City of Chicago Assist Agencies
Assist Agencies are comprised of not-for-profit agencies and/or chamber of commerce agencies that represent the interest of small, minority and/or women-owned businesses.
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51st Street Business Association * | AeroStar Avion Institute | ||
220 E. 51st Street | 122 S. Michigan | ||
Chicago, IL 60615 | Chicago, IL 60603 | ||
773-285-3401 | 773-285-3407 | 708-646-4300 | |
the51ststreetbusinessassociation@yahoo.com | aai@avioninstitute.org | tholmes@aerostarcorp.com | |
www.51stStreetChicago.com | www.avioninstitute.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
African American Contractors Association – AACA * | Angel of God Resource Center, Inc. * | ||
514 E. 95th Street | P.O. Box #19670 | 14527 S. Halsted | |
Chicago, IL 60619 | Riverdale, IL 60827 | ||
312-915-5960 | 708-392-9323 | 708-880-0121 | |
aacanatlassoc@gmail.com | info.aogrc@gmail.com | ||
www.aacanatl.org | www.angelofgodresourcecenter.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Association of Asian Construction Enterprises (AACE) * | Austin African American Business Networking Assoc. | ||
712 W. Root Street | 5820 W. Chicago Ave. | ||
Chicago, IL 60609 | Chicago, IL 60651 | ||
312-595-2010 | 773-626-4497 | ||
admin@aacechicago.com | info@aaabna.org | ||
www.aacechicago.com | https://www.aaabna.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: No | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Better Business Bureau of Chicago/Northern Illinois | Black Contractors Owners and Executives * | ||
121 Wacker Drive, Suite 200 | 7811 S. Stony Island Ave. | ||
Chicago, IL 60601 | Chicago, IL 60649 | ||
312 832-0500 | 773-346-5658 | 773-346-5659 | |
tjohnson@chicago.bbb.org | admin@bcoechicago.org | ||
www.bbb.org/chicago | www.bcoechicago.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: No | Maintains list of certified firms: No | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: No | ||
Black Contractors United * | Chatham Business Association Small Business Dev.* | ||
155 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 300 | 800 E. 78th Street | ||
Chicago, IL 60601 | Chicago, IL 60619 | ||
773-617-5672 | 773-994-5006 | 773-855-8905 | |
www.blackcontractorsunited.com | admin@cbaworks.org | ||
www.cbaworks.org | |||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Business Leadership Council * | Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council Inc. * | ||
150 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 2400 | 140 S. Dearborn Str., Suite 1605 | ||
Chicago, IL 60601 | Chicago, IL 60603 | ||
312-628-7844 | 312-755-8880 | Fax 312-755-8890 | |
info@BLCchicago.com | alavelle@blcchicago.com | info@chicagomsdc.org | |
blcchicago.com | www.chicagomsdc.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Chicagoland Associated General Contractors* | Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) | ||
One Oakbrook Terrace, Suite 210 | 2444 W. 16th Street | ||
Oak Brook, Illinois 60181 | Chicago, IL 60608 | ||
773-444-0465 | 312-942-1444 | ||
info@chicagolandagc.org | eschmid@cwit2.org | ||
www.chicagolandagc.org | www.cwit.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: No | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Chicago Urban League * | Contractor Advisors Business Development, Inc. & Construction Development Institute * | ||
4510 S. Michigan Ave. | 400 W. 76th Street, Suite 220 | ||
Chicago, IL 60653 | Chicago, IL. 60620 | ||
773-285-5800 | 312-436-0301 or 773-885-0693 | ||
kevans@chiul.org | ganderson@chiul.org | info@contractoradvisors.us | |
www.chiul.org | www.constructiondevelopmentinstitute.com | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Construction Cares | Council of Black Architecture and Engineering Companies (Formally NOME)* | ||
2139 W. Madison St., Unit 1E | 1 South Wacker, Suite 2650 | ||
Chicago, IL 60612 | Chicago, IL 60606 | ||
312-989-3903 | 312-960-1239 | ||
info@communities4construction.com | jharris@cbaec.org | ||
http://www.constructioncare.org/ | www.cbaec.org/ | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Cosmopolitan Chamber of Commerce | Elite Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business Network | ||
1631 S. Michigan Avenue Unit 101 | 361 Deer Run Drive | ||
Chicago, IL. 60616 | Hainesville, IL 60030 | ||
312 971-9594 | Fax 312 341-9084 | 847-453-8890 | |
cmayes@cosmochamber.org | john@scifers.net | ||
www.cosmochamber.org | https://elitesdvob.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Do For Self Community Development Co. * | Federation of Women Contractors * | ||
8659 S. Ingleside Ave., | 4210 W. Irving Park Road, | ||
Chicago, IL 60619 | Chicago, IL 60641 | ||
773-356-4661 | 312-360-1122 | ||
dennismdcchicago@hotmail.com | info@fwcchicago.com | ||
www.doforself.org | www.fwcchicago.com | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: No | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: No | ||
Far South Community Development Corporation | Greater Southwest Development Corporation | ||
837 W. 115th Street | 2601 W. 63rd Street | ||
Chicago, IL 60643 | Chicago, IL 60629 | ||
773 831-7107 | 773 625 - 0778 | 773-362-3321 | 773-471-8206 |
