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Woods Fund Chicago is a bold grantmaker that draws on the power of communities to fight the brutality of poverty and structural racism.

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Our most recent newsletter includes a briefing on what we heard from Brave Space Alliance and the Transformative Justice Law Project last month. The headline? Trans communities need our explicit and concrete solidarity now more than ever: t.e2ma.net/webview/xt3s...
Two femmes in black and denim pose with their arms around each other. Headline reads: Briefing memo: Brave Space Alliance and The Transformative Justice Law Project Call Us Into Their Work
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Our grantee partners and peers are hiring!

Learn more about open opportunities to join organizations, coalitions, and nonprofit sector peers that are making an impact at linktr.ee/woodsfundchicago. #JobOpportunities #NonprofitCareers #CommunityOrganizing
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Woods Fund Chicago President Michelle Morales joins a panel on shifting grantmaking strategies — from increased payout to multiyear grants — to help the organizations we support meet unprecedented challenges. Learn more and register for the online session at our link in bio.

October 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Our grantee partners and peers are hiring! Learn more about job opportunities at linktr.ee/woodsfundchicago or the link in bio. #JobOpportunities #NonprofitCareers #CommunityOrganizing
Our grantee partners and peers are hiring! Learn more about open opportunities (arrow) Job opportunities: Alliance of the Southeast Multiple Positions Open Asian Americans Advancing Justice Multiple Positions Open Chicago United for Equity Executive Director Enlace Chicago Multiple Positions Open Faith in Place Multiple Positions Open Job opportunities: HANA Center Multiple Positions Open Jane Addams Senior Caucus Social Worker Latino Union of Chicago Organizing Director Mujeres Latinas en Acción Multiple Positions Open
October 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Federal targeting of DEI initiatives has led many in the nonprofit sector to move away from identity-based language or question its utility. But a vision of a just future cannot be enacted without centering racial justice. https://t.e2ma.net/message/pv3b6j/1woa0q3n

📸: Equity and Transformation
October 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Upcoming event alert! Thursday, October 9th, Alternatives is hosting Woods Fund Chicago President Michelle Morales and on a panel of philanthropic leaders to discuss funding partnerships in today's climate. Space is limited: RSVP in the link in bio or at: http://octobercocktails25.eventbrite.com/
October 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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From August's Newsletter: This summer, grantee partners Equity and Transformation and @c4racialjustice.bsky.social canvassed on the radical potential of guaranteed income—a reminder that even as we fight to avoid ceding ground, we have to keep dreaming of what’s possible together. 📸:@eatorgchicago
September 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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This opportunity is limited to current or grantees of @crossroadsfund.bsky.social, Chicago Foundation for Women, Chicago Community Trust, and Woods Fund Chicago

Read more about the criteria here, and apply before October 27! cultivatewomenofcolor.org/criteria-application/
September 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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🌟 Apply for the Cultivate Leadership Program 2025-2026!🌟

If you are a woman or nonbinary leader of color working in the social, economic, and/or racial justice movements and are interested in leadership development and receiving Executive Coaching, please consider applying!
September 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Our latest newsletter highlights some hard-fought wins from grantee partners: from the FAIR Act passage to making schools safe for all our kids, these organizations are doing more with less in the face of rapid terrain change. We're proud to stand behind them! t.e2ma.net/message/lkwn...
September 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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📢 🎉 Andrea Ortiz-Landin joined Woods Fund Chicago this summer as Strategic Initiatives Director!
As former director of organizing for Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, her work has for decades been grounded in a deep commitment to social justice and racial equity.

Learn more at our link in bio!
August 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Our grantee partners and peers are hiring! See opportunities from orgs like @cofionline.bsky.social, @icirr.bsky.social, and @latinopolicyforum.bsky.social: linktr.ee/woodsfundchi...
Our Grantee Partners and Peers are Hiring! Info at: https://linktr.ee/woodsfundchicago
August 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Our July newsletter features tactics on how to support grantee partners, a sharp look at organizing rideshare drivers, job opportunities, and a welcome to our newest team member. Find it at our link in bio!

Read now: t.e2ma.net/message/dqb1...
📸: Live Free Illinois
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July 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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What We're Listening To: Chicago podcast AirGo Radio recently featured both Dixon Romeo, executive director of South Side Together and Alex Ding, co-director of Dissenters. What does it take to build and maintain coalitions?

🎧 AirGo Radio via Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3ZKHASX...
July 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Our partners and peers are hiring! Head to linktr.ee/woodsfundchi... for opportunities:
"Our grantee partners and peers are hiring! Learn more about open opportunities at the link in bio"
June 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Our grantee partners and peers are hiring!

Learn more about open opportunities to join organizations, coalitions, and nonprofit sector peers that are making an impact at linktr.ee/woodsfundchicago or the link in bio. #JobOpportunities #NonprofitCareers #CommunityOrganizing
June 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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In this month's Woods Fund Chicago newsletter, our grantee partners are meeting potential Medicaid cuts with solidarity. Read for updates, job listings, and two recent podcast recs on building movements to last.

➡️ Read at: t.e2ma.net/message/lsia...

➡️ Sign up: signup.e2ma.net/signup/19446...
A crowd stands with signs reading: "Care, not collections" and "Cutting Medicaid fuels medical debt"
June 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Our grantee partners and peers are hiring!

Learn more about open opportunities to join organizations, coalitions, and nonprofit sector peers that are making an impact.

Learn more about job opportunities with our grantee partners and peers at linktr.ee/woodsfundchicago
April 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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🧵: In 2025 and under the federal administration’s aggressive enforcement tactics and fearmongering, how are Woods Fund Chicago grantee partners organizing to protect immigrant workers? Photo credit: Chicago Workers Collaborative
Graphic shows two organizers speaking into mics. Text reads: Explore know-your-rights toolkits and resources from our grantee partners
April 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Woods Fund Chicago is now on Bluesky, and we're delighted to share that applications from returning grantee partners for our 2025 grantmaking cycle are now open through April 30.

Questions? Learn more about our grants, what we're looking for, and how to apply at www.woodsfund.org/our-grants.
Text over a graphic reads: Returning grantee partners: Now accepting applications for the 2025 grant cycle. Woods Fund Chicago will be accepting applications for returning grantee partners from April 1, 2025, to April 30, 2025. New applicants: Applications are currently closed for new grantee partners.
April 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM