Ounce of Prevention Fund 2005

Ounce of Prevention Fund

Founded in 1982, the Ounce of PreventionFund invests in the healthy development of at-risk infants, toddlers, preschoolers and theirfamilies. We use an innovative cycle of family-focused programs, research, training, policyanalysis and advocacy to help young childrensucceed in school and throughout life.

Our goal is to reach young children early,often and over time.

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“We must remember. The first few months of life are not a rehearsal. This is the real show.”Irving B. Harris, Founder, Ounce of Prevention Fund

Irving’s words and wisdom continue to guide us as the Ounce of Prevention Fund embarkson a new era of possibilities with increased determination to expand our efforts nationwide.

Building on 20-plus years as a leader in the early childhood field, the Ounce of PreventionFund has launched new and ambitious efforts to ensure that even more at-risk infants,toddlers and preschoolers grow up eager to continue learning. This year, as we celebratethe 5th anniversary of the opening of our Educare Center on Chicago’s south side, weare reminded of just how important and rewarding it is to help prepare children to enterkindergarten ready to succeed.

There is, of course, more to the story of the Ounce of Prevention Fund’s success this past year—much more, in fact, than any brief report can adequately depict. The scope andimpact of the Ounce of Prevention Fund’s work remains truly remarkable: from helping toshape policy, developing programs, and offering training to conducting research, evaluatingour initiatives and sharing what we learn with others in the early childhood field.

I know there are many good causes competing for your attention and I thank you for supportingthe Ounce of Prevention Fund. Whether by making an annual contribution, helping us buildthe first Educare Center or donating to our endowment campaign, you have helped us makea meaningful difference in the lives of thousands of young children and families in need.

Committing time and resources to improving every child’s start in life is the single bestinvestment we as a society can make.

Sincerely,

Joyce SkoogChair, Board of DirectorsOunce of Prevention Fund

A Note from Joyce Skoog

The more we learn, the more we are reminded of the complexities of child developmentin the earliest years of life. Yet, the simplest ideas remain the most profound. All of ourwork at the Ounce of Prevention Fund begins with the idea that the smartest investmentwe can make is in very young children—and it should start early, happen often and continue over time. Children learn from the moment they are born, even before. Childrenthrive in supportive and stimulating environments and, regardless of family income, theyare our best investments. We must continue to invest in them at a time when there are fewer resources and an ever-mounting need.

Consistently, research tells us this truth: children need parents who can care well for them and environments that can nurture their further development. Therefore, it isessential to provide high-quality care and education very early in their lives. Without it,many of our most vulnerable children will be relegated to a game of “catch up” thatthey cannot and will not win.

To address this issue, we at the Ounce of Prevention Fund focus on the early years, taking what we know works to the children who need it the most. Expanding our effortsacross Chicago and across the country is no small challenge, but it is critical to our larger vision for change. With your continued support, I am certain we will find greatersuccess and ensure that even more young children have a better start in life.

Sincerely,

Harriet MeyerPresidentOunce of Prevention Fund

A Note from Harriet Meyer

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Babies matter.

The Ounce of Prevention Fund focuses exclusively on the healthy development of at-risk infants, toddlers,preschoolers and their families. We use private dollars to create innovative programs and to leverage funding support from the public sector. We take the best researchand apply it in classrooms and programs geared towardstrong parent-child relationships and school readiness.Through advocacy, we are able to help decision makersunderstand that learning begins in the first days of life, making children the investment with the greatestpotential for return.

We do this work because it matters. We do this workbecause all children deserve it and because the futuredemands it. As long as we continue to reach parents andyoung children early, often and over time, we can offerthem what they need most: an opportunity to succeed.

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Reaching Young Children: Early

There is a boy at our Educare Center who, when he arrived, was veryshy and extremely withdrawn. The teachers and other staff worked with him tirelessly, providing the kind of time and attention he needed.We helped his parents understand the significance of his development,and we have watched him slowly emerge from his shell. He is acquiringlanguage. He can ask for what he wants. He is better able to control his emotions.

He came to us early.

Research has shown that children do not begin learning at three years of age. They do not begin learning when they are four. Childrenbegin learning in their earliest days of life. That means there is no time to waste. We must greet that eager beginning with the best education and care possible.

Reaching the children who need it most as early as possible is not easy work. The Ounce of Prevention Fund wrestles daily with this realityas we deliver our programs in some of the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago and throughout Illinois.

When you watch our programs at work, suddenly you enter a realmwhere policy development moves from the abstract to the concrete.Planning and advocacy become people with faces, families and variedsets of experiences. Are we able to provide the care and support needed? Are parents able to partner with us to lay the foundation forsuccess in school and beyond? If the answer is yes, we look for ways to meet these needs for more and more children and families.If the answer is no, we continue to look and advocate for better ways to address the challenges young children and their families face.

