Applications are now being accepted for the Woods Fund Chicago Grants.
Donor Name: Woods Fund Chicago
State: Illinois
County: Cook County (IL)
City: Chicago
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Woods Fund Chicago funds over $4 million each year to grantee partners who organize their communities in the fight for racial and economic justice.
Woods Fund Chicago distributes core grants up to $35,000 for new grantee partners.
What they are looking for?
- Majority BIPOC-led organizations that work within and collaborate with communities of color and systemically marginalized populations, including people of marginalized genders and members of the LGBTQIA+ community, communities under economic and environmental duress, people with disabilities, and all communities impacted by structural racism and economic injustice.
- Strategy for systems change that articulates a critique of institutions of power, addresses changes in policies, practices, structures, and/or systems, and builds strategic partnerships with other organizations (including coalitions) to challenge power and invoke change.
- Community Organizing that involves impacted communities in the decision-making process, providing opportunities and resources to further develop the leadership of those impacted by the issue that the organization is working towards dismantling.
- Small and grassroots organizations, where grassroots organizations are defined as any organization with a budget less than $1M and small organizations as an organization with a budget between $1-3M.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for a Woods Fund Chicago grant, your organization or coalition must:
- Be based in the Chicago metropolitan area (city proper with some consideration of other cities in Cook County).
- Be a registered 501(c)(3) organization or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) organization.
- Build power through community organizing and/or public policy advocacy.
- Utilize a framework of racial equity and/or justice within organizing efforts.
For more information, visit Woods Fund Chicago.
