Chicago Construction and Real Estate Council

The dedicated volunteers of the Chicago Construction and Real Estate Council have raised over $12 million to support innovative research and quality patient care at City of Hope^®.

City of Hope is located in Duarte, California. From two small tents in 1913, it has grown to a multimillion-dollar complex of specialized hospitals, clinics, research laboratories, with Nation-wide support. Started by a few people, sick in body and spirit, who fled the congested Eastern seaboard in search of health in the pure desert air at Duarte, it became a large sanatorium for victims of tuberculosis.

Today, City of Hope investigators participate in approximately 800 collaborative clinical studies around the world, some teaming with leading institutions across the country. Findings gained at our comprehensive research institution in Duarte, Calif., allow our physicians to speed the pace from laboratory discoveries to treatment.

Chicago Construction Real Estate Industry for City of Hope has four committees. Each holds unique events and gatherings throughout the year. All for the same great reason, fund raising towards finding a cure for cancer, diabetes and other life threatening diseases.

We invite you to join us!

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There are many ways to bring hope to life: at work, online, and through the causes that matter most to you. Whether you’re rallying colleagues, activating customers, or giving on your own, your involvement helps accelerate research, expand care, and support patients and families when they need it most.

Workplace giving is one of the most meaningful ways employees can turn their generosity into lasting impact. Through payroll deduction campaigns, employee-led fundraising, and company-supported giving initiatives, every contribution to City of Hope^® helps advance groundbreaking cancer and diabetes research, provide compassionate patient care, and bring hope to families around the world.

Beyond the dollars raised, workplace giving creates a culture of purpose, uniting employees around a shared mission and demonstrating how individual actions can collectively change lives.

Why it works:

Simple and convenient: Employees can support a cause they care about through automatic payroll deductions or workplace fundraising opportunities.
Meaningful impact: Every gift helps fuel life-saving discoveries, innovative treatments, and compassionate care at City of Hope.
Stronger employee engagement: Giving back fosters pride, connection, and a stronger sense of purpose across teams.
A culture of doing good: Workplace giving demonstrates your organization's commitment to making a difference and empowers employees to be part of something bigger than themselves.

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Direct Mail and Digital Matching Programs

Amplify generosity. Multiply impact.

Direct mail and digital match campaigns are a simple, effective way to align your business with City of Hope while expanding your brand reach. By combining personalized giving opportunities with a corporate matching gift, companies can strengthen their social impact, deepen engagement, and demonstrate their commitment to advancing lifesaving cancer and diabetes research, treatment, and care.

Why It Works

When a company matches donations, every gift goes further, often doubling or even tripling the funds raised.

Benefits of Partnering with City of Hope

Strengthen your brand through a visible commitment to making a difference.
Amplify impact by multiplying every dollar donated through matching gifts.
Engage employees and customers around a shared purpose.
Build a culture of giving that inspires pride, connection, and participation.

A matching gift program turns individual generosity into collective impact. Together, we can accelerate cures, expand access to care, and bring hope to more people facing cancer and diabetes.

Our wide range of partnerships exemplifies how creative our partners and City of Hope can be when we unify our cause with your business.

We have the flexibility to develop marketing programs based on our partners’ areas of interest and target demographics. Whether it’s auctions, one-for-one models, specially themed products, media partnerships or percentage of sales, our team works with partners -- like you -- to create an endless array of unique and custom-tailored cause marketing programs and sponsorships.

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