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Thank you to the thousands of One Hope United (OHU) contributors for their financial and in-kind support. Your donations to OHU provide critical services to children and families in Illinois and Florida. OHU is truly grateful for your commitment! The following is a list of our private contributors donating $100+ during Fiscal Year 2025, July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025.

Although OHU is striving for excellence in stewardship of your donation, there is a chance a donor has been accidentally omitted or acknowledged incorrectly, we apologize for this error. Please reach out with any corrections to Adriana Calvo Salinas (acsalinas@onehopeunited.org) so we can quickly remedy the situation.

Board Members* Staff Members^

$50,000 +

Raj and Rose Bhatt
Schreiber Philanthropy
Steans Family Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999

Lafern Blackman Trust
Ettoile Davis Trust
Paul Earle and Ellen Rudnick
Grand Victoria Foundation
Gorter Family Foundation
Steve and Geri Sorenson

$10,000 - $24,999

Chicago White Sox Charities a division of the Robert R. McCormick Foundation
EA Foundation
The Andrew and Alice Fischer Charitable Trust
Sabrina Gracias
Christopher and Elaine Hoffman*
Garrett and Jocelyn Johnson*
Cindy and Nancy Miller-Lusignan
North Shore Baptist Church
Bill Nygren Foundation
Carol Oppenheim and Jerome S Lamet Charitable Fund
Barbara J. Rosga
Steve and Janice Tallman
David and Lori Young*
Jeff and Erika Young
RJ and Judy Young

$5,000 - $9,999

Damon Cates and Thanadet Ninsuwan^
Deanna and Jay Freise
Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County
Joyce and Richard Heneberry
Ralph G. and Helen C. Johnson Fund
Helen & Curtis Pinnell Foundation
Bruce and Diana Rauner
United Way of Effingham County, Inc.
Morrison Warren

$2,500 - $4,999

Courtney and Rick Biancofiori
Sue and Tim Dundon
LeRoy and Barbara Finch
First Baptist Church of Arcola
Donald G. Geary Family Charitable Trust
Carmela and Christopher Griffin*
Jeremy and Amy Harvey
Paul & Virginia Koboldt Charitable Foundation
David and Janice Larson
Jonni Miklos
Scott and Becky Moeller*
Howard and Chris Schnitzer
Emily Selbe and Michael Lavelle*
RFF Foundation for Aging
Latino Policy Forum
Jeffrey and Sharon Williams

$1,000 - $2,499

Barbara Allen
Gail M. Augle
Barry Benson
Richard Bronstein
JoAnne and Terri Celba
Donor Club of Elgin
Dennis and Diana Delgado^
Nicole Dunham
Jamal Edwards*
Taylor and Sean Finckbone^
First Baptist Church of Carrollton
First Baptist Church of Chatsworth
First Baptist Church of Mt. Sterling
Quin and Simin Frazer
Jerry and Sue Haralson*
Juliana Harms^
Jessica Hoback^
Sheri and Mark Jacobsen
Patrick Kingston*
KI – Kuczmarski Innovation
David Marlier
Linda Mehnert
Grove Mower
Cristina Ortega and Leonard Waligorski
Jane Panther
Dana and Jim Pelletier*
Michael Phillips
Lone Oak Baptist Church
Old Stonington Baptist Church
Lisa Radomski
Sharon and Robert Rayford
Maria Riaz
James and Cheri Robinson
Jasmin Sanchez
Seth Schaeperkoetter
Schultz/Herigodt Family^
Mark and Laurie Stahl
Kim and Hank Struik
Ken and Nancy Wiersum
Jonathan and Kristin Ziebarth

$500 - $999

Julie M. Axelsen^
Janine and Ralph Balkin
Berwick Baptist Church
Rebecca and Cody Brownell^
Tanya Carriere^
Dan Castagna
Frank and Michelle Clark II
Michael Cleavenger
Michael and Lynn Cory
Rick Coyle
Russell and Mary Carol Custer
Clayton Ferguson
First Baptist Church of Belvidere
First Baptist Church of Benton
First Baptist Church of Dixon
First Baptist Church of Mattoon
First Nonprofit
Tara and Michael Fleeman
Elizabeth Fulmer
Devin & Jeff Gazelle^
Thomas and Diane Girardi
James and Nadine Hall
John and Bobby Hedrick
Lisa Henderson
Jessica Hudspeth
Lorraine Hutchinson
Amit Kamra
Kane Baptist Church of Kane
Clay Kohl
Anthony Lee & Laura Austin*
Pamela Lieberman
Dan Litewski
Kathy Martens
David Matuszewski
Dustin McCarty
Camille McLeod
Mighty Rivers Regional Worship Center
Lucy Mora
Colleen Newquist
Graham O’Keeffe
Eva Penar
Don and Kathy Pierson
David Powers^
Carmen Rossi
Ryan Ross
Toni Sandor Smith
Joe Schramm
Mary and Larry Slight Charitable Foundation
Bradley P. Summers
Natalie Swiencki^
Tomahawk Roofing
Kathleen Walsh
Melanie Wasmund
Linda White
William L. Wilson
Amy Wisniewski
Andy Zerafa

