Marklund (not-for-profit) - Fundraising

Fundraising

• Marklund's Top Hat Ball, the organization's primary fundraising event, began in 1996 and is held each February in Chicago.
• The Marklund Annual Golf Classic, began in 1982, and pairs celebrities with golfers at the Indian Lakes Country Club in Bloomingdale, Illinois.
• Run, Walk & Roll for Marklund, a new 5K/1 mile walk/run, will debut in October, 2013, in Geneva, Illinois.
• Various Third Party events are held throughout the year, organized by donors, volunteers and/or parents in support of Marklund.
• Eighty-five percent of revenue supplied primarily by State of Illinois Department of Public Health. Fifteen percent of revenue supported by donations from individuals, foundations and corporations to cover $16,000 annual gap for each person Marklund serves, the difference between what the State of Illinois funds and Marklund's standard of care.