We Raise Foundation in Itasca, Illinois, is in the business of investing in human potential. Together with its partners, We Raise is transforming Chicago neighborhoods for the better.
Using new strategies grounded in data from the Results Innovation Lab, Beacon Award winner Rebecca Kiesow-Knudsen leads a team to reduce racial disparities within the child welfare system.
Ken Daly was an extremely generous man with an exceptional gift for recognizing potential in people and organizations. He will be greatly missed but not forgotten.
Beacon Award winner Beverly Jones leads a team that serves about 2,500 children each year in a state that is among the last with respect to permanency rates. The Results Innovation Lab enabled Beverly to find creative and innovative ways to help decrease the length of children’s stays in foster care. The lessons learned also informed her own approach in supporting her fellow Lab mates in the search for solutions to common challenges.
