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Our Grantees
2004
Discretionary Grants


Total FY2004 GBF Discretionary grants: $20,960



Access Living
$1,500
In support of young women emerging leaders in the disabled women's movement, to attend Women with Disabilities & Allies Forum: Linking Arms for Equality & Justice for All, a conference presented by the collaborative efforts of the National Organization for Women and the American Association for People with Disabilities.

Beyondmedia Education
$1,000
In support of a public education event about women, girls, and prison; Voices in Time: Lives in Limbo.

Crossroads Fund
$2,500
To enable participation in the Chicago Capacity Building Initiative, to represent the interests of progressive philanthropy and social change organizing.

Girl Scouts of Whispering Oaks Council
$850
To support for Girl Power!, a day long conference by high school girls for junior high school girls.

INCITE!
$5,000
Support for a summer cultural organizing work in Chicago, as part of a national project.

Korean American Resource & Cultural Center
$1,800
Support to take five girls to the March for Women's Lives in Washington, DC.

Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area
$5,000
Support for organizing in the Chicago area for the March for Women's Lives in Washington, DC, and twenty-five seats for girls and their adult allies to attend the March.

Redmoon Theater
In support of The New Girls on the Block, a project developed by girls in the Dramagirls program.

University of Illinois-Chicago's Office of Women's Affairs
$1,000
In support of an honorarium for Lynn Phillips, PhD, for her keynote presentation at Girls: New Research On and With Girls, a program during Women's History Month

V-DAY Chicago 2004
$1,310
To support facilitator's stipends, food, and materials for a young women's workshop before a presentation of The Vagina Monologues.

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