Community Involvement
Friedman Properties is committed to the long-term development of our Chicago home and the communities in which we do business. This commitment begins with our dedication to forward-thinking urban planning, historic preservation and civic-minded development. But it also extends to the causes that are closest to our hearts.
Below are some of the organizations we support with our time, talents and financial resources. We encourage you to learn more about the important contributions each is making to the welfare of our communities.
- After School Matters
- AIDS Foundation of Chicago
- ALS Les Turner Foundation
- Alzheimer's Association
- American Breast Cancer Society
- American Cancer Society
- American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital
- American Committee for the Weizmann Institute
- American-Israel Education and Economic Institute of Illinois
- American Lung Association
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Arts Matter Foundation
- Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
- Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago
- Building with Books
- Burnham Committee
- Cancer Center Research Fund
- Catholic Charities
- Chicago Architecture Foundation
- Chicago Botanic Gardens
- Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau
- Chicago Cultural Center
- Chicago Foundation for Women
- Chicago Humanities Festival
- Chicago Public Library
- Chicago Workforce Board
- Chicago Youth Centers
- Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
- Chikaming Open Lands
- Children at the Crossroads Foundation
- Children International
- Children's Memorial Hospital
- Children's Place
- Circle of Friends
- City of Hope
- Cool Globes
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Dance for Life Chicago AIDS Foundation
- DePaul University
- Disabled American Veterans
- Dr. Philip Bonomi Lung Cancer Research Fund
- Erikson Institute
- Erin Copeland Building Minds with Books Project
- Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
- Evergreen International
- Family Matters
- FIDS Employee Scholarship Fund
- Fisher Island Philanthropic Fund
- Howard Mendelsohn's Foundation Fighting Blindness
- Gold Coast Neighbors
- Goodman Theatre
- Greater North Michigan Avenue Association
- Habitat for Humanity
- Hands to Hold
- Harris Theatre for Music and Dance
- Heartland Alliance
- Hospice of the North Shore
- The Housewares Charity Foundation
- Humane Society
- Hustle Up the Hancock
- Illinois Arts Alliance
- Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association
- Jewish Community Centers of Chicago
- Jewish National Fund
- Jewish United Fund
- John G. Shedd Aquarium
- John J. LanZendorf Scholarship Fund
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Katrina Disaster Relief
- Kohl Children's Museum
- Lake Michigan Catholic Schools
- La Rabida Children's Hospital
- Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois
- Lawson House Endowment Fund
- Leukemia Research Foundation
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- Literature for All of Us
- Little Sisters of the Poor
- Lungevity Foundation
- Lupus Foundation of America
- Lymphoma Research Foundation
- Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation
- Make a Child Smile
- Metropolitan Family Services
- Midwest Palliative and Hospice Care
- Misericordia
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Museum of Science and Industry
- National Cancer Society
- National Kidney Foundation
- National Student Partnership
- New Buffalo Four Square Church
- New Creation Vineyard
- Northfield Park District
- North Shore Congregation Israel
- Northwestern Memorial Foundation
- Northwestern University
- Once Upon a Time Gala
- Parkinson's Disease Foundation
- Partnership for Hope
- Pediatric AIDS Chicago
- PAWS
- River North Association
- River North Residents Association
- Royal Rangers
- Rush University Medical Center
- Smart Museum of Art
- St. Jude Children's Hospital
- St. Vincent de Paul Center
- St. Francis Xavier Building Fund
- St. Thomas Hospice
- Temple Sholom
- Special Olympics
- The House Theatre of Chicago
- Urban Land Institute
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- UNICEF
- United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago
- University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital
- University of Chicago Rescue Fund
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation
- University of Chicago Kirschner Foundation
- University of Illinois Foundation
- Urban Gateways
- Valentine Boys and Girls Club
- Wings of Mercy West
- Working in the Schools
- Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
