1996
General Grants

In 1996, GBF made a total of $197,000 in grants.

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A Sporting Chance Foundation
1940 W. Irving Park
Chicago, IL 60613
773-935-240
$5,000
Continued support of A Sporting Chance Foundation, an organization committed to the healthy development of girls through participation in athletics and fitness.

ADV & SAS
P.O. Box 593
Streator, IL 61364
815-434-9650
$3,517
To support the Teen Support Project, high school-based support groups to help girls in grades 6 - 12 develop healthy, violence-free relationships through peer support, education, and institutional advocacy.

After-School Action Program
1126 W. Granville
Chicago, IL 60660
773-973-0158
$10,000
Continued support of Girl World, an initiative to provide girl-centered programming in the Uptown/Edgewater community.

American Association of University Women Illinois, Inc.
2050 Prairie
Downers Grove, IL 60515
630-968-3994
$10,000
To support the statewide newsletter What's Working for Girls in Illinois.

Bethany Brethren Community Center
425 S. Center Park
Chicago, IL 60624
773-533-9799
$10,000
To support PROJECT GROW (Girls Reaching Out to Win), a leadership development and intergenerational mentoring program for girls in the East Garfield and North Lawndale neighborhoods.

Centro Comunitario Juan Diego
8802 S. Exchange
Chicago, IL 60617
773-371-0109
$8,000
To support the Junior Neighborhood Health Promoters program to help girls and young women ages 8 - 16 develop healthy personal and neighborhood lifestyles.

Centro Sin Fronteras
1401 N. Greenview
Chicago, IL 60622
773-772-8383
$5,000
To support the female component of Pueblo Sin Fronteras, Jr., a cultural identity and organizing program.

Chicago Health Connection
3411 W. Diversey, Suite 5
Chicago, IL 60647
773-235-5077
$7,190
Continued support of the Teen Breastfeeding Promotion Project, a project that provides information and support to pregnant and parenting teens to promote breastfeeding and parent-infant interaction.

Chicago Women in Trades
220 S. Ashland
Chicago, IL 60607
312-942-1444
$10,000
To support Flowers Awareness in Construction Technology (FACT), a program designed to help young, urban women explore high-wage, high-skilled career opportunities.

Coalition for Positive Sexuality
3712 N. Broadway, Unit 191
Chicago, IL 60613
312-654-1654
$6,500
To support the GIRL GERMS Poster Project, which addresses current attacks on young women's sexuality, safe sex, HIV/AIDS, reproductive rights, and sex education.

Developing Communities Project
212 E. 95th
Chicago, IL 60619-7294
773-928-2500
$5,000
To support a planning process to develop a Gang Transformation Program targeting girls ages 5 - 18.

Family Matters
7731 N. Marshfield
Chicago, IL 60626
773-465-6011
$10,000
To support Sisters in Unity; a leadership development program for 11- to 14-year-old girls, and continued support of the Sisters of Struggle INFINITY jewelry-making business.

Genesis House
911 W. Addison
Chicago, IL 60613
773-281-3917
$8,000
To support the creation of a program targeting adolescent girls at risk for prostitution.

Girl Scouts of DuPage County Council
8 S 021 Route 53
Naperville, IL 60540
630-963-6050
$3,500
To support the Underground Railway summer arts program for girls.
Continued support of Enrichment for Latinas Leading to Advancement (ELLA), a program that promotes staying in and graduating from high school, learning the importance of career planning, and furthering education.

Ms. Foundation for Women
120 Wall, 33rd Floor
New York, NY 10005
212-742-2300 ext. 315
$20,000
Continued support of the Collaborative Fund for Healthy Girls/Healthy Women, national fund to develop and support innovative girls' programming. (This is a three year grant.)

Project VIDA
2659 S. Kedvale
Chicago, IL 60623
773-522-4570
$7,064
Continued support of the Young Women's Program to increase knowledge about HIV, reducing transmission rates and increasing self-efficacy in controlling HIV infection.

Redmoon Theater
2936 N. Southport, First Floor
Chicago, IL 60657
773-388-9031
$10,000
Continued support of Dramagirls; an after-school theater program for fifth, sixth and seventh grade girls in Logan Square.

Trinity Hospital
2320 E. 93rd
Chicago, IL 60617
773-978-2000
$7,000
To support Girls to Women, a health and development mentoring program.

Women Employed Institute
111 N. Wabash, 13th Floor
Chicago, IL 60602
312-782-3902
$5,000
Continued support of Career Links, an employment-related mentorship program designed to expand teen girls' sense of life options and understanding of the world of work.

Women's Business Development Center
8 S. Michigan, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60603
312-853-3477
$7,000
To support YouthBiz, a program that teaches entrepreneurship skills to young mothers, provides opportunities to gain real work experience, and develops mentoring relationships with women entrepreneurs and managers.

Women's Health Education Project
1914 N. Milwaukee
Chicago, IL 60647
773-292-1990
$10,000
To support the development of a teen initiative to build leadership and youth resources, establish a drop-in component and produce two health-related zines.

Women's Issues Network Foundation
175 W. Jackson, Suite 625
Chicago, IL 60604
312-461-0511
$8,000
To support the Illinois Gender Equity Commission's Title IX and Illinois Sex Equity Rules Gender Equity Assessment.

Youth Service Project, Inc.
3942 W. North
Chicago, IL 60647
773-772-6270
$5,000