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Empowering Lives

Empowering Lives

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Experience the Fitzgerald Family Foundation legacy in the media as they show up and impact community. Empowering lives and building futures—one donation at a time.

Inspiration Sponsor for Youth Haven's 2026 Starry Night Gala

March 21, 2026

Fitzgerald Family Foundation is an Inspiration Sponsor for Youth Haven‘s 2026 Starry Nights Gala on March 21, 2026 at The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón [2600 Tiburon Dr, Naples, FL 34109]. Starry Nights is an elegant evening out on the town, featuring dinner and cocktails, entertainment, dancing, a silent auction and more!

$60,000 donated for Riverview Center of Galena

August 18, 2024

Fitzgerald Family Foundation raised $60,000 for the Riverview Center of Galena during the 2nd annual Domestic Violence Awareness Golf Outing at EagleRidge Resort and Spa in Galena, Illinois on July 21, 2024.

$800,000 Raised for Cherish the Children Luncheon

January 02, 2024

Diamond Sponsor, the Fitzgerald Family Foundation, helped raise more than $800,000 for Youth Haven programs during the Cherish the Children luncheon on Jan. 22, 2024, at The Ritz-Carlton, Naples.  Providing around-the-clock specialized care to children and teens in a home-like environment.

Over $500,000 Raised for Children and Teens

January 18, 2023

Platinum Sponsor, The Fitzgerald Family Foundation, helped Youth Haven raised over $500,000 to help kids soar to a brighter future. Funding will support the boys and girls, ages 10 – 19, that have been removed from their homes due to traumatic situations and depend on Youth Haven for Home, Hope & Healing.

$140,000 Donated for School-Based Mental Health

August 01, 2022

The Fitzgerald Family Foundation, in conjunction with Alexian Brothers Center for Mental Health, celebrated their fourth annual Golf Outing on Aug. 1, 2022, raising $140,000 for school-based mental health programs in our community!

Teen Mental Health Shocking Reality

Wall Street Journal Video 2019

$120,000 Donated for School-Based Youth Mental Health

1st Annual golf outing

Inverness Life Magazine Feature

April 2018

Daily Herald Newspaper

Opinion Article

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Our Mission:

Empower people to support single moms, create lifetime memories for children in foster care and enhance mental health in our local schools and community. Fitzgerald Family Foundation envisions a local community in which the most vulnerable people will have the power and opportunity to lift themselves out of hopelessness and to create vital, healthy lives for their families and communities now and for the future.

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Fitzgerald Family Foundation
1031 Ridgeview Drive
Inverness, Illinois 60010