Crossroads Fund está muy emocionado de anunciar nuestra 2020 Cohorte del proyecto de donación – un multirracial, entre clases, grupo interseccional de 26 personas que se han comprometido a recaudar fondos $150,000 para financiar el trabajo del movimiento en Chicago. En el transcurso de seis meses, Este grupo tendrá conversaciones personales profundas sobre raza y clase., hacer una donación monetaria que sea significativa para ellos, recaudar fondos para su red a través de un proceso de “organización de donantes,” y practicar la concesión de subvenciones participativa para apoyar estrategias, necesario, y trabajo de organización de justicia social con fondos insuficientes en la ciudad. Desde 2014, Los proyectos de donación de Crossroads Fund han recaudado más de $500,000 desde arriba 1,000 donors.Meet the 2020 Giving Project CohortThe Giving Project is an innovative model for building leadership and moving money for real change in Chicago. Each Giving Project brings together a cross-class, cross-race, gender-diverse, intergenerational group of 20-25 people who share a vision of social justice and want to apply their time, talent, and resources to supporting movements for social change.Each cohort commits to a transformational six- month process that will include:Working together to strategically support underfunded and necessary social justice organizing.Building community together, across identities, and digging deep into issues of race, class and power.Make a donation that is personally meaningful (no minimum amount) and fundraise to support organizing projects.A full grantmaking process that funds social justice organizing projects, including site visits and final granting decisions.In the past five years, Giving Project cohorts have raised more than $500,000 that was given out in grants to support building social, racial, and economic justice movements across Chicago.
