Mercy Home For Boys & Girls
Mercy Home For Boys & Girls is a children’s charity dedicated to providing a solution for at-risk children in Chicago, Illinois. Their work with abused, abandoned, and neglected children is only possible with our support. Help pave the way to a brighter future for troubled children and teens in Chicago. Please considering sharing a gift today.
Primo Center for Women & Children
The Primo Center is committed to breaking the cycle of homelessness in families by providing housing and support services to the west side communities of Chicago. Their mission is to empower women & children to become productive, responsible and independent members of their communities.
Upwardly Global
Upwardly Global helps work-authorized, skilled immigrants rebuild their professional careers in the U.S. They provide professional U.S. job search training and access to employers with global talent needs.
Women’s Business Development Center
The Women's Business Development Center (WBDC) is a one of a kind non-profit focused on fueling the economy through entrepreneurship. As the oldest, largest and most comprehensive women’s business assistance center in the United States, we have programs designed to help individuals in every phase of the business development and growth process.
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an investment to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing greater access to education, capital and business support services. 10,000 Small Businesses is funded by Goldman Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Foundation. In the United States, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is a $500 million investment to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing them with greater access to education, financial capital and business support services.
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry’s membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., Brussels, Singapore, and other locations across the United States, HIMSS represents more than 23,000 individual members and over 380 corporate members that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to ensuring quality patient care.
West Loop
Chicago's West Loop Neighborhood is home to businesses and residents who enjoy a dynamic and rapidly growing urban environment. The West Loop is one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in Chicago. It is home to thriving restaurants, shops, galleries, and spacious residential lofts.
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary association of business and professional men and women who, through committees and professional staff, have contributed importantly to the Chicago metropolitan area's commercial, industrial and civic development over a long period of years. The Chamber’s 2,600 members employ more than one million men and women in the region.
National Association of Women Business Owners
Founded in 1975, the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is the unified voice of America's more than 10 million women-owned businesses representing the fastest growing segment of the economy.
NAWBO is the only dues-based organization representing the interests of all women entrepreneurs across all industries; and boasts over 7000 members and 70 chapters across the country. With far-reaching clout and impact, NAWBO is a one-stop resource to propelling women business owners into greater economic, social and political spheres of power worldwide.
Westside Business Network
Business development and networking opportunities for professionals on the West Side of Chicago. Partner with your neighborhood newspaper to grow your connections and expand your business. The AWN West Side Business Network is the umbrella group for the AWN Business Development Group, West Side Women, West Side Men, West Side Bridge (bridging the gap between the West Side of Chicago and the Western Suburbs), West Side Manufacturing Network, and the Illinois Press Association award winning Out & About in Austin – showing all that’s good on the West Side of Chicago.
More than just networking and advertising support, we offer consultative marketing and business management strategy support, connections to funding opportunities, and partnership matching that makes sense. Why trust us? Because we make it our passion to connect with everyone in the communities we serve.
ICNC
ICNC advocates for the interest of business on Chicago’s Nearwest Side. ICNC strengthens both start-up & emerging companies by providing business development assistance as well as information and links to public and private resources and services. ICNC, an employer-driven organization develops programs and services in response to the needs of the companies it represents.
In addition to the $2.5 million a year in revenue from its incubator (operated by ICNC and its 501 (c)(3) affiliate, the Kinzie Industrial Development Corp or KIDC), ICNC receives over $700,000 a year in funding comes from government and foundation grants – positioning it to offer extensive no-cost services to local companies and tenants. Today, ICNC is comprised of over 400 member companies and represents the Nearwest Side’s rapidly growing business community, comprised of over 2,000 small businesses.
4Medapproved
4Medapproved is the leading educational resource for professionals at all stages of the health IT implementation process – providing access to invaluable content, community, curriculum and consulting resources in one centralized location.