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Chicago Foundation for Women ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013 cw
One East Wacker Drive, Suite 1620 Chicago, Illinois 60601-3583 www.cfw.org
LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR + PRESIDENT/CEO
WE BELIEVE
Dear Friends,
Like you, we believe that helping women and girls is a smart
investment. Chicago Foundation for Women believes that expanding
economic security, enhancing access to health services and
information, and ensuring freedom from violence will give women
and girls the opportunity to achieve their full potential.
We believe that when women and girls are secure, whole
communities are made better.
We believe that Chicago Foundation for Women is a catalyst for
change, with deep roots in the community.
And, we believe in collaboration. That’s why in 2012, Chicago
Foundation for Women and the former Eleanor Foundation created
a strategic alliance to bring greater resources to support economic
well-being for women and girls.
Through grants, advocacy, leadership development, education and
capacity building, we improve the lives of women and girls.
We believe that as long as we stick together, collective impact is
possible. Thank you for joining us to create strong, healthy and
secure communities for Chicago’s women and girls.
WENDY M ANNING K. SUJATA
BOARD CHAIR PRESIDENT/CEO
WHAT WE WANT
FOR EVERY WOMAN +
GIRL IN CHICAGO We are committed to enhancing
women’s and girls’ access to
high-quality health services
and information related to
mental, physical, reproductive
health and preventative care.
FREEDOM
FROM
VIOLENCE
ECONOMIC SECURITY ACCESS TO HEALTH
We seek to expand economic
security for all women and
girls so that they can care for
themselves and build a better
future for their families. From
STEM after school programs We are dedicated to expanding
for girls, to grassroots advocacy women’s and girls’ freedom
campaigns with grandmothers, from violence in all its forms,
we believe in expanding including family violence,
economic security across the child and elder abuse, dating
life span of a woman. violence, sexual assault,
sexual harassment, stalking,
prostitution and trafficking.
02 03
SEE THE POSSIBILITIES
WORKING Giovanna Smith was standing in front of the public aid office
when her phone rang. In just a few minutes, her life would change
forever. Giovanna would learn she had landed a full-time job with
TO CREATE the Howard Area Community Center – a job that included a salary,
health benefits and on-site daycare for her two daughters, Zanaya, 2
A MORE and Trinitee, 9 months old.
EQUAL, The timing was perfect. Giovanna had been working two part-time
jobs to make ends meet. But, after being laid off from her job at a
café and being unable to keep the second job because of travel and
SAFE + daycare costs, Giovanna was unemployed.
PROSPEROUS To help her get off unemployment, Giovanna was referred to the
WILL (Women Invested in Learning and Livelihoods) program at
FUTURE FOR
Youth Job Center. A grantee of the Eleanor Network at CFW, the
18-month WILL program helps women ages 18-25 find, secure,
and maintain career jobs.
WOMEN + Giovanna attended workshops on financial literacy, education
GIRLS IN and career advancement. The program even had a savings match
incentive to help her reach her long-term financial goals. Also,
CHICAGO
Giovanna had the opportunity to connect with supportive services
and professional mentoring. Like all of CFW’s grantees, the WILL
program is specifically designed to identify the unique challenges
faced by women and girls and provide practical solutions.
The WILL program is one of the 8 workforce development programs
in the Eleanor Network at CFW. Launched in 2012 following CFW’s
strategic alliance with the former Eleanor Foundation, the Eleanor
Network at CFW expands economic security across the lifespan of
a woman. The grantmaking model within the Network combines
intensive training and comprehensive support services to ensure that
women have clear pathways for career advancement.
Giovanna is now a family support worker who travels to the
homes of first time mothers. She provides prenatal advice, child
development information, and financial literacy materials. Many of
the mothers naturally connect to Giovanna because she understands
the barriers that low-income women and their children face.
Through WILL, to date, she has saved over $4,000 and dreams of
GIOVANNA SMITH buying a home and car. Once her girls are older, Giovanna plans to
Giovanna Smith with her daughters, Zanaya attend college and study early childhood education. She sees it as
and Trinitee. Giovanna is a graduate of the
WILL program at Youth Job Center, an
her calling, one she would not have found if not for CFW’s support
Eleanor Network at CFW grantee. of Youth Job Center.
05HARNESS THE POWER
DEDICATED Myrla Baldonado migrated from the Philippines to the United
States looking for better job opportunities. Instead, Myrla
experienced discrimination and abuse.
TO BUILDING Her first job was as a certified nurse’s assistant and caregiver to
EFFECTIVE, seniors. In that role, Myrla was physically and mentally abused by
her patient’s son and denied overtime pay. When she reported the
SMART + abuse and wage theft to her employer, they told her she was at fault
for making the man upset.
RESILIENT Myrla eventually left that job and was hired by Chicago
Foundation for Women grantee, Latino Union of Chicago.
NONPROFIT Today, Myrla tirelessly advocates for domestic worker rights to
LEADERS
ensure domestic workers have a better work environment than she
had. She demands benefits like minimum wage and overtime pay.
Her current focus is fighting to pass a law to mandate meal breaks,
paid sick leave, payment for uninterrupted work, and paid days off
for domestic workers.
In early 2013, Myrla jumped at the chance to join CFW’s Advocacy
Academy. Launched in 2012, the Academy trains 20 staff members
of CFW’s grantee organizations each year. The Academy gives
participants the essential skills required to effectively engage in the
public policy debate. Workshops in the Academy include “State and
Local Budgeting,” “Messaging,” “Social Media,” and “Coalition
Building.”
Chicago Foundation for Women is dedicated to building effective,
smart and resilient nonprofit leaders. We provide not only grants to
community organizations, but we also invest in the professional and
personal development of their most promising leaders. And, these
investments pay off.
The White House recently awarded Myrla with the Asian American
Pacific Islander (AAPI) “Champion of Change” Award. She received
the award with 14 other AAPI women who are working to create a
more equal, safe, and prosperous future for their communities and
their country.
“I came to America with a dream of living a happy and purposeful life,”
said Myrla. “CFW’s Advocacy Academy has given me the confidence I
MYRLA BALDONADO
need to live out that dream and help other women live it, too.”
Myrla is an Advocacy Academy
graduate who advocates for
domestic work rights.
06NURTURE THE POTENTIAL
WOMAN OF
COLOR LEADER,
HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIVIST,
CIVIC LEADER,
ORGANIZER,
GRANTEE + ALLY
KIM HUNT
Kim Hunt is a participant of the
Women of Color Collaborative. Kim
is the executive director of Affinity
Community Services, a CFW grantee.CFW’s Women’s Leadership
Development Initiative is
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building a stronger nonprofit
sector serving women and
girls in Chicago. CFW’S WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
TRAINED 163 NONPROFIT LEADERS IN 2012-2013.
Chicago Foundation for Women is vital to sustaining The Woman of Color Collaborative Project, The planning after college. Her work was dedicated to emerging leaders and their development process.
the network of support for women in the community. Advocacy Academy, Board Member Boot Camp, and uniting decision makers and community officials in a
We are forward thinking in identifying issues that are “Core Concepts.” meaningful way. In her current role as the executive A major component of the Project is building a pipeline
essential to women. Through advocacy, leadership director of Affinity Community Services, Kim is of leadership and mentorship for women of color leaders.
development, education and capacity building, we help Kim Hunt is one of the 18 women who participated making sure Chicago’s black lesbian and bisexual Kim is making sure that Affinity’s young leadership
women and girls reach their full potential. in the Project’s pilot year. She credits the initiative as women’s community have their voices heard. programs develop both the practical and personal skills
being one of the “best professional development of the participants.
