df member in the news: eleanor foundation gives lower-income working women education + support for a brighter future

The December 13, 2010 edition of The Chicago Tribune featured Donors Forum Member Eleanor Foundation noting results of educational initiatives that help lower-income working women.  Strategies to help women secure better jobs and build a brighter future include offering skill-based training and financial literacy classes and matching employee savings.  These have led to promotions on the job and increased self sufficiency.  Among other organizations mentioned in the article were Donors Forum Partners Heartland Alliance and Jane Addams Resource Corporation, as well as two Donors Forum Partners that conducted research on lower-income women: the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago.

~ Celeste Wroblewski, Vice President, External Relations