Restoring neighborhoods and Revitalizing communities.
Ambition Builders provides hands-on trade training while transforming abandoned properties into thriving community assets resulting in stronger neighborhoods on Chicago’s South and West Sides. We utilize trade training as a platform for achieving sustainable life values that will enhance our participant's success through High School, College and Life.
Our Mission
Ambition Builders exists to help teens and young adults access the guidance, skills, and networks that unlock opportunity — regardless of background.
Programs
All total goal is to help give teens and young adults some direction while building our community up.
Pair students with mentors for monthly check-ins and goal tracking.
- ✓Goal setting
- ✓Accountability
- ✓Support network
Expose students to careers through speakers, visits, and hands-on projects.
- ✓Guest talks
- ✓Site visits
- ✓Mini-projects
Practical sessions that build confidence and readiness for next steps.
- ✓Resume and interview prep
- ✓Financial literacy
- ✓Communication
Our Story
Ambition Builders is a nonprofit organization founded in January 2026 with a mission to revitalize communities on the South and West Sides of Chicago. After years of witnessing the growing number of abandoned and vacant properties in neighborhoods that deserve to thrive, our founder created Ambition Builders to help drive meaningful change. Our program provides participants with hands-on construction training, including carpentry skills, while giving them real-world experience rehabilitating abandoned properties. Participants also learn the fundamentals of purchasing, renovating, and investing in real estate. By transforming neglected properties into productive homes and community assets, Ambition Builders aims to strengthen neighborhoods, create economic opportunity, and help build a future where every community has the chance to prosper.
Get involved
Whether you have time, expertise, or resources, we could use your support.
Help run workshops, support events, or provide behind-the-scenes help.
Meet students monthly and guide them through goals and decisions.
Schools and organizations: bring Ambition Builders to your community.
Donate
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