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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 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS: $3,071,774
EDUCATION
Improving the quality of Education for All Students
| TOTAL GRANT | SEARLE FUNDS | |
| Kinship Foundation for education research and planning consulting services |
$40,000 | $40,000 |
| Scholarship America to support the distribution of the William J. Cook Scholarship |
$455,385 | |
| Scholarship America to support the Scholarship America (SA) to distribute the 13th year of funding and distributing college scholarships based on the will of Eleanor L. Swartz |
$6,000 | |
| Scholarship America for management fees and brochure and application printing and distribution fees for the 2019 Leonard and Bernice Lavin Scholarship Program |
$3,010 | |
| Scholarship America for Scholarship awards and management fee for the 2019 Leonard and Bernice Lavin Scholarship Program |
$31,145 | |
| The University of Chicago Consortium on School Research to support the University of Chicago’s Consortium on School Research’s (CCSR) Chicagoland College-to-Career Transition research project |
$175,000 | $175,000 |
| The University of Chicago Consortium on School Research to support The University of Chicago’s Consortium on School Research’s Investment Council to elevate the visibility and usability of research to support ongoing improvement of Chicago Public Schools |
$75,000 | |
| SUBTOTAL | $785,540 | $215,000 |
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
| TOTAL GRANT | SEARLE FUNDS | |
| A Safe Haven Foundation for general operating support |
$25,000 | $25,000 |
| Arise Chicago for general operating support |
$25,000 | $25,000 |
| Automotive Mentoring Group for general operating support |
$15,000 | $15,000 |
| Bethel New Life for general operating support |
$25,000 | $25,000 |
| Centro de Trabajadores Unidos Immigrant Workers Project for general operating support |
$20,000 | $20,000 |
| Chicago Community and Workers Rights for general operating support |
$17,500 | $17,500 |
| Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership for general operating support |
$32,500 | $32,500 |
| Chicago Jobs Council for general operating support |
$50,000 | $50,000 |
| Chinese American Service League, Inc. for general operating support |
$20,000 | $20,000 |
| Erie Neighborhood House for general operating support |
$22,500 | |
| Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago for general operating support |
$15,000 | |
| Greater West Town Community Development Project for general operating support |
$30,000 | $30,000 |
| Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation for general operating support |
$20,000 | $20,000 |
| Instituto del Progreso Latino for general operating support |
$37,500 | |
| Jane Addams Resource Corporation for general operating support |
$75,000 | $75,000 |
| Latino Union for general operating support |
$20,000 | |
| National Able Network, Inc. for general operating support |
$25,000 | |
| North Lawndale Employment Network for general operating support |
$57,500 | $57,500 |
| Raise The Floor Alliance for general operating support |
$20,000 | $20,000 |
| Restaurant Opportunity Centers (ROC) United, Inc. for general operating support |
$15,000 | $15,000 |
| Safer Foundation for general operating support |
$100,000 | $100,000 |
| Skills for Chicagoland’s Future for general operating support |
$50,000 | $50,000 |
| The Chicago Community Foundation/Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance for general operating support |
$50,000 | $50,000 |
| Upwardly Global for general operating support |
$20,000 | $20,000 |
| Women Employed for general operating support |
$25,000 | |
| World Business Chicago for general operating support |
$37,500 | $37,500 |
| SUBTOTAL | $850,000 | $705,000 |
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Regional Economic Development
| TOTAL GRANT | SEARLE FUNDS | |
| Far South Community Development Corporation for its Market Assessment |
$20,000 | — |
| Northwestern University for continued support of the Chicago Biomedical Consortium |
$1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| The Chicago Community Trust/Benefit Chicago for general operating support |
$416,234 | $416,234 |
| SUBTOTAL | $1,436,234 | $1,416,234 |
TOTAL EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS |
$3,071,774 | $2,336,234 |