“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

• California Community Foundation
• College Futures Foundation
• Crankstart
• East Bay Community Fund
• ECMC Foundation
• Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund
• Fitzmaurice-Keller Fund
• Gonzalez Fidelity Family Giving Fund
• The Grove Foundation
• The James Irvine Foundation
• Kaiser Hospitals Foundation
• Latino Community Foundation
• Leong Man Way Foundation
• Mortenson Family Foundation
• PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.
• Shustek Dubinsky Family Philanthropic Fund (Lemala Fund)
• Silicon Valley Community Foundation
• Truist Foundation
• Zellerbach Family Foundation

Organizations

• MALDEF
• Grace M. Davis High School (Miguel Olvera DeAnda)
• 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
• Francisco Alvarado
• Jorge Angulo
• Josephine Arce
• Juan Arredondo
• Dayana Alvarado Escobedo (Thank you for all that you do!)
• Camila Ayala Hurtado (From the Supporting Immigrants and Refugees Club at USF!)
• 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.)
• Beatrice Bellisime
• David Besenfelder (I’m donating at the recommendation of a good friend, Jane Voss.)
• Joni Bissell (In honor of Lue Ann Tikker)
• Tanya Broder & Ted Wang
• Jeremiah Brodkey (In Honor of Ann Wolff’s Bat Mitzvah)
• Rosa Carrillo
• Maria Chan Ho
• CJ Chee (In memory of Kimmie Wong)
• Daniel Crawford
• Azucena De La Torre
• Andrew Decker (My son lost one of his closest friends this week due this administration’s frivolous deportation policies. This family was doing everything in thier power to improve their children’s lives and now may lose that opportunity for good. I’m gutted and feel awful to be an American. I hope this donation can go towards helping a family stay in place or give them a pathway to another country that values what immigrants can do for a nation.)
• Alexandra Deddeh
• Marko Delgadillo
• Daryl Denning
• Alexandria Dexter
• Camden Doolittle
• Justin Downing
• Glen Eagleson
• Maya Elliott
• Osayuware Enagbare
• Blake Entrekin (In honor of Jose Entrekin)
• Shannon Erby
• Hans Esguerra
• 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.)
• Monica Fajardo
• Eva Diana Figueroa Gonzalez
• Jake Fishel
• Cheri Fogleman (In honor of Cheri’s Super Class Athletes)
• Claire Furman
• Heidi Gatty
• Ryan Gibson (No human being is illegal, neither borders or skin color will change that)
• Tania Gomez Ayala
• Katherine Grote
• Colleen and Robert D. Haas
• Hallie Hallie (I am a third-generation American, and I am proud to share my country with immigrants.)
• Oahn Han
• Jed Hartman
• Guadalupe Hernandez
• Jude Hernandez (Don’t stop fighting and continue protecting our gente.)
• Christine Linh-Chau Hoang
• John Hoggard
• Will Hopkins
• Aaliyah Khan
• Melinda Kirkpatrick (In honor of Dawn Guthart)
• Edward Laurson
• Denisse Lee (In honor of Kimm Wong)
• Sydney Leiser
• John Lendl Chuatuan
• Francine Lipman (In celebration of the commitment and courage of future passion warriors for justice and equality for all.)
• Mary Liston
• Lane Litz (For Bel, one of my favorite people in the world. For the Immigrants Rising greater team, doing the heavy lifting for us all.)
• Aimee Liu (In honor of Emily Reed)
• Nicole Lugtu
• Gustavo Luna
• Hannah Maxa
• Tinuade McClish
• Tracey Mcgee
• Adam Mekrut
• Brianna Minor
• Melanie Morris
• David Moskowitz
• Eden Neely (In honor of Dr. Ronna Bañada)
• Sara Nicastro (In honor of Karina Ruiz)
• Ursula Noto
• Hailey Nowak
• Veronica Oberholzer
• Somasundara Pandian
• Roberto Palacios
• Hadrien Picq
• Lois Pollock
• Emiliana Puyana (In honor of Emily Gerstner)
• Devon Quinn
• Kari Ramirez (Thank you for what you do. Immigrants play a vital role in our country. Diversity is our strength.)
• Karen & George Rathman
• Karen Rau (In Honor of Ann Wolff)
• Caitlyn Rei
• Melissa Reyna
• Rebecca Rojas (In honor of Jackson Ronningen)
• Andrew Rostaing
• Theodore Sagun
• Daisy Salinas
• Anne Schroeder
• Robyn & Loren Shalinsky (In Honor of Ann Wolff’s Bat Mitzvah)
• Sumi Sinha (In honor of Dawn Guthart)
• Jennifer Singer (In Honor of Ann Wolff)
• Kassandra Soriano (On behalf of IDEAS club’s 5K Dream Run Event at the Claremont colleges)
• Eric Stern
• Elisa Sunga
• Debra Taube
• Andrew Towell
• Camille Tsao (In honor of Kimm Wong)
• Adriana Vindel-Thompson
• Tom Vitzelio (Madeleine Villanueva and Maria Gutierrez are amazing. Thank you for all that you did for my team at Moreno Valley College.)
• Sophie Yost (In honor of Dawn Cymrot Guthart)
• Rebecca Wilkotz
• Kennedy Willis
• Ann Wolff

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