Request for 2019 TIF Data

Introduction

Thank you for your interest in obtaining the CivicLab's 2019 Chicago TIF Illumination summary. Our TIF Illumination Project has been investigating and exposing our out of control Tax Increment Financing program since 2013.

No one can tell you the complete story of Chicago's TIF system like we can. Understanding the TIF scam is FUNDAMENTAL to understanding the true state of Chicago's public finances. There can be no racial justice in Chicago as long as TIFS are running wild here.

With the help of the City Bureau we now have the analysis of the entire Chicago TIF system for 2019!

At the beginning of 2020 there was a staggering $1.8 BILLION sitting in Chicago's TIF accounts. For the first time we can tell you how much of THAT total came from majority Black wards! If you would like a summary of what Chicago's TIFs did in 2019 and who they did it to, please complete this brief survey.

We are happy to share these insights with you. We just need you to share a few thing with us:

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* 1. First Name

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* 2. Last Name

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* 3. What is your email?

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* 4. Organization

5. What ward do you live in?

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* 5. Reason for requesting data.

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* 6. I agree to credit the CivicLab if I use this data for any reason, in any public document, any report, program update, or call to action.

Yes

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* 7. The CivicLab is a 501 c 3 tax-exempt nonprofit organization. We can only do this work with the love and support of people like you. Would you help us sustain and expand this work? (can choose multiple responses)

I will donate to the CivicLab (https://tinyurl.com/Support-CivicLab)

I would like more information on your training workshops (www.powerinstitute.us)

I will help you organize and extend the campaign to ABOLISH TIFs

My organization is ready to endorse and support the campaign to ABOLISH TIFs

Other (please specify)

Want to contact us? You can reach us at info@civiclab.us or 773-770-5714. We'll be sending out the summary reports in the next few days. A big tip of the civic hat to the folks at the City Bureau for their data dive into Chicago's TIFS! And thank you again for your interest in the work of the CivicLab. If you would like to tip us for this info (which is not available anywhere else at any price), please donate via Action Network @ https://tinyurl.com/Support-CivicLab. Thanks!

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