Thatcher Swanson Grant for Diversity and Inclusion
The Thatcher Swanson Grant for Diversity and Inclusion is available for students in 1st-8th Grade, is renewable each year, and provides the recipient with:
- Full tuition
- Extended Day (after school care until 6:00 p.m.)
- School lunches
- Stipend for After School Adventures (extra curricular activities) and athletics
- Funding toward materials, technology, supplemental learning, and additional programming that supports participation in all that Cook offers
Requirements for Consideration
- Must demonstrate significant financial need, as determined by school administration
- Must identify with an underrepresented race, religion, physical ability, sexual identity, or gender identity within the school community
Application and Admission Process
Please contact us to express interest in the Grant. For special application instructions and a code to waive the $75 admission fee, please contact Tiffany Wells, Director of Enrollment Management, at admission@ccookschool.org or 312.266.3381 x3146.
About Thatcher Swanson
In the fall of 2020, the Catherine Cook community mourned the loss of our beloved 2nd Grader Thatcher Swanson. Thatcher was a vibrant, curious, and happy soul who loved learning, his friends, solving tough math problems, and showcasing his ever-growing vocabulary. He brought a great deal of warmth and enthusiasm to school each day.
Following his passing, his parents created the Thatcher James Swanson Memorial Foundation and formed a partnership with Catherine Cook School. Thanks to their generosity, the Catherine Cook School Grant for Diversity and Inclusion was renamed to the Thatcher Swanson Grant for Diversity and Inclusion. Thatcher's big heart, unmatched energy, beautiful smile, contagious laughter, and overall zest for life will never be forgotten.
Grant Donor Roll
2023 Donor Roll
$25,000+
Lisa and Michael Cotton
John Holmes and Jenni Sorenson
Michelle and Ryan Kilkenney
$20,000
Shannon and Justin Offen
Bhavan Suri and Bhavana Devulapally
$15,000
Leah and Ben Rosemergy
$10,000
Zach and Leslie Archer
Carrie Cochran Cohen and Josh Cohen
Jordana Joseph and Glen Saltzberg
Erika and Jon Maschmeyer
Heather Mitchell and Matthew McDowell
Erica and G.P. Palsis
Stephanie Pirishis and Jacobus Wjipkema
Lauren and Jamie Rauch
Heidi and Jim Suprenant
$7,500
Kat and Adam Cordell
Suzie Desai and Roger Liew
Meg and Karl Frey
$5,000
Aaron Burns and Jennifer Santelli-Burns
Sara and Mike Cherney
Timothy and Taylor Cook
David and Karen Dahlquist
Nathan and Kami Davis
Missy Dolski and Devere Jones
Karen and Mathew Focht
Alanna Higgins Joyce and Tim Joyce
Anh and Chu-An Lee
Thomas Linguanti and Olivia Tyrrell
Gina and Bill Ness
Shannon and Michael Piotrowski
David and Julia Vermylen
Mike Wiletzky and Shibani Baluja
$2,500
Maaike and David Almeida
Lori-Anne and Alan Brogdon
Alexandra and Cassidy Dugan
Chris and Michelle Meyer
Maggie and Dylan Hale
Alistair Mackworth Gee and Kerstin Schaars
Eero Pikat and Kristen Ross
Don and Sandy Schwarz
Jill and Clay Spencer
Linda Suleiman and Quentin Youmans
Michael and Joanna Travalini
Tim and Abby Wheeler
Rachel Pernic Waldron
$1,000
Elyse and Brad Adamo
Sara Ahmed
Meredith Albert Jemsek and Joe Jemsek
