
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$1,000 $1,000
UChicago Urban Labs
In support of Partnering to Achieve Equitable Outcomes at City Colleges, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$120,000 $120,000
UChicago Urban Labs
In support of the Increasing Community College Students Early Momentum to Maximize Postsecondary Success Initiative, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$140,000 $140,000
Young Invincibles
In support of its Mental Health on Campus Learning Collaborative, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$50,000 $50,000
Youth Job Center
Honoraria for participating in Bridges to Brighter Futures Learning Convenings, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
$1,000 $1,000
TOTAL EDUCATION GRANTS $3,846,912 $3,846,912