The Chicago Foundation for Women (CFW) is accepting applications to advance gender equity, which they believe to be inherently interconnected with racial, economic, and health equity.
Donor Name: Chicago Foundation for Women
State: Illinois
City: Chicago
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $10K–$30K
Details:
The Primary Cycle is focused on general operating and program support (both direct service and advocacy) across all three issue areas.
Chicago Foundation for Women (CFW) centers their interventions, advocacy, and grantmaking on the needs of these individuals and families. Economic security, access to quality and comprehensive healthcare, and freedom from gender-based violence are CFW’s three issue areas, which they view to be inherently interconnected.
Priority Populations
Women, girls, transgender, and gender non-binary people of color, frontline workers, single-parent headed households, immigrants, and domestic workers.
Priority areas
Chicago South and West Side communities that are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, job loss, poverty, and community violence.
Other Priorities
Because CFW’s three issue areas are interconnected and they believe it requires a holistic approach. Women and their families experience disparities simultaneously and often need to address them all at once for them to be able to stabilize and advance their health, safety, and economic security. As a result, they will be accepting applications from all three of CFW’s issue areas and encourage applicants to talk holistically about their work.
Three Issue Areas:
- expanding Economic Security
- ensuring Freedom from Violence
- enhancing access to Health services and information
Funding Information
Grants will range between $10K–$30K
Criteria
- Organizations must be a 501c3 or have a fiscal agent with a 501c3
- Organization must meet CFW’s Staff and Board Leadership Diversity Guidelines
At least:
- 50% of Staff Leadership identify as a woman, transgender or gender non-binary person
- 40% of Board Members identify as a woman, transgender or gender non-binary person
- 33% of Staff Leadership identify as a person of color
- 25% of Board Members identify as a person of color
For more information, visit Primary Cycle: Spring 2023.