Our Supporters

The Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance and the Chicago Park District are grateful to the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust for its Challenge Grant in support of the renovation of the Conservatory’s Elizabeth Morse Genius Children’s Garden.  Additional support has been received from the Public Museum Capital Grants Program, Illinois department of Natural Resources, Illinois State Museum.

The Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance is currently raising funds to complete the Challenge Grant and begin renovations on this year-round Children’s playscape in the Conservatory.  For more information on this project, please contact Jennifer Van Valkenburg, CEO & President at jvanvalkenburg@garfieldpark.org (773) 638-1766 x 12.

Contributions through June 30, 2024:

$750,000 – $1,000,000

Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust 
TIF Funding
DCEO State of IL
IDNR Museum Capital Grant 

$100,000 – $500,000
Anonymous (2)

Builder’s Initiative

Donald R. Wilson Jr. Family Foundation

Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation

IMC Chicago Charitable Foundation

Invest For Kids

Paul. A Levy and Mia Park

Nancy Dee Brandes

 

  

$25,000 – $50,000 

Anonymous  

Bank of America  

Estate of Dr. Gwendolyn D. Rogers  

GCM Grosvenor   

John A. Shea  

Peoples Gas   

Peter and Alicia Pond  

Polsinelli   

Prince Charitable Trusts  

Tanya and Michael Polsky 

Sacks Family Foundation

$10,000 – $24,999 

Anonymous

Mary Clare and Joe Bonaccorsi

Elinor Escamilla

William Escamilla

Franklin Philanthropic Foundation

Samuel and Ann Mencoff

John W. Rogers Jr.

Steve and Mary Jo Schuler

Michael and Liz Slovitt

William Blair and Company

  

$5,000 – $9,999 

Anonymous

Ann Marie Arden

David Bacon and Nancy Silver

Bank of America

Alan M. Bell Charity & Associates

Carlene Blumenthal

Amy Rule and Rahm Emanuel

Diana Palomar

The Higgs Family Foundation

 

$1,000 – $4,999  

Anonymous
Barbara A. Carney and Paul F. Engleman
Sara and Luke Blanshard
Harvel L Miller Family Foundation
Jack and Sandra Guthman
Amanda Williams and Jason Burns
Alexander Itkin and Miriam Novack
Reggie and Miriam Moore
Gina and Terry Mullen
Aaron and Diana Robinson
Gabrielle and Nick Sainati
Jennifer and Bob Van Valkenburg
Allison Bacon
Anna Haghooie
April Sedall
Blair Price
Brian Hindman
Chicago Trading Company
Christine Betsill
Daniel Restrepo
Erika Summers
Jocarno Fund
Henry Krasnow
John Harris
Julian Caracotsio
Karl Vogel
Laura Ferrell
Marla Kreindler
Michael Alter
Peter Schlossman
Thomas Ehrhart
Todd Brazda
Vanessa Hall
William Carroll

 

  

$500 – $999 

George Bailly
Linda Brummer-Welsh and Micahel Welsh
Amy Carbone
Meghan Connett
Dwayne Corcoran
Lynn Gendleman and Dr. Mark Gendleman
Dr. Betsy Gidwitz
Kendal Gladish
Gail Holmberg
Benjamin Ilhardt
Kris Johnson
Elizabeth T. Kane
Marla Kreindler
The Lumpkin Family Foundation
Shari Massey
Mary K. Nelson
Karena Nelson
William T. Rice and Janice Woodruff
Julia Sarron
Jessica Wain
Eugene Wedoff
Sean Wolter
Kara Yokley
Michele Zucker

  

$250 – $499 

Djana Martin
Patrick and Lora McGuire
Katharine O’Connor
Katie Panning
John and Donna T.  Patterson
Justin Peart
Patti Plagge
Kristin Pollock
Gene H.  Price
Marilyn Richards-Jackson
Mark Richman
Julia Robinson
Adena Rose
Mary and John Splude
Jennifer Stanovich
Adam Stein
Peter Vale
Christy Van Brunt
David J.  Varnerin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wagner
Barbara Weiner
Carolyn Williams-Meza

 

