Our Partners

A note of gratitude to our community of partners

Our philanthropic community in Chicago and beyond demonstrates inspiring generosity in support of CPS students. Children First Fund remains grateful for your partnership as we meet our mission of providing a quality education to every Chicago student.

Thank you again for your support as we build on our academic progress and work together to create a more equitable and student-centered education system in Chicago.

Our Partners page currently reflects contributions from FY25 through the end of FY26.

Principal’s Circle ($1M+)

Dean’s List ($500,000 – $1M)

Anonymous Donor

Ambassador Rahm Emanuel and Amy Rule

Christopher Family Foundation

Amazon

Educator’s Committee ($100K – $499,999)

ALDI Batavia Division

The Baxter Foundation

Chicago Beyond

Chicago Community Trust

CME Group Foundation

ComEd – Commonwealth Edison Company

The Future Wanxiang Foundation

GCM Grosvenor

Google

Lefkofsky Family Foundation

Norfolk Southern

Obama Foundation

Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute

Polk Bros. Foundation

Relativity

Vivo Foundation

Student Council ($10K – $100K)

American Association for Cancer Research

Michael Alvarez and Family

AMT – The Association for Manufacturing Technology

Dennis and Joyce Black Family Charitable Foundation

Diane Brown Giving Fund

Thomas Barta

Bolhous Foundation

Books del Sur LLC

Bridgestone

Cabrera Capital

CF Industries Foundation

Chicago Children’s Museum

Chicago Sky Foundation

Cintas Corporation

Coonley Cares

The Covista Foundation

The Crane Foundation

Digital Promise Global

The James Dyson Foundation

First Book

Gene Haas Foundation

Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation

Illinois Manufacturer’s Association

KMPG

Adam Langsam and Family

Lohengrin Foundation

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

The Madden Family Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Maryanne Metz

Maryanne Metz

Motorola Solutions Foundation

Nuveen

Mauna Pandya

Edward J Phillips Foundation

Power Construction Company, LLC

Scholastic, Inc.

Rose Shure Charitable Trust

Spencer Foundation

Sprout Social

Steans Family Foundation

Synchrony

Abejide Toure

Janet Winter

Robin Yoshimura

Anonymous Donor

In-Kind Contributors ($10K+)

AdoptAClassroom.org

Ambius

Amcor

Baby2Baby

Back-2-School America

Cradles to Crayons

Democratic National Convention

GiveNKind

Green Standards

Heart of America Foundation

InspiredConsumer, Inc.

Lenovo

Museum of Science and Industry

National Science Teaching Association

Office Revolution

Operation Warm

Soles4Souls

State Farm

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