Our Supporters
Investing in young people is our hope for the future.
With support from the following partners, we are nurturing and guiding motivated young people to become well-educated, career-ready people for others.
Hope Ignites thanks the following donors for their generous contributions between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
Investors in Hope
Cisco
Edward Jones
Emerson Charitable Trust
Intel
John Templeton Foundation
The NBA Foundation
Johnson Scholarship Foundation
PWC Charitable Foundation
QTS Data Centers
Valhalla Foundation
World Wide Technology
Nancy and Richard Arnoldy
Edward Anderson
Jana and Steven Carani
LeAnne and David Conway
Nancy and David Danis
Mike de Graffenried
For the Love of Matteo
Catherine Manley Gaylord Foundation
Michelle and Christopher Growe
Kimberly and Joseph Koenig
David Littlefield
Lynn and John Malloy
Maya Educational Foundation
Paige McClellan and Basil Alwan
Midge and J. Patrick Mulcahy
Susan and Joseph Pichler
Raymond Family Foundation
Mary Pat and Thomas Santel
Anja and Jay Schmelter
Berdenia and Thomas Stanley
Karen Steadman and Robert Lloyd
Aja and Patrick Stokes
Shannon and Jeff Taylor
Joan Vatterott
Vatterott Foundation
Luis von Ahn Foundation
The Ward Foundation, Inc.
Lhea and Tom Wiese
Jeanne and John Wunderlich
Champions of Hope
Laura and David Barrow
Bellarmine College Prepatory
Lyn and Joseph Castellano
G. Philip Duckwall and Sandy Renee Young
Douglas Durkin
Lisa and Patrick Flavin
Robert Herrera
Katherine B. McQuade Foundation
Suzanne E. Mondello Trust
Nanda Family Foundation
Netflix
Jeanne Olivier
Barbara and Bryn Ostby
Safety National Casualty Corporation
Linda and Ronald Smetana
St. Louis University High School
The West Foundation
Virginia and Jim Whims
Deborah and Mark Wilhelm
Carey and Noah Wintroub
Leaders for Hope
Keli and David Amann
Amgen
The Armor Group
Kathleen Baalman
Corinne and Christopher Brooks
Kathy and Tom Chou
Kristin and Stephen Embury
The Forix Foundation, Inc.
Pamela Giss and Bernd Ruschmeyer
Jan and Keith Goodwin
Duane Hercules
Rebecca and A.W. Homan
Dr. Angela Jones and Dr. Daniel Cuevas
Colette Kopon
Light A Single Candle
Henry E. Niles Foundation, Inc.
Sharon and Bob Olwig
Trinecia and Jason Pernell
Lauren Price and Andrew Lloyd
St. Joseph’s Academy
Laurie and Raymond Van De Riet
Jacque and Gerald Wolken
Builders of Hope
ArchBridgeFamily Office
Bayer
Global Charitable Fund
Neilly and Scott Haillermann
Ann and Charles Henry
Kimberly and Reggie Hines
John Brown University
Joan and Richard Marra
Kristin Ostby and Benito Barillas
Renaissance Charitable Fund
Molly Shaffer and Paul Minorini
Friends for Hope
Arrow Box Company of Joplin
Michael Brown
Ann Carreau and Charles Henry
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County
Courage Sans Peur Foundation
DCA Family Foundation
Claudia and Kevin Denuccio
Paul Douglas
Donna and Francis Doyle
Geraldine Delorme and Kemal El Moujahid
