We’re registering voters.
We’re fighting mis/disinformation.
We’re increasing voter turnout.
Support our vital nonpartisan work for Illinois’ 2025 election cycle!
We welcome your support for the League’s Campaign to Safeguard Democracy. Our goal is to raise at least $75,000 to fund our get-out-the-vote efforts, statewide online voter guide, candidate forums, and campaigns to fight misinformation and disinformation.
Choose Where Your Contribution Goes
THE LWVIL Fund
The League of Women Voters of Illinois is a 501(c)(4) organization. Money given to LWVIL can be used for office supplies, staff, advocacy work, general operating expenses, and other growth initiatives. This donation is not tax-deductible, so it’s great for donors who use the standard deduction on their federal income taxes.
The LWVIL Education Fund
The League of Women Voters of Illinois Education Fund (LWVILEF) is a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations to the Education Fund support voter education services and voter service activities. Donations to this fund are tax-deductible, perfect for those who itemize their deductions on their federal income taxes, want to make a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) from their IRA, or wish to donate appreciated securities.
Here’s What Your Donation Can Do
$100 buys printing and postage for 100 postcards
$1,000 buys a full year of smart voter data access for all Illinois Leagues
$2,500 buys a month of billboard advertising for LWVIL
$5,000 buys two months of salary for an intern to help with GOTV work
More Ways to Give
Donate By Check
Make your check out to LWVIL—or, if tax deductibility is important to you, make your check out to LWVILEF, our Education Fund. Mail your check to 332 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 634, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
Donate Appreciated Securities
By donating appreciated securities to the League of Women Voters of Illinois Education Fund (EIN: 36 - 3037231), you can receive a tax deduction for the current fair market value of the asset while avoiding capital gains tax. Essentially, you can give more money to the League and less to taxes. Contact your brokerage/financial services company for more information.
Leverage Your IRA
Donors age 70½ or older can transfer up to $100,000 annually from their IRA directly to the League of Women Voters of Illinois Education Fund (EIN: 36-3037231) without being subject to income taxes on the distribution. This effectively makes the distribution a deductible gift. Furthermore, if you are at an age where you must take a required minimum distribution (RMD), a gift directly from your IRA reduces the amount of the RMD that otherwise would be taxable income on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Contact your IRA administrator for more information.
Estate Plan Gifts
You can leave a strong legacy with an estate plan gift to the League. To make a gift of a specific amount or a percentage of your estate, work with your estate lawyer to draft or amend your estate plan to include the following words in your will:
“I give, devise, and bequeath to the League of Women Voters of Illinois, 332 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 634, Chicago, Illinois 60604-4422 (insert amount or gift being given here) to be used in support of the mission of the League of Women Voters of Illinois.”
Additionally, you can name the League of Women Voters of Illinois as the beneficiary on funds, or individual stocks and bonds in your portfolio. Work with your investment advisor or the company that holds your portfolio to update your account beneficiary.
The League of Women Voters of Illinois (LWVIL) is a 501(c)(4), so gifts are not tax deductible. The League of Women Voters of Illinois Education Fund (LWVILEF) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization (EIN: 36 - 3037231). Please consult your tax advisor regarding tax deductibility.
If you have questions about any of these options or would like to speak with someone about your giving, please email support@lwvil.org.
