Grant Awards
2024 Grant Awards
Economy
Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship
To support general operations
Chicago Jobs Council
To support general operations
Co-Op Ed Center
To support general operations
Proviso Partners for Health/Housing Helpers (Fiscal Sponsor)
To support the Economic Justice and Wellness Center
Raise the Floor Alliance
To support general operations
Shriver Center on Poverty Law
To support general operations
Small Business Majority
To support activities of the Illinois site.
WePower
To support East St. Louis
Woodstock Institute
To support general operations.
Education
Community Organizing and Family Issues
To support general operations
Erikson Institute
To support the Policy & Leadership Development department.
Grassroots Collaborative
To support general operations
Elgin
YWCA Elgin
To support a racial justice ecosystem in Elgin
Engagement
Chicago Votes Education Fund
To support the election toolkit project
Communities United
To support general operations
Crossroads Fund
To support the Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund
Forefront
To support general operations
Latino Policy Forum
To support general operations
Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland
To support Lighthouse Foundation’s Black Queer Equity Index staff and project
Mano o Mano Family Resource Center
To support Project Puentes
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
To support general operations
NEO Philanthropy
To support the Illinois Community Power Fund
Soapbox Productions and Organizing
To support general operations
Environment
Faith in Place
To support general operations
Heartlands Conservancy
To support general operations
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation
To support general operations
Metropolitan Planning Council
To support general operations
Leadership, Rest, and Respite Fund
Black Oaks Center
To support the organization’s leadership development and create a youth-focused Community of Practice
Chicago Jobs Council
To support team building and planning efforts as the organization continues to roll out its anti-racist workforce development framework.
Chicago Votes Education Fund
For staff professional development and implementing organizational systems to support growth
Communities United
To support organizational growth in the areas of financial management, organizational culture building and strategic planning.
East Side Aligned
To support and extend the organization’s staff wellness goals.
Latino Union of Chicago
To support staff professional development and upgrade technology.
Proviso Partners for Health (Housing Helpers, Fiscal Sponsor)
To support and extend the organization’s staff wellness goals
Raise the Floor Alliance
To support the strategic planning
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation
To support the organization’s staff wellness goals.
United Congregations of Metro East
To support the professional development and strategic planning.
WePower
To support the organization’s staff wellness goals and for internal planning efforts.
Rapid Response Fund
HANA Center
To support the organization’s Executive Director transition.
Illinois Black Advocacy Initiative (Metropolitan Family Services, Fiscal Sponsor)
To support executive coaching for IBAI’s Executive Director
Journey for Justice Alliance (Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, Fiscal Sponsor)
To support the J4J DNC National Racial Equity Summit.
Special Opportunities
Chicago Community Foundation
To support the Press Forward Chicago Initiative
Crossroads Fund
To support the organization’s social justice work through capacity building, strategic planning, and the Power the Movement match campaign
East Side Aligned
To support regional convening activities in the Metro East region (East St. Louis)
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation
To support regional convening activities in the Southland Region