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FISCAL YEAR 2020

OVERVIEW

$1,219,732

Total Amount Given

136 GROUPS

Awarded

$1K — $20K

Range of Grant Amounts

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FY20 GRANT FUNDS

Crossroads Fund is proud to announce that in fiscal year 2020 (FY20) we gave out $1,219,732 to 136 groups working for social change.

In FY20, grant amounts ranged from $1,000 to $20,000 and, unless otherwise noted, the grants are for general operating support.

The awarded categories are based on one primary focus, however grantees’ work is rarely limited to a single issue area. Most work across issues and prioritize the multiple needs of their diverse constituents. The following grant funds provide rapid response grants to organizations working on issues that arise due to urgent political and social movements:

  • Seed Fund

  • Technical Assistance Fund

  • Youth Fund for Social Change

  • Critical Response Fund

Some organizations also received grants through:

  • The Capacity Building Initiative, a collaborative program that supports organizational growth and development.

  • Our Partner Funds, which include the following pooled and donor advised funds:

    • Cathy Cohen Black Youth Leadership Award, which supports black-led youth organizing;

    • Eleuterio Fund, which supports community-based arts, education, peace activism, and reproductive rights;

    • GRAM Fund, which supports women and girls, rights for Arab Americans, and youth projects;

    • Howard Fund, which supports youth, education, and legal issues;

    • Monica George and Kyle Johnson Fund, which supports community organizing in Chicago;

    • Monica Cosby Fund, which supports community-based organizations working towards a society less reliant on the criminal legal system by creating alternative systems of care;

    • Neiman Fund, which supports racial, social, and economic justice organizing in Chicago;

    • Policy Fund, an anonymous fund to support an urgent policy change or policy implementation

We also list each of the awards we grant at our annual gala, Seeds of Change, by name. They are:

  • The Donald F. Erickson Synapses Award

  • The Lynda J. Tipton Memorial Award for Social Justice

  • The Ron Sable Award for Activism

Arts, Culture, & Media

AREA

Year Awarded

2007

  • Year Awarded

    2007

  • Award Category

    Arts, Culture, & Media

  • Grant Fund

    Seed Fund, Partner Fund

AREA

AREA Chicago Art/Research/Education/Activism works to build bridges between movements and communities working for social justice across Chicago, while creating and preserving a grassroots history of Chicago activism.

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Arts, Culture, & Media

Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts

Year Awarded

2007

  • Year Awarded

    2007

  • Award Category

    Arts, Culture, & Media

  • Grant Fund

    Seed Fund

Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts

Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts is a youth focused organization that uses art to organize various immigrant communities across social, economic, and political issues.

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Arts, Culture, & Media

Proletariat Productions

Year Awarded

2007

  • Year Awarded

    2007

  • Award Category

    Arts, Culture, & Media

  • Grant Fund

    Partner Fund

Proletariat Productions

Proletariat Productions specializes in music recording, production, and artist promotion. The grant supported a workshop that explored social consciousness and political movement building through music performance, art exhibition, and panel discussion.

Disability Rights

Chicago ADAPT

Year Awarded

2007

  • Year Awarded

    2007

  • Award Category

    Disability Rights

  • Grant Fund

    Seed Fund, Donor Advised

Chicago ADAPT

Chicago ADAPT engages in direct action and grassroots organizing to advocate for the independence of people with disabilities from institutional and cultural barriers in everyday life.

Disability Rights

Feminist Response in Disability Activism (FRIDA)

Year Awarded

2007

  • Year Awarded

    2007

  • Award Category

    Disability Rights

  • Grant Fund

    Seed Fund, Donor Advised, Technical Assistance Fund

Feminist Response in Disability Activism (FRIDA)

Feminist Response in Disability Activism (FRIDA) is a grassroots non-violent direct action organization led by and for women with disabilities that works on issues of reproductive rights and healthcare.

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Environmental Justice

Center for Labor and Community Research

Year Awarded

2007

  • Year Awarded

    2007

  • Award Category

    Environmental Justice

  • Grant Fund

    Technical Assistance Fund

Center for Labor and Community Research

Center for Labor and Community Research works with labor, communities, and businesses to pursue high road economic development practices that ensure wealth creation while advocating for wealth redistribution.

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Environmental Justice

Climate Chicago

Year Awarded

2007

  • Year Awarded

    2007

  • Award Category

    Environmental Justice

  • Grant Fund

    Seed Fund

Climate Chicago

Climate Chicago is a multi-issue coalition working to reframe global warming as a grassroots issue connected not only to the environment but also to jobs, human rights, and social justice.

Environmental Justice

Coalition to Protect Public Housing

Year Awarded

2007

  • Year Awarded

    2007

  • Award Category

    Environmental Justice

  • Grant Fund

    Technical Assistance Fund

Coalition to Protect Public Housing

Coalition to Protect Public Housing is part of the Northeast Illinois Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, a national campaign aimed at securing poor people’s fundamental right to reside in urban America.

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Environmental Justice

Community Media Workshop

Year Awarded

2007

  • Year Awarded

    2007

  • Award Category

    Environmental Justice

  • Grant Fund

    Partner Fund

Community Media Workshop

Community Media Workshop offered a daylong training in media justice and new forms of media and their relevance to community organizing as part of the Crossroads Fund Media Justice Initiative.

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Environmental Justice

Developing Government Accountability to the People

Year Awarded

2007

  • Year Awarded

    2007

  • Award Category

    Environmental Justice

  • Grant Fund

    Seed Fund, Technical Assistance Fund

Developing Government Accountability to the People

Developing Government Accountability to the People is a network of 30 community groups addressing corruption and advocating increased transparency and accountability from Chicago’s local government.

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Environmental Justice

Rogers Park Section 8 Tenants Council

Year Awarded

2007

  • Year Awarded

    2007

  • Award Category

    Environmental Justice

  • Grant Fund

    Seed Fund

Rogers Park Section 8 Tenants Council

Rogers Park Section 8 Tenants Council is an organization of Section 8 voucher holders who work with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, landlords, and community members to maintain and increase housing available to Section 8 voucher holders.

Environmental Justice

Grassroots Collaborative

Year Awarded

2007

  • Year Awarded

    2007

  • Award Category

    Environmental Justice

  • Grant Fund

    Partner Fund

Grassroots Collaborative

Grassroots Collaborative is a collaboration of diverse groups who campaigned and won a “Living Wage” ordinance. Later vetoed by Mayor Richard M. Daley, the ordinance was a defining issue for city residents and leadership. Grant is for an analysis of campaign coverage by mainstream media.

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