Partners & Awards
Recognition for our impact and commitment
We’re fortunate to see the positive results of our investments on a regular, firsthand basis. Still, TAWANI
Enterprises is pleased for the recognition we receive from our peers and other groups in appreciation of our work.
TAWANI ENTERPRISES, INC.
Awards
- 2024 Col. Jennifer Pritzker was recognized with a Silver Globee Award for Chief Executive Officer of the Year.
- 2023 Col. Jennifer Pritzker was recognized with the Bronze Best in Biz award for Philanthropist of the Year.
- 2016 Jennifer Pritzker was recognized by Landmarks Illinois, a nonprofit that aims to protect state and cultural landmarks, for her dedication to the preservation and renovation of landmark buildings.
- 2016 Corrine Passage Spirit of Evanston Award: presented by Evanston MashUp/Evanston Chamber of Commerce to Colonel Jennifer Pritzker and Dawn Overendof Tawani Enterprises and the Tawani Foundation, for investment in Evanston including their support of such organizations as the Evanston Art Center, Evanston Community Foundation, McGaw YMCA, The Mitchell Museum of American Art, Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.) and many more.
- 2017 Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Award for Architectural Excellence
- 2019 Crain’s Notable General Councels – Michelle Nakfoor
- 2018, 2020 Crain’s Notable LGBTQ Executives – Jennifer Pritzker
- 2020 Chicago History Museum’s Making History Award – Jennifer Pritzker
- 2020 Crain’s Notable Executives in Marketing – Theadora Gerber
- 2020 Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplace
- 2020 Crain’s Chicago Business’ Notable Veteran Executives – Jennifer Pritzker
- 2021 Contract Logix, Digital Contract Transformation of the Year, Organizational Award
- 2022 Silver Stevie Winner
- 2022 Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, Wright Spirit Award Winner – Jennifer Pritzker
- 2022 Loyola ROTC Rambler Battalion, Hall of Fame – Jennifer Pritzker
TAWANI FOUNDATION
- SILVER GLOBEE AWARD – Business Philanthropist of the Year
(2024)
US Department of Defense Awards
- US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPIRIT OF HOPE AWARD
Nominated by the Army, (September 2016) - US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COLD WAR CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Military and Civilian
Organization Recognitions
- AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL STEWARD
Society of Architectural Historians Chicago (2017) - 2017 DISTINGUISHED PHILANTHROPIST AWARD
Association of Fundraising Professionals – Chicago - TRAILBLAZER AWARD
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago (2016) - CORRINE PASSAGE SPIRIT OF EVANSTON AWARD
(2016) - BONHAM CENTRE AWARD, MARK S. BONHAM CENTRE FOR SEXUAL DIVERSITY STUDIES
University of Toronto (2016) - LEGENDARY LANDMARK
Landmarks Illinois (2016) - FRANK KAMENY AWARD
National LGBT Bar Association (2014) - FOUNDERS AWARD
Loyola University of Chicago (2012) - COLONEL JOSEPH FILE AWARD
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation (2010) - U.S. ARMY CADET COMMAND GENERAL WILLIAM DEPUY AWARD
(2010) - HONORARY DOCTORATE, MILITARY SCIENCE
Norwich University (2007) - GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN PATRIOT AWARD
City of Chicago ((2005) - RONALD L. FRISKE AWARD
USO of Illinois (2004)
Pritzker military museum & library
- GOLD STEVIE WINNER
Drawn to Combat: Bill Mauldin & The Art of War (2022)
Pritzker Archives & Memorial park center
- GOLD STEVIE WINNER
Groundbreaking Video (2022) - GOLD STEVIE WINNER
Groundbreaking Campaign (2022)
TAWANI property management
- BEST PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN CHICAGO
PropertyManagement.com (2019, 2020) - PROJECT AWARD FOR INDUSTRIAL/ MANUFACTURING/ SCIENCE-EDUCATION/ TRAINING/ CULTURAL
Awarded for Pritzker Military Archives Center
Illinois RE Journals Real Estate Award (2023)
Monroe Building
- PATRON OF THE YEAR AWARD
Chicago Architecture Foundation (2011) - BEST HISTORIC RENOVATION
