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Grantees
- Rush Education and Career Hub (REACH)
- Project OneTen
- Springboard Collaborative
- Dream On Education
- LEAP Innovations
- I AM ABLE Center for Family Development
- A House In Austin
- Lost Boyz Inc.
- Alternatives, Inc.
- Juvenile Protective Association
- VOCEL
- Leading Educators
- Chicago HOPES for Kids
- Roosevelt University
- Lion's Pride
- The Bloc
- West Side United
- MAAFA Redemption Project
- Austin Childcare Providers Network
- Firehouse Community Arts Center
- Braven
- Intrinsic Schools
- Pitch In
- KIPP Chicago
- College Possible Chicago
- One Million Degrees
- iMentor Chicago
- Pathways at NLU
- Chicago Scholars
- OneGoal-Chicago
- Bottom Line Chicago
- Noble Network of Charter Schools
People
- Danny Wirtz
- Maura Daly
- Emily Wilson
- Allyson Siegal
- Kamaria Morris
- Brittany Graunke
- Myetie Hamilton
- Germayne Cade
- Joe Elegante
- Michael Wolfe
- Allison Hunt
- Brennan McGovern
- Chris Musoke
- Charlotte Cusan
- Justin Walker
- Jake Yi
- Erin Varner
- Shirin Mathew
- Mark Lutz
- Alleson Knox
- Jennifer Hernandez
- Hans De Schaaf
- Claire Bennett
- Onel Abreu
- Shanel Singh
- Megan Mineau
- Perla Torres
- Beth Swanson, CEO
- Vikram Chari
- Diane Marks Longoria
- Harisha Haigh
- Nataly Barrera
- Sara Guderyahn
- Chelsea Huszar
- Eric Bernhold
- Alexis Ward
- Dylan Burke
- Rachel Geller
- Duane Jackson
- Tucker Woolfolk
- Dr. Janice Jackson
- Hannah Press
- Camilla Misiaszek
- Charles Zubrod
- Tucker Woolfolk
- Marissa Warren
- Hanna Skinner
- Lindsay Goldfarb
- Maddie Garvey
- Andrew Farwell
- Julia Clark
- Rob McCloskey
- Morgan Marler
- Nathalie Mathis
- Sinem Hostetter
- Meredith Hanrahan
- Ann Ryan
- Michael Lyons
- Chanelle Bell
- Evan Eising
- LaShawn Holloway
- Susan Edem
- Wendy Onofre
- Ankit Aggarwal
- Kaitlyn Doyle
- Eric Chern
- Ashley Floyd
- Dirrick Butler
- Melissa Flores
- Stef Milczarek
- S. Twing
- David Barnd
- Lindsay Kennedy
- Kyle Svilar
- Matthew Harris
- Charles Zubrod
- Elena Samokhina
- Spencer Michelson
- Sara Meier
- Arjun Thakkar
- Tiana Williams
- Kelly Williams
- Joshua Milgrom
- Scott Lin
- David Li
- Emily Harris
- Elsa Zhang
- James Shovers
- Alexander Konetzki
- Josh Williams
- Stephenie Lazarus
- Aimee Lorenz
- Andrew Greener
- Prem Eruvbetine
- Emma Temple
- Aarti Nagaraju
- Kayla Auletto
- Marc Norsen
- Marshana Pace
- Adrienne Eynon
- Amy Pearson
- Joseph Hemingway
- Jason Deitch
- Alison Bishop
- George Mack
- Angela Accurso
- Hannah Gates
- Beth Swanson
- Justin Hunter
- Matt Gebert
- Bryan DeVries
- Kevin Pung
- Bryan Hall
- Stewart Mather
- Jack Keller
- Becky Elrad
- Austin Zheng
- Kendra Zehentbauer
- Halden Williams
- Matt Whittaker
- Adam Wexner
- Elizabeth Weilburg
- Dave Wainman
- Carrie Sweeney
- Lindsey Sullivan
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- Edward Schlicksup
- Amanda Rychel
- Joseph Robinson
- Julia Quinn
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- Kim Vender Moffat
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- Manoj Patel
- Rich Parisi
- Adam Kamm
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- Alex DeAraujo
- Scott Daum
- Chuck Dauk
- Richard Copans
- Kevan Comstock
- Corrie Carrigan
- Micah Carr
- Adam Butler
- Shakeeb Alam
- Jeff Akers
- Christian Zann
- Timothy Schwertfeger
- Tracy Schwartz-Ward
- Trish Rooney
- Ginger Ostro
- Taylor O'Malley
- Timothy Knowles
- Chris Keogh
- John Gilligan, Chair
- Ricardo Estrada
- Tom Elden
- Bill Conway
- Michael Collins
- Sean Berkowitz
- Stephen Beard, Vice Chair
- Liam Krehbiel
Blog
- Chicago Blackhawks Chairman and CEO Danny Wirtz Joins A Better Chicago’s Board of Directors
