Image courtesy of NaturesMomentsuk/Shutterstock.com from Great Yellowstone Thaw As we grow to be the leading provider “ of the finest programming for generations to come, we need strong allies who share our bold vision.” James W. Mabie Chairman of the Board, WTTW | WFMT During a time when reliable sources for news and information are deeply needed Fundraising and valued, the mission of WTTW and WFMT is essential. You have known us Partners for more than 60 years as your destination for trusted, powerful content that crosses genres and platforms. With your help, we are Imagining More and

enthusiastically embracing the power of public media to enrich the lives of our 43% audience and make our community stronger. The Imagining More campaign launched in 2012 with the goals of: TRUSTEES

• increasing our ability to produce and share original programming, • building our financial and technological strengths to nimbly address 13% opportunities, and, • deepening our connection with the communities we serve. INDIVIDUALS (Non-Trustees)

Thanks to you, we successfully completed the campaign in the fall of 2018 after raising $65 million. Your generosity is an investment in mission critical 16% initiatives, a contribution to the future of public media, and a bold statement CORPORATIONS in support of our community.

Thank you for being a part of WTTW and WFMT’s bright future, 22%

FOUNDATIONS

Norman Bobins John Brennan Mark Hoppe 6%

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The Crown family’s transformational gift to the Imagining More campaign honors Renée Crown and her incredible contributions to WTTW and WFMT.

The Renée Crown Public Media Center celebrates this visionary who champions excellence, innovation, and accessibility in public media. more storytelling By imagining more, you helped us to grow WTTW’s national reach, pilot new WFMT programs, and increase our digital footprint with more local reporting and public affairs coverage, more original content across our sites and apps, and more digital-first series.

As our production capacity grows, so does our community’s access to high-quality content that inspires a sense of discovery and sparks curiosity. awards Two Daytime Emmy Nominations : Nature Cat Television Critics Association Award Nomination : Nature Cat Peter Lisagor Award : Making a New American Nutcracker Peter Lisagor Award : Urban Nature Chicago International Television Festival, Gold Plaque : My Neighborhood: Pilsen Two Midwest Emmys : My Neighborhood: Pilsen WorldFest Houston, Gold Remi : My Neighborhood: Pilsen Midwest Emmy : Brandis Friedman, Chicago Tonight Studs Terkel Radio Archive My Neighborhood: Pilsen

10 that Changed America Chicago Tonight Nature Cat Since 2015, Nature Cat has been seen more than 350 million times nationally.

Nature Cat averages nearly 10 million streams per month across all PBS Kids digital platforms.

Since the 2016 premiere, 10 that Changed America has been broadcast more than 10,000 times on PBS across 661 channels. WFMT’s 2018 Beach Party more possibility WTTW and WFMT work hard to find innovative ways to fund and distribute content on new platforms, reduce our environmental impact, and increase our efficiency. Ongoing technology improvements are critical to our ability to produce and share quality content today and in the future.

WTTW and WFMT’s endowment is an enduring revenue source that is vital to our long-term health as an organization. Our practice of designating realized and unrealized planned gifts pledged during the campaign to the endowment ensures it will continue to grow beyond the life of the campaign. Since 2012, the Newton N. Minow Founders Society has grown from 184 to 335 members.

$45.5 million

The endowment has grown by more than 68%, and donors have pledged an additional $10 million in bequest intentions. $27 million

2012 2018 There are six ways to enjoy Chicago Tonight: on air, on the WTTW website, via the WTTW app, on Facebook Live, on YouTube Live, 6 and via the Chicago Tonight podcast.

Chicago Tonight digital audience growth 70% increase in monthly video streams. 205% increase in monthly pageviews. Through a generous gift to the endowment, Chicago Tonight holds the first named staff position in our organization’s history, the Alexandra and John Nichols Chief Correspondent and Host. Veteran correspondent Phil Ponce is the first to hold this new position. The National Park Trust’s Kids to Parks Day at Channel Islands National Park 2017 more community During the life of the campaign, we reached thousands of people at documentary screenings and discussions, educational family events, and professional development opportunities for early childhood educators.

