Partners

Boston Square Early Learning Center in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo credit: AJ Brown Imaging

  • Board Members

    George Burciaga
    CEO & Managing Partner
    Ignite Cities
    Chicago, IL

    Hamilton Chang
    Managing Principal
    Hunter Bradley LLC
    Chicago, IL

    Derrick Johnson
    Founder ꞁ Managing Member
    1961 Build
    Chicago, IL

    Monique Jones – Vice Chair
    President & CEO
    Forefront
    Chicago, IL

    Deborah Kasemeyer
    Consultant
    Chicago, IL

    Jason Mercer
    Principal, CAST US
    Cleveland Avenue
    Chicago, IL

    Emmet Pierson Jr.
    President & CEO
    Community Builders of Kansas City
    Kansas City, MO

    Greg Robinson
    Partner, Head of Corporate Development
    Edward Jones
    St. Louis, MO

    John Sassaris – Treasurer
    Senior Vice President, Market Executive
    Fifth Third Bank
    Chicago, IL

    Aaron Seybert
    Managing Director, Social Investment Practice
    The Kresge Foundation
    Troy, MI

    Sakura Takano – Chair
    CEO
    Rotary Charities
    Traverse City, MI

    Ed Wood
    Senior Vice President | Head of Community Development and Impact Investing
    Northern Trust
    Chicago, IL

  • Funders & Investors

    INVESTOR CONSORTIUM MEMBERS

    Associated Community Development Bank
    Barrington Bank & Trust Company
    BMO Harris Bank
    Byline Bank
    Carrollton Bank
    CIBC Bank N.A.
    Citizens Bank
    Commerce Bank
    Crystal Lake Bank and Trust Company
    Fifth Third Bank CDC
    First Bank Chicago
    First Eagle Bank
    First Merchants Bank
    First National Nebraska CDC
    First Savings Bank of Hegewisch
    Hinsdale Bank and Trust
    Huntington Community Development Corporation
    Lake Forest Bank and Trust
    Lakeside Bank
    Midland States Bank
    Midwest BankCentre
    Mission Investment Fund of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
    Northbrook Bank and Trust
    Northern Trust
    Old National Bank
    Old Plank Trail Community Bank and Trust
    Old Second National Bank
    PNC Bank
    Providence Bank & Trust
    Schaumburg Bank & Trust Company
    Simmons Bank
    St. Charles Bank and Trust Company
    State Farm Mutual
    Stifel Bank & Trust
    TD Bank N.A.
    TIAA-CREF Trust Company, FSB
    Town Bank
    U.S. Bank
    Village Bank and Trust
    Wheaton Bank and Trust
    Wintrust Financial

    NOTE PROGRAM INVESTORS

    Faith-Based Institutions
    Adrian Dominican Sisters
    The Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
    Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart
    Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph
    Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    Mercy Investment Services
    Mount St. Scholastica
    Religious Communities Impact Fund
    Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters
    Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
    Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, KY
    Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary U.S.-Ontario Province
    Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton, Iowa
    Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis Province
    Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
    St. Viator High School

    Foundations, Corporations, Universities, and Individuals

    Arc Chicago (Benefit Chicago)
    Bank of America
    Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
    BMO Harris Bank
    CareSource
    Cathay Bank
    Chase New Markets Corporation
    Chicago Community Foundation
    Cinnaire CDE 54, LLC
    Cinnaire Lending Corporation
    Citizens Bank N.A.
    CNMC Sub-CDE 203, LLC
    Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
    Fifth Third Bank CDC
    First Eagle Bank
    First Savings Bank of Hegewisch
    Goldman Sachs Social Impact Fund
    Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation
    Great Lakes Protection Fund
    Greater Cincinnati Foundation
    JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    KeyBank National Association
    The Kresge Foundation
    Marquette Bank
    Timothy & Risa McMahon
    North Shore Bank
    Northern Trust
    Opportunity Finance Network
    Opus Foundation
    Partners for the Common Good
    PNC
    Pritzker Family Foundation
    Regions Community Development Corporation
    Rotary Charities of Traverse City
    Starbucks Corporation
    U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corp.
    U.S. Bank N.A.
    Village Bank and Trust
    W.K. Kellogg Foundation
    Wells Fargo Bank
    Woodforest National Bank
    YouthBridge Community Foundation

