Illinois · Public charity
Blackroots Alliance
Our mission is to be an organization & network committed to the safety and liberation of all Black people promoting Black leadership and Black-centered community transformation as we work to collectively to build social and economic power.
- $79k
- Granted FY2022
- 2
- Grants FY2022
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Total assets, FY2022
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Blackroots Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 2 | $79k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $121k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $144k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity and Transformation | $175,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation | $158,000 | 3 | 32% |
| Grow Greater Englewood Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Action Now Institute | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Grassroots Collaborative | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Interaction Initiative Inc | $350 | 1 | 0% |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Crossroads Fund Inc · Field Foundation of Illinois · The Chicago Community Trust · Conant Family Foundation · Woods Fund of Chicago · Marguerite Casey Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc
How this is measured
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About Blackroots Alliance
- How much does Blackroots Alliance give?
- Blackroots Alliance reported 2 grants totaling $79,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does Blackroots Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2022, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Community Improvement (22%), Crime & Legal (15%).
- Who are Blackroots Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2022: Equity and Transformation ($175k), Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation ($158k), Grow Greater Englewood Inc ($35k).
- Does Blackroots Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blackroots Alliance?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Crossroads Fund Inc, Field Foundation of Illinois, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Blackroots Alliance based?
- Blackroots Alliance is based in IL.
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