Capacity Building Initiative
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Capacity Building Initiative
Funder: Crossroads Fund Inc (IL, US)
Geographic Scope: Chicago area
Focus Areas: Building organizational capacity for grassroots groups doing racial, social, and economic justice work
Description: A program providing capacity building support to grassroots organizations in Chicago working on racial, social, and economic justice.
Contact Information:
What Crossroads Fund Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2023 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
- Grants in 2023
- 179
- Total given
- $5.88M
- Median grant
- $15K
- Range
- $5,065–$679K
- By dollars: Illinois 98%, Arizona 1%, Massachusetts <1%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL; Oak Park, IL; Berwyn, IL.
- 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Chicago Torture Justice Mem · Oak Park, IL
General operations
$679K
Other Less Than 5000 · Various, IL
General operations
$211K
Circles and Ciphers · Berwyn, IL
General operations
$140K
Blue Tin Production · Chicago, IL
General operations
$125K
Org Comm Against Deportation · Chicago, IL
General operations
$110K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
Categories
Browse similar grants by category
Related Grants
Open grants from this funder and similar programs
Seed Fund
Crossroads Fund Inc
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Solidarity Fund
Crossroads Fund Inc
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Cultivate: Women of Color Leadership Grant
Crossroads Fund Inc
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Crossroads Fund: Community Resilience Fund Grant
Crossroads Fund Inc
Amount
US $5,000 - US $30,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Crossroads Fund: Seed Fund Grant
Crossroads Fund Inc
Amount
Up to US $15,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Youth Fund for Social Change
Crossroads Fund Inc
Amount
US $5,000 - US $15,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Ready to apply for Capacity Building Initiative?
Grantable helps you assess fit, draft narratives, and track deadlines — so you can submit stronger applications, faster.