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“ Everybody was like a family. You felt welcomed. You could see that they loved the children.”Jaunine Cherry, shown below kissing her son, Chrishawn, describing the Educare Center

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Five years ago in Chicago, we developed and implemented a differenttype of birth to five program called the Educare Center. The model isdesigned to better prepare young children from low-income families forsuccess in school. We wanted to reach young children early and givethem solid ground upon which to place their feet and their futures.

By providing family support services and classroom settings that haveteacher’s aides, teacher’s assistants, and lead teachers with Bachelor’sdegrees as well as Master Teachers (instructors with Master’s degreeswho mentor and coach several classrooms), we have created tiered,responsive learning environments. Research tells us that these types of environments lay the foundation for children’s success in school and in life.

The earlier we get to work with young children, the better. The earlierwe can pair pregnant, soon-to-be teen mothers with a “doula,”or birth assistant, the better we can help foster the early bonds that arepredictors of children’s ability to succeed. The earlier we can assistthese young mothers by offering continued support through home visitors who work at our Parents Too Soon sites, the better we can helpcreate stable relationships with a team of caring adults. And the sooner we can get to policy makers to shape the discussion about early childhood education and care, the sooner we can work to engage them in taking the necessary steps to ensure that young children andtheir needs are front and center.

But the work must start early.

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“ Being a doula is one of the most rewarding careers I believe exists. You are able to embrace a mother-to-be with love, compassion, wisdom, trust and power. You are able to make a difference in the life of another mother...to build a better parent, to bond a family.”

Elisabeth Christian, doula, Greater DuPage MYM, Inc.

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Reaching Young Children: Often

Young children require responsive, consistent care. Staff in our programs across the state, and across disciplines, understand the delicate and deliberate nature of this work.

Our home visitors, doulas and teachers give their very best every day to nurture young children’s social and emotional growth. They are available to address parents’ questions. As often as possible, they provide children with encouragement and reassurance.

Our interaction with lawmakers and other stakeholders also requiresconstant contact and being available to respond to questions or concerns. Doing so allows us to develop productive relationships andsound policy.

Kids PEPP, our policy division, diligently stays in tune with what is happening in the state capital. We work tirelessly to educate and persuade lawmakers of the importance of early childhood investments.One lawmaker said he and others know they can count on the Ounce of Prevention Fund to “badger” them. They see us a lot.

We also make it our business to know the latest research. So, constantly,we search for the best thinking in order to make sure that our strategiesare in line with what will produce the best outcomes.

Our focus continues to be intensive and attentive. We learn from oursuccesses and mistakes and continually make improvements. For example,in our program work in 2005, we fully implemented “continuity of care”in our seven infant-toddler classrooms at Educare so that young childrencan experience strong, stable relationships with caregivers that providethe essential context for their growth and development.

Continuity of care is another simple—yet profound—idea, but one that is rarely used in programs for low-income children, perhaps the childrenwho stand to benefit the most.

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This innovative approach ensures that the same teachers care for thesame group of infants for the first three years of life. It is based on“attachment theory,” which holds that the stable relationships babiesform with their caregivers ultimately foster healthier growth and socialemotional development, which is critical to later success in school.

With support from the Prince Charitable Trusts, we tried this approach in a few classrooms. As we did, our staff began to understand just howeffective it was. Soon, other members of our teaching teams asked,“When are we going to start doing continuity of care in our rooms?” Thisyear, we successfully rolled out the approach across all our infant-toddlerclassrooms. While this was a considerable challenge, the very visible, positive results at Educare indicate it was a challenge well worth taking.

This kind of consistency and stability can mean so much to many children at risk.

One young boy who had just transitioned to a preschool classroom wasdoing his best to explain to his former teacher that he “just wanted to go home for a while.” By “home,” he meant his former infant-toddlerclassroom, which had been his base of support since infancy. He andhis former teacher set off hand-in-hand toward his old room and the anxietyon his face dissipated. He could move into what was more familiar,enabling him to feel secure, and providing him with a base from whichto accept and venture into the next phase of his emotional growth.

We must pay attention as children experience transitions in their keyearly relationships. The research points to it and our children deserve it.

The Ounce of Prevention Fund seeks to nurture children’s healthy socialemotional development and language and pre-literacy skills. That meansindividualized care and attention, extensive support and services, and anabundance of energy devoted to developing healthy relationships. It meanskeeping up with the latest legislative information so we can anticipatehow our programs will be impacted. It means following the research todetermine if we need to make changes so we can be better.