$1 – $249 

Rachel M Abajian
David Abell
Paula Adams
Conrad Akier
Joslyn Allison
Sue Altmann
Carol Anderson
Robert and Emily Anderson
Anonymous
Emilia Arellano
Saba Ayman-Nolley
Patrick Bader
Alexandra Barabanova
Katherine Barnash
Brittany Barnes
Claire Bartlett
Sierra Bartlett
Marie T. Bartolotta
Elizabeth Basile
Jennifer Bathgate
Debbie Becker
Emily Beckman
Jim Beckwith
Jennifer Bell
Ellen Bell
Brandon Belle
Ari Bendersky
Carol Bernstein
Sean Bernstein
Anjali Bidani
Ann and Gerald Bjurman
Claire Blakemore
Bernard and Nancy Blayer
Ada Bleecker
Cori Blum
Greg and Martha Blus
Cecilia Boomer
Mary L Borysewicz
Sue G Boyer and Ken Boyer
Liliana Bradford
Anna Brazel
Richard and Patricia Brey
Kathrina Briones
Jelene Britten
Judy A. Brooks
Tonya Brooks
Ahmmad Brown
Carol Jean Brown
Jeffrey Brown and Ashley Phillips
Janet Brown
Danita Browne
Nancy Bubula
Nancy Buik
Nora Burgess
Candace Butera
Robin Butler
Rachel Cahan
Sheila Cahnman
Brian Cahoon
Gloria Callaci
Susan Camasta
Mary Carlson
Nicole Carlson
James Carper
Rosemary and Robert Carroll
William Carroll
Eileen Carruthers
Connie Catellani
Charissa Chao
M Pilar Charmoli
Judith Chrisman
Irene Clancy
Jennifer Clar
Melissa Clark
Sheila Clark
Tim and Erin Classen
Alexandra Coffee
Erica Colangelo
Rebecca Coleman
Ruby Collins
Claire Connelly
Maia Connors
Diane Coral
Edward Corcoran
Lacey Cordero
Colin Cordes
Carole J. Cosimano
Kat Crawford
Julie Cross
Annette D’Anna
Karen Daniels
Shelby Daniel-Wayman
Judy Dasgupta and Dr. Tapas Dasgupta
Rupa Datta
Laura Davies
Ken Davis
Dwayne Davis
Al De Reu
Patrick and Pamela E Deady
Renee DeFour
Valeria Del Villar
Michelle DeMent
Elizabeth Denholm
Alisa DePedro
Samantha Deuchler
Jami DeVolver
Julie Dietz
Kathryn Dittemore
Kenneth Dossett
Sasha Doyle-Weiss
Christina Drouet
Daniel Duan
Ryan Duffy
Stephanie Dufresne
Marjorie Dugrot
Lee and Rebecca Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Trina and Paul Eifert
Mitsubishi Electric
Kelsey Elliott
Betsy Elsaesser
Arthur Elstein
Michael Ericksen
Danielle Estes
Roberta G. Evans
Boo Fagan
Noble Family
James Farillo
Marilyn B. Ferdinand
Barbara Ferguson
Kathleen Fieweger
Mark Finger
Sarah Follmer
Brice Ford
Emma Frankel
Gerald Freedman
David Freeman
Catherine Friedman
Jeremy Frisch and Allison Channon
Meghan Fritz
Christopher Fry
Carolyn and Lawrence Gaber
Paul N. Garcy
Martin Gawne
Rebecca and David Gemperle
Christy Gerges
Rami Ghannam
Crystal Givens
Margaret Givhan
Patricia A Glatz
Alison Glickman
Cecilia Goertzen
Mary Gorman
Vidya Govind
Erica and Dale G. Granchalek
Jennifer Grant
Maureen Graves
Tilo Greenbaum
Carol Greene
Joyce M Greening
Emily Gregor
Kate Grossman
Dave Gucciardi
Gail Gudmundsen
Heidi Gustard
Arthur Hansen
Pamela Hartnell
Emily Hathcoat
Harriet Hausman
Tara Havlicek
Kaleen Healey
Ann Heaton
Marissa Heffler
Carole Heiman-Kezios
Esther Helding
Kathleen Henrikson
Elizabeth Hereford
Dr. Valerie Herr
Joyce Hill and Liz Schultz
Debbra Hill
Raschele Himalaya
Juan Hindo
Greg Hinz
Denice Hizel
Ashley Holman
Raymond Holpuch
Alan Hommerding
Kitty Hopper
Jeremy Hornik
Lizabeth Huey
Jocelyn Hurley
Syed Husain
Ruth A Huston
Peter Irwin
Christine Ivy
Chris Jabin
Kristine and Daniel James
Jennifer Jankowski
Nora Jaskowiak
Ryan Jensen
Cheryl Johns
Bari Johnson
Holly Johnson
Klare Johnson
Marta Johnson
Sandra Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Betsy Johnston
Emma Juettner
Ben Kaczmarski
May Kaewken
Fasukuwa Kamanda
Philip Kaplan
Devorah Kaufman
Sheila Keeshin
Leroy H. Keiser
Emily Keller
Janet Keller
Zach Kelly
Magdalena Kipiniak
Ryan Kirby
Matthew Klinger
