Grantees

The Field Foundation proudly announces its Spring 2021 grantees. In this grant cycle we awarded more than $1.4 million to 35 organizations—new and returning grantee partners—that are located in and/or focused on communities highlighted in Field’s heat map. As always, the majority of our dollars are given to BIPOC visionaries that are working to change systems, narratives, policies and creative enterprise.

Congratulations to all of our Spring 2021 grantees, whose impact in the areas of Art, Justice and Media & Storytelling continues to transform Chicago.

Justice

Assata’s Daughters

Cannabis Equity Illinois Coalition

Garfield Park Community Council

Chicago Community Bond Fund

Lighthouse Foundation

Northwest Side Housing Center

P.A.S.O. West Suburban Action Project

People Matter

Art 

Alt_Space Chicago

Apna Ghar, INC.

Artist Resource Community (ARC) Chicago

Co-Op ED Center

Gage Park Latinx Council

Lawndale Pop-Up Spot

#LetUsBreathe Collective

National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture

Red Clay Dance Company

The Silver Room Foundation

Definition Theatre Company

Media & Storytelling 

Block Club Chicago

Borderless Magazine

Change the Name Documentary

Cicero Independiente

Community Film Workshop Chicago

Hartman Publishing Group

Korea News of Chicago

Sisters in Cinema

Streetwise

Let the Little Light Shine

The Trace

Vocalo

Westside Media Project

Windy City Media Group

Window to the World of Communications, INC.

Midway Broadcasting Corporation

Announcing our spring 2019 grantees. Field Foundation board members and life directors met on May 29 and approved our latest round of grantees. These organizations represent our Art and Justice portfolios in our grantmaking model of Community Empowerment through Justice, Art, Media & Storytelling and Leadership Investment. This portfolio consists of organizations who are not only doing transformative work on the south and west sides of our city, but also on a citywide level. They are influencing creative ecosystems, economies, policy agendas, and conversations around equity that significantly impact their communities. We are confident that our 2019 Spring grantees will elevate Chicago’s landscape through alliances that create investment opportunities in heat map communities. We are proud to support and partner with these amazing organizations!

3Arts, Inc.

Africa International House USA, Inc.

Arts Alliance Illinois

Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago

Brighton Park Neighborhood Council

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos: Immigrant Workers’ Project

Changing Worlds

Chicago Community Bond Fund

Chicago Food Policy Action Council

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater

Diasporal Rhythms

First Defense Legal Aid

Free Street Theater

Free Write Arts & Literacy NFP

Garfield Park Community Council

Grow Greater Englewood

Healing To Action, NFP

Housing Action Illinois

Jane Addams Senior Caucus

Logan Square Neighborhood Association

Mujeres Latinas en Accion

PASO-West Suburban Action Project

Real Men Charities, Inc.

Resident Association of Greater Englewood

Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center

Silk Road Rising

Threewalls

Warehouse Workers Justice Center

Announcing our winter 2019 grantees. Field Foundation board members and life directors met on January 23rd and approved our latest round of grantees. These organizations represent our grantmaking model of Community Empowerment through Justice, Art, and Leadership Investment. This portfolio consists of organizations who are taking us into new and exciting territories. Many are recently conceived organizations with innovative and creative projects working towards fighting racial injustices, creating opportunities for immigrant and refugee communities, and envisioning a new Chicagoland. Our 2019 Winter grantees are deeply committed to developing community leaders and stronger alliances for advocacy work, and with our support (and hopefully yours too), we are confident they will continue to push boundaries to transform Chicago.

Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment

Assata’s Daughters

Black Ensemble Theater

Blue Tin Production Cooperative

Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance

Chicago Foundation for Women

Chicago Human Rhythm Project

Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community

Communities United

Community Renewal Society

Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange

Enlace Chicago

Floating Museum

Forefront

Kenwood Oakland Community Organization

Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force

OTV Open Television

Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project

Redevelopment Management Resources, Inc.

Restoring the Path

Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc.

Rome in a Day

Southeast Side Block Club Alliance

Stillwell Institute for Contemporary Black Art

Sweet Water Foundation

University of Chicago – Office of Civic Engagement

Urban Growers Collective

UrbanTheater Company

West Point School of Music

Westside Health Authority

Working Family Solidarity

Join us in welcoming our new grantees. Field Foundation Board Members and Life Directors met on September 21st and approved our latest round of grantees. These organizations represent our grantmaking model of Community Empowerment through Justice, Art, and Leadership Investment and align with our priorities of funding organizations that are working on root causes of issues, exploring creative enterprise, redefining narrative and storytelling and leading Chicago to new places. We are so honored and proud to support this group of organizations!

Advancing Leadership

Alliance of the Southeast

American Indian Center of Chicago

Arab American Action Network

Cabrini Green Legal Aid

Chicago Latino Theater Alliance

Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives

Chicago United for Equity

Circles & Ciphers

Enrich Chicago

HANA Center

Inner-City Muslim Action Network

Latino Policy Forum

Latinos Progresando

Little Village Environmental Justice Organization

The Simple Good

Sister Survivor Network

Soutside Together Organizing for Power

Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation

United Congress of Community

Workers Center for Racial Justice

Join us in celebrating our new grantees. On May 16th, the board members and life directors of the Field Foundation met and approved our latest round of grantees in our new grantmaking model Community Empowerment through Justice, Art, and Leadership Investment. This portfolio demonstrates organizations that are lifting new voices, developing community agency, and exploring creative enterprise. We are extremely honored to support this tremendous group of organizations!

3Arts, Inc

Centro Trabajandores Unidos: Immigrant Workers’ Project

Chicago Art Department

Free Write Arts & Literacy NFP

Chicago Torture Justice Center

Collaboraction Theatre Company

Free Lunch Academy

Free Street Theater

Asian American Advancing Justice-Chicago

Latin United Community Housing Association

Arts Alliance Illinois

Latino Union of Chicago

Silk Road Rising

Sisters in Cinema

True Star Foundation

Forefront

TAG Foundations, Inc.

Chicago Park District

Chicago Housing Initiative

Navy Pier

ProPublica

Mandala South Asian Performing Arts

Chicago Urban League

Open the Circle

First Defense Legal Aid

Leadership Greater Chicago

Role Model Movement Inc, NFP

Faith in Place

Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: ONE Northside

Northwest Side Housing Center

Join us in celebrating all our newest grantees featured below! In this grant cycle, we officially implemented our new guidelines in Justice, Art and Leadership Investment programs that support our mission of community empowerment. This portfolio demonstrates organizations working on policy and advocacy, building non-traditional art spaces and partnerships, and revealing hidden inequities and talents by amplifying community voices. We’re proud to support this tremendous group!

Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP)

United Congress of Community & Religious Organizations

Chicago Workers’ Collaborative

Urban Juncture

Forward Momentum Chicago

Affinity Chicago

Kuumba Lynx

Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance

Albany Park Theater Project

Chicago Community Bond Fund

Chicago Food Policy Action Council

Chicago Public Media

City Bureau

Urban Gateways

Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater

DuSable Museum of African American History

eta Creative Arts Foundation

Free Spirit Media

Garfield Park Community Council

Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights 

Warehouse Workers for Justice

Kartempquin Films

Invisible Institute

Mujeres Latinas En Accion

OPEN Center for the Arts

Red Clay Dance Company, Inc.

Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU of Illinois

Restoring the Path

Surge Institute

The University of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement & Civic Leadership Academy