The Eleanor Foundation announced $850,000 in grants to 10 Chicago-area nonprofit organizations, to help such women move toward economic independence in support of the Eleanor Network.
The Eleanor Foundation invests in innovative programs that help working female heads-of-households in Chicago with incomes of between $10,000 and $40,000 to achieve and maintain economic independence, providing access to job-skills training and career development services, along with access to affordable housing, dependable childcare, and financial coaching.
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Ganesh Natarajan is the Founder and Chairman of 5FWorld, a new platform for funding and developing start-ups, social enterprises and the skills eco-system in India. In the past two decades, he has built two of India’s high-growth software services companies – Aptech and Zensar – almost from scratch to global success.