2019 Awards

Community Organizing

Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment
General operating grant | $30,000

Alianza Leadership Institute d/b/a Alliance of the Southeast 
General operating grant | $35,500

Arab American Action Network 
General operating grant | $30,000

Blocks Together 
General operating grant | $40,000

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos: Immigrant Workers' Project
General operating grant | $35,000

Chicago Community and Workers Rights 
General operating grant | $20,000

Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards
First payment of two-year grant | $30,000

Communities United
First payment of two-year general operating grant | $45,000

Forefront
Project grant | $10,000 

Healing to Action 
General operating grant | $20,000

Kenwood Oakland Community Organization
First payment of two-year general operating grant | $45,000

Lawndale Christian Development Corporation 
Project grant | $15,000

Logan Square Neighborhood Association 
General operating grant | $40,000

Lugenia Burns Hope Center
First payment of two-year general operating grant | $40,000

Metropolitan Tenants Organization
General operating grant | $30,000

Mujeres Latinas En Accion 
General operating grant | $15,000

Northwest Side Housing Center
Project grant | $20,000 

Pilsen Alliance 
General operating grant | $30,000

Southwest Organizing Project
General operating grant | $45,000

TARGET Area Development Corporation
General operating grant | $20,000

United Taxidrivers Community Council 
General operating grant | $15,000

Public Policy Advocacy

BPI
General operating grant | $40,000

Center for Tax and Budget Accountability 
General operating grant | $37,500

Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice 
General operating grant | $15,000

Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law , LLC
General operating grant | $20,000

Heartland Alliance
Project grant | $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 | $30,000

Latino Policy Forum
General operating grant | $40,000

Metropolis Strategies d/b/a Illinois Justice Project
General operating grant | $30,000

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
General operating grant | $55,000

Women Employed 
General operating grant | $20,000

Woodstock Institute
General operating grant | $30,000

Integrated Approach: Community Organizing and Public Policy Advocacy

Action Now Institute 
General operating grant | $40,000

Arise Chicago
General operating grant | $14,500

Asian American Institute d/b/a Asian Americans Advancing Justice — Chicago
General operating grant | $30,000

Brighton Park Neighborhood Council 
Project grant | $40000

BYP100 Education Fund
General operating grant|$25,000

Cabrini-Green Legal Aid Clinic, Inc
General operating grant | $35,000

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
General operating grant | $40,000

Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America 
General operating grant | $20,000

Chicago Workers' Collaborative 
General operating grant | $40,000

Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI)
First payment of two-year general operating grant|$40,000

Community Renewal Society
General operating grant | $35,000

Fathers, Families and Healthy Communities
General operating grant | $25,000

First Defense Legal Aid 
General operating grant | $25,000

Housing Action Illinois
General operating grant | $32,500

Inner-City Muslim Action Network 
General operating grant | $27,500

Illinois Hunger Coalition
Project grant | $20,000

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 University School of Law — Children and Family Justice Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic
General operating grant | $25,000

Organized Communities Against Deportations formerly Immigrant Youth Justice League
General operating grant | $20,000

P.A.S.O. — West Suburban Action Project
First payment of two-year general operating grant | $40,000

The People's Lobby Education Institute 
General operating grant | $25,000

Progress Center for Independent Living 
General operating grant | $15,000

Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education
General operating grant | $22,500

Restaurant Opportunities Center of Chicago
Project grant | $30,000

Southside Together Organizing for Power
General operating grant | $35,000

Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation
General operating grant | $35,000

Supportive Housing Providers Association 
General operating grant | $20,000  

Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois 
General operating grant | $20,000

United African Organization
General operating grant | $30,000

United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations
First payment of two-year general operating grant | $35,000

Westside Health Authority 
Project grant | $25,000

Workers Center for Racial Justice
General operating grant | $35,000


2020 Grantees | 2018 Grantees