Woods Fund of Chicago

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “assata” · $35,000

• $35,000

  Assata'S Daughters · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Crossroads Fund3 grants · $457,500
• Kenwood Oakland Community Organization3 grants · $335,000
• Byp100 Education Fund3 grants · $307,500
• Southside Together Organizing for Power3 grants · $239,000
• Chicago Coalition for the Homeless3 grants · $190,000
• Southwest Organizing Project3 grants · $185,000
• Hana Center2 grants · $171,000
• Grassroots Collaborative3 grants · $165,000
• Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment3 grants · $165,000
• Communities United3 grants · $160,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 304 grants.

• $222,500

  Byp100 Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

  General operating support

• $190,000

  Crossroads Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $170,000

  Crossroads Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $150,000

  Movement Building Paths · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  General operating support

• $140,000

  Kenwood Oakland Community Organization · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $130,000

  The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $120,000

  Hana Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $120,000

  Southside Together Organizing for Power · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $105,000

  Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2022

  General operating support

• $100,000

  Kenwood Oakland Community Organization · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $100,000

  Open Collective Foundation Aka Paths (Fiscal Sponsor the Praxis Project) · Oakland, CA · 2023

  General operating support

• $97,500

  Crossroads Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

  General operating support

• $95,000

  Kenwood Oakland Community Organization · Chicago, IL · 2022

  General operating support

• $90,000

  Black Roots Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $90,000

  Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $90,000

  Lugenia Burns Hope Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $80,000

  Southwest Organizing Project · Chicago, IL · 2022

  General operating support

• $75,000

  The Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $75,000

  The Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $70,000

  Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $70,000

  Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition and Solidarity · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $70,000

  Center for Third World Organizing · Oakland, CA · 2022

  General operating support

• $69,000

  Southside Together Organizing for Power · Chicago, IL · 2022

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Arise Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Brighton Park Neighborhood Council · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Centro De Trabajadores Unidos United Workers' Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Chicago Community and Workers Rights · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Chicago Freedom School · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Chicago Torture Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Chicago United for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership Nfp · Maywood, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Communities United · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Goodkids Madcity Englewood · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Healing To Action · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Latino Union Inc Aka Latino Union of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Logan Square Neighborhood Association Dba Palenque Lsna · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Lucy Parsons Labs-Current · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Muslims for Just Futures · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Organized Communities Against Deportations · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality Northside · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Pilsen Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Truth Racial Healing and Transformation (Trht) Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Westside Rising · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Woodstock Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Grassroots Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $60,000

  Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $55,000

  Workers Center for Racial Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $55,000

  Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $55,000

  Communities United · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $55,000

  Latino Policy Forum · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $55,000

  Organized Communities Against Deportations · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $55,000

  Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality Northside · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $55,000

  Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $55,000

  Southwest Organizing Project · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $55,000

  Grassroots Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2022

  General operating support

• $55,000

  One Northside · Chicago, IL · 2022

  General operating support

• $53,500

  Chicago Workers Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $51,000

  Enlace Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $51,000

  Hana Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

  General operating support

• $50,000

  A Long Walk Home · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Alianza Leadership Institute Dba Alliance of the Southeast · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Apna Ghar · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Arab American Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Asian American Institute Dba Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Blocks Together · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Brave Space Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Byp100 Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Cabrini-Green Legal Aid Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Center for Third World Organizing · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Chicago Community Bond Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Chicago Workers' Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Community Organizing and Family Issues · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Community Renewal Society · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Equity and Transformation · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Faith in Place · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  First Defense Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Get To Work Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Grassroots Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Housing Action Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Immigrant Solidarity Dupage · Wheaton, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Juvenile Justice Initiative · Evanston, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Latino Policy Forum · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Lawndale Christian Development Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Little Village Environmental Justice Organization · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Live Free Chicago Dba Live Free Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Lugenia Burns Hope Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Metropolis Strategies Nfp Dba Illinois Justice Project · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Mujeres Latinas En Accion · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Northeastern Illinois University Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Northwest Side Housing Center Dba Northwest Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Bluhm Legal Clinic Children and Family · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Paso-West Suburban Action Project · Melrose Park, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Progress Center for Independent Living · Forest Park, IL · 2024

  General operating support

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