Grant & Loan Activity

From June to November 2009, LISC/Chicago disbursed a total of $6,204,149 in grants and loans across the city, including the following:

A $9,000 grant to Carroll Care Center to support youth boxing in seven different schools.

A $10,000 grant to Community Outreach Volunteers in support of its youth soccer and healthy eating program in Englewood.

A grant of $30,800 to Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation to support the Southwest Digital Planning District and the new community portal for Auburn Gresham, Chicago Lawn and Englewood.

A grant of $46,785 to The Resurrection Project to support the Pilsen Digital Excellence Demonstration Communities pilot program (the Pilsen Portal).

A $100,000 loan to Quad Communities Development Corporation to bridge receipt of Special Services Area revenue in order to support local programming assisting the commercial properties along 47th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue.

Grant support of $96,250 for partial payment for 13 Americorps volunteers who will be working in nine Centers for Working Families.

A $64,000 grant to Claretian Associates to support its outreach to homeowners facing foreclosure issues in South Chicago.

This article first appeared in the Winter 2010 edition of Working Capital, the newsletter of the LISC/Chicago. To see this issue and back issues, please click here.