2021 GRANTEE PARTNERS
Fall 2021 Awards
Community Organizing
Alianza Leadership Institute d/b/a Alliance of the Southeast
General operating grant // $40,000
Arab American Action Network
General operating grant // $45,000
Blocks Together
General operating grant // $42,500
Chicago Community and Workers Rights
General operating grant // $30,000
Dissenters
General operating grant // $35,000
HANA Center
Project support // $45,000
Healing to Action
General operating grant // $25,000
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
General operating grant // $35,000
Lawndale Christian Development Corporation
Project grant // $25,000
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
General operating grant // $40,000
Mujeres Latinas En Accion
General operating grant // $25,000
Pilsen Alliance
General operating grant // $40,000
Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project
General operating grant // $35,000
Public Policy Advocacy
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
General operating grant // $37,500
Faith in Place
Project support // $25,000
Fund for Justice d/b/a Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts
General operating grant // $15,000
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights
Project support-IL Asset Building Group // $35,000
Illinois Partners for Human Service
General operating grant // $15,000
John Howard Association of Illinois
General operating grant // $15,000
Juvenile Justice Initiative
General operating grant // $35,000
Women Employed
General operating grant // $35,000
Integrated Approach: Community Organizing and Public Policy Advocacy
Action Now Institute
General operating grant // $40,000
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
Project support // $40,000
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
General operating grant // $20,000
Chicago Workers' Collaborative
General operating grant // $43,500
Enlace Chicago
Project support // $40,000
First Defense Legal Aid
General operating grant // $35,000
Inner-City Muslim Action Network
General operating grant // $35,000
Live Free Chicago d/b/a Live Free Illinois
General operating grant // $35,000
The People's Lobby Education Institute
General operating grant // $25,000
Progress Center for Independent Living
General operating grant // $25,000
South Asian American Policy and Research Institute
(Fiscal sponsor: Apna Ghar Inc.)
General operating grant // $15,000
Supportive Housing Providers Association
General operating grant // $25,000
Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois
General operating grant // $35,000
Warehouse Workers for Justice
General operating grant // $40,000
Westside Health Authority
Project support // $25,000
Workers Center for Racial Justice
General operating grant // $40,000
Spring 2021 Awards
Community Organizing
Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment
General operating grant // $35,000
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos: United Workers' Center
General operating grant // $35,000
Communities United
General operating grant // $45,000
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization
General operating grant // $45,000
Lugenia Burns Hope Center
General operating grant // $40,000
Northwest Side Housing Center
Project support // $20,000
Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education
General operating grant // $25,000
Southwest Organizing Project
General operating grant // $45,000
TARGET Area Development Corporation
General operating grant // $25,000
Public Policy Advocacy
BPI
General operating grant // $40,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law , LLC
General operating grant // $20,000
Latino Policy Forum
General operating grant // $40,000
Metropolis Strategies d/b/a Illinois Justice Project
General operating grant // $30,000
Shriver Center on Poverty Law
General operating // $40,000
Woodstock Institute
General operating grant // $30,000
Integrated Approach: Community Organizing and Public Policy Advocacy
Arise Chicago
General operating grant // $20,000
Asian American Institute d/b/a Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago
General operating grant // $30,000
BYP100 Education Fund
General operating grant // $25,000
Cabrini-Green Legal Aid Clinic, Inc
General operating grant // $40,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
General operating grant // $45,000
Community Organizing and Family Issues
General operating grant // $40,000
Community Renewal Society
General operating grant // $35,000
Equity And Transformation
General operating grant // $25,000
Fathers, Families and Healthy Communities
General operating grant // $20,000
Grassroots Collaborative
General operating grant // $45,000
Housing Action Illinois
General operating grant // $32,500
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights
General operating grant // $50,000
Jane Addams Senior Caucus
General operating grant // $27,500
Latino Union Inc. a/k/a Latino Union of Chicago
General operating grant // $40,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
General operating grant // $20,000
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Children and Family Justice Center
General operating grant // $25,000
Organized Communities Against Deportations
General operating grant // $25,000
Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside
General operating grant // $45,000
P.A.S.O.-West Suburban Action Project
General operating grant // $30,000
Southside Together Organizing for Power
General operating grant // $35,000
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation
General operating grant // $40,000
United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations
General operating grant // $20,000
Off-Cycle 2021 Awards
Community Organizing
Assata's Daughters
General operating grant // $35,000
The Black Abolitionist Network
General operating grant // $35,000
Brave Space Alliance
General operating grant // $35,000
Integrated Approach: Community Organizing and Public Policy Advocacy
A Long Walk Home, Inc.
General operating grant // $35,000
GoodKids Mad City-Englewood
General operating grant // $35,000
Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation
General operating grant // $35,000
Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance
General operating grant // $35,000
Catalyst
Coalition to End Money Bond
(Fiscal sponsor: Chicago Community Bond Fund)
One-year Catalyst Fund grant // $50,000
Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability
(Fiscal sponsor: The Chicago Community Foundation)
One-year Catalyst Grant // $50,000
People United for Racial Equity in Cannabis Project
(Fiscal sponsor: Black Roots Alliance)
One-year Catalyst Fund grant // $50,000
Westside Rising
(Fiscal sponsor: BUILD Chicago, Inc)
One-year Catalyst Fund grant // $50,000