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Racial Equity and Community Partnership Grant Program (US)

Deadline: 24-Jan-25

The Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations has launched the Racial Equity and Community Partnership Grant Program to foster mutually beneficial partnerships between community-based organizations and Northwestern University representatives that address the root causes of racial inequities and work toward structural changes.

Northwestern seeks to become a national model for how a major research university engages with the communities where it resides.

The Definition of Racial Equity: They believe racial equity is the foundation for a just and fair society where all people can participate to reach their full potential. Advancing racial equity means doing things differently than they have done before. They mean:

  • Investing in communities of color, especially underserved and under invested areas
  • Making changes to institutions to address root causes of inequities
  • Racial healing and acknowledgment of past harms to communities of color
Focus Areas
  • This program is focused on advancing racial equity in Evanston and Chicago through policy and program changes that work to dismantle systemic racism. Grants will be awarded to partnerships between community-based nonprofits or groups in Evanston and Chicago and Northwestern faculty, students, or staff.
  • To advance racial equity, the strategy is building and expanding strategic partnerships that:
    • Build the capacity of local neighborhoods to develop and grow community solutions to structural and systemic problems.
    • Advance the University’s academic and research mission while also strengthening local communities.
  • These partnerships should have the potential to advance research-based knowledge and be leveraged for broader impact and additional foundation and government support.
Funding Information
  • Generally, up to 10 grants of $25,000 to $75,000 for community-based organization/Northwestern partnerships, with funds primarily allocated to the community-based organization.
  • The Northwestern partner can be funded for up to 25% of the total grant, particularly for stipends for students or other staff or faculty engagement in the project.
Who should Apply?
  • Projects that already have a community-based organization/Northwestern partnership in place OR can establish a working community-based organization/Northwestern relationship.
  • Previous Grant Recipients
    • Eligibility for Successive Applications
      • Previous grant recipients may submit a subsequent application for the same project for one additional grant cycle.
      • Should the second application for the same project be approved, the request should be for no more than 80% of the initial grant award.
    • Application for the Racial Equity and Community Partnership Grant
      • Previous grant recipients are eligible to apply for the Racial Equity and Community Partnership Grant for a third time, but the project proposals must have a different focus area than the previous two applications.

For more information, visit Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations.