Photo courtesy Max Herman

Daniel F. Rice (1896–1975) and Ada L. Rice (1898–1977) his wife created the Rice Foundation in 1947. The rice Foundation has donated millions of dollars to its beneficiaries throughout the Chicagoland area. In 1996 the foundation partnered with the Village of Skokie to construct the North Shore Center for Performing Arts. 

The Rice Foundation site at 8600 Gross Point Road is the former location of Orchard School, a school for children with disabilities.