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Grants Overview

What We Fund

Chicago Foundation for Women funds organizations and programs across four key impact areas: expanding economic security and mobility, advancing freedom from violence, improving access to health and wellness, and advancing reproductive justice. Through this work, we aim to strengthen grassroots leadership, address the root causes of inequity, and create lasting change that ensures women, girls, and gender-expansive people can thrive in safe, just, and healthy communities.

Our Impact Areas

Expanding Economic
Security​ and Mobility

We seek to expand economic security so all women, girls, and gender-expansive people can care for themselves and their families in all stages of life.

Advancing
Reproductive Justice 

We champion reproductive freedom and fund local efforts that protect care, expand access, and defend the right to make decisions about one’s body.

 

Advancing Freedom from Violence 

We work to ensure women, girls, and gender-expansive people are free from violence, including abuse, assault, harassment, trafficking, and more.

Improving Access to Health and Wellness 

We work to expand access to quality mental, physical, preventive, and reproductive health services for women, girls, and gender-expansive people.

CFW’s Rapid Response Fund

The application for CFW’s Rapid Response Fund prioritizes community-led strategies that protect fundamental rights and strengthen community power during periods of heightened risk and opportunity. These grants will support the unexpected or unbudgeted costs associated with community work and advocacy during a time of crisis and unpredictable change, including short-term capacity or program adjustments needed to respond quickly to emerging civic or democratic participation needs.
 
Applications for the Rapid Response Fund have closed.