1. Blue Cross/Blue Shield $105,000 $1.2 billion
2. William Blair & Co.
(investment banking firm) $104,500 $2 million
3. JP Morgan Chase $95,200 $5.3 million
4. Aon (insurance broker) $50,000 $2.3 million
5. Mayer Brown law firm $50,000 $2.9 million
6. ComEd/Exelon $50,000 $32.8 million
7. Motorola $50,000 $115 million
8. East Lake Management
(property management/developer) $40,000 $1.8 million
9. Marina Cartage/MT Leasing $40,000 $45.9 million
10. Turner Construction $40,000 $25.9 million
11. CARE -- Chicago Airports Resources
(construction management) $35,000 $65.5 million
12. Standard Parking $35,000 $350 million
13. Harbour Contractors $30,000 $7 million
14. Walsh Construction $25,000 $1.2 billion
15. Globetrotters Engineering $25,000 $13.9 million
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
In just a few years, Mayor Daley's wife has built one of the fastest-growing charities in Illinois.Just who's on the board?
The charity -- After School Matters -- has seen its revenues soar 243 percent from 2003 to 2006, from $5.3 million to $18.2 million, according to the latest reports it's filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
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Mayor Daley (left) and his wife, Maggie, attend last month?s fund-raiser for After School Matters. The event was held at a new O'Hare runway and was expected to raise millions.
Seventeen years ago, Maggie Daley got her husband to set up a summer arts program on Block 37, the long-vacant lot, in the heart of the Loop, across from Marshall Field's. She called it Gallery 37.
It was wildly successful, as office workers and tourists came to watch 260 high school students paint, draw, sculpt and perform music for six weeks.
Gallery 37 evolved into After School Matters, a not-for-profit organization that offers a range of programs for teens at 58 locations across the city.
"Helping Chicago teens achieve their highest potential is at the heart of what we do," Maggie Daley wrote in her charity's latest annual report. "With the support of foundation and corporate funders, individual donors and public partners, After School Matters has created a solid network of out-of-school opportunities for teens that equip them with valuable skills while inspiring optimism about their futures."
For a little perspective, consider that After School Matters -- founded and run by Maggie Daley -- raised more money in a single year than 97 percent of the 12,757 charities in Illinois filing reports with the IRS, according to an analysis done for the Chicago Sun-Times by the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank.
The board also includes lobbyists such as Victor Reyes, former head of the mayor's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and founder of the Hispanic Democratic Organization, both of which have been at the center of City Hall corruption scandals.Mayor Daley certainly associates with some interesting people.You'll notice Marina Cartage/MT Leasing gave $40,000 and got 45.9 million dollars in contracts.The Chicago Sun-Times explains Marina Cartage concerning the Hired Truck scandal:
Marina Cartage and MAT Leasing (nearly $2 million) -- owned by Michael A. Tadin, longtime friend and former business partner of Fred Barbara. Tadin's uncle Frank Bertucci was a godchild of Barbara's late grandfather -- Roti family patriarch Bruno Roti Sr. Tadin's employees have included Ronald Marasso, a son-in-law of the late Ald. Roti.Alderman Roti is gone but not forgotten.Why does Mayor Daley continue to associate with people who are connected to the Chicago Mob?
