CHICAGO – The Chicago Sports Alliance (CSA), a collaboration in between the Chicago Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs and White Sox established in December 2017, announced the continuation of its work to lend economic help and group sources to neighborhood, proof-primarily based options to gun violence.

As aspect of its ongoing efforts, the Alliance and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation will supply a total of $1.five million in grants to help 5 impactful applications and organizations that are straight addressing the concern of gun violence in Chicago.

The 2023 Chicago Sports Alliance grant recipients consist of:

Given that its inception, the Alliance has invested $six million in proof-primarily based applications. The McCormick Foundation has contributed an further $two.five million in matching grants given that 2019 – for a total of $eight.five million in funding.

“We are honored to collaborate with the Chicago Sports Alliance to construct a secure and healthful Chicago,” stated Sonia Mathew, Director of Partnerships at the McCormick Foundation.  “Thriving neighborhood-primarily based organizations are central to decreasing gun violence and activate neighborhood participation and leadership.”  

Prior grants have supported Pick out two Alter, Small Village Prevention and Intervention Initiative, READI Chicago, the University of Chicago Crime Lab and analyst instruction by the Crime Lab for the Chicago Police Department’s Strategic Selection Assistance Centers.

The teams will continue to evaluate the CSA’s influence on an annual basis. Choices with regards to applications that will get future funding will be created as the work progresses.