Grants
CFW invests in community-led solutions to the most pressing challenges facing womxn and girls.
Investing in economic security, freedom from violence, and access to health care and education for all womxn and girls is at the core of our grantmaking, centering the needs and voices of those most impacted.
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Catalyst Fund for Reproductive Justice
Chicago Foundation for Women raises dollars to match funds provided by the Groundswell Fund’s core program, the Catalyst Fund, a national initiative to bring new funding to Women of Color-led reproductive justice work. Through this partnership, the Foundation provides funds for grants and technical assistance to Chicago-area reproductive justice projects led by Women of Color. This fund amplifies efforts to expand the reproductive justice platform and diversify the voices of communities of color on these issues.
Arise Chicago - $20,000
Arise educates, organizes and develops the leadership of low-wage, primarily immigrant, majority female workers, and organizes a broad range of faith leaders to support workplace and policy campaigns. Arise organizes for economic and physical security for all workers, especially for women of color and immigrant women, by ensuring that workplaces are welcoming to parents; working toward jobs that provide economic stability, healthy and safe environments for women, including during pregnancy; and advocating for family-friendly policies such as paid sick days.
Cabrini Green Legal Aid - $40,000
Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) provides legal services and advocacy for individuals affected by the criminal justice system. CGLA ensures the voices and experiences of women impacted by incarceration are on the forefront of criminal system reform conversations.
Chicago Freedom School - $25,000
Chicago Freedom School provides training and educational opportunities for youth and allied adults to develop leadership skills through the lens of civic action and through the study of social movement history. Project HealUs activates and prepares young people of color ages 14-20 from marginalized communities to explore, engage, and expand the work of the reproductive justice movement within their communities.
Equal Hope - $43,000
The Task Force works to address breast cancer survival disparities between Black and white women in Chicago by increasing access to quality health care. The Task Force supports education, quality measurement and improvement for breast healthcare, as well as provides direct services to women through its Community Health Initiatives.
EverThrive Illinois - $35,000
EverThrive Illinois works to improve the health of women, children, and families across the lifespan.
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health - $42,000
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH) is a network of empowered youth and allied adults who transform public consciousness and increase the capacity of family, school and healthcare systems to support the sexual health, rights and identities of youth.
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum - $30,000
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) is a national, multi-issue organizing and advocacy organization dedicated to organizing and building power of women-identifying Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) people to advance human rights and social justice.
Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside - $15,000
Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality (ONE): Northside is a mixed-income, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that unites its diverse communities. It builds collective power to eliminate injustice through bold and innovative community organizing. It accomplishes this through developing grassroots leaders and acting together to effect change.
Warehouse Workers for Justice - $20,000
Warehouse Workers for Justice (WWJ) works to transform work in the distribution industry from poverty-level temp jobs into living wage jobs with dignity. The Women’s Committee engages women of color as leaders in the movement for economic security.
Eleanor Network at Chicago Foundation for Women
The Eleanor Network works to expand women’s economic security through a variety of strategies, from direct service to grassroots advocacy. The Pathways to Economic Self-Sufficiency model focuses on workforce development as an essential economic security initiative within the Network. The combination of training opportunities and comprehensive support services ensures that women are able to secure living wage jobs with benefits and have clear pathways for career advancement and professional development.
All Chicago Making Homelessness History - $50,000
All Chicago Making Homelessness History provides financial assistance via its Emergency Fund to provide assistance with needs such as rent, security deposits and basic home items – as well as employment related necessities such as child care, transportation and professional attire.
Allies for Community Business (formerly Accion Chicago) - $15,000
Accion created its Female Entrepreneurship Program to connect women, primarily minority and low-income entrepreneurs, with the services they need to grow their businesses, support their families, and create jobs in their communities.
Blue Tin Production - $7,500
Blue Tin Production (BTP) is an apparel manufacturing workers co-operative run by immigrant, refugee, and working-class women of color using a creative, arts-based approach to systems change. BTP works to fill a major gap in sustainable and ethical production within the fashion industry while centering the economic mobility of women of color who sit at the intersections of violence, trauma, and systemic oppression.
Cara - $15,000
The Eleanor Career Advancement Program prepares employed Cara women for the next step in their professional journeys, whether that be additional training, enrolling in formal educational programs, or finding a more suitable job through which they can advance their compensation and benefits.
Chicago House and Social Service Agency - $10,000
Chicago House’s innovative TransWorks Program is the only employment program in the Midwest specifically addressing the barriers that transgender people face in the workforce.
Chicago Women in Trades - $65,000
Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) exists to improve women’s economic equity by increasing their participation in skilled, blue-collar occupations traditionally held by men. CWIT creates opportunities for women to enter and advance in the industry through policy, advocacy and technical assistance initiatives, and by ensuring that women are informed about and prepared to compete for and succeed in these occupations through direct service programs.
Chicago Youth Centers - $15,000
Girls Excelling in Math and Science is a national club model that increases interest in STEM for girls in elementary and middle school through hands-on, project-based learning.
Chinese Mutual Aid Association - $15,000
Young Women Warriors (YWW) is a group-mentoring program for young women of color ages 12-18 from low-income immigrant families. YWW provides young women access to older, female professionals of color who help guide mentees throughout high school, college and the beginning of their careers.
Communities United - $15,000
Communities United (CU) is a grassroots organization committed to advancing racial, economic, and gender justice through the transformative development of leaders and community-led systems change.
Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) - $30,000
Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) develops the leadership and organizing capacity of low-income mothers and grandmothers of color through leadership training and direct action to make their voices heard in policy-making at the local, state and national level.
Deborah's Place - $20,000
Deborah’s Place opens doors for women experiencing homelessness as Chicago’s largest provider of supportive and interim housing exclusively for women.
Enlace Chicago - $15,000
Enlace Chicago convenes and supports a network of Spanish-speaking Community Health Workers (CHW) to build their skills in health promotion and education in the community, create more employment opportunities, mobilize as advocates on behalf of the community, and ultimately improve access to care and community health outcomes in Little Village.
GirlForward - $15,000
GirlForward is a community of support dedicated to creating and enhancing opportunity for girls who have been displaced globally by conflict and persecution.
Grow Your Own Teachers - $35,000
Grow Your Own Teachers Illinois (GYO) is a teacher training program that supports community members of color to become certified teachers in their neighborhood schools to help improve the educational outcomes of students.
Heartland Human Care Services - $50,000
IDEA (Imagine Dedicate Earn Achieve) helps low-income female heads-of-household who earn less than $40,000 per year improve their financial stability through credit building, money management, access to affordable banking, decreased reliance on predatory products and increased earning potential.