A community cornerstone of the Imagining More campaign was My Neighborhood: Pilsen. Residents and leaders of Pilsen shared their stories of change through WTTW’s original documentary, website, social media and public awareness campaign, and engagement activities. James Earl Jones Stokely Carmichael 5600 Langston Hughes Paul Robeson ConversationsCleve Jones Nora Ephron Tennessee Williams Mel BrooksMaria Callas Aaron Copland 5000 Sidney Poitier Buster KeatonReel-to-ReelJoan Baez

Truman Capote Truman James Baldwin Tapes Cesar Chavez Gloria Steinem Eudora Welty Ed Paschke Anna Mahler Arturo Toscanini Muhammad Ali Rita Moreno Martin Luther King, Jr. Maya Angelou Shel Silverstein Arthur C. Clarke Hunter S. Thompson Gwendolyn Brooks Elie Wiesel Frank Lloyd Wright

Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg Leonard Bernstein David Attenborough

e.e. cummings e.e. President John F. Kennedy our living history

The Studs Terkel Radio Archive at studsterkel.wfmt.com makes available Terkel’s extensive catalogue of interviews with pivotal historical figures and everyday working people. Innovative digital tools create unprecedented access for users to explore, share, and reuse Archive content. The podcast series Bughouse Square with Eve Ewing uses Archive content to spark new conversations.

The WFMT Tape Archive features interviews, lectures, and spoken word performances from a vast range of 20th century luminaries featured on the air between 1952 and 2000. The project’s benefits go far beyond historical preservation as WFMT hosts incorporate archival interviews into new programs. American Creed

Weekend In Havana more impact Thanks, in part, to our generous philanthropic partners, WTTW and WFMT serve as powerful engines for thoughtful and thought-provoking media. Your participation in the Imagining More campaign advances our mission in the present and ensures a dynamic future. Together, we will continue to ignite a love of learning, deepen understanding, broaden horizons, and connect people to the world around them—anywhere, anytime.

Crossing the finish line for Imagining More leads to a new beginning rather than an ending. Thanks to you, we are just getting started. As we cross the finish line of this campaign, we are “ well positioned for the future and will continue the spirit of Imagining More—more storytelling, more possibility, and more connection to our community. Join us!” Sandra Cordova Micek President and CEO, WTTW | WFMT WTTW Family Events imagining more donor honor roll

