ChiFresh Kitchen received a grant from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development for $70,000 for the FY 2023-2024, and since 2021 has received three grants totaling $205,000.ChiFresh Kitchen claims its mission is to “promote food sovereignty, racial justice, and equitable food access in the city” of Chicago. However, ChiFresh is not a viable candidate for a CCHD grant due to its membership and intimate involvement in an organization known as the United States Federation of Worker’s … [Read more...]

Cooperacion Santa Ana received funding from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development for three grant cycles between 2021 and 2024 totaling $190,000. Its most recent grant was in the 2023-2024 cycle for $75,000. Unfortunately, Cooperacion Santa Ana’s director, Ana Siria Urzua, is on record promoting “reproductive rights” and posting violent transgender activist imagery on social media.Cooperacion Santa Ana’s website clearly indicates that Ana Siria Urzua is the director of the … [Read more...]

Escucha Mi Voz Iowa (EMVI) actively secured two grants from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development: a $50,000 grant in 2023-2024 and a $25,000 grant in the 2025 grant cycle, totaling $75,000 in Catholic funding. EMVI, a community organizing group, focuses on workers' rights and places a strong emphasis on immigration rights, recently leading numerous campaigns to oppose ICE deportation initiatives.However, EMVI has been found working in close collaboration with socialist organizations. … [Read more...]

Chicago’s Alliance of the Southeast (formerly known as Alianza Leadership Institute) is a recent grantee of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, receiving a $35,000 grant in the 2023-2024 cycle and another for $25,000 in 2024-2025 for a total of $55,000.This grantee primarily focuses on building leadership capacity and conducting training for organizations in southeast Chicago. However, the executive director of ASE, Amalia NietoGomez, publicly promoted the practice of drag queen … [Read more...]

Buffalo Immigrant Leadership Team (BILT) has received a total of $290,000 from the Catholic Campaign for Human development over five grants starting in the 2017-2018 grants cycle. Most recently, BILT received $25,000 in 2025 from the CCHD.BILT originated as a spin-off of VOICE-Buffalo, another frequent CCHD grant recipient we’ve reported in the past for gross grantee violations. Unfortunately, BILT also stands in violation of CCHD’s prohibition against membership in immoral coalitions as it … [Read more...]