Our 2025 Donors
Thank you for supporting the WITS Mission$100,000+
$50,000 - $99,999
Stuart & Jesse Abelson Foundation Trust
Anonymous
GCM Grosvenor
Hunter Family Foundation
IMC Trading
Jackson Financial / PPM America, Inc.
$25,000 - $49,999
Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.
Bank of America
BMO Harris Bank
Chapman and Cutler LLP
CI Segall Bryant & Hamill
Exelon
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.
Harrison Street
McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
Polk Bros. Foundation
Morrison Warren
W.P. & H.B. White Foundation
Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation
$10,000 - $24,999
Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation
Sheldon Baskin & Judy Wise
BlackRock
The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
Simeon & Jean H. Locke Charitable Foundation
Lyon Family Foundation
Morgan Stanley
NASCAR Chicago Street Race
Joanne Nemerovski
Jennifer Alter Warden & Rob Warden
William Blair & Company, LLC
Stephanie & Scott Braming
CIBC
Deloitte
Jamie & Linda Garard
Diane Graham-Henry & Thomas Hall
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Jenner & Block
Jones Day
L&G - Asset Management, America
$5,000 - $9,999
Anonymous
Kathy & John Broderick
Douglas Buchler
Cboe Global Markets
Chicago Athletic Association hotel
William J. Clancy Foundation
Craig Close & Terra Ellingson
Carolyn & Steve Goldhaber
Barbara Goodman Manilow
Leonard Goodman
James P. and Brenda S. Grusecki Family Foundation
Lisa Jericho
John Martin & Stacey Turner
Devereaux Peters
Chris & Kaitlin Reimann
$1,000 - $4,999
Anonymous
Michael & Helen Arkes
Maria Arosteguy & Mauro Batisteza
Chris Barer
Susan Berman
Lee & Lisa Bloom
William Campbell
CNH Industrial
Sameer Datla
Stephen & Beverly O'Neil
Barbara Pace-Moody
Jacqueline Parisi
Pond Family Foundation
Pritzker Traubert Foundation
Revolution Brewing
Crystal & Franklin Reynolds
Development Management Associates LLC
William & Denise Drucker
Victoria Dvonch
John Ettelson
Good Treble Fund
Grant Gochnauer & Gabe Fontes
Mary F. Grumhaus and David D. Grumhaus Fund
Nathaniel Roberts
Burton & Sheli Rosenberg
Mark Rosenberg & Rachel Mikva
Sacks Family Foundation
Diane Sakai-Furuta
Sapiente Family Foundation
Christopher Schweitzer
Ramez & Katrine Hakim
Sana Hakim & Matthew Amann
Shana Hall
Health Care Service Corporation
K&L Gates, LLP
Luke & Megan Kiowski
Brett & Anne Klein
Amy Kovler
Benjamin Levi
Christina Self
Sheffield Chicago LLC
Matthew Sitek
Paul Sons
Matthew Stauber
Stephen Steiner
Bobby Steinsdoerfer & Rickie Trudeau
Ari & Lindsay Levin
H. Debra Levin
Robert Levin
Karen Lewis
June Maguire Ozmon
Christopher Mair
Michael McMillan
Nick Minear
Ashley Nawrocki
NXT Capital
Billy O'Donnell
Jeffrey Stojan & Maria Seimenis
Ryan & Emily Stoner
Candice Stumbaugh
Alexa Thomas
Moises Torres Page
Katherine Usiak
Richard Vance
Daniel & Julie Wheeler
$100 - $999
Vicki & Terry Abrahamson
Alexey Acevedo
Marco Acevedo
Alexander Acker
Harvey & Doris Adelstein
Matthew Advani
Penny Albert
Rachel Albert
Michael & Ellen Alter
Michael & Sarah Alter
Ashley & Benjamin Anderson
Adele Angers
Aon
Madonna Arredondo
Barbara Arsenault
Cullen Construction Management
Alexander Darden
John Davis
Donna de St. Aubin
Janet Deckenbach
Lisa Dedina
Bruce Denby
John Derwent
Alan & Esther Diehl
Michael Diem
Amy Dordek Dolinsky
Nina Dordek
Andrew Dorin
Joan Dresden
Richard & Caroline Druker
Nancy Dunkel
Margaret Dunn
Deborah Dyer
William & Stephanie Easom
Rita Edidin
Grace Egan
Winifred Eggers
Karen Eiten
Maria Ekern
Christina Ellis
Sang Ellis
Arthur Elstein
Lucile Krasnow
Rachel Krause & Adam Helman
Barbara Krugman
Sekua Kudumu
Kendal Kumzi
Amy Kurt
Aimee Lang
Michael Laskowski
Tena Latona
Dorothea & Jerome Lattyak
Leah Laurie
Kathleen Lechy
Caroline LeClair
Ken & Lucy Lehman
Tom & Erika Lekas
John & Jill Levi
Eric Levin
Carla Levin
Karen Levine
Nancy Levinsky
Trevor Levy
Evelyn Lewis
Kevin Li
Laurie Lieberman
Terry & Holly Light
Terri Lind
Kathryn Lloyd
Roger Lob & Nancy Heller
Matthew Logan
Joan Lovell
Amy Spachner
Martha Spatz
Naomi Stanhaus
Robert & Susan Star
Mary Ann Steinsdoerfer
Michelle Stevens-Colletti
Adlai & Nancy Stevenson
Meg Stone
Amy Sulkin
Kathleen Sullivan
Scott Sunko
Synchrony
David Augustyn
Autodesk
Teresa Backes
Olimpia Bahena & Mathew Rodriguez
David & Jane Baldwin
Carmelo Barbaro
Teisha Barfield
Jessica Bargnes
Michele Barkinge
Shivani Batra
Baxter International, Inc.
