Authority Magazine: Dr Susan A McConnell Of Let It Be Us: 5 Things You Need To Create A Successful & Effective Nonprofit That Leaves A Lasting Legacy
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- April 11, 2025
In this feature from Authority Magazine Dr. Susan A. McConnell, founder and Executive Director of Let It Be Us, shares “5 Things You Need to Create a Successful & Effective Nonprofit That Leaves a Lasting Legacy.” The interview explores how Let It Be Us stays mission-focused, builds strong leadership and sustainable funding, collaborates with stakeholders, and embraces innovation to transform foster care recruitment and child placement across Illinois.
About Let It Be Us
Let It Be Us is an Illinois 501(c)3 and licensed child welfare agency. The mission of Let It Be Us is to provide collaborative, innovative solutions of effective recruitment and placement within Illinois foster care and adoption. The Let It Be Us platform manages the Adoption Listing Service of Illinois and the Heart Gallery of Illinois, engines of success for Illinois foster care adoptions. The Let It Be Us vision is for all children in the Illinois child welfare system to achieve educational equity, employment equity, and overall well being through the incorporation of Let It Be Us Programming into statewide advancements in foster care and adoption recruitment and placement. For more information about Let It Be Us, visit www.letitbeus.org.


