Kids First is a model for building durable change in communities by empowering and supporting those closest to the problem to build and advance solutions. Their work to build genuine trust and partnership with communities has paid off, from bringing new school programs to families in Austin to bridging the digital divide for more than 100,000 students.
—Carly Bolger, Walton Family Foundation
Individuals
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Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation
Agnes Ali
Amy Allman
Grant Alsman
Elizabeth Anderson
Daniel Anello and Norma Lopez
John and Margot Anello
John Barry
Constantin Becheanu
Jay Beidler and Deborah Witzburg
Karen Benko
Jennie Bennett
Steven Berry and Heather Fraser
Andrew Bettino
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bobins, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation
Maegan Boger
Amy Bordoshuk
Ciara Braga-Henebry
Ina Burd
Kevin Burkhart
James Campbell
The Canning Foundation
Betsy and Patrick Canning
Elda Capilla
Jane and David Casper
Mrunil Champaneri
Cheng Chen
Andrew Cho
Cameron Chorba
Lewis M. Collens
Mary and Brendan Dalton
Genevieve Durst
Denise Dyer
Mark Eidelman
Brian Eschbacher
Shayne Evans
Philip M. Friedmann Family Charitable Trust
Jordan Fisher
Timothy Galeckas
Roopa and Sam Ganga
Adam Garchik
Marvin Garcia
John Godawski
Noe Gonzalez
Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel
Kenneth C. Griffin
Ryan Griffin
Anne Gron
Josh Haft
Matthew Hellige
Patty and Craig Henderson Family Foundation
Philip Herndon
Phil and Carole Hildebrandt
Matt Hilk
David D. Hiller
Caroline T. Huebner
Chris Johnson
Josh Joyce
Jamie Katz
Maxwell Kolin
Robert Koreman
Kevin Lee
Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation
The Madera Family
The Madigan Family
Sarah and Evan Makela
Donald Marshall
Nick McCarty
Andrew and Joan McKenna Foundation
Payal Menda
Dea Meyer
Demetri L. Morgan PhD
Cameron Morris
Jon Moss/DRW
Clare Muñana
Hajir Karimi Naseri
Elaine Ni
Arthur C. Nielsen, Jr. Family Charitable Trust
James Noonan
Patricia Oey
Jason Oliva
Neil Patel
Nichole Pinkard and Chanita Wade
Carol and Jim Pollock
Elizabeth I. Pollock and John P. Zulueta
Kristin M. Pollock
Petre Popescu
Jose L. Prado
Kaila Privatsky
Jason Puskarich
Miles Radakovitz
Aleksandr Raginskiy
Milan Ramaiya
Kavitha Royapet Rao
Frank Real
Todd Reimer
Alex Reinstein
Michael Rettig
Clint Rhea
Saku Rimali
Douglas Roberts
Jennifer Roman
Zach Rosenstock
John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe
Jeff Sacks
Rachel Schneider
Timothy R. Schwertfeger
Nancy S. Searle
David A. Shapiro
Jai Shekhawat
Mihoko Shiraishi
Jordan Shull
Jennifer Sprague
Svetlana Melamed and Diana Sulmone
The Steans Family
John and Jill Svoboda
Brian Tatnall
Ramdas Thatte
Laura Thonn
Michael Trees
Megan Vidis
David J. Vitale
Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell
Kelly R. Welsh
Irvin Wang
Allyson Wexler
Jennifer Wilson
Hendrik Woods
Peter Wurman
Jiayi Yan
Sarah Zaas
Melinda Young
Michael Ziegler
Mary Jean and John Zulueta
Corporations & Foundations
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Anavo Solutions
Bellwether Education Partners
Best Portion Foundation
BMO Financial Group
Chicago Education Equity COVID-19 Response Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
The Christopher Family Foundation
CIBC Bank USA
Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education (The CAFE)
Crown Family Philanthropies
Deutsche Börse Group
DRW Foundation
The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust
Finnegan Family Foundation
Flamboyan Foundation
Illinois Tool Works
IMC Chicago Charitable Foundation
Mike and Nancy Silverman Family Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
KPMG LLP
Lefkofsky Family Foundation
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation
McMaster-Carr
New Profit
Nuveen Investments, LLC
Okta for Good
Origami Works Foundation
Peoples Gas
Polk Bros. Foundation
PNC Bank, Illinois
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Spencer Foundation
Square One Foundation
Thrive
United Way of Metro Chicago
Vivo Foundation
Walton Family Foundation
Wentcher Foundation
Our Lead Investors
The following list reflects annual contributors of $100,000 or more in 2020 through 2023. We are grateful for their outstanding generosity.
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Andersen-Formolo Family Foundation
Best Portion Foundation
BMO
Crown Family Philanthropies
Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
DRW
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Illinois Tool Works
IMC Chicago Charitable Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
Kenneth C. Griffin
Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation
The Madigan Family
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Peoples Gas
Polk Bros. Foundation
John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe
Square One Foundation
The Steans Family
United Way of Metro Chicago
Vivo Foundation
Walton Family Foundation
Support Us
Please contact LeShonne Segura, Director of Development & External Affairs, at (312) 241-7699 or lsegura@kidsfirstchicago.org for information about how you and your organization can support our work.
Kids First Chicago is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Our tax ID number is 83-0399727. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.