2015 Annual Report

2 President & Chairman of the Board’s Letter Celebrating Milestones

This fall marks a historic milestone for the Ounce of Prevention Fund: the 15th anniversary of Educare Chicago. From its roots in the Beethoven Project housed in the Robert Taylor Homes to the model of high-quality early childhood education that we know today, Educare Chicago has been pivotal to many of the advances the Ounce has made over the past 15 years.

Each year, 150 children from low-income families have access at the school to the high-quality early experiences that are the building blocks for success in school and in life. They play, learn, explore and investigate. They develop important social-emotional skills—confidence, curiosity, empathy, elf-s regulation. And most importantly, they learn that what they think, want and need matters.

It is not only children who gain at Educare Chicago. We all do. We partner with parents to build their own confidence as their child’s staunchest ally and biggest champion. We learn from our leaders, teachers and staff what is working and what to improve. We explore new ideas and approaches. We develop, test, learn and refine. And we showcase the impact of high-quality early learning to influence public leaders.

The impact of Educare Chicago is not limited to the 150 children and their families served each year. The impact is felt in all that we do at the Ounce.

2 As we think about early learning progress over the life of Educare Chicago— the past 15 years—we’re amazed. There has been more national attention on early childhood education, more work in developing early learning practitioners, a renewed focus on the importance of quality and a growing understanding of education as a continuum that begins at birth. In just this year, we’ve made significant strides in helping unlock the potential of the 6 million young children living in poverty in this country.

This is mission-critical work, and we cannot do it alone. We are proud to partner with other advocates, experts and researchers; with local, state and federal governments; with community-based programs and national organizations; and with business leaders, parents, philanthropists and all champions for young children.

In the coming pages, join us as we celebrate Educare Chicago’s 15th anniversary and learn how it has been a catalyst for so much growth in early learning over the past 15 years. To those of you who have been with us since the beginning of the Educare journey and those who have joined the adventure along the way, we are grateful for your support and look forward to achieving many more milestones together.

Diana Mendley Rauner Anne Lea Tuohy President Chairman of the Board

3 Fifteen Years of Progress

2000 2002

Opens first Educare school, a Begins to partner with advocacy national model for high-quality early organizations in other states to build their childhood education that narrows capacity to advance policies and increase the achievement gap, in Chicago. investments in birth-to-five programs.

2010 2009

Doubles the number Successfully advocates in Illinois for an increase in the of infants and percentage of early childhood funding spent on infant- toddlers served in toddler programs. the Ounce Early Along with the First Five Years Fund and other organizations, Head Start program successfully advocates for a new $4 billion federal through partnerships investment in early childhood education. with community agencies.

2011 2012 2013

Wins a federal $3 million A randomized control In his State of the Union address, Pres Investing in Innovation grant evaluation of the Obama calls upon Congress to expand for early childhood professional Ounce doula-home access to high-quality preschool for e development initiative. visiting model receives child in America. funding through Illinois’ application for a federal grant.

4 2003

Successfully advocates for a $90 million expansion of early education funding in Illinois.

In partnership with the Buffett Early Childhood Fund, establishes the Educare network of schools across the country. Educare schools are dramatically changing the life trajectories of thousands of children growing up in families facing the greatest obstacles to success—and changing the way America thinks about early education.

2007 2006

Launches the First Five Successfully advocates Years Fund to focus for passage of nationwide attention Preschool for All and resources on legislation in Illinois. comprehensive, quality early care and learning programs for children from birth to age five.

2014 2015 s, President Along with the First Five Years Fund Launches Achieve OnDemand online home o expand and other organizations, successfully visiting professional development. l for every advocates for new $650 million federal Early Head Start–Child Care Launches Lead Learn Excel leadership Partnership grant program. development program.

21st Educare school opens in Silicon Valley.

5 Strong Leaders, Strong Programs, Better Outcomes

Imagine if all 3.8 million children entering kindergarten each year were prepared for what lies ahead. There is a proven way to make that happen: Give all children access to quality early childhood education.

We know that strong early learning programs begin with strong leaders; we’ve seen this at Educare Chicago and early learning programs throughout our Head Start grantee network. It’s this simple truth that led us to explore what makes a strong leader. Funded by a federal Investing in Innovation grant, the Ounce worked with four early learning programs to understand the impact leaders can have and the levers they can use to improve child outcomes.

What did we learn? When leaders build organizations that support ongoing professional learning embedded in the day-to-day routine of their programs, they fuel more impactful teaching and learning in classrooms. And that, ultimately, leads to better child outcomes. In fact, we saw an increase of 67% in the number of classrooms providing high- impact teaching practices at the levels shown to improve outcomes for children.

Building on our success with the Investing in Innovation grant, the Ounce, with funding from Illinois’ Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge grant and in partnership with the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University, implemented our new Lead Learn Excel program over the past year in Illinois. Lead Learn Excel is helping early learning leaders strengthen the quality of their programs, as measured by the state’s quality recognition and improvement system, ExceleRate Illinois.

6 7 Lead Learn Excel was launched with an ambitious goal: Extend our work from four programs to support 250 programs throughout Illinois. Working with the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development, the Illinois State Board of Education and Illinois’ Department of Human Services, the Ounce recruited the first cohort that began the program this year.

The Lead Learn Excel program emphasizes three core concepts: leader excellence, professional learning excellence and instructional excellence.

Strong leaders drive strong outcomes. Research proves that instructional leadership and strong organizations are linked to improved teaching and child learning outcomes. We can have an exponential impact as each leader supports a team of teachers, who in turn each serve even more children.

I want to practice my new way of coaching immediately! Start a new way of asking probing questions, and develop creative and individual learning plans for teachers. The wealth of knowledge I’ve received from Lead Learn Excel has me excited about the rest of the school year and any challenge ahead. –Oriana Wilson, Edwards Center for Young Learners

Pulling teachers out of the classroom for siloed training days is not effective professional development. Professional learning as a part of everyday practice fuels continuous improvement. When teachers are encouraged to develop and learn, it feeds collaboration and instructional improvement.

8 Instructional excellence happens when leaders and teachers partner to intentionally plan how best to improve learning outcomes for children. Strong leaders guide teachers to consider children’s progress and to design learning opportunities that effectively promote each child’s learning and development. This leads to the kind of excellent classroom interactions and instruction that prepare children for kindergarten.

As we work intensively with local programs in this first phase of Lead Learn Excel, we will continue to develop shareable resources and tools to create the high-impact learning experiences that will ensure all 3.8 million children entering kindergarten are prepared.

Thank you to the generous donors who made this work possible: Alvin H. Baum Family Fund, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Crown Family, James P. & Brenda S. Grusecki, Harris Family Foundation, Northern Trust, Oscar G. & Elsa S. Mayer Family Foundation, Diane Rickles Pekow, Polk Bros. Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, Stranahan Foundation

9 Extending Quality, Strengthening Communities

A strong early learning program can have a ripple effect in the community, creating jobs, contributing to the economy and, most importantly, helping to increase access to quality early experiences beyond the walls of the school itself. These early learning centers act as quality hubs in their communities, positively impacting more than just the children and families they directly serve.

