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Chicago United for Equity

Chicago, Illinois

Grants

2026 (3 years)
$240,000

The mission of Chicago United for Equity (CUE) is to build a more just, equitable, and inclusive Chicago through systems change. The organization offers an annual CUE Equity Fellowship program, a year-long civic engagement opportunity for leaders representing public agencies, research institutions, and nonprofits. It also develops and pilots policy models for improving the accountability of civic infrastructure and empowers local leaders to make reform a reality. This gift provides general operating support to CUE.

2025 (1 year)
$25,000

Chicago United for Equity (CUE) was established to build a more just, equitable, and inclusive Chicago by reimagining structures, policies, and practices through a racial equity lens. With this award, CUE offers its staff training in organizational operations and management and provides its employees with retreats and other well-being activities.

2023 (3 years)
$225,000

Chicago United for Equity (CUE) was established in response to national and local reporting about the persistence of racial segregation in urban public schools. Its mission is to build a more just, equitable, and inclusive Chicago by reimagining structures, policies, and practices through a racial equity lens. With this award, CUE offers its annual CUE Equity Fellowship program, a year-long civic engagement opportunity for leaders representing public agencies, research institutions, and nonprofits.

2021 (2 years)
$150,000

Chicago United for Equity (CUE) was established in response to national and local reporting about the persistence of racial segregation in urban public schools. Its mission is to build a more just, equitable, and inclusive Chicago by reimagining structures, policies, and practices through a racial equity lens. With this award, CUE builds its Senior Fellowship alumni program and conducts its annual CUE Equity Fellowship program, a nine-month civic engagement opportunity for leaders representing public agencies, research institutions, and nonprofits.

2021 ( 4 months)
$2,500

Chicago United for Equity is a community of racial justice advocates working together across neighborhoods, organizations, and policy issues. With this award, CUE builds internal technology infrastructure by engaging a consultant to train its staff in the Airtable database platform.

2020 ( 2 months)
$15,000

Chicago United for Equity (CUE) was established to build a more just, equitable, and inclusive Chicago by reimagining structures, policies, and practices through a racial equity lens. With this award, CUE supports the JustAction Racial Equity Collaborative, a project of CUE, to launch a series of working groups to reimagine how wealth is accumulated, social narratives are perpetuated, and policy is implemented in Chicago.

2020 (1 year)
$75,000

Chicago United for Equity (CUE) was established in response to national and local reporting about the persistence of racial segregation in urban public schools. Its mission is to build a more just, equitable, and inclusive Chicago by reimagining structures, policies, and practices through a racial equity lens. With this award, CUE builds its Senior Fellowship alumni program and conducts its annual CUE Equity Fellows program, a nine-month civic engagement opportunity for leaders representing public agencies, research institutions, and nonprofits.

2019 (1 year)
$75,000

Chicago United for Equity (CUE) was established in response to national and local reporting about the persistence of racial segregation in urban public schools. Its mission is to build a more just, equitable, and inclusive Chicago by reimagining structures, policies, and practices through a racial equity lens. With this award, CUE conducts its annual Equity Fellows program, a nine-month civic engagement opportunity for individuals representing public agencies, civic organizations, foundations, research institutions, and nonprofits.