I.C. Stars - $7,500
i.c.stars was established to create economic opportunity for underserved communities by bridging disconnected young adults with the high growth tech sector. management, access to affordable banking, decreased reliance on predatory products and increased earning potential
Jane Addams Resource Corporation - $75,000
JARC’s Women in Manufacturing program (WMP) prepares low-income women for living-wage careers in the metal manufacturing sector.
Kinzie Industrial Development Corporation - $70,000
The Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training program prepares students for an Illinois EMT-Basic license and is offered tuition free to women who are heads of their households.
Ladies of Virtue - $15,000
Ladies of Virtue empowers girls, ages 9 to 18, to become confident and purpose-driven leaders. It prepares them for leadership through character development, career readiness, and civic engagement. It provides project management, collaboration, and communication training via 2-4 month project experiences to empower girls to lead in the workplace. After graduating from high-school, participants are mentored and supported for six additional years as LOV 4 Life alumni.
Latino Union of Chicago - $20,000
Latino Union collaborates with low-wage immigrant and U.S.-born workers to develop the tools necessary to improve social and economic conditions. The Chicago Coalition of Household Workers is a transformative organizing and leadership development program for household workers who are building power to create just conditions in their workplaces, homes, and communities.
Logan Square Neighborhood Association - $15,000
The Parent Mentor program develops parents (mostly mothers) as leaders in homes, schools and communities by providing educational and leadership opportunities to parents as classroom-based academic and emotional support for students.
Love, Unity & Values (LUV) Institute - $15,000
LUV’s Ladies of Leadership is designed to disrupt violence and other negative social behaviors while delivering intensive employment training to underserved young women (16-24). The 6-week, four days a week program includes leadership development, college and career readiness, and social/emotional competence using a gender lens.
National Able Network, Inc. - $50,000
The IT Career Lab program creates opportunities for those who are not equitably represented in the IT industry, including people of color and women. The occupations that job seekers are able to obtain after successfully completing the IT Career Lab program offers family-sustaining wages and an opportunity to end cycles of poverty by providing graduates with the foundation needed to pursue long-term career pathways.
Northwest Side Housing Center - $20,000
Women Forward Chicago (WFC) engages low and moderate income Latinas in building the financial and life skills necessary for economic security.
Shriver Center on Poverty Law - $25,000
The Women’s Law and Policy Initiative (WLPI) creates and promotes legal and policy solutions to improve the lives of low-income women and girls.
St. Leonard's Ministries - $15,000
St. Leonard’s Ministries’ Grace House employs a two-step approach, preparing women with the internal tools to heal from past traumas, and providing job skills training, job placement, and long-term retention support to ensure the women remain gainfully employed.
Target HOPE - $20,000
Target HOPE enhances educational opportunities for minority students attending public high schools in the Chicago metropolitan area. The STEM Initiative creates specific material and training for young women and girls to increase the number of female scholars who have an interest in or a demonstrated aptitude for mathematics and science, as well as mentoring opportunities and peer support.
Telpochcalli Community Education Project - $10,000
For almost 20 years, Telpochcalli Community Education Project (TCEP) has served the most vulnerable population of Little Village and surrounding communities. During these challenging times, it continues to serve
The Night Minsitry - $15,000
The Response-Ability Pregnant and Parenting Program increases the safety and stability of pregnant and parenting homeless youth ages 14-21 and their children.
Upwardly Global - $40,000
The Women’s Empowerment Program equips immigrant and refugee women with the essential employability skills, confidence, networks and access to employers.
Women Employed - $25,000
Women Employed’s mission is to improve the economic status of women and remove barriers to economic equity.
Women's Business Development Center - $15,000
WBDC’s mission is to support and accelerate business development and growth, targeting women and serving other underserved communities and veterans, in order to strengthen their participation in, and impact on, the economy.
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago - $15,000
Through one-on-one and group coaching, skills-based training, career placement and financial education, YWCA’s Economic Sustainability Services offer women help planning for a career, career advancement, small business development, financial sustainability and asset acquisition.
Englewood Women's Initiative
The Englewood Women’s Initiative (EWI) aims to increase the economic security of women living in the Greater Englewood area and their families. Through a strategic alliance of agencies, EWI will equip qualified women with the tools, skills, and resources to put them on a path to good-paying jobs (earning at least $40,000/year, with benefits) and long-term economic stability.
All Chicago Making Homelessness History - $50,000
All Chicago Making Homelessness History provides financial assistance via its Emergency Fund to provide assistance with needs such as rent, security deposits and basic home items – as well as employment related necessities such as child care, transportation and professional attire.
Allies for Community Business (formerly Accion Chicago) - $25,000
Accion created its Female Entrepreneurship Program to connect women, primarily minority and low-income entrepreneurs, with the services they need to grow their businesses, support their families, and create jobs in their communities.
Chicago Furniture Bank - $15,000
The Chicago Furniture Bank is 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, founded in July of 2018, that serves as an intermediary between Chicagoans who have extra furniture and those who need it. We provide furnishing packages to our clients that include beds, couches, armchairs, dressers, desks, end tables, coffee tables, kitchen tables + chairs, dish ware, rugs, lamps, artwork, mirrors, and more.
Chicago Women in Trades - $15,000
Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) exists to improve women’s economic equity by increasing their participation in skilled, blue-collar occupations traditionally held by men. CWIT creates opportunities for women to enter and advance in the industry through policy, advocacy and technical assistance initiatives, and by ensuring that women are informed about and prepared to compete for and succeed in these occupations through direct service programs.
Family Rescue - $30,000
Family Rescue is dedicated to eliminating domestic violence in the Chicago community by providing comprehensive support services and shelter to survivors of domestic violence, engaging in advocacy to promote future systems change and encouraging prevention through community education.
Jane Addams Resource Corporation - $10,000
JARC’s Women in Manufacturing program (WMP) prepares low-income women for living-wage careers in the metal manufacturing sector.
Kennedy King College -Dawson Technical Institute - $15,000
DTI is committed to preparing students to compete in the construction trades and utility industries by offering relevant competency-based instruction that leads to unionized apprenticeships and other relevant trade and utility worker opportunities.
Lawyer's Committee for Better Housing - $30,000
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing (LCBH) protects the rights of women facing eviction through direct services, emergency funding and advocacy.
Metropolitan Family Services - $26,000
Metropolitan Family Services and its Financial Opportunities Center based at Kennedy-King College provides career services, including skills assessment, job readiness skills, job placement and transportation assistance; financial literacy, including one-to-one coaching, budgeting and assistance accessing public benefits; and education, with a particular emphasis on building employment bridges into healthcare and certified medical administrative assistant training.