In 2000, the Ounce opened Educare Chicago, and it became a model of high-quality early childhood education. It informed policy and drove improvements throughout Illinois’ early learning system. Soon after, the Buffett Early Childhood Fund began developing the second and third Educare schools in Omaha, Nebraska and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From there, the national Educare network—a partnership between the Ounce and Buffett Early Childhood Fund—was born and now includes 21 schools.

Now we are extending high-quality practices even further. The Ounce, with assistance from the Irving Harris Foundation and the Buffett Early Childhood Fund, supported Educare organizations across the country in applying for new federal Early Head Start–Child Care Partnership grants. These grants help Early Head Start programs extend quality into local child care programs, benefiting children from birth to age three. Thirteen Educare organizations were awarded grants, reaching an additional 2,200 children with high-quality early learning.

The Ounce was also instrumental in fueling high-quality access in Illinois by partnering with schools across the state to apply for these federal grants. The city of Chicago was awarded the largest grant in the nation to serve more than 1,100 additional children and tapped the Ounce for technical assistance in building these partnerships.

10 11 With eight delegates in our own Early Head Start and Head Start grantee network, the Ounce is a leader in helping programs meet and exceed Early Head Start standards. Because of this, the city sought Ounce support with the programs that posed the most potential challenges in meeting the grant’s quality requirements: family child care homes. The Ounce was asked to provide training, guidance and practical tools to help these family child care homes—many of which had never been exposed to the level and depth of requirements like those of Early Head Start— meet the quality standards. The Ounce is working with several Chicago programs, including SGA Youth & Family Services, which was awarded funding to support 42 additional children across 11 family child care home programs.

In the case of SGA, the Ounce helped ensure it is organizationally equipped to take on the challenges of creating a network of family child care homes. We drew on our experience monitoring quality among our own grantees to help SGA create tracking systems to ensure its new partners are meeting Early Head Start standards.

What we are accomplishing with SGA and its partners is important work. SGA is embracing its new role, and the family child care homes are eager to learn and improve their early childhood practices. –Candice Percansky, Ounce project director

The Ounce is also providing hands-on support to the family child care homes in SGA’s new network. Many of the providers serve at least 12 children, ranging in age from birth to eight years. From how to set

12 up the space to the optimal ratio for infants and toddlers, the Ounce helped define what quality looks like for their youngest children and how to integrate that into a multi-age program. Most importantly, we trained the providers in delivering developmentally appropriate care that will help young children build the social-emotional skills that are the foundation of future learning.

Through Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships work, we are fine- tuning our knowledge of how to extend quality from a center out into the community. We continue to seek all opportunities like this to further radiate quality and reach every early learning program, ensuring all children are nurtured and inspired from birth.

Thank you to the generous donors who made this work possible: Buffet Early Childhood Fund, Irving Harris Foundation, Grand Victoria Foundation, Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Pritzker Children’s Initiative

13 The Ounce of Prevention Fund gives children in poverty the best chance for success in school and in life by advocating for and providing the highest-quality care and education from birth to age ﬁ ve.

14 15 Enhancing the Educational Continuum

Educare Chicago and schools throughout the nationwide network of Educare schools continue to prove that quality early learning increases children’s kindergarten readiness and gives them the skills and tools to be successful throughout their educational career. Yet research also shows that the gains made in early learning can be at risk when children enter the K–12 system.

An aligned approach to public education can close the achievement gap and sustain early education gains for our most vulnerable children. If schools provide children with consistently effective teaching and family support spanning the birth-to-college learning continuum, all children will benefit. But because of the complexity of the work, few school districts are implementing an aligned strategy effectively. We believe that there is a great deal of potential in an aligned approach and that if it is supported effectively, school districts can see positive gains. Birth-to-college alignment efforts launched at Educare Chicago came to fruition this year and fueled promising new activities and approaches.

In 2009, the Ounce and the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute (UEI) partnered to form the Birth-to-College Collaborative to provide families with access to seamless high-quality education from birth through secondary school. This year, we launched an online toolkit (www.theOunce.org/BTCToolkit) that captured learnings from this collaborative in a series of implementation guides and other resources that are designed to help schools and districts across the country undertake complex alignment work.

The Ounce and the UEI also held the inaugural Excellence in the Early Grades: District Leadership Summit in Chicago in late March. The summit highlighted innovative alignment models and district-level

16 17 policy and practice designed to achieve better student outcomes. After attending in-depth seminars and having opportunities to network with other committed local leaders, district education leaders—including superintendents, assistant superintendents and school board members— left with inspiring new ideas for approaching this critical work in their own districts.

This event was a huge success, bringing together more than 150 leaders from 18 states and 43 districts across the country. The response was overwhelmingly positive, with participants reporting that what they learned will help improve their alignment strategies.

The Ounce built on this momentum with hands-on consulting with districts on their alignment strategies. One example was in North Chicago. The Ounce was instrumental in helping North Chicago Community Unit School District 187 build its capacity to expand early childhood services. The district was awarded a Preschool Expansion

I believe this Birth-to-College Collaborative Toolkit is a valuable resource for groups across our nation trying to build or strengthen their comprehensive system of support for children and families. At this time in our P-21 journey, we no longer have to convince schools and communities that we need to align; I get daily calls with requests on “how to do it.” – Linda Sullivan Dudzic, special programs director for Bremerton School District, Washington

Grant to open the Green Bay Early Childhood Center to provide full- day preschool to 280 students. And with a grant from the Lake County

18 Community Foundation, the Ounce was able to initiate a community planning process and lay the foundation for an aligned early childhood community system to better serve North Chicago families.

Our work with the Early Learning Hub, Inc. in Marion and Polk Counties, Oregon is another example of the impact an aligned strategy can have. The Ounce engaged with the Early Learning Hub to support its implementation of a $4 million Kindergarten Partnership & Innovation Fund (KPI) grant. We provided support in educating school district leadership and key stakeholders on the importance of partnerships among elementary schools, early learning services, and families and the community. Recently, the legislature approved $5 million in new funding for the grant and increased the role of early learning hubs in implementing new state initiatives.

