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  • March 19, 2009           The Cricket Island Foundation collaborates with the Crossroads Fund, the Woods Fund and the Brinson Family Foundation to present an educational convening for our grantees in Chicago.  Bill Barclay, Crossroads Fund Finance Committee member, led an interactive presentation that helped our grantees better understand the policies and practices that contributed to our current economic crisis.  Program Officers Consuella Brown and Julie Walther spoke about how their foundations are responding to the crisis and what nonprofits should expect in the coming years. To read the full story, please see Crossroads Fund's "At the Crossroads" 2009 Newsletter.

  • December 5, 2008     The Cricket Island Foundation awards $440,000 to seven youth led social change organizations from Chicago, IL. Grantee partners, described here as our Cohort 3 Established grants, share a commitment to youth led social change, community leadership and organizational development. Read the press release.