National Able Network, Inc. - $20,000
The IT Career Lab program creates opportunities for those who are not equitably represented in the IT industry, including people of color and women. The occupations that job seekers are able to obtain after successfully completing the IT Career Lab program offers family-sustaining wages and an opportunity to end cycles of poverty by providing graduates with the foundation needed to pursue long-term career pathways.
Sista Afya Community Care, NFP - $10,000
Sista Afya Community Care provides free holistic mental wellness care including individual therapy, community workshops, wellness classes, and professional development to people in the Chicagoland area.
Teamwork Englewood - $50,000
Teamwork Englewood is the lead agency for the Englewood Women’s Initiative (EWI). It provides job training and job training referrals, and placement. This includes building virtual job training internally and adding more virtual job opportunities and coronavirus recovery related programming to the EWI network.
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago - $20,000
Through one-on-one and group coaching, skills-based training, career placement and financial education, YWCA’s Economic Sustainability Services offer women help planning for a career, career advancement, small business development, financial sustainability and asset acquisition.
Response, Recovery, and Resilience Fund
Chicago Foundation for Women addresses the short and long-term impact of COVID-19 through its response grants.
Apna Ghar, Inc. (Our Home) - $7,500
Technology Supports for Survivors of Gender Violence and their Children
Arcus Behavioral Health & Wellness - $7,500
Improving the Wellbeing of COVID-19 Impacted Women & Girls
Arise Chicago - $7,500
Immigrant Working Families Under COVID: Support, Training, and Advocacy
Asociación Latina De Asistencia Y Prevencion Del Cancer De Mama - $7,500
Reducing the Negative Impact of COVID-19 for the LatinX Community
Austin Childcare Providers Network - $7,500
COVID 19 Assistance
Awakenings Art - $4,200
Exhibit Support
Between Friends - $3,000
Request to Enhance Between Friends’ Remote Work Capacity
Brave Space Alliance - $7,500
COVID-19 Emergency Response
Casa Esperanza Project - $2,000
Support services for Homeless women and children
Children's Legal Center - $7,500
COVID-19 Assistance for Immigrants
Communities United - $7,500
Survivor-led COVID-19 Anti-Displacement Project
CommunityHealth - $7,500
Health Care Access through Telehealth
Connections for Abused Women and their Children - $7,192
Covid-19 IT Improvement Project
CYN Counseling Center - $7,500
Trauma Informed Counseling for Domestic Violence Survivors
Distinctively Me - $3,000
Teen TEE (Talk, Educate, Experience): Nurturing the Development of Black Girls
Empowering Women NFP - $2,000
Covid-19 Increased Demand For South Side Vocational Job Training For Economic Empowerment Of Women
Equal Hope - $7,500
The Task Force works to address breast cancer survival disparities between Black and white women in Chicago by increasing access to quality health care. The Task Force supports education, quality measurement and improvement for breast healthcare, as well as provides direct services to women through its Community Health Initiatives.
Erie Family Health Center - $7,500
Erie Teen Center COVID-19 Response: Addressing urgent needs for impacted community members
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) - $7,500
Empowering Latino women essential workers facing urgent financial need Due to COVID-19.
Federacion De Clubes Michoacanos En Illinois - $2,250
Casa Michoacan -COVID-19 Rapid Response
Firebird Community Arts - $7,500
Project FIRE
GirlForward - $7,500
GirlForward Covid-19 Relief for Refugee Girls
Girls on the Run - Chicago (GOTR) - $3,000
Girls on the Run-Chicago
Girls Play Sports, Inc. NFP - $5,000
Fall programming in support of remote learning
Global Girls, Inc. - $7,500
Virtual Hub Daytime School
Grow Your Own Teachers - $7,500
GYO Covid-19 Community Response
Gyrls In The HOOD Foundation - $7,000
H.O.O.D Kits Program
HANA Center - $3,000
COVID-19 Immigrant Support Project
Harmony, Hope & Healing - $4,754
Music Meditations for Women Experiencing Incarceration
Healing to Action - $7,500
Healing to Action advances a worker-led movement to end gender-based violence.
HEART Women & Girls - $7,500
The silent pandemic: Addressing the increase in violence in the homes due to COVID 19
Henry Williams Love Foundation - $7,500
Black Business Incubation-Black Women Solopreneur
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health - $7,500
Elevating BIPOC and TGNC Youth Leadership through COVID-19 Rapid Response
Illinois Prison Project - $7,500
Medically Vulnerable Women in Prison
International House of Fashion - $5,000
COVID 19 facemasks for first responders, medical personnel and seniors
Jane Addams Resource Corporation - $7,500
Manufacturing Jobs Repair Economic Impact of COVID-19
Jane Addams Senior Caucus - $7,500
Advancing Health and Safety Plans in Senior Buildings during COVID 19
Ladies of Virtue - $7,500
Ladies of Virtue COVID19 Relief
Latin United Community Housing Association - $3,000
LUCHA General Operating Support
Leading Edge Group for Adults, Children and Youth NFP an affiliate of Under Carrey's Care Corp. - $7,500
Support for Frontline Parents
Life is Work - $7,500
Our Helping Hand Initiative
LIFT-Chicago - $7,500
CFW’s Response, Recovery and Resilience Fund
Logan Square Neighborhood Association - $7,500
COVID-19 Community Solidarity Fund
Mother & Child Alliance - $7,500
COVID-19 Rapid Response
New Community Outreach - $7,000
Garden to Table
Northeast DuPage Family and Youth Services - $7,500
PATHWAY (support groups for women)
Northwest Side Housing Center - $7,500
COVID-19 Emergency Assistance for Women Forward
Options for Youth - $7,500
Teen Mothers & Children Covid-19 Emergency Response: Formula, Food, Diapers, & Educational Supplies.