Scott and Terri Baron
Randy and Lauren Bowles
Sara Bradley and Jeffrey Grieb
Daniel and Leslie Brosk
Jennifer and Ryan Buckley
Kelli and Brad Burd
Jeff and Megan Chessare
Jen and Scott Christiansen
Ryan and Adam Cohen
Kimberly and Philip Edison
Amber and Sabir Hashmy
Cole and Tiffany Hodgin
Emily and Dominic Hood
Michelle and Andrew Hranka
Robert and Mary Hyde
Carolyn Jaw and Steve Chertow
Andrew and Alyssa Johnson
Dan and Julia Johnson
Haakon and Thuy Knutson
Kim and Max Kort
Sudesh Kulkarni and Pratyasha Rath
Motoko Maegawa
Jackie and Kyle Mowery
Ami and Dan Nardi
Christopher Novak and Mary Ellen Pavone
Lindsey and Christopher Papalia
Nilay and Sonal Parikh
Cole and Danelle Parker
Michael Pease and Nicole Klotz
Elliot and Nadene Pessis
Stacy and Kevin Peterson
Megan Poetzel and Derek Rank
Arti Raj and Scott Simpson
Katie and Bryan Robinson
Dina and James Taylor
Brooke Torrenga and John Morris
Erika and Jeff VanDam
Padma and Harsha Varadhi
Michael and Christen Walczak
Brian Waldron
Andrew and Molly Watkins
Nathan and Cara Wetters
Shana Whitehead and Charles Parekh
$500
James Arogeti and Madeline Brady
Heather and Jeff Becker
Sarah and Hans Fedderke
Kristen and Fred Flather
Jodie and J. Erik Gudell
Janeen Hayward and Mark Koenig
Danny and Julie Jacobson
Alyssa and Andrew Johnson
Brandy and Tim Kemp
Sunni and John Kitson
Rachael and Aaron Leckow
Christe and Scott Lyons
Christine and Mark Melendes
Sara Nash and JJ Postel
William Peek and John Lynch
Don Richman and Jennifer Rinn
Rebecca Rokos and Jeffrey Ralson
Nicole Ruiz and Arthur Cole
Bonnie and Joe Stanfield
Corrine Stutts and Kim France
Adam Zysk and Carrie Beyer
$250
Joseph Adamik and Diana Guerrero-Macia
Stacy and Ian Fleming
Julie Florida
Kathy Gilmore
Chandler and Lisa Hall
Randi and Mike Holzman
Veasna Kim
Jason Krumwiede
Vernitra Reed
Fran and David Schneider
Malcolm Scott
Joe Silberman
Heather and John Vardis
Amber and Mitchell Zelazny
$1 - $100
Erica Broder
Terrie Carpenter
Bevin and Heath Deyo
Christie Duffy
Keri Foley
Molly Golden
Lisa Kampwirth
Alicia Lisowski
Cassie Lueken
Tamar Mizrahi and Edward Stone
Cindy Olvera
Jamie and Megha Whiteman
Amber and Mitchell Zelazny
2021 Donor Roll
$20,000+
Bhavan Suri and Bhavana Devulapally
Marta Delgado and Saumya Nandi
$10,000 - $19,999
Elizabeth and Chadd Bennett
Ben and Leah Rosemergy
Monica and Piyush Shukla
Heidi and Jim Suprenant
$7,500 - $9,999
Suzie Desai and Roger Liew
Michelle and Ryan Kilkenney
Matthew K. and Julie Simon
$5,000 - $7,499
Kate and Eoin Callery
Joshua Cohen and Carolyn Cochran Cohen
Kat and Adam Cordell
Lisa and Michael Cotton
David and Karen Dahlquist
Meg and Karl Frey
Brandy and Zachary Grabinski
Dave and Melissa Laurenson
Erika and Jon Maschmeyer
Monique and Julian Perlmutter
Jennifer and Matthew Rice
Julia and David Vermylen
$2,500 - $4,999
Matthew and Skye Anderson
Anthony Bigornia and Lisa Young
Flavio Arana and Matt Kippenhan
Zachary and Alexis Cogswell
Tim and Taylor Cook
Steve and Rebecca Gerstung
The Kaeding Valentine Family
Chris and Pam Kallos
Jordan Kass and Stacia Garriott Kass
Chu-An and Anh Lee
Scott and Christe Lyons
Katie and Glenn McMillan
Linda and Dennis Myers
The Osborn Family
Laura and Sam Pollack
Michael and Daisie Siska
