Since Women for Women's inception, more than $375,000 has been awarded to local organizations making a difference to positively change the lives of women and their children.
2019 Grant Awards
| Year |
Organization |
Grant Awarded |
Purpose |
| 2019 |
Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living |
$25,000 |
To continue the Deaf Wings program, including the establishment of confidential phone services for victims, educational workshops available to the public and continuing education for deaf advocates. |
| 2019 |
Wooden It Be Lovely |
$25,000 |
To launch the Lovely Product Diversification Program, which will diversify the types of products made by women who are transitioning to a more stable life from abuse and addiction. |
| Organization |
Grant Awarded |
Purpose |
| Compass for Kids |
$20,000 |
To hire reading teachers, cover costs for classroom teachers, and help pay for transportation to and from Camp Compass, an academic and enrichment-based summer camp for at-risk and homeless elementary students in Springfield. |
| Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living |
$20,000 |
To launch Deaf Wings, a service that benefits deaf, hard of hearing or deaf blind individuals who experience domestic violence and abuse. The project will provide training in trauma-informed interpreting for ASL interpreters. |
| Wooden It Be Lovely |
$10,000 |
To implement a Comprehensive Enhancement Program, which would provide 1) increased supervisory training opportunities and employee work hours, 2) educational resources, including children’s nutrition and 3) personal mentoring. |
2017 Grant Awards
| Organization |
Grant Awarded |
Purpose |
| Compass for Kids |
$20,000 |
To add one class of approximately 20 students in grades K-5 to Camp Compass, an academic and enrichment-based summer camp for at-risk and homeless elementary students in Springfield. |
| Girls on the Run of Central Illinois |
$3,000 |
To purchase new Girls on the Run Curriculum #2, including curriculum materials and coach playbooks. |
| The Parent Place |
$17,000 |
To expand Nurturing Mothers Education and Support program for mothers recently out of the Department of Corrections, Sangamon County jail and/or referred through the local court. |
2016 Grant Awards
| Organization |
Grant Awarded |
Purpose |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Illinois Capital Region |
$5,000 |
For the community collaboration to provide targeted education programs for Big and Little Sisters in grades 5th-12th. |
| Memorial Behavioral Health |
$15,000 |
To continue “MOSAIC Moms” program to address the mental health and wellbeing of women and children who have very limited social supports. |
| The Matthew Project |
$10,000 |
For the 2016 YMCA summer camp that includes academic tutoring. |
| UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership |
$5,000 |
For a regional conference titled Children in Poverty: What do we know? What can we do? |
2015 Grant Awards
| Organization |
Grant Awarded |
Purpose |
| Girls on the Run of Central Illinois |
$8,752 |
To support Fall 2015/Spring 2016 Girls on the Run (third through fifth grade) and Heart and Sole (sixth through eighth grade) programming for more than 100 girls. |
| Lincoln Land Community College |
$5,000 |
To support College for Kids "Full Steam Ahead" (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) classes for girls in third through eighth grade. |
| Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois (MHCCI) |
$15,000 |
To expand the pilot "MOSIAC Moms" program that was underwritten by Women for Women's 2014 grant to address the mental health and well-being of women and children who have very limited social supports. |
2014 Grant Awards
| Organization |
Grant Awarded |
Purpose |
| Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois (MHCCI) |
$30,000 |
To support the MOSIAC Moms program, a robust collaboration among MHCCI, Springfield Public Schools, Family Service Center, and Community Child Care Connection to address the mental health and well-being of women and children who have very limited social supports. The pilot program will offer three services to meet the social/emotional needs of low-income, single mothers and their children in Springfield: (1) facilitate parent/child groups; (2) deliver home-based mental health services; and (3) provide consultation to home visitors and case managers who work with the target population |
2012 Grant Awards
| Organization |
Grant Awarded |
Purpose |
| Girl Scouts of Central Illinois |
$20,000 |
To support “STEM - It's a Girl's World", a program designed to introduce girls to careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields of study and careers. |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Illinois Capital Region |
$5,000 |
To launch “Women Inspiring Women” - a book club that aims to increase motivation for reading in pre-adolescent and adolescent girls, grades 5-6. Little Sisters and their Big Sisters will be reading books written by female authors with common themes of self-empowerment, positive behavior, confidence, and team building. |
2011 Grant Awards
| Organization |
Grant Awarded |
Purpose |
| Contact Ministries |
$16,250 |
To support “Basement Boutique” – a job skills training program started in 2010 that efficiently delivers goods donated by the community to those in need and provides an opportunity for volunteers to mentor residents. |
| Girls on the Run of Central Illinois |
$6,750 |
To help cover programming costs for the Fall 2011/Spring 2012 “Girls on Track” (grades 6-8) – a curriculum designed to educate girls on critical topics such as eating disorders, Internet safety, cyber bullying and tobacco and alcohol use. |
2010 Grant Awards
| Organization |
Grant Awarded |
Purpose |
| Project Return |
$7,400 |
To support “Notes on Life” support group for formerly incarcerated women and their children. |
| Youth Service Bureau |
$12,600 |
To help provide counseling, mentoring and tutoring for at-risk young women and girls. |
2009 Grant Awards
| Organization |
Grant Awarded |
Purpose |
| Sojourn Shelter & Services, Inc. |
$15,000 |
To support the shelter’s economic empowerment program Realizing Your Economic Action Plan (REAP). |
2008 Grant Awards
| Organization |
Grant Awarded |
Purpose |
| University of Illinois Springfield |
$10,000 |
To support a Girl2Girl DreamSpeakers mentoring program between UIS female athletes and Springfield Public School students. |