Thank you to the generous donors who made this work possible: Foundation for Child Development, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Lake County Community Foundation, Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Steans Family Foundation

19 Financials Preliminary and unaudited: year ended June 30, 2015

Revenue Expenses $4,322,398 (7)% $1,359,807 $15,930,114 Research and $4,268,005 (2%) (23%) innovation (7%) Other Federal External affairs $8,702,490 (15%) Building policies $69,504,777* and systems $58,063,819 Total Total

$9,066,879 $34,990,832 $15,322,486 (16%) (50%) (22%) Building professional Private State capabilities $31,704,047 $1,901,538 (55%) (3%) Direct work Local with children and families

*Per GAAP requirements, revenue includes restricted and multi- year pledges recognized in FY2015 and for which corresponding expenses will be incurred in subsequent years 90% 10% Program Administrative

Financial Position

$70M

$6,397,731 $60M Property, plant and equipment $ 10,700,070 $ 42,041,763 $50M Note receivable* Restricted net assets

$40M $25,344,290 Investments $30M

$26,117,059 $20M $24,511,832 Unrestricted net assets Receivables and pledges $10M $9,378,703 $8,173,804 Cash Liabilities $ $76,332,626 $76,332,626 Assets Total Liabilities & Net Assets Total * New Markets Tax Credit transaction for Educare Washington, DC

202020 Nurturing strong parent-child bonds across our Educare network, reaching

3,000 children and families daily

3,000+ program, community and opinion leaders educated

6M Advocacy children advocated for partners in nationally through the First Five Years Fund 17 states and Washington, DC

27,000 children and families Empowering parents nationwide served by and reaching center- and home- based early learning 4,000 professionals developed children and families by the Ounce through Early Head Start and Head Start and our network of home visiting and doula programs throughout Illinois

21 Ounce of Prevention Fund Donors

Lifetime Giving Polk Bros. Foundation Anne & John Tuohy The Ounce is proud to recognize the Rauner Family Foundation Voices for Illinois Children following donors for their significant Michael Reese Health Trust lifetime investment in the Ounce and Cari & Michael J. Sacks $100,000 TO $249,999 its mission to help all children achieve Steans Family Foundation Allstate Insurance Company their potential. W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Anonymous (2) Foundation AptarGroup Charitable Foundation $10,000,000 OR MORE Donna Barrows Buffett Early Childhood Fund $500,000 TO $999,999 Prue & Frank Beidler Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Anonymous Bloomberg Philanthropies Irving Harris Foundation The Chicago Community Trust The Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation Joan & Irving∞ Harris D & R Fund BMO Harris Bank W.K. Kellogg Foundation Robert Heaton Helen Brach Foundation Helen & Sam Zell, Heising-Simons Foundation Brady Education Foundation Zell Family Foundation Oscar G. & Elsa S. Mayer Terri & Robert∞ Cohn Family Foundation The Commonwealth Fund $5,000,000 TO $9,999,999 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Robert R. McCormick Foundation The David & Lucile Packard Educational Foundation of America J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Foundation Melissa Sage Fadim, Sage Foundation Family Foundation Catherine Siegel GATX Corporation Catherine & Howard Siegel James P. & Brenda S. Grusecki $1,000,000 TO $4,999,999 Stranahan Foundation Gustafson Family Charitable Alliance for Early Success Foundation/Patti & Allen Gustafson Anonymous (2) $250,000 TO $499,999 Julie & Parker∞ Hall Bezos Family Foundation Anonymous Rusty & Samuel Hellman Jacolyn & John Bucksbaum Susan & Steve Baird Illinois Network of Child Care CME Group Foundation Alvin H. Baum Family Fund Resource & Referral Agencies The Crown Family The Boeing Company (INCCRRA) Early Childhood Funders’ Cartwright Foundation Howard Ellsworth Jessen Collaborative/BUILD Nancy & Steve Crown The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Marilyn & Larry Fields Evanston Community Foundation Family Foundation Finnegan Family Foundation Richard W. Goldman Family Timothy & Elizabeth Landon Grand Victoria Foundation Foundation Liz & Eric Lefkofsky Harris Family Foundation/ Keith & Rodney Goldstein Martha∞ & Albert H.∞ MacLeod Linda & Bill Friend Illinois Children’s Healthcare Malott Family Foundation Caryn & King Harris Foundation Colonel Stanley R. McNeil Foundation Katherine P. Harris JPMorgan Chase & Co. David and Laura Merage Foundation Stephanie & John Harris Louis R. Lurie Foundation Paul Metzger & Sarah Bradley Toni & Dr. Ronald Paul John D. and Catherine T. PNC Bank Pam & Dr. Joseph Szokol MacArthur Foundation Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson The McCall Family Foundation Linda & Mike Simon Foundation Pew Charitable Trusts/Pre-K Now Visiting Nurse Association The Joyce Foundation The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund Foundation George Kaiser Family Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts The Oprah Winfrey Foundation Anne & Burt∞ Kaplan Pritzker Early Childhood Woods Fund of Chicago Harriet & Ulrich Meyer Foundation William & Kristen Woolfolk Northern Trust The Rothkopf Family Diane Rickles Pekow∞ Diana & Michael Sands Pittway Corporation Dr. Scholl Foundation

Charitable Foundation 222222 Consecutive Donors The Boeing Company Rick & Susie Mayer The Ounce is grateful to the Ellen & Laurence Bronska Gary Missner following donors for their long-time Jacolyn & John Bucksbaum Morrison Family Foundation commitment to the Ounce through Buffett Early Childhood Fund Laura & David Nadler consecutive annual donations. Sara Chaffetz Robert Perelman & Mary Lee Barker CME Group Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts DONORS FOR 20 YEARS OR MORE: Shari & Mark Coe, J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Billie Wright Adams, M.D. Coe Capital Management, LLC Family Foundation Donna Barrows Patricia Cox Diana & Bruce Rauner Mr. & Mrs. Donald Belgrad D & R Fund Raul I. Raymundo Blum-Kovler Foundation Kelly King Dibble Pearl H. Rieger Eloise Cornelius Lynn Donaldson & Cameron Avery Julie Roin & Saul Levmore The Crown Family Early Childhood Funders’ Harvey E. Rosenthal & Jim & Susan Florsheim Collaborative/BUILD Beverly A. Rosenthal Harris Family Foundation/ Lois & Steve Eisen Rothkopf Family Foundation Linda & Bill Friend Gail & Richard Elden Cari & Michael J. Sacks Caryn & King Harris Deborah & David Epstein Bettylu & Paul Saltzman Katherine P. Harris Erikson Institute Maggie & Eric Scheyer Stephanie & John Harris Marshall and Jamee Field Family Fund Jean Schlemmer Toni & Dr. Ronald Paul Marilyn & Larry Fields John & Ruth Sellers Pam & Dr. Joseph Szokol Jay & Phylis Frankel Ilene & Michael Shaw Irving Harris Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Charitable Trust Robert Heaton John & Weezie Gates Catherine Siegel Rusty & Samuel Hellman Thomas Geers Howard Siegel Edgar D. & Deborah∞ Jannotta Keith & Rodney Goldstein Cheryl & Craig Simon Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Lifton Grand Victoria Foundation Linda & Mike Simon Henry & Elsie Loeb Richard & Mary Gray Mr. Robert Stillman & Robert R. McCormick Sue & Melvin Gray Ms. Janet Surkin Foundation Cabray Haines & David Kiley W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Paul Metzger & Sarah Bradley Janet & Bob Helman Foundation J. Clifford Moos Illinois Action for Children Don & Pamela Neal Suter Northern Trust Justine Jentes & Daniel Kuruna Ken & Kathy Tallering Polk Bros. Foundation The Joyce Foundation Robin Loewenberg Tebbe & Jill & Ron Rohde JPMorgan Chase & Co. Mark Tebbe Dr. Scholl Foundation George Kaiser Family Foundation Coleman Tuggle & Deborah Daro Judy & Tom Scorza Anne L. Kaplan Nancy & Harry∞ Vincent Barbara & Walter Scott Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser Sheri & Sherwin Zuckerman Steans Family Foundation Donor Advised Fund Anne & John Tuohy W.K. Kellogg Foundation Bernice Weissbourd Alan & Sophia King Helen & Sam Zell Mary & Donald Kirwan Sherry & Alan Koppel DONORS FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE: Timothy & Elizabeth Landon Elisabeth & William Adams Fifi & Ron Levin Anonymous (4) Elaine & Donald Levinson Susan & Steve Baird Mr. & Mrs. John S. Lillard Linda & Robert Barrows The Malkin Family Judith G. Bertacchi Arthur Mead Martin John & Vicki Bitner & Oscar G. & Elsa S. Mayer Holly Bitner Duck Family Foundation

