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Location: 200 S Wacker Dr Ste 3860, Chicago, 60606 IL
EIN: 36-6059408
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Grant Applicant - applied in 2024
Document all communications. Experience with this funder is inconsistent. Sample current applications have not been made available in advance (violating Nonprofit AF's suggestions for best practices). Program Officer has contradicted themselves on priorities and feedback. Vague about who makes funding decisions.
Illinois
Current or former grantee
Other
2024
Average
Inconsistent.
Average
Uncertain.
Revamp your process. Engage with grantees outside of forms and paperwork. Be transparent.
It organized an online heat map that helps identify neighborhoods and parts of underserved Chicago. This could be used by other funders.
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Grant Applicant - applied in 2021
Excellent funder with clear priorities and admirable transparency and communication. Great program officer who's aware of power dynamics.
Positive leader in the field, Culturally sensitive, Friendly, Builds relationships, Openminded, Responsive
Illinois
Current or former grantee
Funded for lesser amount
2021
Good
Good
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Grant Applicant - applied in 2016
Field is a philanthropic leader in Chicago, one of the few major funders to be explicit about targeting orgs that are led by POC and in divested areas of the city. The program officer there is very willing to make time to talk. My organization has been funded by Field in the past, but not since they've adjusted their funding priorities in 2017 (for reference, we are a white-led organization located in a gentrifying part of Chicago).
There is an LOI process before a full proposal. The LOI is relatively straightforward, all through an online portal. It's a 20,000 character maximum. The program officer is often open to reviewing proposals two weeks in advance and offering feedback.
Positive leader in the field, Gives more than money, Risk taker, Insightful, Builds relationships, Openminded, Responsive
Illinois
Current or former grantee
Funded for amount requested
2016
Good
As mentioned, the program officer makes time to talk, even with a busy schedule.
Good
Remain open to funding collaboration between community-based organizations that have, historically, had less access to funding, and organizations with more resources that want to build partnerships with them.
Sticks to their priorities of funding geographically divested neighborhoods in Chicago.
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