In 2012, CFW, the Crossroads Fund and the Woods programs” she’s ever participated in because the Project Through the Women of Color Collaborative Project,
Fund of Chicago identified a disparity in Chicago’s gives a voice and a space to a group that is often not at Kim has learned about her personal leadership style. Participants in the Project are also planning, developing
nonprofit sector. We found that there were no programs the table. The Project helped Kim realize that leadership is and discussing alternative models of organizing. They
dedicated to developing strong, visible women of color about being clear in direction and allowing her team are being challenged to abandon silos and work together
in leadership, advocacy and organizing work. As a As a child, Kim first learned about the effects of to be more reflective. Because of the Women of Color across issue areas of women’s rights, labor rights, civil
response, the three foundations formed the Women excluding key voices. In her Kansas City neighborhood, Collaborative Project, Kim says her team dynamic rights, LGBTQ rights, and immigrant rights. Through
of Color Collaborative Project, which is housed under Kim watched as homes were demolished to make room is more collaborative in creating the strategy behind the Women of Color Capacity Building Project, CFW is
CFW’s Women’s Leadership Development Initiative for a highway. Families were left without a community. Affinity’s work. a pioneer in teaching women how to be civic leaders and
(WLDI). CFW’s WLDI helps nonprofit professionals The blithe disregard of the urban communities impacted encouraging women, like Kim, to create and transform
throughout their careers- from entry-level to Executive Kim all throughout her childhood. It should come as Kim also said the Women of Color Collaborative each of these movements from the inside.
Directors, to board leadership. The WLDI includes no surprise that Kim then pursued a career in urban Project has inspired her to prioritize Affinity’s focus on
10 11BY THE NUMBERS
FISCAL 28
12
YEARS
YEAR 2013 CFW GRANTEES MOBILIZED MORE
$21.6
MILLION
THAN 355 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADVOCATE $20M
26
$
1,949,481
2010
FOR POLICY EFFORTS
Such as comprehensive sexual education, Violence Against Women
Act reauthorization, and the elimination of felony prostitution.
Total Amount Granted
2005
HEALTH
93 48
47
=140 X 721 2000
45
721 NEW DONORS WERE INSPIRED
Organizations Total grants in 2013 TO SUPPORT WOMEN AND GIRLS
ECONOMIC
received a SECURITY $10M
CFW grant
FREEDOM FROM
VIOLENCE
1995
2x CFW MORE 28,819
THAN DOUBLED 1990
ITS GRANTMAKING
Number of People
Impacted by CFW Grants
IN 2013 OVER 2012
1985 $0
12FUEL THE PASSION
WOMEN-LED only a few hours every two weeks in the
neighborhood. The women also took their
message directly to the Chicago Public
SOLUTIONS Library Board, where they demanded a
permanent neighborhood library.
CHAMPION, Wanting to continue her work standing
BOLD
with, and standing for women, Doris
Conant first became involved with
Chicago Foundation for Women when
DONOR, CFW was still a new and budding
organization. Doris eventually joined
SOCIALLY CFW’s board of directors.
CONSCIOUS
Since that time, Doris has remained
an active leader in the women’s rights
community. In 2012, she made a truly
+ INSPIRING momentous gift of $1 million dollars
to launch the Doris & Howard Conant
LEADER Fund for Women’s Rights at Chicago
Foundation for Women. Thanks to the
Doris & Howard Conant Fund, CFW
has already awarded six grants, including
Doris Conant leads by example. one of CFW’s first multi-year grants, to
innovative advocacy organizations.
During the Civil Rights Movement, Doris
led a community organizing effort to Like so many of CFW’s donors, Doris
address the needs of mothers at the former views CFW as a trusted, knowledgeable
Jane Addams Homes, a housing project partner. Doris counts on CFW to be a
on Chicago’s West Side. Doris went door- resource and to ensure her gift is carefully
to-door asking the mothers about what invested in community groups that hold
they wanted for their children. The moms the greatest promise to impact the issues
wanted expanded opportunities for their that are most important to her.
kids like preschools, a library and an after-
school program for girls. Most of all, Doris wants to lead by
example and inspire her daughters,
The neighborhood had a dedicated facility grand-daughters and other female
and various after-school activities for philanthropists.
boys, but nothing for girls. Doris helped
raise money to bring girl’s programs to the “I made this gift hoping it might inspire
West Side community. She also stood in other women,” said Doris. “Women need
solidarity with the mothers and picketed to be bold in their philanthropy. You might
the mobile library that appeared for not think you can do this, but you can.”
DORIS CONANT
Doris Conant is a philanthropist and
founder of the Doris & Howard Conant
Fund for Women’s Rights at Chicago
Foundation for Women.
14JOIN US/
Chicago’s women and girls need you. Over the
past year, Chicago Foundation for Women has
supported 93 organizations that are providing
opportunity and removing barriers for Chicago
women and girls. But, we are only able to fund
1 out of 3 requests we receive. We will do more–
with your continued support.
TO INVEST IN WOMEN AND GIRLS, VISIT WWW.CFW.ORG/DONATE.
16 17DONOR LIST
THANKS TO OUR 2013 DONORS
Sukhjit Singh Gill Beth Stephens Maria Finitzo Lynn Litwin
Carol J. Godwin Isabel Carter Stewart Julia Fiske and Jim Parker Patricia Locke
Joan Goldstein and Donald Stewart Lynn Freitag Christine Lopez
FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT
Clare Golla Mary Stowell Laura J. Freveletti Katherine M. Lorenz
Dove Haase Paul A. Svoboda Roxane Friedman Maureen Loughnane
Kathleen Harper Scott Swanson Beth Fulkerson Linda Loving
John F. Hartray, Jr. Ginny Sykes Adrianne B. Furniss Serena Low
Janet W. Helman Rona Talcott Bryna and Edward Gamson Shalini Lulla
It is thanks to contributions and grants made by individuals, corporations and foundations that Chicago Bette Cerf Hill and Bruce Sagan Sharmila Rao Thakkar Denise B. Gardner Sandra S. Lund
Alison Hilsabeck Margaret and Joseph Tilson Judy Gaynor Heidi Lynch
Foundation for Women continues to improve the lives of women and girls throughout the Chicago area. Mary P. Hines Chad and Heidi Tischer Audrey George Kim Lynch
Sarai Hoffman Anne Coulter Tobey Angela Gershenson Sheila Lyne
Kimberly L. Holley Cindy Traczyk Julia E. Getzels Katrina L. Malone
