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
