“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

2025 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

• Comcast

Foundations

• College Futures Foundation
• Crankstart
• ECMC Foundation
• Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund
• The Grove Foundation
• The James Irvine Foundation
• Kaiser Hospitals Foundation
• Latino Community Foundation
• Leong Man Way Foundation
• PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.
• Shustek Dubinsky Family Philanthropic Fund (Lemala Fund)
• Silicon Valley Community Foundation
• Truist Foundation
• Zellerbach Family Foundation

Organizations

• MALDEF
• San Jose State University Counseling & Guidance Program
• University of Miami Hispanic Law Students Association (On behalf of the Hispanic Law Students Association, we are honored to support Immigrants Rising and their vital mission. We recognize that access to education and legal resources is fundamental for immigrant communities to thrive. This donation to the Pre-Law Fund reflects our commitment to empowering undocumented students and their families through expanded educational and career opportunities.)

 

“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

• Jeni Abbott
• Jorge Angulo
• Josephine Arce
• Juan Arredondo
• Dayana Alvarado Escobedo (Thank you for all that you do!)
• Pedro Barrera
• Idava Beach (We either are immigrants or our ancestors were (unless we are full Native American). Mostly, we are all humans trying to build a better life for ourselves and our families. We are not our current administration.)
• Tanya Broder & Ted Wang
• Rosa Carrillo
• Maria Chan Ho
• CJ Chee (In memory of Kimmie Wong)
• Daniel Crawford
• Azucena De La Torre
• Alexandra Deddeh
• Marko Delgadillo
• Daryl Denning
• Justin Downing
• Glen Eagleson
• Blake Entrekin (In honor of Jose Entrekin)
• Shannon Erby
• Carmina Escobar
• Gretchen and Dick Evans (In honor of Carrie Evans. It is impressive how the organization has been able to grow and add more services to support undocumented members of our society. Now more than ever we need organizations like Immigrants Rising to meet the challenges of the next four years.)
• P F (Thank you for the hard work you do. Thank you for showing up for these children and the community supporting them.)
• Eva Diana Figueroa Gonzalez
• Tania Gomez Ayala
• Katherine Grote
• Hallie Hallie (I am a third-generation American, and I am proud to share my country with immigrants.)
• Oahn Han
• Jed Hartman
• John Hoggard
• Will Hopkins
• Aaliyah Khan
• Edward Laurson
• Denisse Lee (In honor of Kimm Wong)
• Sydney Leiser
• Francine Lipman (In celebration of the commitment and courage of future passion warriors for justice and equality for all.)
• Aimee Liu (In honor of Emily Reed)
• Nicole Lugtu
• Hannah Maxa
• Brianna Minor
• Sara Nicastro (In honor of Karina Ruiz)
• Somasundara Pandian
• Roberto Palacios
• Hadrien Picq
• Lois Pollock
• Emiliana Puyana (In honor of Emily Gerstner)
• Karen & George Rathman
• Melissa Reyna
• Theodore Sagun
• Daisy Salinas
• Robyn & Loren Shalinsky (In Honor of Ann Wolff’s Bat Mitzvah)
• Eric Stern
• Elisa Sunga
• Debra Taube
• Camille Tsao (In honor of Kimm Wong)
• Adriana Vindel-Thompson
• Ann Wolff

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