Highland Park Community Foundation

In our final week of 2024, the Highland Park Community Foundation extends our gratitude to Mesirow, the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund, and the Linda and Richard Price Family Fund. These Platinum Level participants in our Champions program are helping HPCF to address unmet needs throughout Highland Park and Highwood. Thank you to these organizations for your long-term and thoughtful support, which reaches over 60 grant recipients serving our communities. #GiveWhereYouLive #HPCF #HPCFIL

Highland Park Community Foundation End-of-Year Catch Up: As 2024 comes to a close, we want to take a moment to thank you for your incredible support this year. Your generosity has made a significant impact, helping us fund local initiatives, strengthen our community, and create lasting change for all who call Highland Park and Highwood home. Looking ahead, we remain committed to building on our progress. If you have not already done so, please consider making a year-end gift. Your donation before December 31st will directly support the important work we do together and help us plan for another year of positive change in our community. No matter the amount, every contribution makes a difference, and we are deeply grateful for your continued partnership. Thank you for being a vital part of our community’s success. Together, we can make 2025 even brighter. With all best wishes for joyous holidays and a wonderful New Year! Highland Park Community Foundation Board and Staff https://lnkd.in/guKwDeNs #HPCFIL #HPCF #GiveWhereYouLive

Highland Park Community Foundation - Grant Recipient Profile: Midwest Young Artists Conservatory Midwest Young Artists Conservatory (MYAC) is to build a home with the power of music to enrich the lives of our students and their communities. Through the Chamber Music Program, MYAC provide young musicians with opportunities for in-depth musical collaboration, which fosters critical skills like teamwork, discipline, and creativity. MYAC is deeply committed to the Highland Park-Highwood community because of the recognized need for accessible, high-quality arts education and youth engagement opportunities. MYAC identified a desire among local families for programs that nurture young talent, build lifelong skills, and bring the joy of music to the community. "MYAC is honored to receive a grant from the HPCF for our Chamber Music Program! It helps support our costs for Soirees and Concerts where our students are performing in Senior Centers, at Ravinia, and at MYAC. It is also equally appreciated that we can work with HPCF in providing services to our Highwood and Highland Park community. We consider it a sign of our value to the community and we use it as an example of our connection to the community." -- Dr. Allan Dennis, Founder and President

Giving comes in many forms. One of them is volunteerism. Recently, Mesirow, in partnership with the Highland Park Community Foundation and Gratitude Generation, hosted a volunteer day at their Highland Park office. Mesirow staff and family members rolled up their sleeves to wrap holiday gifts for children, create holiday decorations, cards, and make blankets for families in need. A big thank you to Mesirow for your philanthropic leadership and for mobilzing your employees to help strengthen the community.

HPCF Champion Friday: In this season of giving, we are grateful to all our Corporate Champions and Foundation Champions. Highland Park Community Foundation has continued to address unmet needs in Highland Park and Highwood for more than three decades. These Champions recognize the impact of their generosity across 65 grant recipients, now and into the future. Thank you all! #HPCF #HPCFIL #givewhereyoulive

In recognition of this season of giving, Mesirow was proud to host a special volunteer day honoring the legacy of Richard Mesirow on December 7. In partnership with Highland Park Community Foundation and GRATITUDE GENERATION, Mesirow employee volunteers and their families wrapped gifts, made cards and created holiday decorations for families in need.

HPCF Community Catch Up, December 10 2024: Still More Work to Be Done - https://lnkd.in/g8WfuUij #HPCFIL #HPCF #GiveWhereYouLive

Highland Park Community Foundation — Grant Recipient Profile: Housing Opportunity Development Corporation “HODC is proud to partner with the Highland Park Community Foundation to make decent, affordable housing a reality in Highland Park. By providing quality housing and access to support services we hope to improve the quality of life for our seniors and working families.” - Richard Koenig, PhD, FAICP, Executive Director HODC invests in places that people call home. HODC builds quality, affordable housing, creating opportunities for people to not only live, but also thrive. HODC currently owns and manages affordable housing rental units properties throughout the North Shore and Chicago's suburbs, including two properties in Highland Park. Tenants include low-income families with children and individuals. Some may be veterans, seniors, or those living with a disability. Housing costs are expensive which means that lower wage workers cannot afford to live near their jobs and have long commutes. Seniors on fixed incomes who want to downsize cannot afford to stay in communities where they raised their families. People with disabilities cannot afford to live near their support networks. Households with limited incomes need access to affordable housing but options are rare in the North Shore. #HPCFIL .#MakingAnImpact #givewhereyoulive

Giving Tuesday is about people coming together to do extraordinary things. With your help, we can do extraordinary things for our community - today and in perpetuity! The Highland Park Community Foundation needs your help to better address unmet needs in Highland Park and Highwood. Please Give Where You Live as generously as possible for this GivingTuesday. https://lnkd.in/gqU58AMw #GiveWhereYouLive #HPCF #HPCFIL

Congratulations to all the participants in today’s North Shore Turkey Trot, and Happy Thanksgiving to all!