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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.

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