It’s about consistent effort and being there often.

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Reaching Young Children: Over Time

Being deeply involved in young children’s lives is neither a one-week nor aone-year proposition. It requires doing whatever it takes for as long as it takes.

Years of advocacy by the Ounce of Prevention Fund and others hashelped Illinois become a leader among states in early education investment,beginning at birth. Our state’s Early Childhood Education Block Grantensures that 11 cents of every $1 invested in early education supportsthe healthy growth and development of babies and toddlers.

This past year in Illinois, we joined with Action for Children, Voices forIllinois Children, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Metropolis 2020 and othersto increase the state’s investment in early education by $30 million.That funding was part of the Governor’s promise to expand early childhoodeducation funding by $90 million and it was done in just three years. Thismeans thousands more babies, toddlers and preschoolers are receivingservices that better prepare them for school and life.

But this is just the beginning. Much more work needs to be done—and the current state leadership is committed to keeping early childhood education as a top priority.

The Ounce of Prevention Fund’s work in Illinois has attracted attention.More and more, organizations from across the nation are contacting us,wanting to know how we’ve done what we’ve done. Now, a courageousfew have opened Educare Centers across the country as a result of our pioneering work.

This evolving collaboration, called the Bounce Learning Network, is madepossible by significant investments from the Buffett Early Childhood Fundand the Irving Harris Foundation, and additional support from the PritzkerEarly Childhood Foundation and the W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation.Our role in this network is to provide extensive training and technicalassistance to new Educare Centers while facilitating peer support.

This year, we will launch the first phase of a study to follow children’sprogress when they leave our Educare Center and move into theChicago Public Schools.

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Building on years of intensive study of our children, this will allow us to assess the impact of Educare on later school performance. As wecontinue to learn, we can progressively improve upon how we do ourwork with children and families.

Our work cannot stop because there are still so many children to behelped, and so many opportunities to engage the private and public sectors in this mission.

Ounce of Prevention Fund President, Harriet Meyer, and Elliot Regenstein,Director of Education Reform in the Office of the Governor, co-chair the Illinois Early Learning Council that has crafted an ambitious plan toprovide access to preschool for all children in Illinois. Much of theOunce’s advocacy work is geared in that direction. The new plan makesprofessional development a high priority. Quality, degreed teachers muststaff the classrooms or expanded access to preschool will not have theintended positive effects. The Ounce of Prevention Fund has investedheavily in this—at the grassroots classroom level and at the statewidepolicy level—and we’ve nurtured some excellent teachers.

In order to continue to have an impact, we must find and keep the rightpeople in the right jobs: to staff classrooms, to train doulas, to work withfamilies across the state, to research best practices and to advocate forpolicies that make a real difference in children’s lives. We must encouragemore individuals to choose early childhood as a profession so that ourchildren will have the best attention at a most crucial time in their lives.

We must continue to build relationships with decision makers and otherstakeholders so that we increase the chorus of voices that championsearly childhood issues. We must continue to be the “boots on the ground”to ensure that young children are not left out of decisions about publicinvestments that will have far-reaching impact. Research and years of experience tell us that our youngest children are much too importantto be an afterthought.

The Ounce of Prevention Fund’s commitment to young, at-risk children is long-term and, with your ongoing partnership, will continuewell into the future.

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Hosted 300 interested corporate, civic, philanthropic and early childhood leaders at the 4th Annual “It’s GoodBusiness to Invest in Young Children” Luncheon

Ounce of Prevention Fund2005—At A Glance

Helped 775 young mothers form strong bonds with their infantsthrough specially trained birth assistants called “doulas”

Planned the launch of a study to track students from Educare into Chicago Public Schools to assess impact of Educare on school performance

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Encouraged children’s emotional stability and growth by decreasing the number of times they have to change teachers

Used cutting-edge strategies to promote young children’s oral language and literacy development

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Provided training for home visitors working at 63 sites across the state to ensure they have the knowledge and expertise to assist young parents and their newborns

Served as consultants to expand our Educare model in five communities across the country

Advocated for and helped secure the third, $30 million installment of new state funding for early childhoodeducation

Ounce of Prevention Fund2005—At A Glance

Helped develop an Associate of Arts in Teaching degree that baccalaureate programs fully accept to increase the number of qualified, BA-level early childhood teachers

Partnered with state agencies toensure that publicly-funded early childhood programs identify and address social emotional developmental delays early

Launched OunceNet, a state-of-the-art, web-based system to track and better assess the quality of our programs

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“ The Ounce really gives young children the jumpstart they need to go into kindergarten and really succeed.”Ounce of Prevention Fund Board Member, Yvette Evans, grandparent of one child who graduated from Educare and another who attends Educare

