Our Supporters

Catalyst Chicago thanks the foundations, corporations and members who make our work possible. For questions or changes, please contact Debra Williams at (312) 427-4830 or williams@catalyst-chicago.org. If you are interested in becoming a member, click here.

  • Ford Foundation
  • Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
  • Joyce Foundation
  • McCormick Foundation
  • Polk Bros. Foundation
  • The Chicago Community Trust
  • Steans Family Foundation

Group Member

  • Associated Colleges of Illinois
  • Gary Comer Youth Center
  • Golden Apple Foundation
  • Northern Illinois University, Department of Literacy Education
  • Northwestern University Asset Based Community Development Institute
  • University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
  • University of Illinois Urbana Library

Benefactor ($1,000+ level)

  • Baskin Family Foundation
  • Timothy King
  • Linda Lenz and Marshall Froker
  • Robert and Carol Lenz
  • Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation
  • Rev. Calvin Morris
  • Ted and Susan Oppenheimer
  • Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation
  • Diana and Bruce Rauner
  • Paul Sally Jr.
  • Robin Steans
  • N. Don Wycliff

Advocate ($500 level)

  • Brinson Foundation
  • Priscilla Kersten
  • Beverly Shaw Hayford
  • Diana Nelson
  • Donald and Isabel Stewart
  • Ralph Rydholm
  • Square One Foundation, Inc.
  • Vahey Family Fund
  • Paul Zavitkovsky

Enthusiast ($250 level)

  • Paula Baron
  • Chicago Newsroom
  • Cynthia Barron
  • Catherine Cahan
  • Joan Dameron Crisler
  • Steve Gates
  • Cornelia Grumman
  • Irving Harris Foundation
  • Karen May
  • McDougal Family Foundation
  • Susan Sporte
  • Alysia Tate
  • Steven Viktora
  • Gail Ward
  • Cheryl Watkins
  • Bernice Weissbourd

Friend ($100 level)

  • Martha Alexakos
  • James Alexander
  • Alternative Schools Network
  • Aspen Printing Services
  • Leo Barron Jr.
  • Sen. Arthur Berman
  • Timuel Black
  • William Boline
  • Barbara Bolsen
  • Joyce Bristow
  • Chris Brown
  • Andrew Broy
  • Norman Boyer
  • Nisan Chavkin
  • Chicago Teachers Union
  • Marsha Clesceri
  • Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago
  • Jason Coulter
  • Barbara Crock
  • Betty Dayron
  • Myrice Drummer
  • Michael Dessimoz
  • Tracy Dell'Angela
  • John Easton and Sem Sutter
  • EBSCO Industries
  • Steve Edwards
  • Jessica Ekern
  • Walter and Judith Erikson
  • Kevin Evanich
  • Ruth Fast
  • Roger and Madelon Fross
  • Denise Michelle Gamble
  • Jill Gerson
  • Frank Greco
  • Vinni Hall
  • Anne Hallett
  • Marvin Hoffman
  • Homan Square
  • Illinois Action for Children
  • Illinois College Access Network
  • Shirley Jaffee
  • Martha Jantho
  • Nancy Kosobud
  • Latino Policy Forum
  • Della Leavitt
  • Dalita Lizcano
  • Carlene Lutz
  • Sarah Makela
  • Ernesto Matias
  • Stacy McAuliffe
  • Mark McHugh
  • Sherry Medwin
  • Peter Mich
  • Microsoft
  • Hayes Mizell
  • Marc Monaghan
  • Kay Nalbach
  • Dawn Clark Netsch
  • New Schools for Chicago
  • Mary O'Connell
  • Sylvia Ortiz
  • Mary Ann Pattillo
  • Charles Payne
  • Carolyn Pereira
  • Ken Perkins
  • Betty Phillips
  • Monica Phipps
  • Stanley Pollock
  • Jackson Potter
  • Louis Pyster
  • Sendhil Revuluri
  • Margaret Romano
  • Robert Saddler
  • Adele And John Simmons
  • Tammy Steele
  • Bobbie Taylor
  • Barbara Valerious
  • Kathleen Weaver Hytros
  • Maria Whelan
  • Kim Zalent

Supporter ($50 level)

