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In 1952, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago hosted its inaugural Summer Ball at Arlington Park’s Post and Paddock Clubhouse with 500 of Chicago’s notable leaders in business and philanthropy coming together to benefit the city’s most economically challenged neighborhoods and most disadvantaged families. The event endures today under the leadership of the Boys

Self-described entrepreneur and advocate for policy dialogue Sylvie Légère Ricketts launched The Policy Circle in 2015 following casual, dynamic, intellectually-charged discussions with her Wilmette neighbors. Women met regularly in Ricketts’ living room, the small group’s far-reaching conversations spanned from global issues to current events. To elevate and expand these conversations, Légère, along with co-founders Angela

It is no exaggeration to say that Eli Graettinger Cole, co-founder of Aim & Arrow, first became interested in social impact when she was just a child. Growing up in Atlanta, Cole accompanied her mother when she volunteered at a place called The Fellowship Mission, “which was a little preschool for kids who couldn’t afford

Lifelong Chicagoan Richard H. Driehaus—a renowned investor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist—grew up in a middle class Irish Catholic neighborhood on the city’s southwest side under the watchful eye of his parents, Herman and Margaret, and a slew of nuns. Both his parents and the sisters instilled in Driehaus the importance of hard work, honesty, curiosity, and