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Statement of Fiscal Year 2005 Operating Revenues and Expenses Financial ReportOunce of Prevention Fund

Revenues* July 1, 2004 – June 30,2005Illinois Department of Human Services $ 10,064,280Illinois Department of Children and Family Services 6,583Illinois Department of Public Aid 115,421Illinois State Board of Education 324,530U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 10,504,044U.S. Department of Agriculture 123,495U.S. Department of Education 618,632National Endowment for the Arts 20,000Chicago Public Schools 689,603Corporations, Foundations, Trusts and Individuals 3,116,037Interest, Investment Income and Other Revenue 1,187,856Total $ 26,770,481

ExpensesChild and Family Support Services $ 14,092,931Parents Too Soon 9,228,889Kids PEPP 1,281,371Research 896,002Bounce Learning Network 518,428Other Programs/Special Projects 918,724Total $ 26,936,345

*Does not include several multi-year awards recognized in prior fiscal year(s).

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Ounce of Prevention FundAdministrative Offices122 South Michigan AvenueSuite 2050Chicago, Illinois 60603(312) 922-3863

1 West Old State Capital PlazaMyers Building, Suite 716Springfield, Illinois 62701(217) 522-5510

Ounce of Prevention FundHead Start/Early Head StartDirectly Operated Sites:

Educare Center 5044 South Wabash AvenueChicago, Illinois 60615(773) 924-2334

Garfield Head Start30 West Garfield BoulevardChicago, Illinois 60609(773) 373-0234

Hayes Center4859 South Wabash AvenueChicago, Illinois 60615(773) 373-8670

Head Start Grantee Partner:Kids Hope UnitedBridgeport Child Development Center3053 South Normal AvenueChicago, Illinois 60616(312) 842-5566

Early Head Start Partner: Centers for New HorizonsKing Infant/Toddler Center4445 Drexel BoulevardChicago, Illinois 60653(773) 285-3324

Head Start DelegateAgencies:Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center Park Forest Site23485 Western Avenue Park Forest, Illinois 60466 (708) 747-2780

Riverdale Site14424 South WentworthAvenue Riverdale, Illinois 60827 (708) 849-6019

Casa Central Community Service Center1343 North California AvenueChicago, Illinois 60622 (773) 645-2300

Casa Infantil2222 North Kedzie AvenueChicago, Illinois 60647 (773) 772-1170

Home-Based Head Start1349 North California AvenueChicago, Illinois 60622 (773) 645-2404

Munoz Marin-Lowell EarlyChildhood Center3320 West Evergreen AvenueChicago, Illinois 60651(773) 447-9980

Children’s Home and Aid Society of Illinois (CHASI) Englewood Family Center5958 South Marshfield AvenueChicago, Illinois 60636(773) 476-6998

Viva Family Center2516 West Division StreetChicago, Illinois 60622(773) 252-6313

YWCA of Metropolitan ChicagoCoretta Scott King ChildDevelopment Center436 East 39th StreetChicago, Illinois 60653(773) 538-0212

Harris Child DevelopmentCenter6200 South Drexel AvenueChicago, Illinois 60637(773) 667-0014

Northside Child Development Center5244 North Lakewood StreetChicago, Illinois 60640(773) 271-6120

Parents Too Soon/Parents Too Soon—Healthy FamiliesIllinois/Doula Home VisitingPrograms

(D) also provides Doula services(HFI) also provides HealthyFamilies Illinois services(IMH) also provides InfantMental Health services

Alivio Medical Center (D)2355 South Western AvenueChicago, Illinois 60608 (773) 843-4210

Aunt Martha’s Youth ServiceCenter (HFI) (D)1700 South Halsted StreetChicago Heights, Illinois 60411(708) 709-6962

Catholic Charities of Chicago (D)11255 South Michigan AvenueChicago, Illinois 60628(773) 995-1737

Center for Children’sServices (D)702 North Logan AvenueDanville, Illinois 61832(217) 446-1300

Children’s Home Associationof Illinois (HFI) (D)416 St. Mark’s Court, Suite 403Peoria, Illinois 61603(309) 687-7606

Christopher House (D)2507 North Greenview AvenueChicago, Illinois 60614(773) 472-1083

Community Health andEmergency Services (HFI)P.O. Box 233Cairo, Illinois 62914(618) 734-4534

Comprehensive Mental HealthCenter of St. Clair County3911 State StreetEast St. Louis, Illinois 62205(618) 482-7330

Easter Seals Children’sDevelopment Center (HFI) (D)650 North Main StreetRockford, Illinois 61103(815) 965-6745

Family Focus—Aurora (HFI)49 East Downer PlaceSuite 601Aurora, Illinois 60505(630) 844-2550