∞ Deceased 23 Annual Donors W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone The Ounce honors all our donors Foundation for their gifts, pledges and payments Stranahan Foundation this year from July 1, 2014, through William & Kristen Woolfolk June 30, 2015. $50,000 TO $99,999 Alvin H. Baum Family Fund $1,000,000 & ABOVE BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois+ Buffett Early Childhood Fund+ The Bluhm Family The Crown Family+ Charitable Foundation Finnegan Family Foundation BMO Harris Bank+ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Boeing Company+ W.K. Kellogg Foundation Jane & David Casper+ Pritzker Children’s Initiative Nancy & Steve Crown+ Rauner Family Foundation+ James P. & Brenda S. Grusecki Cari & Michael J. Sacks+ Rusty & Samuel Hellman+ Steans Family Foundation+ Oscar G. & Elsa S. Mayer Helen & Sam Zell+ Family Foundation Jacky & Michael Ferro, $500,000 TO $999,999 Paul Metzger & Sarah Bradley+ Sun-Times Foundation+ Irving Harris Foundation+ Polk Bros. Foundation Tom Gimbel+ The Joyce Foundation Sunshine Charitable Foundation+ Karen Z. Gray Robert R. McCormick Foundation+ $25,000 TO $49,999 Daniel P. Haerther Charitable Trust $100,000 TO $499,999 Allstate Insurance Company+ The Mary M. Hasten Foundation Anonymous (2) Anonymous David Herro & Jay Franke+ Susan & Steve Baird+ Prue & Frank Beidler+ Hannah & Gary Hirschberg+ Bezos Family Foundation+ The Brinson Foundation Anne L. Kaplan+ CME Group Foundation Jacolyn & John Bucksbaum+ Dolores Kohl Kaplan+ Early Childhood Funders’ Crain’s Chicago Business+ Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser Collaborative/BUILD D & R Fund Donor Advised Fund Marilyn & Larry Fields+ ITW+ The Lake County Community Richard W. Goldman Malott Family Foundation Foundation Family Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts Fifi & Ron Levin, Keith & Rodney Goldstein+ J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Goldman, Sachs & Co.+ Grand Victoria Foundation Family Foundation+ The Malkin Family+ Harris Family Foundation+/ Splash, A Chicago Sun-Times Rika & Joe Mansueto Linda & Bill Friend Publication+ Morrison Family Foundation Caryn & King Harris Trish & Glen Tullman+ Laura & David Nadler Katherine P. Harris Michelle & Anu Parekh+ $10,000 TO $24,999 Stephanie & John Harris PNC Bank+ Wendy & Jim Abrams+ Toni & Dr. Ronald Paul Rothkopf Family Foundation+ The J. R. Albert Foundation Pam & Dr. Joseph Szokol Lydia & Pat Ryan, Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Heising-Simons Foundation Ryan Enterprises Group+ Anonymous+ Howard Ellsworth Jessen Dr. Scholl Foundation Curt R. Bailey, Related Midwest+ George Kaiser Family Foundation The Seabury Foundation Donna Barrows David and Laura Merage Foundation Howard Siegel+ Rita & John Canning, Northern Trust+ Julie & Brian Simmons+ The Canning Foundation+ The David and Lucile Packard Linda & Mike Simon+ Chicago Tribune Media Group+ Foundation Irvin Stern Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Michael DeVan Diana & Michael Sands+ Ken & Kathy Tallering+ Anne & Don Edwards+ Catherine Siegel+ Tina & Byron Trott+ Fran & John Edwardson Anne & John Tuohy+ 24 + $5,000 TO $9,999 Rick Tuttle Joshua Rogers & + + James C. Allen Charitable Edward J. Wehmer, Wintrust Lesley Weisenbacher + Foundation Beth & Bruce White Patrick G. & Shirley W. Ryan + Anonymous (3) Tim Wichman Foundation + + Ariel Investments+ Sheri & Sherwin Zuckerman Michael A. Sachs + Judy & Tom Scorza Axiom Consulting Partners, LLC $2,500 TO $4,999 Will & Sandy Sterling+ Linda & Robert Barrows Ellen Alberding & Kelly Welsh+ Leah Taylor+ Carol Lavin Bernick Family Anonymous + Tod’s Foundation + Apollo Education Group + + Richard & Nadine Woldenberg Noelle C. Brock Baxter International Inc.+ + Colliers International Blum-Kovler Foundation $500 TO $2,499 + Michelle L. Collins William and Joan Brodsky Billie Wright Adams, M.D.+ + Erikson Institute Foundation+ Elisabeth & William Adams+ Barbara & James Ferry The John Buck Company Adler Family Foundation, Paula & Tim Friedman Foundation+ a supporting foundation + Jill Garling & Tom Wilson Dee Dee & Rick Chesley+ of the Jewish Federation + John & Weezie Gates Chicago Board Options Exchange+ of Cleveland + LaSalle Network Shari & Mark Coe, Pat Alberding+ + Leonard C. Goodman Coe Capital Management, LLC+ Leslie Alter+ The Grainger Foundation Eloise Cornelius+ Anonymous (12)+ + Anne Dias Griffin Patricia O. Cox+ Elizabeth & Henry Appelbaum + Cabray Haines & David Kiley Kelly King Dibble+ Arbor Investments+ Brad Henderson, DigitasLBi+ Robin & Thomas Armour+ + The Boston Consulting Group DiMeo Schneider & Mr. & Mrs. Donald Belgrad + Justine Jentes & Daniel Kuruna Associates, L.L.C.+ Susan & Christopher Bellmore + JPMorgan Chase & Co. DLA Piper+ Karen & Steve Berkowitz+ + Timothy & Elizabeth Landon Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP+ Susan Berman & Ray Cahnman+ + Elaine & Donald Levinson Deborah & David Epstein+ John & Vicki Bitner & Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Holly Bitner Duck + Hospital of Chicago Foundation+ Joan & John Blew+ + MacLean-Fogg Company Marshall and Jamee Field Family Fund Judy & Philip D. Block III + Rick & Susie Mayer Jim & Karen Frank+ Jeffrey A. Bluestone & + Janet & Andrew Miller Frequency540, LLC+ Leah Rosenkrantz Bluestone Sheila & Arthur Nielsen Susan & Herb Getz+ Norman & Virginia Bobins, The Robert + Sharon Oberlander Grant Thornton LLP+ Thomas Bobins Foundation+ + Peoples Gas Skip & Meg Herman+ Eleni & Jimmy Bousis Pierce Family Foundation Illinois Action for Children+ Mary & Carl Boyer + Michael & Tanya Polsky Mary Ittelson+ Amy & Clay Brock+ + Deborah & Stephen Quazzo Jefferies LLC+ Ellen & Laurence Bronska + Tom & Cece Ricketts Johnson & Bell, Ltd.+ Derek Brown & Deborah Hellman Manny Sanchez & Pat Pulido Sanchez, Martin J. & Patricia Koldyke+ Greg Cameron & Greg Thompson+ + Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP Learning Resources, Inc.+ Carroll Family Foundation + Jean Schlemmer Medix+ Robert M. Caruso + Cheryl & Craig Simon Alexandra Nichols+ Thomas R. Chatt & Jerry & Judy Spigal Nicor Gas+ George D. Scheideman III + State Farm Ruth O’Brien & Stuart Rice+ Myron & Harriett Cholden+ Robin and Sandy Stuart Fund Virginia F. Oviedo+ Mario Christopher+ + Don & Pamela Neal Suter Debra Pacchiano & Jeffrey Wagner+ Liz Cicchelli & Rob Buono+ Mr. & Mrs. William R. Tobey RMB Capital+ Kathleen & James Cowie+

