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Awards and Honors
Nearly 2,000 organizations across the region run United Way fundraising campaigns each year, helping to generate roughly $70 million for addressing critical needs in our community. Earlier this year, we had the privilege of honoring many of our top supporters at our annual Community Celebration. Following are a few of those incredible honorees:
Million Dollar Corporate Gift Award
The following organizations gave corporate gifts of $1 million or more to United Way during the 2006 campaign. Your overwhelming generosity will create tangible, positive change across Chicagoland. Thank you for your philanthropic leadership.
Exelon, Proud Parent of ComEd
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Ernst & Young
Million Dollar Challenge Grant Sponsor
The 2006 Ernst & Young Million Dollar Challenge Grant matched all new or increased Leadership and Tocqueville contributions—sparking tremendous excitement and helping to raise a million new dollars for improving lives across our region. We are so grateful!
Ernst & Young
Top 10 Tocqueville Society Companies
The following organizations led Chicagoland in the number of individuals contributing at the Tocqueville Society level of $10,000 and above. Your incredible generosity is truly inspiring. Thank you!
Ernst & Young
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
Northern Trust
Tribune Company
Harris Associates L.P.
PWC
KPMG
William Blair & Company
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
LaSalle Bank
Community Spirit Award
Our highest honor, the Community Spirit Award recognizes the organization that best exemplifies the United Way spirit of caring across all five pillars—Corporate Support, Leadership & Tocqueville Giving, Employee Support, Volunteerism and Communications. Congratulations!
AT&T INC., CWA and IBEW
Corporate Support Pillar
This award recognizes an organization that aligns its philanthropic goals around strengthening our Chicagoland community and provides generous financial and/or in-kind support to United Way.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Leadership Giving & Tocqueville Support Pillar
This award acknowledges a company whose employees demonstrate extraordinary generosity through Leadership ($1,000+) and Tocqueville ($10,000+) gifts to United Way of Metropolitan Chicago.
Quaker Tropicana Gatorade (QTG), a division of PepsiCo
Employee Support Pillar
The Employee Support Pillar recognizes a company that provides employees ample opportunity to invest in their community and the people in it by contributing to United Way.
HSBC – North America
Volunteerism Pillar
This Pillar recognizes an organization that actively encourages and supports its employees in becoming involved in our community through hands-on volunteerism.
U. S. Cellular
Communications Pillar
The Communications Pillar is awarded to an organization that strategically and effectively communicates with employees about the impact United Way makes in our community.
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
Leo Perlis Labor Participation Award
Former CIO president Leo Perlis was instrumental in forging our earliest partnerships with organized labor. In that spirit, the Leo Perlis Labor Participation Award recognizes a local union for taking an active role in ensuring the success of a workplace campaign.
Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union—BCTGM local 316 G in partnership with General Mills West Chicago
Growth & Innovation Award
This award is presented to an organization that demonstrates creativity and forward-thinking in its campaign efforts, generating an increase of at least 10% in fundraising totals over the previous year.
Advocate Health Care
Diversity Award
The Diversity Award recognizes a company that demonstrates its commitment to create an inclusive and flexible workplace that enables individuals to embrace their diversity, richness of backgrounds and varying perspectives.
Exelon, Proud Parent of ComEd and IBEW
Great Beginnings Award
The Great Beginnings Leadership Award recognizes an organization that runs a first or second-time employee fundraising campaign, incorporates at least one United Way Best Practice, obtains and/or maintains a high participation rate and achieves outstanding results.
Lockton Companies, LLC
Frances Wisebart Jacobs Award
Named after one of the founders of the national United Way movement, the Frances Wisebart Jacobs Award recognizes an individual who works tirelessly during his/her campaign and throughout the year, to educate and inspire employees to invest in their community through United Way.
Cynthia Hunt, PWC
David Yancy Ambassador Award
The David Yancy Award recognizes Agency Ambassadors who have been devoted and effective at educating others about United Way and its impact in the community through presentations, agency tours and/or exhibits.
Tara Dabney – Family Rescue
Robert Dougherty – Executive Director, Saint Leonard's Ministries
2006 Pro Bono Supporting Organizations
United Way gratefully acknowledges the following organizations for lending expertise and in-kind support to advance the mission of improving lives during 2006. Your contributions are helping to build a stronger, healthier metropolitan Chicago. Thank you!
Chicago Tribune
Corporate Classrooms
Crain's Chicago Business
Dale Carnegie
Energy BBDO
Hewitt Associates
Jenner and Block
Mayer Brown and Rowe
Tim Stratman and Timbre Executive Coaching, Inc.
Zyman Consulting