- A Better Chicago Announces New Investments in Three Youth-Serving Organizations
- A Better Chicago Names Maura Daly as New Chief External Affairs Officer
- A Better Chicago Announces New Youth Survey Revealing Trends on Mental Health, Education, Community Violence
- A Better Chicago and the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation Announce Chicago Scholars to Join One West Side Initiative
- A Better Chicago Announces Third Annual Grape + Grain Fine Wine and Spirits Charity Auction
- A Better Chicago Targets Successful Youth Investment and Outcomes Through Newly Released Youth Opportunity Dashboard
- A Better Chicago Fights Poverty by Scaling Promising Opportunities
- Chicago Blackhawks Foundation and A Better Chicago Announce Next Investment Round of 'One West Side' Partnership
- $7 Million Investment in Local Organizations Will Holistically Support Chicago Youth Through Learning Recovery and Mental Health Initiatives
- Former Chicago Public School CEO Joins Board of Local Venture Philanthropy Supporting Chicago’s Youth
- Celebrating A Year of One West Side
- Finalists Selected in Multi-Million Dollar Chicago Whole Child Learning Acceleration and Wellness Initiative
- Growing the Coalition: Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month
- A Better Chicago Names Becky Betts as New Chief Marketing and External Affairs Officer
- New Community Mapping Project Links Historic Disinvestments Behind Disparate COVID-19 Impact, Seeks to Guide Future Investments
- Gov. Pritzker Releases Recommendations for $7 Billion in Federal Funding to Support K-12 Students Returning to Classrooms
- Now is the time to reimagine learning
- A Better Chicago Launches Multi-Million-Dollar Initiative to Support Chicago Students Facing Pandemic-Related Learning Challenges
- Visibly Gives Back to A Better Chicago to Support Chicago Youth
- #WeAreChicago: Melissa Flores
- Guiding Our Young People Through Times of Uncertainty
- #OneWestSide: Marshall Hatch
- #OneWestSide: Ayesha Jaco
- #OneWestSide: Ruth Kimble
- #OneWestSide: Pastor Phil Jackson
- #OneWestSide: Jamyle Cannon
- Chicago Blackhawks Foundation and A Better Chicago Launch Partnership to Invest at Least $2 Million in Leaders from Chicago’s West Side
- Turning Our Vision into Reality
- Chicago Youth Call for Policy Changes to Improve Police-Youth Relations, Reform CPS Discipline Guidelines, Encourage Face Mask Use and More
- A Better Chicago Announces Plan to Provide Meals for Chicago Public School Students, Address Food Insecurity During COVID-19 Pandemic
- $1.5 Million in Emergency Relief Grants Awarded for Chicago Nonprofits Serving Low-Income Youth and Families
- We can't have a better Chicago until we have an equal Chicago.
- Additional $500,000 in Emergency Relief Grants Announced for Chicago Nonprofits Serving Low-Income Youth and Families
- A Better Chicago Announces $500,000 in Relief Grants to Chicago Nonprofits Serving Low-Income Youth and Families
- A Better Chicago Emergency Relief Fund Receives Significant Support from Chicago Bears Linebacker Khalil Mack to Address Urgent Needs of Low-Income Youth and Families During COVID-19
- 2020 Vision: Together, We’ll End Poverty in Chicago
- The Mentor Effect
- Event Recap: Is Poverty Your Problem?
- 100 Days and Counting
- 5 Things to Know about Pitch In
- Reflections from A Better Chicago's Founder Liam Krehbiel
- Our Favorite Moments from the 2019 Impact Summit
- A Better Chicago Names Elizabeth Swanson as New CEO
- Mayoral Power + Education in Chicago: What to know before Election Day
- #WeAreChicago: Nikhil Angelo
- #WeAreChicago: Chris Haid
- #WeAreChicago: Devine Drakes
- How Do the Best Get Better?
