10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY BASH!

2021 Pulitzer Prize, National Reporting, “Mauled” (2020)
2021 Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Audio Reporting, “Somebody” (2020)
2024 Pulitzer Prize, Local Reporting, “Missing in Chicago” (2023)
2024 Pulitzer Prize, Audio Reporting, “You Didn’t See Nothin” (2023)

This year we are marking our ten year anniversary with a two-part 10 Year Anniversary Bash! For this once in a decade moment, we have crafted an event that honors the relationships of the past, present, and future. During the cocktail reception starting at 6:00pm, staff will be available to discuss upcoming investigations and talk shop. When the party begins at 7:00pm, we will celebrate our origins, enjoy each other’s company, and build connections for the road ahead.

April 24, 2025

Maxwells Trading
1516 W Carroll Ave
Chicago, IL 60607

Cocktail Reception: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Party: 7:00pm - 9:00pm 

Individual Ticket Prices:

Cocktail Reception (6pm) and Party (7pm): $225
Party (7pm): $150

Host Committee

John Bouman
Valerie Denney and Jack Weinberg
Steve and Andrea Edwards
Janice Feinberg
Craig Futterman and Kenyatta Tatum-Futterman
Sunny Fischer
Sonny Garg & Julia Harris
Adam Green
Susan Gzesh
Alex Kotlowitz
Jonathan Logan
Susan and Stuart Lucas
Kari Lydersen
Bozena and John McLees
Ronald Milsap, Co-Chair
Rebecca Rosofsky and Stuart Flack
WuDi Wu, Co-Chair

SPONSORS

Burroughs Sponsors

 
 
 

Brooks Sponsors

Ronald Milsap and the LGC Fellows Class of 2022

 
 

Hansberry Sponsors 

Valerie Denney and Jack Weinberg
Steve and Andrea Edwards
Barbara Engel and Jesse Hall
Sunny and Paul Fischer
Stuart Flack
Stuart and Susan Lucas
Bozena and John McLees
Loevy & Loevy

In-Kind Sponsors

 
 
 

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 

Burroughs Level 
$7,000 (Limit 3)

  • All benefits of the Brooks Level 

  • Name spoken by staff at the cocktail reception

  • Name spoken by staff at the party 

  • Eight (8) reserved seats to the party total

  • Eight (8) cocktail reception total.

Brooks Level 
$3,500 (Limit 10)

  • All benefits of the Hansberry Level

  • Four (4) reserved seats to the party total

  • Four (4) cocktail reception tickets total. 

  • Name listed in event emails

Hansberry Level
$1,200 (Limit 15)

  • Two (2) reserved seats

  • Two (2) ticket to the cocktail reception

  • Name listed in event program 

  • Name listed on event webpage

Please contact Anwulika Anigbo with additional questions.

Anwulika Anigbo 
Development Director
anwuli@invisibleinstitute.com

AT A GLANCE

Learn more about our recent work in our 2024 Annual Report. Here are some highlights over the years:

The first major investigation of our Beneath the Surface project, Missing in Chicago, published in 2023, won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. This investigation highlighted a systemic issue within the Chicago Police Department (CPD) when investigating the cases of missing Black women and girls.

You Didn’t See Nothin combined careful investigative work with powerful narrative storytelling that digs into questions about racial reconciliation and Chicago history, and won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting.

Mauled, our Pulitzer prize winning joint investigation into police dogs, led to major changes in Indianapolis and nationally. In Indianapolis, where our reporters first identified a troubling pattern of police dog bites, the local department announced limits to dog bites the same day that we co-published our investigation with IndyStar. In 2021, the first full year after our investigation, the department reported just nine bites, a nearly 90% decrease from the rate before our investigation. Beyond Indianapolis, the Massachusetts legislature passed a police reform bill that included limits on the use of dogs while Washington state passed a law improving local canine policies. 

Citizens Police Data Project (CPDP.co) is a national model for using public records to empower citizens, used by more than one hundred thousand people annually. Agencies like COPA and Chicago’s Inspector General expanded their release of police data in response to our site, while our team supported transparency efforts in New York and other jurisdictions.

Somebody, our 2020 Pulitzer finalist podcast has over 1.7 million downloads, and spurred Chicago’s Inspector General to recommended that CPD change its policies governing how officers handle people who have been shot.

In 2015, Jamie Kalven published a piece titled “Sixteen Shots.” That reporting broke the story of the police killing of Laquan McDonald and set off a series of events that culminated in the release of dashcam footage of the murder, the resignation of police superintendent Garry McCarthy, and the conviction of CPD officer Jason Van Dyke. We also co-produced 16 Shots, a documentary for SHOWTIME that won the 2020 Emmy.