Recognition
We sincerely thank the foundations, grantors, organizations, and individuals whose generous support makes Forward Scholars’ work possible. Your contributions help us provide personalized, research-based tutoring to over 250 K–3rd grade students, resulting in significant reading growth. With your help, we are closing the achievement gap, building strong community relationships, and creating brighter futures for Milwaukee’s kids. We are deeply grateful for your belief in our mission and your commitment to our students' success. (Donations received as of May 31, 2025)
* Denotes multiple gifts
Literacy Champions
$500,000 - $999,999
Herb Kohl Foundation
Literacy Luminaries
$100,000 - $249,999
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Chapter Champions
$50,000 - $99,999
Elizabeth J. Tellier Foundation*
Elizabeth S. & Mary A. Brauer Charitable Fund*
Page Turners Circle
$25,000 - $49,999
$25,000 - $49,999
Briscoe, Cheri & Tom*
Greater Milwaukee Foundation: Early Childhood Education Fund
Immanuel Presbyterian Church*
Maatman & Schippers, Timothy & Phyllis*
Northwestern Mutual Foundation*
West Granville Presbyterian Church*
Text Trailblazers
$10,000 - $24,999
$10,000 - $24,999
Bauer & Maatman, Christopher & Dr. Theresa*
Davis, Kristi*
Forest County Potawatomi Foundation
Goldstone, Susan & Michael*
Greater Milwaukee Foundation: Badger Meter Foundation*
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
Kohl’s Cares Hometown Giving Program
Melkus, Lauren
Patrick & Anna Cudahy Fund
Schippers, Phyllis*
Schubert, Jude*
Shiffler, Molly & Ron*
Streiff & Stuessy, Petra & Larry*
Totten, Joan*
Literacy Launchers
$5,000 - $9,999
$5,000 - $9,999
Bruce, Joan & Peter
Bryant, Andrea*
Carr, Donald
Geenen, Patricia*
Greater Milwaukee Foundation:
Joan and Peter W. Bruce Fund
Greater Milwaukee Foundation:
Paul Grunau & Jeanie Hart-Grunau
Greater Milwaukee Foundation:
Krall Family Fund
Greater Milwaukee Foundation:
Joan McCaffrey Fund
Greater Milwaukee Foundation:
Nonprofit Management Fund
Greater Milwaukee Foundation:
Bill & Carolyn Stanelle Fund
Greater Milwaukee Foundation:
Trostel Family Fund
Green Bay Packers Foundation
Kirschman, Richard*
Kowalski, Jeanne P.
Kundert, David
Lewis & Rivera, Sally & Kathleen*
Mitchell, Christian
Ralph Evinrude Foundation, Inc.
Rotary Club of Milwaukee
US Venture*
Vuchetich , Laura & Scott*
Wauwatosa Presbyterian Church*
Weiss, Marie
Whaley, Patty & Kevin*
Woman's Club of Wisconsin
Sentence Supporters
$2,500 - $4,999
$2,500 - $4,999
Banaszek, Cas & Diann
Crook, Charles & Karen*
Educator's Credit Union*
First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee*
Greater Milwaukee Foundation:
Barbara K. Mackenzie Fund
Grogan, Susan
Haen, Casey & Shane (Secura Insurance)
Harris & Steinmetz, Jim & Ann
Jorgensen, Gary & Judy
Konz, Andrea
Pilgrim UCC Endowment Committee
Thomas, Ann & Rob
Trinity Episcopal Church*
WE Energies Foundation
Witt, Irene E.*
Word Weavers
$1,000 - $2,499
$1,000 - $2,499
Ascension Lutheran Church
Bachhuber, Thomas Michael
Bargren, Elizabeth & Paul
Bodden, Dennis & Mary Jo*
Brower, Anne T.*
Community Baptist Church*
Conta, Deborah & Dennis
Cronin, David & Jan*
Crowley, Margaret*
Deguire, Andrew & Nikki*
DeLong Family Fund
Dentino & Gielow, Diana & John
Dontus, Kathleen
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation, Inc.,
Dow, Jean*
Forward, Daniel
Fredrickson, Gerald B.*
Halley, Ellen & Phil*
Hermann, James & Nichole*
Hudson, Carol
Kaminsky, Peter
Kannenberg, John
Kolo, Jim & Petra
Lillich, David & Mary Ann
Maslowski, Susan
Mattea, James
McGarvie Watson, Karen & Thomas
Moore Charity Fund
Morley & Schleif, Bill & Jim
Network For Good
Payne, Maya
Perry, Aaron
Robbins, Marianne
Rose, Sharon*
Ruttum, Dr. & Mrs. Mark
Sehler, Marsha
Sienkiewicz, Paul & Sheree
Sjostrom, Heidi N.
Spector, Joan
Stalheim, Peggy & Scott*
Stilp, Erin
Tabak, Fred
Taebel Family Fund, Scott & Paula
Tym, Kris
Voigt, Richard
Letter Leaders
$500 - $999
$500 - $999
Ambuel, Helen*
Burchby, Kathleen*
Deklotz, Patricia
Drexler, Laura
Dugan, Mary Louise Dean & Woody
Esposito, Cherie
Fowlkes-Bell, Freda*
Fraley, Leigh Anne & Mark*
Gaines, Joanne
Gehl, Carol
Hahn, Susan
Harken, Ruth*
Hershberger, Jerold R*
Hollander, Scott*
Janssen, Leon
Jerusalem Empowered AME Church*
Jossi, Karen L.