The following is a list of our donors from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. Caroline T. Huebner Angela Vasandani Adrienne Glazov Lynne D. Mapes-Riordan
Nancy Ide Richard D. Watkins Maggie Gleason Rosalind Marchand
Linnea Jacobs Barbara A. Weiner Laurie R. Glenn Katie Mark
Shirley H. Jaffee Samantha Whitney Debrah Goodman Sandra and Peter Mars
Lynn Kamenitsa Mary Wondolowski J. Cunyon Gordon Elizabeth Marsh
Laura Kaufman and David Levine Beverly Wyckoff Shelley Gorson Marylen Marty-Gentite
INDIVIDUAL DONORS Carol Prins and John Hart/ Linda L. Wagner and Janine L. Hoft Rima D. Ports Michelle Kavoosi Josie M. Gough Suzanne McBride and John O’Neill
The Jessica Fund Gail Waller and Timothy Schwertfeger Sylvia Pozarnsky Adrienne C. King $250-$499 Lorri Grainawi Janet McCann
$100,000+
Ellen A. Rosen Deb Warner Joy and Rudolph S. Rasin Sherry L. Koppel Amy Adams Mary L. Gray Rosanne McGrath
Lucia Woods Lindley
Leora and Mort Rosen Nannette V. Zander Kathleen Roseborough and Al Lipton Rachel E. Kraft Susan Alberts Tom Greene Erin McInerney
Sheli Z. Rosenberg Betsy Rubinstein Shalini Kumar Nancy E. Anderson Marguerite H. Griffin Simone McNeil
$20,000-$99,999
Mohanbir S. and Parminder Sawhney $1,000-$2,499 Shirley and Patrick Ryan Jill W. Landsberg Karen J. Andrews Laura Grisolano Christopher Meister
Fay Clayton and Lowell Sachnoff
Margot Levin Schiff and Harold Schiff Anonymous (5) Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Carolyn S. Levin Jean Ashmore Joan Gunzberg Barbara and Richard Melcher
Ginny Holt
Ben and Dawn Shapiro L. Ann Allison Louise P. Saltzman Paul Levy Ann Ballard Jo Haley Jeanine Meola
Eva Janzen Powell
Gabrielle Sigel Mary Beaubien Julie Scott Lois J. Lipton Erika Bartelstein Cristy Harris Joy Messinger
and Smith T. Powell IV
Anita K. Sinha Ellen Benninghoven Ronna Stamm and Paul Lehman Heather Locus Anu Behari Linda Chaplik Harris Cheryl Meyer
Nancy Juda and Jens Brasch
Laura A. Tucker Janice L. Benson Judith Becker Thomas Marie Lorden Denise Beihoffer Sarah Harris Pam and Charlie Meyerson
Marcena W. and Norris Love
Patty Walsh Noelle Brennan Jeanette Van Nice Guy Loudon Kate Bensen Leigh Harter Dana M. Mikstay
Gail and Harry Ludewig
Frances K. Zemans Cheryl Burton Courtney VanLonkhuyzen Susan Emily Madapusi-Pera Lieselotte N. Betterman Harriet Hausman Tina Milligan
The Estate of Joan S. Nowicki
Michelle S. Carr Pam Waud Vicki Madara Karen Bloom Tracy Heilman and Ray Macika Anita Mital
Debra Pizer
$2,500-$4,999 Marilyn T. Cohen Vanessa J. Weathersby Laura McAlpine and Jeanne Kracher Sarah Borgeson Carol Henriques Mary Lee Montague
Edna J. Schade
Anonymous (2) Josephine C. Conlon Rachel Weinstein and Jason Pizer Susan McGee Carole Brite Joyce and Rich Hirsch Patty McDermott Moore
Anita and Prabhakant Sinha
Virginia T. Bartholomay Regine Corrado Blair Wellensiek Paula and Bill McMenamin Jen and Catherine Brown Sheri Hokin Mary F. Morten
Jennifer W. Steans
María C. Bechily and Scott Hodes Judy and Bill Cottle Mary L. Winburn Patricia R. McMillen Jean Butzen Mae P. Hong Patricia G. Moss
Prudence and Francis Beidler Heidi Dalenberg Judy Wise and Sheldon Baskin Deborah Witter Mead Maria C. Capoccia Keri Holleb Hotaling Joan Mudd
$10,000-$19,999
Susan Berman Gleda Dreke Iris S. Witkowsky Judith Hahn Meguire Evette Cardona and Mona Noriega Grace Hou Beth Mueller
D. Clifford Jensen
Catherine and Addison Braendel Peg Duncan Meredith Bluhm-Wolf Melissa Mizel and Michael Edwards Patrick Casey Pamela K. Hull Amishi Murthy
Robin Lavin
Bernadette Chopra Isa Ellis Robin Wolkoff Paula J. Morency Virginia Cason-Burnstine Sarah Hurwit Emily Neuberger
Grace Allen Newton
Marge and Lew Collens Edith H. Falk Kaethe Morris Hoffer and Robert Burnstine Deone Jackman Vicky L. Nurre
and David Weinberg
Lisa Dinwiddie Leslie G. Fenton and Mark Pera $500-$999 Suzanne Musikantow Edwin Chandrasekar Shaquita M. Jarrett Carol O’Brien
Janice E. Rodgers
Kate Edwardson Sunny and Paul Fischer Deb Abrahamson Dawn Clark Netsch Judy M. Chernick Laura Jaskierski Beth Pagnotta
Donna M. and Thomas H. Stone
Harlene Ellin Jean and James Foley Thomas Abrahamson Kate O’Malley Rebecca S. Chodes Carol Johnson Varsha Pancholi
Paula Wolff
Sondra Berman Epstein Jennifer Fortner Valerie Adegbite-Calloway Sara Paretsky Renee Citera Kristine Johnson Elaine Parker
and Sidney Epstein Susan and Paul Freehling Anu Aggarwal Heather D. Parish Brianne Claeys Gwen Jordan Alyx Pattison
$5,000-$9,999
Sylvia Fergus Meredith Conant George Karim HK Ahamed, CFA Audrey Rone Peeples Nancy L. Clark Jess Kane Jean Marie Pechette
Anonymous (2)
Marya Frankel Jacqueline Gilbert Kaberi Banerjee-Murthy Caryle and Robert Perlman Eileen Clune Susan Kane Celene Peurye-Hissong
Jeannie Affelder
Jennifer Franklin Rita M. Glass, Ed.D. Donna and Bill Barrows Susan and Richard Petersen Ann Sherby Cole Kathryn Karsh Irene S. Phelps
Bobbi Allen and Barbara Bostian
Nancy Gidwitz Marj Halperin Diana Beliard Betty Phillips Samantha Coleman Leticia Kees Marianne Philbin
Lucy and Peter Ascoli
Friends of Debbie Halvorson Lynn Hauser Ruth K. Belzer Mary L. Pierson Ann Courter Mary Jane Keitel Paulette Pierre
Ron and Queta Rodriguez Bauer
Karen J. Hunt Lisa Henner Patricia Berman Michael Pratts Kathleen Keegan Cowie Dana Kelly Joan Pikas
Ellen Benjamin and Frederick Bates
Carol and Ed Kaplan Dana Hirt Trina Bockus Andrea Raila Sally Csontos Mary Lou Kennedy Sheila Pont
Marjorie Craig Benton
Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman David H. Hoffman Rosemarie and Dean Buntrock Marjorie L. Reed Barbara Flynn Currie Barbara Kessler Elizabeth M. Postell
Carol Lavin Bernick
Kate and Michael Kennedy Irene M. Holmen Marion A. Cameron Lauren Robinson Lynn G. Cutler Helen J. Kessler Dorothy Press
Ruth Dunbar Davee
Greg and Lynda Kolb Eilene S. Isaacs Renée Caputo Nicole R. Robinson Michelle Damico James F. Kinoshita, CFA Gaye E. Preston
Donald and Martha Farley
Roberta and Sam Kramer Lorraine and Jay Jaffe Velaine V. Carnall Jeffrey R. Rode, CFA Paula B. Danoff Claire Koeneman Karen Prieur
Trina M. Fresco
Frances H. Krasnow Laura L. Jordahl Libby Chiu Melba Rodriguez Michaela D’Arrigo Ellen Kollar Susan Pristave
Susan Goldschmidt
Robert Lifton and Carol Rosofsky Loretta and Allan Kaplan Deborah B. Cole Jill and Ron Rohde Francesca Debiase Nancy Kotler Lucia Boyden Prochnow
Mary Winton Green
Patty Looker Rachel Kaplan and Robert Riesman Colleen K. Connell Nancy A. Ross Melanie L. Delianites Vivian Kramer Cheryl I. Procter-Rogers
James and Brenda Grusecki
Nina and Philip Martin Polly B. Kawalek Dolores Connolly Judith Feigon Schiffman Jane S. Dewey Suzanne M. Kraus Deborah L. Puntenney, Ph.D.
