A future we can believe in
“WE PLANT THE SEEDS THAT ONE DAY WILL GROW; WE WATER SEEDS ALREADY PLANTED, KNOWING THAT THEY HOLD FUTURE PROMISE.” - OSCAR ROMERO
In the midst of a collective feeling of angst, uncertainty and some rage with the state of our world - numerous wars, banning of books, repealing of reproductive rights, lack of safety for young Black and Brown youth - we take a moment to celebrate our grantee partners. They never give up, even when the odds are stacked deeply against them as individuals, their communities, and the work that they do.
We believe that we can collectively create the future that we seek in little ways and in big ways. A future where all people live in their full dignity and on a planet that is well protected. The grantees that we partner with make us believe even more deeply in the future that is now and beyond. Crossroads Fund continues to be a public foundation and a movement funder that raises money for social, racial and economic justice. In addition, we host numerous programs and collaboratives.
We invite you to explore our annual report and get inspired by the depth and breadth of organizing work happening in Chicago. We are proud to announce that in Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) we collectively moved a record breaking $4.3 million to 206 organizations!
CROSSROADS FUND 2022 GRANTEES
For over 40 years Crossroads Fund has served as an anchor organization for movement building across the city by moving money to grassroots organizers working at the intersections of racial, social, and economic justice in Chicago.
Since day one, we have been committed to using a community grantmaking model to fund bold organizing that is led by people directly impacted by the issues, strategies, and campaigns that get to the root cause of injustice.
In Fiscal Year 2022, Crossroads Fund granted $4.3 million to 206 organizations in the Chicago area, the highest amount we have redistributed in a single fiscal year. This total amount includes our grantmaking and pooled funds with foundation partners and individual donors. Every dollar we raise and redistribute requires many people working in different ways and we hope you will be able to share the good news with your networks. Together, we are participating in a broader movement to support grassroots organizing and activism.
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The Center for International Performance and Exhibition dba HotHouse
The Chicago Palestine Film Festival (CPFF)
City Bricks: Report Card Project
Community Film Workshop of Chicago (CFWC)
First Nations Film and Video Festival (FNFVF)
Gage Park Latinx Council (GPLXC)
SoapBox Productions and Organizing
Stomping Grounds Literary Arts Initiative (SGLAI)
Watched Films
Acting OutSide
Black Leaders Building Together (BLB2)
Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100)
Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF)
Chicago Torture Justice Center (CTJC)
Chicago Torture Justice Memorial (CTJM)
Children’s Best Interest Project
Christianaire
The Electronic Monitoring Mutual Aid Network
First Defense Legal Aid (FDLA)
Goldin Institute’s Chicago Peace Fellows Mutual Aid Collaborative
Grassroots Illinois Action (GIA)
Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration (MUAVI)
Mothers Opposed to Violence Everywhere (MOVE)
National Restorative Justice Conference
The Nickolas Lee Foundation (NLF)
Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project (PNAP)
The African American Leadership and Policy Institute (AALPI)
Alliance for Community Services / RPCAN
The Black Researchers Collective
The Chicago Coalition to Save Our Mental Health Centers
Chicago Law and Education Foundation (CLEF)
Fathers, Families & Healthy Communities (FFHC)
Health Policy Institute of Chicago (HPIC)
Holistic Birth Collective (HBC)
The Love Package Project (LPP)
People’s Archive & Research Collective
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky
The Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago
Race Conscious Dialogues (RCD)
Racial Equity Parents Group at Peirce Elementary
Raise Your Hand for IL Public Education
The Salaam Community Wellness Center
Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance (CAFHA)