P.R.E.T.T.Y. INC - $7,500
P.R.E.T.T.Y INC Feminine Fundamentals
Polished Pebbles - $7,000
Virtual Polished Pebbles
Public Narrative - $7,500
Reducing the Impact of the Pandemic for Youth and Families in Chicago
RefugeeOne - $7,500
RefugeeOne COVID-19 Relief
Resilience - $7,500
Austin-Based COVID Relief
Safer Foundation - $7,500
Push for Freedom
Sarah's Circle - $7,500
Permanent Supportive Housing Case Managers
Senior Rainbow Assistance Program - $7,500
Basic Necessities Program
Sista Afya Community Care, NFP - $7,500
COVID-19 Community Care
Sisters Network Chicago Chapter - $3,000
Addressing the Needs of African American Breast Cancer Survivors during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sisters Working It Out, NFP - $3,000
Caring for Communities Hardest Hit by COVID-19
Syrian Community Network - $7,500
COVID-19 Emergency Case Management
Target HOPE - $7,500
COVID-19 Educational Emergency Response
Telpochcalli Community Education Project - $5,000
Cuidar Nuestro Tesoro
The Dreamcatcher Foundation - $5,000
COVID-19 Crisis Program
The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence - $7,500
Domestic Violence Crisis Response Fund
The Pink Fund - $7,500
Real Help Now Financial Bridge
The Puddle Project - $7,500
The Puddle Project COVID Relief Fund
The Roberti Community House - $7,500
Eliminating Barriers to Economic Stability for Low Income Families of Color Impacted by COVID-19
TPA Network - $6,336
Positively Aging Women’s Cohort
Trickster Cultural Center - $5,000
Voices of Our Native Women to Heal
TRUC MINISTRIES - $7,500
The Phoenix Project
Un Nuevo Despertar-A New Awakening - $7,500
Un Nuevo Despertar-A New Awakening Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Women for Economic Justice - $7,500
Casa de Activismo Comunitario Domitila Barrios
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago - $7,448
YWCA Lake County COVID-related Capacity Building
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center - $7,500
Sexual Assault Programs
The General Fund
Grants from the General Fund focus on Chicago Foundation for Women’s three key issue areas: economic security, freedom from violence, and access to health services and information for women, girls, trans, and gender non-binary individuals.
Affinity Community Services - $20,000
Affinity Community Services is a social justice organization serving the needs of the Black LGBTQ community of Chicago with a particular focus on Black women, and is one of the few organizations created and run by Black LGBTQ women.
Apna Ghar, Inc. (Our Home) - $20,000
Apna Ghar, Inc. provides holistic and culturally sensitive services to survivors of gender-based violence across immigrant communities in the metropolitan Chicago area.
Arab American Family Services - $15,000
The mission of Arab-American Family Services (AAFS) is to empower and enhance the lives of Arab and Muslim people. AAFS addresses the many unmet needs and concerns of Arab American and other immigrant families in more than 30 communities in the South Suburban Chicagoland area. AAFS’ Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Program provides direct services, advocacy and outreach for survivors of domestic violence.
Ascend Justice - $30,000
Ascend Justice works to increase the safety, stability and independence of survivors of gender based violence and families impacted by the child welfare system with skilled, compassionate legal representation. It serves clients with a range of service delivery options, balancing client needs and the complexity of their legal issues with our limited resources. At its office in the Cook County Domestic Violence Courthouse, Ascend Justice serves victims of domestic violence in the immediate aftermath of a crisis.
Between Friends - $22,500
Between Friends works to break the cycle of domestic abuse through crisis intervention, prevention and education services serving thousands of adults and youth every year.
Brave Space Alliance - $40,000
Brave Space Alliance (BSA) is the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ Center located on the South Side of Chicago, dedicated to creating and providing affirming, culturally competent, for-us by-us resources, programming, and services for LGBTQ individuals on the South and West sides of the city.
BUILD, Inc. - $15,000
The BUILDing Girls 2 Women (BG2W) program invites girls with previous involvement in gangs or the justice system to participate in mentoring and counseling sessions. Through intensive group and individual support to address trauma, prevent participation in crime and violence, and develop self-esteem, self-efficacy and social-emotional health, BG2W teaches important skills like teamwork, anger management and establishing healthy relationships, while creating a ‘BG2W Sisterhood’ that continues long after the core program is completed.
Center for Advancing Domestic Peace - $15,000
The Center for Advancing Domestic Peace works to stop domestic violence where it starts by helping those who abuse take responsibility for their behavior, create healthier relationships, and strengthen their community.
Chicago Community Foundation - $10,000
IFC will serve as a collaborative funding project, designed to respond to the need for immediate action by and capacity-building for non-profits to assist Illinois immigrants and refugees affected by executive orders and other policy changes related to immigration.
Chicago Volunteer Doulas - $12,000
Chicago Volunteer Doulas is a grassroots network of birth workers and allies who recognize that disparities in birth and health outcomes exist for parents from vulnerable demographic and social groups. It offers 4 programs: on-call doulas, traditional doulas, postpartum doulas, and peer doulas.
Chicago Women's Health Center - $25,000
Chicago Women’s Health Center (CWHC) facilitates the empowerment of women and trans people by providing access to health care and health education in a respectful environment where people pay what they can afford.
Columbia College Chicago - $5,000
The Wabash Arts Corridor in conjunction with Chicago Womxn’s Suffrage Tribute Committee is commissioning 2 murals celebrating the work of local activists in obtaining the right to vote for women. Trailblazing suffragists like Jane Addams, Catharine Waugh McCulloch, Grace Wilbur Trout, Ida B. Wells, Frances E. Willard, and Fannie Barrier Williams made Illinois a central place for the development of the women’s suffrage movement and a key location for the advancement of women’s rights. The Chicago Suffrage Mural honors the work of 10 Chicago women, and ensures that their stories of activism are told and not forgotten. These new large-scale murals by Diosa (Jasmina Cazacu) and Dorian Sylvain are slated for installation on the Wabash Arts Corridor in summer 2021.
Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) - $5,000
Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) develops the leadership and organizing capacity of low-income mothers and grandmothers of color through leadership training and direct action to make their voices heard in policy-making at the local, state and national level.
Connections for Abused Women and their Children - $15,000
Connections for Abused Women and their Children (CAWC) provides emergency response and comprehensive domestic violence services that enable survivors to increase their safety and establish independence.
Crossroads Fund - $37,500
Crossroads Fund supports community organizations working on issues of racial, social and economic justice in the Chicago area.
Demoiselle 2 Femme, NFP - $15,000
The Coalition for Urban Girls (CUG) is a coalition of girls/young women serving organization that work together on programming and training to support girls and young women, build the sector and influence policy and best practices. All of their research, trainings and projects are influenced and driven by young women. Young women are involved in the development of new initiatives, their ideas are used to build collaborative interventions to service girls and young women in the community.
Erie Family Health Center - $15,000
Erie Family Health Centers is a healthcare home to more than 80,000 patients, mostly low-income, who are served in the Chicago area at thirteen locations: seven large primary care centers, five school-based health centers, and its Teen Center.
Family Christian Health Center - $15,000
Family Christian Health Center (FCHC) is a 501c3, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providing health services to underserved communities across South Suburban Cook and Will Counties in Illinois
Family Rescue - $15,000
Family Rescue is dedicated to eliminating domestic violence in the Chicago community by providing comprehensive support services and shelter to survivors of domestic violence, engaging in advocacy to promote future systems change and encouraging prevention through community education.
