With heartfelt gratitude, thank you, Donors, we funded more than 250 grants in the 2022-2023 academic year. A special thanks to all our donors who generously contributed between August 2022 and August 2023. This list also includes those who joined us for our Comedy Night in March 2023.

$10,000 & Above

Junior League of Evanston - North Shore

$5000 to $9999

Cara & Carter Andrus

Kristen & Ryan Bowie

William H. Bowie Family Foundation

Kim & Matt Peters 

$1000 to $4999

Bill & Sallie Bowie

Jan Bowie

Cynthia and David Hughey

Amy Lafontant, The Bottle Shop

Lisa & Rich Peters

Takeda Corporation

Krist & Laura Werling 

$500 to $999

Lindsey & Chad Bruso

Goldman Sachs

Eric Hemphill, Redefined

Molly Peters

Craig & Robin Thompson

Jenine & Owen Tubergen

 Craig & Domenica Waslin 

$250 to $499

Cindy & Jason Anderson

Julie Bender

Toby & Michele Coffey

Rick & Allison Elfman

Meredith & Brian Gainer

Julia & Ben Goebel

Deanna & Jeff Goldman

Chad & Nicole Goven

Jennifer Grady

Linnea & Cameron Johnson

Jeanne Kelso

Elizabeth Lightbody

Ben & Becca Peters

John & Julia Peterson

George & Karen Rafeedie

Sidney Regalado & Kristina Olsen

Eric & Kim Simon

Vanessa & Shane Smith

Nicole & Jamie Snyder

Amy & Steve Weir

Molly & John Weinlader

Deborah Whalen 

Up to $250

Sarah Airola

Farah Ali

Laura Arnault

Wendy Baker

Raul Bermejo

Sarah & Will Black

Nicole Botsman

Gretchen Cappiello

Colleen Carey

Sue Carpenter

Megan Connors

Jacqueline Corboy

Amanda & Jeff Doblin

Karen Fischer

Michelle Flood

Megan Gemp

Lassandra Glass-Gibon

Anne Hart

Jane Hennessey

Maggie Hughes

Elizabeth & Dave Jensen

Aimee Koski

Kelly Lawrence

Darshana Lele

Katherine Lewis

Rebecca Lieber

Matthew Moline

Julie Moran

Kim Morgan

Julie Nelson

Eileen Noren

Sarah O’Brien

Lynn O’Meara

Janel Palm

Stacey Pigott

Katherine Purta

Elise Raimi

Molly Regan

Mira Schwab

Jerilyn Smith

Kelly Suhr

Monica Thompson

Jen & Bill Truszkowski

Caprice Walters

Sara & Matt Winstanley

Ana Zubor 

Thank you to the following individuals and businesses that donated to the Raffle Prizes at the Opportunity GrantED Comedy Night:

Backyard BBQ

Balloons & Paper

Ballyhoo Hospitality

Jim Beam Brands Company

Convito Cafe and Market

Core Power Yoga

Joy Edmunds and the Whole Beauty Institute

Grateful Bites

Hewn Bread

The Patterson Family

Pit & Tap

Restore Hyper Wellness

Shred415