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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 |
