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COMPETITIVE GRANTS
GROW HOUSEHOLD WEALTH
TOTAL GROW HOUSEHOLD WEALTH GRANTS: $2,835,800
| TOTAL GRANT | SEARLE FUNDS | |
| Accion Chicago, Inc. to support Growing Neighborhoods through Entrepreneurship |
$150,000 | |
| Business and Professional People for the Public Interest to support its Cook County Drug Court Housing & Service Pilot |
$100,000 | |
| Chicago Coalition for the Homeless to support the Family Homelessness Prediction and Prevention Pilot Program |
$65,000 | |
| City Colleges of Chicago Foundation to improve educational attainment for City Colleges students by connecting homeless and housing insecure students with Chicago’s Continuum of Care programs |
$70,000 | |
| Community Investment Corporation to support the Preservation Compact |
$75,000 | $75,000 |
| Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) to support Stopping the Debt Spiral: A Partnership with the City of Chicago Fines, Fees & Access Collaborative |
$25,000 | |
| Community Renewal Society to support its Restoring Rights and Opportunities Coalition of Illinois |
$100,000 | |
| Corporation for Supportive Housing to support its Strengthening Adult Redeploy Illinois through Housing Supports |
$50,350 | |
| Heartland Human Care Services to support its Best Practice for Housing People with Criminal Records Initiative |
$100,000 | |
| Hopewell Fund to support elevating Chicago as an incubator for groundbreaking economic solutions, advance new narratives around financial insecurity and deservedness, and highlight bold economic ideas nationally |
$82,000 | |
| Housing Forward to support the educational performance and needs of students and families experiencing housing instability in Oak Park and River Forest (OPRF) school districts by connecting them to appropriate housing-related services |
$30,000 | |
| Jobs to Move America to support work to transform procurement processes at major public agencies in Chicago so that all public contracts serve the most public good by creating the kind of jobs and infrastructure that uplifts communities |
$75,000 | |
| La Casa Norte to support the Strengthening Families for Success initiative |
$80,000 | |
| Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Inc. to support the Strong Homes, Strong Schools Initiative |
$65,000 | |
| Metropolitan Planning Council to support general operations for the Economic Security for Illinois Initiative (MPC is the fiscal sponsor) |
$100,000 | |
| Rush University Medical Center to support West Side United’s efforts to strengthen the local economy of Chicago’s West Side by addressing social determinants of health |
$60,000 | |
| Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law to support its Changing Systems to Achieve Greater Housing Equity for Justice-Involved Individuals project |
$100,000 | |
| Small Business Majority Foundation, Inc. to support increasing stakeholder coordination in Chicago’s entrepreneurial ecosystem |
$57,450 | |
| South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association to establish the Southland Development Authority |
$300,000 | |
| Sunshine Gospel Ministries to provide entrepreneurs in disadvantaged communities access to new markets, knowledge and financial capital |
$75,000 | |
| The Chicago Community Foundation to fund the Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab Fund |
$200,000 | $200,000 |
| The Chicago Community Foundation for the Chicago-Area Businesses of Color Partnership Fund |
$600,000 | $600,000 |
| The Community Builders, Inc. to support a set of programs focused on housing stability, providing high quality early learning opportunities for children and strengthening parenting skills for families living in the Oakwood Shores Community |
$75,000 | |
| University of Chicago Urban Labs to support its research addressing the effects of housing instability on children’s academic outcomes |
$45,000 | |
| Urban Institute for its Racial Wealth Gap Research Analysis and Brief |
$106,000 | $106,000 |
|
World Business Chicago |
$50,000 | |
| TOTAL GROWING HOUSEHOLD WEALTH | $2,835,800 | $981,000 |