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Cara's mission is to unlock the power and purpose within our communities and ourselves to create real and lasting success. Through its personal and professional skills training and access to employment opportunities Cara serves as a leader of poverty alleviation in Chicago and beyond. Since 1991, we have helped more than 7,500 people find more than 11,500 quality jobs. We help motivated men and women break the barriers of poverty (and often the interrelated challenges of recovery, domestic violence, episodic homelessness, and incarceration) to get and keep good jobs, and more importantly rebuild hope, self-esteem and opportunity for themselves and their families in the process. Learn more at www.carachicago.org

Helping Refugees and Georgia Thive

PROVIDES COMPETITIVE AND VALUE ADDED SERVICES TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND PRODUCE INCOME TO OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DISABLED

Our mission is to build a movement to achieve economic justice, by engaging directly affected women to improve working conditions.

Arts on the Block, a nonprofit arts organization with a nearly 20-year history in the region, is the only hands-on studio art apprenticeship program in the region offering youth and young adults the opportunity to learn about art, design, and business by engaging in real-world public art commissions. We recruit, train, place, and support youth and young adults with art and design aptitudes who might not ordinarily be introduced to entry-level jobs and career paths in the creative industries. AOB apprentices join one of our existing studio crews led by master teaching artists and supported by a team of management professionals. AOB crew members work their way up through summer intensives and year-round projects to produce large-scale mosaic public art. Along the way, they receive customized professional skills training, connect with our creative network, and pursue individualized plans for success in creative careers.

JobPath provides financial support and so much more to get students across the finish line and into high-wage careers

The mission of Haiti Projects is to empower women in rural Haiti to achieve self-sufficiency and build community.

To provide services for people with disabilities and their families that enhances the quality of their lives

STRIVE's mission is to help people acquire the life-changing skills and attitudes needed to overcome challenging circumstances, find sustained employment, and become valuable contributors to their families, their employers, and their communities. STRIVE is committed to serving the hardest-to-employ, most at-risk individuals. These include the long-term unemployed, the formerly incarcerated, disconnected youth, recovering addicts, public assistance recipients, veterans, the homeless, and the working poor.

TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO RETOOL, EQUIP, AND EDUCATE HISPANIC ENTREPRENEURIAL AND START-UP COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THOSE SEEKING JOB SKILLS TO OBTAIN GOOD EMPLOYMENT WITH A LOCAL COMPANY.

MISSION STATEMENTL.A. GOAL provides opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to increase their independence and employability through educational, vocational and recreational programs. L.A. GOAL's art and outreach activities educate the community about the abilities of people with disabilities.VISION STATEMENTOur vision is to create a more open society where people with developmental disabilities can enjoy full inclusion in their communities. To accomplish this, L.A. GOAL teaches the world about how people with developmental disabilities can better our lives. It is a magical reciprocity that we believe has long been overlooked.

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance strengthens the social sector with a talented, prepared workforce.