As a public foundation, most of our income is raised from individual donors. Seeds of Change is an essential part of our fundraising strategy to resource progressive movement work in Chicago.

Since we gave our first grant in 1981, Crossroads Fund has distributed over $25 million in grants to over 3,800 groups working on the most critical issues facing communities today, including housing justice, immigrant rights, worker rights, LGBTQ issues, education, and more.

Seeds of Change provides a critical opportunity to bring together around 500 of our closest community members, including the Board, staff, and volunteers, to celebrate our grantees’ successes and recharge for the work ahead.