Woods Fund of Chicago

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Woods Fund of Chicago "is a grantmaking foundation whose goal is to increase opportunities for less advantaged people and communities in the metropolitan area, including the opportunity to shape decisions affecting them. The foundation works primarily as a funding partner with nonprofit organizations. Woods supports nonprofits in their important roles of engaging people in civic life, addressing the causes of poverty and other challenges facing the region, promoting more effective public policies, reducing racism and other barriers to equal opportunity, and building a sense of community and common ground." [1]

2006 Annual Report

People (2010)

Accessed March 2010: [2]

Staff

Board of Directors and Officers

  • Jesus G. Garcia, Board Chair* - Executive Director, Little Village Community Development Corporation
  • Doris Salomon Chagin, Vice Chair* - President, Salomón Strategic Solutions, LLC
  • Lee Bey - Director of Media and Governmental Affairs, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP
  • Beth E. Richie - Professor and Head of the Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Patrick M. Sheahan - Executive Director, Public Affairs, UBS Investment Bank
  • Charles N. Wheatley - President, Sahara Enterprises, Inc.
  • Lucia Woods Lindley - Board Member Emeritus

People (2008)

Accessed April 2008: [3]

Staff

Board of Directors and Officers

  • Laura S. Washington, Board Chair* - Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor and Fellow of the DePaul Humanities Center
  • Jesus G. Garcia, Vice Chair* - Executive Director, Little Village Community Development Corporation
  • William C. Ayers - Distinguished Professor of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Lee Bey - Director of Media and Governmental Affairs, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP
  • Doris Salomon Chagin - Category Manager - Ethnic Markets, BP Products North America
  • Beth E. Richie - Professor and Head of the Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Patrick M. Sheahan - Executive Director, Public Affairs, UBS Investment Bank
  • Charles N. Wheatley - President, Sahara Enterprises, Inc.
  • Lucia Woods Lindley - Board Member Emeritus

Other Officers

People (2001) [4]

Staff

Board of Directors

Contact

Web: http://www.woodsfund.org

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch articles

References

  1. Mission, Woods Fund of Chicago, accessed April 18, 2008.
  2. STAFF & BOARD DIRECTORY, Woods Fund of Chicago, accessed March 5, 2010.
  3. STAFF & BOARD DIRECTORY, Woods Fund of Chicago, accessed April 18, 2008.
  4. STAFF & BOARD DIRECTORY, Woods Fund of Chicago (Internet Archive 2001), accessed April 18, 2008.