Geoffrey Smith and Catherine Stewart
$1,000 - $2,499
Chris and Maureen Bennett
Ellen Best and Greg Zrazik
Lori-Anne and Alan Brogdon
The Burns Family
Anthony and Cortney DiNello
Cassidy and Alexandra Dugan
Philip and Kimberly Edison
Kristen and Fred Flather
Ian and Stacy Fleming
Andrew and Alyssa Johnson
Jenny and Pat Kernan
Mark Koenig and Janeen Hayward
Kim and Max Kort
Kimberly and Scott Lorimer
Ronald Mitchell and Eboni Gates
Kyle and Jackie Mowery
Sarah Murphy and Thomas McCaleb
Gina and Bill Ness
Shelley and Wayne Norman
James Norton and Kathleen Sweitzer
Nilay and Sonal Parikh
Megan Poetzel and Derek Rank
Louis and Sarah Rassey
Matt and Megan Schrecengost
Don and Sandy Schwarz
Aaron Tantleff and Jill Sheiman
Dina and James Taylor
Jeffrey and Erika VanDam
James and Julianne Walsh
Andrew and Molly Watkins
The Parekh Family
Jason and Amy Williams
Keely and David Wise
Jacquelyn and Sean Zasche
$500 - $999
Anonymous (1)
Ron and Shelly Banks
Adam and Devon Beane
Sara M. Bradley and Jeffrey R. Grieb
Leah R. Bruno
Merri and David Chandler
Jennifer and Scott Christiansen
The Coffill Family
Chris and Michelle Delaney
Bill and Sonny DeMarco
Jill and James Due
Diane Faunda and Randy Dippell
Susan and Andrew Heglin
Sunni and John Kitson
Rachael and Aaron Leckow
Eric and Ilana Levin
April and Ramses Meijer
Christine and Mark Melendes
Jerry Orpen
Kevin Peterson and Stacy Shafer Peterson
Scott Simpson and Arti Raj
Jeffrey Ralson and Rebecca Rokos
Fran and David Schneider
Jill and Clay Spencer
Bonnie and Joseph Stanfield
Joanna and Michael Travalini
Harsha and Padma Varadhi
Brad and Megan Weiland
$250 - $499
Adamik and Guerrero-Macia Family
Anonymous (3)
Nosson Cohen
Robert and Mary Hyde
Marta Imbesi and Tolga Uz
Motoko Maegawa
Alicia Lisowski
Kellie and Grant Rice
Dana Stewart
$100 - $249
Anonymous (3)
Ruth Barber
Erica Broder
Terri Carpenter
Daniel Fierro
Stephanie and David Free
Lauren and Alan Goldberg
Julie Jacobson
Noa Jemsek
Sawyer Jemsek
Jessica and Alex Ledesma
Gigi Olmstead
Chris Novak and Mary Ellen Pavone
Eddie Pryce
Malcolm and Mindy Scott
$1 - $99
Lindsay Bartlett and Patrick Pantelis
Maggie and Dylan Hale
Tony and Jacqueline Johnson
The Ness Grandparents
2020 Donor Roll
$20,000
Bhavan Suri and Bhavana Devulapally
$15,000
Heidi and Jim Suprenant
Marta Delgado and Saumya Nandi
$10,000
Flavio Arana and Matthew Kippenhan
Eoin and Kate Callery
Umrai and Meghan Gill
The Grabinski Family
Joe and Rachel Guzowski
$7,500
Suzie Desai and Roger Liew
Dali and Nicole Rajic
Matthew K. and Julie Simon
$5,000
Josh and Megan Aling
Joshua Cohen and Carolyn Cochran Cohen
Cortney and Anthony DiNello
Meg and Karl Frey
Michelle and Ryan Kilkenney
Linda and Dennis Myers
Laura and Sam Pollack
Kevin and Rita Powers
Yeming and Aaron Rankin
Ben and Leah Rosemergy
Ryan and Kelly Waters
$2,500
Virgil and Shannon Abloh
Chadd and Elizabeth Bennett
David and Karen Dahlquist
Jeff Edmonds
Tom and Julie Fuller
Katie and Glenn McMillan
The Norman Family
The Osborn Family
$2,000
The Burns Family
Jordan Kass and Stacia Garrott Kass
$1,500
Brandon and Stacy Ackley
Lori-Anne and Alan Brogdon
Alexis and Zachary Cogswell
Stacia and Andrew Feinberg
Chu-An and Anh Lee
Thomas Linguanti and
Olivia Tyrrell
Erica and Dan Rosskamm
