Additionally, the McCormick Foundation has supported this effort to help returning veterans through a grant to the Veterans' Corporation, Inc.

The McCormick Foundation, meanwhile, appears to wholly endorse the buyback plan.

On May 18, 2009, he was appointed president and CEO of the McCormick Foundation, a leading charitable organization with more than $1 billion in assets.

He previously served on the Board of Directors for the McCormick Foundation and is active in executive and civic organizations in Chicago.

Sponsored by the McCormick Foundation and others, the tribute also featured a naturalization ceremony of 191 new American citizens representing 56 countries.

In 2008, he received a grant from the McCormick Foundation to conduct a Virtual Journalism Summit featuring workshops and presentations about media within 3D spaces.

In 2010, he worked with the McCormick Foundation again to create the Murrow Center 3D Newsroom.

The Cantigny Foundation, which is associated with the McCormick Foundation and owns 1.4 percent of the shares, has joined in retaining Blackstone.

The show was funded by the McCormick Foundation and the Field Foundation.

After retiring in 1999, David L. Grange served as the executive vice president and chief operating officer of the McCormick Foundation in Chicago.