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COMPETITIVE GRANTS
GROW HOUSEHOLD WEALTH
TOTAL GROW HOUSEHOLD WEALTH GRANTS: $6,545,292
| Total Grant | Searle Funds | |
| Allies for Community Business (A4CB) Support for the Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. |
$150,000 | $150,000 |
| Ashoka In support of the Innovation Challenge to foster a new generation of both policy-based and market-driven structural innovations that target bias in the housing market. Second payment of $75,000 contingent upon Ashoka securing $600,000 in national or local funding by March 1, 2021. |
$150,000 | |
| Brighton Park Neighborhood Council (BPNC) In support of its general operations. |
$70,000 | |
| Chapin Hall Center For Children In support of participation in the Color of Wealth Advisory Committee. |
$1,000 | |
| Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance (CAFHA) In support of its general operations. |
$75,000 | |
| Chicago Jobs Council (CJC) In support of Chicago Job Council’s hiring of a search consultant to help conduct the search for their next Executive Director. |
$40,000 | |
| Chicago Jobs Council (CJC) In support of its general operations. |
$125,000 | |
| Chicago Scholars In support of Chicago Scholars A CAMPAIGN FOR EQUITY Enhanced Services for Young Men of Color, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. |
$200500 | $200500 |
| Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance In support of the Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. |
$175,000 | $175,000 |
| City Colleges of Chicago Foundation (CCCF) In support of Olive-Harvey College’s Women in Diesel Program. |
$100,000 | |
| Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) In support of general operations. |
$125,000 | |
| Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) In support of participation in the Color of Wealth Advisory Committee. |
$1,000 | |
| Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) In support of the Chicago Asset Building for Children initiative. |
$27,500 | |
| DePaul University In support of the Institute for Housing Studies’ applied research program. |
$70,000 | |
| Economic Security for Illinois In support of Bringing Economic Security to Illinois Families by Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit. Grant made via fiscal sponsor Metropolitan Planning Council. |
$150,000 | |
| Elevated Chicago In support of its ETOD Policy Plan implementation, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. |
$125,000 | $125,000 |
| Family Independence Initiative (UpTogether) In support of participation in the Color of Wealth Advisory Committee. |
$1,000 | |
| Far South Community Development Corporation In support of the Housing and Equity Assistance Pilot Program. |
$80,000 | |
| Financial Health Network In support of Financial Health Network planning grant to design a local version of the FHN national survey. |
$28,026 | |
| Financial Health Network In support of participation in the Color of Wealth Advisory Committee. |
$1,000 | |
| FoundersFirstCDC In support of Founder’s First Capital Provider’s Small Business Growth Accelerator, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. |
$300,000 | $300,000 |
| Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights for the Get My Payment Illinois project (Phase ll). |
$50,000 | |
| Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights In support of Heartland Alliance’s Research and Policy Division Policy coalition leadership. |
$150,000 | |
| Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights In support of participation in the Color of Wealth Advisory Committee. |
$1,000 | |
| Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights In support of the Chicago Asset Building for Children initiative (Chicago ABC’s) Lever for Change Economic Opportunity Challenge application. |
$42,500 | |
| Heartland Human Care Services In support of the Chicago Asset Building for Children initiative Lever for Change Economic Opportunity Challenge application. |
$20,000 | |
| Housing Action Illinois In support of its general operations. |
$70,000 | |
| Housing Action Illinois In support of its leadership of the CRA Coalition. |
$100,000 | |
| Housing Choice Partners of Illinois, Inc. (HCP) In support of its participation in the Housing Choice Voucher Working Group. |
$50,000 | |
| Illinois PIRG Education Fund In support of its general operations. |
$75,000 | |
| Latin United Community Housing Association (LUCHA) In support of LUCHA’s general operations. |
$70,000 | |
| Latino Policy Forum In support of participation in the Color of Wealth Advisory Committee. |
$1,000 | |
| Lawndale Christian Development Corporation (LCDC) In support of the Lawndale Christian Development Corporation’s general operations. |
