Led by the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago, the city’s business and civic community responded to Mayor Daley’s call to action.  A $2.5 million challenge grant from the Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust spurred an unprecedented level of support of this bold effort to transform Chicago’s public schools.  Some donors have chosen to give anonymously.


Platinum Star - Investors of 2,000,000 and Above
Exelon Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Northern Trust  John and Jeanne Rowe
The Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust The Walton Family Foundation, Inc.


Gold Star - Investors of $1,000,000 to $1,999,999
Anonymous The Boeing Company
The Chicago Community Trust Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago
  Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
CME Trust JPMorgan Chase
Financial Investments Corporation McDonald's Corporation and Ronald McDonald House
McCormick Tribune Foundation    Charities
Polk Bros. Foundation Pritzker Foundation
Rauner Family Foundation Sara Lee Corporation
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP  


Silver Star - Investors of $500,000 to $999,999
Abbott The Allstate Corporation
AT&T Bank of America
Ernst & Young Fortune Brands 
Grosvenor Capital Management Harris N.A.
HSBC – North America Illinois Tool Works Foundation
Kenilworth Families Renaissance Schools Partnership  Kraft Foods 
Madigan Family Foundation Mayer, Brown LLP 
Motorola Foundation Sears Holdings Corporation 
Sidley Austin LLP W. W. Grainger, Inc.
Woodley Road Neighbors  


Bronze Star - Investors of $250,000 to $499,999
Anonymous Chicago Board Options Exchange
Judd Enterprises, Inc. Kirkland & Ellis LLP
KPMG LLP  Peoples Gas
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP  Reyes Holdings, LLC
John W. Rogers, Jr United Airlines
USG Corporation Walgreen Company
Winston & Strawn L.L.P  


Honor Roll
Anonymous Azteca Foods, Inc
John and Kathleen Buck  The Canning Foundation 
Citigroup Foundation Frank and Vera Clark
Corn Products International, Inc. Crain's Communications
Crate and Barrel Downtown Partners Chicago
The Edgewater Funds Evans Food Group Ltd.
Keller Group, Inc. Leo Burnett USA, Inc. 
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Mesirow Financial
Molex Incorporated Nuveen Investments
Reuters Ryerson Foundation
Schwarz Paper Company Tim Schwertfeger and Gail Waller
UBS AG U.S. Bank
William Blair & Company Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation

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