Charity
Over the years, Clarius has supported various charitable organizations spanning a wide range of issues, locations and organizational size. The list below is a partial representation and will continue to be updated.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Driven by passionate, grassroots volunteers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with this disease, JDRF is the largest charitable supporter of T1D research. JDRF’s research mission is to discover, develop and deliver advances that cure, better treat and prevent type 1 diabetes (T1D). As the global leader in the fight against T1D, JDRF’s research programs are comprehensive — addressing the hopes and dreams of every person with T1D for the best quality of life and a cure for this disease.
Foundation Fighting Blindness
The Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) was established in 1971 by a passionate group of families driven to find treatments and cures for inherited retinal diseases that were affecting their loved ones. Today, the Foundation Fighting Blindness is the world’s leading private funder of retinal disease research. That funding has been a driving force behind the progress toward cures, including the identification of more than 250 genes linked to retinal disease, and the launch of 20 clinical trials for potential treatments.
Uniting Voices Chicago
Founded in 1956 by Rev. Christopher Moore as the Children’s Chorus of the First Unitarian Church of Chicago in direct response to the Civil Rights Movement, Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir) is rooted in the belief that music is a vehicle for fostering empathy and respect between young people of all races, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, religions, gender identities, and sexual orientations.
Chicago Westside Music Festival
The Chicago Westside Music Festival (“WSMF”) is an annual music festival that is FREE to the community! WSMF was created to fill the void of cultural programming and outlets available to residents on the West Side of Chicago. WSMF helps establish the West Side as a destination for music and summer festival fun, drawing audiences from both local and citywide communities. The WSMF is produced by the Westside Cultural Foundation.
Chicago Public Library Foundation
Founded in 1986 by visionary civic leaders including Cindy Pritzker, J. Ira Harris, and Marshall Field, the Chicago Public Library Foundation is the exclusive fundraising partner to Chicago Public Library. Donors to the Library Foundation support the public library system’s most responsive and innovative programs, its acquisition of new technologies, and the development of its collections. This infusion of resources has helped to launch and sustain crucial programs and services that benefit Chicagoans of all ages living and working in all 77 neighborhoods.
Industrial Women in Real Estate
IWIRE is a unique, grass-roots organization of transactional professionals from a variety of firms, specialties and levels of experience within the greater Chicago market. Our mission is to foster collaboration and education through the development of a network of women in industrial real estate. We intend to achieve our mission by scheduling events to provide a forum for the generation of organic social connections while focusing on specific educational goals.
First Place - Phoenix
First Place AZ, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization, represents home for individuals who live there, peace of mind for family and friends who come and go, and an inspiring and enriching environment for those who work and learn there. It represents a new residential prototype that aspires to be an international model.
Vision
Ensuring that housing and community options are as bountiful for adults with autism and other neuro-diversities as they are for everyone else.
Mission
First Place sets the standard for developing communities that integrate adults with autism and other neuro-diversities into the fabric of society through housing, healthcare, education, employment, supportive systems and culture.
Room To Read - Chicago
We Believe that World Change Starts with Educated Children.
We envision a world in which all children can pursue a quality education that enables them to reach their full potential and contribute to their communities and the world.
Room to Read seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in low-income communities by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Working in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations and governments, we develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the relevant life skills to succeed in school and beyond.
Chicago Children's Museum
Chicago Children’s Museum’s mission is to improve children’s lives by creating a community where play and learning connect.
Chicago Children’s Museum is a place where families and caregivers with infants and children are encouraged to create, explore, and discover together through play. The museum features three vibrant floors of exhibits and activities that provide sensory experiences and engaging educational content focusing on literacy, science, math, visual and performing arts, and health.
https://www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org/index.php/about/mission-history
The Goldie Initiative
The mission of the Goldie B. Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate® Initiative (“The Goldie Initiative”) is to prepare women for senior leadership roles in all sectors of commercial real estate. The Goldie Initiative does this by providing scholarship support for graduate study, mentorship and networking opportunities to women with high potential who are committed to becoming the leaders in the real estate industry.