Grantees

Grantees

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AFIRE
  • Community Organizing Support
As an organization founded by Filipino immigrants, we carry with us the legacy of People Power. We believe that the people most affected by structural injustice should be at the forefront of our movements. We seek to amplify the voices of those most silenced in our community: undocumented families, new immigrants, domestic workers, low-wage workers, seniors, and youth.
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Southwest Organizing Project
  • General Operating Support
The Southwest Organizing Project’s (SWOP) mission is to build a broad-based organization of Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith institutions, local schools and other institutions in Southwest Chicago, which will enable families to exercise common values, determine their own future and connect with each other to improve life in their neighborhoods.
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Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization
  • For support of community organizing
Through the sustained engagement of low-income and working families, KOCO develops multi-generational leaders who impact decision-making processes and public policies, improving the quality of life in our local communities.
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Pilsen Alliance
  • General Operating Support
We have been serving the community for 23 years, uniting and leading the Pilsen community. Pilsen is a community of immigrants, here we decided to join our efforts to create a strong and resilient community in these times of change. We are committed to bringing the best community education tools and programs, our campaigns are direct actions and advocacy initiatives that reflect the popular education philosophy of building social awareness for both collective and personal transformation.
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Southside Together Organizing for Power
  • For support of community organizing
“Stop is an organization that shows love for the community, we are compassionate and caring. We are a supportive family that works as a team, to motivate and inspire each other, loving each other as chosen family, being honest, building trust together.”
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Action Now Institute
  • General Operating Support
Action Now Institute (ANI) began operating as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization in April 2010. We have extensive experience in community organizing, a solid network of allies and an experienced staff of organizers, researchers and trainers. Our primary campaigns include quality education for low-income, minority students in Chicago, foreclosure prevention in Cook County, and raising the minimum wage in Illinois.
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Access Living
  • Community Organizing Support
A center of service and advocacy for people with disabilities, run by people with disabilities.
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Garfield Park Community Council
  • Community Organizing Support
The Garfield Park Community Council is a community-building organization made up of dedicated residents and allies working together to develop leaders and create opportunities and programs that build a vital Garfield Park community.
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Chicago Housing Initiative
  • General Operating Support
The mission of the Chicago Housing Initiative (CHI) is to amplify the power of low-income Chicago residents to preserve, improve, and expand low-cost rental housing, stabilize communities facing displacement, and advance racial and economic equity and inclusion across all of Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods.
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  • Community Organizing Support
AFIRE
As an organization founded by Filipino immigrants, we carry with us the legacy of People Power. We believe that the people most affected by structural injustice should be at the forefront of our movements. We seek to amplify the voices of those most silenced in our community: undocumented families, new immigrants, domestic workers, low-wage workers, seniors, and youth.
  • General Operating Support
Southwest Organizing Project
The Southwest Organizing Project’s (SWOP) mission is to build a broad-based organization of Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith institutions, local schools and other institutions in Southwest Chicago, which will enable families to exercise common values, determine their own future and connect with each other to improve life in their neighborhoods.
  • For support of community organizing
Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization
Through the sustained engagement of low-income and working families, KOCO develops multi-generational leaders who impact decision-making processes and public policies, improving the quality of life in our local communities.
  • General Operating Support
Pilsen Alliance
We have been serving the community for 23 years, uniting and leading the Pilsen community. Pilsen is a community of immigrants, here we decided to join our efforts to create a strong and resilient community in these times of change. We are committed to bringing the best community education tools and programs, our campaigns are direct actions and advocacy initiatives that reflect the popular education philosophy of building social awareness for both collective and personal transformation.
  • For support of community organizing
Southside Together Organizing for Power
“Stop is an organization that shows love for the community, we are compassionate and caring. We are a supportive family that works as a team, to motivate and inspire each other, loving each other as chosen family, being honest, building trust together.”
  • General Operating Support
Action Now Institute
Action Now Institute (ANI) began operating as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization in April 2010. We have extensive experience in community organizing, a solid network of allies and an experienced staff of organizers, researchers and trainers. Our primary campaigns include quality education for low-income, minority students in Chicago, foreclosure prevention in Cook County, and raising the minimum wage in Illinois.
  • Community Organizing Support
Access Living
A center of service and advocacy for people with disabilities, run by people with disabilities.
  • Community Organizing Support
Garfield Park Community Council
The Garfield Park Community Council is a community-building organization made up of dedicated residents and allies working together to develop leaders and create opportunities and programs that build a vital Garfield Park community.
  • General Operating Support
Chicago Housing Initiative
The mission of the Chicago Housing Initiative (CHI) is to amplify the power of low-income Chicago residents to preserve, improve, and expand low-cost rental housing, stabilize communities facing displacement, and advance racial and economic equity and inclusion across all of Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods.