Cultivate: Leadership Program
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Geographic Scope: Chicago area
Focus Areas: Leadership development for Women of Color in social justice movements
A leadership development program. Also referenced as "Cultivate: Women of Color Program" - supporting leadership development for women of color engaged in racial, social, and economic justice work.
Contact Information:
- Crossroads Fund
- 3411 West Diversey Avenue Suite #20
- Chicago, Illinois 60647
- Phone: 773.227.7676
- Website: crossroadsfund.org
What Crossroads Fund Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 179
- Total given
- $3.91M
- Median grant
- $15K
- Range
- $6,000–$100K
- By dollars: Illinois 96%, California 2%, New York <1%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL; Evanston, IL; Oak Park, IL.
- 78% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 41% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Women
- BIPOC
- Youth leadership
- Social justice
- Capacity building
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