Michael and Daisie Siska
The Swanson Family
$1,000
Anonymous (1)
Adam and Kathrin Cordell
Nathan and Kami Davis
Philip and Kimberly Edison
Kristen and Fred Flather
Megan and Michael Hodes
Chris and Pam Kallos
Kim and Max Kort
Bridget and Josh Lohrius
John and Erika Maschmeyer
Marc and Melody McManus
Mark and Christine Melendes
Don Mizerk and Andrew Thorrens
Gina and Bill Ness
James Norton and Kathleen Sweitzer
Monique and Julian Perlmutter
Stacy Shafer Peterson and Kevin Peterson
Megan Poetzel and Derek Rank
Brad and Kelly Rainko
Jennifer and Matthew Rice
Sarah and Brian Rudich
Don and Sandy Schwarz
Jill Sheiman and Aaron Tantleff*
Jim Shields and Mia Sossei
Suzanne and Scott Strusiner
Margie Suprenant
$750
Geoffrey Smith and Catherine Stewart
$550
The Parekh Family
$500
Adam and Devon Beane
Chris and Maureen Bennett
Ellen Best and Greg and Christopher Zrazik
Ruth Barber
Leah R. Bruno
Ryan and Jennifer Buckley
Dominic and Emily Hood
Ian and Stacy Fleming
Andrew and Alyssa Johnson
Kaeding Valentine Family
Eric and Ilana Levin
Kimberly and Scott Lorimer
Sebastian Michenaud and Lucile Agaisse
Jennifer Pelino and Daniel Herzberg
Kellie and Grant Rice
Matt and Megan Schrecengost
Andrea and Paul Sill
Julia and David Vermylen
Stephen and Amy Waldon
Alex and Benya Young
$350
Cory Stutts and Kim France
$250
Anne and Andrew Appel
Jeff and Heather Becker
Sara M. Bradley and Jeffrey R. Grieb
Scott and Ilana Elsworth
Taylor Cope and Erin Fowler
Cassidy and Alexandra Dugan
Scott and Carrie Goodreau
Meredith and Joe Jemsek
Tim and Brandy Kemp
John and Sunni Kitson
Mike Kruse
Bonnie Lai and Andy Simnick
Christopher Novak and Mary Ellen Pavone
Jerry Orpen
Nichole Panje
Doug and Kristie Powell
Anne Russell and Kevin Freed
Sarah Shanahan
Kymbria Young ‘06
Jacquelyn and Sean Zasche
Lisa Zimmer
$150
Jason Krumwiede
$100
Jim Behrendt
Erica Broder
Eva Gonzalez and Kyle Hayes
Jason Krumwiede
Emily and Andy Meyer
Lisa Weinstein and Andy Edwards
$50
Daniel Fierro
Patrick J. Gall
Kathy and Andrew Gilmore
Tony and Jacqueline Johnson
Nicholas and Cristina Pinto
Christine Taylor
Jessica Wintermantle
2018 Donor Roll
$15,000
Marta Delgado and Sam Nandi
Brandy and Zach Grabinski
Michael and Ashley Joyce
Linda and Dennis Myers
Bhavan Suri and
Bhavana Devulapally
$10,000
Flavio Arana and Matthew Kippenhan
Melissa and Adam Filkin
Umrai and Meghan Gill
Megan and Michael Hodes
Ryan and Michelle Kilkenney
Casey and Matt Ray
$7,500
Josh and Megan Aling
Eoin and Kate Callery
Suzie Desai and Roger Liew
Meg and Karl Frey
Paul and Andrea Sill
Matt and Julie Simon
Jeffrey and Carie Zappone
$5,000
Emily and Ryan Bennett
Lisa Young and Anthony Bigornia
Kari and Seth Darmstadter
Bevin Desmond and Heath Deyo
Susan and Al Flosi
Tom and Julie Fuller
Steve and Rebecca Gerstung
Dennis and Kelly Howe
Melody and Marc McManus
Frank and Mandi Nardella
Christine and Jason Osborn
Yeming and Aaron Rankin
Jennifer and Matthew Rice
Renee and John Salomon
James and Dina Taylor
Brad and Megan Weiland
$2,500
Philip and Eugenia Brides
The Burns Family
David and Karen Dahlquist
Fikirte Wagaw and Debrai Haile
Sean and Cher Keck
Rizwan Khan and Ansul Asad
Mark and Christiane Ladd
Anh and Chu-An Lee
Scott and Christe Lyons
Dr. Verghese and Angela Mathew
