Latinos Progresando

In filing year 2025, Latinos Progresando reported 31 grants totaling $796,000. Grant amounts ranged from $6,000 to $129,000, with a median of $14,500. The largest grants included $129,000 to Carole Robertson Center for Learning for ONE Lawndale capital costs and $127,500 to Sinai Health System for ONE Lawndale renovation costs, both from a United Way grant. Other ONE Lawndale grants included $70,000 to One Lawndale Children’s Discovery Center for its Youth Advisory Board and exhibit design, and $45,000 each to New Covenant Community Development Corporation for predevelopment and North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council for a design/architect RFP.

Other listed 2025 grants included $25,000 each to Chicago Latinos Theater Alliance, Illinois Workers in Action, Sones de Mexico Ensemble, and Teatro Vista Theatre with a View, for the Excellerator Fund’s Spring Cycle 2025. Sones de Mexico Ensemble describes its mission as promoting appreciation of Mexican folk and traditional music and culture through performance, education, and dissemination. Latinos Progresando also awarded $20,000 to Centro de Informacion and $20,000 to Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation for the same cycle, and $19,500 to Open Center for the Arts for the Excellerator Fund’s Winter Cycle 2024, sourced from MacArthur. Open Center for the Arts describes its mission as providing a space to share and develop artistic talents while connecting that growth to the community.

The 2025 recipients also included Ballet Folklorico de Chicago, which received $15,000 and describes its work as offering low-cost Mexican folkloric dance lessons; Taller de Jose, which received $14,500 and describes its work as connecting people to health, legal, and social services; Chicago Veterans and Duo Development, which each received $11,500. Duo Development describes its work as providing resources for people and organizations affected by racial injustice or other social inequity to develop real estate and preserve the built environment.