$60,000 | |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) In support of its Racial Equity & Community Engagement Support Collaboration with City of Chicago Department of Housing. |
$50,000 | |
| Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) in support of Together We Rise – Phase 1 (November 2020-April 2021) community engagement, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. |
$115,000 | $115,000 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Inc. (NHS) In support of its general operations. |
$70,000 | |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Inc. (NHS) In support of its leadership on the Housing Policy Task Force. |
$80,000 | |
| Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.) In support of its Buy the Block Englewood Housing Program. |
$75,000 | |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU In support of general operations. |
$50,000 | |
| Small Business Majority General Operating support. |
$75,000 | |
| Small Business Majority In support of its leadership role with the Chicago Inclusive Growth Coalition. |
$40,000 | |
| Small Business Majority the development of an online learning community for Chicago?s business support organizations. |
$20,000 | |
| Spanish Coalition for Housing (SCH) In support of its general operations. |
$80,000 | |
| The Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University In support of participation in the Color of Wealth Advisory Committee. |
$1,000 | |
| The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) In support of the Transportation Equity Network, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. |
$150,000 | $150,000 |
| The Chicago Community Foundation In support of the Fund for Equitable Business Growth’s general operations, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. |
$500,000 | $500,000 |
| The Chicago Community Trust to support the Chicago Asset Building for Children initiative (Chicago ABC’s). |
$10,000 | |
| The Chicago Community Trust To support the Office of Equity and Racial Justice Community Wealth Building Initiative. |
$50,000 | |
| The Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD) To support its program administration of the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund in partnership with the City of Chicago;s Together Now Fund. |
$71,266 | |
| The Chicago Rehab Network (CRN) In support of The Appraisal Equity Project. |
$60,000 | |
| The Chicago Rehab Network (CRN) In support of the Center for Shared Ownership. |
$80,000 | |
| The Chicago Urban League In support of general operations. |
$95,000 | |
| The Hopewell Fund in support of the Economic Security Project Advancing Bold Economic Ideas in Chicago and Nationally Fellowship for Ameya Pawar. |
$82500 | |
| The Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) In support of its leadership on the Illinois Make Earned Income Work and Cost of Living Refund Coalitions. |
$120,000 | |
| The New School In support of Phase Two (Part B) planning of the Chicago Color of Wealth study, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. |
$500,000 | $500,000 |
| The Northwest Side Housing Center (NWSHC) Northwest Side Housing Center’s general operations. |
$65,000 | |
| The Resurrection Project In support of the Full Circle Homes program. |
$70,000 | |
| The Robert R. McCormick Foundation In support of A.M. Money Loan Loss Reserve Expansion, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust; if these funds are not fully expended through the Loan Loss Reserve, they will be restricted to support Robert R. McCormick Foundation’s education grant-making. |
$500,000 | $500,000 |
| The Shriver Center on Poverty Law In support of general operations. |
$150,000 | |
| The Shriver Center on Poverty Law In support of securing greater protections for gig workers in Illinois. |
$75,000 | |
| Thrive Scholars In support of Thrive Scholars Chicago’s Summer Academy program, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. |
$100,000 | $100,000 |
| Women Employed (WE) In support of its general operations, from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. |
$150,000 | $150,000 |
| Woodstock Institute In support of general operations. |
$150,000 | |
| Woodstock Institute In support of participation in the Color of Wealth Advisory Committee. |
$1,000 | |
| Woodstock Institute In support of the Predatory Lending Project. |
$75,000 | |
| Young Invincibles (YI) In support of its general operations. |
$75,000 | |
| Youth Job Center In support of the Youth Job Center’s Auto Maintenance and Repair Career Pathway in Southwest Chicago program. |
$75,000 | |
| TOTAL GROW HOUSEHOLD WEALTH GRANTS | $6,545,292 | $2,965,500 |
