Action Now Institute’s Executive Director Deborah Harris sat down with the Woods Fund to discuss the organization’s work on Chicago’s south and west sides…

This social, economic and political moment is a direct result of the generational disinvestment in Black, indigenous, and brown communities

Make sure to register for Morten Group's upcoming READI Symposium — that's Racial Equity, Access, Diversity, and Inclusion.

The Chicago office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, also known as the LISC, is accepting applications from community developers for the Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards (CNDA).

This month we're shining a spotlight on grantee OCAD Chicago and sharing big happenings at Woods Fund!

Our focus is on supporting undocumented immigrants facing deportation. We do public campaigns around the case itself, and how that person was detained by ICE.

On September 28, Woods Fund Chicago awarded half a million dollars to its first Movement Building for Racial Justice Fund.

“I am so thrilled to be joining the Woods Fund and support its work of advancing racial equity and economic justice through grantmaking….”

Woods Fund Chicago is looking for a dynamic individual capable of working during a period of organizational, programmatic, and culture change to manage the Foundation’s community organizing portfolio.

Acclaimed University of Illinois Chicago historian Barbara Ransby has been named to the Freedom Scholars, a select group of progressive academics who are at the “forefront of movements for economic and social justice.”

Applications for Cultivate: Women of Color Leadership (Cultivate) are now being accepted for the 2020-2021 year!

Justice 2020: The Demand for Equity

Michelle Morales is the President of the Woods Fund Chicago. She is a first-generation US born Puerto Rican.

Two Woods Fund Grantee Partners Among 11 Local Leaders Awarded for Their Groundbreaking Work

On July 10th, the Woods Fund team says goodbye to our friend and team member, Caronina Grimble.

Join us this Friday for Justice 2020: the Demand for Equity.

We can’t imagine a more difficult time for Chicago area nonprofits.