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Philanthropic data ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Working together transform communities. Think about the power of education to open doors to a lifetime of opportunity. The feeling of owning a home, to raise a family in a safe and thriving neighborhood. The value of health care that contributes to a long and active life. The priceless legacy of natural places and open spaces that are accessible to everyone. Together, we are creating a community where everyone is able to enjoy the best life has to offer, and no one is left behind. Thank you for the change you make. CONTENTS Competitive Grants . 3 Grants made from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust . 22 Donor Advised Grants . 24 Designated Grants . 50 Matching Gifts . 51 Grants from Identity-Focused Funds . 52 Grants from Supporting Organizations . 54 Grants from Collaborative Funds . 58 Funds of The Chicago Community Trust and Affiliates . 60 Contributors to Funds at The Chicago Community Trust and Affiliates . 72 The 1915 Society . 81 Professional Advisory Committee and Young Professional Advisory Committee . 84 Financial Highlights . 86 Executive Committee . 90 Trustees Committee and Banks . 91 The Chicago Community Trust Staff . 92 Trust at a Glance . 94 THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST COMPETITIVE GRANTS Embracing a focus on leading change, inspiring philanthropy and engaging residents has changed how the Trust does business. In order to better serve our nonprofit partners, in 2016 the Trust launched a program of general operating grants—or “GO Grants”—to organizations committed to addressing chronic needs in our communities. We’ve listened to the passionate, hard-working nonprofit leaders across the Chicago region who report that narrowly defined grant opportunities can distort an organization’s mission in order to qualify for funding. In addition, rigid application and reporting requirements demand extensive administrative work— draining resources and energy away from their core work of providing critical services. For organizations like these, general operating support is an essential lifeline. As a recent feature in Inside Philanthropy explains, “Not only are such organizations meeting needs that are constant and recurring, but they often need to be nimble in the face of certain kinds of urgent situations.” By providing general operating support, we streamline our grant making process to ease the burden on nonprofits. And we invest in our nonprofit partners with a vote of confidence for their expertise and their excellence in helping neighborhoods thrive. Strength in numbers . For each issue area, we award a Return on investment . We continue to measure and number of GO Grants to nonprofits working to move the report the impact of our grant making—focusing needle through their own approach . These organizations on collective outcomes achieved through the cohort’s together form a learning cohort to share knowledge and combined and complementary efforts . As Peggy Davis, build collaboration . By convening these cohorts, the Trust chief officer of programs and strategic initiatives, continues to learn lessons from the front line in the fight explains, “Working closely with these nonprofits, we are to stabilize and strengthen our communities . designing and testing a plan for impact measurement that will be used as the program continues to grow ”. A new beginning . The GO Grant initiative launched with a two-year pilot phase, working with nonprofits who have Complex problems, multifaceted approach . received funding from the Trust in the past to provide GO Grants are not the only type of competitive grants . essential services . As the program evolves based on what We continue to award responsive grants, for projects and we learn, GO Grant opportunities are expected to open initiatives that lead change in important issue areas, as well further in the future . as grants to inspire philanthropy and engage residents . 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 3 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. Responsive grants support specific programs and projects that serve a community need, or seize an opportunity for impact. GO Grants provide stability for core nonprofit partners delivering services essential for thriving communities, including basic human needs, healthcare, community safety, arts and culture, immigration services, nonprofit sector sustainability, sustainable development, and economic and community development. Together, these complementary grant programs enable The Chicago Community Trust to achieve its commitment to a region where everyone can thrive. RESPONSIVE EDUCATION GRANT GO GRANT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF Institute for the Future $ 25,000 EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS RESPONSIVE for the Future of Learning convening in Chicago GRANT GO GRANT Options for Youth $ 25,000 Chicago Bar Association $ 15,000 for the initiative that targets 11th and to produce the Town Hall meeting 12th grade African-American young men on Educational Inequality Robert R. McCormick Foundation $ 100,000 The Chicago Community Foundation $ 50,000 for the implementation and teacher for support of the Financial Services professional development for the new civics Pipeline Initiative course requirement in Illinois high schools* The Chicago Community Foundation / Hive $ 200,000 Scholarship America, Inc. $ 814,055 for Connected Learning in Chicago* to fund and distribute college scholarships Chicago Public Library Foundation $ 150,000 Thrive Chicago $ 200,000 for general operating support to implement a sustainability planning process* Children First Fund: The Chicago $ 1,000,000 Public Schools Foundation Subtotal $3,449,055 $ 3,449,055 – for design and implementation of the CPS Universal Enrollment System for High Schools* Community Renewal Society $ 70,000 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT for general operating support* RESPONSIVE GRANT GO GRANT Council for Adult and Experiential Learning $ 50,000 to facilitate graduation from college Arise Chicago $ 50,000 by disadvantaged persons* for general operating support* Free the Children Illinios $ 200,000 Automotive Mentoring Group $ 30,000 for the implementation of its We Act program for general operating support Golden Apple Foundation for $ 25,000 Bethel New Life $ 50,000 Excellence in Teaching for general operating support* for the Golden Apple tribute dinner Center on Halsted $ 50,000 for Martin Koldyke for the Silver Fork Program Illinois Humanities $ 25,000 Centro de Trabajadores Unidos $ 40,000 to develop the series Considering Immigrant Workers Project the Future of Public Education for general operating support Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago $ 500,000 Chicago Community and Workers Rights $ 35,000 for the Be Creative Campaign* for general operating support The Chicago Community Foundation / $ 100,000 4 THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance for general operating support* RESPONSIVE GRANT GO GRANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership $ 65,000 RESPONSIVE for general operating support* GRANT GO GRANT Chicago Jobs Council $ 100,000 741 Collaborative Partnership, Inc. $ 60,000 for general operating support* for economic development and job placement in the Mid-South community* Chinese American Service League $ 40,000 for general operating support Bishop Arthur M. Brazier Foundation $ 75,000 for the second phase of the Woodlawn Erie Neighborhood House $ 45,000 Community Revitalization Project for general operating support* The Chicago Community Foundation Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago $ 30,000 to establish the Chicago Neighborhoods $ 25,000 for general operating support Now donor advised fund Greater West Town Community Development Project $ 60,000 for the Greater Chatham initiative $ 150,000 for general operating support Chicago Community Loan Fund $ 150,000 Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation for Chicago TREND* for general operating support $ 40,000 Chicago Historical Society $ 25,000 for education, training and $ 20,000 for the creation and maintenance employment for low-income young adults of The Burnham View Institute for Latino Progress $ 75,000 Chicagoland Chamber for general operating support of Commerce Foundation Jane Addams Resource Corporation $ 150,000 to support its Small Business Chicago program* $ 150,000 for general operating support for general operating support* $ 100,000 Latino Union $ 40,000 Civic Consulting Alliance $ 90,000 for general operating support for Building Connected Communities National Able Network $ 50,000 in Cook County's South Suburbs: Phase 1* for general operating support iBIO Institute $ 500,000 North Lawndale Employment Network $ 115,000 for the PROPEL programs and early- for general operating support stage equity investments* Raise the Floor Alliance $ 40,000 Metropolis Strategies $ 130,000 for general operating support for Cook County economic development capacity building* Restaurant Opportunities Centers $ 30,000 for general operating support Northwestern University $ 1,000,000 in continued support of the Chicago Safe Haven Foundation $ 50,000 Biomedical Consortium* for general
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