Alan & Mary Becker
Lori Bein
Ellen Belic
James Benjamin
Debbie Berman
Elizabeth Berry
Collete English Dixon
Wilfrengerard Esposo
Brian & Lisa Fabes
Lilly Farahnakian & David Silverman
Susan Feibus
Susan Feld
Patrick Finucane
Janet Fisher
Isak Fishman
Virginia Fitzgerald
Thomas Flavin
John & Stephanie Flynn
Lori & Bruce Fogelson
Eveart Foster
Julia Foxworthy
Heather Fraser & Steven Berry
Kieron Frazier
John Freechack
Paulette Freed
Meredith Freese
Robert Frentzel
Kristen Freund
Dustin Gahimer
Daniel Gallagher
Robert & Lee Ann Galowich
Howard & Cindy Garoon
Gail LovemanÂ
Misty LownÂ
Ethel MacGillÂ
Heather MacNeilÂ
Eva & Lynn MaddoxÂ
Josephine MadlerÂ
Maureen MageeÂ
Tracy MageeÂ
Christopher MargolÂ
James MarshÂ
Ann MayÂ
Ronald McCarthyÂ
James McCollÂ
The McCrone GroupÂ
Kylie McDonaldÂ
Patricia McDonaldÂ
Muffet McGrawÂ
Suzanne McNamaraÂ
Mallory McShaneÂ
Diane McTigheÂ
Richard & Barbara MelcherÂ
Steven & Karen MeyerÂ
Charles MeyersonÂ
Ronald & Patricia MillerÂ
Maureen MilletÂ
Gayle MindesÂ
Karol MollerÂ
Audrey Tatar
Susanne Taylor
Leslie Terbeek
Dana Terp
Michelle Tesch
Kimberly Tharin
Emma Thomas
Glenn Thomas
Rebecca Tripathy
Timothy Trotter
Garry Trudeau
Richard Trudeau
Nancy Tuck
Bill & Phyllis Turner
Kaila Turner
Alliance Bernstein
Mary Blankenheim
Ashley & Andrew Bloom
Andrew & Kate Bluestein
Frances & Keith Boatwright
Kevin Boatwright
Bonfire
Brian Booker
Thomas Botts
Martin Bozarth
Demi Brand
Anne Brandt
Andrea Brewster
Jan Brock
Laura & Russ Brown
Brooke Buchanan
Michael Gascoigne
Bridget Gaunt
The GE Foundation
Bob & Joyce Gettleman
Christina Gibson
Graham Gilbert
Amy Gjesdahl
Constance Goldberg
Timothy Goldberg
Alicia Gonzalez
David Gordon
Heather Gradowski
Green Thumb Industries
Benjamin Greenblatt
Alan & Carol Greene
Kimberly Griffin
Grant Griffitts
Kelly Griffitts
Michael & Ellen Gross
David Grossberg
Dorothy Grossman
Beverly Groudine
Ryan Grunewald
Shital Gupta
Bruce Hague
Amy Hall
Steven Molony & Jennifer Conboy Molony
Mary Lee Montague
Michael Monticello
Brian & Jennifer Morris
Jennifer Mosley
Atajah Mothershed
Stanley Moy
Vivian Myers
Andrea Nocchiero
The Northern Trust
Margaret O'Brien
John O'Connell
Nathan Odem
Natalie Opeka
Christine Orders
Michael & Maria O'Toole
Philip Palmer
Jessica Panza
Parson's Chicken and Fish
Daniel Pashman
Kristie Paskvan
Nancy Patterson
Howard Pattis
Michael Perry
Vujadin Petrovic
Sarah Petrovich
Susan Phillips
Matthew Tyler
Andrea Urban
Rosemary Van Domelen
Cynthia Van Tiem
Mary Jo Van Tiem
Patrick Van Tiem
Thomas Van Tiem
Scott Vanderbeek
Verde Associates
Visa Inc.
