Our Impact: Articles

12.09.2019 —

In 2017, a mere 12 foundations invested $5.6 million dollars into securing non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ Americans, a slight dip from the record high of $7.4 million in 2016. They…

11.01.2019 —

Military veteran, historian, businesswoman, investor, developer, philanthropist, transgender woman and Parker graduate Col. (IL) Jennifer Pritzker ’68 returned to the school recently to speak at Morning Ex about the importance…

06.13.2019 —

In 1881, Naphtali ben Yakov Pritzker arrived in Chicago, a 10-year-old penniless Jewish immigrant from Ukraine. Nicholas, as he later was known, taught himself English, worked his way through law…

05.28.2019 —

Norwich University will receive $269,000 from the TAWANI Foundation for the Student Life Fund, the Annual Fund, the Sullivan Museum and History Center, with the bulk going towards the Norwich…

01.10.2019 —

To me, restrictions on transgender military service are personal. I am a transgender woman. Before my transition, I served as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. I am proud…

12.24.2018 —

There’s a new twist in the Trump administration’s effort to stop transgender Americans from serving in the military. In a Dec. 10 hearing before the D.C. Court of Appeals, a Justice Department…

11.26.2018 —

Across the country, institutions of higher education are responding to proposed changes in the federal definition of gender under Title IX. If implemented, gender would be defined as male or…

11.08.2018 —

Massachusetts voters resoundingly reaffirmed the rights of transgender people Tuesday, voting by a 2-1 ratio to uphold the 2016 state law that bars discrimination against them in such public places…

11.06.2018 —

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) recognized Col. Jennifer Pritzker and the TAWANI Foundation with a Philanthropy Award for their longstanding support of WPATH and of the work required to…

10.26.2018 —

The recipients of the Bicentennial HONOR 200 have been announced. The award honors the work of 200 veterans who continue to make extraordinary contributions to the people of Illinois. Among…