Grants (Coalitions Advancing Economic Mobility - Policy Change; Sponsorships)
The Trust's discretionary grantmaking, currently centred on a policy and systems change RFP under its economic mobility strategy, plus event sponsorships. Policy-change work of this kind can carry research and evaluation components.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)No grant amounts are published on the grants page; the linked RFP is where any figures would appear.
- Timing
- Periodic callsNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Grantmaking runs through periodic RFPs rather than a fixed annual calendar; no deadline is published on this page. Contact grants@cct.org or 312-616-8000 for current cycle timing.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- 501(c)(3) nonprofits that are not private foundations, or organizations working through a nonprofit fiscal sponsor; work must benefit residents of the Chicago region. No discretionary funding for projects outside the United States.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- economic mobility · policy change · systems change · coalition building
- Apply at
- https://www.cct.org/grants/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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