Grants Authorized 2006
Community and Economic Development The Foundation’s primary focus is the comprehensive revitalization of 16 Chicago neighborhoods — about half of the low-income communities in the city — through LISC/Chicago’s New Communities Program. In addition, the Foundation makes direct grants through three complementary efforts — initiatives in community safety, economic development, and economic security. It also funds documentation, evaluation, and communications about these efforts, and research on community dynamics. Other areas of grantmaking also seek ways to improve these 16 neighborhoods. The Foundation also has provided support for LISC National’s Sustainable Communities Program, through which the Chicago approach is being spread initially to ten other cities. MacArthur is a founding member as well of Living Cities: the National Community Development Initiative, a consortium of leading financial institutions, foundations, and agencies of the federal government. Living Cities makes grants and provides technical assistance to revitalize urban communities across the country and seeks to inform the national debate about urban policies. As of December 31, 2006, there were 29 active grants in the field of community and economic development totaling $42.2 million. Those grants authorized in 2006 are listed below. After School Matters Chicago, IL $600,000 in support of youth development programs in 16 neighborhoods in Chicago (over three years). www.afterschoolmatters.org
Local Initiatives Support Corporation Chicago, IL $50,000 in support of a national conference on new approaches to increasing the economic security of low-wage workers. www.lisc.org/chicago
City of Chicago Department of Police Chicago, IL $850,000 in support of the design and testing of public-access components of a data management system (over two years). egov.cityofchicago.org
Local Initiatives Support Corporation Chicago, IL $100,000 in support planning for an Atlantic Philanthropies demonstration of integrated services in extended day schools. www.lisc.org/chicago
Financial Research and Advisory Committee Chicago, IL $150,000 in support of project management assistance for community development practitioners. Living Cities: National Community Development Initiative New York, NY $200,000 in support of program expansion and the continued development of the Living Cities Policy Series. www.livingcities.org Local Initiatives Support Corporation Chicago, IL $75,600 in support of community participation in the design and testing of Internet tools for community policing. www.lisc.org/chicago Local Initiatives Support Corporation Chicago, IL $3,000,000 in support of operating Centers for Working Families in 13 neighborhoods in Chicago (over three years). www.lisc.org/chicago
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation New York, NY $750,000 in support of the acquisition and development of MetroEdge, a market research initiative to help stimulate retail and commercial development in underinvested urban neighborhoods (over three years). www.lisc.org/new_york National Center for Victims of Crime Washington, DC $62,000 in support of a national panel on technology as a community engagement tool for crime prevention. www.ncvc.org Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Chicago, IL $600,000 in support of the Full Circle community mapping and planning project (over three years). www.nipc.org University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Criminal Justice Chicago, IL $97,000 in support of an evaluation of community partici pation in the design and use of Web-enabled tools to improve citizen/police relations and improve neighborhood safety. www.uic.edu/depts/cjus
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation