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1		Westchester, IL
2		CHICAGO, IL
3		SCHAUMBURG, IL
4		LISLE, IL
5		PALATINE, IL
6		ROCK ISLAND, IL
7		GLEN ELLYN, IL
8		CHICAGO, IL
9		CAROL STREAM, IL
10		CHICAGO, IL
11		Glenview, IL
12		GRANITE CITY, IL
13		Libertyville, IL
14		HINSDALE, IL
15		LAKE FOREST, IL
16		CHICAGO, IL
17		BLOOMINGTON, IL
18		Lincoln, IL
19		Waterloo, IL
20		QUINCY, IL
21		URBANA, IL
22		CHICAGO, IL
23		CHICAGO, IL
24		WILLOW SPRINGS, IL
25		CHICAGO, IL
26		CHICAGO, IL
27		Chicago, IL
28		CHICAGO, IL
29		West Frankfort, IL
30		OAK BROOK, IL
31		DUNLAP, IL
32		Chicago, IL
33		CHICAGO, IL
34		HINSDALE, IL
35		LAKE BLUFF, IL
36		NAPERVILLE, IL
37		WILMETTE, IL
38		ELMHURST, IL
39		CHICAGO, IL
40		CHICAGO, IL
41		Arlington Heights, IL
42		GURNEE, IL
43		AURORA, IL
44		PALATINE, IL
45		NORTHLAKE, IL
46		Chicago, IL
47		GALESBURG, IL
48		CHICAGO, IL
49		Deerfield, IL
50		ROSELLE, IL

Provide educational grants to women in engineering. Provide annual scholarships. Build scholarship endowment fund.

TO IMPROVE THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH GYNECOLOGIC ; TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND RAISE STANDARDS OF PRACTICE IN GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY WITHIN THE DISCIPLINE OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY; TO ENCOURAGE RESEARCH AND COOPERATION WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN ONCOLOGY AND RELATED FIELDS.

TO BRING TOGETHER IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND TO ENGAGE IN AND TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE CONTACT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.TO PARTICIPATE IN DELEGATIONS TO OTHER COUNTRIES, TO MEET IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, TO FACILITATE RECIPROCAL VISITS TO THE UNITED STATES.TO ENGAGE IN STUDY PROGRAMS, INCLUDING SELF-STUDY, ORGANIZED READING, AND GROUP STUDY OR MEETINGS, AND TO STUDY NATIONAL AND PROBLEMS IN ORDER TO BECOME BETTER INFORMED OF THOSE PROBLEMS.TO MAINTAIN COMMUNICATION AMONG MEMBERS AND WITH PERSONS VISITED OR WITH WHOM EXCHANGE VISITS MAY BE PLANNED THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT AWIU OBJECTIVES.TO ATTEMPT TO BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING, GOODWILL, AND COOPERATION BETWEEN LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND THUS TO SHARE IN THE BUILDING OF GOODWILL AND THE REDUCTION OF FRICTION BY MEANS OF NON-POLITICAL, NON-GOVERNMENTAL, VOLUNTARY CITIZEN ACTION.

Alpha Phi is a sisterhood women supporting each other in lifelong achievement.

AWARDS MEMBERSHIP FUNDED TRANSFORMATIONAL GRANTS TO LOCAL NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHILE EMPOWERING WOMEN TO IMPROVE LIVES THROUGH PHILANTHROPY.

PROVIDE WOMEN AND THOSE THEY CARE ABOUT WITH VALUABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS, FINANCIAL EDUCATION, MEMBER BENEFITS AND SERVICES, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER AND THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH A LODGE SYSTEM.

PREGNANCY COUNSELING AND SERVICES FOR FAMILIES IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

TO PROVIDE PREMANENT SOLUTIONSTO THE PROBLEMS OF HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY AND CHILDREN.

TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN MEN AND WOMEN

TO FUND RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AT RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS IN CHICAGO.

Provides scholarships to Regina Dominican High School to help young women in need

THE ENRICHES THE LIVES HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY SUPPORTING THEM IN A LOVING CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT. WHILE PROVIDING SAFE AND TEMPORARY HOUSING, BASIC HUMAN NEEDS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, THE OFFERS RESIDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE LIFE SKILLS, INCREASE SELF-ESTEEM AND BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT.

Assistance for homeless women and children

TO RAISE FUNDS AND OFFER HELP TO 501(C)3 ORGANZATIONS.

AS HEIRS OF THE LEGACY AND EDUCATIONAL TRADITION OF COLLEGE AND THERELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED HEART, THE FOUNDATIONDEVELOPS AND SEEKS SUPPORT FOR INNOVATIVE SCHOLARSHIPS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATIONAL VENTURES WHICH REFLECT THE DEEP COMMITMENT TO: INTELLECTUAL,SPIRITUAL, AND ETHICAL VALUES; EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, SOCIAL AWARENESS THAT IMPELS TO ACTION; AND THE BUILDING OF COMMUNITY.

ASSISTS WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN NEED OF TEMPORARY AID AND PROVIDES FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES.

TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL OR PRIMARY LIVING EXPENSES AND/OR FACILITIES FOR AGED, INDIGENT WOMEN.

Community services such as libraries, education, arts, conservation

Pregnancy testing and counseling, assistance and education to parents and babies, abstinence education, post abortion counseling and education.

THE CORPORATION SHALL PROMOTE, WITHIN THE TERRITORY COVERED BY THE CHARTER FROM TIME TO TIME GRANTED IT BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL CHARTER, BYLAWS, AND RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, THE SCOUTING PROGRAM OF PROMOTING THE ABILITY OF BOYS AND YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO DO THINGS FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS, TRAINING THEM IN SCOUTCRAFT, AND TEACHING THEM PATRIOTISM, COURAGE, SELF- RELIANCE, AND KINDRED VIRTUES, USING THE METHODS WHICH ARE NOW IN COMMON USE BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

PROVIDING SHELTER AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESS WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN.

is a sisterhood of women supporting each other in lifelong achievement.

TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION FOR BREAST CANCER FOR LATINAS.

TO STRENGTHEN POSITIVE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGO ARE LOCALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF

is a sisterhood of women supporting each other in lifelong achievement.

TO OFFER TRANSFORMATION AND HEALING TO THOSE SUFFERING ADDICTION, HOPELESSNESS, AND DESPAIR BY PROVIDING A SAFE, WELCOMING PLACE WHERE THROUGH A CHRIST-CENTERED LIFE OF SPIRITUAL DIRECTION, WORSHIP, DISCIPLINE AND SERVING MEN AND WOMEN CAN DEVELOP A DEEP AND LASTING RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST; TRANSFORMING THEIR LIVES FOR GOOD.

COMMITTED TO DRIVING EQUITY IN THE INDEPENDENT FILM INDUSTRY BY PRODUCING, EXHIBITING, AND SUPPORTING THE WORK OF WOMEN, BIPOC, AND LGBTQ+ FILMMAKERS. EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES, UTILIZING THE POWER OF CINEMA TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING

is a sisterhood of women supporting each other in lifelong achievement.

To protect and assist abused women and children

TO IDENTIFY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN EMPLOYED AT WISHING TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION AND PROVIDE THEM WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

TO ASSIST THE LESS FORTUNATE IN CHARITABLE AND EDUCATION ENDEAVORS. WILL ALSO SUPPORT WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE VULNERABLE AND IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. IT WILL FURTHER ASSIST THE ECONOMICALLY NEEDY STUDENTS TO MEET THEIR EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IS ESTABLISHED TO HELP THOSE THAT NEED ASSISTANCE IN PARENTING NEEDS AND EDUCATINO BY PREPARING YOUNG GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16-21 FOR AUDLT LIVING. THE ORGANIZATION WILL ALSO ASSIST LOCAL NOT FOR PROFIT ENTITIES IN THEIR ENDEAVORS TO MAKE THE AREA A SAFER AND BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.

To center and celebrate Black girls, women, and gender non-conforming media makers, providing programs designed to educate, raise visibility, and support and serve our communities.

connects, engages and inspires women to improve the community of by collectively funding $100,000 to nonprofits that are dedicated to addressing the challenges facing the city.

IMPROVE THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND SELF WORTH OF SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ON A GLOBAL LEVEL.

PROVIDE MONETARY DONATIONS TO 14+ CHARITIES BENEFITING and gt; 1,000 INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING DISABLED CHILDREN and ADULTS, UNDERPRIVILEDGED CHILDREN AND ABUSED WOMEN

PROGRAM EXPENSE FOR YOUTH, SENIOR CITIZEN AND STATUS WOMEN.

OUR MISSION AT IS TO OFFER SUPPORT TO INTEGRATIVE WELLNESS PROGRAMS THAT INCREASE EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING DURING THE CONTINUOUS ONCOLOGY TREATMENT FOR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER (MBC).

THE CORPORATION MAY ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITIES PERMISSIBLE UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3). ITS PRINCIPAL MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND DEVELOP WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, WITH EMPHASIS ON WOMEN WHO ARE FROM OR WHO WILL SERVE LOW-INCOME AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

is a sisterhood of women supporting each other in lifelong achievement.

provides hope, opportunity and support that empowers women and children as they journey from homelessness to self-sufficiency.

THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AND THE ELIMINATION OF RACISM.

IS DEDICATED TO ELIMINATING RACISM, EMPOWERING WOMEN AND PROMOTING PEACE, JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND DIGNITY FOR ALL.

A.R.T.S.) USES AS A TOOL TO RAISE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL POTENTIAL OF AT RISK WOMEN, CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

PROVIDE AID TO AFRICAN WOMEN and CHILDREN IMPACTED BY AIDS and POVERTY

EDUCATE REALTORS

TO PROVIDE A SAFE, CHRISTIAN HOME FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN NEED TEMPORARY HOUSING

THROUGH AND GRANTS, ENCOURAGE THE EDUCATION OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO STAFF PUBLICATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA.

THE MISSION and RESTAURATEURS IS TO PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE EDUCATION, ADVANCEMENT AND CONNECTION IN THE CULINARY INDUSTRY

EMPOWER WHO ARE VICTIMS VIOLENCE TO DEVELOP FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL INDEPENDENCE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH A SAFE, NURTURING ENVIRONMENT.

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