Hive Chicago Fund for Connected Learning
at The Chicago Community Trust
2015-Round 1 Grant Recipients
Catalyst Grants Catalyst grants can be up to $100,000 and require a 1:1 match. The projects are onetotwoyear efforts that fully implement a previously tested concept to connect youth learning using digital media, emphasizing a successful outcome for participating youth and partner organizations. The projects are expected to serve more than 100 youth and should result in a fully tested project that is replicable with modest modifications. Groups must gather tangible evidence of effectiveness of learning principles and teaching strategies and demonstrate a level of cost effectiveness per student to enable program expansion with outside funding. 1. (PRO)ject Us: The Creative Arts Suite Amount:
$100,000 Lead Applicant:

Chicago Public Library Foundation/Chicago Public LibraryTeen Services/YOUmedia Partners:
Commonwealth Foundation; Donda’s House 2. All Access Pass: The Museum Pathway Project Amount:
$52,395 Lead Applicant:
Adler Planetarium Partners:
Chicago Academy of SciencesPeggy Notebaert Nature Museum; Chicago Horticultural SocietyChicago Botanic Garden; Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art; DePaul UniversityDigital Youth Network; National Veterans Art Museum; Art Institute of Chicago 3. Hive Mapping Cooperative Amount:
$
78,324 Lead Applicant:
Chicago Academy of SciencesPeggy Notebaert Nature Museum Partners
: Adler Planetarium; Student Conservation Association; Sweet Water Foundation; Smart Chicago Collaborative; After School Matters; Mozilla Science Lab Spark Grants Spark grants can be up to $25,000, with no match requirement. Projects, generally six months long, pilot an innovative digital media learning strategy with at least 25 youth. Project partners assess the effectiveness of the teaching strategy, its reception by the pilot audience, and the appropriateness of technology tools used. They also develop a plan for broader implementation through a Catalyst grant. 4.
“Plugin&Play” Aquaponics: Resilience through A Citizen Sensing Network Amount:
$25,000 Lead Applicant:
Sweet Water Foundation Partners:
Agape Werks; Chicago Academy of SciencesPeggy Notebaert Nature Museum 5. CAF Minecraft Design Jam Amount:
$25,000 Lead Applicant:
Chicago Architecture Foundation Partner:
Civic ArtWorks 6. Connecting Youth to Making Amount:
$24,983 Lead Applicant:
Agape Werks Partners:
Museum of Science and Industry; Sweet Water Foundation 7. Digital Media Corps – A Snapchat Takeover Amount:
$25,000 Lead Applicant:
Scenarios USA Partners:
True Star Media; Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health; About Face Theatre 8. Free Spirit MediaMikva Challenge Elections News Beat Amount:
$25,000 Lead Applicant:
Mikva Challenge Partner:
Free Spirit Media 9. New Voices of the Studs Terkel Radio Archive Amount:
$24,500 Lead Applicant:
Chicago Public Library Foundation/Chicago Public LibraryTeen Services/YOUmedia Partners:
Chicago High School for the Arts;
Columbia College ChicagoCenter for Community Arts Partnerships Convergence Academies; Window to the World Communications 10. Park Youth Productions Amount:
$25,000 Lead Applicant:
Free Spirit Media Partner:
Chicago Park District 11. Safe Passages: Amplifying the Voices and Stories of Teen Skaters and Bikers Amount:
$25,000 Lead Applicant:
After School Matters Partners:
West Town Bikes; Free Spirit Media 12. STEM Community Ambassadors Amount:
$24,986 Lead Applicant:
Adler Planetarium Partner:
Iridescent 13. YouthLed Badging Amount:
$25,000 Lead Applicant:
AntiCruelty Society Partner2:
Project Exploration; Chicago Botanic Garden; Chicago Public LibraryTeen Services/YOUmedia Glimmer Grants Glimmer grants can be up to $10,000 and have no match requirement. Projects can take up to six months, exploring ideas, creating partnerships and planning. At the end of the process, applicants should have created a plan, strategy or prototype that is ready to be tested with a small number of youth. 14. Athletes Practice with ComPassion Amount:
$9,000 Lead Applicant:
AntiCruelty Society Partner:
Chicago Park District 15. Connected Learning Teacher Network Amount:
$9,990 Lead Applicant:
Center for College Access and Success at Northeastern Illinois University Partner:
Chicago Public LibraryTeen Services/YOUmedia 16. In Focus: Digital media outreach and partnership between NVAM and IMPACT Family Center Amount:
$10,000 Lead Applicant:
National Veterans Art Museum Partner:
IMPACT Family Center 17.
Pop Up Youth Radio Development Amount:
$10,000 Lead Applicant:
National Museum of Mexican Art/Yollocalli Partner:
Free Spirit Media Link Grants Link grants can be up to $25,000, with no match required. Projects should conceptually and technically connect existing programs into the Network for the benefit of multiple Network members. They must support a program, activity or technology solution that can be shared across the Network and benefit the current and future (expanded) Network. 18. Hive Chicago Engage Amount:
$25,000 Lead Applicant:
CICS ChicagoQuest Partner:
Civic ArtWorks