In traditional small business loans, only $1 out of every $23 in financing goes to women-owned businesses. They comprise 36 percent of all businesses, but only receive 12 percent of the revenue. With strong interests in empowering women, Sam Letscher and Isabel Benatar saw this as a problem that they could help fix with their startup, BOSSY — […]
Reginald Harris — currently lead social worker at BrightLife Transitional Living Program at Lighthouse Youth and Family Services in Ohio — thought he was making a massive career shift when he left his role as Dance Department Head at The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts®) to pursue a master’s degree in social work. […]
In 1887, with Chicago’s population booming, the streets teemed with homeless, abandoned and neglected boys and young men. They were drawn to the burgeoning industrial mecca by the prospect of work and fortune, but many found exploitation and crime instead. The Rev. Dennis Mahoney outlined a solution for boys like these — a safe home […]
Oenophiles and collectors, listen up! If you love wine and giving back and would like to see some of the money you spend building up your wine cellar go to fantastic causes, you’re definitely going to want to put this event on your radar for next year. And while we know you wouldn’t want to pass […]
Oenophiles and collectors, listen up! If you love wine and giving back and would like to see some of the money you spend building up your wine cellar go to fantastic causes, you’re definitely going to want to put this event on your radar for next year. And while we know you wouldn’t want to pass […]
On June 9, 2017, Chicago Shakespeare Theater celebrated its 30th anniversary with GALA 2017 at the theater’s Navy Pier location. The fundraiser broke all past records with a total of $1.74 million raised for Chicago Shakespeare in Classrooms and Communities, which includes the theater’s nationally acclaimed education programs and their free Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks tour. […]
Swissôtel Chicago recently celebrated being selected as a recipient of AccorHotels’ Global Bernaches Team Award for its partnership with SOS Children’s Villages Illinois, a nonprofit that provides a safe, positive and education-focused environment for abandoned children and their foster families in some of Chicago’s highest-crime neighborhoods. Swissôtel Chicago’s SOS outreach initiative began as a fundraising campaign […]
On July 26, Eversight Illinois celebrated its 70th anniversary at The Peninsula Chicago with the “Seeing Stars” gala. The event, co-chaired by Candace Jordan and Michael Caputo/MyEyeDr., raised more than $50,000 for Eversight Illinois’ programs and services. The mission of Eversight Illinois is “to restore sight and prevent blindness through the healing power of donation, transplantation and research.” In 2016, the […]
In April 2017, Instituto del Progreso Latino celebrated four decades of its innovation-providing education and career opportunities to people often underserved by traditional education systems. Working primarily in Chicago’s Latino community, this milestone represents the collective impact of Chicago’s families, business and education leaders, and civic and philanthropic partners supporting tens of thousands of families […]
By his values or by his stats, Joe Ricketts is a remarkable man, driven by faith, family, entrepreneurism, earnestness, hard work, love of country, and generosity. You could call him the quintessential American success story — and his tale is perhaps most compelling when told by the numbers. When Ricketts commits to one — one person, […]