Thank You to Our Donors
LWV of Arlington Heights
Lorri Grainawi**
Nancy Shocket
Shannon Silverman**
Bill Slankard**
Linda Waycie
Connie Weissman**
LWV of the Aurora Area
Margaret Dunn*
Melina Kline
Pauline Mittag
Carol Tidwell
Tania Traverso**
LWV of Central Kane County
Lisa Aguilar*
Terry Allen
Janet Craft**
Susan Gately
Margaret M. Johnston
William Koehl**
Ruth Kuzmanic
Patti Lackman**
Jennifer Mackey*
Debrah Mader
Maureen McKeough
LWV of Champaign County
Karen Brown Kane
Trisha Crowley
Susan Garnsey
Sara Kelley
Carol Leff
Theresa Michelson**
Nancy Mings*
Margaret Patten
Dr. Holly A. Rosencranz**
Jane Santogrossi*
Lila Sullivan
Joan & Walter Tousey
Sandra & Bill Volk
LWV of Chicago
Kathy Abbott
Sharon Z. Alter
Susan Avila
Letina Brady Pettis
Katina Burke*
Brenda Calfin
Robin Charleston
Laurie Cohen
Andie Daglas
Ruth Dunnell
Diane Edmundson*
Marjorie Ettlinger
Lynn Fischer*
Jan Flapan
Barbara Flynn Currie**
Jill Folan*
Marjy Gilbert
Deborah Halpern
Monique Hanson
Margaret Herring**
Patty Hulseman-Abrams
Wayne Kubasak
Lorraine LeBlanc*
Andrea Mancillas
Mary Kay Marrello
Pris Mims
Joan Morton
Jo-Elle Munchak**
Abigail Nichols
Carol Paulini**
Elizabeth Perrine
Carol Tarnoff
Elona Vaisnys**
Josie Yanguas**
LWV of Deerfield / Lincolnshire
Carole Einhorn
Rosemary Heilemann**
Susan Masaracchia-Roberts**
Kelly McShane
Sunday Mueller
Claudia Steinbrecher
Barbara Struthers
LWV of DeKalb County
Elizabeth Bass**
Marilyn Hrymak**
Christi Slavenas**
Patricia Vary
LWV of Downers Grove / Woodridge / Lisle
Carol Jeanne Davis
Hilary Denk**
Sue Goad*
Margaret Healy
Mary Hobein**
Marianne Hunnicutt
Adele Jamieson*
John Kennedy
Harriett Lindstrom**
Sheila Rao
Nancy Staszak
LWV of the Edwardsville Area
Betty Dodson
Becky Ellis
Sylvia Frank*
Carol Juen
Jane Klopfenstein
Virginia McCall
Carol Reinking*
LWV of the Elgin Area
Shirley May Byrnes**
Jennifer Ford*
Julie Longo
Dolonna Mecum
Sue Whitworth**
LWV of Elmhurst
Pam Conrad
Jennifer Zordani
LWV of Evanston
Susan Brenner
Bobby & Suzanne Calder**
Gloria Callaci
Ginny Darakjian
James & Judith Elsass*
Jennifer Hager
Elizabeth Hayford
Judith Hoffman**
Mary Keefe Kelly**
Valerie Krejcie
Lauren McFarlane
Marie McKellar**
Eleanor Revelle**
Kathy Tate-Bradish*
Karen Telser
Sarah Vanderwicken
Tucker Wildes
LWV of Freeport
Sheryl Pitts Wolff
LWV of Glen Ellyn
Sarah Allen**
Sarah Baldwin*
Nancy Bell
Gail Bernstein*
Jayne Boeckelman**
Lynn Bruno
Carrie Burrows
Peter Cooper
Rita Doyle**
Sally Fairbank
Sonja Faulkner**
Jennifer Greenwalt
Jean C. Griffin
Virginia Larsen
Bernadette Laszewski
Christine Liubicich*
Margaret McGrath
Erica Nelson**
Candace Purdom
Kim Reed**
Donna Jean Simon**
Michelle Thorsell*
LWV of Glenview / Glencoe
Lindsey Dorfman
Susan Gregory**
Mary Hummel**
Janet & Lloyd Kittlaus**
Shirley Kreutzfeldt
Paula Lawson**
Merilee Novinson
Nancy O’Shaughnessy**
Dianne Schmidt
Ruth Ellen Scholly
Susan Swaringen**
Annette Vander Ploeg
Patricia Walter
Carol Ward**
Ann Yoshida**