  • Martha Alexakos
  • James A. Alexander
  • Allan Alson
  • Sylvia Alston
  • Charles Asiyanbi
  • Deborah Bayly
  • John Beven
  • Timuel Black
  • Blue Foundation
  • Boundless Readers
  • Mary Brister
  • Liane Clorfene Casten
  • Fred Chesek
  • Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
  • Lawrence Choate
  • Civic Consulting Alliance
  • Jason Coulter
  • Saba Costello
  • Greg Darnieder
  • Mary Dase
  • Betty Dayron
  • Jennifer Dixon
  • Elizabeth Duffrin
  • Emelda Estell
  • Facing History and Ourselves
  • Claire Falk
  • Linda May Fitzgerald
  • P.M. Flanagan
  • Ari Frede
  • James Gilliat
  • Brenetta Glass
  • Katherine Goetz
  • Paul Goren
  • Greater West Town Community Development Project
  • Frank Greco
  • Sarah Hainds
  • Anne Hallett
  • Sheila Hansen
  • Lee Hart
  • Carol Hayse
  • Mary Hess
  • Mary Hicks
  • Homan Square
  • Robert Houston
  • Fred Hunter
  • Jennifer Husbands
  • Illinois State University
  • Juanita Hutchinson
  • Jamilah Jor'dan
  • Harold Kassel
  • Sharon Kohli
  • Maria & Randall Kooistra
  • Karen Kreinik
  • Dorothea Lattyak
  • Robin Lavin
  • Williams Leavy
  • Carlene Lutz
  • James Lytle
  • Efrain Martinez
  • Peter Martinez
  • Rebecca McMahon
  • Abner Mikva
  • Zoe Mikva
  • Betty Miller
  • Frauline Miller
  • Samuel Miller
  • JoAnn Moreno
  • Karen Morris
  • Talmage Mullen Steele
  • Clare Munana
  • Johnnie Newton
  • Layton Olson
  • Glenna Ousley
  • Kenneth Perkins
  • Bruce Ray
  • Reading In Motion
  • Maricela Reyes Torres
  • Lauren Rich
  • Ken Rolling
  • Alice Sabl
  • Robert Saddler
  • Elaine Schuster
  • Deborah Shefner
  • Takeshi Shinohara
  • Dorothy Shipps
  • Laurence Stanton
  • Joan Staples
  • Talmage Steele
  • Daphne Strahan
  • Donna Rae Swanson
  • Bruce Taylor
  • TWCF
  • Arie van der Ploeg
  • Joanne Vena
  • Steven Viktoria
  • Mary Welter
  • Lisa Wiersma
  • Marc Wigler
  • Betty Willhoite
  • Yvonne Womack
  • Marguerite Young
  • Steven Zemelman

Member ($35 level)

