Sports
Chicago Wolves To Donate $3M To 46 Charities This Season
The team says the 2026-27 giving campaign will support food pantries, animal shelters, first responders, veterans and other causes.
GLENVIEW, IL — The Chicago Wolves announced Tuesday that the organization will donate a combined $3 million to 46 charities across the Chicago area during the 2026-27 season.
The recipients include food pantries, animal shelters and organizations supporting first responders, military personnel, people facing mental health challenges and other causes.
The Glenview-based organization said the total represents one of the largest amounts donated in a single season by a Chicago professional sports organization.
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"Having worked with most of these charities in some capacity already, we know the amount we're giving them will be game-changing," Wolves President of Operations Courtney Mahoney said. "It's a privilege for us to do this and knowing the impact of positivity that we can have on the community is pretty amazing."
The donations will be made throughout the season, with on-ice presentations planned for many of the organizations before and during games at Allstate Arena in Rosemont.
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The first presentations are expected to begin with the Wolves' home opener Oct. 10.
Charities Receiving Donations
The 46 organizations are:
- 100 Club of Illinois
- A Silver Lining Foundation
- Alzheimer’s Association Chicago Chapter
- Anderson Humane
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
- Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
- Bernie’s Book Bank
- Black Girl Hockey Club
- Border Tails Rescue
- Camp I Am Me by Illinois Fire Safety Alliance
- Camp One Step
- Canine Therapy Corps
- Chicago Canine Rescue
- Chicago Police Memorial Foundation
- Common Pantry
- Danny Did Foundation
- Dwarf Athletic Association of America
- Easterseals
- Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago
- Erika’s Lighthouse
- Facing Forward to End Homelessness
- Feed 6
- Girls in the Game
- Heartland Animal Shelter
- Helping From Heaven
- Honor Flight Chicago
- Huntington’s Disease Society of America
- Imerman Angels
- JOURNEYS The Road Home
- K9s For Veterans
- Live Like Roo
- Misericordia
- Now What Foundation
- Open Books
- Orphans of the Storm
- Paws for Patrick
- Ronald McDonald House
- Sarah’s Inn
- Self-Help Closet & Pantry of Des Plaines
- SitStayRead
- Soaring Eagle Academy
- Special Olympics
- The Salvation Army
- Willow House
- WINGS Program
- Wright-Way Rescue
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