Gregory Visconti
Erika Vogel
Kathleen Waits
Elizabeth Wald
Kaifeng Wang
Sarah & Adam Buchler
Kate Burgess
Brian Burke
Camille Burnett
Burns & McDonnell
Kelsey Byron
Maureen Byron
Elizabeth Cannon
Lee Capps
Peggy Carlson
Austin Carpenter
Sojourner Carter
Karen Case
Samuel Cavender
Melissa Cerruti
Stuart Chanen & Julie Fenton
Aaron & Nichole Charfoos
Michael HalterÂ
Chas HamillÂ
Ted & Cynthia HandrupÂ
Kristen HardingÂ
Angela HarmonÂ
Kevin HarringtonÂ
Harris Associates LPÂ
Michael & Julie HarronÂ
Mary HartenianÂ
Patrick & Teresa HattonÂ
Elizabeth HauserÂ
Barbara HeathÂ
Deborah Hecht & Greg StewartÂ
Christie HefnerÂ
Stephen HelpernÂ
Brian & Mary HickeyÂ
Jean HiestandÂ
Sandra HindmanÂ
Jane HirtÂ
Callista HoffmanÂ
Melissa HohauserÂ
Heidi HoiumÂ
Gary & Debbie HolzmanÂ
Meyer HornÂ
Matthew & Heather HradekÂ
Justin HughesÂ
Emma Phillipson
Marla Philpot
Judith Piper
Piper Sandler Companies
Larry & Dorothy Pirovano
Susan Polachek
Thea Polancic
Elizabeth Pollock & John Zulueta
Katherine Porter
Jenny Prudhomme
Julie Raskin
Richard Raskin
Richard Reisin
Steven Remelius
Renee Rhyner
Katherine Ritsema
Stephanie Rivkin & Joel Sircus
Viki Rivkin
Sheila Roche
Ron & Jill Rohde
William Rollins
Mark Roman
Steven Romanchuk
Don Rose
Gracemary Rosenthal
Andrea Rubin
John Runger
Cheryl Rutenberg
Bradley Warden
Myron & Carol Warshauer
Warshawsky Family Philanthopic Fund
Amy Weinberg
Amy Weintraub
Glen Weisberg
Jennifer Wendorf
Patricia & Pete Werner
Elizabeth Westhoff
Carol Wetmore
Martha Wilke
Howard Winitsky
Toya Bates-Chatman
Jeanie Child
Garett Childs
Alyssa Choate
John Christman
Kathryn Clarke
Michael Cody
Steven Cohen & Mary Mikva
Kate Coleman
Howard & Anne Conant
Michael Connolly
Constellation
Theresa Cothern
Ellen & Chris Coury
Mary Craighead
Vincent Criscuolo
Hyatt Corporation
Lane Imberman
Lennox Iton
Katie Jackson
Michael Janssen
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
Linda Jenkins
Barbara Johnson
DuRand Johnson
Eddie Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Edward Johnson
Stephani Jones
Avi & Jami Josefson
Susan Joseph
Michael Kalasunas
Richard Kaplan
Laura Kaufman
Stephen & Loraine Kaufman
Michael Kennedy
Kathleen Kirby
Robin Klomparens
Brooke Knapp
Jay Koh
Sarah Kooperman
Nancy Kosobud
Jeremy Kotin
Joshua Kotin
Kimberly Kourelis
Gail Kovler
Spencer Krane
Rebecca Ryerson
Colleen Rynn
Glendyn Sakey
Benita Sakin
Paul & Bettylu Saltzman
Cathy & Joel Schneider
Maureen Schoenbeck
Schreiber Philanthropy Personal Fund
Jim Scott
Patrick Sheahan
Brody Sheldon
Kenneth & Nicole Shogren
Rachel Shuki
Gail Silver
Sandra Silver
Wendy Silverman
Joyce Simon
Brenda Skelton Bendtsen
Margaret Skelton
Cecelia Smith
Colleen Smith
Kelsey Smith
Katherine Sopranos
Ellen Soren
Lisa Sorich
Elizabeth Sorrell
Mark Woodall
Maggie Woodin
Eric Yeager
Larry & Susan Yellen
Yelp, Inc.
Sam Yudelovitch
Jason Zenk & Lisa Kastigar Zenk
Johanna Zorn
Adam Zysk & Carrie Beyer

