Angels Of HopeFinancial Assistance For Families Experiencing Hardship During Cancer Battle Founded in 2004, Angels of Hope is an all-volunteer foundation created to help relieve the financial strain caused by a cancer diagnosis. Our 501(c)(3) foundation wants families with children to focus on what's important during their treatment: their health and their family. So, we provide emergency financial assistance to qualified applicants. Assistance includes rent/mortgage, utilities, food, transportation...
BreakthroughBreakthrough’s Mission Begins And Ends With People Breakthrough's mission is to partner with people affected by poverty to build connections, develop skills, and open doors of opportunity. Breakthrough provides education and youth development activities, sports and fitness programs, workforce development training, transitional and permanent housing, mental and medical health care, among other services. Breakthrough's vision is to create a safe, stable and engaged East Garfield Park...
Erika's LighthouseA Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression “Erika’s Lighthouse: A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression” is a nonprofit organization committed to raising awareness about teen depression in middle school and high school communities at no cost to schools. Founded in 2004 after Ginny and Tom Neuckranz lost their 14-year-old daughter to adolescent depression, Erika’s Lighthouse aims to eliminate the stigma surrounding depression and empower young people to take ownership of their mental hea...
In Her Shoes FoundationEmpower And Inspire Every Woman And Girl To Be Her Personal Best In Her Shoes Foundation (IHSF) is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to embrace and encourage the potential of all women and girls by providing positive influences, learning opportunities, leadership development, and community partnerships. The flagship program – “Ready Set Girls Academy” – is a curriculum that provides teens in middle school and high school with life skills, coping techniques, and self-es...
West Central Association Chamber of CommerceSupporting Businesses West Of The Loop The West Central Association (WCA) Chamber of Commerce was formed in 1918 to promote business and support economic development in the geographic areas west of Chicago's loop. Our growing membership works together to encourage a healthy business environment by providing a unified voice for our members, supporting thoughtful development, encouraging mutual support, and attracting new businesses, institutions, and residents to the area. The WCA also ...
Detroit Public Schools FoundationCreating And Enhancing Educational Opportunities For Detroit Public Schools Community District Students, Families, And Educators We at the Detroit Public Schools Foundation are dedicated and committed to bringing resources to students in the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD). During 2016-2018, we distributed over $4.2 million in grants to schools, teachers, and nonprofit organizations operating in the schools. Our funding resulted in our students receiving new technology, s...
EmpowerHERSupporting Young Girls Who Have Lost Their Mothers The mission of empowerHER is to empower, support, and connect girls of all ages who have experienced the early loss of their mothers. We provide an integrated series of Events For Girls and a 1:1 Mentor Match Program. Our events (Mother’s Day Retreat, Annual Beach Bash, Writing Workshops, Yoga Classes, etc.) offer a fun time and place to learn, laugh and celebrate life. Our mentor program instills hope and confidence, provides a shared com...
13thirty Cancer ConnectEmpowering And Connecting Young Adults With Cancer The mission of 13thirty Cancer Connect is to help adolescents and young adults (AYAs) impacted by cancer live their very best lives – today! Founded after the death of 18-year-old Melissa Sengbusch in 2001, 13thirty Cancer Connect bridges the gap for AYAs with cancer, ages 13-30, who often get caught in the middle of pediatric and adult medicine. We provide essential peer support programs for AYAs with cancer, both virtually and in-person, i...
Lawrence HallHope, Healing, And Resiliency Lawrence Hall is a community-based service agency committed to helping heal the effects of childhood trauma. Serving over 1,500 youth and families annually, Lawrence Hall empowers those who have experienced trauma by providing healing, stability, and community connection through our seven core programs: Child and Family Treatment Center, Therapeutic Day School, Creative Therapies, Foster Care, Transitional and Independent Living, Workforce Development, and Com...
Chicago Area Alternative Education League (CAAEL)Providing Interscholastic Athletic, Artistic, And Academic Activities To Underserved Alternative Education Students The Chicago Area Alternative Education League (CAAEL) seeks to eliminate the athletic-and-activity gap facing at-risk/special education students who have been removed from mainstream schools for severe behavioral and emotional issues. Extracurricular activities encourage peer interaction, promote cooperation, build student-adult relationships and help strengthen the student-s...
Congregation Of Every 1200 SurvivalPaks (Filled With Clothing And Food) To The Homeless Every Month Since 2013, The Congregation Of Every 1 (COE) has been providing 200 SurvivalPaks to the homeless on the streets of metro Detroit every single month. We pack school-style backpacks with basic supplies needed to live on the streets: warm socks, winter hats, ski gloves, scarves, compact blankets, underwear, along with hand warmers, toiletries, toilet paper, lip balm and lots of non-perishable food items. We don’t fo...
