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Foundation: Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation
The Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation awarded $228,000 in grants to 21 nonprofits in Chicago's west Cook County this month, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The grants are intended to advance the Foundation's "strategic priorities of addressing education; health care; mental health; wealth and representation; and safety and housing through a race and equity lens," according to a press release.
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