    Hospital Systems

    Advocate Aurora Health
    Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
    CommonSpirit Health
    Rush University Medical Center
    Trinity Health

    MICHIGAN IMPACT CONNECTION

    Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
    Grand Haven Area Community Foundation
    Grand Rapids Community Foundation
    Kalamazoo Community Foundation

    FUNDERS

    Foundations, Corporations, and Individuals
    Amplify GR
    Associated Community Development Bank
    The Blackbaud Giving Fund of Edward D. Jones & Company Foundation
    BMO Harris
    The Builders Initiative
    Charities Aid Foundation America
    Chicago Community Foundation
    The Chicago Community Trust
    Columbus Foundation
    Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC)
    Empower Missouri
    Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC)
    Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
    First Bank Chicago
    First Merchants Bank
    First Midwest Bank
    Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation
    Ford Foundation
    Glick Philanthropies
    Goldman Sachs Foundation
    Greater Milwaukee Foundation
    Hall Family Foundation
    Huntington Bank
    The Indianapolis Foundation
    Local Initiatives Support Corporation
    James S. McDonnell Foundation
    The Joyce Foundation
    JPMorgan Chase Foundation
    Kansas Health Foundation
    The Kresge Foundation
    John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
    Marguerite Casey Foundation
    Marquette Bank
    The McKinney Family Foundation
    Michael Reese Health Trust
    National Philanthropic Trust
    Old National Bank
    Polk Bros. Foundation
    PNC Foundation
    The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
    Sisters of the Most Precious Blood of O’Fallon, MO
    Stateline LLC
    Terra Foundation of American Arts
    U.S. Bank
    W.K. Kellogg Foundation
    Walder Foundation
    The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Incorporated

    Government

    Chicago Public Schools
    City of Chicago
    City of Detroit
    City of Rockford
    Illinois Housing Development Authority
    Kent County of Michigan
    Michigan Economic Development Corporation
    Michigan Strategic Fund
    Office of the Illinois State Treasurer
    Ottawa County of Michigan
    U.S. Department of Education
    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
    U.S. Department of the Treasury

  • Advisory Councils

    Community Advisory Council

    Terese Caro
    President
    Legacy Redevelopment Corp
    Milwaukee, WI

    Evelyn Diaz
    SVP Administration
    WorkMoney
    Chicago, IL

    Renee Kent
    Director of Special Projects
    Communities First, Inc.
    Detroit, MI

    Kathryn McHugh
    Chief Lending and Investment Officer
    Civic Builders
    New York, NY

    Marion Moore
    Retired
    Chicago, IL

    Emmet Pierson, Jr.
    President & CEO
    Community Builders of Kansas City
    Kansas City, MO

    Doug Rasmussen
    CEO & Founder
    Steadfast City
    St. Louis, MO

    Chicago Advisory Council

    Kristine Argue-Mason
    Executive Director
    Partnership for Resilience

    Daniel O. Ash
    President
    The Field Foundation of Illinois

    Karen Freeman-Wilson
    President & CEO
    Chicago Urban League

    Ayesha Jaco
    Executive Director
    West Side United

    Manny Jimenez
    First Vice President, CRA Officer
    Marquette Bank

    Monique B. Jones
    President & CEO
    Forefront

    Aarti Kotak
    Managing Director, Head of ESG and Social Impact
    Ariel Alternatives

    Bo Kemp
    CEO
    Southland Development Authority

    Hilesh Patel
    Consultant

    Ryan Priester
    Program Officer, Chicago Commitment
    MacArthur Foundation

    Leticia Reyes-Nash
    Principal
    Health Management Associates

    Claire Rice
    Executive Director
    Arts Alliance Illinois

    Nicole Robinson
    CEO
    YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

    Kimberley Rudd
    President & Senior Counselor
    Rudd Resources