Event Sponsors

None of our events—or their impact on Chicago’s young people— would be possible without our event sponsors.

Corporate Challenge Cup (CCC) Sponsors

Accenture
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Grainger
IMC Chicago Charitable Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
Northern Trust
Optiver

Community Cup (CPC) Sponsors

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
CCDI, Inc (Clayco)
Julie and Jim Coffman
Rita and Jim Crimmins
Lili and Art Duquette
Susan and Steve Fortier
Helen and Kipp Friedli
ME and Chris Girgenti
Grainger
Huron Consulting Group
IMC Chicago Charitable Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Annie and Doug Mabie
Northern Trust
Optiver
Ron and Geri Redd
Ben and Mimi Rodman
Target Corporation
Jeff and Katie Woodman
Bill and Denise Wozencraft

Soccer Ball Sponsors

Advocate Children’s Hospital
Amazon
Dede Armstrong
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Luke and Regina Bakalar
Solomon Barnett and Camila Salvisberg
BBR Partners
Beam Suntory Inc.
Belvedere Trading
Nicole and Dave Berger
Kim and Nick Calamos
Andrias Campbell
CCDI, Inc (Clayco)
Carol and Thom Dammrich
GCM Grosvenor
ME and Chris Girgenti
Grainger
Great Lakes Rubber
IMC Chicago Charitable Foundation
Joseph Kelly
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Madison Dearborn Partners
McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
Leslie and Dave Mcgranahan
Mercer Oak
Mount Pleasant Foundation
National Student Leadership Conference
Northern Trust
Optiver
Pangea Properties
Perkins Coie, LLP
Susan and Tom Pigott
Podcast One
Tom and Meg Reckley
Reed Smith
Katy and Kurt Reichert
Quinn Ricketts
Slalom Consulting
Sprocket Sports
Ilana Susnow
The Alexis and Jerry Bednyak Foundation
The Competence Group
The Pritzker Organization
The University Of Chicago Medical Center
William and Jennifer Tippet
Matthew Tully
Liz and Jamie Tyrrell
Van Wyk Family Foundation

Traders Poker Tournament Sponsors

Belvedere Trading
CBOE
CME Group
CTC Trading Group LLC
Geneva Trading
GroupOne
IMC Chicago Charitable Foundation
Old Mission Holdings LLC 
Optiver
PEAK6 Investments, LLC
Simplex 
Sunrise Brokers

Empowering Youth

Urban Initiatives uses the power of sport and play to empower Chicago’s youth to achieve academic success, develop social-emotional skills, and build social capital. Our work is in its 20th year of changing lives.

Making an Impact

We believe that play has the power to make Chicago safer, more equitable, and more connected. See students, coaches, and parents share why they think play is serious. We’re growing to meet needs for more of the city’s youth.