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Gifts $140,000 and above

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Charter School Growth Fund
Circle of Service Foundation
New Schools Venture Fund
Renaissance Schools Fund
Walton Family Foundation

Gifts $10,000 and above

CME Group Foundation
Arie & Ida Crown Memorial
Blackie Foundation
Craig Henderson
John Gates
Judd Enterprises
Philip M. Friedmann Family Charitable Trust
Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation
Tobey Foundation

Gifts $1,000 and above

Brian & Julie Simmons
Bruce Hague
Carol Bernick
Cary L. Nieman
Charles and Suzanne O’Brien
Chicago Title & Trust Foundation (John Rau)
David and Debbie Chizewer Charitable Fund
Douglas Walker
Exelon Corporation
Five Crowns Foundation
Gerald & Marsha Osher
Gorter Family Foundation
Groswenor Holdings, LLC
Howard B. Bernick Foundation
James Gidwitz
James King
James Moss
James G. Reilly
Jamie Wilson and David Ericson
Jay and Cynthia Henderson
Joanne and Richard Young
John Challenger
Lavin Family Foundation
Matthew Conlon
Michael and Rosalind Keiser
Ms. Lou Mullins
Nancy Searle
Park Adikes
Phil Dodson
Polk Brothers Foundation
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Randy Rissman
Richard and Claire Cortesi
Roger and Marjorie Nelson
Ronald and Julie O’Donnell Allen
The Robert and Pamela Delaney Foundation
Russ and Pam Strobel
Timothy Coleman
Tony Armour
William Cooper

Funder Profile: CME Group Foundation

CME Group Foundation provides $500,000 in support to the Chicago International Lloyd Bond campus

The CME Group Foundation recently awarded $500,000 through the Renaissance Schools Fund (RSF) to support start-up efforts at the Chicago International Lloyd Bond campus.

The financial support will ensure that the students have the best educational environment for learning, including a relevant and rigorous curriculum, professional development for staff and interactive white boards in each classroom. The Chicago International Lloyd Bond campus opened in August 2009 and is home to 349 students in grades K–8.

The CME Group Foundation met with a number of Chicago area charter school operators before choosing to support the CICS Lloyd Bond campus. The CME Group Foundation was impressed with Chicago International’s focus on data to make informed decisions, both at the teacher level using individualized lesson-planning, and at the administrative level, assessing Education Management Organizations and campus performance. To honor the group’s contribution, the campus gymnasium will be named “CME Group Foundation Gymnasium at CICS Lloyd Bond.”

CME Group Foundation supports educational programs in the Chicago region that deliver high-quality educational and enrichment services to disadvantaged children and youth in schools and community settings. The CME Group Foundation has a particular interest in economics and technology education for students in grades K–12.