MISSION STATEMENT
Chicago Financial Women is a not-for-profit organization committed to expanding the professional networks of Chicago-area women in Finance and various overlapping industries. We provide opportunities to genuinely connect, learn and flourish through professional development, educational enrichment, and social gatherings in a spirit of fun and camaraderie.
CFW Donation Organizations
One of our most important CFW goals is to give back to the community each year.
2023
The All Stars Project of Chicago
Website: https://allstars.org/locations/chicago/
Through the developmental power of performance we transform the lives of youth from poor and
underserved communities in partnership with caring adults, giving everyone the opportunity to grow.
A new way of engaging poverty.
All Stars Project founders questioned many of the standard assumptions about learning and human development, and we have spent the last three decades creating both a practice and a science, putting us on the cutting edge of breakthroughs in these fields. We believe that development — the capacity of human beings to continuously create and recreate their lives — is necessary to re-initiate learning. For this reason, it is critical that we dedicate afterschool time to re-initiating and re-invigorating growth in young people’s lives.
Creating a more developmental future for our country and our world.
People in America and across the globe that are working in education, afterschool, youth development and learning are questioning some of their most closely held beliefs and are creating new methodologies. In this short video, All Stars Project co-founder, the late Dr. Fred Newman and other champions of Afterschool Development discuss major paradigm shifts that are happening in our world today.
2022
Ase Holistic House
Website: aseholistichouse.org
Every young person in Chicago connects to a variety of rich, engaging, safe, and youth-centered out-of-school experiences that empower them to discover and cultivate their talents, passions, skills, and identities; develop as physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy members of society; build relationships and networks with peers and mentors; and explore multiple pathways to college, careers, trades, entrepreneurship, and life-long learning.
Access and participation in Chicago’s diverse out-of-school opportunity ecosystem must be equitable (not equal) across race, gender identities, age, disability, immigration status, income, neighborhood, and other identities, resulting in all young people (as well as their families, mentors, and caring adults) leveraging community assets and the city’s resources to build positive futures for themselves and their communities.
Ase’ Holistic House was founded in 2021. The purpose of our organization is to provide arts, therapy, holistic healing, and experience to disconnected youth.
Rainbows for Children
Visit website: Rainbows.org
Rainbows for All Children is dedicated to providing support for all youth as they navigate grief and heal from loss, whether from death, divorce/separation, deployment, deportation, incarceration or other trauma. Rainbows for All Children fosters awareness that youth require support to heal. We nurture a community of effective Rainbows-trained Facilitators, supported with a repository of resources designed to guide youth in their grieving process.
2021
Anxiter Center
Visit website: www.anixter.org
Anixter Center has proudly served hundreds of thousands of people in the Chicago area since 1919. Today, we focus our work on serving people with disabilities, behavioral health needs, and people who are Deaf, Blind, or Hard of Hearing through a variety of programs.
2020
Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly (Chicago chapter)
Visit website: www.littlebrotherschicago.org
Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly is a local nonprofit serving Chicago seniors 70 and older, who are aging without support from friends or family. Since 1959, LBFE has connected elders to meaningful friendship, engaging programs, and essential services with the help of a community of caring volunteers and dedicated donors.
During the pandemic, in-person visits, outings around the city, parties, and activities have been suspended. But volunteers and donors are still reminding elders they’re loved and not alone by making weekly phone visits, mailing cards and letters and during contactless deliveries of Food Bags, birthday celebration bags, holiday meals and holiday gifts. While our entire community looks forward to gathering once again, our elders know their Little Brothers family is there for them no matter what.
2019
In 2019 we donated to 3 important Not for Profits listed below:
Rainbows for Children
Visit website: Rainbows.org
Rainbows for All Children is dedicated to providing support for all youth as they navigate grief and heal from loss, whether from death, divorce/separation, deployment, deportation, incarceration or other trauma. Rainbows for All Children fosters awareness that youth require support to heal. We nurture a community of effective Rainbows-trained Facilitators, supported with a repository of resources designed to guide youth in their grieving process.
Barbara Bates Foundation
Visit website: barbarabatesfoundation.org
The Barbara Bates Foundation is a self-taught fashion designer and breast cancer survivor. Her foundation is committed to serving economically disadvantaged High School Seniors for prom attire and raises funds for education and awareness of Breast Cancer. Initially, the goal of the Foundation was to recognize inner-city high school students who excel despite difficult circumstances by donating prom dresses and formal wear but in 2012, the Foundation also began to focus on Breast Cancer awareness and education.
America Needs You
Visit website: 
americaneedsyou.org
America Needs You (ANY). ANY is a Fellowship program for low-income, first-generation college students who have ambitious career aspirations. We support our students with career development workshops, internship placement support, and one-to-one mentorship.
ANY is currently looking for Mentor Coaches to serve. As a Mentor Coach, you are matched one-on-one with an ambitious, first-generation college student and you have the opportunity to build a close mentoring relationship throughout the program. Specifically, Mentor Coaches help Fellows set and work towards professional goals, navigate the internship process, broaden their professional networks, and work through unforeseen challenges.
A CFW donation will help ANY-IL have important visibility into future revenue and will empower us to significantly increase the college graduation rate and long-term success of Chicago’s low-income, first-generation college students.