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COMPETITIVE GRANTS

GROW HOUSEHOLD WEALTH

TOTAL GROW HOUSEHOLD WEALTH GRANTS: $6,545,292

Total Grant Searle FundsĀ 
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