FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

One For One Chicago Awarded Grant from 2022 Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities

Grant will support One For One’s youth employment and career readiness programming to help build community cohesion and create safer neighborhoods this summer

May 3, 2022 (Chicago, IL)—With Memorial Day on the horizon, One For One Chicago has been awarded a grant from the 2022 Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities to support its Keeping Grounded summer internship program, bringing neighbors together and helping make the Garfield Park Community safer this summer. One For One Chicago is among 201 local, grassroots organizations that will receive a total of $1.5 million in grants to host programs and activities in 24 neighborhoods on Chicago's South and West Sides hardest hit by gun violence.

“We are grateful for the collaboration and realize the only way forward is to continue to lean on one another and know we can all do our part,” said Meghan Olson, Founder and Executive Director of One For One Chicago.

This year marks the seventh year a coalition of over 50 foundations and funders called the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities (PSPC) has facilitated neighborhood grants through the Chicago Fund, which provides grants of up to $10,000 to small, neighborhood organizations engaged in community-led approaches to increasing community cohesion, safety and peace. PSPC launched the Chicago Fund in 2016 to prepare for the potential of a spike in violence in Chicago during summer months, and to support activities that build community cohesion and promote safety and peace. Over the years, the rapid-response fund has provided $8.2 million in support of 1,024 projects.

PSPC is working together to identify and support community-led, evidence-based solutions to addressing gun violence. Since its 2016 founding, PSPC has committed more than $110 million to anti-violence efforts in Chicago. In addition to the Chicago Fund, PSPC’s four-point approach also includes neighborhood-based initiatives, including street outreach and transitional jobs; reimagining and reforming public safety systems; and creating a supportive policy environment for comprehensive violence reduction.

See the full list of grantees and find out more at www.safeandpeacefulchi.com.

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