Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter Hadley School for the Blind The Skin Cancer Foundation A Better Chicago The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation The Music Institute of Chicago Love these photos? Find more here: Better Makers: Photos from Fabulous Chicago Fundraisers Better Makers: Weizmann Institute of Science, Misericordia, NUSH, Lincoln Park Zoo and Jewish United […]
A Better Chicago is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving education conditions in Chicago for children in low-income neighborhoods. On May 14th, they hosted their annual benefit at the UIC Forum. In addition to raising $1.7 million to benefit their grantee organizations, they unveiled a new strategic plan and launched their new website. There was also a […]
What his grandfather did for plastic manufacturing, Liam Krehbiel, Founder and CEO of A Better Chicago, is poised to do for venture philanthropy. That’s a big statement. Frederick Krehbiel founded Molex Inc. in 1938, when plastic was in its infancy. The Krehbiel family recently sold the Chicago-based business for $7.2 billion. Venture philanthropy is another big idea in its infancy, […]
With four kids, a casual, relaxed vibe and a part-time job, Kate Attea of Wilmette, doesn’t fit the Harvard MBA stereotype. That is, until she talks about her work at A Better Chicago, then her strategic, articulate, smart-with-heart philosophy perfectly matches her graduate school degree. Attea is a managing director of the venture […]
Chicago is great because Chicago is good. Civic leaders and others moved by our midwestern belief in hard work, giving back and collaboration have long worked together to solve hard social problems and grow world-class opportunities in our city. The next generation of Chicago philanthropists and leaders think even more strategically. An example is the […]
