Virtual Annual Benefit 2023: "Building on Promise"
SGA Youth & Family Services’ Annual Virtual Benefit, "Building on Promise” raises funds for the life-changing programs in our Cycle of Opportunity©.
We are thrilled to host esteemed author, journalist, and filmmaker, Alex Kotlowitz, as our keynote speaker. Back by popular demand, he will discuss the problems and solutions surrounding violence in our Chicago neighborhoods. Professor Kotlowitz is the author of four books, including his most recent, An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago, which received the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize.
Please join us online on May 25th for an informative and inspiring event to learn about our work in Chicagoland.
The suggested donation is $500/person, however, a donation of any amount will enable you to view the online event.
Online event access information will be provided via email upon registration.
Register today!
This year we are offering four sponsorship levels:
Presenting Sponsor ($25,000)
- Logo on-screen during the entire event
- Brief introductory remarks or video (option for corporations/foundations)
- Acknowledgement in social media and e-newsletter
- Name/logo on event website
Opportunity Sponsor ($10,000)
- Brief introductory remarks or video (option for corporations/foundations)
- Acknowledgement in social media and e-newsletter
- Name/logo on event website
Innovator Sponsor ($5,000)
- Acknowledgement in social media and e-newsletter
- Name/logo on event website
Friend Sponsor ($2,500)
- Name/logo on event website
Thank you to the sponsors of Building on Promise 2023:
Presenting Sponsors
Susan & Donald Belgrad
Karen & Matthew Kaplan
Susan Stone
Opportunity Sponsors
John & Victoria Cultra
Kenneth & Beth Karmin Family Foundation
Mills Family Charitable Fund
Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation
William Blair
Innovator Sponsors
Community Savings Bank
Andy & Amy Gelman
Jarvis Foundation
Gerri & David Kahnweiler
Ronald & Fifi Levin
Neal & Rachel Seltzer
Tom & Niki Van Vuren
Friend Sponsors
Michael & Nina Blechman
BSGTech
Joel & Cindy Cooper
Bruce & Vicki Heyman
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Fund
David & Susan Sherman
Hugo Sonnenschein
Emanuel Tabachnik & Debra Homer Levis


