CHICAGO, Aug. 31,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Foundation today
announced an initial $2 million in
funding to expand its grantmaking program to support young women
and girls impacted by trauma and violence in Chicago.
"We are pleased to make these initial grants that will bring
high-quality mental health resources to young women and girls in
Chicago's underserved
communities," said Terry Duffy, CME
Group Chairman & Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of
CME Group Foundation. "CME Group Foundation has always supported
education from cradle to career, and this investment is the latest
example of that commitment to our city."
CME Group Foundation will also support local organizations and
projects that increase the reach of mentors and mental health
service providers to young women and girls, enhance innovation for
trauma responsiveness and social-emotional learning to reduce the
impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and drive awareness
and collaboration across Chicago's
public and private sectors.
Among the initial group of organizations to receive CME Group
Foundation mental health grants are:
- Children's Research Triangle
- Focus Fairies
- Girls Inc. of Chicago
- Juvenile Protective Association
- Ladies of Virtue
- Polished Pebbles
- Union League Boys and Girls Club
- Youth Guidance
CME Group Foundation makes grants to universities, school
districts, and non-profit organizations that work to improve
outcomes for underserved students. Since 2008, CME Group Foundation
has contributed $66 million to local
nonprofits that support students of all ages. For more information,
visit www.cmegroupfoundation.org.
About CME Group Foundation
CME Group Foundation helps today's students keep pace with
dramatically evolving technology, creating a workforce for the
future that is equipped with the skills to meet tomorrow's global
challenges. By bringing together the brightest minds in education
to prepare students for kindergarten, provide robust opportunities
in computer science, and support them with college and career
success, we are sparking system-wide change that benefits all
students, from cradle to career, with a focus on those who are
typically underrepresented in the STEM fields. They will shape the
future of the world's most important industries, including our own,
so we give them the tools they need to achieve their full
potential.
About CME Group
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group
(www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash
and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering
market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and
capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range
of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based
on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign
exchange, energy, agricultural
products and metals. The company offers futures and
options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed
income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the
EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's
leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME
Clearing.
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