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2000
Discretionary Grants
Discretionary grants are made throughout the year and range from $100 - $5,000 per grant.
Total Discretionary Grants: $26,800
Note: * indicates project has a fiscal agent.
About Face Theatre
1222 W. Wilson, 2nd Floor West
Chicago, IL 60640
773-784-8565
$5,000
To establish the Girls Leadership Initiative, a specific program for girls and young women within the larger structure of the About Face Youth Program. GLI seeks to increase the self-expression, self-confidence, and leadership abilities of a group of LBTQA girls between the ages of 14 and 20, who are participants in the About Face Youth Program. This year, About Face will conduct special workshops with girls focusing on gender identity and include girls-only discussions, storytelling, and performance exercises that will result in a scene to be performed during the run of the Youth Program production.
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
310 S. Peoria, Suite 201
Chicago, IL 60607
312-226-5900
$700
To provide a copy of the Deal with It book to each participant of the Empowered Fe-Fe's program. The Empowered Fe-Fe's is a group of young, disabled women who meet once a month to talk about sexuality, birth control, dating relationships, self-image/esteem, reproductive health, sexism, and so on.
Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy - Donor's Forum*
Sara Lee Foundation
Three First National Plaza
Chicago, IL 60602-4260
312-558-8448
$500
To support a roundtable discussion of issues facing African Americans associated with and working in philanthropy in Chicago. The discussion will culminate in a report and presentation at the Donor's Forum of Chicago.
Chicago Council on Urban Affairs
11 S. Lasalle, Suite 3201
Chicago, IL 60603
312-782-3511
$1,000
For support of an edition of the Council's series, One City Magazine, which will focus on diversity and girls. The Council is working closely with the Girls Scouts of Chicago on this issue of One City Magazine. Approximately 7,000 copies will be published and sent to its members, community leaders, foundation staff, and girls' programs.
Global Girls
8110 S. Luella
Chicago, IL 60617
$5,000
Global Girls promotes emotional, social, and academic development through activities that build character, effective communication skills, and a strong work ethic. Currently, Global Girls provides weekly Saturday sessions at Olive Harvey College to girls 6 - 14 years of age. Global Girls plans to train additional volunteer leaders to expand the program to additional sites throughout the city.
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
28 E. Jackson, Suite 710
Chicago, IL 60604
312-427-4460
$1,500
To support girls' and young women's participation in the annual Advocacy Day event in Springfield, Illinois. The Advocacy Day will promote legislation to ensure that all comprehensive health education in Illinois schools would be medically accurate.
New Moon Magazine*
PO Box 3620
Duluth, MN 55803-3620
218-728-5507
$1,600
To support two girls from Illinois to attend the New Moon Turn Beauty Inside Out campaign. The girls will be key participants in a roundtable discussion with advertising industry professionals about images of girls in ads and how to improve them. The girls will present their views, and a Best Practices pledge and hear from the advertising professionals. Winners of the student ad contest to portray inner beauty will be featured in New Moon and will preview professionally produced public service announcements that will air nationally on May 16, Turn Beauty Inside Out Day.
National Council for Research on Women
11 Hanover Square, Floor 20
New York, NY 10005
212-785-7335
$3,000
To support a Chicago-area roundtable discussion of the issues raised in Balancing the Equation: Where Women & Girls are in Science, Engineering & Technology.
YWCA University of Illinois
1001 S. Wright
Champaign, IL 61820
217-344-0721
$5,000
To support the YWCA Youth Mentor Program. The program in designed to provide a one-on-one relationship to encourage the participants to gain self-esteem and develop positive decision-making skills and to provide leadership development for the mentors as well as the mentees.
Zuna Institute*
6114 La Salle, Unit 527
Oakland, CA 94611
510-482-1671
$2,500
To support the attendance of young black lesbians from Illinois to the National Black Lesbian Conference April 12 - 15, 2001, in Atlanta, Georgia. This conference is the first of its kind and will have a specific track for the young women with workshops to address a youth perspective.
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