Family Focus—Englewood (HFI)St. Bernard Hospital326 West 64th StreetChicago, Illinois 60621(773) 962-0366

Family Focus—Lawndale3517 West Arthington StreetChicago, Illinois 60624(773) 722-5057

Family Service Center ofSangamon County (HFI)1308 South Seventh StreetSpringfield, Illinois 62703(217) 528-8402

Sites

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Fayette County HealthDepartment (HFI) (D)509 West Edwards P.O. Box 340Vandalia, Illinois 62471(618) 283-1044

Greater DuPage MYM, Inc. (HFI) (D)739 Roosevelt RoadBuilding 8, Suite 306Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137(630) 790-8433

Kankakee Community CollegeDr. King Education Center (HFI) (D)1065 South WashingtonAvenueKankakee, Illinois 60901(815) 937-0493

La Voz Latina (HFI) (D)412 Market StreetRockford, Illinois 61103(815) 964-4366

Latino Youth, Inc. (HFI)2200 South MarshallBoulevardChicago, Illinois 60623(773) 277-0400

Lydia Home Association (HFI) (D)5808 West Fulton AvenueChicago, Illinois 60644773-287-1108

Marillac Social Center (D)212 South Francisco AvenueChicago, Illinois 60612(773) 722-7440

Mental Health Center of Champaign County (HFI) (IMH)1801 Fox DriveChampaign, Illinois 61820(217) 398-8080

New Moms, Inc. 2825 West McLean AvenueChicago, Illinois 60647(773) 252-3253

SGA Youth and Family Services (HFI) (IMH)1012 North Noble StreetChicago, Illinois 60622(773) 395-9320

United Methodist Children’s Home (HFI) (D)2023 Richview RoadMt. Vernon, Illinois 62864(618) 242-1070

University of Chicago/FriendFamily Health Center (D)800 East 55th StreetChicago, Illinois 60615(773) 834-2124

Visiting Nurse Association of Fox Valley (HFI) (D)1245 Corporate Boulevard, 5th FloorAurora, Illinois 60504(630) 264-7294

Will County Health Department (HFI) (D)501 Ella AvenueJoliet, Illinois 60433(815) 727-8431

YWCA of MetropolitanChicago5200 South Drexel AvenueChicago, Illinois 60637(773) 363-7903

Board of Directors

Irving B. HarrisFounder

Joyce SkoogChair

Harriet MeyerPresident

Billie Wright Adams, M.D.Susan BairdJacolyn BucksbaumSusan BuffettGregory L. ColerEloise H. CorneliusDeborah Daro, Ph.D.Kelly King DibbleYvette EvansBill FriendKeith Kiley GoldsteinPatti GustafsonRobert HeatonMarcia (Rusty) HellmanAbe Tomás Hughes, IIBurt KaplanSokoni Karanja, Ph.D.Norm KatzAlan KingTimothy J. LandonJudy LangfordGloria MackPastor B. Herbert MartinPaul MetzgerHarriet MeyerCharles Polsky, M.D.J.B. PritzkerDiana Mendley Rauner, Ph.D.Raul RaymundoDick RothkopfCatherine M. SiegelJoyce SkoogHarrison SteansAnne L. TuohyAngela WalkerBernice WeissbourdHelen Zell

Executive Staff

Harriet MeyerPresident

Sarah BradleySenior Vice President

Portia KennelSenior Vice President

Claire DunhamVice President of Programs

Karen Freel, Ph.D.Vice President of PublicAffairs

Ann KirwanVice President of Institutional Advancement

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Leaders $100,000 and aboveAnonymousBuffett Early Childhood FundThe Susan A. Buffett

FoundationChicago Tribune Charities,

a McCormick Tribune Foundation Fund

Early Childhood Funders Collaborative/BUILD

The Irving Harris FoundationJoan and Irving HarrisIllinois Children’s Healthcare

FoundationThe Joyce FoundationHarriet and Ulrich Meyer +†McCormick Tribune FoundationPew Charitable Trusts/PreK-NowPittway Corporation Charitable

FoundationHelen and Sam Zell +

Benefactors$50,000 – $99,999The Chicago Community TrustThe Children’s Initiative–

A Project of the Pritzker Family Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Pritzker Early Childhood Foundation

W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation

Topfer Family Foundation

Major Donors$25,000 – $49,999CNComer Science and Education

Foundation D & R FundGustafson Family Charitable

Foundation/Patti and Allen Gustafson +

Anne and Burt Kaplan +Oscar G. & Elsa S. Mayer

Family FoundationNorthern Trust CompanyPrince Charitable TrustsDiana Mendley Rauner and

