From March 3-5, Northwestern University Dance Marathon raised $1.25 million for Gigi’s Playhouse, an organization that helps improve the lives of those with Down syndrome. A whopping 1,500 undergraduate students danced for 30 hours, and the event featured a video greeting by GiGi Gianni, the daughter of Gigi’s Playhouse Founder Nancy Gianni. In addition to dancing, […]
Amid Chicago Public Schools’ crushing budget deficit (to the tune of over $200 million), one person is putting his money where his mouth is. That person is Chance The Rapper (recent recipient of a host of Grammy wins), also known as Chancellor Bennett—a native Chicagoan, and recent donor of a cool $1 million dollars to […]
On March 4, members of the World Series champion Chicago Cubs took a break from spring training action to participate in Joe Maddon’s annual Respect Bald event. Maddon and participating players, including Anthony Rizzo, Kyle Schwarber and Ben Zobrist, had their heads shaved to raise money for Maddon’s Respect 90 Foundation and pediatric cancer research. The […]
The Indiana University Women’s Philanthropy Institute DREAM. DARE. DO. Symposium on Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society will feature a compilation of women from a wide variety of nonprofits and “focus more on the ‘why’ than the ‘how-to’” in making giving a central tenet in the United States. Zeroing in on the way that philanthropy has changed, […]
Susan Abrams, CEO of Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, was honored by the Stevie Awards for Women In Business with a gold medal as Innovator of the Year and silver medal as Executive of the Year. Abrams was noted for her “extraordinary leadership to the Illinois Holocaust Museum” by J.B. Pritzker, immediate past chair […]
The Goddard School, from Dec. 1 to Jan. 23, collected 26,000 books as part of their 4th annual charity book drive benefitting Bernie’s Book Bank. On Jan. 25, The Goddard School gathered together for the final count, with school owners, children and volunteers sorting and stickering the thousands of books at Bernie’s Book Bank’s facility in Lake Bluff. The […]
On Jan. 29, 490 attendees raised $89,000 benefitting the Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation at the 10th Annual Be My Valentine Family Event. Co-chaired by Sarna Lee Goldenberg, Libby Langsdorf and Jennifer Meyers, the event was hosted at the Drake Hotel and kicked off with a brunch that included a Belgium Waffle bar and Mimosas. Entertainment was provided […]
To understand Carole Segal‘s passion for philanthropy, one must look no further than her upbringing in Calumet City, Illinois. Growing up, Segal’s mother served soup to people in need on the back steps of their house, and her father, who was a dentist, often exchanged dental procedures for handiwork with patients who couldn’t pay. “Being […]
Covenant House International celebrated the opening of its Chicago location, its first new center in 17 years, on Feb. 14 with Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Covenant House Illinois offers a range of services for homeless young people in the city ages 18-24, including drop-in services, breakfast and lunch, personal lockers, laundry, crisis care, and a computer lab. These […]
The Music Institute of Chicago celebrated its establishment of a new downtown Chicago campus on Jan. 30. The Institute has partnered with Chicago landmark St. James Cathedral to offer lessons Monday-Saturday just one block from “The Magnificent Mile.” The new campus “welcomes all students, including beginners and casual players, as well as advanced musicians,” and […]
