On Nov. 16, Make It Better staffers surprised six nonprofits to tell them that they won the 2015 Make It Better Foundation Philanthropy Awards. Each year, the Make It Better Philanthropy Awards honor outstanding nonprofits in and around Chicago. The grand prize for each nonprofit is a professionally produced, TV-quality video about their organization, plus significant […]
The Make It Better Foundation is proud to announce the six nonprofit winners of its annual Philanthropy Awards, presented in conjunction with National Philanthropy Day. The winners are: Snow City Arts of Chicago for the Arts Award sponsored by Susan and Richard Kiphart Academy for Global Citizenship of Chicago for the Education Award sponsored by […]
In honor of National Philanthropy Day on Nov. 15, we will be announcing the winners of our annual Philanthropy Awards on Nov. 16. Follow along as we live tweet throughout the day. #MIBPhilanthropyAwards Tweets #NationalPhilanthropyDay Tweets
At Make It Better, we take our mission to amplify best philanthropic practices very seriously. That’s why we launched our Philanthropy Awards four years ago. In that time, our Philanthropy Awards have recognized 25 outstanding nonprofits in education, athletics, social service, health and more. This year, we will recognize philanthropic excellence in six award categories: […]
We founded Make It Better Media to connect and help our North Shore audience amplify their philanthropic efforts. We found that doing this leads to more—more connections and ideas, better community, more money raised by good people, better business for all. To amplify this happy effect, we established our annual Philanthropy Awards. An impressive group of judges – all thoughtful, strategic philanthropists […]
Most recently updated: December 2020 The Posse Foundation is an American nonprofit organization that provides scholarships to college ready applicants, hoping to empower diverse groups of leaders who will “transform communities, this country and the world.” History In 1989, Founder and President Deborah Bial was working with talented young people from impoverished urban areas […]
Most recently updated: December 2020 In 2005, golf instructor Brian Floriani decided it was time to make a career change. Drawn to the idea of becoming an elementary school teacher, he took a job as a reading paraprofessional. He soon realized there was a need to get books into the hands of children who did […]
Make It Better Media, in conjunction with the Make It Better Foundation, is pleased to announce the winners of its second annual Philanthropy Awards. Each year, the Philanthropy Awards recognize outstanding nonprofits that are excelling in their fields and utilizing innovative practices to make an impact on the lives of Chicagoans. In founding Make It Better six […]
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Most recently updated: December 2020 Student literacy is important to Seth Weinberger, executive director of Innovations for Learning, but he thinks it should be important to everyone. “It’s horrifying, the odds of you going to jail are just so incredible if you don’t learn to read by third grade,” he says. “We are dooming millions […]
