Northwestern’s 44th Annual Dance Marathon raised more than $1 million for Cradles to Crayons and Evanston Community Foundation. More than 1,000 undergraduate students danced for 30 hours for what is one of the largest student-run philanthropies in the country. More from Make It Better: Better Makers: The Cove School Hosts Annual Benefit Better Makers: […]
Chicago’s anti-human trafficking community and the Chicago Bar Association’s Alliance for Women Committee hosted Cocktails for a Cause on March 8 at the Chicago Yacht Club. The event, which featured cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and live music, raised more than $32,000 for Selah Freedom, an organization confronting sex trafficking here at home and around the country. […]
On Feb. 24, The Cove School hosted its 2018 annual benefit, “Find Your Outstanding,” at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Hotel. The evening raised a record amount, more than $690,000, for its work providing “the highest level of support for students with learning disabilities.” More from Make It Better: Better Makers: Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation’s […]
The much-anticipated Peggy and David Rockefeller Auction at Christie’s starts today and is set to become one of the biggest estate sales in history. Even more remarkable is that all proceeds from their collection will be gifted to the charities the Rockefellers loved and supported, making their legacy truly inspirational. At the time of his […]
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller will be auctioned at Christie’s in New York City May 8-10 — and every cent from the sale (anticipated to fetch a record-breaking $1 billion) will be donated to charity. Beneficiaries include Harvard and Rockefeller Universities, the Museum of Modern Art and the Council on Foreign Relations. Steven Zick, senior […]
At only 9-years-old, Charmin BoClaire became a hero to her entire family when she used the fire safety training she learned in school to quickly and safely evacuate her family from their burning home in October 2017. Charmin was in the kitchen when the fire started. She saw her mom’s legs catch on fire and […]
Does it matter whether bumblebees and honeybees land on early summer-blooming foxglove or native coneflowers in Chicago? It does to conservation scientist Rebecca Tonietto, Ph.D. She follows bees, tracking them across shrinking urban habitats and underscoring the important role of native pollinators and plant diversity. The joint graduate program in plant biology and conservation through […]
From an impressive turnaround with the introduction of their new president, Jennifer Kim Matsuzawa, in 2015, to a performance at the Obama Summit last November, Chicao nonprofit The People’s Music School (TPMS) has continued to stand for impact and innovation. The school, which today provides tuition-free music education to nearly 700 students ages 5-18 and sustains a […]
Joycee Jenkins noticed something wasn’t right with her son, Jacob, when he was about 6 months old. “He wasn’t laughing, wasn’t alert, was always such a serious baby, and he wasn’t looking at me the way my other child looks at me,” Jenkins recalls. Although numerous doctors told her not to worry and attributed the […]
Speakers at Make It Better’s Money, Values and Impact summit on April 17 packed a powerful punch with humor and tales from the financial front, guiding attendees on how to maximize social impact with capital investments. Some 170 guests ranging from foundation and corporate leaders to ultra high net wealth managers to members of the Tiffany […]