  • Sandra Agrew
  • Alson Counseling Inc
  • Connie Amon
  • Gloria Archbold
  • Russell Armstrong
  • Asian Human Services
  • Associated Students University of California
  • Atlantic City Public Schools
  • Carlos Azcoitia
  • Michael Bakalis
  • Adrienne Bailey
  • Donna Baiocchi
  • Barbara Baldini
  • Melissa Barton
  • Michelle Barton
  • Jill Bass
  • John Beckwith
  • Bethel New Life
  • Mary Boehler
  • William Boline
  • Book Worm Angels
  • Ray Boyer
  • Nancy Brandt
  • Michael Brewer
  • James Broadway
  • Edna Brown
  • Joanna Brown
  • Ronald Browne
  • Daniel Jonathan Burke
  • Angela Buckels
  • John Butterfield
  • Michael Butz
  • Kathleen Byrne
  • Lois Cambric
  • Anthony Cappetta
  • Darden Carr
  • Robert Carr
  • Carole Robertson Center for Learning
  • Cecile Carroll
  • John Casey
  • Catalyst Schools
  • Mary Lynn Cavey
  • Jeanne Chaney
  • Brian Charest
  • Alice Cheney
  • Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
  • Chicago Foundation for Education
  • Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Branch
  • Chicago Scholars Foundation
  • Chicago Shakespeare Theater
  • Kate Cicchelli
  • William Colson
  • Communities in Schools of Chicago
  • Community Organizing and Family Issues
  • Margaret Criscuola
  • Lometa Cross
  • Agnes Cyriaque-Ivey
  • Lisa Daleiden-Brugman
  • Valerie Denney
  • Developing Communities Project
  • Dominican University
  • Lynn Donaldson
  • Donors Forum
  • Maria Ann Donovan
  • Gerald Dugan Jr.
  • EBSCO Industries, Inc.
  • Arlene Echols
  • Cassandra Echols
  • Robert Echols
  • Cassandra Eddings
  • Carol Edwards
  • Vivian Edwards
  • Donna Elianow
  • Robert Embry
  • Judy Erwin
  • Sylvia Ewing
  • Camille Farrington
  • Joan Forte
  • Field Foundation of Illinois Inc.
  • Jana Fleming
  • Amy Gale
  • Gary Comer Youth Center
  • James Gilliat
  • George Glenn
  • Paul Goren
  • Catherine Grochowski
  • Martha Guerrero
  • Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Stella Louis Harvey
  • Flavia Hernandez
  • David Hibbs
  • Julie Hines-Lyman
  • Jane Hoffman
  • Illinois AFL-CIO
  • Illinois Education Research Council
  • Indiana University Libraries
  • Sharon Jenkins
  • John Paul Jones
  • Jor Dan Consulting Group Inc
  • Joyce Foundation Library
  • Harold Kassel
  • Michelle Kemp
  • Kandace Keyes
  • Marie Kielty
  • Patricia Kiley
  • Mary Kirby
  • Lucy Klocksin
  • Brenda Klostermann
  • Saurikhane Konekeo
  • Katherine Konopasek
  • John Kretzmann
  • Iris Krieg & Associates, Inc.
  • Lane Tech High School Library
  • Trudi Langendorf
  • Abbey Larner
  • Latino Policy Forum
  • Pamela Layne
  • William Leavy
  • Allison Lipsman
  • Eleni Makris
  • Bertha Magana
  • Alfredo Maldonado
  • Michael Marshall
  • Teresa Massie-Peterson
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation - Library
  • Syrennia McArthur-Hanshaw
  • Gretchen McDowell
  • Effie McHenry
  • Barry McRaith
  • Cahterine McVey
  • Sherry Medwin
  • Joan Merlin Palmer
  • Gloria Mhoon
  • Gregory Michie
  • Frauline Miller
  • Peter Mlot
  • Cynthia Mlynarski
  • Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Library
  • Marta Moya-Leang
  • Chastity Murphy
  • Ruth Myers-Vassell
  • Gail Nelson
  • Jennifer Nelson
  • Ellie Nero
  • Rosemarie Nicholes
  • Michael Onofrio
  • Glenna Ousley
  • Carolyn Palmer
  • Peter Pereira
  • Ziomara Perez
  • Mark Perry
  • Donald Pettry
  • Michelle Phillip
  • Aylssa Postman
  • Elizabeth Quinlan
  • Colleen Reardon
  • Constance Reden
  • Badonna Reingold
  • Ellen Reiter
  • Janice Resseger
  • Retired Teachers Association of Chicago
  • Gwendolyn Rice
  • Barbara Richardsson
  • Sandra Rigsbee
  • Beatrice Ritchie
  • Genita Robinson
  • Harry Ross
  • Mary Russo
  • Paul Sakol
  • Jacquelyn Sanders
  • Maureen Savas
  • School District U-46
  • Ellen Schumer
  • Donna Scotti
  • SGA Youth & Family Services
  • Benita Shanklin
  • Mary Lou Shadle
  • Barry Shapiro
  • Nancy Shier
  • Jill Simons
  • Bettye Smith
  • Harvey Smith
  • Heather Smith
  • Elaine Soloway Public Relations
  • Jeannette Soto
  • Joan Leah Staples
  • Rita Stasi
  • Steans Family Foundation
  • Karen Stoll
  • Sandra Stone
  • Charlotte Stoxstell
  • Michael Suess
  • Howard and Jean Swanson
  • Dennis Sweeney
  • Lorraine Sylvester
  • Syda Taylor
  • Maricela Torres
  • Treasurer of Schools Calumet TWP 37
  • United Church of Christ Justice & Witness Ministries
  • University of California Berkeley - Ethnic Studies Library
  • University of Chicago Library
  • University of Chicago Neighborhoods Schools Program
  • UIC Chicago Center for Early Education
  • University of Illinois at Chicago Library
  • Zalman Usiskin
  • Connie Van Brunt
  • Joshua VanderJagt
  • Joanne Vena
  • Barbara Vines
  • Margie Wallen
  • Elsa Weber
  • Wednesday Journal, Inc
  • Westside Health Authority
  • Marc Wigler
  • Nancy Weeks Singham
  • Jacqueline White
  • Lynda Williams
  • Shirley Williams
  • Yvonne Williams
  • Wowzers
  • Grace Wright
  • Shelby Wyatt
  • Josie Yanguas
  • Maria Yanguas
  • Youth Connection Charter School
  • Arlene Zielke
  • Kristin Ziemke Fastabend
  • Cindy Zucker
  • Gregory Zyvert
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