Friends of Downtown (2012) - PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD FINALIST
Landmark Illinois–Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award (2012) - REDEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR AWARD FINALIST
NAIOP (National Association Industrial Office Properties) Office (2012) - MERIT AWARD FOR REHAB CONSTRUCTION
Chicago Building Congress (2012) - PRESERVATION EXCELLENCE AWARD
City of Chicago Department of Landmarks (2013) - REDEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR AWARD FINALIST
Greater Chicago Food Depository Real Estate Awards (2013) - MERIT AWARD
ALA Design Awards (2013) - NORTH CENTRAL REGION TOBY® AWARD WINNER
(2015)
Chestnut row Homes
- EXCELLENCE IN MASONRY AWARD: BEST OF STONE
Masonry Advisory Council (2019)
Military Awards
- US MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
- US ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER*
- US ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER*
- US ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
- US ARMY RESERVE COMPONENTS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL WITH 3 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS*
- US NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH STAR*
- US ANTARCTICA SERVICE MEDAL
- US MILITARY OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL
- US ARMED FORCES RESERVE MEDAL-NATIONAL GUARD WITH 20 YEAR DEVICE
- US ARMY NCO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIBBON
- US ARMY SERVICE RIBBON
- US ARMY RESERVE COMPONENTS OVERSEAS TRAINING RIBBON
- STATE OF ILLINOIS LONG AND HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER*
- STATE OF ILLINOIS MILITARY ATTENDANCE RIBBON WITH NUMERAL 6*
- STATE OF LOUISIANA LEGION OF MERIT
- *INDICATES SUBSEQUENT AWARDS
- US ARMY AIR ASSAULT BADGE
(1979) - US ARMY PARACHUTE BADGE
(1974) - POLISH ARMY PARACHUTE BADGE
(1996) - NETHERLANDS PARACHUTE BADGE
(1995) - UNITED KINGDOM RAF PARACHUTE BADGE
(1995) - CANADIAN DEFENSE FORCES PARACHUTE BADGE
(1994) - CITATIONS FROM 2 MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT FOR A PARACHUTE JUMP COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NORMANDY INVASION
(1994) - RUSSIAN PRELIMINARY PARACHUTE BADGE
(1993) - RUSSIAN ARMY PARACHUTE BADGE
(1992) - ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES PARACHUTE BADGE
(1988)
Military Organization Awards
- NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU EAGLE AWARD
(2001) - NATIONAL GUARD OF ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS CITATION
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AIRBORNE VETERANS JUMP WINGS FOR A PARACHUTE JUMP ON THE NORTH POLE
(April 1993)
Lang House Chicago
- CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE
TripAdvisor (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Emil bach house
- BEST NEW EVENT SPACE
Crain’s Chicago Business (2016)
lincoln way inn
- CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE
TripAdvisor (2017, 2018, 2019)
1323 W Morse Ave
- PCI DESIGN AWARDS WINNER
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (2020)
Master Wings Publishing
- THE ANNUAL “BEST BOOK” AWARDS FINALIST, FICTION: LGBTQ
The Other Side of the Wire
American Book Fest (2021) - NONFICTION BOOK AWARD: GOLD
Lita & Jean: Memoirs of Two Generations of Military Women
Nonfiction Authors Association (2022)
Stone Terrace
- MARGERY B. PERKINS AWARD
City of Evanston, Illinois (2016) - DESIGN EVANSTON AWARD FOR STONE TERRACE
Design Evanston (2017) - BEST READER’S PICK
Make it Better (2017) - GUEST REVIEW AWARD
Booking.com (2017)
Stone Porch
- AWARD FOR PROPER REHABILITATION/RESTORATION
City of Evanston Preservation Commission (2015) - CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE
TripAdvisor (2015)
A shared vision for community empowerment
TAWANI Enterprises has come across many like-minded organizations in the course of our work, several
of whom we’ve decided to partner with to make our combined efforts more powerful.
