1995
General Grants

In addition to the grant amounts listed below, all grantees received an additional 10 percent over and above their grants to support evaluation of their project. In 1995, GBF made a total of $72,000 in grants.

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A Sporting Chance Foundation
1940 W. Irving Park
Chicago, IL 60613
773-935-240
$10,000
Support for Girls WIN, a day of athletic participation and conversation on girls' self-esteem as it relates to sports and physical activity.

After School Action Programs (ASAP)
1126 W. Granville
Chicago, IL 60660
$7,500
Support for the Girl's Programming Initiative, a project that includes development of the following programs in 1996 & 1997: a mentoring program for girls (ages 9 - 15), sports leagues for girls and advocacy for equal sports in school, monthly Girl Sporting Days, and classes for girls.

Chicago Health Connection
3411 W. Diversey, Suite 5
Chicago, IL 60647
$7,190
Provides support for the Teen Breastfeeding Project, a year long breastfeeding promotion project for pregnant and delivering teens, based in the Teen Clinic at Cook County Hospital.

Family Matters
7731 N. Marshfield
Chicago, IL 60626
$5,000
Provides support to Sisters of Struggle (SOS), a youth development program for girls ages 12 - 18. Responsibility, advocacy, and leadership mark the award-winning program.

Horizons Community Services, Inc.
961 W. Montana
Chicago, IL 60614
$3,000
Provides support for Horizon's Youth Services (3942 W. North, Chicago, IL 60647), the oldest and largest program in Illinois designed specifically to meet the needs of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth.

Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
28 E. Jackson, Suite 710
Chicago, IL 60604
312-427-4460
$5,000
Provides support for Girls & Sports, a program to educate the public about the need to expand physical activities, including sports opportunities, for girls.

Project VIDA
2659 S. Kedvale
Chicago, IL 60623
$4,000
Provides support for the Young Women's Program, a street and community outreach program, targeting Latina females (ages 13 - 18), providing HIV/AIDS prevention and risk reduction education.

Redmoon Theater
2936 N. Southport, First Floor
Chicago, IL 60657
773-388-9031
$4,000
Provides support for the Medicine Project, a six-month theater workshop with 4th - 6th grade girls from the Logan Square community. The workshop involves theater games and improvisation, puppet making, stiltwalking, and creating an "act" to perform.

Women Employed Institute
22 W. Monroe, Suite 1400
Chicago, IL 60603
$5,000
Provides support for Career Links, an employment-related mentorship program serving disadvantaged teen girls.

Women's Issues Network Foundation (WIN)
175 W. Jackson, No. 625
Chicago, IL 60604
$10,000
Provides support for Girls WIN, a day of athletic participation and conversation on girls' self-esteem as it relates to sports and physical activity.

YWCA of Lake and McHenry Counties
2133 Belvidere
Waukegan, IL 60085
$7,500
Provides support for a Girls' Club at West Elementary School in Zion, Illinois, for fifth and sixth graders. Its goals are to offer girls alternatives to gangs, violence, drugs, and pregnancy and to work with the school, community, and other national women's organizations.