Joynt, Kathleen
Katter, Vincent R.
Keltner, Alan & Jackie*
Kendall, Amanda*
Kilhefner, Susan*
Kloehn, Jennifer
Korbitz, Eric & Lucy
Loppnow, Diane & Jack*
Marsells, Roberta Anne
Mertens, Annette
Miller, Mona*
Morley, William
Mueller, Elizabeth
O’Hear, Jennifer*
Oberland, Greg & Rhonda
Olson, Karen J.*
Pitt, Don & Penny
Pritchard, Kathleen
Radtke, Michael
Reid, Linda*
Robertson Ryan & Associates Charitable Fund
Schnake, Rob
Tredwell, James & Karen
Washington, Treshel
Witt, Patricia
Wolcott, Carol & Lee*
Y, Thomas
Ziegler, Amy
Zylka, Kathleen*
Alphabet Angels
$250 - $499
$250 - $499
Breunig, Theresa
Buchel, Mary
Buck, David & Diane
Byrnes, Sandra
Chambers, Janine & Mark*
Chevalier, Stephan*
Chojnacki, Stephen
Connolly, Bob & Mary Lynn
DePue, Rodney & Sharon*
Dickmann, Evelyn & Michael*
Dineen & Steinberg, Terese & Mark*
Faland, Scott & Carolyn
Finseth, Beth*
Gill, Penny
Girman, Stephen*
Greater Milwaukee Foundation:
Stalheim Family Fund
Goetz, John*
Gruber Law Offices
Gunderson, Kari
Gundlach, Jonathan
Hanley, Mike
Hansen, Kristin
Harris, Helen*
Jansen, John
Jensen, Kristine
Kamps, Mary S.*
Kannenberg, Ginny
Koneazny, Lisa*
Kuehn, Priscilla*
Levy, Kathleen
Mann, Melissa*
Markoff, Barbara*
Martin-Steiner & Steiner, Sue & Tony
Mast, Lynne
Matestic, Fredric*
McEwen, Ruth
McHugh, James
Monahan, Amy*
Muderlak, Carol
Murphy & Sweetland, Margaret J. & Jeffrey P.
Quakers Milwaukee Friends Meeting
Quinn, Angela*
Reis, Diane
Sadoff, Alicia & Bryan
Schuh, Janet
Shows, Paula
Siegel, Paul D.
Staral, Janice
Tawney, Nancy
Valenti-Jordan, Lisa*
Volm, Susan & Thomas
Watson, Karen & Thomas
Zeratsky, Michelle
Phonics Friends
$100 - $249
$100 - $249
Ajibola, Dan
Anderson-Eberhardy, Karen
Andrus, James P. & Lisa M.
Badura, Brian
Bartelemucci, Lawrence
Botts, Roderic
Breunig, Stephanie
Brosnan, Doris
Brumder, Kathleen
Brummitt, Charles F.
Brusubardis, Ernest
Burwell, Sue
Cairo, Ellen
Canary, Margaret
Capstran, Barbara
Carbonaro, Tara
Carson, Christopher
Chesnut, Daretta
Coulling, Anne
Curtis, Lanny
Diliberti, Ann
Dries, Michael & Renee
Duncan, William
Dvorak, Anna
Dvorak, Robert
Eberhardy, Eric
Egan, Anne
Emery, Diane
End, Joan B. & Michael J.
Fairbanks, Stacy
Fallone, Edward & Heidi
Fetterley, Patricia
Flanner, John*
Fox, Janice*
Frenzel, Heidi
Froh, Gerard & Lynn B.*
Fryczynski, Henry P.
Gathering Place Brewing Company LLC
Gennrich, David & Ellen
Ginnebaugh, Mary
Girman, Stephen
Gliedman, Diana
Gloe, Nancy
Gonzalez Edwards, Maria*
Guckenberg, James
Hanson-Drew, Alice*
Harris, Eleanor L.
Herbst, Kathy
Hillman, Dr. Paula J.
Hlavacek, Tom
Holbrook, Megan
Irvings, Ruth
Johnson, Melissa
Kabitzke, Robert
Kashian, Mary
Kaspar, Tamara
Knopp, Dan
Langford, Cecile & Russ
Langford, Russ*
Leff, Jack*
Lerand, Sarah*
Lovern, Kent
Mambu- Rasch, Teresa
Margaret, Will
Marget, Jill
Mark, Marykay
Marquard Staral, Janice
McCabe, Sandra A.*
McFarland, Patricia
McKay, Patricia*
Miller, Scott
Morrell, Monica*
Nemerovski, Cathy
Neville, CJ
Oldenburg, Colin
Peterson, Troy
Rincon, Mariana*
Rizzo Family Charitable Fund
Rosemeyer, Rose Mary
Schmuki, Steven D.
Seem, Theresa
Serra, Laura
Shands, Susan
Shapiro & Irvings, Amy & Ruth
Shiffler, Michael
Shiffler, Tom
Spoerl, Margaret M.*
Spransey, Nancy
St. Aubin, Ed D.
Stanley, Christlyn*
Sternberg, Christine
Stilp, Thomas
Streiff-Stuessy, Carrie
Sumara, Michele
Sweetland, Jeffrey
Terner, Gisela
Traudy, Cullen
Troy, Peterson
Unger, Michael
Vernon, Melinda J.*
Vetrovsky, Ruth M.
Vosper, Julia
Weinberg, Don & Joannie*
Weller, Rena
Wendt, Rebecca
Wojtal, Joan
Wright, Kristin
Story Starters
Up to $99
Up to $99