Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$7,924,915

Total expenses

$6,397,441

Contributions and grants received

$7,072,332

Grants paid

$3,419,600

Program service revenue

$2,144

Investment income

$1,014,229

Other revenue

-$163,790

Total assets, end of year

$23,723,909

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,182,952

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$21,540,957

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,624,234

Management and general expenses

$123,286

Fundraising expenses

$649,921

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,624,234

Program services were 87.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• GRANTMAKING: CFW REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT OF IDENTIFYING THE NEXT CHALLENGES FOR WOMEN, GIRLS, TRANS, AND GENDER NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS WITH DEEP ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITY. IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, WORKING WITH NEARLY 3,000 DONORS AND LOCAL PARTNERS ON THE FRONT LINES, CFW INVESTED A TOTAL OF $3,449,750 THROUGH 238 GRANTS, SUPPORTING 161 ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO ADVANCE HEALTH, ECONOMIC SECURITY, AND SAFETY OF CHICAGO-AREA WOMEN, GIRLS, TRANS, AND GENDER NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS. CFW SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE GREATER CHICAGO AREA, INCLUDING COOK, LAKE, DUPAGE, WILL, MCHENRY, AND KANE COUNTIES. OVER THE PAST YEAR, CFW GRANTS SERVED 287,774 PEOPLE, OF WHICH 222,007 (83%) IDENTIFIED AS WOMEN OR GIRLS, 39,417 (15%) IDENTIFIED AS MALE, AND 4,608 (2%) IDENTIFIED AS TRANSGENDER OR GENDER NONBINARY. OF THOSE SERVED, 36% IDENTIFY AS AFRICAN AMERICAN, 35% AS LATINX, 20% AS CAUCASIAN/WHITE, 4% AS ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER, 1% AS ARAB AMERICAN/MIDDLE EASTERN, 2% MULTI-RACIAL, 1% AS AMERICAN INDIAN/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AND 1% AS OTHER.CFW IS MORE COMMITTED THAN EVER TO DOING MORE OF WHAT WE ARE BEST AT, PROVIDING STRATEGIC AND FLEXIBLE INVESTMENTS TO THE MOST CRITICAL ORGANIZATIONS IMPROVING THE LIVES OF CHICAGO'S MOST VULNERABLE WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

  Expenses $3,761,457 · Grants $3,419,600

• OUTREACH, ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS: THANKS TO THE PAST, SUSTAINED SUPPORT OF THESE MOVEMENTS AND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, EVEN IN TIMES OF MORE INTENSE POLITICAL OPPOSITION, CFW AND OUR PARTNERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HARNESS THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE TO DRIVE PROGRESSIVE CHANGE. CFW'S INVESTMENTS IN COALITIONS, ADVOCACY, AND BUILDING THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF ADVOCATES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OVER 55 PIECES OF PRO-WOMEN-AND-GIRLS LEGISLATION PASSED OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS. THIS HAS INCLUDED THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT IN ILLINOIS, THE NO SALARY HISTORY LAW THAT STRENGTHENS THE ILLINOIS EQUAL PAY ACT, THE ILLINOIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT, AND A STATEWIDE SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAW. AS A RESULT, ILLINOIS IS INCREASINGLY BECOMING A BASTION FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN A NATIONALLY POLARIZING AND OPPRESSIVE SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTEXT.CFW ALSO LEVERAGES THE STRENGTH OF SEVERAL EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND SUCCESS OF ITS WORK. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK OF CHICAGO, CFW HOSTED A 2020 VIRTUAL GIRLS SUMMIT, AND SEVERAL SMALLER FOCUSED VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONS IN 2021 AS A CONTINUATION OF THE GIRLS SUMMIT, BRINGING TOGETHER OVER 400 PARTICIPANTS FROM ACROSS THE CITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF ALL YOUNG WOMEN, GIRLS, TRANS, AND NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS AGES 13-24. IN ADDITION, CFW IS A MEMBER OF THE CLOSING WOMEN'S WEALTH GAP (CWWG), WE DEMAND MORE COALITION, AND A HOST OF FUNDERS' COLLABORATIVES AND WORKS IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS.

