Community Resilience Fund
Rapid response grants for Chicago-area grassroots organizations responding to evolving policy threats and building community resilience, descended from the post-9/11 Critical Response Fund.
- Indicative award
- $5k–$30k (total award)The page states "Grants can range from $5,000 to $30,000," with applicants typically requesting $5,000-$15,000 depending on their own fundraising.
- Timing
- Rolling / openPublished deadline: 2027-05-04 — 263 days awayApplications opened August 6, 2026 and the published deadline is May 4, 2027. Applicants can expect a response 4-6 weeks after submitting.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Grassroots organizations with budgets under $700,000, based in the Chicago metro area (Chicago, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Will counties and Lake County, Indiana). Current and returning grantees are prioritized. Funds must be used within 12 months; the fund does not cover regularly planned programming or budget shortfalls.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- rapid response · policy threats · community resilience · chicago grassroots
- Apply at
- https://www.crossroadsfund.org/community-resilience-fund
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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