Why WomenEconomic SecurityHealthViolenceWhat We DoGrantmakingAdvocacyLeadershipOrganizing for changeWhat You Can DoGiving Councils and Giving CircleWomen of Color Giving CouncilLBTQ Giving CouncilYoung Women’s Giving CouncilNorth Shore Giving CircleAbout UsGrantsWhat we fundGuiding PrinciplesStrategies for ChangeHow to applyFrequently asked questionsFor Grantees onlyDonateWhy WomenEconomic SecurityHealthViolenceWhat We DoGrantmakingAdvocacyLeadershipOrganizing for changeWhat You Can DoGiving Councils and Giving CircleWomen of Color Giving CouncilLBTQ Giving CouncilYoung Women’s Giving CouncilNorth Shore Giving CircleAbout UsGrantsWhat we fundGuiding PrinciplesStrategies for ChangeHow to applyFrequently asked questionsFor Grantees onlyDonatenewsevents calendarFacebookTwitterYoutubeLess than 8¢ out of every philanthropic $1 spent in the U.S. today goes to help women and girls.Help us change that.We’re a community foundation that invests in just one thing: basic rights and equal opportunities for women and girls throughout the Chicago region.Join us.Give justice, safety, health, and economic security to all women and girls.Invest now.Join us on March 12, 2015 for our 30th Anniversary Impact Awards!Our CommunityIn 2014, working with more than 2,000 donors and local partners on the front lines, we funded 150 projects in 4 counties serving 53,000 women and girls.WomenGirlsDonorsCollaboratorsNaomi WalkerCollaboratorNational Engagement Consultant, ITVS Public Media's Independent Voice ITVS Public Media’s Independent Voice Community Cinema has been partnering with Chicago Foundation for Women since the Women’s Empowerment Film Series we did together back in 2010. CFW has been an amazing ally with ITVS’ Women and Girls Lead initiative, introducing us to their stellar list of organizations and leaders that are making a difference in the lives of women and girls in Chicago. ITVS supplied the documentaries and CFW brought the change-agents.  Together we have organized thoughtful discussions on challenging topics, ranging from health and education, jobs and opportunities, media literacy, gender-based violence and much more. We are so grateful to the Chicago Foundation for Women for this partnership, and for helping Chicago Community Cinema highlight the great work going on in our own backyard.Blair BrettschneiderGranteeFounder and Executive Director, GirlForward  The refugee girls we work with embody the American dream. They come here with nothing, and all they want is to have a good life and to help their families. I want that to still be possible, and I think it really is, as long as we’re willing to make sure that they can be the members of our country that they want to be.Adela CepedaDonor, Board memberPresident, A.C. AdvisoryBoard member, CFW Doors close to you for things that you don’t control: because you’re a woman, because you’re brown, because you’re short, whatever. That’s no reason not to have an opportunity.Having been