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  2. Chicago Foundation for Women - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Foundation for Women ( CFW) is a nonprofit grantmaking organization that focuses on creating opportunities and resources for women in the Chicago area. [1] Many Chicago based organizations such as South Side Giving Circle and LBTQ Giving Council further help women that face violence, poverty, and discrimination using the resources from ...

  3. Chicago Community Trust - Wikipedia

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    51–200 [3] [5] Website. cct .org. The Chicago Community Trust ( the Trust) is the community foundation serving Chicago, suburban Cook County, and the Illinois counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will. Established on May 12, 1915, it is the third largest community foundation in the country as of 2019, with assets of more than $3.3 ...

  4. The Dreamcatcher Foundation - Wikipedia

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    5401 S Hyde Park Blvd, Chicago, IL 60615. Location. Chicago, Illinois. Website. thedreamcatcherfoundation .org. The Dreamcatcher Foundation is a Chicago-based non-profit organization that helps women who want to stop working in the sex industry, especially female prostitutes. They offer services to help the women reintegrate into society.

  5. Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization - Wikipedia

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    Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization or Y-ME (previously Breast Cancer Network of Strength ), [1] was a Chicago -based national nonprofit organization that provided resources, information, and support to those suffering from breast cancer. Their mission was to "ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces ...

  6. Editorial: Springfield issues a 92-8 vote of no confidence in ...

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    The Illinois House has delivered a remarkable rebuke to the Chicago Teachers Union. On Thursday, the House voted 92-8 for Rep. Margaret Croke’s bill that essentially would forestall any major ...

  7. Joyce Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The Joyce Foundation is a non-operating private foundation based in Chicago, Illinois. As of 2021, it had assets of approximately $1.1 billion and distributes $50 million in grants per year and primarily funds organizations in the Great Lakes region. [4]

  8. Critical consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Critical consciousness, conscientization, or conscientização in Portuguese ( Portuguese pronunciation: [kõsjẽtʃizaˈsɐ̃w] ), is a popular education and social concept developed by Brazilian pedagogue and educational theorist Paulo Freire, grounded in neo-Marxist critical theory. Critical consciousness focuses on achieving an in-depth ...

  9. Bloomberg Philanthropies - Wikipedia

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    According to the Foundation Center, Bloomberg Philanthropies was the 10th largest foundation in the United States in 2015, the last year for which data was available. [3] Bloomberg has pledged to donate the majority of his wealth, currently estimated at more than $54 billion. [4] [5] [6] Patti Harris is the CEO of Bloomberg Philanthropies.