$250 - $499

AWS
First Baptist Church of Atwood
First Baptist Church of Ava
Judith K. Bock
Kathie and Don Bojens
Boskydell Baptist Church
Mark and Lori Boutelle
Jill Brasher
Nancy and Tom Brigham
John Buhle
Baptist Church Cairo
Cindi Carr^
Charities Aid Foundation of America
Geoffrey Cooper
Derek Debe
Claudia and Louis Feldman
Richard and Margaret Finley
Bob and Mary Gardiner
Bruce and Margot Goldsmith
Natali Gracia^
Emily Harrod^
Jonathan Hickson
Heather Kelly^
Suzanne Krohn
Justin Kumar
Bonnie G. Lederman
Jose and Adys Manduley
First Baptist Church of Manlius
Mary A. Murray Martin
Barbara Mathis^
Christina Ola McHale^
Chapin Mower
Randy Mumper
Muncie Baptist Church of Muncie
Quinn Obermeyer
Stephen Oberlin
Janelle Lynette & Samuel Okerenimkpe*
Felicia Patterson^
Brooke Payne^
First Baptist Church of Peoria
First Baptist Church of Pontiac
Suzanne Rahman
Devin Rhinerson
Sara K. Rohrmayer
Konstantine T. Sepsis
Jhan Swanson
Renee Turco
First Baptist Church of Virden

$100 - $249

Antioch Woman’s Club
Cynthia Barr
Finn Bauer
Nancy Beem^
Donna Beer
Donna and Dennis Bergl
Brad Bonham
Roland and Sue Bouchard
Steve Chipps and Michelle Bouchard
Nick Boudreau
Stephanie Bowdler^
Chris Bowie
Gerome Burrel
Adriana Calvo Salinas^
Royce Cannon
Jing Chen
Ron and Karen Chilcote
Robert Cooper
Rob Davis
Adriene Dibble
Tim Dolan
Brett Donaldson
Jill Dortch
Loreen Dresser
Heidi Duncan
Mark Earlam
David Edstrom
Anslem Elumogo-Gardner^
Pat Farragher
Ron and Carole Feingold
JoAnn and Mark Feldman
First General Baptist
Natasha Flanagan^
Aaron Foltz
Marco A. Foster
Andy M. Franklin
Jennifer Geiger
Scott Gillman
Ani Gogova
Dave Gold
Robin Gosgrove
Corey Gunderson
Calvin Haines
Carmencia Roberts Harris^
First Baptist Church of Havana
Paul Hermes
Donely Hernandez and Jesus Garcia^
Mount Gilead Baptist Church

$100 - $249

Krysta Hofmeyer^
Michael Howard
Howe Family^
Jeff and Paula Jones
Monica and Joe Kane Foundation
Dan Kelmack
Jennifer Kilmer
Jeffrey and Alison Kolb
Elizabeth Kozman
Sue and Steven Kroll
Rodney Kyles
Dan and Toq Lawrence^
Sonya Leathers
Nicole Lee
Howard Lee
Mike Leen
Jim and Jayne Majzan
Monika Malek
Ann Melichar
Mabel Meyer^
Amy Michalak
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Carl Nelson
Mary Kelly Nelson
Harry Nicol
Matt Obermeyer
Tony Pacione
John Panas
Ami Patel
Frank Baker Patterson
Charles Phillips
Timothy Plambeck
Nick Pruitt
Lamont Qualls^

$100 - $249

Thomas and Lara Ramsey
Raritan Baptist Church
Trenton Redington
Linda M. Regalado
Johnathan and Ashley Respress^
Audrey Reynolds
Jack Richmond
Lee Robinson
Judy Rodriguez
Lisa Rose
Chris Rush
Susan and Doug Rutherford
Richard Sarmont
Cathryn Sarsany^
Jason Sikich
Michael Snow^
Vincent Sparrow
Matthew Stagner
James Swartz
Sandi Swason^
Doug Taveirne
Judy Sutton Taylor
Renee and Todd Traad
Paula Trzynka^
Union Grove Association of General Baptist
Matt Tuckeness
Monica Varer-Pierson
Roger Vazquez^
James and Melissa Webster
Wells Chapel General Baptist Church
Nike Whitcomb
Byron Williams
Jerod Zakson
Zenobia Baptist Church
Mei Zheng

Tribute Gifts

Janine & Ralph Balkin donated in honor of Izzy and Olivia Gang
Michelle Bouchard & Steve Chipps donated in honor of Cindy & Nancy Miller-Lusignan
Jill Dortch donated in memory of John (Jack) Porter
Carole & Ron Feingold donated in honor of Paul Earle
Jennifer Frasier-Davidson & Family donated in memory of John (Jack) Porter
Marco Foster donated in honor of Jonni Miklos Finch
Robin Gosgrove donated in honor of Carmela Griffin
Vera Hendon donated in honor of James Pollard
Joyce & Richard Heneberry donated in honor of Jonni Miklos Finch
Sue Kroll donated in memory of Steve Kroll
Pamela & Stu Lieberman donated in honor of Paul Earle
Tiffany Mahan donated in honor of Tim Cover
Jim & Jayne Majzan donated in honor of Clarke Robinson
Meg & Steve Praissman donated in honor of Paul Earle
Adam Ranchino donated in memory of Lou Ranchino
Devin Rhinerson donated in memory of John (Jack) Porter
Sharon & Robert Rayford donated in memory of Ermit L. Finch