Bruce Vincent Rauner +Michael Reese Health Trust Visiting Nurse Association

Foundation

Sustaining Members $10,000 – $24,999Bank One FoundationThe Boeing Company *Jacolyn and John Bucksbaum +

Including a gift in memory of Irving B. Harris

Circle of Service FoundationAlyce Tuttle FullerShirley K. Harris

In memory of Burt I. HarrisRobert Heaton +George B. Kaiser Family Fund

of Tulsa Community FoundationIncluding a gift in memory of Irving B. Harris

Ashley and Matthew B. McCallDrs. Patricia and Thomas Rosbrow

In memory of Irving B. HarrisAnn and Dick Rothkopf +Dr. Scholl FoundationAnne and John TuohyWoods Fund of Chicago

Sponsors $5,000 – $9,999Anonymous (3)Mark and Robyn BailleStephen W. Baird and

Susan M. Baird +Jane B. and John C. Colman Crain’s Chicago Business *Carol Emig and Michael Durst

In memory of Irving B. Harris/ In honor of Harriet and Rick Meyer

Family Focus, Inc.Linda and Bill FriendJack FullerJulie and Parker HallRusty and Samuel HellmanFruman, Marian, and

Lisa JacobsonDolores Kohl Education

FoundationElizabeth and Timothy Landon +Macquarie Bank FoundationThe Malkin FamilyMcDougal Family FoundationPaul Metzger and Sarah BradleyJ.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family

Foundation +Susan and Nicholas Pritzker

In memory of Irving B. HarrisRelations FoundationCatherine and Howard Siegel +Jeff and Linda Sluman/

Jeff Sluman Drive for Hope, OfficeMax

Edward S. Sprague FoundationCharles B. Wolf/The Walter S.

Mander FoundationThe Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation

Donors

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Patrons $2,500 – $4,999AptarGroup Charitable

FoundationWilliam and Donna BarrowsJamie and Marshall Field

FoundationMr. and Mrs. John S. Gates, Jr.The Hale FoundationThe Harris Family Foundation/

King Harris and Bill Friend +Mr. and Mrs. Edgar D.

Jannotta, Sr.Lucinda Lee Katz and

Norman A. Katz +Klaff Family FoundationEdmond and Alice Opler

FoundationThe PrivateBank *Brenda and Earl Shapiro

Advocates $1,000 – $2,499Ellen and Michael Alter Ariel Capital Management, LLCRosemary and John BannanLindy BergmanJohn, Vicki, and Holly BitnerJoan and John BlewBlum-Kovler FoundationSally and John CartonGregory L. ColerDeb Daro and Coleman TuggleLiza DeGraff

In honor of Jackie BucksbaumKelly King DibbleLois and Steve EisenMarshall E. and JoAnn

EisenbergRichard and Gail EldenDeborah and David EpsteinHarold E. Foreman, Jr.

Ms. Ellen Frell and Mr. Richard Levy

Willard G. Gilson and Diana G. Gilson

Keith and Rodney Goldstein +Sue and Melvin GrayMrs. Paul W. GuenzelJeff and Renee HallMr. & Mrs. John W. HigginsConrad N. Hilton FoundationDana and Andy HirtFred and Sandra HolubowAbe Tomás Hughes, II and

Diana Girardi Karnas +Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE)

Mr. and Mrs. Michael KeiserSandy and Thomas KullyMarcena W. and Norris LoveThe Jean and Bernard Meltzer

Fund of the Chicago Community Foundation

Marc W. and Laura Appleton Mengel

Christopher and Amanda MillerMorrison Family FoundationDavid Nadler

In honor of Laura BarreJames PeltsJoseph and Sylvia RadovJill and Ron RohdeJulie Roin and Saul Levmore Cari and Michael J. SacksScott Schweighauser

In memory of Irving B. HarrisJudy and Tom ScorzaBarbara and Walter ScottMichael SennettJoyce and Roy Skoog +Bruce and Anne StrohmSugar, Friedberg &

Felsenthal

Nancy and Harry VincentDavid and Mary Ann Barrows

WarkBernice WeissbourdWilliam H. Wiehl

In memory of Sandra WiehlSandy Worley and Marc WalfishBarry and Pamela Zuckerman

In memory of Irving B. Harris

Friends $500 – $999Mr. and Mrs. William Adams IVAnonymousMitchell Cobey and Janet RealiCoe Financial Group/Special

Kids NetworkMr. and Mrs. Mark D. CoeEloise H. CorneliusJames and Kathleen CowieR. Bruce DuchossoisMelissa and Jamey Fadim

In memory of Irving B. HarrisFannie Mae FoundationRobert and Joan FeitlerMarilyn and Larry FieldsLesley and Jeff Foreman

