Nourishing Hope
Founded in 1970 as Lakeview Pantry, Nourishing Hope came to be known as one of the largest, most respected, and longest continually operating food pantries in Chicago. Today, Nourishing Hope provides free food, mental wellness counseling, and other social services, such as job and housing assistance, to people throughout Chicago.
Misericordia
Misericordia is a Catholic Charity of the Archdiocese of Chicago with the mission of providing a quality of life for their residents with mild to profound developmental disabilities, many of whom are also physically challenged. While serving society’s most vulnerable citizens, Misericordia also serves the families who want the best for them, yet cannot provide it at home. Through a spectrum of residential options on its 37 acre Chicago campus and in the community, and with a wide variety of programs, Misericordia currently serves more than 600 children and adults residentially, from diverse racial, religious and socio-economic backgrounds. Misericordia works toward a bright future where persons with disabilities achieve maximum independence and realize their greatest potential – in an environment of dignity, challenge, respect and spirituality.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of Chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, education, science, and conservation. Lincoln Park Zoo uses science to evaluate, evolve, and improve animal care and welfare. Its team of more than 40 scientists combines fieldwork and labwork for a holistic approach to saving species around the world. And the zoo fosters connections between people and the natural world by co-creating programs with partners in Chicago neighborhoods.
als.COMMUNITY
als.COMMUNITY is a first-of-its-kind place to connect for people living with ALS, those who love them, and those who support them. More than just a source of information, als.COMMUNITY is a dynamic space where people come together to share experiences, build relationships, and make life better for one another by building a Community to meet, support, share, learn, love, and change lives.
Grant Park Music Festival
GLG is honoring our clients this month with a donation to the Grant Park Music Festival. For more than 90 years, the Festival has been the epitome of summer in Chicago, demonstrating that classical music performed by a world-class orchestra and chorus can have a transformative impact on the city. The Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park is the Festival’s official home, where Chicagoans and visitors can come together, enjoy a picnic, and experience world-class performances—with free seats available for every concert.
Chicago Public Library
Since first opening its doors in 1873, the Chicago Public Library has served all Chicagoans with free and open places to gather, learn, connect, read, and be transformed. Its 81 locations throughout the city’s diverse neighborhoods provide important spaces where people come to improve their lives, nourish their intellect, and savor entertainment.
Impact for Equity
Impact for Equity is committed to addressing the structural racism and systemic oppression that has led to inequities and injustices, particularly for people and communities of color, in Chicago and Illinois. An innovative public interest law and policy center, Impact for Equity utilizes a combination of legal tools, policy research, advocacy, organizing, and convening to work towards transformational change.
Dedicated to advancing nuanced solutions to pressing racial, economic, and social justice issues, Impact for Equity’s work is focused on housing, police accountability; and the criminal legal system. It leads and supports efforts to dismantle systems of injustice, create structures that empower communities, and reduce harms caused by racism and oppression.
Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal is a national organization that is committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and those with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work. Since Lambda Legal’s founding in 1973, its lawyers have won precedent-setting civil rights cases on everything from marriage equality to expressions of gender identity to healthcare discrimination.
Chicago History Museum
A major museum and research center for Chicago and U.S. history, the Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration and civic engagement. Through dynamic exhibitions, tours, publications, special events, and programming, the Museum connects people to Chicago’s history and to each other. To share Chicago stories, the Museum collects and preserves millions of artifacts, documents, images, and other items that are relevant to the city’s history.
The ACLU of Illinois
The ACLU of Illinois has been the principal protector of constitutional rights in the state since its founding in 1926. The ACLU of Illinois (ACLU), and its affiliated Roger Baldwin Foundation (RBF), are non-partisan, non-profit organizations dedicated to protecting the liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, the state Constitution, and state/federal human rights laws. The ACLU accomplishes its goals through litigating, lobbying, and educating the public on a broad array of civil liberties issues. The ACLU’s advocacy is legendary in the areas of racial justice, religious liberty, freedom of expression, the rights of children and people with disabilities, criminal justice reform, fairness for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender individuals, and reproductive justice.