$2,000,000 and above Mr.* and Mrs. John Brennan Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust BMG Rights Management Capri Sun Northern Trust* The Crown Family* Joan and Robert* Clifford Dan and Julie Schmidt The Grainger Foundation Michelle L. Collins Shure Incorporated Sylvia C. and Arthur Heim and Family Jack and Sandra* Guthman Robert S.* and Sandra G. Silver Alexandra C.* and John D. Nichols Irving Harris Foundation The William & Phyllis Mack Family Foundation Van Eekeren Family, Founders of Land O’Frost* The Walter E. Heller Foundation, Roy J. Zuckerburg Family Foundation in memory of Alyce DeCosta David* and Connie Zyer $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 Mr.* and Mrs. Martin J. Koldyke The Davee Foundation Jim* and Kay Mabie $50,000 to $99,999 Richard*^ and Mary L. Gray Kara May Charitable Endowment Fund Anonymous (4) J. Thomas Hurvis and Caerus Foundation, Inc.* Rande and Cary* McMillan Charles Allen and Deborah Sherrock Dr. John G. Lease National Endowment for the Humanities: Caroline and John* Ballantine Fay and Daniel Levin* Exploring the human endeavor David and Luann Blowers Charitable Trust* Microsoft Corporation Grace A. Peskie Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson The Negaunee Foundation* Polk Bros. Foundation* Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Robert and Patricia Sypniewski Sage Foundation Denny* and Sandy Cummings Charitable Endowment Fund United Healthcare Maxine P. and W. James Farrell The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Mary and Mark* Hoppe Family $500,000 to $999,999 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation Anonymous $100,000 to $249,999 Studs Terkel Radio Archive American Medical Association Anonymous (2) Kickstarter Donors Mr.* and Mrs. William Gardner Brown Joel Friedman, President, Sheldon H. Marcus The Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation* Alvin H. Baum Family Fund Debbie and Reese Marcusson The Hamill Family Foundation Bobolink Foundation Sonia T. Marschak Library of Congress The Buchanan Family Foundation Peoples Gas Pritzker Military Museum & Library Susan and Leonard Feinstein Foundation Primary Care Progress The Segal Family Foundation* Marshall B.* and Laura D. Front Dr. Scholl Foundation William B. Hinchliff Bob and Linda Sullivan $250,000 to $499,999 MB Financial, Inc.* Matt and Joyce Walsh ALDI Judy and John* McCarter Mr.* and Mrs. James H. Wooten, Jr. Mr.* and Mrs. Norman R. Bobins, Judy and Scott McCue Elizabeth Yntema* and Mark Ferguson The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation Newt* and Jo Minow $25,000 to $49,999 $10,000 to $24,999 Chris* and Martha Abbinante Anonymous Anonymous (2) Patrick J. Bitterman Allstate Insurance Company* Duffie A. Adelson James A. and Ann B. Casey Linda Ballou and Jeffrey Fahrenwald Valerie* and Mike Alexander Daniel and Julie Dillon BMO Harris Bank* Robert H. Baum* Victoria* and Barnaby Dinges Braeside Foundation Nancy Clark Anne Gleason Jill Britton and Henry Borczyk Lew Collens* Paul and De Gray Mr.* and Mrs. Alan A. Brown Deborah DeHaas* and David Underwood Ami and David Handler Mr. James D. Firth* The Howard & Ursula Dubin Foundation* Margaret S. Hart Adele and Marvin* Goldsmith Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field V James R. and Paula Hellige Mr.* and Mrs. Michael Gonzalez Teri* and Chuck Frankiewicz Michael and Kathy Kielar Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Colleen and Lloyd Fry and the The Morris and Dolores Kohl Kaplan Fund of Robert* and Danielle Hamada Lloyd A. Fry Foundation The Dolores Kohl Education Foundation Harvard Medical School Center Henry and Frances Fogel Paul Lehman and Ronna Stamm Daniel J. Hyman,* Mr. Graham C. Grady* Kandace* and Eugene Lenti Millennium Properties R/E David and Tina Herpe The Lukasik Family* Mrs. Loretta N. Julian* Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Lauren K. MacDonald The Becca Kopf Memorial Education Fund, Colonel Stanley R. McNeil Foundation, Sandra* and Marc Micek established by Dan, Sara, Nancy and Ed Kopf Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Mr. Michael A. Pucker and Judy Lyzak M.D., MBA Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. McCaskey Mrs. Gigi Pritzker Pucker Jane and Peter* McNitt Joan and Paul Rubschlager Ms. Barbara G. Proctor* Mr. Kevin Newell David Schwimmer Mr. Julian G. Posada* Tom and Heidi O’Toole David Snyder* and Peggy Salamon Mary Ann and James Sisco Mark* and Lisa Pinsky Steve and Delores Sarovich Foundation Shawn and Kristin* Vogen Peter* and Alicia Pond Laura and Bob Watson, Katie* and Patrick Rooney in memory of Charles Benton Additional generous donors can be viewed Sodexo online at wttw.com/imaginingmore and Susan Stone and Jonathan Kahn Additional Gifts wfmt.com/imaginingmore. Gary Walther Anonymous (2) Robert J.* and Roberta L. Washlow Anonymous Volunteer

Soundstage : Regina Spektor imagining more committee

James W. Mabie, Chairman of the Board, WTTW | WFMT

Co-Chairs Honorary Chairs Norman Bobins* Richard Gray*^ John Brennan* Daniel Levin* Mark Hoppe* Newton Minow* Shirley Ryan* Vice Chairs David Blowers* President and CEO Michelle Collins Sandra Cordova Micek* Renée Crown* Denny Cummings* Deborah DeHaas* Marshall Front* John McCarter* Howard McCue Scott Serota Robert Silver*

*Trustee/Trustee affiliated organization | ^Deceased All content as of 9/27/18 In today’s rapidly changing media landscape, we “ are proud to be Chicago’s trusted partner for reliable content. This next phase of our evolution promises to give our audience more of everything you have come to love about—and expect from—WTTW and WFMT.” John Brennan Imagining More Campaign Co-Chair WTTW | WFMT wttw.com/imaginingmore | wfmt.com/imaginingmore

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