In memory of Edward KaplanJay and Phylis FrankelBarbara GoodbodyJanet and Bob HelmanPeter J. HenselerJustine Jentes

In memory of Irving B. HarrisAyana and Sokoni KaranjaDonald J. Kirwan and

Mary C. KirwanIn honor of Ann Kirwan

Tracie L. and Larry B. KuglerDoris LewyRobert B. Lifton and

Carol Rosolsky

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Caroline LoebGail J. LudewigGloria and Jim Mack +Ruthie and Alan McNallySamuel J. and Alice MeiselsRichard and Martha MelmanNancy and Robert MichaelKevin Mole/Helping Each

Other ArtIrene S. PhelpsRobert and Ann Reiland

In honor of Deb Daro and Joyce Skoog

Bettylu and Paul SaltzmanDaniel and Marcy Schlessinger

In memory of Irving B. HarrisAdele and John SimmonsSonnenschein, Nath &

Rosenthal LLPStacy and Gregg SteinbergTribune Media ServicesEve Van CauterPatricia M. VargaMr. and Mrs. William WardropHonorable Bonnie M. Wheaton

Associates $1 – $499Susan and Bill AbramsBillie Wright Adams, M.D.Anonymous (2)Miriam G. ApterMartin I. Becker and Brenda

R. BeckerMr. and Mrs. Donald A. BelgradPeg and Jim BelmontiMr. Leroy E. Belzer and

Mrs. Ruth K. BelzerIn memory of Stuart Musick

Joan Ruez BennerMasako and Ronald BermanJoel Bernstein and Carole

Bernstein

Mr. Peter BernsteinJudith and John BertacchiPaula Jorde BloomNancy and Don Borzak

In honor of Helen ZellClaudia M. BrandtKevin and Kristi BrownBusiness Development for

the ArtsIn memory of Irving B. Harris

Deborah and Riccardo CarataIn honor of Gloria Mack

Paul and Sherry CarberyEllen and David Carmell

In honor of Jackie BucksbaumSara ChaffetzBenjamin D. Chereskin and

Cynthia M. ChereskinNancy and Michael Basofin and

The Cloverleaf Group, Inc.In memory of Irving B. Harris

Mrs. James CostakisIn memory of James Costakis

Mr. and Mrs. David DiboAra and Edma Dumanian

FoundationClaire DunhamRussel and Debbie DushmanCatherine and John Eliasik

Including a gift in honor of Benjamin Harrison

Eileen and Richard EpsteinIn memory of Catherine Epstein

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence ErlichElizabeth and Donald EugenioJames and Susan FlorsheimZed S. Francis and Cheryl A.

FrancisMarjorie and Harvey Freed

In memory of Irving B. HarrisEmily B. Friedman

In honor of Sofia Brodsky

Peter B. Friedman and Andrea FriedmanIn Memory of Mrs. O’Brien, Tara Nemeth’s mother

Roger R. Fross and Madelon R. Fross

John J. Gearen, Jr.Thomas L. GeersPeter GidwitzPaul and JoAnn GillisCarol and Jerry Ginsburg

In memory of Stuart MusickStanford and Ann Dudley

GoldblattAubrey J. GreenbergJohn GreeneStanley I. Greenspan, M.D.

and Nancy GreenspanVictor E. Grimm and

Kathleen M. GradyI.A. and Diana GrodzinsStacy and Steve HalpernEdward Hamburg and Stacey

Poland HamburgJayne and Stephen HanauerSally HandsTheresa and Mike HawleyRobert A. Henleben and

Cathleen HenlebenMr. and Mrs. Robert V. HerbertPaul C. Holinger, M.D.Ruth P. HorwichNancy A. Hughes

In memory of Irving B. HarrisMr. and Mrs. Justin S. HuscherPhillip and Frances Huscher

In memory of Irving B. HarrisIllinois Housing Development

AuthorityIn memory of Irving B. Harris

Scott D. Inbinder and Beth W. Inbinder

Larry and Donna James

Donors

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Edgar D. Jannotta, Jr. and Erika C. Pearsall

Syril and Don KarelRichard and Christine KargerAlan S. King and Sophia D. KingSteven Koch and Ellen

LiebmanIris and Ron KovarskyScott Kranzberg and Nancy

KranzbergSharon Kristjanson and

Erwin AulisJudy Langford and Bob V.