Susan S. Hassan
Mary Morse and Jim McBride Sally Meyers Kovler and Jon Kovler Terese Connolly Susan H. and Charles P. Schwartz, Jr. Barbara J. Disko Rachel Krause Katherine Rahill
Catherine Head and Joe Ferguson
Abby O’Neil and Carroll Joynes Dana Levinson Lynn B. Donaldson Joan Shapiro Kathleen A. Doherty Sandhya Krishnan Anna M. Rappaport
Miriam J. Kelm
Jean Pogge Juju Lien and Robert Cross Emily Dreke Mary Shaughnessy April Donnellan Nima Krodel Raul Raymundo
Andrea S. Kramer
Margot L. Pritzker Wendy Manning Eliza and Timothy Earle Pam and Scooter Simon Helen Doria Cynthia Lawson Kendra Reinshagen
Kathleen McDonald
Eleanor Revelle Susan and Phillip Marineau Sharon Feigon Karen Singer Randall Doubet King Wende Fox Sharon Repka
Ellie Meyers
Barbara Rose and Neil Peck Karen May Roshni Flynn Vibha Singh Joan M. Eagle Ngoan Thi Le Christopher Richert
Robert and Patricia Moore
Esther S. Saks Sara and Richard Mesirow Elizabeth R. Foster Kathryn D. Sowle Susan A. Eichler Lucy Lehman Marlene F. Richman
Susan E. Morrison
Carleen Schreder and Ralph Musicant Barbara Molotsky Lucinda Fox Kathy Spear Barbara Engel Rebekah Levin Ellen Rogin
H. Gael Neeson
Patricia Costello Slovak Jo and Art Moore Mimi Frankel Orli and Bill Staley Wendy Epstein Carole Levine Julie Roin
Nancy M. Olson
Peggy Sullivan Richard Naponelli Christine C. George Tim Stanta Mr. and Mrs. John Farinacci Janice Linn and Richard Pincus Anne N. Rorimer
Kathleen Johnson Pope
Aylice M. Toohey and Eric Gorman Sylvia Neil Margaret Gerber Marjorie K. Staples Nancy Felton-Elkins Janice Liten Margot Rosenbaum
18 19Lori Rubin DeKalo Sarah Ansari Kathryn Caudill Christine B. Fisher Lois F. Hauselman Kimberly Kipp Peter McGuire Pamela Passis
Amy Gusinow Rubin Joseph and Laura Antolin Lorie Chaiten and Harold Hirshman Linda May Fitzgerald Jeoffry L. Hayden Kay Kirkpatrick Jana L. McIlroy Shalini and Pradip Patiath
Deborah Ruff Julia Langdon Antonatos Caroline Chandra Hope L. Flack Christie A. Hefner Barbara S. Kirschner Diane M. McKeever Robin Patinkin
Chris Ruys Intsar A. Assaf Angela Chang Jan Flapan Leeann Heininger Susan E. Kirshner Jean McShane Nancy P. Patterson
Susan Sacks Cassandra Avenatti Miriam Chaplik Kenneth N. Flaxman Neena Hemmady Laura Kitsos Jean Meadows Susan Pattock
Beth Saks and Scott Fithian Cindy Baasten Michele Childers Valerie Fleming Kathryn Hempel Kelly Kleiman Jamell Meeks Betsy N. Payne
Jane M. Saks Nicole Prichard Bahena Rashmi Chitnis Jennifer Flink Charsetta M. Henderson Joanna Kliger Anjali Mehta Susan Payne
Jean S. Sampson Claudia A. Baier Karen Chiu Elaine Foss Erin Hendrix Mary Klonowski Leslie Meisner Dana M. Pearl
Nancy Schaefer Katie and Wynn Bailey Christina W. Chodos Kimberly M. Foxx Toni and John Henle Nancy Kohn Yanzi Mendez Jodi Patt Pellettiere
Stephen Schlickman Lagenia Bailey Ann Christophersen Patricia Frazin Leslie Henner Burns Christine Kolb Jane Mentzinger Aurie A. Pennick
Lisa T. Scruggs Jill and John Baldwin Arianna Cisneros Patricia Frazin Shelly Hennig Judith Kossy Jennifer Mercer Diane Percival
Julie P. Shelton Sabina Bangash Janice Clark Anne Frenkel Aden A. Henry Debbie and Jim Koziarz Dina Merrell Shari Pergricht
Rose L. Shure Jane L. Barclay Jamie Cleva Katherine Frerichs Nicole Herbst Susan Kramer Kelsey Mesher Julia Perkins
Sherry Siegel Amy Bateson Tamara L. Nelson Maya Friedler Theresa Herlevsen Janet Krehbiel Jill Metz and Karen Buckley Dixie L Peterson
Maria Simon Judy Bauer Suzanne Cohan-Lange Madelon R. Fross Stephen and Mary Jo Herseth Barbara Bloom Kreml Janet S. Migdow James Phelan
Toni S. Smith Julie A. Bauer Valerie Colletti Sally Frostic Katherine Hickman Poornima Krodel Amy Miller Tanya Pietrkowski
Kelly and Andrew Smith-Haley Shilpa Bavikatte Sandy Collins Mary K. Fuller Kathryn Hilbert Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kugel Danielle Mintzlaff Renee A. Pleshar
Unmi Song Laurie Beasley Monika Collins Robyn Gabel Susan Himmelfarb Kevin Kumashiro Candida Miranda Deb Poe
Rassamay Sopha Alicia Beck Elizabeth Connelly Linda Garcia Garcia Merchant Jacqueline and Steven Hirsh Nora Kyger Judith E. Mitchell Joan Polacheck
Ellen Soren Eve Becker Margo Cook Jennifer Garr Megan Hobson Christy and Carson Kyhl Joseph Monahan Wendy Pollack
Tammy Steele Diane and Michael Beemer Werner B. Cookman Justine M. Garza Natalie Hock Anne Ladky Joy L. Monahan Krista Pospisil
Laura Stempel Karen Behles Julie G. Coplon Jody Gauthier Debra Hoegemeyer Jennifer Lagunas Lisa Montez Elmyra Powell
Barbara Stewart Ellen Stone Belic Terry Cosgrove Lynn Gendleman Laura Hohnhold Leslie Landis Patti Morrell Ashley Prasad
Hanna Stotland Lucretia Bell-McCall Kim Coventry Patti Gerbie Jeanette Holland Janine Landow-Esser Sandy Morris Toni Preckwinkle
Veronica Studnicka Margaret Shank Benjamin Janet H. Cowel Nancy Gerrie Doris B. Holleb Carolyn Lang Mary Morrissette Walter A. Price, Jr.