+ Includes a generous sponsorship gift for the 14th It’s Good Business to Invest in Young Children Annual Luncheon ∞ Deceased 25 Scott & Denise Davis Edgar D. Jannotta+ John & Ruth Sellers Daniel T. and JMB Insurance Agency Michael Sennett Andrea S. Derrington Fund+ Climentene Jones, M.D. The Sheba Foundation Lynn Donaldson & Cameron Avery Laura & Eric Jordahl Dr. Juliet Siegel Dr. & Mrs. Peter E. Doris Karen & Matthew Kaplan Alisa & Howard Singer Angela M. Duff Christopher Kerns Louise K. Smith Michael & Judy Duhl Dr. Mona Khan & Mr. Shobi Khan+ Jan Starr+ Eliza & Timothy Earle Anne Kimball & Peter Stern Tammy & Eric Steele Teri J. Edelstein & Neil Harris Alan & Sophia King+ Mr. Robert Stillman & Lois & Steve Eisen+ Mary & Donald Kirwan+ Ms. Janet Surkin Gail & Richard Elden Nancy & Rik Kohn Ellen & Jim Stirling+ Laurel Elzinga+ Sherry & Alan Koppel+ Art & Rita Sussman Deborah Engle Kay Krehbiel+ Emanuel Tabachnik Sylvia Fergus Peggy & David Kubert+ Robin Loewenberg Tebbe & Jean I. Foley Tracie L. & Larry B. Kugler Mark Tebbe+ Lula M. Ford+ Kathleen A. LaPorte Coleman Tuggle & Deborah Daro Jeffrey J. Foreman, M.D. Frances & Elliot Lehman+ Chris & Tasha Vallace+ The Fortnightly of Chicago Susan Levinson+ Jamie & Brian Vandenberg+ Jay & Phylis Frankel LightKeeper Pro+ Amy & Ken Vellieu Charles Fred+ Mr. & Mrs. John S. Lillard Karen & Herb Wander+ Regan & Philip Friedmann+ Tom & Lodi Main+ Charles & Ruth Watts The Froy Family Arthur Mead Martin+ Bernice Weissbourd+ Chad & Trisha Fugere Martha & Richard Melman Robert & Maria Westropp Alyce Fuller Michael & Maureen Moore Beth & Rich Wexner+ Sally Garon+ Kim & David Mulligan Gregory White & Virginia & Gary Gerst+ Clare Muñana Leslie Davis+ William J. Gibbons Linda K. Myers+ Iris Witkowsky Dale & David Ginsburg+ National Louis University Carol & Edward Wroble Mr. & Mrs. Stanford Goldblatt+ Janis W. Notz Laura Yaeger Jeannette & Jerry Goldstone+ Gail & Jared Nourse Ronna & Steven Zoll+ Beth Gomberg-Hirsch & Susan S. Novy+ $1 TO $499 Austin Hirsch+ Penny & Bill Obenshain+ Elaine & Floyd Abramson Andi & Jim Gordon, Susan & Ted Oppenheimer Carol Adelman The Edgewater Funds+ Diane Patience Rachel Albert Shelley Gorson and Bruce & Deborah Pfaff Ann Alvarez Alan Salpeter Family Fund Doug Poirier+ Lindsey Alves W.W. Grainger, Inc. Christine Pope+ Karen Gatsis Anderson Richard & Mary L. Gray The PrivateBank+ Mary & Paul Anderson Sue & Melvin Gray Jim & Katie Pursley Heather Y. Anichini Rachel & Devin Gross+ Raul I. Raymundo+ Anonymous (26) Maxwell Gunnill+ David & Bonnie Rickles Louella Aquino Martha I. Gutierrez+ Eve Rogers+ Rick Aspan Donald Hahn Jill & Ron Rohde Aurora University Anne & Hall Healy Julie Roin & Saul Levmore+ Laura Bailyn & Nicholas Diamand Robert Heaton+ Margot & David Rosenbaum+ Fran Baker Susan & George Heisler Bettylu & Paul Saltzman+ Bank of America Merrill Lynch Janet & Bob Helman Maggie & Eric Scheyer Phillip Barengolts David & Monique Hoffman+ David & Jamie Schwartz+ Drs. Kenneth Barron & Howard Isenberg Barbara & Walter Scott Katherine Kimbrell Melissa Jaacks Karen & Chris Segal+

