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Mission
The McCormick Foundation's Civics Program seeks to improve access to quality civic education and engagement opportunities in Chicagoland for youth ages 12-22. The Civics Program pursues this vision by delivering content and services that serve youth and teachers; funding organizations that improve civic education and engagement; and by advocating for policy changes which impact the civic education system. Through this work, the Civics Program aims to provide Chicagoland youth with the knowledge, skills and opportunities that are essential to lifelong civic engagement.

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History
In June 2010, the Citizenship Program, a grantmaking arm of the McCormick Foundation, was combined with the Freedom Project (formerly the Freedom Museum) to create the McCormick Foundation Civics Program. For more information on our grantmaking guidelines, please click here. The combined vision of our programming and grantmaking activities is to make Chicagoland a model of civic health by providing its youth with a foundation of knowledge, skills, and opportunities essential to lifelong civic engagement.

McCormick Foundation Leadership Team
Foundation Board of Directors
Dennis J. FitzSimons, Chairman
James C. Dowdle
John W. Madigan
Ruthellyn Musil
Scott C. Smith
Don Wycliff


David D. Hiller
President and Chief Executive Officer
McCormick Foundation

John Sirek
Civics Program Director
McCormick Foundation

Shawn Healy
Director of Educational Programs
McCormick Foundation Civics Program

Courtney Brouwer
Assistant Director of Student Programs
McCormick Foundation Civics Program

Teacher Advisory Council
Marianne Boe, Resurrection High School
Erica Bray-Parker, Glenbard North High School
Gale Carter, East Chicago Central High School
Cheryl Currie, West Chicago Middle School
Mary Ellen Daneels, Community High School
Kyle Hickman, Wheaton-Warrenville South High School
Katie Huston, Francis Xavier Warde School
Sheryl Kabak, Hawthorn Middle School North
Hayley Lotspeich, Wheaton North High School
John Mahon, Jordan Community School
Sharon Smogor, Carmel Catholic High School
Tom Smith, Elk Grove High School
Pat Usher, Carl Sandburg High School

Financial Statements
2008 Financial Statements

Copyright
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