The Night Ministry provides housing, health care, and human connection to Chicago residents experiencing homelessness or poverty, and it raised nearly $245,000 to support its lifesaving services through a special five-week campaign this spring. The organization launched the Illuminating Human Connection campaign in lieu of its annual Lighting Up the Night awards dinner and auction. […]
Children’s Home & Aid raised over $400,000 during its annual fundraiser, with this year’s theme of “Breaking Barriers. Centering Families. Transforming Systems.” The goal of the day’s event was to highlight the challenges in the child welfare system and that we must end the need for foster care as we know it. Keynote speaker, best-selling […]
In celebration of their upcoming 100-year anniversary in 2024 and to help out some local groups hit hard by the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Junior League of Evanston-North Shore (JLE-NS) recently surprised nine local non-profits with thousands of dollars to assist in facilitating their charitable work. From organizations that serve the homeless to those that provide […]
Professional Poker Players Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, First Lady of Poker Linda Johnson and Lexy Gavin (who is among the top three women poker players in the world) came together this spring to help raise money for people who are blind, visually impaired, disabled and Veteran communities at The Chicago Lighthouse’s “Raising the Stakes for […]
Supporters from 34 states and five countries raised $900,000 for Keshet—a Northbrook-based non-profit that provides services that keep children and adults with intellectual challenges active and engaged in their communities—without ever leaving home. Instead of donning ball gowns and tuxedos, attendees put on their comfiest Zoom pants and powered on their computers to attend the […]
Food For Thought, a Sonoma County non-profit that provides healing nutrition to individuals, held its virtual fundraiser Our Virtual Table on June 13. Founded in 1988 amidst the AIDS epidemic to provide groceries to its seriously ill neighbors, Food For Thought serves low-income clients who are affected by a wide range of serious illnesses and […]
On April 14, Make-A-Wish Foundation Greater Bay Area hosted its first-ever virtual Evening of Wishes gala, streamed live from the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco and hosted by ABC7 anchor, Ama Daetz. This year’s theme was Hope & Harmony, which showcased the wonderful ways the nonprofit’s wish community works together in harmony to bring hope to wish […]
Start Early welcomed more than 3,000 people to its live virtual Annual Luncheon April 22. Presented by LaSalle Network and the Zell Family Foundation, the nationwide celebration of the power of early learning raised more than $1.2 million to change the course for our youngest learners and their families. Through the inspiring stories of families, educators and […]
10,000 Degrees celebrated its 40 years of success at its annual fundraising gala, One Amazing Community, held virtually on April 24. First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, kicked off the evening’s festivities with a special video message about the importance of community colleges and the power of college degrees to change lives. […]
Bridge the Gap College Prep held its annual fundraising event, Vines & Vision Together We Rise Gala on March 11. The Marin City-centric non-profit provides academic, social, and emotional support to Marin City students in grades K-12, with the goal that every student completes high school and graduates from college. The online event, presented by […]
