Strategic Partners & Supporters
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Alderman Walter Burnett, Jr. - www.aldermanburnett.com
Alderman Walter Burnett, Jr is committed to providing quality public service to the residents and and business owners of the 27th Ward.
Breaking Ground - breakingground.net
Breaking Ground is a mission-driven not for profit organization building strong inner city communities through self-sustaining entrepreneurial programs and services. We are a comprehensive community development corporation focused on transforming low income individuals and their communities by offering integrated real estate development, homeownership assistance, job training, and direct employment, along with client-centered services.
DLA Piper - www.dlapiper.com
DLA Piper was built to serve clients wherever in the world they do business - quickly, efficiently and with genuine knowledge of both local and international considerations. We offer a wide range of global services as well as hundreds of additional services in individual markets to address our clients' business needs.
Neighborhood Housing Services - www.nhschicago.org
NHS promotes homeownership by educating and preparing new homeowners for success, lending to help people buy, fix and keep their homes, and through foreclosure prevention services.
Mandel Legal Aid Clinic - www.law.uchicago.edu/clinics/mandel
The mission of the Clinic is to teach students effective advocacy skills, professional ethics, and the effect of legal institutions on the poor; to examine and apply legal theory while serving as advocates for people typically denied access to justice; and to reform legal education and the legal system to be more responsive to the interests of the poor.
Prim Lawrence Group -
A consulting firm with over 23 years of experience in community development, Prim Lawrence is committed to the economic empowerment of economically disadvantaged people and building the capacity of organizations to respond to the needs of their consituency through comprehensive economic development strategies.
Spanish Coalition for Housing - www.sc4housing.org
The mission of Spanish Coalition for Housing is to provide comprehensive counseling, education and housing resources for families to develop competence and responsibility meeting their financial and housing needs.
SUPPORTERS
Bank of America - www.bankofamerica.com
A long time supporter of WHPDC's and FCLTC's economic development and affordable housing programs.
Chicago Community Trust - www.cct.org
As nonprofit organizations, local governments and businesses strive to tackle issues of concern, the Trust provides civic leadership bringing all stakeholders to the common table. Working together, the Trust, its donors and its community partners leverage collective knowledge, creativity and resources for a greater impact than any of us can make alone.
City of Chicago - Department of Community Development - www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dcd.html
The Department of Community Development promotes and preserves a vibrant economy by encouraging job creation, business development and affordable housing to create and sustain strong, healthy neighborhoods. It is responsible for most of the city's business assistance programs, including Tax Increment Financing (TIF), as well as its housing and workforce development initiatives.
Field Foundation - www.fieldfoundation.org
The Field Foundation seeks to provide support for community, civic, and cultural organizations in the Chicago area, enabling both new and established programs to test innovations, to expand proven strengths or to address specific, time-limited operational needs.
Illinois Facilities Fund (IFF) - www.iff.org
IFF is a nonprofit corporation and an award-winning community development financial institution certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 1996. Our vision is to be the provider of choice for the infrastructure needs of nonprofits in the Midwest, and is grounded in the belief that with the right financial products nonprofits can stretch their scarce resources and stabilize facility-related costs.
Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) - www.ihda.org
IHDA provides subsidies to first time homebuyers through the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) - www.lisc-chicago.org
LISC/Chicago organizes capital and other resources to support initiatives that stimulate the comprehensive development of healthy, stable neighborhoods and foster their connection to the socioeconomic mainstream. A primary initiative of LISC is the New Communities Program, a 10-year effort to rejuvenate 16 challenged communities. For more information on this program see www.newcommunities.org/communities/humboldt.
Mesirow Financial - www.mesirowfinancial.com
Mesirow Financial is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in Chicago.
Polk Bros Foundation - www.polkbrosfdn.org
The Polk Bros. Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life for the people of Chicago. We partner with local nonprofit organizations that work to reduce the impact of poverty and provide area residents with better access to quality education, preventive health care and basic human services.