To everyone who gave between June 1, 2025, and May 31, 2026—thank you. Your generosity powers every program, scholarship, and moment of connection at JCYS.
Thank you to the donors who are part of JCYS’s planned giving program.
| Dr. Howard N. Allen Maurice Fantus* Millard J. Grauer* Lisa Jericho Alyssa and Jeremy Knobel Iris and Steven Podolsky Dan and Nancy Pollack Susan Rochlis* David* and Carol Schulman |
*indicates deceased
Sponsorships made from June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026
| Setna iO Wintrust Financial Corporation |
| Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| Associated: Insurance and Risk Management Advisors Bulldog Security Duane Morris, LLP Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC Lewis Greenwood Foundation Seyfarth Shaw LLP Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Bob and Lynne Wolfberg |
| adNet Technology Management Cisco Systems, Inc. Corporate Valuation Services Gilbert and Jacqueline Fern Family Foundation Lianne and Daniel Jacobs JMB Insurance Karmin Family Foundation |
| Polk Bros. Foundation RSM David and Tanya Solomon Stankowicz Family Phyllis Tabachnick Vedder Price Janet Winter |
| Josh and Samantha Beren The Edgewater Funds FGMK, LLC Samantha and Alex Jakubowski |
| Merel Family Law Neal and Laurie Price Stewart-Miller, Inc. |
| Beermann LLP Cresa Chicago Friedman Family Hilary and Zachary Galant Maria Garvy Hall Estill |
| Ezra and Marla Jaffe Marcy and Randy Kahan Adam and Jen Levine Much Shelist P.C. Old Republic National Title Thalheimer Family |
| Baird Foundation Jon and Sarah Karelitz Alyssa and Jeremy Knobel and Family Lockton Companies Dan and Nancy Pollack David Rice |
| Rosenfield Family Foundation Kathy and Ron Sonenthal Warady Davis Gary and Lauren Wool Franny and Mike Zucker |
Gifts made from June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026
^indicates Desser Alumni Campaign Donor
| Anonymous Robert and Amy Arogeti Crown Family Philanthropies Jewish United Fund |
| The Arogeti-Brady Family David Chaimovitz and Rachel Klein DP9 Foundation Amy Grossman and Mike Anderson Lisa Jericho |
| Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund Iris and Steven Podolsky Ruth D. Rosin Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation Ronald H. Ringer Foundation |
| Leslie and Jim* Anixter^ Janet and Steven Anixter^ Jessica and Sam Bernstein Tracy Billows Nicole and Dan Drexler Max and Alyssa Fargotstein |
| Lianne and Daniel Jacobs Marcy and David Kirshenbaum Lederhausen Foundation Dan and Nancy Pollack Stankowicz Family Richard and Nadine Woldenberg |
| Josh and Samantha Beren Alice Brady Rand and Rhonda Diamond^ Bryan Cagan and Samantha Greenberg Greg Fleytilkh Cathy and Vic Gallione Dana and Lee Gordon^ Sandra and Jack Guthman Joyce and Richard Hirsch Marla and Ezra Jaffe Karmin Family Foundation Jen and Adam Levine Jacqueline B. and Harvey Marcus Hannah Parnass |
| Alan and Marla Patzik Podolsky Family Foundation^ AJ Price Neal and Laurie Price Joel Rabinowitz Susan B. Rubnitz Aliza Jaffe Sass Rodan Family Foundation The Family of David Schulman Marty and Mary Stankowicz Phyllis Tabachnick David Weisman Myra Zissman |
