Grants
When the Catholic bishops of the United States established the CCHD in 1969, they mandated the Campaign to fund “such projects as voter registration, community organizations, community-run schools, minority-owned cooperatives and credit unions, capital for industrial development and job training programs, and setting up of rural cooperatives.” Today, we point to hundreds of CCHD — funded organizations that have grown to extend and build bonds in their communities for the common good.
Grants to support grassroots social justice organizations are made possible by Catholics throughout the United States who contribute to CCHD each year. To qualify for CCHD funds, applicant organizations must not promote, in any way, activities that work against Catholic values. CCHD's grants to local anti-poverty efforts are screened, awarded and monitored in close partnership with local Catholic dioceses and require the explicit approval of the local bishop.
For more information about grant criteria and the application process, download our Local Funding Guide for prospective applicants.
Current Grantees
Local Level
- Alliance for Community Services
- Alliance of the Southeast
- Co-op Ed Center
- Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership
- Communities United
- Community Renewal Society
- Lake County Sponsors
- Logan Square Neighborhood Association
- Southside Together Organizing for Power
- Southwest Organizing Project
- St. Agatha Parent and Family Empowerment Initiative
- United Power for Action and Justice
- Working Family Solidarity
National Level
- Arise Chicago
- Centro de Trabajadores Unidos
- Chicago Housing Initiative
- Chicago Workers Collaboartive
- Coalition to Save Our Mental Health Centers
- Kenwood Oakland Community Organization
- Latino Union
- Metropolitan Tenants Organization
- ONE: Northside
- Progress Center for Independent Living
- South Side Community Federal Credit Union