26 The Rev. Jennifer Theresa & John W. Curtis, Jr. Baskerville-Burrows Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Daugherty Margaret Batkiewicz Melissa K. David Michael Bechtel Annie Davis Christine & Michael Benoit Debbie Decker Richard Benson Steph Degodny Marjorie Craig Benton & Katie Diggins Charles Benton∞ Rosalie Dixler Bereans Molly Duffy Jean & John Berghoff Andy & Janet Ingraham Judith G. Bertacchi Dwyer Julia Bikbova John Eddow Helaine A. Billings Michael & Kathy Elliott Lexis Blitstein Jack J. Elsey, Jr. Sandra Bloom Emmi Solutions Leslie Graham Lauren Bollini Elizabeth England Alison & Gerald Greenberg Susan Bondurant Lee Ellen & Larry Eppley Joyce & Russell Greenblatt Brett Bonnet Holly & Larry Erlich Joseph Gregoire Don & Nancy Borzak Marion & Burt Fainman Nanette & Irvin Greif, Jr. Kathleen Boyle Barbara Feig Laurel D. Greiman Jane & Eddie Brandwein Carole & Al Feiger Ginger & Hollis Griffin Tom Brean Marquia Fields Ellen & Marvin Gross Carol R. Brite Fern Finkel Cornelia Grumman & Jim Warren Jill Britton Naomi & Arnold Fisher Ellen & Ed Gualtieri Taffy Brokemond Celine Fitzgerald Marjorie E. Habermann Penny Brown & Jeff Rappin Zoë & Ziggy Floriani Christina Hachikian Halina Brukner & Philip C. Hoffman Jim & Susan Florsheim Amy Haggarty Blakely & Harvey Bundy Aimee Foreman Jessica Schwartz Hahn Ann & Dick Burnstine Nathan Foster Gabriel Hakim & Laura Franklin Rachel Burstein Cheryl & Zed Francis Sana Hakim Cheryl & Robert Byron John Frank Bob & Jen Hall Maureen K. Byron Emily Friedman Dr. Vinni Maria Hall Megan & Mike Canfield Madelon & Roger Fross Peggy Hamil Sarah Cantrell Donn Gasner Christa Hamilton Catherine Carabetta Thomas Geers Larry & Vicki Handwerk Marci Carl Elisabeth O. Geraghty Tom & Nancy Hanson John & Mary Jo Carlson Eric Gershenson, Collaboration Lynn Harris Mary Ellen Caron for Early Childhood Care & Corey & Melissa Harrison Sarah Carton Education Bronwen & Warren Haskel Mamie & Greg Case Kelly Ginley Sally Havlis Danielle Maltzer Cassel Lesley Glasgow Thomas W. Hayes Cellar Angels LLC Robert & Linda Glick Kathryn Hempel & Curt Warner Sara Chaffetz Ethel & Bill Gofen The Hertwig Family The Chicago Public Education Fund Paula & Sam Golden Barbara Hertwig Mawiyah Coates Linda & Wayne Goldstein Lori A. Hess The Reverend Daphne Cody Eric Gomoll Gail Hodges Shara Cohen Caroline Goodson Sarah & Brett Holcomb Carol & Steve Collier Judy Gordon David Holmes Clare & Matthew Colnon Barbara & Robert Graham Elizabeth Hopson Gail Conway Laura Graham Patricia Horsch

+ Includes a generous sponsorship gift for the 14th It’s Good Business to Invest in Young Children Annual Luncheon ∞ Deceased 27 Karen & Tom Howell Jen Lane Landolt William Montgomery Maria de Santaren Hubbard Corissa Landphair Matt & Lucy Moog Kirsten Ekdahl Hull Linda M. Lane J. Clifford Moos Kaitlyn Hwang Jessica Lanford Eve Moran Jesse Ilhardt Ali Lange Penni Morganstein & Robbie Ingrassia Julie Lasin Willa Umansky Tiffany & Jeremy Irving Latino Policy Forum Corinne S. Morrissey Darrell B. Jackson Laughing Acres Family Foundation Joseph Morrow Andrea Jacobs Alexis Lavko Rajiv & Bela Moté Ted R. Jadwin & Sarah LeBlanc Michael Msall Ellen J. Morris Ralph R. Leslie David Muschler & Ann Becker Jasleen Jaswal Alice & David Letvin Kit & Sally Narodick Allissa Jaurais Lisa Levens Dr. Steven Nasatir John & Krissan Jennings Jill & John Levi Mohamed Ndoye Andrew Jesse Susan & Donald Levy Wendy Negron Lea Jesse Valerie Lewis Kerri L. Neis Deena John Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Lifton Kathryn Nelson Heather Jane Johnston Henry & Elsie Loeb Rebecca Newman Lily Kanter Mary & Charles Lofgren Patricia O’Keefe Ronald S. Katch Renee Low Wendy & Jason Olt Kelsey Kates Susan & Stuart Lucas Thomas G. Opferman Mr. & Mrs. Y. Kawamoto Claudia Luebbers Maureen O’Rourke Mr & Mrs. Dennis Keller Nancy & Maurice Marcus Dana Parisi David Kempner Marillac St. Vincent Family Services Michael A. Parker Sara Kempner Mary & Melvin Marks Robin & John Parsons Jennifer Kew Stephanie & Jonathan Marks Genie & John Parzakonis Tom Kilroy Peggy Martay Eva & Bill Pearson Mary King Janet Maruna, INCCRRA Marshall Peck James F. Kinoshita & Shirley & Walter Massey Staunton Peck Merrillyn Kosier Linda Matthew Nicki Pecori Ralph Kinser Sheila S. Matuscak Mandy Pekin Matthew Morton Klein Courtney Mayster & Robert Perelman & Anne Klingeberger Elizabeth Houlihan Mary Lee Barker Steven Koch Christopher McAdam Cheryl Kogut Caroline McCarthy Kohl Children’s Museum Lucinda & Michael McClain David Korde & Family Ivy McDaniel Bob Kornecki McKnight Kurland The Kramon Family Ariana L. Melendez Nancy & Rick Kreiter The Blythe & Christopher S. Krueger David Mendelson Biju Kulathakal Family Fund Laura Kunberger Marc & Laura Mengel Christine Kupfer Metropolitan Family Services Paul & Carla Labriola Peggy & David Miller Michael Ladi Talia Miller Robin Lake & Rich Lesperance Barbara & Larry Millman Dr. Brittany Lakin-Starr & James Mills David Starr Michael T. Miske Kelly Lambrinatos Gary Missner