Bruce Klink
Mary E. Kmet
Sherri Kovar and Mary Jean Kraybill
Poornima Krodel
Chris Lambert
Dirk and Mary B. Landis
Mia Lansford
Cindy Larson
Janet Lawrence
Diane Lawrence
James Lee
Alexa Lee-Hassan
Jonathan Levin
Lawrence Lindisch
Sarah Litow
Amanda Logan
Julie and Daniel Long
Brian Lowenberg
Kevin Lustrip
Sabrina Lynch
Jaquelin Lynn
Kathleen Macko
Alexander Mailhot-Beutel
Krista Majewski
Thomas Mallidi
Joan Marasovish
Janet Martin
Maggie and Mario E. Martinez
Doretta Marwin
Lee Mason
Philip Matsikas
Allie Mattingly
Tracy Mayfield
Elly McCarthy
Kevin McDonald
Anne McDonough
Mary McInnis
Mary Kate McIntyre
Katherine McMillen
Mary McPolin
Lisa McWeeny
Jean Mellinger
Melissa Meredith
Diane Meyer
Melissa Mickey
Walter and Leslie Mikol
Laura Milewski
Chris Miller
Dan Miller
Kimberly Miller
Ellen Moderhack
Pat Monnelly
Aida S. Montano
Catherine Morris
Samantha Mowrer
Gale Munson
Carolyn Murray
Cecelia Myers
Todd Nadenichek
Ximena Narvaja
Sarah Nash
Donald Nekrosius
Lisa and Victor Neneroff
Katherine Nolan
Franklin Nussbaum
Katherine O`Brien
Katherine O’Brien
Mary O’Connell
Virginia O’Malley
Nathaniel Orr-Depner
Kelsey Orsini
Tammy Owins
Tania Pacheco
Lakshmi Palakurthy
Jessica Pasato
Mehul and Reema Patel
Maria and Kenneth Peterson
Jeff Petertil
Elizabeth Phelan
Elizabeth B. Phillips
Gina Piccioni
Irene and James Pillars
Joan Pomaranc
Maureen and Larry Powers
Margaret Pratt
Dr. Richard Prinz and Mrs. Lori Prinz
Jennifer Ptak
Brian Quistberg
Therese Radke
Preethi Raghupatruni
Arnold Randall
Terri Reardon
Melody Reels
Ashley Remegi
Teresa Reuter
Kathleen Rice
Noma Richardson
Sharon Ricksecker Brauer
Patricia Rink
Elena Rizzo
Joanne Rizzo
Karen Roddie
Angela Roderick
Matthew Rodgers
Diane Rodriguez
Victoria Rodriguez
Renee Roeschley
Julie Rose
Robert Rosen
Susan Rosendahl
Laura Rosholt
Max Rothstein
Andrew Rowe
Eunita Rushing
Tanya Sadagopan
Beth and Ralph Sair
Diane Sakai-Furuta
Aaron Schaer
Brian and Susan Schanning
Ellen Schubert
Jenn Schumacher
Andrea Schwartz
Susan H. Schwartz and Charles P. Schwartz
Carrie Schwarz
Janet Seefeldt
Rich Sekulovski
Mary Senn
Gina Sennello
Julie Shapiro
Jeanine Sheehan
Rachel Sheinkop
Jason Sheperis
Cara Sherrard Blesch
Karen Shimmin
Edie Showel
Carol Shuford
Ellen Shwatal
Alina Sigmond
Alina Sigmond
Leslie B. Simon
Annie Simpson
Linda Simpson
Lindsay Sisti
Wan Situ
Ranell Sleman
Barbara Slivnick
Meika Slotsema
Mairita Smiltars
Abigail Smith
Erin Smock
Haris Sofradzija
Emily Souza Rutkowski
Mary Spyropolous
Jean Stapleton and Krista Friedman
Katherine Steere
Mary L. Stewart
Marie Stringer
Tom and Betsy Stringer
Amy Strong
Mosmi Surati
Dominic Surya
Joseph and Laura Svik
Kenneth Swiatkowski and Valerie L Schoen
Aurora Taber and Kevin Plattner
Lynn and Thomas Taylor
Rose Taylor
Vernell Taylor
Brad Teckenbrock
Dr. Poonam Thaker
Lois and Brian Thiessen Love
Caroline Thomas
Jeanette Thomas
Jesse Thomas
Gail Thompson
Megan Thompson
Rodney E. Thompson and Carol Thompson
Stephanie Thompson
Janine Tollestrup
Alma Torret
Brenda Tudor
Neal Ungerleider
Maureen Vachta
Barbara VanScoyoc
Mary and Jim Vieregg
Beth Vlerick
Elizabeth Wakefield-Connell
Bonnie L. Wallace
Ann Wallis
Madeleine Walsh and Benjamin Balskus
Justin Ware
Lydia Wasniewski
Benjamin J. Weber
Karen Webster
Gary and Marilyn Wenzel
Emily Weseman
Kristina White
Sarah White
Michael and Margaret Wierzbicki
Rebecca Willard
Ann Williams
Hope Williams
Trinisa Williams
Megan Williams-Freimel
Larry Wise
Virginia Witucke
Andy Xiao
Lori Yoder
Josh Yomtoob
Susan Zabriskie
Alanna Zaritz
Judy Zollner
Dorothy and Dan Zukoski
Claire Zulkey