XS Tennis and Education FoundationExtending The Reach Of Local Youth Through Tennis and Academics XS Tennis And Education Foundation (XS) seeks to give local student-athletes the tools, support and motivation to succeed both on the court and in the classroom. XS’s mission is to provide Chicago’s underserved youth with an enriching safe haven and positive academic/athletic pathway to college through community-based tennis programs, summer camps, and academic support. 100% of XS student-athletes in the high-performance after...
i.c.starsJumpstarts Tech Careers For Low-Income Adults Founded by a former teacher, i.c.stars creates economic mobility for individuals who are highly talented but lack access and opportunities. Our two-year, technology-and-leadership program combines project-based learning, full immersion teaching, and industry networking. The selective program focuses on underserved Chicago and Milwaukee young adults who demonstrate an aptitude for technology, motivation, and a desire to positively impact our com...
Little Wish FoundationBringing Hope, Comfort And Joy To Kids Battling Cancer The Little Wish Foundation grants “little wish gifts” to children with cancer to provide hope, comfort and joy. Teenager Liz Niemiec founded Little Wish after her family-friend Max died of a rare kidney cancer. Max’s little wish, which his parents granted, was to have a pet dog. When Liz saw how much happiness the dog created for Max, she decided to make “little wish gifts” come true for other children fighting cancer. Little Wish part...
Mittens For DetroitWarming Hearts, Two Hands At A Time Mittens For Detroit collects, purchases, and distributes new mittens and gloves to children, teens, and adults in need in Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park, and Dearborn, Michigan. Pairs are publicly collected from October through January each year, sorted by hundreds of volunteers, and distributed through our Distribution Partner network of nearly 100 schools, agencies, food pantries, veterans' groups, and the like. Since our start in 2010, more tha...
re:work trainingReshaping Tech Hiring Trends To Increase Diversity And Workplace Inclusion re:work training's mission is to create workplaces that reflect the diversity of our neighborhoods. We give Chicago's untapped potential the resources to succeed in SaaS sales (selling web-based software), then help them land full-time jobs at top-tier tech employers. With a job placement rate of nearly 70% and an average starting salary of almost $55,000, we pride ourselves on empowering hardworking individua...
Angels Of Hope
Financial Assistance For Families Experiencing Hardship During Cancer Battle Founded in 2004, Angels of Hope is an all-volunteer foundation created to help relieve the financial strain caused by a cancer diagnosis. Our 501(c)(3) foundation wants families with children to focus on what's important during their treatment: their health and their family. So, we provide emergency financial assistance to qualified applicants. Assistance includes rent/mortgage, utilities, food, transportation...
Breakthrough
Breakthrough’s Mission Begins And Ends With People Breakthrough's mission is to partner with people affected by poverty to build connections, develop skills, and open doors of opportunity. Breakthrough provides education and youth development activities, sports and fitness programs, workforce development training, transitional and permanent housing, mental and medical health care, among other services. Breakthrough's vision is to create a safe, stable and engaged East Garfield Park...
Erika's Lighthouse
A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression “Erika’s Lighthouse: A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression” is a nonprofit organization committed to raising awareness about teen depression in middle school and high school communities at no cost to schools. Founded in 2004 after Ginny and Tom Neuckranz lost their 14-year-old daughter to adolescent depression, Erika’s Lighthouse aims to eliminate the stigma surrounding depression and empower young people to take ownership of their mental hea...
In Her Shoes Foundation
Empower And Inspire Every Woman And Girl To Be Her Personal Best In Her Shoes Foundation (IHSF) is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to embrace and encourage the potential of all women and girls by providing positive influences, learning opportunities, leadership development, and community partnerships. The flagship program – “Ready Set Girls Academy” – is a curriculum that provides teens in middle school and high school with life skills, coping techniques, and self-es...
West Central Association Chamber of Commerce
Supporting Businesses West Of The Loop The West Central Association (WCA) Chamber of Commerce was formed in 1918 to promote business and support economic development in the geographic areas west of Chicago's loop. Our growing membership works together to encourage a healthy business environment by providing a unified voice for our members, supporting thoughtful development, encouraging mutual support, and attracting new businesses, institutions, and residents to the area. The WCA also ...
Detroit Public Schools Foundation
Creating And Enhancing Educational Opportunities For Detroit Public Schools Community District Students, Families, And Educators We at the Detroit Public Schools Foundation are dedicated and committed to bringing resources to students in the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD). During 2016-2018, we distributed over $4.2 million in grants to schools, teachers, and nonprofit organizations operating in the schools. Our funding resulted in our students receiving new technology, s...
