$2,500
2022 • 1 year • Chicago Commitment
Established in 2010, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives (CNI) seeks to revitalize neighborhoods and create jobs through high-impact community development projects. With projects in the Bronzeville, Englewood, Pullman, and Roseland neighborhoods of Chicago’s South Side, it provides financial resources to entrepreneurs; develops tourism, retail, and other sources of economic development; and engages community members in the design of projects to ensure those initiatives serve local interests. With this X Grant for professional development, CNI staff take a series of training courses in accounting and attend the New Markets Tax Credit Conference.
$500,000
2022 • 2 years 1 month • Chicago Commitment
Established in 2010, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives (CNI) seeks to revitalize neighborhoods and create jobs through high-impact community development projects. With projects in the Bronzeville, Englewood, Pullman, and Roseland neighborhoods of Chicago’s South Side, it provides financial resources to entrepreneurs; develops tourism, retail, and other sources of economic development; and engages community members in the design of projects to ensure those initiative serve local interests. With this renewal award, CNI pursues place-based community economic development projects in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago.
$250,000
2021 • 1 year • Chicago Commitment
Established in 2010, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives (CNI) seeks to revitalize neighborhoods and create jobs through high-impact community development projects. With projects in the Pullman, Englewood, and Bronzeville neighborhoods of Chicago’s South Side, it provides financial resources to entrepreneurs; develops tourism, retail, and other sources of economic development; and engages community members in the design of projects to ensure they serve local interests. With this award, CNI pursues place-based community economic development projects in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago.
$1,000,000
2017 • 4 years • Chicago Commitment
Established in 2010, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives seeks to revitalize neighborhoods and create jobs through high-impact community development projects. With projects in the Pullman, Englewood, and Bronzeville neighborhoods of Chicago’s South Side, it provides financial resources to entrepreneurs; develops tourism, retail, and other sources of economic development; and engages community members in the design of projects to ensure they serve local interests. This institutional support award enables the organization to create an innovation fund, establish an operating reserve, and undertake an evaluation of its impact to date.