$200,000+

Chicago Park District

 

$40,000 – $199,000

Anonymous Fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation

Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 

  

$25,000 to $39,999 

Anonymous

Bank of America Foundation

ComEd

John R. Halligan Charitable Fund

Make It Better Foundation

PNC Foundation

Sacks Family Foundation

  

$15,000 to $24,999 

After School Matters

ComEd

Empty Bottle Presents LLC

Illinois Arts Council Agency

IMC Chicago Charitable Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

 

$10,000 to $14,999 

Adobe, INC.

Amazon

Dr. Scholl Foundation

The Malkin Family

The Lefkofsky Family Foundation

Marshall and Jamee Field Family Fund

National Endowment for the Arts

Peoples Gas

William Blair and Company

 

$5,000 to $9,999 

ABC7

Ariel Investments

The Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation

Chiditarod Foundation

Frank G. and Gertrude Dunlap Fund

JMB Insurance

Jocarno Fund

Wintrust Bank

 

 

  

$1,000 to $4,999 

Alford Group

Anonymous

Chicago Bulls

CIBC Bank

Enterprise Holdings

Euromonitor International

Fifth Third Bank

Motorola Solutions Foundation

Ms. Catwalk

Onyx Strategic Partners

Rebecca & Jacquelyn Raymond Foundation

ServiceMaster by Zaba

The Will Group

Vera Creative

 

$500 to $999 

Associated Bank

Best Bees

The Brattle Group

Cisco Meraki

Deloitte

Invenergy

ION Group

Jacob Beidler and Deborah Witzburg Charitable Foundation

McDonalds

Northern Trust Company

Rework LLC

Salesforce

Synchrony Financial

Taylor Farms

 

$240 to $499 

Exelon Corporation

Google

Grubhub

Mediaocean

$25,000-$50,000

Nancy Dee Brandes Trust
Cheryl Rogers

 

$10,000 to $14,999 

Anonymous

Elinor Escamilla

William Escamilla

 

 

$5,000 to $9,999 

Alan M. Bell

Tina Hinton

Mark D. Hudson and Russell Johnson

Diana Palomar

Julie and Kenny Sacks

Matt Vanderzee

  

$1,000 to $4,999 

Anonymous (3)

