Westside Health Authority
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Grants
14
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Total Awarded
$1,493,300
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Years
1990 - 2022
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Categories
Grants
2022 (1 year)
$8,300
Founded in 1988, the Westside Health Authority (WHA) is a community-based organization in the neighborhood of Austin, on the West Side of Chicago. It serves approximately 22,000 residents each year with projects in local organizing, economic development, employment, youth mentoring and leadership, and reentry for those returning from periods in custody. With this award, WHA convenes organizations that have received grants from the City of Chicago's Public Outdoor Plaza initiative to share best practices, strengthen networks among organizations, and share access to experts working in the creative placemaking field.
2017 (1 year)
$250,000
Founded in 1988, the Westside Health Authority (WHA) is a community-based organization in the neighborhood of Austin, on the west side of Chicago. It serves approximately 22,000 residents each year with projects in local organizing, economic development, employment, youth mentoring and leadership, and reentry for those returning from periods in custody. With this award, WHA establishes the Institute for Business and Social Enterprise of Austin to train youth in civic, social, and commercial enterprises. It also creates a Village Community Fellows Program to give young residents of Austin intensive training and support, followed by the opportunity to run a youth-owned and -controlled business. These initiatives expand on existing mentoring programs found to be effective by independent evaluators. They bring community members and young people together to build a safer and more connected neighborhood while helping the youth to develop entrepreneurial skills.
2001 (1 year)
$20,000
To support a video documentary on building social capital in the African-American community.
2000 (1 year 11 months)
$150,000
To support the Austin Violence Prevention Consortium (over two years).
2000 (2 years)
$350,000
To support a program to increase resident capacity to plan and implement a neighborhood capital improvement project (over two years).
1999 (1 year)
$35,000
To support a video documentary on the mourning bench, an African-American church tradition.
1998 (1 year)
$50,000
To support community organizing to improve neighborhood safety.
1998 (2 years)
$200,000
To strengthen management and research and program evaluation capacity (over two years).
1997 (1 year)
$50,000
To support Every Block a Village, a project that involves citizen leaders in community planning for violence prevention.
1995 (2 years)
$155,000
To support the organizing component of the Health Careers Initiative (over two years).
1992 (1 year)
$90,000
To support research and public policy efforts to increase access to healthcare on Chicago's West Side.
1991 (1 year)
$20,000
To support planning activities related to the Health Coverage Expansion Project and in support of general operations.
1990 (1 year)
$15,000
To address critical problems related to health services on the West Side of Chicago.