Lauren Sugerman Karyn Benson Deborah Crockett Judith Gethner Kim B. Holmes Kitty Hart Lansing Maureen Mosh Bobelte Puckett
Emily Muskovitz Sweet Anne Searle Bent Andrea Cross Lorraine Getz Suzanne Holmes Janis Lariyiere Meryl Lyn Moss Stefan Puzyk
Alysia Tate Robin Berkson Karen Daniel Gail C. Ginsberg Ruth Holst Angela Larson Jeanette M. Moulthrop, MD Tracy Quattrocki
Lynn Taylor and Thomas White Emily Berlinghof Sally S. Daniels Naomi S. Gitlin Carol and Joel Honigberg Anne Larson Shannon Mount Teri Rabai
Rebecca Ford Terry Melissa Berman Julie Danis Sharon B. Glazer Mary Lou Horwat Maureen Larson Ellen Mrazek Helen Ramirez-Odell
Audrey Thomas Kathleen Bickford Berzock Catherine E. Danz Janice Glenn Collier Ginny Hotaling Laurel and Henry Latimer Robin Mucha Kali Evans-Raoul
Janet W. Thompson Margaret C. Bisberg Lisa Davidson Julie Goddard Nancy M. Hotchkiss Stephenie Lazarus Nancy Munson Kim Rasmussen
Scheherazade Tillet Gail Bley Fern Bomchill Davis Ethel C. Gofen Elizabeth Houlihan Winfred M. Leaf Kathy Munzer Sapna Rathi
Elizabeth Beidler Tisdahl Lexis Blitstein Shelley A. Davis Diane Golan Beverly B. Huckman Sheila Leahy Anne Marie Murphy Dawn Reese
Joan Turk Shaun and Andrew Block Tenia Davis Barbara G. Gold Bill Hudson Lisa Yun Lee Lynn H. Murray Kathi Regas
Robin Wagner Marcia R. Bogolub Nancy Day Deidra D. Gold Bonnie Humphrey Susan M. Leinwohl Sameena Mustafa Basit Kimberly R. Reome
Sally Wallace Dr. Victoria Boies Betty Dayron Ellen Goldberg Marcia Hundt Julie Lenner Sally Myers Debbie Reznick
Julie Walsh John Bokina Camille De Frank Jill Goldstein Bliss A. Hunter Valerie S. Lies Susan M. Nadis Dana D. Rice
Chris Ward Julie M. Bordo Madhoolica Dear Henrietta Gomez John H. Idler Elizabeth Lindau Justine Nagan Michele Baker Richardson
Elizabeth K. Ware Deborah H. Bornstein Roxanne Decyk Lynda S. Gordon Wanjiku Ikenye Janet Lindeman Elizabeth R. Nani Amalia S. Rioja
Ruth Ann Watkins Gregory and Cassie Boyle Emilia Di Menco Nicole Gotthelf Dr. Marie Iliescu-Levine Laurel A. Lipkin Carolyn C. Narasimhan Silvia Rivera
David Weindling Elizabeth Everett Brackett Gregory J. Didomenico Jean and Harry Gottlieb Kathy K. Im Carol S. Lobbes Isobel Neal Amy Robbins, MD
Marian Wexler Jeanne Braun Barbara Dillard Joan B. Gottschall Jane Innes Armstrong Julia Lohrmann Roberta Nechin Megan McNally Roberts
Charles and Elizabeth Wheatley Betty Anne and John Brennen Erika Dillon Hilary Gould R. Janie Isackson Kate Lorenz Scott Nehs Genita C. Robinson
Diana and Peter White Kathleen Breski Rochelle and Irv Distelheim Graham C. Grady P. Denis Israel Allison Lowe-Fotos Carol Neiger Jean Hardy Robinson
Lindsey Whitlock Julie P. Brett-Buttleman Joyce L. Donaly Patsy and John Grady Janice Jacobs Mary B. Lubertozzi Diane Nelson Eleanor K. Roemer
Barbara Wilder Regan Brewer Eileen Dordek Dr. Karen L. Granda Anne Jacobson and Richard Kolsky Jacqueline Lucente Kimberly L. Nevels Kathryn Rolfes
Mary Beth Williams Kathy L. Brock Aimee Dreiss and Mr. John S. Mrowiec Jagjit Jain Colette Lueck Kelly Newhall Adrienne G. Rosenberg
Megan Williamson Diana Brockway Terri Drews and Ed Getz E. Lynn Grayson Pranita Jain Connie M. Luecke Carolyn and Ken Nopar Diana Rosenbrock
Joycelyn Winnecke Matthew Brody Irene Drizin Vesna Grbovic Lois Jeruss Suzanne J. Lynch Kathryn Norris Wendy Ross
Sallie Wolf Lisa Browdy Scott Drury Channing Greene Julie Jones Nancy J. Lynn Eden Novak DeGenova Yumi Shilowitz Ross
Marvinetta W. Woodley-Penn Dawn Dittmar Brown Selma D’Souza Delta A. Greene Kim Jones Judy Maas Patricia O’Brien, Ph.D., MSW Barbara Rohm Rossa
Elizabeth Wright and Julie Kaufman Deane B. Brown Kathy Dudek Sue Greggo Susan Jones Lynae Maciel Therese Obringer Ann M. Rothschild
Mary A. Young Deborah L. Brown Joy DuPuis Carrington Gregory Valendra Jones Mr. and Mrs. David O. MacKenzie Karen O’Connor Sheryl Rubel
Nancy Young Jen Brown Rachel Durchslag Sue Gries E.E. Joyce Kate Maehr and Sam Pickering Linda J. Odegard Susan Rubenstein
Patricia Yuzawa-Rubin Karen E. Brown Jim Durkan Manju Gupta Cynthia A. Judge Bertha G. Magaña Karen Olin Lisa Ruby
Karina Zabicki DeHayes Raquel Brown Mary Ann Dyar Venu Gupta Lisa Kaderabek Sharmili Majmudar Sarah Ann Oliver Jean Rudd
Evelyn Zouras Pat Brummet Rochelle Dyme Ellen S. Gussin Gerri Kahnweiler Oksanna Malan Jill Olswanger Laura Rukavina
Linda Bubon Carol P. Eastin Luis Gutierrez Dawn Kaiser Kathleen Malinger Susan Onken Jagriti Ruparel
$100-$249 Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum Loraine E. Edwalds Daniel Gutman Inas Kaku Myesha Maloy Suzanne Ontiveros Carrie Ruzicka
Cynthia Photos Abbott Karin and James Bull Michael Eizenga Donna Gutman Jan Kallish Sylvia R. Margolies Emily Opalski Kathy Kranitz Sadoun
Rachel Abramson Matti Bunzl Jennifer Elliott Sharon Haar Grace Kaminkowitz Amie Marks Joanne Oppenheim Shehnaz Sait
Beverly M. Addison Amy Buonassisi Susan Erlebacher Patricia Hall Nancy Karp Jeanne C. Marsh Lia Osburn Doris Salomón
Harriet Adelstein Natalie Burkart Yeny Estrada Bonnie Hamilton Evelyn E. Karzen Ms. Sheryl Martin Laura O’Shea Nina D. Sanchez
Carla Michelle Agostinelli Genevieve Burns Roberta G. Evans Phyllis J. Handelman Terry and Geoff Kass Rachael Marusarz Karen Osmolski Lisa Sartorio
Heather Alderman Maggie and Barry Cain Merri Ex Susan R. Hanes Colleen Keleher Jennifer Masi Meg Ostrom Mary Ann Savard
Amie Alfe Sally Callander Ngozi Ezike Dolores K. Hanna Phyllis M. Kelly Ruth Masters April A. Otterberg Kathy Schaeffer
Kristy L. Allen Pamela Carcerano Terry Satinover Fagen Jim Hardy Ellen Kenemore Linda M. Mayer Shaila Pai- Verma Meredith Schilsky
Leslie Allison Carlos Cardenas Sharon Fairley Caroline Caroline Harney Beth Keno Melissa Mayer Geri L. Palmer Marcy D. Schlessinger
Lauri Alpern Erika Carey Elizabeth A. Fama Jacquie Harper Sarah Ketchum Anne Sophia Maziak Kate Palmer Christine Szafranski
Sylvia Alston Patricia Carman Bette Feinerman Deborah Harrington Martha Elder Khanna Nancy McCaskey Ketki Parikh Karen M. Schneider
Susan Altfeld Megan Carney Vanessa Figueroa Betty Harris Stephanie Kiesling Robin McConney Sally Park Theresa Schneider
Adrienne Anderson Liane Clorfene-Casten Barbara A. Filippini Julia Harris and Sunil Garg Colby Kingsbury Nancy McDaniel Barbara Parson Katherine Schon
20 21Diana Palomar Scott Richard B. Turner THE LEGACY CIRCLE CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS DIMEO SCHNEIDER & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. MUNIRA PATEL
Angela Sedeno Annette Turow LEFORT-MARTIN FAMILY DONOR ADVISED FUND PLEASURE CHEST
The Legacy Circle is a special group $100,000+
Ronald A. Semerdjian Laurel Tustison OF THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION QUARLES AND BRADY
of supporters who have made a DORIS AND HOWARD CONANT FAMILY FOUNDATION
Urmi Sengupta Elizabeth Uihlein EDWARDS WILDMAN PALMER LLP RIDGEWOOD GARDENS
commitment to Chicago Foundation for THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST
Ann Serafin Eva Taylor Unikel ELEANOR FOUNDATION LEORA AND MORT ROSEN
Women’s vision by choosing to include GROUNDSWELL’S CATALYST FUND
Susan C. Serbinski Denise Vallow FAIRPOINTE CAPITAL CARLEEN SCHREDER
the Foundation in their estate plans. FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
Lynda Shadrake Donna Van De Water FRANCIS BEIDLER FOUNDATION SUN-TIMES NEWS GROUP
Kinna Shah Julie E. Vander Weele GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. SWEET MANDY B’S
Anonymous (6) $50,000-$99,999
Ritu Shah Linda Vander Weele HIGH RIDGE PARTNERS, INC. THE CONSERVATION CENTER
The Estate of Irene Bayrach POLK BROS. FOUNDATION
Shilpi and Ritesh Shah Susana Vasquez HODES FAMILY FOUNDATION UNITED AIRLINES
Ellen J. Benjamin WOMEN’S FUNDING NETWORK
Smita N. Shah Markus Veile ICE MILLER, LLC
and Frederick N. Bates
Elizabeth A. Shanahan Jayne Vellinga IMAGINATION PUBLISHING
Marjorie Craig Benton $25,000-$49,999
Kate M. Sheehy Phyllis Voosen JENNER & BLOCK LLP
Fay Clayton AAR CORP.