28 Janet Peterson Lisa Snow & Franco Turrinelli Marilyn & David Wittenberg Francessca Phillips Martha Solomon Ellen K. Wondra Michelle Pinkert Carol S. Sonnenschein The Wrigley Family Susan Polachek Elizabeth Sonnenschein Amie & Brian Wrubel Robin Porter Sharon & Michael Stein WTTW and WFMT Eric Prezant A. Stengel, Abselet & Company Xiaorong Wu Clara Prouty Susan Stewart YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago Carole Pyle-Weaver Liz Stiffel Joan C. Young Trish Rademacher Julie & Bob Stracks Mary A. Young Carol Rawls-Miller Jessica Strausbaugh Mr. & Mrs. Hossein Youssefi Chris Rhudy Thelma Leola Sturgis Rickie Yudin Jordan Rickles Connie & Howard Sulkin Roberta B. Zabel Pearl H. Rieger Mikela Sutrina Karolyn & Marvin Zelkin Adam Rife Andrea H. Swank In-Kind Donors Marilynn & Chuck Rivkin Terri & Allan Sweig Adler Planetarium Jessica Roche Jaqueline & Bob Tacher Anne-Marie Akin Harvey E. Rosenthal & Elaine Taussig & Thomas Duston AOL Beverly A. Rosenthal TeamWorks Media Baby Center Barbara Rosenwald Joan & Ken Thompson Bloomberg Olivia Bea Ross Foundation Amy S. Timm Bump Club and Beyond Tim & Carol Rounds Amy Topel Mary Jane Chainski Lisa Salvatore Nathan Tornow Chicago Children’s Museum Elizabeth Samuels Natalia Torres Chicago Public Library Andrea Sandler Paul Tough & Paula Shapiro Chicago Public Schools Carolyn Saper Jennifer Towbin & Dorian Guerra Chicago Tribune Media Group Rachel & Luke Saunders Linda & Walter Trittipo Philip R. Cohen + Associates, David A. Scamardo Stephen Turow Architects and Planners Daniel & Marcy Schlessinger David Umansky Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation Owen Schnaper The United Neighborhood Crain’s Chicago Business Ellen Averick Schor Organization Division D Laurent Schor University of Chicago GI Fellows Dynamic Solutions Group Melissa Schumacher Karen Ury Deborah Epstein J. Schuster Fund of the Jewish Eric Vaandering The Field Museum Community Foundation Linda Vander Weele Garrett Consulting Dennis & Jeannie Scully Isabel Vazquez Go Consulting, LLC Nancy Searle Joseph Victor Google Laurie Sedio Matilda Walker Groupon Daniel Shannon & Roberta L. Washlow Growing Power Deborah Hagman-Shannon Jackie Waugh Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Ilene & Michael Shaw Justin Weddle Hospital of Chicago Charitable Trust Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Weichselbaum Yvonne Jeffries Kate M. Sheehy David Weindling Leroy Jones, J&L Associates Pam Sheffield Richard Weininger Management, Inc. Nancy Shier Emily Wells John A. Logan College Susan Silver Betsy Westhoff MessageOps Rick & Bonnie Singer Julie & Dan Wheeler Microsoft Suzanne Sitrin Robert L. White Maeve O’Shiel Jennifer Skok Jon Wier Parents in the Ounce of Prevention Marcia Slomowitz Joyce Wilson Fund Programs Arden & Charles Small Kate Winston Gail Kern Paster + Includes a generous sponsorship gift for the 14th It’s Good Business to Invest in Young Children Annual Luncheon ∞ Deceased 29 Amaniyea Payne John & Mary Jo Carlson Richard Weininger Salesforce Melissa K. David Iris Witkowsky Michael & Judy Duhl Marilyn & David Wittenberg Sheppard Mullin Michael & Kathy Elliott Roberta B. Zabel Spaces For Play, Inc. Marion & Burt Fainman Karolyn & Marvin Zelkin Splash, A Chicago Sun-Times Barbara Feig In memory of Al Rosen Publication Carole & Al Feiger Lily Kanter Emily Friedman Michelle Talbot In memory of Joyce Skoog Elisabeth O. Geraghty Teachstone Daniel T. and Andrea S. Lesley Glasgow Derrington Fund Jill Pilate Thompson Robert & Linda Glick Tom & Nancy Hanson U.S. Cellular Judy Gordon Carole Pyle-Weaver Barbara & Robert Graham VMware In memory of Sugar Gordan Laura Graham Scamardo Pritay Washington Alison & Gerald Greenberg David A. Scamardo Ginger & Hollis Griffin In memory of Harvey Spigal Public Partners Marjorie E. Habermann Bronwen & Warren Haskel Jerry & Judy Spigal Chicago Public Schools Sally Havlis Illinois Department of Children Susan & George Heisler In Honor Of and Family Services Barbara Hertwig In honor of Billie Wright Adams Illinois Department of Gail Hodges Ted R. Jadwin & Ellen J. Morris Dr. & Mrs. Peter E. Doris Human Services Lily Kanter Corinne S. Morrissey Illinois State Board of Education Ronald S. Katch Mr. Robert Stillman & US Department of Agriculture Mr. & Mrs. Y. Kawamoto Ms. Janet Surkin Thelma Leola Sturgis US Department of Education Tom Kilroy David Korde & Family In honor of Susan Baird US Department of Health and Nancy & Rick Kreiter Julie & Dan Wheeler Human Services Linda M. Lane In honor of the Howard & Mary & Charles Lofgren Sylvia Baskind Library Claudia Luebbers Anonymous Tribute Gifts Nancy & Maurice Marcus In honor of Norman Bloch Courtney Mayster & In Memory Of Anonymous Elizabeth Houlihan In honor of Noelle Brock Peggy & David Miller In memory of Liselotte Goldwasser James F. Kinoshita & James Mills John Eddow Merrillyn Kosier Penni Morganstein & A. Stengel, Abselet & Company Christine Pope Willa Umansky Cheryl & Craig Simon Kit & Sally Narodick In honor of Jacolyn Bucksbaum In memory of Allen Green Dana Parisi Anonymous Lily Kanter Diane Patience Shelley Gorson and In memory of Margaret S. Haenel David & Bonnie Rickles Alan Salpeter Family Fund Lexis Blitstein Jordan Rickles Laurel D. Greiman The Blythe and David Mendelson In memory of James Henry Marilynn & Chuck Rivkin Family Fund Bereans Barbara Rosenwald Melissa Jaacks Rick & Bonnie Singer In honor of Marlow Colvin Lucinda & Michael McClain In memory of Thomas Merritt Arden & Charles Small Maureen K. Byron Martha Solomon In honor of Phil Cooper Tammy & Eric Steele Jane & Eddie Brandwein In memory of Maxine Nianick Sharon & Michael Stein Lexis Blitstein In honor of Nancy Crown Susan Stewart Pearl H. Rieger In memory of Madeleine B. Paley Julie & Bob Stracks Anonymous In honor of Holly Erlich Terri & Allan Sweig Deborah Engle In memory of Diane Pekow Jaqueline & Bob Tacher In honor of Janice Feinberg Anonymous (6) Joan & Ken Thompson Anonymous Christine & Michael Benoit Linda & Walter Trittipo Jill Britton Jean & John Berghoff David Umansky Don & Nancy Borzak University of Chicago GI Fellows In honor of Marilyn Fields Jane & Eddie Brandwein Karen Ury Greg Cameron & Penny Brown & Jeff Rappin Joseph Victor Greg Thompson Ann & Dick Burnstine Charles & Ruth Watts Linda Matthew