EmpowerHER
Supporting Young Girls Who Have Lost Their Mothers The mission of empowerHER is to empower, support, and connect girls of all ages who have experienced the early loss of their mothers. We provide an integrated series of Events For Girls and a 1:1 Mentor Match Program. Our events (Mother’s Day Retreat, Annual Beach Bash, Writing Workshops, Yoga Classes, etc.) offer a fun time and place to learn, laugh and celebrate life. Our mentor program instills hope and confidence, provides a shared com...
13thirty Cancer Connect
Empowering And Connecting Young Adults With Cancer The mission of 13thirty Cancer Connect is to help adolescents and young adults (AYAs) impacted by cancer live their very best lives – today! Founded after the death of 18-year-old Melissa Sengbusch in 2001, 13thirty Cancer Connect bridges the gap for AYAs with cancer, ages 13-30, who often get caught in the middle of pediatric and adult medicine. We provide essential peer support programs for AYAs with cancer, both virtually and in-person, i...
Lawrence Hall
Hope, Healing, And Resiliency Lawrence Hall is a community-based service agency committed to helping heal the effects of childhood trauma. Serving over 1,500 youth and families annually, Lawrence Hall empowers those who have experienced trauma by providing healing, stability, and community connection through our seven core programs: Child and Family Treatment Center, Therapeutic Day School, Creative Therapies, Foster Care, Transitional and Independent Living, Workforce Development, and Com...
Chicago Area Alternative Education League (CAAEL)
Providing Interscholastic Athletic, Artistic, And Academic Activities To Underserved Alternative Education Students The Chicago Area Alternative Education League (CAAEL) seeks to eliminate the athletic-and-activity gap facing at-risk/special education students who have been removed from mainstream schools for severe behavioral and emotional issues. Extracurricular activities encourage peer interaction, promote cooperation, build student-adult relationships and help strengthen the student-s...
Congregation Of Every 1
200 SurvivalPaks (Filled With Clothing And Food) To The Homeless Every Month Since 2013, The Congregation Of Every 1 (COE) has been providing 200 SurvivalPaks to the homeless on the streets of metro Detroit every single month. We pack school-style backpacks with basic supplies needed to live on the streets: warm socks, winter hats, ski gloves, scarves, compact blankets, underwear, along with hand warmers, toiletries, toilet paper, lip balm and lots of non-perishable food items. We don’t fo...
XS Tennis and Education Foundation
Extending The Reach Of Local Youth Through Tennis and Academics XS Tennis And Education Foundation (XS) seeks to give local student-athletes the tools, support and motivation to succeed both on the court and in the classroom. XS’s mission is to provide Chicago’s underserved youth with an enriching safe haven and positive academic/athletic pathway to college through community-based tennis programs, summer camps, and academic support. 100% of XS student-athletes in the high-performance after...
i.c.stars
Jumpstarts Tech Careers For Low-Income Adults Founded by a former teacher, i.c.stars creates economic mobility for individuals who are highly talented but lack access and opportunities. Our two-year, technology-and-leadership program combines project-based learning, full immersion teaching, and industry networking. The selective program focuses on underserved Chicago and Milwaukee young adults who demonstrate an aptitude for technology, motivation, and a desire to positively impact our com...
Little Wish Foundation
Bringing Hope, Comfort And Joy To Kids Battling Cancer The Little Wish Foundation grants “little wish gifts” to children with cancer to provide hope, comfort and joy. Teenager Liz Niemiec founded Little Wish after her family-friend Max died of a rare kidney cancer. Max’s little wish, which his parents granted, was to have a pet dog. When Liz saw how much happiness the dog created for Max, she decided to make “little wish gifts” come true for other children fighting cancer. Little Wish part...
Mittens For Detroit
Warming Hearts, Two Hands At A Time Mittens For Detroit collects, purchases, and distributes new mittens and gloves to children, teens, and adults in need in Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park, and Dearborn, Michigan. Pairs are publicly collected from October through January each year, sorted by hundreds of volunteers, and distributed through our Distribution Partner network of nearly 100 schools, agencies, food pantries, veterans' groups, and the like. Since our start in 2010, more tha...
re:work training
Reshaping Tech Hiring Trends To Increase Diversity And Workplace Inclusion re:work training's mission is to create workplaces that reflect the diversity of our neighborhoods. We give Chicago's untapped potential the resources to succeed in SaaS sales (selling web-based software), then help them land full-time jobs at top-tier tech employers. With a job placement rate of nearly 70% and an average starting salary of almost $55,000, we pride ourselves on empowering hardworking individua...