Deborah Shefrin Nancy and Richard Waichler THE JESSICA FUND
Marge and Lew Collens ALPHAWOOD FOUNDATION
Sarah Shirk Deborah Walters JEWISH WOMEN’S FOUNDATION
Jane S. Dewey AVA FARWELL TRUST
Blair Sterling Siegel Suzette Warmus JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A.
Edith H. Falk FULL CIRCLE FAMILY FOUNDATION
Carol Siegel Susan Warner THE KENRICH GROUP LLC
Sunny and Paul Fischer THE LIBRA FOUNDATION
Deborah Siegel Roberta L. Washlow MESIROW FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Joan Goldstein PIERCE FAMILY FOUNDATION
Elizabeth Siegel and Greg Jacobs Imy F. Wax NAVIGANT CONSULTING, INC.
Millicent and Thomas Holmes THE RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION
Lisa Simmons Julia R. Weertman OGLETREE DEAKINS NASH SMOAK
Nancy Juda SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
Jeffrey Simon Catherine S. Weidner RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Polly B. Kawalek STEANS FAMILY FOUNDATION
Joyce M. Simon Norma Weir SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
Lucia Woods Lindley THANKSGIVING FUND
Mary Simon Melanie Weiss STS FOUNDATION
Lois J. Lipton UNITED AIRLINES
Pamela Simon Jennifer Welch VOA ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED
Marcena W. Love THE WOMEN’S FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
Mary B. Singh Michele Weldon WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY, LLC
Norris “Mike” Love
Rebecca Sive Barbara and Bert Weller WOMENONCALL.ORG FOUNDATION
Gail J. Ludewig $10,000-$24,999
Ada Skyles Whitney Weller
Jo and Art Moore THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION
Arden and Charles Small Mary Welton $1,000-$2,499
Sally Myers ALLSTATE FOUNDATION
Joan F. Small Dorothea Jacobson-Wenzel BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP
Beverly Nachtrieb THE BOEING COMPANY
Gail T. Smith Ramel Werner BEERMANN PRITIKIN MIRABELLI SWERDLOVE LLP
Elizabeth B. Phillips CROWN FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES
Louise K. Smith Mrs. Florence F. Wheeler COLE TAYLOR BANK
Eva Janzen Powell and Smith T. Powell IV CVS CAREMARK
Mary Anne Smith Julia Wheeler FIRST BANK AND TRUST
Gaye E. Preston COMED - AN EXELON COMPANY
Tricia Snyder Lewis Wendy K. White Eagle GROUP BENEFIT ASSOCIATES
The Estate of Sylvia M. Radov GROSVENOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
Francine Soliunas Matthew Whitlock PATRICK G. AND SHIRLEY W. RYAN FOUNDATION
Hedy M. Ratner HO-CHUNK NATION
Sondra Sonneborn Stacia Whitmore SAGE PRODUCTS INC.
Janice E. Rodgers IRVING HARRIS FOUNDATION
Sendy L. Soto Janis Wiener UNITED WAY OF METRO CHICAGO
Barbara Rose LAKSHMI FOUNDATION
Laura Sova Keven C. Wilder
Leora Rosen LEO S. GUTHMAN FUND
Barbara and Lester Speyer Sally Wildman
The Estate of Miriam E. Wirt MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL
MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES
Jennifer Stack Cindy Wilson and Chip Peters
MOTOROLA MOBILITY FOUNDATION
Susan Stall Bern Wims
THE OSA FOUNDATION ANONYMOUS
Elizabeth Stark Susan Winer
U.S. BANK BERNSTEIN GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Julia Stasch Alva Winfrey
WEINBERG/NEWTON FAMILY FOUNDATION BMO HARRIS BANK
Linda Stawicki Barbara Winick
ZEMAN HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST
Judith E. Stein Carolyn K. Winick
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
Nikki Will Stein Tracey Wiseman
JBT CORPORATION
William Stempel Rebecca Woan $5,000-$9,999
MCCORMICK FOUNDATION
Nancy Stevenson Greenberg Ann S. Wolff ABC 7 CHICAGO
MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL
Judith Stockdale Regina Wootton BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF ILLINOIS
MOTOROLA MOBILITY FOUNDATION
Kim Stone Caren Yanis THE DAVEE FOUNDATION
POLK BROS. FOUNDATION
Susan Straus Angela and Martin Yorath DISCOVER NETWORK MARKETING
RETIREMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Deborah D. Strauss Susan Zabriskie THE DUCHOSSOIS FAMILY FOUNDATION
Ann Straw Deborah Lust Zaluda, J.D. LLOYD A. FRY FOUNDATION
Susan Struve Christie L. Zielinski HEALTH CARE SERVICES CORP IN-KIND DONORS
Debra Stulberg Renee L. Zipprich HENRY CROWN & COMPANY
ACLU OF ILLINOIS
Leslie A. Stulberg Lois Zoller LEVIN SCHREDER & CAREY LTD.
BAKER AND MCKENZIE
Emily B. Susanin Andrea L. Zopp MID-CONTINENT CAPITAL, L.L.C.
MARJORIE CRAIG BENTON
Tara Swaminathan PEOPLES GAS
FERN BOGOT
Diane C. Swonk PRINCE CHARITABLE TRUSTS
BOTTLES AND CANS
Vanessa Tanaka QUARLES & BRADY LLP
CATHERINE AND ADDISON BRAENDEL
Catherine Taylor-Cappel ROBERT AND PATRICIA MOORE FOUNDATION
CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA
Tina Tchen SAHARA ENTERPRISES, INC.
CORE POWER YOGA
Denise Theobald SCHIFF HARDIN LLP
CREME CRAFTED PARTIES AND CATERING
Kathy Tholin THOREK HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER
DERBY
Stacey L. Thomas THE WALSH FOUNDATION
DIMEO SCHNEIDER & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
Tracey Thomas
FIT GIRL STUDIO, INC
Pia N. Thompson
$2,500-$4,999 FOX, SWIBEL, LEVIN & CARROLL
Elizabeth Thomson
ARIEL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LAURA L. JORDAHL
Lisa Tomsheck
AZTECA FOODS, INC. NANCY JUDA AND JENS BRASCH
Tammy and Seth Travis
BMO HARRIS BANK LEVIN SCHREDER & CAREY LTD.
Tracy Treger
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO. ROBIN MCCONNEY
Rachael Trummel
CHARTER ONE BANK MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL
Mary Lee Turk
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO SUSAN E. MORRISON
Trevor Turk
DELOITTE.
22 23FUNDS AT CHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN GRANTS LIST
CATALYST FUND: RESOURCES FOR WOMEN OF COLOR IN REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE CATALYST FUND FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE RAPE VICTIM ADVOCATES
$20,000
For the fifth year in a row, CFW received a $150,000 matching grant from CHICAGO ABORTION FUND
Rape Victim Advocates provides non-judgmental crisis intervention counseling,
the Catalyst Fund at Groundswell to support reproductive justice advocacy $35,000
individual and group counseling, medical and legal advocacy, and public
organizations led by women of color. The reproductive justice movement The My Voice, My Choice Leadership Group engages and mobilizes the
education and institutional advocacy on sexual violence.
addresses a full spectrum of issues that disproportionately affect communities women CAF serves. By facilitating leadership development for low-income
of color, particularly in low-income neighborhoods, including the right to women, CAF involves women of color in grassroots organizing that improves
ROGER BALDWIN FOUNDATION OF THE ACLU, INC.
access reproductive health information and care; bear and parent children; community systems.
