Chicago Prize 2024 Finalists
Meet the finalists for Chicago Prize 2024: a $10 million grant to support real estate development on Chicago’s South and West sides.
Cottage Grove Corridor Collective
The transformation of the landmark building The Cornerstone Market will anchor two additional developments at 4244 S. Cottage Grove and the Shops at BridgePointe.
Led by Quad Communities Development Corporation, NFP and Milhouse Development, in collaboration with Syzygy Cities, Oakland Renovation and Rehab, and Ujamaa Construction.
Energizing an Economic Ecosystem for North Lawndale
Energizing an Economic Ecosystem for North Lawndale includes a cluster of projects to create jobs, boost entrepreneurship, deliver workforce training and build new infrastructure, anchored by the One Lawndale Children’s Discovery Center development.
Led by the North Lawndale Employment Network, the Lawndale Christian Development Corporation, New Covenant Community Development Corporation, the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council and the One Lawndale Children's Discovery Center.
Reclaiming Chicago Initiative
The Reclaiming Chicago Initiative rehabs and builds single-family homes in the North Lawndale, Back of the Yards, Chicago Lawn and Greater Roseland communities. Construction of 79 homes is underway, and an additional 80 are shovel-ready for 2025.
Led by United Power for Action and Justice, with member institutions Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, Southwest Organizing Project, The Resurrection Project, Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation, Foundation for Homan Square, Elevate Energy, Hope Center Foundation, Lawndale Christian Development Corporation, and the Illinois Facilities Fund.
Renaissance 95
Renaissance 95 is Imani Village’s bold blueprint for transforming the face and future of Chicago’s Far South Side. It includes a thin-tech manufacturing facility to produce sustainable, affordable homes.
Led by Trinity United Church of Christ, through its affiliate Trinity 95th and Cottage Grove Planned Community Development (D/B/A Imani Village), and with partners Park Row Development, Endeleo Institute, Inherent Economies, Chicago State University and Advocate Health.
This work requires many partners and funders. Join us in supporting these bold plans. Contact us at chicagoprize@ptfound.org
About the Chicago Prize
The Chicago Prize was founded on the belief that community leaders are best positioned to envision and build positive change in their communities. Each of the projects is eligible for a $10 million Chicago Prize award or a $650,000 matching fund grant to advance their vision.
The recipient of Chicago Prize 2024 will be announced in Fall 2025.
“The Chicago Prize is an investment in creating a better Chicago. Realizing these community-led visions strengthens families, communities and our entire city. It’s central to our commitment to helping Chicago work better for us all.”
— Bryan Traubert, cofounder and Chairman of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation
Previous Recipients
Always Growing Auburn Gresham
The Always Growing Auburn Gresham initiative, which opened the Healthy Lifestyle Hub with medical facilities, a mentoring program, a college satellite office, a digital media center, a community room and a teaching kitchen at 839 W. 79th Street. The project also included the development of the Green Era Campus on West 83rd Street to include an anaerobic digester, which converts food waste into enough compost, and an urban farm led by Urban Growers Collective.
“The attention that we have received from having this moniker, being ‘Chicago Prize,’ has become not just regional, not just national. We have international attention now. And so the sky is the limit because of that.”
Carlos Nelson, CEO of the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation
The Sankofa Wellness Village
The Sankofa Wellness Village is in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, and will include a health clinic, fitness center and after-school care facilities. Construction is underway following a September groundbreaking. Additional projects in the Village include The Mac, a center for arts and activism, The K, a social innovation hub to cultivate small businesses, and the Community Grocer’s Initiative.
Seven other projects have received matching grants to advance their plans, totaling $3 million in additional investment by the Pritzker Traubert Foundation.