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Michele and Peter Faulkner
River and Bill Fronczak
Jeffrey Galbraith
Michael Garry
Betsy Hegg
Dorothie and Martin Hellman
Kimberly and Reggie Hines
Heather and Adam Hopkins
Laura Hurley
Heather and Andrew Kin
Stephanie Klose
Colleen McCarthy and Michael Economy
Betsy and William McKiernan
Gidge and Thomas Melzer
Ezra Mersey
Sonia Mockett
Robb Monkman
Kenneth Morrison
Rashmi and Ram Nair
Renee Peace
Jason Pernell
Cheryl Rackers
Renaissance Charitable Fund
Regina and Richard Roney
Carlotta Sansone
Kristin and John Sheehan
Stifel Financial
Gayle and David Stratmann
Joseph D. Thiel
Emeline and Karl Thomsen
Nancy and Paul Tice
Patricia Tyler
Joan Willingham
Sharon and Daniel Winnike
Seeds of Hope
Maria Acosta-Villareal and Hugo Villareal
Ad Altiora Fund
Adriana Aldana
Robyn Altman and Brendan Doherty
Sherry and Mark Amen
Kristin Anderson
Katherine Anibas
Margaret Apparacio
Marty Arnold
Mikayla Austin
Abbigail Aydt
Angela Bailey
Daniel H. Barrera
Joe Barrera
Laura Barrera
Steve Barrera
Tamika and Abel Barrera
Annie Barrett
Ivelisse Bastin
Alex Bates
Lucy Bauer
Carol Baum and Dick Ravin
Erin Beezley
Aviva Berezin
Mark Berra
Ronald Bevans
Sarah Bikki
Monica Blanco
Marilyn Blocker
Denise Blouin
Colleen Bobb
Hamilton Bobb
Boeing Gift Matching Program
Mariela Borgogno
Richard Bollmer
Anne Boon
Jacquelyn Boyle
Paula Branca-Santos
Gwendolyn Brantley
Megan and Jason Browdy
Marion Brown and Gabriel Garcia
Reimon Brown
Robert Budd
Julie and Joshua Burgdorf
Gigi Burgos
Todd Buss
Jennifer Carrasquillo
Johnetta Carver
Emily Cardwell
Julia Carpenter
Karina Castillo
Stephanie Castillo
Charities Aid Foundation of America c/o Cybergrants
Victoria Clayton
Michael Cloonan
Vera Clough
Anthony Colantonio
Community Thrift Store
Donna and Patrick Conley
Kim Corpuz
D.M. Coup
Gavin Coveney
Misty Cox
Mary Ellen and John Cronin
Tracey Crooks
Elizabeth Cruson
Catalina Cuevas
Nicolas Cuevas and Nathalie Jacobson
Patricia Cummins
Caroline Darroch
Julia and Jim Davey
Corey Davis
Francisco DeCastro
Mary de Graffenried
Nancy Desalvo
Ann and Dan DeStafano
Emily Deves
Lori Dewitt
Craigory Dewn
James Donohue
Andrew Drew
Drury Hotels
Colin Dwyer
Debbie Eidelman
Jessica Egan
Reisa Elden
Goerge Anne and Teak Elmore
Hannah Enabnit
Katherine Fakonas
Deborah Farone
Lori Fava
Milena Fava-Pastiha
Doreena Fava-Rodrigues
Anita Felton
Rafael Fernández
Nick Flores
Grace Folkins
Joadis Fortunato
Glenn Fraychineaud
Ryan Frederick
Alvaro Freitas
Joy Fries
Kathy and Donald Fronczak
Joe Galen
Karen Galen
Elizabeth Gallagher
Sara Gamberg
Jennifer Garris
Elvira Gibaldi
Anissa Gilbert
Andrew Giraldo
Jill Gossett
Shephali Graf
Lauren Greenberg
Cindy Greninger
Elisa Gresch and Chad Sachs
Lauren Griffin
Richard Gross
Phara Guberman
Gabriela Gutierrez
Syed Haider
Maureen Hannigan
Morgan and Dennis Hanzlik
Maddelena Harper
Kathleen Hartmann
Suzanne and Michael Haskell
Elizabeth Hayes
Joyce Hebbert
CR Hibbs
Shannon and Michael Higgins
