Chicago Environmental Justice Fund Grantees
The Chicago Environmental Justice Fund awards capacity building grants to neighborhood-based Environmental Justice organizations and values-aligned partners working in the Chicago metropolitan area. Our grantees are led by, rooted in, and accountable to low-income communities of color directly impacted by environmental harms.
Below you will find more information on frontline EJ organizations supported by CFFI
Blacks in Green
Their mission is to promote the 8 Principles of Green Village Building, a whole-system solution that can transform the whole-system problem common to black communities everywhere.
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
The mission of LVEJO is to organize with our community to accomplish environmental justice in Little Village and achieve the self-determination of immigrant, low-income, and working-class families.
Neighbors for Environmental Justice
The purpose of Neighbors for Environmental Justice is to educate, advocate and organize with our community to accomplish environmental justice on the southwest side of Chicago.
People for Community Recovery
People for Community Recovery's mission is to enhance the quality of life of residents living in communities affected by environmental pollution. PCR educates and advocates for policy and programs in an effort to coordinate with local residents on issues of the environment, health, housing, education, training, neighborhood safety, and economic equity.
Southeast Environmental Task Force
SETF is an environmental nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the southeast side and south suburbs of Chicago by promoting environmental education, pollution prevention, and sustainable development.