LWV of Grayslake, Round Lakes, and Waukegan
Kathleen Conlon Wasik*
Patricia Hogan*
Jeanne Kearby**
Nancy Kravcisin-McClain*
LWV of Greater Peoria
Hind Abi-Akar
Cheryl Budzinski
Carole Gilfillan
Timothy Howard
Delores McCollum
Connie Romanus**
LWV of Highland Park / Highwood
Elinor Bayliss**
Rose Feder
Bryna & Edward Gamson**
Nancy Goldberg**
Steven & Barbara Lippai**
Susan Piro
LWV of Homewood / Flossmoor
Kassandra Brezill
Carolyn Cosentino**
Cheryl Gansauer
Erin Roeper**
George Roeper
Sandra Slayton**
LWV of Illinois
Members-Around-State
Julianne Buck
Shirley Haake
Barbara Heskett
Michelle Komperda
Nicole Molinaro
Catherine Offerman
Leann Pettis
Deadra Stokes
Jean Tess
Jordan Tsoulos
Helen Valantinas
Ann Zartman*
Karen Ziech*
LWV of Jackson County
Gayle Klam**
Kindra Speech
LWV of Jo Daviess County
Bonnie Cox**
Janet Eggleston**
Katherine Pearson
LWV of the Kewanee Area
Jessica Fornander
LWV of the LaGrange Area
Joyce Carlson
Laurie Czizik
Kathleen Graffam
Krista Grimm**
Barbara Heskett
Jean Klotter
Barbara Lamb
Andrea Martonffy
Janice Miller**
Robin Miller**
Peg Moster**
Michele Niccolai**
Anne Royston
Cynthia Schilsky**
Diane Scott**
Mariann Stephens
Ruthann Vihon
LWV of Lake Forest / Lake Bluff
Linda Bartmes
Krista Benes
Marion Cartwright*
Linda Dahl**
Lynette Foss
Mary Mathews
Jane Miller**
Kristin Pearson*
Linda Remensnyder
Carol Russ**
Suzanne Sands
Karen Szymanski
Carol Wynn*
LWV of McDonough County
Sally Egler
Jane Ellickson Coplan
Charlene Kornoski-Du Vall
LWV of McHenry County
Lee Ekstrom*
Paula Ekstrom**
Allison Hull*
Donna Seeley
Richard Woosnam & Susan Fugelberg**
LWV of McLean County
Linda Garbe*
Chad Kahl
Alexis Kalish
Dalene Kuebler**
Gretchen Monti*
Kay Moss
Julie Prandi*
Michelle Proksa*
Faith Russell**
Shaila Simmons
Laurie Wollrab
LWV of Naperville
Jane Burke
Susan Craighead**
Thomas Craighead**
Elaine Fisher
Margaret Frank
Peggy & Shoshana Frank
Beverly George
Kathryn Hoffman
Jeff & Kim Knezovich
Jill Lexier
Mary Ellen Middleton
Julie Niles**
Mary Gail Rohr
Gail Ryan
Bill Simon*
Becky Simon
Annette Smith*
Geralyn Smith*
LWV of Oak Park / River Forest
Kathryn Balk**
Tina Birnbaum
Marsha Borders
Sue Campbell
Nancy Clark
Ann Courter & Norman Hirsch**
Judy Das Gupta
Sheila Flaherty
Beverly Graham**
Jane Hastings**
Margaret Herman*
Angelika Kuehn*
Margaret Massarello**
Kathryn & Alan Nesburg
Marilyn Oorbeck*
Barbara Paterick
Marilyn Pearson
Kathleen Perry
Beth Rooney*
Fran Sampson
Jo-Ella Spratt*
Linda Valentine
Anne White
Edward White
LWV of the Palatine, Barrington, and Schaumburg Areas
Gayle Banakis*
Camille Basak
Joan Brody
Susan Burke
Kathy Cortez
Laura Davis**
Mary Pat Fontana
Renee Gladstone
Christine Jessee**
Susan B. Kern*
Diane Knippen
Janet Larson
Vicki Martin**
Marilyn McCarty-Fulton**
Jackie McGrath
Susan Tracy
Kathryn Wise*
LWV of Palos / Orland
Rose Cap**
Victoria L. Cerinich**
Barbara Pasquinelli
LWV of the Park Forest Area
Cynthia Butler
Mary Therese Fazzini
Annette Little
LWV of Rockford