Sandra Jo Allen and S. James Perlow

Richard Assmus and Leah Welty

David Bacon and Nancy Silver

David and Nicole Berger

Sara and Luke Blanshard

Johnny Boucher

Connie Catellani

Jayne Daniel

Laura Ferrell

William B. Hinchliff

Betsy and Jeffrey Kushen

Michelle Mellea and Thomas Inglin

Kay and Robert Merrick

Gina and Terry Mullen

John Raffetto

Aaron and Diana Robinson

Julia Robinson

Paul and Terri Schroeder

Geoffrey Smith and Catherine Stewart

Alexander Tievsky and Jeffrey Paulatti

Edward and D’Anne Tonn

Eugene Wedoff

Tiffanie Yau

 

$500 to $999 

Gerald W. Adelmann
Brittany Basler
Sonya Bearden
Linda Brummer-Welsh and Michael Welsh
Kristopher Brown and Jacqueline Ivey-Brown
Lisa Centone-Curci
Nathaniel P. Clapp
Edward Dumoulin
Eliza and Timothy Earle
Sharon Feigon
Gwyn Friend
Jerry Gudauskas
John Harris
Douglas Hoerr
Barbara Hopkins
Barbara Ann Huyler
Mariana Ingersoll
Megan Jeyifo
Shannon Kelly
Evelyn Lamb
Ashley Rhett Lindsay
Katherine Laggos
Lee Mason
Jennifer McColloch
Wanda and Kevin McDonald
Katherine Morsbach
Nancy Needles and Arne Rode
Andrew Nieland
Virginia Olsen
Carolyn Pereira
Kathleen and John Roberts
Diane Sakai-Furuta
Jim Sadowski
Judy and Tom Scorza
Rachel Sherman
Mosmi Surati
Peter Vale
Jennifer and Bob Van Valkenburg
Christina Vasilakis
  

  

$240 to $499 

Rufus Barner

Suzanne Bessette-Smith

Jennifer Bell

Richard Bingham

Staci Black

Becky Bloom

Christy Bloom

Del Cahill

SeFok and Joyce M. Chan

Susan Chaplik

Avis Crasko

Eric Davis

Ken Davis

Jill and Robert Delaney

Vera Douma

Ryan Duffy

Lorrie Elliot

Debra Evans

Gerald Freedman

Jana French

Ezra Friedman

Samuel Fox and Avi Handelsman

Martin Gawne

Michael L. Gelber

Kevin J. Geijer

Maria La Giglia

John and Julie Hansen

Kaleen Healey

Ann Heaton

Anna Haghooie

Jeffrey Hubbell

Rose M. Houston

Tyler Hutton

Kathryn and Larry Hymson

Marianne Kozlowski

Kathleen Kirn and David Levinson

Kevin Lada

Sara and Steven Loevy

David and Carolyn May

Cynthia Matthews

Niki Mazaroli

Dean Mitchell

Robert E. Nied Jr.

Maria and Michael Ochs

Jim Pawelski

Rohan Panchal

Rebecca Perreault

Christine Pope

Harper Reed

Kathleen Rice

Elizabeth Rochford

Deborah Rogers

Susan H. Schwartz and Charles P. Schwartz

Gail Schumann

Jeanine Sheehan

Melissa and Robert Sloat

Sabine Sobek

Mary Spyropolous

Dana Lee Sterbens and Bill Sterbens

Lynn and Kevin Sutton

Margaret and Donald Swanton

Deanna Ver Steeg

Jessica and Bryan Wain

Melissa Wiss

Accertify

Associated Bank

Bank of America

Brattle

Deloitte

Elara Engineering

Greencorp

Guggenheim

Ion Trading

Mediaocean

Motorola

Northern Trust

PNC

Ray Grahm

Rework

Rush

Salesforce

Showpad

Synchrony Financial

Taylor Farms

UIC – College of Pharmacy

VA Hospital

Breakthrough

Community Leadership Fellows

Chicago West Community Music Center

Earth’s Remedies

Garfield Park Advisory Council

Lawndale Pop Up Spot

New Mission Temple Church

Peace Runners

Revolution Workshop

Westside Cultural Alliance

Westside Rising

Westside United

Beatrix

Beyond Catering

Boxed Water

Eli’s Cheesecake

Ēma

Luna Bay Booch Co.

Marz Brewing

Nebula 9

TruFru

Uncle Nearest