2020 Woods Fund Grantees
Fall 2020 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 | $36,800
Blocks Together
General operating grant | $42,500
Chicago Community and Workers Rights (Fiscal sponsor: Universidad Popular)
General operating grant | $20,000
Hana Center
General operating grant | $45,000
Healing to Action
General operating grant | $25,000
Lawndale Christian Development Corporation
General operating grant | $20,000
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
General operating grant | $40,000
Mujeres Latinas En Acción
General operating grant | $18,000
Pilsen Alliance
General operating grant | $30,000
Public Policy Advocacy
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
General operating grant | $37,500
Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice
General operating grant | $15,000
Faith in Place
General operating grant | $20,000
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights/IL Asset Building Group
General operating 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
Women Employed
General operating grant | $25,000
Integrated Approach: Community Organizing and Public Policy Advocacy
Action Now Institute
General operating grant | $40,000
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
General operating grant | $40,000
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
General operating grant | $20,000
Chicago Workers Collaborative
General operating grant | $43,500
Enlace Chicago
General operating grant | $40,000
First Defense Legal Aid
General operating grant | $25,000
Inner-City Muslim Action Network
General operating grant | $27,500
The People's Lobby Education Institute
General operating grant | $25,000
Progress Center for Independent Living
General operating grant | $15,000
Supportive Housing Providers Association
General operating grant | $20,000
Transformative Justice Law Project
General operating grant | $25,000
Warehouse Workers for Justice
General operating grant | $38,500
Westside Health Authority
General operating grant | $25,000
Workers Center for Racial Justice
General operating grant | $40,000
Spring 2020 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
Northwest Side Housing Center
Project grant | $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 Chicago
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 grant | $55,000
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 Renewal Society
General operating grant | $35,000
Equity And Transformation
General operating grant | $20,000
Fathers, Families and Healthy Communities
General operating grant | $25,000
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 formerly Immigrant Youth Justice League
(Fiscal sponsor: Latino Union of Chicago)
General operating grant | $20,000
Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside
General operating grant | $45,000
Southside Together Organizing for Power
General operating grant | $35,000
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation
General operating grant | $40,000