Carol Bailey
Bev Cicolello
Sara Dady*
Christina Hiltrop*
Colleen Holmbeck
Joan Sage
Patty Stadelman
Sue Theden
LWV of Roselle / Bloomingdale Area
Roberta Borrino**
Barbara Hochstadt**
Diana Hoke*
Mary Ann Lill-Clous**
Donna Limper
Laura McGovern
Jean Milz**
Joan Richards
Shefali Trivedi**
LWV of the Springfield Area
Melissa Fisher Paoni
Marcia Wherry
LWV of St. Clair County
Twyla Winters-Jenkins
LWV of Wheaton
Nancy Bielawski*
Carole Borg
Jane Hodgkinson
Judy Hoskins
Gale Morgan-Williams**
Melissa Nachman
Jeremy Parker
Elizabeth Smid*
LWV of Wilmette
Cindy Fey**
Fern Finkel
Georgia Gebhardt
Karen George
Mary Ellen Girgenti
Brae Korin
Jennifer Manning*
Marjorie Mizes
Cathy Reiter
Enid Richard*
Jenny Rosene**
Debra Stetter
Anne Sullivan
Anne Treadway
LWV of Winnetka / Northfield / Kenilworth
Ann W. Perce
Other Donors
Robert Albrecht*
Britta Albrecht-Tello
Morgen Alexander-Young
Patti Allan Irion
Basanti Banerji*
Ann Beier*
Louis & Brigitte Bell*
Martha Bell
Mark & Sue Bergren**
Catherine Bock*
Mercedes Borzyskowski*
Grace Budrys*
Dawn Bueneman
S.C. Burke*
Jacob Burroughs**
Kathleen Cantone
Kirsten Caspersen*
Tina Casperson Delia
Dianne Casuto
Eleanor Champagne*
Chicago Foundation for Women*
Christopher M and Susan L Gust Foundation*
Joyce Cook*
Anita Copolillo*
Gina Crumble*
Christine Deering
Stacey Dembo
Mike Dessimoz*
David & Marie Dickson
Stephanie Dixson**
Carol & Jeff Dolin
Lynn Donaldson & Cameron Avery**
Karen Enghusen
Evanston Community Foundation
Helen Fandrei
Jim Freeburg
Patricia Gilmartin**
Dr. Debra Goldstein & Dr. David Cohen*
Laura Greene Welch
Roger Grimes**
Rachel M. Hall*
Steven Hall
Lucy R. Hammerberg*
Chris Harker Roberg
Douglas Harrison
Susan Hart Moses
Marlene Heinlein & Linda Kron
Bernadette Hollins*
Jon Holsinger
Jeanette Hosek
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Paula Janis Fraser
Natalie Jaresko
Elizabeth Johnston*
Rose E. Joshua
Suzanne Jost
Barbara Jurgens
Monika Kelly
Mary Korbel Chiappetta**
Karen Kortsch*
Susan Krutsch
Meta & Larry Levin*
Nikki Limper
Shakaria McDonald
Lynda McGrath
Mary McKinstry*
Daniel McLevige
Karen Messer*
Ines Milne*
Suzen Moeller*
Sandra Moles
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Nerenberg
Di-Donna Niesman
Matt Nisbet
Sally Parker
John Parkolap
Ellory Peck & Mark Rudberg
Mary Pellico
Carolyn Pereira
Lisa Polsby
Judy Pusch
Richard Rewey
Stuart Rice**
Tracy Ritter
June Rongved
Lisa Rose
Marcia Ross
Cheryl Russell
Lee & Cheryl Sachnoff**
Howard Salk*
Karen Schumpp
Marilyn Schweitzer*
Edwin Simon
Paul Slater
SMT Architects
Jeri Solomon
Andrea Steinberg**
Susan Stephens*
Sharon Stolz**
Matthew Strait**
William Stuart*
Terrill L Stumpf
Theresa Sullivan
Ellen Taylor-White*
Linda Thomas*
Audrey Tillmans
Amy Traub*
Kelsey Trotta*
Kirsten Vaughan
Lavina Velasco*
Lesley Wallerstein
Carolyn B. Weber*
Kim White
Kathleen Williams
Jeffrey Wincentsen*
Judy Wood
*2025 Campaign Donor (October 2024–September 2025)
**2024 and 2025 Campaign Donor