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Mission
The Ounce of Prevention Fund is a nonprofit organization in Chicago that promotes healthy early childhood development of children in impoverished communities across Illinois. They base their programs off of research they have conducted in the area of early childhood development.

History
The Ounce of Prevention Fund was founded by Irving B. Harris in 1982.

In 2010, Harriet Meyer stepped down as president of the Ounce, after 20 years of service, and Diana Rauner became the organization's new president.

Partnerships TI
The Ounce is partnered with organizations dedicated to early childhood development such as Educare of Chicago.

Achievements TI
Ounce has an operating budget of $74 million each year and a secured mulitmillion-dollar contribution from Pritzker Children’s Initiative that is run by J.B Prizker and His wife. https://www.chicagobusiness.com/html-page/806961 In 2013, Ounce of Prevention Fund’s demonstration project has provided service to 160 families and needed more funding to run consistently.