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What If We Spent Those Billions & Millions on Education Instead?
What if we spent those billions & millions on education instead? Billions of dollars and millions of hours have been spent on tomorrow’s election. Wouldn’t our country to in a better position if we...
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Harry Winston’s Hope Bracelet Benefitting “A Better Chicago”– Only 2 Left!
Recommended: A “Hope Collection Bracelet” by Harry Winston – the perfect present to someone you love and to strategically make life better for others. The Hope Bracelet Learn more about the bracelet...
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The Make It Better 2012 Philanthropy Awards
Yesterday was AMAZING! Seven MIBs (Make It Better staff), one photographer, one volunteer driver and a four-person TV crew caravaned across Chicago and through the North Shore delivering eight...
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Wise Philanthropy Made Easy
Woodland’s Academy Winter Wonderwalk Photo Tis the season to be a Wise Philanthropist. And we make it easy for you. The World English Dictionary offers this definition of “philanthropy”: 1. The...
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Highland Park Mom Raises Celebrities & Serious Money for Autism Speaks
Highland Park Mom raises celebrities and serious money for Autism Speaks through Oscar Night Red Carpet Gala and hope for other parents of autistic children. Teri Steinberg, her husband, and son Billy,...
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District 39 Kids + American Red Cross = Smart Philanthropy
Want a job done well, with heart and common sense? Give it to Wilmette Public School District 39 students and American Red Cross. As reported in the Chicago Tribune, District 39 schools raised $53,000...
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Learning From and Cheering Mark Falanga
Venture philanthropists and capitalists alike can learn from Mark Falanga. In only 1/1/2 years the MMPI President reorganized Chicago’s flagship property to return it to 96% capacity and exceed income...
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Keeping It Local – 2 Of The Top 50 US Philanthropists in 2012 Live, Work And...
Keeping It Local – 2 Of The Top 50 US Philanthropists in 2012 Live, Work And Give In Chicagoland Two of the 50 most generous philanthropists in the United States last year live, work and made their...
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Giving as Life Celebration
More and more, significant life events by the blessed with excess set — such as landmark birthday and anniversary parties, bar and bat mitzvahs and later-in-life marriages — are celebrated with...
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Ben Harper Helps LIFT Families Out Of Poverty
Please Join Me To Help LIFT Families Out Of Poverty With Rocker Ben Harper Photo courtesy of Ben Harper Please join me at Park West on April 10 for the LIFT Chicago benefit featuring rock star Ben...
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The Most Successful Givers
The most successful givers are those who rate high in concern for others but also in self-interest. They are strategic in their giving, according to Wharton Business School Professor Adam Grant,...
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Ben Harper LIFTs Chicago (and Me) Last Night
If you are a Ben Harper fan, you should also become a LIFT fan. LIFT is an innovative, fast-growing nonprofit with the mission to revolutionize how our society deals with individuals and families...
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Liam Krehbiel Scores 100% With A Better Chicago
Social Entrepreneur Liam Krehbiel Scores 100% With A Better Chicago Venture Philanthropy Fund It takes vision and courage to launch a new entrepreneurial concept in the business or philanthropic...
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Connections & Meaning
MIB Co-Founder Mindy Fauntleroy, Chief Creative Officer Cheryl Berman, Pat Noyes, myself, Raven Kane, Nick Noyes the Younger Connections and meaning reverberated around Chase Auditorium at the...
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Impact 100 Chicago Awards $100,000 to Umoja
Marybeth Lernihan Impact 100 Chicago, Lila Leff Founder of Umoja, Ted Christians CEO of Umoja and Michele Polvere, Impact 100 Chicago Impact 100 Chicago is a women’s philanthropic organization that...
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Fund Best Collaboration Practices to Grow Best Rehab Practices
“You have given money to an institution that gives life back to people who have had their whole life taken away… It’s much more satisfying to work with them than with politicians too.” – Senator Mark...
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Weave Yourself Into History and Connect With Great Women Through the Tiffany...
Everyone has a Red Cross story, be it through disaster relief, blood drives, volunteer opportunities or classes, the American Red Cross (ARC) is deeply woven into our society. It holds a significant...
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You are the Future of Philanthropy
You are the future of philanthropy. And the future looks like fun indeed. Everyone can be a philanthropist–by donating time, talent, or treasure to a cause which is dear to them. As Katherine Fulton...
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Philanthropy As Part Of Business DNA Means Better Bottom Line
Expert Bruce DeBoskey states in a Denver Post article: “By inserting philanthropy into the very DNA of a startup, entrepreneurs make community engagement an organic part of the organization. This...
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A Very Successful Male Proves That Men Need Women And Daughters Make Men Better
Wharton Professor and New York Times Sunday Magazine cover boy Adam Grant provides extensive data to prove that men need women and daughters particularly make men better in this article. It states,...
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