ThompsonAndy and Ellyn LansingJennifer and Joey LansingDavid LarsonLibby Lassiter and David BallLipschultz, Levin, & GrayJoanne LubinLawrence L. LubinPatrick and Gail LynchTimothy LynchAnthony R. Manno, Jr.Janina MarksMary and Mel Marks

In memory of Irving B. HarrisMayer, Brown, Rowe, and

Maw LLPMr. and Mrs. Richard A. MayerPeter and Peg MeislerAbner and Zoe MikvaJennifer and Jonathan MillerGary S. MissnerMr. and Mrs. Michael M.

MitchelIn memory of Irving B. Harris

J. Clifford MoosDavid E. Muschler and

Ann L. BeckerJudith E. NeisserArthur Nielsen, IIIKristen Nuelle

Samantha and George OlenikMichael O’MalleySusan and Edward OppenheimerJerry and Diane PekowRobert PerelmanMartin J. Perry and Barbara J.

WilliamsSara A. PfaffPolyphony PressPatricia and John PothKatharine RavenelRaul I. Raymundo and

Marialuisa KeaneRC2 Brands, Inc.

In memory of Robert FletcherRuth L. ReinerPearl H. Rieger and Mitchell

S. RiegerIn memory of Irving B. Harris

Harvey E. Rosenthal and Beverly A. Rosenthal

Carolyn L. SachsLeatrice Berman Sandler and

Stephen SandlerRaeanne and Robert SarazenLisa C. Schenkman and Gary

SchenkmanMr. and Mrs. Eric ScheyerGregory and JoEllen SchroedterDiane and Bud Schwarzbach

In memory of Stuart MusickJohn D. SellersArlene and Charles SemelIlene W. ShawAnna H. Siegler and Mark SieglerSam SilvioSusan and Bob Smith

In honor of Burt Kaplan’s birthday

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. StevensRobert Stillman and Janet Surkin

In honor of Dr. Billie W. Adams

Cathleen C. Stoelting and Curtis W. Stoelting

Roberta and Daniel SultanIn honor of Gloria Mack

Kenneth N. SundaresanMr. and Mrs. James H.

Swartchild, Jr.Ken and Kathy TalleringFrances E. Tuite and Simon R.

MeredithUnited Community BankChris and Linda B. ValentineAnne and Chip von WeiseAngela WalkerJohn G. Wallerius and M. Liz

WalleriusJulie and Jonathan WalnerRoberta Walsh

In honor of Amanda PerkinsDr. and Mrs. David WaxRuth and Sol WeinerBernard T. Westapher and Mary

A. WestapherLynn Westwater and Jay Brodsky

In honor of Sofia BrodskyMr. Robert WilcoxNancy Hamill WinterRebecca D. Ynocencio

In memory of Irving B. HarrisMichael C. Young and

Laurie B. Young

In KindASK Public StrategiesRichard BaerSue BairdBell, Boyd & LloydJudy BertacchiErlinda BinghayTia BookerMartin BronsteinJacolyn and John BucksbaumRobin Byster, M.A.T.

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Judith CartaPhil Cohen & AssociatesCrain’s Chicago BusinessDeb Daro, Ph.D.Niels DaleDard ElectricJeanette DibbleLorenza DiNataleDeborah FearsDelores FieldShari FrostDr. Armando GonzalesCarolyn GourashWilliam Harris Investors, Inc.Theresa Hawley, Ph.D.Tomacine Henek, Ph.D.Brad HoffmanJ. and L. Associates

Management, Inc./Leroy Jones

Yvonne JeffriesAnne and Burt KaplanDoris KirschnerKLB Group IncorporatedMattie LangenbergWendy MalinMary MayfieldRichard MervisHarriet and Ulrich MeyerBeth Michaels/Primer,

Michaels and Associates

Kathy MillerJudith Musick, Ph.D.Ms. Julie Nakagawa-BottcherJudith NeisserMaeve O’Shiel, LCSWMichelle D. PageParents in the Ounce of

Prevention Fund programsLynne and Paul PieperHelen RaikesDiana Mendley Rauner, Ph.D.Gladys Reyes, OTR/LAlexander RobinsonCarmen SchmidtSam SilvioElizabeth C. SmithPerry ThompsonKathy Ward-CameronMary V. WhalenSandra WilkesLin and Bob Zaremba

* Generous corporate sponsor of the 4th Annual “It’s Good Business to Investin Young Children” Luncheon

+Includes a generous sponsorship gift for the 4th Annual “It’s Good Business toInvest in Young Children” Luncheon

† Supporter through Chicago TribuneCharities, a McCormick Tribune Foundation Fund

Public Partners Chicago Public SchoolsIllinois Department of Children

and Family ServicesIllinois Department of Human

ServicesIllinois Department of Public AidIllinois State Board of EducationNational Endowment for the ArtsU.S. Department of AgricultureU.S. Department of EducationU.S. Department of Health and

Human Services

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