Hundreds of grassroots organizations in Chicago’s South and West Side neighborhoods are gearing up for summer, working to make their communities safer. Community members are planning peace circles, pop-up evening festivals, community garden events, clean-up days, youth activities, sports programs and much more and many will get help from The Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities (PSPC) and its Chicago Fund. PSPC is a coalition of more than 40 foundations and funders that are aligning their investments to support proven and promising approaches to reducing gun violence. Its community-focused grantmaking through the Chicago Fund will allocate $1 million in rapid-response grants, ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, to support programs and events by small, grassroots organizations that are proactively working to keep Chicago communities hardest hit by gun violence safe. Grant applications are due February 14, and grant awards will be distributed April 22, 2020. The application for funding is available at https://cct.smartsimple.com/s_Login.jsp. Organizations can read the RFP before applying.