Firebird Community Arts - $15,000
Firebird Community Arts (FCA) works to empower and connect people through the healing practice of glassblowing and ceramics. Firebird Community Arts primarily serves populations that have been impacted by collective or individual trauma, including violently injured youth, veterans, formerly incarcerated individuals, and CPS neighborhood school students.
GirlForward - $5,000
GirlForward is a community of support dedicated to creating and enhancing opportunity for girls who have been displaced globally by conflict and persecution.
Gyrls In The HOOD Foundation - $12,000
The Foundation will provide emergency essentials to vulnerable teenage girls and women in Engelwood, Roseland, and Woodlawn. This includes a two-month supply of hygiene items and food, masks, diapers, and hand sanitizer.
HANA Center - $15,000
HANA Center empowers Korean American, immigrant, and multiethnic communities through social services, education, and community organizing to advance human rights.
Healing to Action - $15,000
Healing to Action advances a worker-led movement to end gender-based violence.
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health - $12,000
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH) is a network of empowered youth and allied adults who transform public consciousness and increase the capacity of family, school and healthcare systems to support the sexual health, rights and identities of youth.
Illinois Prison Project - $10,000
Founded in 2019, the Illinois Prison Project (IPP) works for a more sensible and humane prison system in Illinois by advocating for and on behalf of thousands of people who are needlessly incarcerated.
Imagine Englewood if - $5,000
Our Mission is to strengthen and empower the Greater Englewood community through teaching local youth and their families healthy living, environmental awareness and positive communication skills.
Jane Addams Senior Caucus - $25,000
Jane Addams Senior Caucus (JASC) is Chicago’s largest grassroots community action organization led by seniors.
KAN-WIN - $25,000
KAN-WIN empowers survivors of gender-based violence, with a particular focus on Asian immigrant communities.
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization - $15,000
Girls Lead is an initiative that is organizing young people, primarily girls, to reform policy and demand that law enforcement prioritize the safety of Black women and girls.
Latinos Progresando - $20,000
Latinos Progresando (LP) delivers high-quality information and resources for people to build secure, healthy and productive lives. LP runs the largest Latino-led immigration legal services program in Illinois, including an initiative serving immigrant victims of domestic violence. LP’s VAWA project provides high-quality, free legal support for immigrant survivors of domestic violence in order to help them achieve independent immigration status, obtain a work permit, pursue lawful employment and gain economic independence.
Life Span - $15,000
Life Span combines civil representation, criminal court advocacy and counseling to provide a permanent solution to domestic and sexual violence.
Midwest Access Project - $20,000
Midwest Access Project (MAP) envisions a society in which every person has access to patient-centered, quality reproductive health care within their community. As a Midwestern hub for training and advocacy, MAP fills gaps in medical education and clinical training, reducing barriers to care and improving access to reproductive health care by training providers in comprehensive sexual and reproductive health including contraception, pregnancy options counseling, miscarriage and abortion.
Midwest College Project - $5,000
Est. in 2010, The Midwest College Project is a local nonprofit established to support minority students virtually, and in-person with college & career planning.
Mikva Challenge - $20,000
Mikva Challenge develops youth to be informed, empowered, and active citizens and community leaders by engaging youth in action civics, an authentic and transformative learning process built on youth voice and youth expertise.
Mujeres Latinas en Accion - $5,000
Mujeres Latinas en Acción empowers survivors of violence to heal, thrive and become leaders.
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum - $12,000
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) is a national, multi-issue organizing and advocacy organization dedicated to organizing and building power of women-identifying Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) people to advance human rights and social justice.
Planned Parenthood of Illinois - $15,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) provides compassionate, comprehensive reproductive health care, education and advocacy.
Polished Pebbles - $15,000
The Pink Hard Hats: Real Skills, Real Jobs Initiative (PHH) addresses the workforce readiness and educational inclusion needs of Chicago’s African American and Latina girls by teaching the social-emotional and “soft” skills they require in order to succeed in school, identify and mitigate the effects of trauma and sexual violence, and become successful on their chosen career and academic path.
RefugeeOne - $15,000
RefugeeOne creates opportunity for refugees fleeing war, terror and persecution to build new lives of safety, dignity and self-reliance. The Women’s Health Project strengthens the mental, physical and social well-being of refugee women and girls. The program provides participants with therapeutic services, medical and intensive case management and opportunities to build a sense of community.
Resilience - $25,000
Resilience is committed to the healing and empowerment of sexual assault survivors through non-judgmental crisis intervention counseling, individual and group trauma therapy, and medical and legal advocacy in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU, Inc. - $20,000
The Women’s and Reproductive Rights Project (WRRP) facilitates women’s full participation in society by safeguarding the right to medical privacy and bodily autonomy; removing the stigma that surrounds abortion, pregnancy, and lactation; and advancing policies that recognize the full range of reproductive health care—from contraception, to abortion, to childbirth—as health care.
Sarah's Inn - $15,000
Sarah’s Inn provides comprehensive domestic services to survivors and responds to the needs of families already affected by violence, while working proactively to prevent future violence. Sarah’s Inn approaches domestic violence as a societal issue that demands a holistic response and works to break the cycle of violence for future generations.
South Suburban Family Shelter - $15,000
South Suburban Family Shelter (SSFS) provides counseling, criminal and civil court advocacy, medical advocacy, emergency shelter and transitional housing, financial assistance, school-based prevention programs, abuser intervention and a 24-hour hotline for survivors of domestic violence.
The Dreamcatcher Foundation - $15,000
TDF is a survivor founded, survivor driven, and survivor focused agency working to end human trafficking in the Chicago area and its surrounding suburbs.
UCAN - $15,000
The Phenomenal Woman female mentoring program brings together young women who have experienced trauma for group mentoring workshops in order to strengthen their self-esteem and self-image and to develop healthy and supportive relationships.
Women Employed - $5,000
Women Employed’s mission is to improve the economic status of women and remove barriers to economic equity.
Women for Economic Justice - $15,000
After three years of a successful incubation at Chicago Workers’ Collaborative (2017-2020), “Building Community Power to End Gender Violence” became an independent non-profit, Women for Economic Justice (WEJ). WEJ continues pursuing BCPEGV’s mission of ending gender violence by organizing across sectors to achieve gender equity and eliminating all forms of estructural oppression.
Women's All Points Bulletin (WAPB) - $9,500
The WAPB’s Project ASAP is a research program and Six Sigma statistical analysis of police violence against women.
YWCA of Evanston/North Shore - $15,000
YWCA of Evanston/North Shore is a multicultural women’s organization dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting justice and dignity for all. The Domestic Violence Services program allows survivors to access emergency intervention services, including a crisis hotline and emergency housing, as well as trauma-informed counseling and legal services.
Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving in which individuals, organizations, businesses, and communities take collective action to give back and support causes they believe in. Chicago Foundation for Women community members selected one organization to receive a special, one-time #GivingTuesday grant of $15,000, one organization to receive a grant of $7,500, and the remaining organization to receive a grant of $5,000.
Awakenings Art - $7,500
Awakenings’ vision is to provide survivors with a trauma-informed, professional arts experience that furthers their healing process and artistic careers.
Logan Square Neighborhood Association - $15,000
The Parent Mentor program develops parents (mostly mothers) as leaders in homes, schools and communities by providing educational and leadership opportunities to parents as classroom-based academic and emotional support for students.
VOCEL - $5,000
Our mission is to help ensure every child has the foundation to learn, grow, and lead.
Irene Bayrach Anti-Violence Legacy Fund
The Irene Bayrach Anti-Violence Legacy Fund supports advocacy and services to address family violence. Through this Fund, the Foundation seeks to address the following types of violence: 1) Domestic abuse or violence between partners in an intimate relationship including physical, emotional and sexual abuse; 2) Girls’ exposure to family violence and child abuse, including physical maltreatment and neglect by a parent or other caregiver; 3) Elder women abuse.
Lake County Crisis Center (A Safe Place) - $15,000
A Safe Place is the sole provider of services exclusively addressing domestic violence and human trafficking in Lake County, Illinois. A Safe Place offers comprehensive services that provide a safety net to meet the immediate and long-term needs of survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking.
One Roof Chicago - $10,000
One Roof Chicago (ORC) is a new initiative to build a welcoming and inclusive intergenerational community for older adults and young people most in need of affirming housing, connection, and career development. At the core of the project is the home, a place where LGBTQ+ older adults can age in safety, comfort and with the knowledge that they are accepted and celebrated. LGBTQ+ young people will have the security of their own space with resources and mentorship to make their goals a reality.
Polk Bros. Fund for Emerging Organizations
The Polk Bros. Foundation Fund for Emerging Organizations fosters early growth in promising nonprofits with annual operating budgets below $75,000.
Chicago Desi Youth Rising - $2,100
Chicago Desi Youth Rising (CDYR) seeks to empower Chicago youth to combat racial, economic, and social inequity. CDYR works with youth ages 15 – 21 who trace their heritage to South Asia and the diaspora, and who want to grow as changemakers.
Sista Afya Community Care, NFP - $2,100
Community Care Check-In Project
Sisters Network Chicago Chapter - $2,100
Sisters Network Chicago Chapter, Inc (SNCC) addresses the breast cancer survivorship crisis affecting African American women across Metropolitan Chicago.
SWOP Chicago - $7,725
SWOP-Chicago is a grassroots organization by and for current and former sex workers, dedicated to improving the lives of Chicago-area sex workers both on and off the job.
The Puddle Project - $5,000
The Puddle Project is a woman-of-color led, nonprofit organization founded in 2015. Our program provides one-on-one mentorship to pregnant teens and their partners. Our network of health, academic, and financial resources give our teens the tools they need to successfully prepare for parenthood, complete high school, and become responsible adults.
Un Nuevo Despertar-A New Awakening - $5,000
Un Nuevo Despertar-A New Awakening is a nonprofit organization that focuses on supporting domestic violence survivors through bilingual prevention and intervention programs and services.
Black Girls Break Bread - $3,495
Black Girls Break Bread is a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides social emotional wellness programming for Black women and girls with a focus on improving overall health and wellness and reducing racial disparities. Black Girls Break Bread achieves this mission by aligning and maximizing academic institution physical and programmatic resources, solidifying partnerships between city agencies and nonprofit organizations and mobilizing investments in Black women and girls. Our programming is centered around communing over a meal on academic campuses and within disinvested communities to address emotional health, healthcare access, food insecurity, mental health, intimate partner violence, bullying, dreams and ambitions.
Gyrls In The HOOD Foundation - $2,450
The Foundation will provide emergency essentials to vulnerable teenage girls and women in Engelwood, Roseland, and Woodlawn. This includes a two-month supply of hygiene items and food, masks, diapers, and hand sanitizer.
The Rev. Willie Taplin Barrow Fund
The Rev. Willie Barrow Emerging Leaders Award recognizes organizations engaged in innovative work to support and strengthen the leadership of Black women and girls, and provide grant funding to further that work.
Gyrls In The HOOD Foundation - $25,000
The Foundation will provide emergency essentials to vulnerable teenage girls and women in Engelwood, Roseland, and Woodlawn. This includes a two-month supply of hygiene items and food, masks, diapers, and hand sanitizer.
Sophia Fund for Advocacy
In 1992, the Sophia Fund’s founder turned over part of the fund’s work to Chicago Foundation for Women to continue its support of advocacy and social policy efforts to allow women and girls to live to their full potential.
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation - $20,000
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) addresses the institutions and individuals that perpetrate, profit from, or support sexual exploitation, focusing specifically on sexual assault and prostitution. CAASE seeks to end sexual exploitation through free legal services, policy and legislative change, prevention education and community engagement efforts.
Chicago Community Bond Fund - $15,000
Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) pays bond for individuals charged with crimes in Cook County, educates the public about the role of bond in the justice system, and advocates for the abolition of money bond.
HEART Women & Girls - $20,000
HEART Women and Girls promotes sexual health literacy and sexual violence prevention in Muslim communities through health education, advocacy, research and training.
Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center - $25,000
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) ensures due process and human rights protection for immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The Gender Justice Initiative (GJI) fights to dismantle policies that disproportionately affect immigrant families, women and LGBTQ immigrants.
Mujeres Latinas en Accion - $15,000
Mujeres Latinas en Acción empowers survivors of violence to heal, thrive and become leaders.
Safer Foundation - $20,000
The Women’s Justice Institute (WJI) convenes a statewide task force working to decrease the women’s prison population in Illinois; reduce the harm caused to women, children and families involved in the justice system; and promote improved health and well-being for those touched by the justice system.
Evelyn Appell Lipkin Endowed Fund
Black Girls Break Bread - $2,500
Black Girls Break Bread is a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides social emotional wellness programming for Black women and girls with a focus on improving overall health and wellness and reducing racial disparities. Black Girls Break Bread achieves this mission by aligning and maximizing academic institution physical and programmatic resources, solidifying partnerships between city agencies and nonprofit organizations and mobilizing investments in Black women and girls. Our programming is centered around communing over a meal on academic campuses and within disinvested communities to address emotional health, healthcare access, food insecurity, mental health, intimate partner violence, bullying, dreams and ambitions.