30 Eve Rogers In honor of Kate Siegel Alisa & Howard Singer Sherry & Alan Koppel Beth & Rich Wexner In honor of Cheryl Simon In honor of Lula Ford Elizabeth Samuels Eve Moran In honor of Linda & Mike Simon In honor of Bill Friend Anonymous Elaine & Donald Levinson Barbara & Larry Millman Susan Levinson Genie & John Parzakonis In honor of Andy & In honor of Suzanne Spiegelman Mary Jo Fryde Anonymous Eve Moran In honor of Don Suter In honor of Charles Gofen Robin & Thomas Armour Ethel & Bill Gofen Chris & Tasha Vallace In honor of Keith Goldstein In honor of Anne & John Tuohy Sarah Carton The Reverend Daphne Cody In honor of Rachel Gross Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Daugherty Elizabeth Samuels Virginia & Gary Gerst In honor of Rusty Hellman Larry & Vicki Handwerk Mary & Paul Anderson Anne & Hall Healy Janet & Bob Helman Karen & Tom Howell Christopher Kerns In honor of Nikki Humenick Laughing Acres Family Anonymous Foundation In honor of Ann Kirwan Arthur Mead Martin Mary & Donald Kirwan Daniel Shannon & In honor of Jeanette Kross Deborah Hagman-Shannon Linda & Mike Simon Liz Stiffel In honor of Kathleen Laporte In honor of Rebecca Woan Anonymous Ellen Averick Schor In honor of Olivia Mazursky In honor of Joseph & Jane & Eddie Brandwein Elizabeth Wetzel In honor of Kay Mabie Margaret Batkiewicz Anonymous In honor of Ina & Murray Manaster Linda & Mike Simon In honor of Bryce McGinnis Martins de Souza Susan & Stuart Lucas In honor of Ellsie Quinn Moore Michael & Maureen Moore In honor of Eileen Moran Eve Moran In honor of Isabel Polsky Stephanie & Jonathan Marks In honor of Diana & Bruce Rauner David Herro & Jay Franke Gregory White & Leslie Davis In honor of Dick Rothkopf James C. Allen Charitable Foundation In honor of Cari Sacks Sally Garon In honor of Rabbi Yael Saidoff The Kramon Family In honor of Diana Sands Linda K. Myers In honor of Jean Schlemmer Kathleen Boyle

31 Greater Illinois Offices, Partners & Sites Easter Seals Children’s Development Center

One Hope United Waukegan Stephenson County Health Department YWCA of Rockford LAKE MICHIGAN Rockford Family Focus— DuPage Children’s Home + Aid IOWA Sycamore Teen Parent Connection

VNA Health Care Aunt Martha’s Riverdale Site Catholic Charities of the Family Focus—Aurora Davenport Archdiocese of Chicago/ Will County Health Department Jadonal E. Ford Center for First Step Child Care Center Child Abuse Council Aunt Martha’s Parenting Programs Administration Aunt Martha’s Park Forest Center

Children’s Home Peoria Association of Illinois

Bloomington Children’s Home + Aid Society Aunt Martha’s Center for Children’s Services ILLINOIS INDIANA Champaign Sangamon County Community Elements Department of Public Health Ounce Administrative Offi ce Springfi eld

Fayette County Health Department

St. Louis Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center United Methodist Children’s Home

MISSOURI

KENTUCKY

32 Metropolitan Family Chicago Offices, Partners & Sites Services

Christopher House New Moms, Inc. One Hope United

Edgewater Center Children’s Place Assocation Advocate Illinois Masonic Family Center Medical Center Casa Central Early Learning Academy Children’s Place Association Home Visiting

CHICAGO LOOP Children’s Home + Aid VIVA YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago West Side Healthy Beginnings Marillac Social Center Ounce Administrative Offi ce

Family Focus— Lawndale CHICAGO

Pilsen Wellness Center Unidos Formando Un Futuro

One Hope United Bridgeport Child Development Center II One Hope United Bridgeport Child Development Center I

SGA Youth and Family Services

Centers for New Horizons Dawson Center

Ounce Administrative Offi ce

Educare Chicago Healthy Parents and Babies

YWCA of Metropolitan Metropolitan Family Services Children’s Home + Aid Chicago Young Parents Englewood Center Program

Family Focus—Englewood

33 National Office, Partners & Sites as of September 2015

First Five Years Fund

Operational Schools Advocacy Partner States

PARTNERS SCHOOLS NATIONAL OFFICE Arizona Nebraska Arizona (Phoenix) Oklahoma City Washington, DC California New Mexico Atlanta Omaha at Kellom Colorado New York California at Silicon Valley Omaha at Indian Hill Florida Oklahoma Central Maine (Waterville) Seattle Georgia Oregon Chicago Tulsa at Kendall-Whittier Kansas Washington Denver Tulsa at Hawthorne Illinois Washington, DC Kansas City, KS Tulsa at MacArthur Louisiana Wisconsin Lincoln, NE Washington, DC Maine Miami-Dade West DuPage Michigan Milwaukee Winnebago, NE Mississippi New Orleans

34 Board of Directors

Irving B. Harris* ∞ Marilyn Fields Cari B. Sacks Founder Marquia Fields Manuel “Manny” Sanchez Lula M. Ford Diana Sands Anne Lea Tuohy Bill Friend Jean Schlemmer Chairman of the Board Tom Gimbel Catherine M. Siegel* Billie Wright Adams, M.D. Keith Kiley Goldstein Harrison I. Steans Curt R. Bailey Caryn Harris Anne Lea Tuohy Susan Baird David A. Helfand Helen Zell Denise A. Bunning Marcia “Rusty” Hellman Honorary Founding Directors David Casper Alan King Paul Metzger* Mawiyah Coates Timothy J. Landon Bernice Weissbourd Eloise H. Cornelius Virginia F. Oviedo Deborah Daro, Ph.D. Francessca Phillips Past Board Chairs Kelly King Dibble Isabel Navarrete Polsky, M.D. Robert Heaton Mary N. Dillon Raul I. Raymundo Norm Katz ∞ Joyce Skoog Derrick W. Dukes, Jr. Dick Rothkopf* ∞

Ounce Affiliate Board

Hannah Bloom-Hirschberg Lea Jesse Staunton Peck Megan Canfield Sara Kempner Cheryl Simon Annie Davis Dan Kuruna Jessica Strausbaugh Rachel Gross Alexis Lavko Amy S. Timm Cabray Haines Christopher D. Miller

Executive Team

Diana Mendley Rauner Cynthia Stringfellow Eli Rosario President Senior Vice President, Vice President, Educare Learning Network Finance Sarah Bradley Chief Operating Officer Susan Ben Janelle Weldin-Frisch Vice President, Information Vice President, Claire Dunham Technology and Management Training Senior Vice President, Programs and Training Barbara Hoffman FIRST FIvE YEARS FUND Vice President, Anita Puri Development Kris Perry Chief Marketing Officer Executive Director Ann Kirwan Tony Raden Vice President, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Partnerships Research and Policy Initiatves Amy Lusk Elliot Regenstein Vice President, Senior Vice President, Educare Learning Network Advocacy and Policy *Past Board Chair ∞ Deceased 35 For more information about the Ounce of Prevention Fund, please visit theOunce.org. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest.