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Center for Impact Research

Oak Park, Illinois
  • Grants
    7
  • Total Awarded
    $434,000
  • Years
    1988 - 2023
  • Categories
    Philanthropy

Grants

2023 (2 years)
$150,000

Center for Impact Research (CIR), founded in 1975 and based in Oak Park, IL, works toward the elimination of poverty and the achievement of racial equity. This grant provides support to the Pathways Initiative, a program and collaborative of CIR that aims to strengthen the diversity of the Chicago area evaluation field by increasing the recruitment and retention of culturally responsive and equity-focused evaluators of color.

2000 (1 year)
$45,000

To document and alleviate illegal working conditions in Chicago.

1999 (2 years 10 months)
$145,000

To support a fundraising program designed to increase support from individual donors (over two years).

1998 (1 year)
$29,000

To support a project on sweatshops in Chicago.

1996 (1 year)
$35,000

To support the Women, Welfare, and Abuse Project.

1995 (1 year)
$10,000

To support the Women's Voices Conference, in partnership with Women Employed.

1988 (1 year 4 months)
$20,000

To support a study of the changed nature of poor urban communities and the implications these changes have for neighborhood organizations and community development.