United Neighborhoods Equity Fund

United Way of Metro Chicago, with the support of founding sponsor Peoples Gas, launched the United Neighborhoods Equity Fund (UNEF) to support small, BIPOC-led (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) nonprofits predominantly located on the city’s South and West Sides and in the south suburban region and connect them to new capacity-building and investment opportunities.

Learn more about the Fund at LIVEUNITEDchicago.org/united-neighborhoods-equity-fund.


2021 – 2023 UNEF Grantees

10 BIPOC nonprofit leaders and their organizations are awarded $50,000 of unrestricted funds over a two-year cycle to be used according to the needs of each nonprofit.

To learn more about each of the grantees, click on each of the below names to read the grantee bios, hear firsthand stories from our grantees on Vimeo, or read the 2021-2023 UNEF Grantee Announcement Press Release.


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2022 – 2024 Grantees

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