Evie and Bob McCullen
Michelle Berger and Ian McIntosh
Laura and Sam Pollack
Dali and Nicole Rajic
Lydia and Joel Splan
Chris and Sara Talsma
$2,000
Sara Bradley and Jeff Grieb
Katie and Glenn McMillan
$1,500
Brandon and Stacy Ackley
Maaike and David Almeida
Ryan and Casey Harris
Pam and Chris Kallos
The Littletons
James Norton and Kathleen Sweitzer
Kevin and Rita Powers
Kellie and Grant Rice
Dan and Erica Rosskamm
The Schrecengost Family
Dora and Matt Snyder
Jim Shields and Mia Sossei
Suzanne and Scott Strusiner
The Swanson Family
Craig and Amy Ziegler
$1,000
Julie and Dan Baumeister
Christopher and Shirley Brown
Jennifer and Scott Christiansen
James and Jill Due
Philip and Kimberly Edison
Adrienne and Jeff Eisenstein
Scott and Ilana Elsworth
The Focht Family
Irene and Joshua Goldstein
Scott and Carrie Goodreau
The Herzberg Family
Dr. Andrew and Mrs. Alyssa Johnson
Jordan Kass and Stacia Garriott Kass
Sean and Cher Keck
Alistair Mackworth Gee and Kerstin Schaars
Jon and Erika Maschmeyer
Christine and Mark Melendes
Stacy Shafer Peterson and Kevin Peterson
Brad and Kelly Rainko
Megan Poetzel and Derek Rank
Clisson and Patricia Rexford
Ben and Leah Rosemergy
Don and Sandra Schwarz
Meredith and Prashant Srivastava
Julia and David Vermylen
Tracy and Justin Ward
Ellen Best and Greg Zrazik
$500
Shelly and Ron Banks
Heather and Jeff Becker
Maureen and Chris Bennett
Diana Watral and Ian Block
Leah R. Bruno
Ryan and Jennifer Buckley
Taylor Cope and Erin Fowler
The Dugan Family
Kristen and Fred Flather
Ian and Stacy Fleming
Stephanie and David Free
Tara and Graham Goy
Michael and Melissa Graham
Meredith Albert Jemsek and Joe Jemsek
Brian Kavanaugh and Julie Koca
Janeen Hayward and Mark Koenig
Abby Cullen and Brett Leibsker
Ilana and Eric Levin
Alicia Lisowski
Andy and Emily Meyer
Marty Padilla Murphy and Dan Murphy
Matt and Wendy Phillips
The Poole Family
Jeffrey Ralson and Rebecca Rokos
Syam Reddy and Michael Elyea
Katie and Patrick Shannon
Deborah Jackson and Adam Siegel
Barnali and Paul Silvani
Arti Raj and Scott Simpson
Joe and Bonnie Stanfield
Craig Stubler
Jill Sheiman and Aaron Tantleff
Leonard Wanger
Andrew and Molly Watkins
Max Weinberg and Craig Seip
Susan and Steven Wilde
$250
Troy and Liz Barnett
Jim Behrendt and Michael Janik
Nosson Cohen
Diane Faunda and Randy Dippell
Ma’ayan Eckstein
Sara and Benjamin Eno
Keri Foley
Anne Russell and Kevin Freed
Patrick J. Gall
Ryan and Casey Harris
Mike and Randi Holzman
Liz Kruse
Rachael and Aaron Leckow
Dora Moore Ward
John and Annie Moroney
Julie O’Malley and Brian Pecht
Lindsay and Jack Philbin
Justin and Stephanie Pike
Carlos Rodriguez
Fran and David Schneider
Malcolm and Mindy Scott
Blaire and Tedd Strom
Brian and Jen Tomsheck
Heather and Yianni Vardis
Art and Jennifer Wolf
$200
Jessica and Joel Wintermantle
$100
Megan Altmayer
Erica Broder
Amanda Burns
Adrienne Eynon
Beth Herdering
Kate and Jordan Herron
Rachel Hill
Jon and Christy Levy
Rachel Pujol and Iram Ibrahim
Tiffany Tafe
Jeff and Erika VanDam
Lisa Weinstein and Andy Edwards
Natasha Witte
Carrie Beyer and Adam Zysk
$50
Conor Clark
Hannah Dreher
Anne Hansen
Nicole Hillas
Lara Kossiakoff
Miguel Martinez
Kelli McCallum
Eddie Pryce
Kyle Smart and Emma Ritter
Dave and Keely Wise