EMPLOYEE MATCHING GIFTS
Many employers will sponsor matching gift programs and will match any charitable contributions or volunteer hours made by their employees. To find out if your company has a matching gift program, please enter your employer’s name in the form below.
- Ask your human resources department about your company's matching gift policy.
- If your company participates, send the completed form to WITS with your donation.
- Your company sends the matching gift to WITS once they receive our verification.
Please mail all gifts and forms to:
Working in the Schools (WITS)
150 N Wacker Dr Ste 1120
Chicago, IL 60606
WITS's tax identification number is 36-3891846.
If you have questions, contact development@witschicago.org.
According to data from The Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), based on testing from Spring 2024, only 31% of elementary school students in Chicago Public Schools are proficient in reading.
By the end of the school year, 71% of WITS students had met or exceeded the national standard for reading level proficiency in their grade level, compared to 39% at the beginning of the school year.
Seventy-five percent of WITS Kindergarten teachers reported that their students had developed specialized reading interests throughout the year, an increase of more than 30% from the beginning of the year.
Eighty-four percent of WITS students reported that they liked reading books for fun at the end of the school year, up from 68% at the beginning of the school year.
At the end of the school year, an average of 90% of WITS students reported feeling good or very good about spending time with their mentors.
OUR IMPACT
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books
Each year, WITS gives 10,000 books to students and teachers to build libraries. This initiative directly addresses the book-ownership gap affecting low-income families.
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students
WITS impacts the lives of over 3,200 students annually through mentorship and book-granting programs.
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mentors
WITS activates over 500 mentors annually in our corporate engagement programs and volunteer opportunities.
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grants
WITS offers 100 grants to Chicago Public School teachers annually, enabling them to purchase books for their classroom libraries that cater to their students' interests.
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companies
WITS facilitates literacy-based mentorship programs for over thirty Chicago companies, providing meaningful and consistent corporate engagement opportunities.
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schools
