“What moves me almost to tears is when I receive a note from a scholarship recipient that says, ‘I made it. I graduated.’” — Jorge Ramos, writer, Emmy-winning journalist, & Immigrants Rising supporter since 2009

2024 DONORS AND SUPPORTERS

Immigrants Rising gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of the following corporations, foundations and individuals. Thank you for helping us transform the lives of undocumented young people and fuel broader changes!

Corporations & Companies

• Clark Construction Group LLC
• Comcast
• Lal Legal APLC
• PayPal Giving Fund
• PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.
• The Wonderful Company

Foundations

• Amalgamated Foundation
• Birch Family Giving Fund
• Chavez Family Foundation
• Christine Hoang and Paul Nakada Donor Advised Fund
• College Futures Foundation
• Crankstart
• ECMC Foundation
• Elise K. Haas Fund
• Evans Sytsma Family Fund
• Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund
• The Fitzmaurice-Keller Fund
• The Geraldine and Virginia Hornung Family Charitable Fund
• The Gonzalez Family Giving Fund
• The Grove Foundation
• Hearthill Family Foundation
• The James Irvine Foundation
• Kaiser Foundation
• Larry L. Hillblom Foundation (at the recommendation of Stephen J. Schwartz)
• Latino Community Foundation
• Leong Man Way Foundation
• Leslie Family Foundation
• The Oscar G. & Elsa S. Mayer Family Foundation
• Pacific Restoration Fund, a fund of Tides Foundation
• Rathman Family Fund
• Robyn & Loren Shalinsky Fund
• Shustek Dubinsky Family Philanthropic Fund (Lemala Fund)
• Silicon Valley Community Foundation
• Stupski Foundation
• Truist Foundation
• Zellerbach Family Foundation

“This organization is targeted, thoughtful, innovative, effective, humane, and thought-provoking in its approach to supporting undocumented youth.” — Jo Ann Intili and Ed Kissam, co-trustees of the WKF Giving Fund and supporters of Immigrants Rising since 2009

Individuals

• Anonymous
• Kathryn Abrams
• Dominique Acosta
• Dayana Alvarado Escobedo
• Josephine Arce
• Juan Arredondo
• Pedro Arroyo
• Tania Ayala
• Valerie Beltran
• Kathleen Bennett and Tom Malloy
• Anne E Birn (In honor of birthday of Jessica Mendels)
• Steven Brown
• Rosa Carrillo
• Adam Cavan
• Beleza Chan & Neel Sapre
• Kenneth Chan
• Yongbin Chang
• Evonne Chen
• Daryl and Phyllis Chinn
• Margie Cohen
• Julia Curry (In honor of Elsa Curry)
• Migue David
• Jean Dawes
• Katie DeCou
• Marko Delgadillo
• Daryl Denning
• William Devon-Sand
• Amy Dickie
• Grant Din, in honor of Louise Owyang (Keep up the great work!)
• Seth Dumaguin
• Glen Eagleson
• Carrie Evans & Paul Sytsma
• Daniel Farber
• Kathleen Fitzgerald
• Beata Fitzpatrick
• Vanessa Frank
• Andrea Gaytan (Congratulations on your new 501c3 status!)
• Margaret Gruenke
• Alejandra Guillen
• Colleen & Robert D. Haas
• Alexander Haig
• Jed Hartman
• Johanna Hartwig
• Matthew Holdgate
• Will Hopkins
• Dianne Hurtado
• Richard Ingalls
• David Kietzman
• Edward Kissam & Jo Ann Intili
• Erik Kuhi (It won’t be easy but persistent hard work will create success!)
• Richard & Ann Lanzerotti (In honor of Kathy Gin)
• Abigail and Anthony Leonard
• Susan Lindtner
• Helen Liu (in honor of Kimm Wong)
• Nicole Lugtu
• James Marin & Family (Celebrating the lives of Jimmy R. Marin and his mother.)
• Maura Marino
• Kathy Marshall
• Marc & Lois Martin (After contributing to the DACA program at SF State for many years, given the current unstable climate in this country I feel it is only fitting that I extend my financial help to your very important organization.)
• Sandy Maxa
• Terence McEnally (I am a criminal and general practice attorney in Raleigh, NC. Most of my clients are Mexican/South/Central American immigrants. Been at it 30 years. I love and respect my clients. Their stories are stories of triumph over great hardship. I hope one day everyone sees what I have seen.)
• Stuart & Meg McLaughlin (In honor of Kathy Gin)
• Maria Melendrez (Thank you for your work, commitment and dedication, Will!)
• Jessica Mendels and Todd Cleary
• Katie Messina-Silva (This contribution is in the name of Dra. Abigail Garcia-Patton. Thanks for all the great work you do everyday, Immigrants Rising!)
• Bekzada Muratbekova
• Ismail Mutaawe
• Alan Penichet-Paul
• Luis Perez Jimenez
• William Perez
• Benjamin Peterson (in honor of MauiTrojan)
• Frances Phillips (with heartfelt admiration for your work)
• Nicola Place
• Lois Pollock (in honor of Jeff Pollock)
• Indiana Quadra
• Delia Quintanilla
• Nicole Visco
• Christopher & Jeannie Rhee
• Christopher Rider
• Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock
• Angelica Rodriguez
• Blanca Rodriguez (I sympathize with you all the students under different legal statuses, because at one point I was one of them.)
• Wenzel Roscoe Lowe
• Anise Ross
• Andrew Rostaing
• Felecia Russell
• Charlotte Schriner
• Mary Secord
• Jay Sherwin
• Rebecca Shine
• Charlotte Schriner
• Daniel Sillas
• Sheila Spica
• Naomi Sneath
• Adrienne & Andy Specht
• Daniel Springsteen (Learning about everything immigration has been a huge step towards learning about the struggles immigrants face.)
• Michael & Hedieh Steele
• Stephen Steinhoff
• Jay Martin Steinman
• Alex Stern & Jessica Cohen
• Eric Stern
• Elisa Sunga
• Recardo Swinton
• Kristin Tatum
• Rohan Thakker
• Laura Tran
• Russell Uman
• Nancy Waltman
• Abigail Wambaugh
• Marybeth Webster
• Joshua Weintraub
• Margaret Wong
• Cynthia Wyels
• Hedieh Yagmai (Thanks to Jen Pence for informing us of the important work your organization does.)
• Stephen Yale-Loehr
• Colin Yap (in honor of Aki Yoshikawa)
• Annie Yu
• Xiu Ying Li Yu

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