Community Partners
We’re confident we can reach our gun violence reduction goals in large part because of our continued work with talented partners and community leaders throughout Chicago. Discover the incredible work they do in their respective neighborhoods here.
Chicago CRED has funded nearly 10,000 summer jobs since 2016 for at-risk teens who participate in a summer-long Peacemakers Program.
ALLIANCE OF LOCAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
Funding for expanded Street Outreach efforts in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood.
An impact investor with a holistic approach, investing in organizations, individuals, and learning.
Supports team basketball leagues in high-needs communities. Over the past three summers more than 5,500 youths participated.
Funded the rehabilitation of more than 90 Chicago Public School auditoriums with work performed by at-risk students on the South and West sides.
Through its partnership with Chicago CRED, more than 100 men have written and published memoirs—developing self-reflection, critical thinking, camaraderie, and positive self-projection to author new life narratives.
INNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK
Addressing a spectrum of structural and systemic injustices impeding a dignified quality of life for people in marginalized communities.
INSTITUTE FOR NONVIOLENCE CHICAGO
Grants provided to support expanded street outreach efforts in the Austin and West Garfield Park neighborhoods.
In partnership with the Chicago White Sox, Kaboom constructed a new community-designed playground in the Pullman neighborhood.
We believe in the promise and genius of young Black & Brown men in Chicago, and we exist to educate and empower them to lead us to better days.
Funding for expanded Street Outreach efforts in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
UCAN serves and impacts over 21,000 at-risk children, youth, and families across Illinois through compassionate healing, education, and empowerment.
Youth Guidance supports students at CCA Academy and in the North Lawndale community via school-based group and individual counseling and mentoring programs.
YOUTH PEACE CENTER OF ROSELAND
Their mission is to inspire youth to reach their fullest potential at school, at home, and in the community.
Access Freedom offers programs in high crime and impoverished communities that positions our targeted population to gain access to true freedom according to their internal dreams as well as resources that can assist them into reaching their dreams.
BMU, Creates an alliance of men of African descent to mobilize our resources and empower our communities through Economics, Safety, and Spirituality which will restore pride back to the black family, while practicing being anti-nobody, building bridges and not walls.
Breakthrough Urban Ministries envisions a safe, stable, engaged Garfield Park where success is the norm and everyone thrives.
Founded in 1971, Centers for New Horizons, Inc. (Centers) is a nonprofit organization that assists children, youth, and families in becoming self-reliant, improving the quality of their lives, and participating in rebuilding their community.
Chicago Youth Boxing Club is a nonprofit sports-based youth development program operating in Chicago’s South Lawndale community (also known as Little Village).
The mission of READI is to work toward safer communities by addressing trauma and increasing opportunity among men most likely to experience gun violence.
Breakthrough Urban Ministries envisions a safe, stable, engaged Garfield Park where success is the norm and everyone thrives.
Claretian Associates carries on a rich tradition of responding to the needs of the South Side and its surrounding communities by providing affordable housing and vital services that benefits the residents of their communities.
Enlace Chicago convenes, organizes, and builds the capacity of Little Village stakeholders to confront systemic inequities and barriers to economic and social access.
The core of The Amer-I-Can Program is its 15-chapter life skills curriculum. Mastery of these skills allows individuals to meet their academic potential, conform their behavior to acceptable societal standards, and improve the quality of their lives by equipping them with what they need to confidently and successfully contribute to society.
Workforce Development
Our Job Training Partners Make A Difference, Too
Our partners in job training help Chicago’s youth with job development and workforce skills that can change their lives for good.
Chicago is hungry for energetic skilled labor. With the right training, these young men and women can be the workforce of the future.