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Cara's mission is to unlock the power and purpose within our communities and ourselves to create real and lasting success. Through its personal and professional skills training and access to employment opportunities Cara serves as a leader of poverty alleviation in Chicago and beyond. Since 1991, we have helped more than 7,500 people find more than 11,500 quality jobs. We help motivated men and women break the barriers of poverty (and often the interrelated challenges of recovery, domestic violence, episodic homelessness, and incarceration) to get and keep good jobs, and more importantly rebuild hope, self-esteem and opportunity for themselves and their families in the process. Learn more at www.carachicago.org

"Mobilizing resources to support the transformation of developing international communities into healthy, self-sufficient communities".

The Chicago Urban League (CUL) works to achieve equity for Black families and communities through social and economic empowerment. CUL achieves its mission through programming in entrepreneurship, housing and financial empowerment, youth services, workforce development, leadership development, and research and policy. CUL has been a leader and convener in Chicago's black community for over 106 years with a staff of 50+ individuals.

Lambs Farm serves a mission of helping people with developmental disabilities lead productive, happy lives and connecting with the human spirit in us all. Lambs Farm is a non-profit organization serving adults with developmental disabilities and offering vocational, residential, social, and recreational services based on each person's interests, strengths and needs, both on-campus and in the community. Programs are continually enhanced to meet the changing needs and desires of the individuals served.

Real Change exists to provide opportunity and a voice for low-income and homeless people while taking action for economic, social and racial justice. JOBS - Low-barrier, immediate work opportunity for anyone who needs it. JOURNALISM - Our weekly, award-winning newspaper covers issues that impact our community. JUSTICE - Anti-capitalist advocacy that centers the voices of those most impacted.

PATH's mission is to end homelessness for individuals, families and communities throughout California.

To reverse tropical rainforest deforestation for planetary health.

To break the cycle of poverty, crime and dependency by providing faith-based educational, vocational and life skills training.

Georgia Center for Opportunity is an independent, non-partisan think tank dedicated to increasing opportunity and improving the quality of life for all Georgians. We research solutions to society’s most pressing challenges, promote those solutions to policymakers and the public, and help innovative social enterprises deliver results on the ground. The primary pathways to opportunity – strong families, quality schools, and stable employment – which historically gave children a chance to succeed, regardless of social and economic background, have experienced a rapid decline. We study and understand the obstacles along these pathways and work to break through the barriers that keep Georgia children and families from thriving. Our mission is to create opportunities for a quality education, fulfilling work, and a healthy family life for all Georgians.

Thistle Farms is a nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to helping women survivors recover and heal from prostitution, trafficking, and addiction. We do this by providing a safe place to live, a meaningful job, and a lifelong sisterhood of support.

LAFAYETTE INDUSTRIES PROVIDES MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT TO ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND OTHER DISABILITIES. THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, WE DELIVER QUALITY AND VALUABLE SERVICES TO BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY.

To encourage and empower young adults with developmental disabilities by providing innovative entrepreneurial education that builds on their interests and strengths so that they can create happier and more productive lives.