Robert Hink
Patricia and Michael Hipp
Susan and Brian Hipp
Leslie Hodges
Kristina and Max Hood
Cecilia Horan
Phakisha and Everett Horne
Tynlisha Howard
Mary Incontro and Timothy Stanceu
It’s Alive Automotive
Jesus Ituarte
Mary Ellen and Tom Jackson
Becky Jacobson
John Jennings
Nate Johnson
Terry Johnson
James Jones
Phyllis Kaplan and Michael Ballingall
Victor Karas
Greg Kaufman
Helen Keating
John Keda
Michelle and John Keller
David Kent
Tami Kilgore
Sue Kim
Katy Klein
Julie and Jay Klitzner
Andrew Kopon
Lynn Kopon
Own Kopon
Lahmani Law APC
Pamela Lake
Jill and Seth Levin
Laurie and John Lewis
Anita Lietzke
Jesse Lipson
Marcia Lisker
Carlton Lowe
Robin Lucke
Scott Lucke
Matthew Luckett
Samantha Lurie
Charles Lynch
Biegel Macaraeg
Nancy Maglio
Sheryl Maisenhelder
Angelo Malahais
Maria Jose Rodas Malher
Patrick Manzo
Alyson Marin
Ashley and Jacob Martin
Megan Martin
Aixa Martinez and Paul Robiolio
Santiago Martinez
Timothy Marx
Matter Family Office
John McClendon
Jan McGillick and Bruce Bradley
Gates McKibbon
Kevin McMahon
Lisa McNary
Monika Medina
Vivian Mendoza
Bertha and Ronald Mera
James Metcalf
Avis Meyer
Madeline Mignone
Roberto Mignone
Elvie Miranda
Kristen Miranda
Michael Moellering
Donna Montgomery
Kevin Montgomery
Angela Moore
Sara Moulder
Jamie Murdock
Peter Murphy
Sneha Neurgaonkar
NFL Foundation
Dana Nichols
Randall Nicholson
Heather and Sean Niemi
O. Richard Nottidge
T.H. O’Donnell
Susan O’Grady
George O’Hare
Mary and Karl Ostby
Sara Paracha
Alan Paradise
Gary Patullo
Jose Pena
Susie and Chris Petersen
Ann Phelan
Mayeline Pimentel
PNC Foundation
Arjun Ponnambalam
Melinda Pool
Victoria and Michael Pope
Nicole Porter Schumacher
Martine Georges Powell
Michele Pridmore-Brown
Cheryl and Keith Rackers
Debra Ramos
Fr. Richard Rath
Brian Redden
Carisa Restrepo
Bridge Reuter
Carol and Jon Richards
Joanne Ricks
David Rieken
Carol Riley
John Rivers
Martha Roberts
Michael Robinson
Ann Rodriguez
Andrew Romero
Caroline Rose
Joan and Robert Rosen
Nikkolas Salinas
Ofelina Salinas
James Scarberry
Erin Schaefer
Noël and David Schiber
William Schmidt
Annie Schufreider
Kathleen and Peter Schweiss
Kelly and Bernard Schweiss
Christina and Greg Scruggs
Katie Senk
Hope Shaw
Deborah and Rick Shelton
Mollie and Michael Shelton
Cassandra Shepherd
Barbara Sih Klausner and Michael Klausner
Darian Smith
Sarah Sorenson
Sarah and Lincoln Spoor
Adriana Cruz Stable and Kenneth Stable
Lynn Stader
Andrew Strange
Jennifer Starkey
Victoria Stone
Alexandra Sullivan
Melissa Swank
James Swearingen
Michael Sweeny
Dale Sweet
Jeannette and Robert Taylor
Leona Taylor
Vanessa and Edward Teng
Emma Tinsley
Lynn and Tom Trieschmann
US Bank Foundation
Justina Veras
Rachel and Steven Walsh
Barbara Washington
Christy Wezowicz
Richard Wheat
Jackie and Warren Williams
Rachel Worman
John Wunder
Stacey Xu
Margaret Yancey
Christina Yates
Kindra York
Daniel Young
Elaine Young
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