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Over 25 years of bold, innovative grantmaking effecting positive social change for Jewish women and girls.

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Alona Anspach Jewish Women's Foundation JWF Chicago

We invest.

We advance the quality of life for Jewish women and girls by investing in their security, safety and well-being, and overall potential.

Diane and Donna Kahan Jewish Women's Foundation JWF Chicago

We advocate.

We leverage our combined resources, form strategic partnerships, and build momentum on key issues impacting Jewish women and girls.

Debbie Ruderman Jewish Women's Foundation JWF Chicago

We collaborate.

We mobilize our collective power to promote justice, equality, and empowerment for women and girls in our community and across the globe.

Learn Why We Do It.

JWF strives for a just world in which every Jewish woman and girl is empowered to reach her full potential.

Learn What We Do.

More then 380 trustees, including over 50 multigenerational families, share meaningful involvement at our philanthropic table.

Learn How We Do It.

Jewish Women's Foundation
of Metropolitan Chicago

30 S Wells • Chicago, IL 60606

(phone) 312-357-4850 • (fax) 312-855-3284

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The Jewish Women's Foundation is an independent project of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.

Community powered, we consider the totality of local and global Jewish needs and how to address them. From generation to generation, we help people connect to Jewish life and values, fueling a dynamic, enduring community that comes together for good.