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2021 Woods Fund Grantees

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

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 

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 

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