澳博官方网站app Commits $150 million to Chicago’s South 和 West Sides to Advance 种族权益 

2021年6月17日(芝加哥) ——澳博官方网站app宣布新增1.5亿美元, five-year commitment in philanthropic capital 和 low-cost loans to Chicago’s South 和 West sides. This is part of firm’s continued effort to help advance racial equity across Chicago through new business investments, 慈善及跨界别伙伴关系. It will bring the firm’s total business 和 philanthropic investments toward Black 和 Latinx 和 other underserved communities in Chicago to $800 million by 2025.

通过结合公司独特的业务组合, data, 政策与慈善资源, 澳博官方网站app的目标是改善购房机会, 加速创造财富, help grow small businesses 和 exp和 financial health for Chicago’s South 和 West sides. These commitments continue to be informed by the firm’s additional home lending in Chicago, recent progress 和 insights from its philanthropic work in the city since 2017 和 through conversations with local community, 芝加哥的政府和商界领袖.  今天的声明是公司的 300亿美元的国家承诺 促进种族平等.

“Business has a responsibility to help solve challenges facing the customers 和 communities it serves, 和 that includes addressing long st和ing racial 和 economic inequities that affect far too many Chicagoans,杰米•戴蒙说。, 董事长兼首席执行官, 澳博官方网站app & Co. “我们必须共同努力，缩小种族财富差距. 这就是为什么我们要进一步致力于创造有意义的产品, 持久的, 以及芝加哥的公平变革, 尤其是在西部和南部.”

大流行期间, 69%的黑人家庭和63%的拉丁裔家庭报告有财务问题, 相比之下，芝加哥33%的白人家庭这样认为. ¹ 澳博官方网站app’s $150 million commitment to Chicago’s South 和 West sides intends to support an inclusive recovery from the p和emic by:

• 工作及技能: 连接5,000人拥有高质量的职业道路，100家雇主参与其中. This includes collaborating with HIRE360 to create the first 20 cohorts of its Apprenticeship Prep program to prepare 400 apprentice c和idates to meet entrance requirements for apprenticeships in more than 30 construction industry trades.
• 社区发展: 保留或建造1000套低收入住房，为2500人提供服务. 例如, collaborating with Community Investment Corporation to capitalize the Woodlawn Construction Loan Fund to provide low cost financing to developers for the acquisition 和 rehab of multifamily 和 single-family properties in the Woodlawn community on the South side.
• 小型企业: 帮助9,000个小企业得到了服务, 至少包括1个,000名少数族裔企业主获得资金.  The firm is collaborating with the Fund of Equitable Business Growth to create a marketplace of services such as exp和ed business models 和 education for minority small business owners across Chicago.
• 财务状况: Helping 10,000 people access high-quality products 和 services to improve their financial health. 例如, the firm is investing in Working Credit to exp和 its financial coaching 和 credit building program into the City Colleges of Chicago’s Fresh Start Program.  This program helps more than 700 Chicago students improve their credit scores 和 credit literacy.

"Continued investments like these allow us to unlock the full potential of each 和 every one of our communities,芝加哥市长洛里. 快脚. "This announcement not only shows just how important it is to forge public-private sector partnerships to bring about meaningful change to our communities, but it also builds upon our ongoing work to ensure that every one of our residents has a clear path to good paying, 可持续的工作和财务健康资源. I want to thank 澳博官方网站app for its commitment to revitalizing 和 strengthening our South 和 West Sides, 这无疑将支持我们从大流行中实现包容性复苏."

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“通过改善我们的商业惯例, making philanthropic investments 和 supporting policies that result in sustainable change, 澳博官方网站app aims to address the barriers to economic success that many Black 和 Latinx communities face across Chicago,柯蒂斯·里德说, 大芝加哥地区经理, 中间市场银行业务, 澳博官方网站app商业银行.  “我们将促进自有住房, grow small businesses 和 improve access to banking in areas of Chicago that need it most. 我们最近的投资所产生的影响令我们深受鼓舞——这证明我们的模式是有效的.”

新的投资将建立在 学习，洞察和进步 from the firm’s initial $50 million commitment in philanthropic 和 flexible capital to the South 和 West sides, 公司已经部署并超越了哪些. 这包括与其他资助者合作, 公民和社区领袖创造大规模的解决方案, 调整慈善和商业战略，以实现最大的影响, 并利用研究和数据推动可持续的解决方案. 自2017年以来, 澳博官方网站app(澳博官方网站app)将居民和小企业与经济机会联系起来, 帮助:

• 12,000名参与者完成了劳动力计划
• 1.7万家小企业得到援助
• 1万人被安排就业或获得工作经验
• 91 000人接受了改善其财务状况的服务
• 发展或保留132个经济适用房单位

“疫情对经济的影响加剧了芝加哥各地的不平等, including barriers to homeownership that already disproportionately affect Black 和 Latinx households. 澳博官方网站app is clearly committed to supporting an inclusive recovery 和 closing the racial wealth gap, 尤其是在南部和西部,劳尔·雷蒙德说, The Resurrection Project的首席执行官兼联合创始人. “复活项目很荣幸能与澳博官方网站app合作, 这座城市, 在这部重要的著作中.”   

基于澳博官方网站app推进种族平等的承诺

2020年10月，澳博官方网站app宣布 300亿美元承诺 在五年内为服务不足的社区提供经济机会, 尤其是黑人和拉丁裔社区, 和 

推动包容性经济复苏. The firm is putting this commitment into practice to help advance racial equity in underserved communities such as Chicago’s South 和 West sides by:

• 提交一个 另外6亿美元 in home lending to increase homeownership among 3,000 Black 和 Latinx families across Chicago;
• Opening a community-based 追逐 branch in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood – the first of more than 300 branches in Chicagol和 to feature a new community-inspired model offering free financial health resources like skills training, 小型商业弹出窗口, 以及对当地居民的金融科技创新;
• 雇用当地社区住房贷款顾问, Minority Business Consultants 和 Community Managers to provide resources for local residents on the homebuying process, 为小企业提供指导，促进社区参与;
• 举办100多个社区活动和研讨会, 包括与社区合作举办的活动, government 和 faith-based organizations to educate local residents 和 entrepreneurs on how to build wealth, 并获取小企业资源.