Grantee Profile
Center for Community Self-Help Self-Help Ventures Fund
Grants to Center for Community Self-Help Self-Help Ventures Fund
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$1,500,000Active Strategy
2010 (Inactive Grant)
Program-Related Investments
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA — To create refinance mortgage products to assist homeowners in Chicago at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure.
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Center for Community Self-Help Self-Help Ventures Fund $1,500,000 between 2010 and 2013.
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March 25, 2010 - From the field
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January 28, 2010 - From the field
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November 25, 2009 - From the field
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January 15, 2009 - Press release
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