We believe in building better lives and a better city, together.

This work has always mattered. And it matters now more than ever.

It’s been quite a year for Chicago. Here at Revolution Workshop, we’ve been doing exactly what we’ve always done: rolling up our sleeves and taking action to improve the lives of individual Chicagoans and to build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive city for all of us to share.

When you give to Revolution Workshop, you help us solve two big problems with one common-sense revolution.

You help create skilled workers and certified professionals to step into jobs Chicago’s construction industry desperately needs to fill.

You provide pathways for Chicago’s most under-resourced residents to work their way out of instability and into good paying, life-changing careers.

The revolution is working:

742

enrolled in our programs

$20/hr

starting wage

over 81%

have graduated

82%

have been placed in the workforce

85%

still employed at three months

How your gifts make a difference.

When you hear the noise about Chicago in the media, or see your neighbors struggling to make ends meet, it’s easy to feel like there’s nothing you can do to make a difference.

Your gift to Revolution Workshop makes a practical, tangible, immediate difference in Chicago.

$25

Your $25 donation will provide one gas card or public transit card for a trainee to get safely to class.

$50

Your $50 donation will cover a week of lunches for a trainee who may not otherwise have food to eat.

$100

Your $100 donation will buy high-quality, much-needed work boots for one trainee to get a safe, solid start in their field.

$500

Your $500 donation will supply one trainee with ALL the building materials they need to hone their skills and launch a lifelong career.

$1,000

Your $1,000 donation will pay three weeks wages for hands-on job training for one trainee.

$5,000

Your $5,000 donation will cover valuable math tutoring for a cohort of trainees.

We see transformation every day at Revolution Workshop, and it’s your generosity that makes it possible.

When your support meets the hard work of our trainees, hope exists where it wasn’t before. Hope. Confidence. Self-respect. Sustainability. A solid foundation.

That’s the gift you give to the people we serve. That’s the gift you give to Chicago.