Our Supporters

We sincerely thank the foundations, grantors, organizations, and individuals whose generous support makes Forward Scholars’ work possible. Your contributions during the 2025–2026 school year helped 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 July 1, 2025—June 30, 2026)
Literacy Champion
$100,000+

Reading Champions
$25,000-$99,999
Amy and Richard Nickel Charitable Fund


Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Phyllis Schippers & Timothy Maatman
Mary and Ted Kellner
Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation
Story Champions
$10,000-$24,999
Forest County Potawatomi Foundation
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
Marie Weiss
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Susan and Michael Goldstone
Cheri and Tom Briscoe
Diann and Cas Banaszek Charitable Fund
Peter & Joan Bruce
Bader Philanthropies

Kristi Davis
Patrick & Anna M. Cudahy Fund
The ROS Foundation
Literacy Launchers
$5,000 - $9,999
Jude Schubert
Richard & Denise Kirschman
Petra Streiff and Larry Stuessy
Sally Lewis and Kathleen Rivera
Ann B Thomas
Diane Horne
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Don Carr

James Mattea
Joan Trotten
Joyce Christy
Krause Family Foundation
Martha Shiffler
Merkel Foundation
Randolph Lipchik
Sue Ela
Weiss Family Foundation
Sentence Supporters
$2,500 - $4,999
Woman’s Club of Wisconsin Foundation
Wauwatosa Presbyterian Church
NM Volunteer Rewards
Cynthia Pan & William Crelin
Ascension Lutheran Church
Carol Crouse Hudson
Gerald Fredrickson
The Banaszek Family
We Energies
Word Weavers
$1,000 - $2,499
Chuck and Karen Crook
Ruth Irvings and Amy Shapiro
Anne Brower
Gerald Mainman

Hermann Family Charitable Fund
Paul and Elizabeth Bargren
Richard Voigt
Susan Kraeblen
Irene Witt
Linda Reid
Mark and Ginny Kannenberg
Margot Schwartz
Patty and Kevin Whaley Fund
Peter Kaminsky
Sara Hansen Memorial Fund
RBC Capital
Kathleen Joynt
Advia Credit Union (Alex Minor)
Kathleen Joynt
Andrea Bryant
Anonymous
Blanche Kushner
David and Mary Ann Lillich
Dr and Mrs Mark Ruttum

Educators Credit Union
Generosity Project (Giving Circle MKE)

Jewish Community Foundation (Fred Tabak Donor Advised Fund)
Joan Wojtal
Kathleen Burchby
Kathleen Donius
Lee G. Wolcott IRA Trust (Carol Wolcott)
Lynne Mast
Margaret Payne
Marianne and Matt Robbins
Mary Kamps
Maya Smart
Morgan Stanley (Sjostrom Family Charitable Fund)
Naomi Dolohanty
Robertson Ryan & Associates
Sjostrom Family Charitable Fund
St. Benedict the Moor Chapel
Stephen James
The Bachhuber Family Fund (Thomas Bachhuber)
The Carol Crouse Hudson
Thomas Stilp
Wrocklage Family Charitable Foundation
Letter Leaders
$500 - $999
Kathleen Zylka
Leslie Hauser and Karl Wuesthoff
Randall North
Ellen Wilmeth
Cherie Esposito
Yvonne Larme
Fredric Matestic
Dennis & Mary Jo Bodden
Barbara Markoff
Ravenna Helson
Ann and Paul Cashin
Annette Mertens
Anonymous R. M.
Carrie Streiff-Stuessy
Common Ground
David Johnstone
David and Jan Cronin
Elliot & Karen Berman
Fidelity Charitable Donor-Advised Fund (Eric and Lucy Korbitz Charitable Fund)
Fidelity Investment (David and Mary Ann Lillich)
Halley Family Fund
Helen Ambuel
Helen Harris
Jackie Keltner
Jae Junkunc
James Ciha
Jean Dow
Leigh Ann Fraley
Michael Lynch
Michele Sumara
Milwaukee Friends Meeting (Linda Corbin-Pardee)
PNC (Meghan Reid)
Sandra Dermond
Sharon Rose
Stephan Chevalier
Susan Kelley
Thomas & Karen McGarvie Watson Charitable Giving Account
Tim and Wendy Olson
Victor and Gladys O’Mahen
Alphabet Angels
$250-$499
Gail Gardner
Mark Chambers
Terry Dorr

Mel Johnson
Carmen Rahming
James Guckenberg
Janice Strauss
Jodi Delfosse
John and Linda Buntin
Kurt Olsson
Chris and Jim Halverson
Karen Anderson-Eberhardy
Maria Gonzalez Edwards
Susan Hahn
St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church
Bryan & Alicia Sadoff
Charitable Aid Foundation of America (Edward Jones)
Charles Schwab & Co Inc. (Kathy Seija)
Giles Pufahl Giving Plan (Steven Giles)
Julius Kim
Kathleen Hickey
Kenneth Erler
Kristine Jensen
Lanette and Robert Kagen
Lynn Tolcott
Mona Miller
Sandra McCabe
Tom Hlavacek
Anne and Jeffrey Ballentine

