Publications

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Strategic Plan

CFW's Strategic Plan, FY 2010-2012 

About CFW and our financials

Fact sheet on Chicago Foundation for Women (PDF)

Meet some of the faces of CFW-- people who are helping us make smarter connections between need, money and solutions.

     Or view the "About Us" page

FY2012 audit report by Mueller & Co., LLP (PDF)

IRS Form 990 for FY2012 (PDF)

Annual Report

2012 Annual Report and older reports

Booklets and Brochures

Catalysts for Change: Women's Funds -- CFW and a Place-Based Strategy for Organizing Mothers (prepared for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation) (Nov. 2009)

The Catalyst Fund for Reproductive Justice brochure (June 2008)

Advocacy Stories from Our Grantees (Sept. 2006)

20 Years Strong: A Glimpse at Chicago Foundation for Women Grantee Partnership (Dec. 2005)

20 Things You Can Do Right Now to Make A Better Life for Women and Girls (Sept. 2005)


Reports
Creating Opportunity for Low-Income Women in the Green Economy by the Women's Economic Security Campaign (Oct. 2009)

Federal Recovery Funds and the FY 2010 State Budget: Implications for Women and Girls by Voices for Illinois Children (May 13, 2009)

The FY 2009 Illinois Budget Proposal: What It Means for Women and Girls (PDF) by Voices for Illinois Children (March 2008)

“What Will It Take?” Call to Action, Part 1 – executive summary and map of initiative (Sept. 21, 2007)

A Study of Uninsured Women in Illinois, May 2007
      News release has links to the full report by Health & Disability Advocates and Rob Paral and Associates and the report presentation from our May 4 program

The FY 2008 Illinois Budget Landscape for Women and Girls (PDF) by Voices for Illinois Children (March 2007)
       Executive Summary (PDF) by Chicago Foundation for Women (March 2007)

OUR VOICES OUR CHOICES (2003-2009) 

• Reproductive Health Summit: Executive Summary (Apr. 2006)
• Our Voices, Our Choices Report I (2002)
• Our Voices Our Choices Report II (2003)
• Our Voices Our Choices Report II: Executive Summary only (2003)

The Status of Women in Illinois: An Overview (2005)

Newsletters

Tuesday Blast, our e-newsletter (Jan. 2007 - present)

Web newsletter (Dec. 2006)

"A Year of Mobilizing" newsletter (Aug. 2006)