| Abt Family Donor Fund The Alpersteins Linkon Altman Sari and Ben Altshul Joel and Linda Beren Michael Birchimer Jason Carano Citywide Building Maintenance, Inc. Roni and Rebecca Cohen Matthew D’Ambrosio and Karen Fauman Allie & Brett Dresner Robert Friend & Rachel Gewurz Hilary and Zack Galant Jill and Steven P. Gomberg Joe and Lisa Hartzler Suzanne Hershman Secler and Ross Secler Noah Jaffe Samantha and Alex Jakubowski Miriam and Steven Jakubowski Marcy and Randy Kahan Courtney and Zach Kalter Zack Karmin and Ellen Mandel Leah Knobel & Blake Archer Katie Lambert Bradley and Hana Levin Morgan and Casey Marcus |
| Hillorie Morrison Jordan and Mina Multack Michael Neff Michael Nemeroff Katie and Scott Nowicki Josh Olian S. James Perlow^ Allan and Lynne Reich^ David S. Rice Randee and Rob Romanoff Joel Rosenstein Jeff Schneider Ian and Alice Shaffer Alan P. and Andrea Solow^ Ronald and Kathy Sonenthal^ Michael Sugar Taste for Kids, Inc. Cindy Taylor Robinson Dan and Stephanie Thalheimer Steven and Amy Topel^ Alex Turin and Irine Sorser Turin Steve Weinstein Samantha Winkler Lauren and Jason Zenner Melissa Zimmerman |
| William Altman Sheri and Douglas Banzuly Julie Barnhill Carolyn and Eric Birkenstein^ Josh Burden Calming Corner Chicago, PLLC Michael and Adriana Capone^ Evan Carlson Jordon and Lara Cooper Bonnie Dresner Sarah & Nathan Enfield Tom and Lara Field^ Caryn Fields Danny Fohrman Nancy Giampietro Michael Glauberman Mark and Linda Goodman^ Seth and Lauren Greenberg Jaime Hausman Ryan Hess Ann Jaeger Penny and Brett Keeshin |
| Ellie Kirshenbaum Susan Kopecki Jake & Erin Kupferman Jon A. Levey^ Carly and Nadav Newman David Orloff Gabrielle Pendley Betty and Thomas Philipsborn Philanthropic Fund^ Allen and Alli Rogoway Ron Rosenthal^ Nicholas Rubnitz Jeremy Schmerer Jordan Schwartz Greg Stewart and Debby Hecht^ Jonathan and Theresa Strauss Kathy Swien Peter Tortorello Michael Tuchman Adam and Becca Vishny Jeffrey and Elizabeth Wellek Rachel Xanttopoulos Ann Zimmerman |
| Jay R. Beskin Melissa and Jeffrey I. Bleiweis^ Jim Brink Chris Coleman Jane B. Colman Cathy David Ashley Dinos Shana Domash Nora Epstein Brian and Jamie Fields^ Elaine Finnegan Dr. Charles and Karen Frank Robert Giblichman Minnie and Ronald Goldsmith^ Harold Gross Steven Hess Andy Hyde Susan Hyde Ariana Jacobson Amy and Daniel A. Kaufman^ David and Erin Kohn^ Gary I. and Emily Levenstein^ |
| Karen, Tony and Jodi Levin Lisa Marx Janet and Frederick Nachman Terri and Rob Olian Tyler Quast Steven Resnick Ari Rokni Alyne & Jim Rolfe^ The Ross Family Ben & Jill Rubin Liz Schrayer Jamie Schrero Linda and Ernest Schubert Alexander Schwartz Matt Shapiro Angelica Shaxted Colleen Shutt Tracy Sprayregen Richard Wiringa Lauren and Gary Wool^ David Zak David Zevin |
