Working together, we can end homelessness in the Chicago region.
Chicago Funders Together to End Homelessness (CFTEH) is a diverse group of funders using their collective resources to advance housing justice and expand access to safe and affordable housing for all.
HOMELESSNESS IN CHICAGO
An estimated 58K+ Chicagoans experience homelessness each year.
39.3K are those temporarily staying with others or doubled-up.
56% identify as Black yet Black residents make up just a third of the city’s population.
Source: Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness
OUR RESPONSE
CFTEH aligns funders and partners in the Chicago region to create a future where homelessness is rare, brief and one-time. Because together, we can effect far greater change than any of us could alone.
STRONGER TOGETHER
Our Collective Impact
40
participating funders
$7M
awarded in pooled grantmaking since 2022
200+
community organizations supported across our funders
OUR PRIORITIES
To prevent and end homelessness across the region, CFTEH works towards four primary outcomes:
Strengthen the capacity of local housing justice advocates and organizers
Align philanthropic and public sector resources and strategies
Preserve and catalyze the region’s service providers and housing partners
Bolster and sustain the CFTEH funder community
FEATURED PARTNER
Red Line Service
Red Line Service, a partner supported through CFTEH’s Housing Justice Fund, works to shift the narratives around homelessness away from individual blame and toward systemic causes.
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