crystal@farsouthcdc.org | lacy@farsouthcdc.org | a.soto@greatersouthwest.org | a.mccord@greatersouthwest.org |
www.farsouthcdc.org | www.greatersouthwest.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Fresh Start Home Community Development Corp. | HIRE360 | ||
5168 S. Michigan Avenue, 4N | 2301 S Lake Shore Drive, Lakeside Center | ||
Chicago, IL 60615 | Chicago, IL 60616 | ||
773-632-0811 | 855-270-4175 | 312 575-2500 | |
FreshStartHomeCDC@gmail.com | info@HIRE360Chicago.com | ||
www.FreshStartHomeCDC.com | www.HIRE360Chicago.com | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Hispanic American Construction Industry Association (HACIA) * | Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce * | ||
650 W. Lake St., Unit 415 | 4222 W. Madison Street, Unit 241058 | ||
Chicago, IL 60661 | Chicago, IL 60624 | ||
312-575-0389 | 312-970-9036 | ||
info@haciaworks.org | siri@ilbcoc.org | ||
www.haciaworks.org | www.ilbcoc.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce * | Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce * | ||
411 Hamilton Blvd., Suite 1404 | 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza Suite 1212 c/o 1871 | ||
Peoria, Illinois 61602 | Chicago, IL 60654 | ||
309-740-4430 | 309-672-1379 | 312-425-9500 | |
finance@ILBCC.org | info@ihccbusiness.net | ||
www.ilbcc.org | www.ihccbusiness.net | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
JLM Business Development Center* | Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center | ||
2622 W. Jackson Boulevard | 1945 W. Wilson Suite 3000 | ||
Chicago, IL 60612 | Chicago, IL 60625 | ||
773-826-3064 | FAX 773-359-4021 | 773-973-7900 | 773-274-3523 |
lady930@prodigy.net | DDonohueChase@anixter.org | ||
www.jlmcenter.org | www.anixter.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: No | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois * | National Association of Minority Contractors | ||
661 W. Lake Street, Suite 1N | 645 E. 87th Street, Suite 2235 | ||
Chicago, IL 60661 | Chicago, IL 60619 | ||
773-303-0167 | 708-543-9751 | ||
hello@lgbtcc.com | info@namcchicago.org | ||
www.lgbtcc.com | www.namcchicago.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
National Black Wall Street NPF * | Native American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois | ||
4655 South King Drive, Suite #203 | 100 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 1670 | ||
Chicago, IL 60653-4156 | Chicago, IL 60606 | ||
773 268-6900 | FAX 312.276.4781 | 630-926-1700 | |
nationalblackwallstreetchicago.org | info@nacc-il.org | ||
Info@nationalblackwallstreetchicago.org | www.nacc-il.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
NDIGO Foundation | Rainbow/PUSH Coalition * | ||
329 W. 18th Street, Ste 613 | 930 E. 50th Street | ||
Chicago, IL 60616 | Chicago, IL 60615 | ||
312-264-6272 | 773-255-9067 | 773-256-2768 | |
hhartman@ndigo.com | jmitchell@rainbowpush.org | ||
www.ndigo.com | www.rainbowpush.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Revolution Workshop | RTW Veteran Center * | ||
3410 W. Lake Street | 7415 E. End, Suite 113 | ||
Chicago, IL 60624 | Chicago, IL 60649 | ||
773-934-3014 | 800-974-2808 | Fax 866-873-2494 | |
mrodriguez@revolutionworkshop.org | rtwvetcenter@yahoo.com | ||
www.revolutionworkshop.org | www.rtwvetcenter.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
South Shore Chamber, Inc. * | St. Paul Church of God in Christ Community Development Ministries, Inc. | ||
1750 E. 71st Street | 4526 S. Wabash | ||
Chicago, IL 60649-2000 | Chicago, IL 60653 | ||
773-955- 9508 | 773-955-9554 | 773-538-5120 | |
info@southshorechamberinc.org | bjones@spcdm.org | ||
www.southshorechamberinc.org | www.stpaulcdm.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Sustainable Options for Urban Living, Inc. (SOUL) | The Monroe Foundation | ||
11603 S. Throop Street | 1547 South Wolf Road | ||
Chicago, IL 60643 | Hillside, Illinois 60162 | ||
773-250-1770 Ext 702 | 773 250-1770 | 773-315-9720 | |
Cyndi@soul-program.com | omonroe@themonroefoundation.org | ||
www.soul-program.com | www.themonroefoundation.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Turn 2 Growth | US Minority Contractors Association, Inc. * | ||
15475 S. Park | 1250 S. Grove Ave. Suite 200 | ||
South Holland, IL 60473 | Barrington, IL 60010 | ||
708-913-4700 | 847-852-5010 | 847-382-1787 | |
info@turn2growth.org | larry.bullock@usminoritycontractors.org | admin@usminoritycontractors.org | |
www.turn2growth.org | www.USMinorityContractors.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Veteran Business Project | Women’s Business Development Center * | ||
106 S. Northwest Hwy. | 8 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 400 | ||
Park Ridge, IL 60068 | Chicago, IL 60603 | ||
info@veteranbusinessproject.org | edimenco@wbdc.org | ||
www.veteranbusinessproject.org | www.wbdc.org | ||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | ||
Provides training for businesses: Yes | Provides training for businesses: Yes | ||
Women Construction Owners & Executives (WCOE) * | |||
Chicago Caucus 308 Circle Avenue | |||
Forest Park, IL 60130 | |||
708-366-1250 | 708-366-5418 | ||
mkm@mkmservices.com | |||
www.wcoeusa.org | |||
Maintains list of certified firms: Yes | |||
Provides training for businesses: Yes |