LIFT-Chicago - $2,500
LIFT-Chicago empowers parents to strengthen their financial, social, and personal foundations through holistic, one-on-one financial, education, and career coaching and wraparound supports, including workshops and quarterly cash infusions.
Telpochcalli Community Education Project - $5,000
For almost 20 years, Telpochcalli Community Education Project (TCEP) has served the most vulnerable population of Little Village and surrounding communities. During these challenging times, it continues to serve
Fay Clayton Donor Advised Fund
All Chicago Making Homelessness History - $5,000
All Chicago Making Homelessness History provides financial assistance via its Emergency Fund to provide assistance with needs such as rent, security deposits and basic home items – as well as employment related necessities such as child care, transportation and professional attire.
Apna Ghar, Inc. (Our Home) - $2,000
Apna Ghar, Inc. provides holistic and culturally sensitive services to survivors of gender-based violence across immigrant communities in the metropolitan Chicago area.
Center for Constitutional Rights Inc - $5,000
The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR is committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. We do that by combining cutting-edge litigation, advocacy and strategic communications in work on a broad range of civil and human rights issues.
Equal Hope - $2,500
The Task Force works to address breast cancer survival disparities between Black and white women in Chicago by increasing access to quality health care. The Task Force supports education, quality measurement and improvement for breast healthcare, as well as provides direct services to women through its Community Health Initiatives.
Human Rights Watch - $5,000
Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization. It is known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial reporting, effective use of media, and targeted advocacy, often in partnership with local human rights groups. committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. We do that by combining cutting-edge litigation, advocacy and strategic communications in work on a broad range of civil and human rights issues.
Midwest Access Project - $2,000
Midwest Access Project (MAP) envisions a society in which every person has access to patient-centered, quality reproductive health care within their community. As a Midwestern hub for training and advocacy, MAP fills gaps in medical education and clinical training, reducing barriers to care and improving access to reproductive health care by training providers in comprehensive sexual and reproductive health including contraception, pregnancy options counseling, miscarriage and abortion.
NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation - $1,000
NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation was established in 1977 to provide a policy and educational component to the work of our sister organization, NARAL Pro-Choice America.
Planned Parenthood of Illinois - $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) provides compassionate, comprehensive reproductive health care, education and advocacy.
Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU, Inc. - $20,000
The Women’s and Reproductive Rights Project (WRRP) facilitates women’s full participation in society by safeguarding the right to medical privacy and bodily autonomy; removing the stigma that surrounds abortion, pregnancy, and lactation; and advancing policies that recognize the full range of reproductive health care—from contraception, to abortion, to childbirth—as health care.
Times Up Foundation - $5,000
Times Up Foundation insists upon a world where everyone is safe and respected at work. A world where all women have an equal shot at success and security. A world where no one lives in fear of sexual harassment or assault.
Women Employed - $2,000
Women Employed’s mission is to improve the economic status of women and remove barriers to economic equity.
YWCA of Evanston/North Shore - $2,000
YWCA of Evanston/North Shore is a multicultural women’s organization dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting justice and dignity for all. The Domestic Violence Services program allows survivors to access emergency intervention services, including a crisis hotline and emergency housing, as well as trauma-informed counseling and legal services.
Nancy M. Goodman Donor Advised Fund
CommunityHealth - $2,000
CommunityHealth is the leader in delivering comprehensive, high quality, patient-centered health care at no cost to low-income, uninsured adults in need of a medical home.
Healing to Action - $2,000
Healing to Action advances a worker-led movement to end gender-based violence.
Planned Parenthood of Illinois - $2,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) provides compassionate, comprehensive reproductive health care, education and advocacy.
Jo and Art Moore Family Advised Fund
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum - $2,000
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) is a national, multi-issue organizing and advocacy organization dedicated to organizing and building power of women-identifying Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) people to advance human rights and social justice.
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble - $2,000
Founded in 1994, Rivendell is dedicated to advancing the lives of women through theatre.
Shriver Center on Poverty Law - $3,000
The Women’s Law and Policy Initiative (WLPI) creates and promotes legal and policy solutions to improve the lives of low-income women and girls.
Myah Moore Irick Donor Advised Fund
YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh - $500
WCA Greater Pittsburgh is a member of a nationally recognized movement with a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
Eleanor Petersen Legacy Fund
Mother & Child Alliance - $15,000
Mother and Child Alliance (MACA) reinforces a safety net during and after pregnancy for moms, babies, and their providers to prevent HIV and other serious, costly pediatric infections in newborns. We strengthen disparate prenatal and postpartum systems of care in Illinois and across the U.S.
LBTQ Giving Council
Affinity Community Services - $2,500
Affinity Community Services is a social justice organization serving the needs of the Black LGBTQ community of Chicago with a particular focus on Black women, and is one of the few organizations created and run by Black LGBTQ women.
Masjid al-Rabia - $2,500
Masjid al-Rabia is a women-centered, BIPOC-led, and LGBTQ+ affirming Islamic community center in Chicago with a mission to provide spiritual support for marginalized Muslims with healing justice practices in mind.
One Roof Chicago - $1,500
One Roof Chicago (ORC) is a new initiative to build a welcoming and inclusive intergenerational community for older adults and young people most in need of affirming housing, connection, and career development. At the core of the project is the home, a place where LGBTQ+ older adults can age in safety, comfort and with the knowledge that they are accepted and celebrated. LGBTQ+ young people will have the security of their own space with resources and mentorship to make their goals a reality.
Youth Empowerment Performance Project (YEPP) - $7,500
YEPP’s vision is to end LGBTQI+ youth homelessness in Chicago and beyond. Through healing justice, leadership development, creative expression, and community advocacy, we aim for young people to become agents of change in their own lives and among their peers, communities, and given and chosen families. Our work addresses various issues, including criminalization, police violence, suicide and self-harm, mental health challenges, stigma and violence against sex workers, and HIV-related stigma.
North Shore Giving Circle
The North Shore Giving Circle of Chicago Foundation for Women aims to increase awareness about the Foundation within the northern suburbs and to make use of the knowledge and skills of community leaders and members. The purpose of the giving circle is to provide a bridge between the Foundation and women leaders in Chicagoland communities, and to provide specialized fundraising and grantmaking mechanisms for these communities through Chicago Foundation for Women.
Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse - $10,000
The Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse (ERW) reduces the amount of building materials sent to landfills, promotes reuse, and rebuilds lives.
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) - $7,500
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) improves working conditions for low-income workers in Illinois, including packinghouse workers, cannery workers, restaurant workers, landscapers, snow plowing workers, and meat and poultry workers and their households. FLAP carries out its mission through community outreach and education, litigation and community legal education, information and referrals.