  Expenses $736,938

• CAPACITY BUILDING: CFW INTENTIONALLY COUPLES ITS GRANTMAKING WITH A BROAD RANGE OF HIGH-QUALITY, NO-COST PROGRAMS RANGING FROM BOARD DEVELOPMENT, TO FUNDRAISING TO EXECUTIVE COACHING FOR EMERGING WOMEN LEADERS ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE GENDER EQUITY MOVEMENT. THROUGH THIS WORK, CFW BUILDS THE STRENGTH OF WOMEN-LED ORGANIZATIONS AND ENSURES THAT ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IS APPLIED WITH A GENDER LENS, PARTICULARLY WHEN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS POVERTY AND INEQUITY. CFW'S GIVING COUNCILS AND CIRCLES REPRESENT GROUPS OF ENERGIZED AND DIVERSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TOGETHER AROUND SHARED INTERESTS TO RAISE MONEY AND AWARD GRANTS ACCORDING TO THESE INTERESTS. CFW HOSTS THREE GIVING COUNCILS, ALL OF WHOM FOCUS THEIR GIVING ON SPECIFIC GROUPS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CHICAGO REGION. THEY ENGAGE IN GRANTMAKING BY AND FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES AS INDICATED BY THE NAME OF THE GIVING COUNCIL: LBTQ GIVING COUNCIL (LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, AND QUESTIONING) WOMEN OF COLOR UNITED GIVING COUNCIL YOUNG WOMEN'S GIVING COUNCIL IN ADDITION, CFW HOSTS FOUR GEOGRAPHY-BASED GIVING CIRCLES. THESE GIVING CIRCLES FOCUS THEIR GRANTMAKING FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES, USING HYPER-LOCAL GEOGRAPHY, AS INDICATED BY THE NAME OF THE GIVING CIRCLE: THE WESTERN SUBURBS GIVING CIRCLE THE NORTH SHORE GIVING CIRCLE THE SOUTH SIDE GIVING CIRCLE WEST SIDE GIVING CIRCLELASTLY, CFW IS ALSO CONSCIOUSLY BUILDING ITS CAPACITY TO ENSURE THAT THE ORGANIZATION SERVES ALL WHO IDENTIFY AS FEMALE IN THE CHICAGO REGION AND IS ONE WHERE ALL WOMEN, GIRLS, TRANS, AND GENDER NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS SEE THEMSELVES. AS SUCH, CFW IS INTENTIONALLY CREATING THE SPACE TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AWARE OF AND ADDRESSES ITS OWN STRUCTURAL RACIAL BIASES. AS A FIRST STEP, CFW HAS CONVENED AN ANTI-RACISM TRANSFORMATION TEAM, A CFW BODY COMPRISED OF 16 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS REPRESENTING CFW'S VAST NETWORK WHO WILL LEAD THE EFFORT TO TRANSFORM CFW INTO AN ANTI-RACIST INSTITUTION. THIS TEAM WILL DO THAT BY ENGAGING IN CONTINUAL ANALYSIS AND ESSENTIAL RESTRUCTURING OF CFW TO ENSURE THAT THE FOUNDATION'S WAY OF BEING IS ONE THAT WIELDS A SHARED POWER WITH, AND HOLDS ITSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO, RACIALLY OPPRESSED GROUPS TO ACHIEVE ITS GOAL OF GENDER EQUITY. THE ANTI-RACISM TRANSFORMATION TEAM IS NOW REFLECTED IN CFW'S ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE PRESIDENT & CEO.IN FY22, CFW LAUNCHED THE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE CHAMPIONS, WHICH SEEKS TO ELEVATE THE EXPERTISE, LEADERSHIP, AND LIVED EXPERIENCES OF BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) AND AFRICANA, LATIN, ASIAN, AND NATIVE AMERICAN (ALANA) GROUPS IN ILLINOIS WORKING AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL JUSTICE AND OTHER SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS. CFW WILL IMPLEMENT A STRATEGY THAT WILL LEAD TO A REGION-WIDE SAFE-HAVEN FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACCESS AND IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES. THIS INITIATIVE WILL BE A REGIONAL MODEL FOR HOW TO CREATE A SANCTUARY WHILE BUILDING THE MOVEMENT TO ENSURE REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL JUSTICE AND ACCESS DURING A TIME OF INCREASED ATTACK.THE BLACK WOMEN-LED CAPACITY BUILDING (BLOC) PROGRAM IS A DATA-DRIVEN FUNDING MODEL THAT SUPPORTS BLACK WOMEN-LED ORGANIZATIONS, MEASURES IMPACT AND BEGINS TO MAKE THE CASE TO OTHER FUNDERS (REGIONAL AND NATIONAL) TO STRATEGICALLY FUND TARGETED CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS. CFW WILL WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH GRANTEES, AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR PROGRAM AND HR DEPARTMENTS, GRANTEES WILL BE POSITIONED TO IMPLEMENT SYSTEMATIC CARE STRUCTURES THAT INCLUDE COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS PACKAGES FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR STAFF.

  Expenses $618,822

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $507,017

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY

  $110,000

  ENGLEWOOD WOMEN'S INITIATIVE ; ELEANOR NETWORK

• JANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION

  $100,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT; CAREERS IN MANUFACTURING FOR WOMEN

• CHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES

  $85,000

  ADVANCING EQUITY AND INCLUSION FOR WOMEN; TECHNICAL OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM

• LADIES OF VIRTUE

  $85,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT; CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT

• LOVE UNITY & VALUES (LUV) INSTITUTE

  $80,000

  LADIES OF LEADERSHIP; CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT

• AFFINITY COMMUNITY SERVICES

  $76,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT; FOCUS GROUP STIPEND; CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT

• TEAMWORK ENGLEWOOD

  $70,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• SOUTHSIDE CENTER OF HOPE

  $61,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT; CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT

• OF COLOR INC

  $52,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT; GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• EQUAL HOPE

  $51,000

  NORTHSHORE WOMEN'S HEALTH DISPARITIES REDUCTION PROGRAM; GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

21 February 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202430529349301413

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