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

Cisco delivers the critical infrastructure to help organizations thrive in the AI era. By fusing networking, security, observability, and collaboration, they power how people and technology work together. Cisco has supported Hope Ignites throughout the years and is now providing worry-free infrastructure solutions to all physical locations in Guatemala.

Edward Jones

Edward Jones funding and volunteers were instrumental in creating and launching the Legacy Leader Development Summit, a two-day initiative held at our headquarters in St. Louis for Hope Ignites collegians and recent alumni to network, meet industry leaders, improve their job search skills and marketing their skills and experience in their resumes, and hone the edge of their career paths.

Emerson Charitable Trust

A stalwart of philanthropy in our region and beyond, Emerson continued its many years of strengthening opportunities for youth in need at Hope Ignites with a generous grant supporting our vision to scale our impact and reach more young people. The Hope Ignites Network board and the board of our affiliate in St. Louis have benefitted for many years from Emerson team members' dedicated leadership and service.

Intel

Since 2022, Intel and Hope Ignites have worked together to empower young minds through education, mentorship, and technology. Through initiatives like the Intel RISE Technology Grant and Intel Future Skills workshops, scholars engage with cutting-edge learning experiences. Intel Future Skills, held at eight Hope Ignites affiliates three times a year, teaches valuable STEM concepts while emphasizing the importance of learning from failure and emphasizes iteration to fuel innovation.

John Templeton Foundation

The John Templeton Foundation is funding a three-year project focused on deepened curiosity, purpose, and perseverance. “Accelerating Youth Character Development by Leveraging the Power of Youth Peer Groups” will energize a dynamic network-wide collaboration focused on honing the inherent strengths of our young people to set and achieve their own goals within larger age group cohorts.

The NBA Foundation

The NBA Foundation invests in programs, partnerships and making grants to local and national organizations that promote school-to-career employment opportunities, including job readiness, skill training, job placement, and career advancement.

Johnson Scholarship Foundation

We’re thrilled to partner with this amazing organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged young people overcome individual barriers to education, successfully transition into the workplace, and contribute to their communities. The foundation’s generous three-year challenge grant provides direct scholarship support for Hope Ignites collegians and inspires others to support this critical aspect of our mission.

PWC Charitable Foundation

For over 20 years, the PwC Foundation has supported the people of PwC and invested in innovative solutions that expand access to opportunity and strengthen communities through education and humanitarian focus areas. These efforts enabled the Foundation to reach a major milestone of more than $250 million in grants and investments since 2001.

QTS Data Centers

QTS connects the world with purpose, not just through our innovative data centers, but through our community programs. In line with our core values, we engage in a wide range of volunteer opportunities, community outreach and community partnerships to help others in need in the U.S. and around the globe.

Valhalla Foundation

A fantastic partner, the Valhalla Foundation investment has been instrumental to our evolution and positioned us for growth. This includes strengthening our core programming across the Network through “ALL In (Act. Learn. Lead)” experiential learning that involves social justice and heritage exploration, and focusing on data-driven performance through developing our Performance Management Tool has become the established system for evaluation and improvement across the Hope Ignites Network.

World Wide Technology

Across our Network, WWT employees serve on our boards and share their expertise through speaking engagements, web design, networking, technology consulting, and connections to internships. The Hope Ignites World Wide Technology Scholars program, now in its seventh year, supports our collegians pursuing careers in STEM, business, and the arts with scholarships, internships, mentoring, and access to industry conferences.

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

Hope Ignites is building strategic partnerships that maximize outcomes for our scholars.

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN PROVIDE HOPE

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Working to nurture and guide motivated
young people in need to become well-educated,
career-ready men and women for others

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