$25,000, MULTI-YEAR GRANT
access a safe and legal abortion; live free from violence; and live and work in
The Reproductive Rights Project defends and advances the rights of all women
a healthy environment. CHICAGO LEGAL ADVOCACY FOR INCARCERATED MOTHERS
to decide freely, without government interference, whether and when to have
$25,000
a child.
The Reproductive Justice Initiative and Visible Voices leadership group
DORIS & HOWARD CONANT FUND FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS empowers formerly incarcerated women to advocate for policy change on
reproductive health care for women in prison; strengthening the Illinois ban on ELEANOR NETWORK AT CHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN
The Doris & Howard Conant Fund supports organizations and programs
shackling inmates during labor; and reducing the termination of incarcerated
committed to women’s rights, with a focus on advocacy efforts. The Conant Fund
mothers’ parental rights. ACTION NOW INSTITUTE
also provides an opportunity to award multi-year grants, demonstrating both the
$50,000
Foundation’s and the donor’s commitment to long-term, systemic change.
ILLINOIS CAUCUS FOR ADOLESCENT HEALTH Action Now Insitute is working to reduce teacher tunover and increase
$25,000 the number of highly effective teachers of color in Grow Your Own (GYO)
DONOR ADVISED FUNDS ICAH is a youth-led group that advocates for sound policies and practices Teachers and Pre-GYO programs. Candidates are mainly single mothers who
that promote a positive, medically accurate and comprehensive approach to work full-time and attend school part-time.
Donor advised funds can be established when a person or family donates adolescent sexual health and parenting.
$5,000 or more to the fund. Chicago Foundation for Women assists the donor THE CARA PROGRAM
in awarding grants from that fund to support organizations helping women EVERTHRIVE ILLINOIS $50,000
and girls. $35,000 The Eleanor Career Advancement Program (ECAP) is a program designed
The Englewood Women’s Empowerment Project seeks to create accessible to meet the needs of low-income, low-skilled women who are heads of
health care resources and services for women and girls in Englewood, as well households focusing intensely on four growing industries: healthcare,
THE ELEANOR NETWORK AT CHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN* administrative, manufacturing and customer service to connect women to the
as engage them in statewide reproductive justice advocacy.
The Eleanor Network at the Chicago Foundation for Women supports an opportunities necessary to advance their careers and increase earnings.
array of economic security strategies, bringing together the former Eleanor METROPOLITAN CHICAGO BREAST CANCER TASK FORCE
Foundation’s targeted approach and the Chicago Foundation for Women’s $30,000 CENTERS FOR NEW HORIZONS
broader support of direct service and advocacy. Driven by racial health disparities, the Task Force engages in research, $40,000
administrative policy change and legislative advocacy so that low-income The Women Employed Project helps local teaching assistants become certified
African American women have equal access to quality breast cancer care. early childhood teachers. This pilot program provides a cohort of teaching
THE GENERAL FUND assistants a year-long support group, one-on-one coaching and training
YOUNG WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT PROJECT essential to suceccding in state certification tests.
General Fund grants focus on Chicago Foundation for Women’s three key
issue areas: economic security, freedom from violence, and access to health $15,000
YWEP responds to the strengths, needs and concerns of young women in the CHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES
services and information for women and girls.
sex trade by building their self-care skills and engaging them as leaders in $57,500, MULTI-YEAR GRANT
advocacy campaigns that directly address the institutions that affect their lives. Chicago Women in Trades provides a pre-apprenticeship training program
THE IRENE BAYRACH ANTI-VIOLENCE LEGACY FUND and an ongoing welding program to improve women’s qualifications for
specific apprenticeship program opportunities or alternative employment.
Thanks to a donation from the estate of Irene Bayrach, the fund supports DORIS & HOWARD CONANT FUND FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS
services and advocacy projects that address family violence in all its forms: DEBORAH’S PLACE
domestic violence between partners in an intimate relationship, girls’ exposure CHICAGO ALLIANCE AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
$20,000
to violence at home, child abuse and elder women abuse. $20,000
Teresa’s Interim Housing uses a continuum of housing options and
End Demand Illinois is a grassroots campaign advocating that the most
comprehensive support services to prevent women’s return to homelessness.
effective way to reduce violence against women and eliminate the sexual
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FUNDS exploitation of prostituted and trafficked people is to address its root cause:
EMERGENCY FUND
the demand for the sex trade.
Through our five Leadership Councils, Chicago Foundation for Women fosters $50,000
a network of diverse leaders who raise funds for their communities. Each The Emergency Fund provides flexible financial assistance distributed in
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEGAL CLINIC
council’s fund awarded grants this past year to organizations which work in monthly allotments (between $1,000 and $3,000) to participants in the
$15,000
the communities they represent. Eleanor Network programs. Some examples of financial assistance includes
The Pro Bono Project is a unique collaboration designed to meet the legal
rent, utility payments, security deposits, CTA passes, uniforms, and state IDs.
needs of unrepresented victims of domestic violence. It seeks to engage the
private bar, recruiting attorneys from law firms and corporations to staff
THE POLK BROS. FOUNDATION FUND FOR EMERGING ORGANIZATIONS HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES
shifts at the courthouse and represent victims in their petition for Orders of
$62,500
The Polk Bros. Foundation Fund for Emerging Organizations fosters early Protection.
growth in promising nonprofits with annual operating budgets below $75,000. Heartland Human Care Services, Inc.’s IDEA Initiative provides a
comprehensive asset building program to working female heads of household
HEALTHCONNECT ONE
through individual consultation as well as group education focusing on
$20,000, MULTI-YEAR GRANT
THE SOPHIA FUND FOR ADVOCACY building credit and savings, employment and career advancement, and
HealthConnect One’s multi-year advocacy strategy is designed to promote the
support services. These approaches and services will be combined to assist
From 1983 to 1991, The Sophia Fund was an independent foundation. It sustainability of the Illinois workforce of perinatal community health workers
working women with meeting their self-identified goals and obtaining
made more than 400 grants totaling $1.8 million to organizations addressing by advancing the establishment of Medicaid reimbursement for these women.
economic self-sufficiency.
reproductive rights, violence against women and economic justice. In 1992,
Sophia’s founder turned over part of the fund’s work to Chicago Foundation MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCIÓN
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
for Women to continue its support of advocacy and social policy efforts to $25,000
$50,000
allow women and girls to live to their full potential. Mujeres’ Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Programs provides assessment,
The Center for Working Women assists women to meet their basic needs
individual and group counseling, children’s therapy, legal advocacy, a 24-
(housing, food, childcare, transportation and healthcare) while also helping
hour bilingual hotline, case management, community education, transportation
them to overcome obstacles to sustained economic self-sufficiency including
*A portion of the funds that support housing and wraparound services for low-income and respite child care as well as referrals to temporary housing and economic
working women in Chicago are provided by the Ava Farwell Trust. obtaining living wage careers with advancement potential, improve credit
supports. In addition, Mujeres engages in local and statewide advocacy
worthiness, and educational attainment.
initiatives to promote victims’ rights and ensure equal treatment under the law.
24 25INSTITUTO DEL PROGRESO LATINO SPANISH COALITION FOR HOUSING GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES SOPHIA FUND FOR ADVOCACY
$41,666 $42,000 $15,000
ACCESS LIVING OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
Mujer Avanzando provides a comprehensive system of integrated services The Comprehensive Homeless Prevention Program works with participants of The Groundwork Domestic Violence Program (GDVP) and the Sexual Assault
$15,000
in Career Development, Wealth Creation, Leadership, and Social Support the Eleanor Network programs who have an immediate housing need. Spanish Services Center (SASC) serves victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
The New Empowered Fe Fe’s program strives to empower women and girls
Services to working Latinas in Chicago through a partnership between Instituto Coalition for Housing utilizes its network of landlords to identify potential Through the Hispanic Outreach Program (HOP), both GDVP and SASC reach
with disabilities to make decisions and become passionate, effective agents for
del Progreso Latino, Mujeres Latinas en Acción, and The Resurrection Project. housing solutions, including discussions with landlords regarding credit ratings out to Hispanic victims to provide crisis intervention, counseling, life-skills
systems change. Using hands-on advocacy training and creative expression,
and rental amounts. training, case management,referrals, and prevention education.
the program builds a sense of disability identity and pride.