| Andrew and Rachel Ahitow Steven Alt Jordan Amrani Anonymous (2) Yaakov Bajtner Judd Barron Becker Family Meredith Bedwell Nancy Beren Dave and Nicole Berger Cubby Bill Noah Bond Debra Brenman Jordan Brown Marcy Brown Khaki and Alix Burke PL Cohen Deborah Cohen Lari Dierks Samantha Ditore Allie and Aaron Goldberg Marissa Freeman Eanet Joseph and Claudia Elkin Robert Ernst Lexie Ernst Ron Field^ Ben and Wendy Frank Alexandra Freundlich Jeff Friedman Raisa P. Shigol and Boris Froyshteter Jessie Gallop Bryna G. and Edward P. Gamson Adam Garber Justin Gerszonovicz Vycki Goldenberg-Minstein Jennifer Goldfaden Joanne S. Goldstein and Charles Bernstein Arnold Gorchow, DDS^ Joel Gorenstein Donna and James Gottlieb Maria Greenberg Dr. Samuel and Kimberly Grief Ally Gross Sara Haben Katelyn Hansen Dani Harkavy Heller Family Elayne Hess Sarah and Scott Hirsch Mari Hirsh Karyn Hurwich Maiky Iberkleid Tal Izraeli Jason Jacob Jessica James Daniel Kahan Ali Karmin Barry and Mimi Katz Jason Keith Stephen and Carol Ann Killian Kathy Kiss & Marv Shear Alyssa and Jeremy Knobel^ Ross Kohn Stephanie Koplow Peggy and Brian Kozminski Lori Kraus Nancy and Rick Kreiter^ Arthur Kupferman Julia Kupferman Cynthia and Alan Lasko Carol Toddy Leavitt Randy Leiser Debbie Lessin John G. and Jill Levi Zach Levin |
| Ari Levin Anna Levine Danatta & David Levine Greg Leyser Jacob Lieb Marlene & Andrew Lippmann Graham Little Matt Lopardo John and Jill Mandel Bob Markowitz Peter Matz Joshua Meyer Janet Micheletto James Miller Harriet Minkin Sonya Morgan Adam Morton Julie Neff Ethan Neff Wayne & Geri Nowicki Elizabeth O’Brien Michael Ovitsky Marcy & Joe Padorr Jonathan Perellis Eli Perlmutter Israel Pollack Nancy Pollack Max Pollack Jody Potter Michael and Estelle Rabinowitz Sherrie Raven Rachel and Ariel Redlich Connor Reed Adriane Reisman Fred Resnick Naomi Richman and Miron Hirsch Amanda Rosso Rob and Nancy Rotering Wendy and Ben Roth^ Marc and Julie Rubin Bella & Jack Ryan Gary Salit Ruth Sang Nancy Schlack Bradley R. Schneider and Julie R. Dann-Schneider Cathy and Joel Schneider Douglas Schulman Blake Schulman William Schwartz Peter Schwarzbach Adam Seidenberg Carrie Shapiro Annie Shear Flora and Igor H. Shvartsman Adam Silverstein William Singer and Joanne Cicchelli Lindsay Sloan Jodi Small Leslye Smith Charlie Sprayregen Molly Stone Marilyn and David Stopek Sharon Styler Roberta and Harvey Teitelbaum Merle Teitelbaum-Cowin Marianne and Stuart Taussig^ Arul Vasanthan Matthew Wald Abby Weinstein Mindy Weinstein Steven Weiss Gregg F. and Bruni Witt^ Lois Zisook^ |
*indicates deceased
Gifts made from June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026
| Abbott Baird Cisco Lazard Lockton Relativity Wintrust |
In-kind donations made from June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026
| Ambrosia Foods Ballyhoo Hospitality Barre3 West Loop Samantha Beren Bryan Cagan Café YaYa The Chicago Bulls Chicago Fire FC Chicago White Sox Club Pilates Cornerstone Restaurant Group Felt Chicago The Flower Firm Galit Restaurant Inspiro Tequila Alex Jakubowski & Canal Shores Koval Distillery La Cocinita La Sud Mediterranean Kitchen Learning Resources Leavitt Street Inn & Tavern Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc. Lori Thalheimer Manny’s Cafeteria and Delicatessen Mensch’s Deli Midtown Athletic Club Mike Neff & Bryn Mawr Country Club Northbrook Golf Academy Dan Pollack Raising Paddles, LLC Seyfarth Shaw, LLC Shred415 Styled Authentic by SBK Top Tier Admissions Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP Willow Room Zanies Comedy Club Zazu Salon |