- A Conversation with Joe King, Global Philanthropist + Former CEO
- Bringing Value To Leadership At Work And Home
- ICYMI: 2018 A Better Chicago Education Summit
- New Investment: iMentor Chicago
- Meet Kelly Jones, A Better Chicago’s Chief External Relations Officer
- Crafting a Legacy, One Scholar at a Time
- Finding Your Passion
- Investor Report 2016: Reflecting on the Past, Looking Toward the Future
- Taking a Stand on DACA
- Illinois Schools Get Important Funding Boost
- New Investment: Harrison Professional Pathways Program
- Meet Deborah Ohiani-Jegede
- 5 Quick Education Summit Reactions
- Helping A Student Choose The Right College
- AmeriCorps: Providing the resources for all communities to flourish
- Our American Dream
- Crain's op-ed: Putting our kids first
- A Better Chicago Grantee Story: Chicago Scholars
- John Oliver is Right About (some) Charter Schools
- Budget Crisis Lessons
- A Better Chicago Hosts Education Summit
- New Portfolio Investments
- Most Likely To Succeed
- A Message of Hope
- Spotlight: SoulCycle CrowdFUNders
- Northern Trust spotlight
- Venture Fund News
- Noble wins national award
- Introducing Venture Fund
- Grade school to college (video)
- Why we exist (video)
- New Investment: Noble
- Finding our voice: our next steps
- Helping grantees find talent
- Bain empowers OMD
- Oscar rocks Chicago
- Anthony's Story (Video)
- Changing the conversation
- New Investment: Bottom Line
- A Better Chicago recognized
- A Better Chicago featured in Forbes
- Jason Wu supports A Better Chicago
- A Better Chicago's CEO honored
- Growing our portfolio
Events
- State of Our Youth
- Grape + Grain 2025
- A Windy City Breakthrough: Data to Drive Youth Progress
- Grape + Grain 2024
- 2023 Grape and Grain Wine Auction
- Overcoming Barriers to Community College Success
- Change the First Five Years and You Change Everything
- 2022 Grape and Grain Wine Auction
- More than a GPA: Innovating to Build a Pathway to Success
- Mental Health Matters: Innovating to Serve the Whole Child
- FIRSTHAND: Living in Poverty - Building a Pathway from Poverty to Success, Empowering Chicago’s Youth to Thrive
- WTTW’s Firsthand: Living in Poverty series
- 100 Years Later: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
- Fireside Chat with Dr. Janice Jackson
- FIRSTHAND: Coronavirus
- A Better Future
- One West Side: Meet Our Grantees
- 2020 State of Chicago Youth with Mikva Challenge
- Innovation Through Crisis
- Virtual Fitness Class With PureBarre
- CANCELLED: 2020 Impact Summit
- "Chicago at the Crossroad" Screening
- Is Poverty Your Problem?
- The Impact Council's 2nd Annual A Better Social
- Learning Series: A Fireside Chat with Liam Krehbiel and Beth Swanson
- 2019 Impact Summit
- Learning Series: How Does a New Mayor Impact Education in Chicago?
- Learning Series: "Most Likely To Succeed" Film Screening
- Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion Show
- A Better Chicago Education Summit
- A Better Social
- Learning Series: due Diligence Inside Look
- Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion Show
- A Better Chicago Education Summit
- Learning Series: Is Higher Education Working?
- A Night At The Social Table
- A Better Chicago Education Summit 2018
- The Impact Council's A Better Social
- Learning Series: How Do The Best Get Better
Data Definitions
- Subsidized Childcare by Service
- Subsidized Childcare by Eligibility
- Students Engaged in Out of School Programming
- Youth Living in Poverty
- Youth Disconnection
- Youth Employment
- Health Insurance Coverage
- Violent Crime
- Supportive Schools
- Students with “Concrete Plans”
- Students Receiving ECCC
- Students Experiencing Homelessness
- Secondary Outcomes
- School Disciplinary Rates
- Quality of Childcare Sites
- Proficiency and Growth
- Primary Outcome
- My Brother’s Keeper
- Kindergarten Readiness
- Job Proximity
- Household Income
- High School Graduation
- On Track [Used for Elementary on Track and Freshman on Track]
- Five Essentials
- Childcare Slot Availability
- Commute Time
- College Persistence
- College Graduation
- College Enrollment
- Attendance