ILLINOIS ACTION FOR CHILDREN
$30,000 WOMEN EMPLOYED INSTITUTE HEALTH & DISABLILITY ADVOCATES
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES
Illinois Action for Children provides enhanced child care referral services $75,000 $15,000
$7,500
to women enrolled in programs offered by the Eleanor Network at CFW Complete the Degree is a collaborative effort to increase the number of The Veterans Programs educates service providers and advocates through an
Parents Organized to Win, Educate and Renew – Policy Action Council
grantees. low-income adults who have college credentials—including two-year degrees ongoing series of six full-day Military Sexual Trauma (MST) training events.
(POWER-PAC) is COFI’s cross-neighborhood leadership program which is a
and certificates—of economic value. Through Complete the Degree, Women Health & Disability Advocates also works to identify and engage stakeholders
group of grassroots women who address the root causes of family poverty and
JANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION Employed intends to produce a long-term, substantial impact in Chicago by to begin to build a coalition to tackle MST and other issues affecting a largely
strengthens economic security for low-income women and their children.
$85,000 increasing the number of female college graduates in the area. underserved female Veteran population.
The Women in Manufacturing Welding Program trains single low-income
ILLINOIS SAFE SCHOOLS ALLIANCE
female heads of household to compete in high-paying, male-dominated YOUTH JOB CENTER OF EVANSTON KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES
$20,000
trades through job training, workplace readiness, benefits screening, financial $85,000 $15,000
The Alliance’s Youth Organizing & Leadership promotes the safety, suppport and
counseling and case management. The WILL program is a comprehensive, holistic approach to supporting The Domestic Violence Prevention and Family Support Program provides
healthy development of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in Illinois
young, working women move forward on their career path to economic survivors with crisis intervention and emergency assistance as well as skill-
schools and communities through advocacy, education, youth organizing and
KINZIE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION self-sufficiency. The participants work with current employer and WILL job building to ensure long-term economic security. The organization also works to
research. The programing strives to create systemic changes in schools/districts.
$125,000 counselor to develop individualized employment plans. prevent abuse by conducting education and outreach efforts within immigrant
Kinzie Industrial Development Corporation provides an EMT training program communities, targeting Latina and Korean American women.
LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO
with career pathways in the EMT/Paramedic/other medical fields through its YWCA OF EVANSTON/NORTHSHORE
$7,500
relationship with Superior Ambulance Services. The primary focus of the EMT $35,000 KOREAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN NEED
The Latino Union collaborates with women day laborers, domestic workers,
training program is to provide skills training, support during training and job The Women’s Economic Empowerment Program provides participants of $25,000
and other women workers to create just conditions in the workplace, home,
placement assistance. the Eleanor Network programs with a community-based Basic Money The Bilingual Domestic Violence Services program responds to Chicago-area
and community. Its mission is accomplished by developing leadership from
Management program and topical on-hour workshops as needed. Korean American and Asian American women and children experiencing
within the immigrant worker community, advancing feasible alternatives to
THE LAW PROJECT domestic violence by offering comprehensive services and engaging in
the injustices immigrant workers face, and building the larger movement for
$20,000 organizing, community outreach and education.
IRENE BAYRACH ANTI-VIOLENCE LEGACY FUND immigrant worker rights.
The Law Project offers pro bono legal services that help women in Eleanor
Network programs purchase their first home. APNA GHAR LATINOS PROGRESANDO
MIDWEST ACADEMY
$20,000 $15,000
$20,000
METROPOLITAN TENANTS ORGANIZATION Apna Ghar (Our Home) provides culturally appropriate, multilingual services, The VAWA Project is part of Latinos Progresando’s flagship legal services
The Aging Justice Project is a yearlong intensive policy training program that
$25,000 including emergency shelter, to survivors of domestic violence with a primary program and focuses on immigrant victims of domestic violence, a population
will equip older women, their allies, and their organizations with the capacity
MTO provides support to particpants of the Eleanor Network programs focus on the South Asian and other immigrant communities. facing both unique and significant challenges.
to advocate successfully for policies that allow older women to age in place
experiencing rental housing problems to help them stabilize their housing
with dignity, economic security, and access to affordable health care.
situation. SARAH’S INN HAYMARKET CENTER
$20,000 $20,000
NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER
PROJECT EXPLORATION The Supportive Services program provides comprehensive domestic violence The Haymarket Center seeks to provide culturally competent health services to
$25,000, MULTI-YEAR GRANT
$7,500 services, in English and Spanish, to women in the western suburbs of Chicago. medically underserved pregnant and postpartum women and their children in
The Gender Justice Initiative is a program that seeks fundamental human
The Services for Girls projects are science education programs designed The services are offered at two satellite locations to reach Latina immigrant residential and recovery home programs.
rights protections for immigrant women, especially survivors of gender-based
specifically for girls. They merge research-based best practices for both youth survivors (Partial funding provided by the General Fund). violence, persecution and trafficking, and detainees at risk of sexual abuse.
development and science education into a model that engages girls and builds MIDWEST ACCESS PROJECT
their capacity to pursue careers in science. $20,000
SARGENT SHRIVER NATIONAL CENTER ON POVERTY LAW
THE GENERAL FUND GRANTEES Midwest Access Project seeks to expand women’s access to a full range of
$10,000
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL reproductive health services by training health care providers on abortion
BETWEEN FRIENDS The Women’s Law and Policy Project creates and advocates for public policies
$36,000 care, working to expand the network of trainers across the Midwest and
$15,000 that advance economic justice and personal security for women and girls,
SAW 2.0 is a unique, holistic, employer-driven approach to career educating the health care community and the general public.
Between Friends provides counseling, court advocacy, a crisis line, a financial particularly those living in poverty in Illinois.
development that addresses the academic needs of Saint Anthony’s lower-
wage employees as well as the social and emotional challenges they must literacy program, case management, child care, and direct assistance to OPTIONS FOR YOUTH
surviviors of domestic violence to help them rebuild their lives and move into YOUTH OUTLOOK
overcome to be successful in a post-secondary educational setting. $15,000
safer and healthier situations. $15,000
The Subsequent Pregnancy Program focuses specifically on delaying a second
Youth Outlook’s mission is to provide a safe, supportive, and respectful
SKILLS FOR CHICAGOLAND’S FUTURE, FUTURE JOB SEEKERS PROGRAM pregnancy among teenage mothers. The program model connects young
CENTRO ROMERO environment for adolescents, whether they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual,
$50,000 mothers with a with a Home Visitor and provides intensive health education
$20,000 transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ). Youth Outlook is the only agency in
Skills for Chicagoland’s Future connects unemployed job seekers with and training.
The Domestic Violence Project serves Latina survivors in the refugee immigrant the DuPage, Kane, and DeKalb counties dedicated to serving LGBTQ youth
employers that are eager to hire. This approach provides job seekers with a
population on Chicago’s northeast side, offering individual counseling, and improving the hostile institutional environments that they navigate daily
direct pathway to employment by coordinating customized job training with STORYCATCHERS THEATRE
support groups, court advocacy and case management as well as training on (Partial funding provided by the General Fund).
employers and educational providers to equip job seekers with the skills that $15,000
employers demand. finances and job skills. The Fabulous Females Program at the Illinois Youth Center (IYC)-Warrenville
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$25,000 $25,000 has played an instrumental role in a gradual cultural shift at Warrenville.
Skills for Chicagoland’s Future’s intensive six-month program centered on Women and transgender people receive gynecological care, alternative
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design and development. childbirth, labor and postpartum support and connections to essential
resources such as food, housing and medical care.
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