Chicago Housing Justice League (CHJL)
Chicago Solidarity Collective
Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community (CBCAC)
Jane Addams Senior Caucus (JASC)
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
Northside Action for Justice (NA4J)
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
The National LGBTQ Workers Center
Taskforce Prevention and Community Services
Transformative Justice Law Project (TJLP)
Center for Racial and Gender Equity
Chicago Community and Workers’ Rights
Chicago Teamsters for a Democratic Union (Chicago TDU)
The Street Vendors Association of Chicago (SVAC)
United Transporters Community Council (UTCC)
United Working Families
The Arab American Action Network (AAAN)
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago (AAAJC)
The Cannabis Equity IL Coalition (CEIC)
Chasing23 Youth Empowerment Group
Chi Student Pandemic Response (CSPR)
Chicago Desi Youth Rising (CDYR)
Friends of Roger C. Sullivan High School
The Hana Center’s Fighting Youth Shouting Out for Humanity (FYSH)
The Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH)
Chicago Park District’s Queering the Parks (QTP)
Revolutionary Oak Park Youth Action League (ROYAL)
Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP)
The Warehouse Project & Gallery
Woodlawn Restorative Justice Hub, Inc. (WRJH)
Youth Empowerment Performance Project (YEPP)
Philanthropy for a Racially Equitable Chicago (PREGC) is a collaborative composed of Field Foundation, Grand Victoria Foundation, Healthy Communities Foundation, Woods Fund of Chicago and local philanthropic affinity groups including:
Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy (CAAIP) a membership organization committed to achieving racial equity in philanthropy by advocating for investments in Black communities and expanding Black leadership opportunities in the social sector.
Chicago Latinos in Philanthropy (CLIP) a professional network of philanthropic individuals, including grantmakers, board trustees, and individual donors in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy Chicago (AAPIP) an affiliate of the national membership organization dedicated to expanding and mobilizing philanthropic and community resources for underserved Asian American Pacific Islander communities to build a more just and equitable society.
The Chicago Independent Media Alliance (CIMA), a project of the Chicago Reader newspaper, launched in 2019 as a response to the industry’s revenue decline. CIMA believes in collaboration over competition in the media industry and thus launched a collaborative fundraising effort.
Twenty-nine media outlets benefited from CIMA’s fundraising efforts, including:
AirGo Radio, Block Club Chicago, Borderless Magazine, Chicago Independent Radio Project (CHIRP), Chicago Reader, Cicero Independiente, City Bureau, Current Magazine, E3 Radio, Evanston RoundtableMedia, Gazette Chicago, Growing Community Media, Hyde Park Herald, Injustice Watch, Inside Publications, Invisible Institute, La Raza, Midway Minute, Mild Sauce, New City, North Lawndale Community News,Paseo Media, Rebellious Magazine for Women, Rivet,Sixty Inches From Center, South Side Weekly, Street Wise, Third Coast Review, Windy City Times.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Makkah Ali
Mollie Anderson
Emmanuel Andre
Missy Carpenter
Henry Cervantes
Cecile DeMello
Lee Andel Dewey
Denise Ferguson
Hanan El-Youssef
Roxana Enriquez, Co-Chair
Tracie D. Hall
Alhelí M. Irizarry
Kheira Issaoui-Mansouri, Co-Chair
Katelyn Johnson
Gabriel Jones
Julia Klein
Jon Quinn
Ireri Rivas
Muhammad Sankari
STAFF MEMBERS
JANE KIMONDO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MICHAEL AGUHAR, PROGRAM DIRECTOR
EMMANUEL GARCIA, DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
LIZETTE GARZA, PROGRAM MANAGER
KATIE MADDEN, DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
KRISTINA ROQUE, OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
JOANNA PRESTON, PROGRAM ASSOCIATE
MAKIKO YAMAUCHI, FINANCE MANAGER
ALEXIS SANCHEZ BOYZO, COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE
FOUNDERS
Lucy & Peter Ascoli
Margaret Atterbury
Kay Berkson
Ashley Bullitt
Susan Coleman
Jean Hardisty
Paul Lehman & Ronna Stamm
Nancy Meyer
Bob Weissbourd
Ben Wolf