If you are planning to mail a check by the end of the year, please note that the U.S. Postal Service has updated its rules, and machine postmarks will now be applied when mail is processed at regional processing centers (not at the local drop off point). To ensure your check is postmarked in time to be eligible for a 2025 charitable deduction, we recommend requesting a manual postmark in person at a post office or using certified/registered mail. Click here for more details on giving dates and deadlines.
Audrey Rutter is an impact coordinator for Elevated Chicago.
Previously, Audrey worked in Acquisitions and Development at the NHP Foundation, a national nonprofit affordable housing developer through the Illinois Housing Council’s Emerging Leaders Program and as a Qualitative Research Assistant at the University of Chicago Crime Lab where she interviewed participants of Heartland Alliance’s READI Chicago, a gun violence reduction initiative. She is also a proud AmeriCorps alum, having served two years as a Student Success Coach and Team Leader with City Year Chicago in Chicago Public Schools in the West Englewood and Fuller Park neighborhoods.
Audrey grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She earned her bachelor’s in environmental design from the University of Oklahoma, a master’s of public policy from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, and is a Certified Associate in Project Management through the Project Management Institute.
