Grants
Grantees
$5,340,925
Total Amount Given
221 GROUPS
Awarded
$700 — $50,000
Range of Grant Amounts
FY24
Crossroads Fund is proud to announce that in fiscal year 2024 (FY24) we gave out $5,340,925 to 221 organizations working for social change. Although the following list categorizes grantees based on one primary focus, grantees’ work is rarely limited to a single issue area. Most work across issues and prioritize the multiple needs of their diverse constituents. A notation after the grantee description indicates from which grant fund(s) they received funding. Funds include the Seed Fund (SF),Technical Assistance Fund (TA), Youth Fund for Social Change (YF), 501(c)(4) nonprofits (C4), and the Critical Response Fund (CRF), which provides rapid response grants to organizations working on issues that arise due to urgent political and social moments. Some organizations also received grants through the Capacity Building Initiative (CBI), a collaborative program that supports organizational growth and development. Grantees also received funding from our Partner Funds (PF), which include pooled funds and donor advised funds:- Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund (CRJPF), a funders collaborative housed at Crossroads Fund that supports Black-led community organizing and ally-led groups addressing antiBlackness;
- James Thindwa Grassroots Organizing Fund (Thindwa), which supports an annual event and project in honor of the late activist James Thindwa;
- The Lohengrin Foundation (Lohengrin), whose mission is to advance equity, opportunity, and justice to eradicate systemic barriers and promote vibrant, safe, and thriving communities;
- Solidarity Fund (Solidarity Fund), is a pooled fund that is dedicated to supporting mutual aid efforts working to address the systemic issues facing newly arrived migrants and the long-standing lack of affordable housing for Chicago communities;
- Women’s Voices Fund (Women’s Voices Fund), a project of Women & Children First Bookstore, helps sustain and develop an ongoing program series focused on women’s lives, ideas, and work;
- Cathy Cohen Black Youth Fund (Cathy Cohen) which supports Black youth organizers;
- GRAM Fund (GRAM), which supports women and girls, rights for Arab Americans, and youth projects;
- Anonymous donors
Arts, Culture, & Media
18th St Casa de Cultura
Year Awarded
2024
Arts, Culture, & Media
Agitator Gallery
Year Awarded
2024
Arts, Culture, & Media
AnySquared Arts NFP
Year Awarded
2024
Arts, Culture, & Media
Black Alphabet
Year Awarded
2024
Arts, Culture, & Media
Campfire Repertory Theater (CRT)
Year Awarded
2024
Arts, Culture, & Media
The Center for International Performance and Exhibition dba HotHouse
Year Awarded
2024
Arts, Culture, & Media
Chicago Art Department
Year Awarded
2024
Arts, Culture, & Media
Chicago Palestine Film Festival (CPFF)
Year Awarded
2024
Arts, Culture, & Media
Cicero Independiente
Year Awarded
2024
Arts, Culture, & Media
CIRCA Pintig
Year Awarded
2024
Arts, Culture, & Media
Cooperation Racine
Year Awarded
2024
Arts, Culture, & Media
First Nations Film and Video Festival, Inc.
Year Awarded
2024
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