Highlights from our #StrategicPlan // Fall 2022 Grantmaking Cycle OPEN NOW // Celebrating Deborah // May Day: Arise Chicago // Asian-American and Pacific-Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month…

On May 4, Woods Fund Chicago hosted the convening “Trust-based Philanthropy from Theory to Practice: A Case Study.” The purpose of the convening was to share the changes in the Woods Fund Chicago grantmaking process with local philanthropic funders.

📰 This month’s newsletter is OUT NOW: Woods Fund Chicago unveils #StrategicPlan / A letter from Board Chair L. Anton Seals Jr. / Spring ’22 #GranteePartners announced + MUCH MORE!

Join the Woods Fund Chicago team on May 4, 2022at 10:00AM CT via Zoom to learn about our journey in centering a trust-based philanthropy framework in our grantmaking practices and processes.

This month’s newsletter: How #CommunityVoice led to #LocalSchoolCouncils #LSC / The legacy of #WomensHistory in Chicago / Welcoming our new VP of Finance / @IMKC_podcast / #JobOpenings: @GrassrootsChi @WomenEmployed + @faithinplace.

Woods Fund Chicago is excited to announce our new Vice President of Finance, Wei Aniton!

Read Program Officer Kelly Suzanne Saulsberry's statement on #BlackHistory and learn about Lawndale Christian Development Corporation's work in #communitydevelopment.

This month, Woods Fund Chicago sat down with Richard Townsel, Executive Director of Lawndale Christian Development Corporation (LCDC).

Read Vice President of Programs Caroline McCoy's 2022 letter detailing how your feedback has fundamentally changed our approach to grantmaking.

Happy New Year! As we kick-off 2022, we wanted to take a moment to share the work we started last year to fundamentally change our approach to grantmaking.

2022 has ushered in a new year with new officers on the Board of Directors at Woods Fund Chicago! We are delighted to announce L. Anton Seals as the newly elected Board Chair.

80 years of Funding Change.

Title: Vice President of Finance

Change happens when all of us become involved.

Woods Fund Chicago talks to LaSaia Wade of @BraveSpaceChi // $1.19 Million distributed to Fall Grantee Partners // Latina Equal Pay Day // Timuel Black Dies at 102

This month, Woods Fund Chicago sat down with LaSaia Wade, the Founder and Executive Director of Brave Space Alliance. LaSaia talks about the services provided by the Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ organization, what it means to have a "brave space," and what the pathway towards liberation looks like.

Gender-based violence has dominated the news cycle this past week, but our grantee partner A Long Walk Home has been combating gender-based violence for nearly two decades.

A Long Walk Home // Hispanic Heritage Month // What We're Reading // Job Openings

This month, we sat down with A Long Walk Home, an organization that works to eliminate gender-based violence. The organization — which helped organize the #MuteRKelly campaign — spoke with us following the long-awaited conviction of R. Kelly to discuss how cultural understandings of gender-based violence have changed in the years since A Long Walk Home was founded, and how the organization’s work creates a world of healing, equity, and justice.

Grantee Partner Spotlight with @PilsenAlliance // What We're Reading // Job Openings