Kenneth Griffin

CTL-E-6325 · Person · activist · contemporary

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Combined Graph record U-07511 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6325.

Kenneth Griffin is the founder of No Matter What, a Chicago 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in Englewood in 2015 that invests in Chicagoland youth through mentorship, career readiness, mental-health healing, a community garden, culinary camp and summer travel. DePaul University identifies him as a DePaul graduate (SCPS '25, in nonprofit management), a Chicago police officer and chef who received the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago's Law Enforcement Hero award. He is not Kenneth C. Griffin, the Citadel founder and investor. He was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.

Notes

NAMESAKE CONTROL (load-bearing): this is the No Matter What founder — a Chicago police officer, chef and DePaul SCPS '25 graduate — NOT Kenneth C. Griffin of Citadel. No edge to any finance entity is staged. The only Commons file under this name depicts a Michigan businessman namesake (2007 Navy event) and was rejected. Organization edge: No Matter What is not homed; a founded edge is BLOCKED until homed. Photo HELD.

Relationships

• WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
  Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Founder, No Matter What.

Sources

• WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Kenneth Griffin as Founder, No Matter What, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
• DePaul University news (accessed 2026-10-21): profiles No Matter What founder Kenneth Griffin — DePaul SCPS '25 nonprofit-management graduate, Chicago police officer and chef — and the organization's 2015 Englewood founding, youth programs, and his American Red Cross of Greater Chicago Law Enforcement Hero award. (primary source · build store)
• Culinary Futures (accessed 2026-10-21): Griffin on founding No Matter What in 2015 as a 501(c)(3) serving Chicagoland youth through mentorship and career readiness. (build store)

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