Baird Foundation Match
Barbara Franczyk
Carolyn Bellin
Christlyn Frederick-Stanley
Deborah Conta
Del and Mary Dettmann
Diane and Jeff Roznowski
Gruber Law Offices
James Harris
Janice Marquand Staral
Jennifer O’Hear
Jill Marget
Jim Farris
John Jansen
Judith Callan
Kent Lovern
Leigh Anne Fraley
Marian Byers
Mary Dries
Nikki & Andrew DeGuire
Padraig Sullivan
Raquel Franzen
Rebecca Wendt
Richard Keller
Sandra Byrnes
Sarah Lerand
Staci Gruse
Susan Maslowski
Susan Shands
Terri Danola
Willie Jude Jr
Phonics Friends
$100-$249
Laura Sutherland
Jonathan Gundlach
Barbara Jean Reinke
Carol Muderlak
Colleen and Russell Golomski
Dwight and Margaret Morgan
Ellen Halley
Gerard Froh
James Fricke and Debra Miller
Jane Tanner
Jeanne Pare
Jeffrey Bird
Jennine L Pufahl
Karen Jossi
Kimberly Davis
Mary Beth Holloway
Michael and Lori Davis
Monica Murphy
Patricia Martin
Randy Pauers and Holly Owen-Pauers
Rebecca Yakes
Robert Kabitzke
Rod and Sharon DePue
Ruth Vetrovsky
Sandra Butts
Sharon Chaplock
Sharon Spencer
Stephen and Diane Kavalauskas
William and Mary Houghton
Scott Silet
Amy Shapiro
Candice Rogers
Jaime Joynt
Karen Watson
Kathleen Brumder
Margaret Haze
Margaret Welch
Theresa Maatman
Tiffany Chang
James Gingery
Flor Hernandez-Lara
Steve Girman
Amy Monahan
Amy Nickel
Anne Mattson
Anthony Steiner
Barbara Timberlake
Ben Anderson
Carol Feuerstein
Carol Winkel
Cheryl Clausen
Connie and Patrick Goggin
Dan Schiller
Daniel Jankins
Daniel W Wolf
David Hill
Dennis Jacobsen
Diana Enciso Reno
Edith Martwick
Eleanor L Harris
Elizabeth K Long
Ellen Cairo
Eric Eberhardy
Gregory Latsch
Jack Leff
Janice Staral
Jason and Amy Rowell
Jay Zinn
Jeff and Lara Steinbach
Jim Barbieri
Jim Lyons
Jim Murphy
Joan E Kress
Joannie Weinberg
John Cain
Joy Olson
Julie Seidlitz
Karen Crook
Karen Rodgers
Katherine McCombe
Kelly Eckert
Kelly Peck
Kimberly Latiker
Kris Gerke Komes
Kristine Hansen
Lisa Andrus
Lisa Koneazny
Margaret Spoerl
Marilyn McKnight
Marsha Sehler
Melissa Mann
Michael Soika
Monica Morrell
Monica O’Sullivan
Nancy and Richard Spransy
Patrick Klemmer
Paul Wojnowski
Paula Artlip
Paula Lewein
Pauline Tarantino
Phillip Rinzel
Rigoberto Escamilla
Sara Foley
Steve Jacquart
Sue Burwell
Sue O’Keefe
Sue and Tony Steiner
Thekla Ross
Thomas Martin
Tom Winkel
Tricia Brauer
Valerie Langston
Story Starters
Up to $99
Henry Andersen
Cheryl Anderson
Lawrence Bartelemucci
Stephanie Breunig
Edith Butts
Margaret Canary
Lee Anne Chappelle
Judy Christofferson
Cristina Crogan
Patrick Davies
Carolyn Davies
Janet and Terryl Dietert
Joan Donner
Sarah E Miller
Jill Fridl
Mark Gaub
Lisa Hatch
Betsy Head
Sean Hemphill
Shanice Hemphill
Sabine Heuer
Cecilia Hunter
Lisa Irvings
Melanie J Fortune
Jill Jeka
William Jeruc
Bradley K VanFossen
Joseph Kelley
Kristina Kirkham
Dan Knopp
Jean Kowalski
Lawrence Golopol and Angelika Hughes-Golopol
Dain Maddox
Martha Mainland
Dr. Stephanie Maney-Hartlaub
Mary Mann
Cheryl Maranto
Elizabeth Martorell
Traci McKean
Wanda Montgomery
Randy Olson
Dorothy Paige
Karla Schmidt
Steve Schult
Nancy Seay
Theresa Seem
Barbara Sem
Eric Shaw
Larniecia Smith
Toni Soward-Gatford
Kathy Stilin
Sarah Stobie
Harriet Taylor
Maya Terhune
Maryclaire Torinus
Cameron Van Fossen
Marjorie Washington-Jones
Deborah Way Salinas
Sally Weber
Paul Wechter
Brandon White
Ralph Wiltzius
LEGACY
Thanks to these institutions that gave in previous years
Baird
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Green Bay Packers
Kohls Cares



