Grant Awards
2025 Grant Awards
Community Power Building
African American Coalition of Kane County
To support general operations
BlackRoots Alliance
To support general operations
Chicago Torture Justice Center
To support general operations
Chicago Votes Education Fund
To support general operations
Crossroads Fund
To support the Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund
East Side Aligned
To support general operations
Equip for Equality
To support general operations
Equity and Transformation
To support general operations
Equity Legal Services
To support general operations
Faith Coalition for the Common Good
To support general operations
Final Five Campaign/Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs (Fiscal Sponsor)
To support the work of the Final Five Campaign
Hamilton Wings
To support general operations
HANA Center
To support general operations
Illinois Action for Children
To support the organization’s parent leadership work.
Illinois Black Advocacy Initiative/Metropolitan Family Services (Fiscal Sponsor)
To support general operations
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights
To support general operations
Illinois Community Power Fund/NEO Philanthropy (Fiscal Sponsor)
To support general operations
Illinois Peoples Action
To support general operations
Latino Union of Chicago
To support general operations
Legacy Training
To support general operations
Lift the Ban/Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (Fiscal Sponsor)
To support the work of Lift the Ban
Live Free Illinois
To support general operations
Organized Communities Against Deportation
To support general operations
Palenque LSNA
To support general operations
Partnership for Resilience
To support general operations
Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education
To support statewide education equity work through the PEER Coalition
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation
To support general operations
Teach Plus
To support Teach Plus Illinois
United African Organization
To support general operations
United Congregations of Metro East
To support general operations
Workers Center for Racial Justice
To support general operations
YWCA Elgin
To support a racial justice ecosystem in Elgin
Narrative Change
Black Oaks Center
To support general operations
Black Research Collective
To support general operations
Illinois Humanities
To support general operations
Respair Media/Allied Media (Fiscal Sponsor)
To support general operations
The TRiiBE/Resilience Partners (Fiscal Sponsor)
To support general operations
Rapid Response
Black Researchers Collective
To support the development of a communications strategy to alleviate misinformation.
Chicago Jobs Council
To support the hiring of communications and public relations expertise to support CJC and partners in creating a narrative toolkit.
Chicago Torture Justice Center
To support investment in physical safety measures and trainings for the organizations base and staff.
Communities United
To protect progress made on school discipline policies being challenged by current Executive Orders.
Faith in Place
To support a crisis management communications consultant
Hamilton Wings
To support the organization’s Executive Director search.
Immigrant Solidarity DuPage
To support the organization’s sustainability of rapid response teams and networks as they respond to immigrant enforcement in DuPage county.
Organized Communities Against Deportation
To support the organization’s Deportation Defense Work and Family Support Network
Reparations Media Nfp
To support the Clean Slate Illinois Initiative
Respair Production & Media/Allied Media Projects (Fiscal Sponsor)
To support Respair’s data protection and digital archiving project
Urban Warrior Youth Community
To support the Raíces Protegidas initiative
Rest, Respite, and Reflection
Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship
To support staff access to a flexible and staff driven wellness menu.
Community Organizing and Family Issues
To support a flexible wellness fund for staff and host a Family Appreciation event.
Equip for Equality
To support wellness stipends for personalized self-care activities.
Erikson Institute
To support wellness stipends and a guest speaker series on wellness.
Forefront
To support the creation of a flexible, staff-centered wellness program.
Illinois Humanities
To support the implementation of a multi-option wellness initiative for staff.
Latino Policy Forum
To support a holistic staff development and wellness initiative.
Teach Plus Illinois
To support wellness and restoration opportunities for educators.
Woodstock Institute
To support staff wellness, cohesion, and organizational culture.
YWCA Elgin
To support the creation of a dedicated staff lounge to enhance employee morale and well-being.
Special Opportunities
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
Sponsorship of the 35th Anniversary Conference in Chicago
Black Futures Lab
To support the Illinois activity of the Black Census Project.
Equity and Transformation
To support the Black Community Care Coalition.