CSR Press Release

QUINCY, Mass., Oct. 16 /CSRwire/ - J. Jill does more than design and offer beautiful clothing for women. For the eighth straight year, The J. Jill Compassion Fund, a donor-advised fund at The Boston Foundation, will be making grants to community-based organizations supporting poor and homeless women. Grant applications will be accepted from October 16, 2009 through November 30, 2009 at www.jjill.com. Funding priority is given to non-profit programs and organizations that provide job training, education and transitional and/or affordable housing to poor and homeless women. Organizations are encouraged to visit www.jjill.com to learn more about the 2010 grant guidelines.

About J. Jill Compassion Fund
Since 2002, the J. Jill Compassion Fund has contributed more than $2 million in grants to over 50 non-profit organizations throughout the country which help women achieve sustainable self-sufficiency. Based in Quincy, Massachusetts, J. Jill is a women's specialty retailer of comfortably sophisticated clothing and accessories available in catalogs, on the web and at over 200 stores nationwide. For more information, visit www.jjill.com.

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