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Chicago United for Equity

Chicago, Illinois

Grants

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.