Fenix Family Health Center - $10,000
Fenix provides comprehensive healthcare to low-income, Spanish-speaking immigrant families.
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic - $7,500
The mission of the North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic is to provide accessible, quality pro-bono legal services in the areas of immigration, domestic violence, and housing to give those in need of access to justice the opportunity to live productive and secure lives.
Open Communities - $7,500
Open Communities is the only Housing and Urban Development (HUD) certified fair housing agency in northern Cook County that works directly with clients.
South Side Giving Circle
The South Side Giving Circle of Chicago Foundation for Women mobilizes philanthropic resources of women primarily on Chicago’s South Side and in the South Suburbs to invest in the economic, social, and political power of Black women and girls in metropolitan Chicago.
A Long Walk Home - $7,000
Girl/Friends Wellness Program will consist of offering: remote trauma therapy; emergency cash funds (for housing, groceries, education, and medical supplies) to families, and create a new financial literacy and professional development workshops (resume building, artist portfolio ) to address the alarming unemployment rate that our youth and family are facing that are targeting our alumni (18-26 years old).
Black Girls Break Bread – $12,000
Black Girls Break Bread is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides social and emotional wellness programming for Black women and girls to improve overall health and wellness and reduce racial disparities. Its programming is centered around communing over a meal on academic campuses and within disinvested communities to address emotional health, healthcare access, food insecurity, mental health, intimate partner violence, bullying, dreams, and ambitions. Black Girls Break Bread achieves this mission by aligning and maximizing academic institution physical and programmatic resources, solidifying partnerships between city agencies and nonprofit organizations and mobilizing investments in Black women and girls.
Brave Space Alliance - $7,000
Brave Space Alliance (BSA) is the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ Center located on the South Side of Chicago, dedicated to creating and providing affirming, culturally competent, for-us by-us resources, programming, and services for LGBTQ individuals on the South and West sides of the City.
Girls Like Me Project - $7,000
The mission of Girls Like Me Project, Inc. (GLMPI) is to help African-American girls age 11-17 critically examine social, cultural, and political ideologies in media, so that they will be able to overcome stigmas and negative stereotypes.
Gyrls in the Hood Foundation - $10,000
The Foundation provides emergency essentials to vulnerable teenage girls and women in Englewood, Roseland, and Woodlawn. This includes a two-month supply of hygiene items, food, masks, diapers, and hand sanitizer.
Ladies of Virtue - $7,000
Ladies of Virtue empowers girls, ages 9 to 18, to become confident and purpose-driven leaders. It prepares them for leadership through character development, career readiness, and civic engagement. It provides project management, collaboration, and communication training via 2-4 month project experiences to empower girls to lead in the workplace. After graduating from high-school, participants are mentored and supported for six additional years as LOV 4 Life alumni.
The Dreamcatcher Foundation - $10,000
TDF is a survivor-founded, survivor-driven, and survivor-focused agency working to end human trafficking in the Chicago area and its surrounding suburbs.
South Side Giving Circle Leadership Award
The South Side Giving Circle Leadership Award is granted to Black women who inspire change on the South Side through their leadership. It articulates the importance of developing and expanding leadership opportunities for Black women in Chicago, building a network of women that serve as catalysts for gender and racial equity in the City’s South Side and the south suburbs.
Gyrls In The HOOD Foundation - $1,200 (Chez Smith)
Polished Pebbles - $1,200 (Kelly Fair)
Proactive Community Services - $1,200 (Eula Burge)
Resident Association of Greater Englewood - $1,200 (Asiaha Butler)
Southside Center of Hope - $1,200 (Yaisa Hagood)
Western Suburbs Giving Circle
The Western Suburbs Giving Circle is a group of Chicago-area women who combine their funds to address the needs of women and girls in the western suburbs with a special focus on economic security and freedom from violence. By leveraging the power of collective gifts, their grants create meaningful impact and improve lives.
360 Youth Services - $15,000
360 Youth Services provides life-changing services to youth. Its vision & belief are in the potential & power of each youth to successfully navigate life’s challenges. It is the trusted agency in DuPage, Kane, Will and other western suburban areas for youth-focused support, information, education, staff training, & crisis interventions.
Styles 4 Kidz - $3,000
Styles 4 Kidz is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2010 by Tamekia Swint to provide textured hair care education, services and resources that empower bi-racial, trans-racial adoptive, and foster parents and children.
Teen Parent Connection - $10,000
TPC has remained the only nonprofit organization in DuPage County exclusively focused on teenage pregnancy, parenthood, and teen pregnancy prevention.
The Answer Inc. Autism Awareness & Support Agency - $10,000
Since 2007, The Answer Inc. has provided families impacted by autism, developmental differences and hearing and vision impaired with advocacy, education, resources, recreation and support services in the Proviso Township, Austin and Garfield communities.
Women of Color United Giving Council
Women of Color United Giving Council builds community and solidarity among BIPOC women, trans and gender nonbinary people across Chicago in the service of redistributing resources and providing support to organizations within the City of Chicago that serve Our Community with a priority focus on those organizations led by those in Our Community.
Black Girls Break Bread - $2,700
Black Girls Break Bread is a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides social emotional wellness programming for Black women and girls with a focus on improving overall health and wellness and reducing racial disparities. Black Girls Break Bread achieves this mission by aligning and maximizing academic institution physical and programmatic resources, solidifying partnerships between city agencies and nonprofit organizations and mobilizing investments in Black women and girls. Our programming is centered around communing over a meal on academic campuses and within disinvested communities to address emotional health, healthcare access, food insecurity, mental health, intimate partner violence, bullying, dreams and ambitions.
Masjid al-Rabia - $2,700
Masjid al-Rabia is a women-centered, BIPOC-led, and LGBTQ+ affirming Islamic community center in Chicago with a mission to provide spiritual support for marginalized Muslims with healing justice practices in mind.
Young Women's Giving Council
Young Women’s Giving Council of CFW invests in and empowers girls and young women in the Chicago region to create social change.
Girls Like Me Project - $5,000
The mission of Girls Like Me Project, Inc. (GLMPI) is to help African-American girls age 11-17 critically examine social, cultural, and political ideologies in media, so that they will be able to overcome stigmas and negative stereotypes.
Gyrls In The HOOD Foundation - $7,500
The Foundation will provide emergency essentials to vulnerable teenage girls and women in Engelwood, Roseland, and Woodlawn. This includes a two-month supply of hygiene items and food, masks, diapers, and hand sanitizer.
SWOP Chicago - $4,450
SWOP-Chicago is a grassroots organization by and for current and former sex workers, dedicated to improving the lives of Chicago-area sex workers both on and off the job.