Origin & current story

Founded July 4, 2025

• Established the fund and organization structure, mission, and delivered grants throughout the remaining year

2025 

Grantees:

• ProPublica

• Electronic Frontier Foundation

• TechTonic Justice Inc. 

• CUB Consumer Education & Research Fund

• Greater Chicago Food Depository

• The Internet Archive

• Chicago Public Media (WBEZ)

• American Civil Liberties Union

• Block Club Chicago

• Southern Poverty Law Center

• Toledo Lucas County Library Foundation

• Wikimedia Foundation

• Awesome Foundation Chicago

• The Recyclery

• Window to the World Communications (WTTW PBS)

• Friends of the Virginia Ave Park

Hands-on Execution, Leadership, & Consulting:

• The Recyclery (Grant writing and digital tech advising)
  
  

2026 

Grantees: 

• League of Women Voters Education Fund

• Movement Voter Fund

• Georgia Center for Civic Engagement

• The League of Women Voters of Texas

• The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin

• The League of Women Voters Arizona Education Fund

• The League of Women Voters North Carolina

• The 51st

• EcoShip

• More to come!

Hands-on Execution, Leadership, & Consulting:

• The Illinois Digital Service (Product development and operations execution, leadership, and mentorship leading the first delivery team, working directly with the Illinois Department of Labor) 

• The Recyclery (User experience research, strategic planning, grant writing, fundraising efficiency and technology revamp, and complete digital identity rebuilding, redesign, relaunch across all digital channels)

• EcoShip (Brand, ux experience, and voice design standard development, marketing and event planning, operations strategy consulting, and educational workshop development) 

• Wright Way Rescue (Hanging with and helping find new homes for dogs because they are the best)