Allies for Community Business
Supporting small businesses. Strengthening communities.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Capital, Coaching, and Collaboration Services (Core services)
Allies for Community Business provides capital, one-on-one coaching, and collaboration services to small business owners. Our goal is to provide business coaching and capital to entrepreneurs so that they can grow businesses that create jobs and wealth in communities most in need.
As a nonprofit located on Chicago’s West Side, we prioritize Black, Hispanic/Latinx, women, and low-income entrepreneurs throughout the Chicagoland area and beyond. On average for the last three years, 43% of our clients were women, 75% of clients were individuals of color, and 75% of clients had low-to-moderate incomes.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Additional revenue and wages generated attributable to the organization's efforts
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, People of African descent, Multiracial people, People of Latin American descent, Economically disadvantaged people
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, A4CB scaled its services to meet the demand of its clients, and in doing so, we helped our clients create or maintain 9,568 jobs that generated an estimated $180M.
Number of loans issued to clients
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, People of African descent, Multiracial people, People of Latin American descent, Economically disadvantaged people
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, A4CB scaled its services to meet the significant demand among our small business owner clients.
Number of jobs created and maintained
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, People of African descent, Multiracial people, People of Latin American descent, Economically disadvantaged people
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, A4CB scaled its services to meet the demand of its clients and helped our clients create or maintain 9,568 jobs that generated an estimated $180M.
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Goals & Strategy
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Operations
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Allies for Community Business
Board of directorsas of 02/08/2022
Ms Michelle Thom
Chase Bank
Term: 2017 - 2021
Michael McCracken
Wintrust
Joseph Neri
IFF
Clay Cochran
Madison Dearborn Partners
R Carson
Edward Jones
Adrienne Spivey
Kemper
Michelle Thom
JPMorgan Chase
Anthony Waller
Catering Out The Box
George Wright
Citi
James Gilliam
Fifth Third Bank
Organizational demographics
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