Thank You to Our Donors
We gratefully acknowledge the individuals, families, foundations, corporations, and community organizations whose generosity helped advance the mission of the McGaw YMCA during the 2025 calendar year.
This recognition reflects gifts of $500 or more received between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2025.
VISIONARY DONORS
($100,000 +)
Vickie and Tim Burke^**
City of Evanston**
Mary and Paul Finnegan**
Freddi Greenberg and Dan Pinkert^**
Mary Ann Grumman
Steve Hagerty and Lisa Altenbernd^**
Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation**
Thomas F. & Susan P. Moran Family Foundation^ **
Peter and Margaret Morris^**
Northwestern University**
Jacqueline L. Quern**
Penny Bender Sebring and Charles Ashby Lewis**
CHAMPION DONORS
($50,000 – $99,999)
Anonymous
Carrie* and Patrick Charles**
The Chicago Community Trust**
Ann and Russ Covode**
The Hackney Family Fund**
Peter *and Rachel Lewis**
Michael and Evelyn McGowan
William and Eleanor Revelle^**
Bart and Catherine Rocca^**
Gwen and Mark Stein^**
Graham D. Ziolkowski**
LEADER DONORS
($25,000 – $49,999)
Suzanne and Bobby Calder^**
Camp Out For Kids
Evanston Community Foundation
Franklin Square Foundation**
Scott and Jennifer Gwilliam^**
Pat Maunsell and David Campbell^**
Don and Anne Pollard Family Trust^
SCOPE Foundation
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
GRAND BENEFACTOR DONORS
($10,000 – $24,999)
Anonymous**
The Arrington Foundation
Dean Family^
Dale and Erica Granchalek^
Doug and Linda Honnold^
Jay Johnson Charitable Trust
Katharine Judson
L & L Copeland Foundation
MetroSquash
Casey Miller and Lee Ann Russo^**
Russell E. Ptak
University of Illinois
Janice Walsh^**
Matthew and Sarah Walsh^**
Rob and Valerie Weiss^**
BENEFACTOR DONORS
($5,000 – $9,999)
ADVOCATE DONORS
($2,500 – $4,999)
SUSTAINER DONORS
($1,000 – $2,499)
FRIEND DONORS
($500 – $999)
RECOGNITION LEGEND:
^ Aiken-Talley Society
* McGaw YMCA Board of Directors
+ McGaw YMCA staff
** Men’s Residence Renovation Capital Campaign Donor
If you have questions about donor recognition or would like to update your recognition preferences, please email the Development Department at [email protected].
Our Commitment to Our Donors
We will not sell, share or trade our donors’ names or personal information with any other entity, nor send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations.
This policy applies to information received by McGaw YMCA online, offline, through mobile applications, as well as any electronic, written, or oral communications.
To the extent any donations are processed through a third-party service provider, our donors’ information will only be used for purposes necessary to process the donation. Donor information is used to provide receipts, donor stewardship and internal research and analysis.
The McGaw YMCA is a good steward of your donations. Review our profile on Guidestar.org or read about us on Charitynavigator.org to learn more about how we put donors’ dollars to work.