Crossroads Fund
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Crossroads Fund supports community organizations working on issues of racial, social and economic justice in the Chicago area.
At Crossroads Fund we believe that big change can come from small beginnings. Some of the biggest victories weโve seen in this city, from accessible public transit for people with disabilities, to the successful campaign to abolish the death penalty in Illinois, started out as small grassroots movements that were considered too radical for most funders. Thatโs where Crossroads Fund comes in. We give small grants to new and emerging groups, providing critical support from the beginning. We are often the first foundation grant that our grantees have applied for or received.
09/30/2026
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐
๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ. โ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐น๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ. โ -๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ
๐ง๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒโ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐:
-๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ
-๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต
-๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ
-๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ.
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ! ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป $๐ฎ๐ญ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ $๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ bit.ly/21yearsofjane
09/22/2026
Youโre invited to the 7th annual James Thindwa Grassroots Organizing Fund's Celebration in honor of James Thindwa, a passionate social justice organizer committed to the abiding belief in the power of ordinary people to change the world.
Join us Tuesday, November 17, 2026, in person. The event is free, but donations are welcome at: bit.ly/thindwa-donate
RSVP at: bit.ly/thindwa2026 or link in bio
09/10/2026
๐Congratulations to Crossroads Fund Executive Director Jane Kimondo as she celebrates a milestone birthday!๐๐
09/09/2026
Apply Today!
The Cultivate 2027 is now open! Are you a grantee of Crossroads, Wood Fund, Chicago Foundation for Women, or the Chicago Community Trust? Are you working in the field of advocacy, organizing or policy? You may be eligible! Read more about eligibility and apply here: bit.ly/Cultivate2027. APPLY BY OCT 8TH.
08/18/2026
๐Join the 2027 Giving Project Cohort! ๐
Are you passionate about social justice and want to make a real impact in Chicago? The Giving Project is now accepting applications for its next cohort.
From January to June 2027, you can be part of a transformative journey where you'll have the chance to support crucial but underfunded social justice movements, build community across race, class, and gender, and gain invaluable skills in donor organizing and fundraising.
Together, we aim to raise $150,000 for grassroots initiatives! ๐ฅ
Here is a quick overview of our application process timeline:
SEPT. 22ND - OCT 20TH: APPLICANT INTERVIEWS
SEPT 22ND: INTEREST FORM DUE
OCT 20TH: COHORT ANNOUNCED
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Apply today: bit.ly/gp-27form or link in bio.
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๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ โ ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ช ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ก
The ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ provides resources to youth activists in Chicago working to change and challenge existing policies and/or organized structures that prevent their communities from achieving equality.
Grant amounts are between $๐ฑ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ - $๐ญ๐ฑ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ depending on the size of the project and what it will cover.
Visit our website to view eligibility and our funding criteria.
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ
๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ: ๐ฏ๐ถ๐.๐น๐/๐๐ผ๐๐๐ต๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฒ
06/30/2026
Thank you to our partner businesses for generously donating a portion of their sales to support Crossroads Fundโs fundraiser, Bite by Bite, We Unite! ๐ซฆ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ค
We encourage our community to support these local businesses throughout the year!
Taste of Chicago
3170 S. Ashland Ave
๐McKinley Park
Irazu Costa Rican Dining
1865 N. Milwaukee Ave
๐Bucktown
Jeni's Logan Square
2512 N. Milwaukee Ave
๐Logan Square
Lotus Banh Mi
719 W. Maxwell St.
๐University VIllage - UIC
Let's Eat to Live
621 E. 67th St.
๐Woodlawn
06/29/2026
REFLECTING ON FY25: $4.29 MILLION TO 231 POWERFUL ORGANIZATIONS!
In Fiscal Year 2025, we moved $4.29 million to 231 powerful organizations. These numbers tell the story of a realized vision and a collective ability to respond to the immediate needs of our communities while also working towards our collective, liberated future. The annual report is a reflection of the grantee's courage, the generosity of our donors and the solidarity of the philanthropic community.
๐View full report at link in bio or visit bit.ly/cfannualreport2025
After going through the 2025 annual report, we invite you to pause and reflect:
-How can I lift up structures of care?
-Do I have the capacity to show up in this moment?
-How do I encourage my community to resist?
-How can I support to create safe spaces for youth to grow?
-What mutual aid projects can I help sustain?
-What does my community need?
Bite by Bite, We Unite! ๐ซฆ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ค
๐Let's Eat to Live
621 E. 67th St. (Woodlawn)
June 21 - June 27
Crossroads Fund is partnering with local businesses like Let's Eat to Live in Woodlawn for a tasty fundraising effort, Bite by Bite, We Unite!
On and around June 25, participating restaurants will donate 25% of sales to support Crossroads Fundโs mission to fuel grassroots social justice organizing and nourish movements for change across Chicago!
You can participate by eating and enjoying local foodโfrom hot dogs and Costa Rican favorites to Mexican cuisine, ice cream, halal eats, Vietnamese dishes, and more. Chicago is a city built on incredible food and a proud tradition of organizing and activism. *Every meal helps fuel community-led work while bringing people together around a shared purpose.
*See individual business listings for dates, times, contribution details, and any special instructions.
Visit bit.ly/bitebybiteweunite for more info.
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