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Past Giving Project Cohorts
2023 GIVING PROJECT COHORT RAISED $101,512 FROM 280 DONORS!
Meet our 2023 Giving Project cohort — a multi-racial, cross-class, intersectional group of 17 people
Top row L-R: Karrie Miner, Keisha Bernard, Keona Owens, Erwin Saenz, Emily Wisniewski
2nd row L-R: Tim Jones-Yelvington, Rebecca Helberg, Andres J. Fernandez, Louvenia Hood, Nat Cisneros
3rd row L-R: Morgan Lyn, Isabelle Martin, Nouha Boundaoui, Allison Leon, Brandon Thorne
4th row L-R: Jill Eid, Zulma Ocampo
2022 GIVING PROJECT COHORT RAISED $137,207 FROM 114 DONORS!
Meet our 2022 Giving Project cohort — a multi-racial, cross-class, intersectional group of 10 people
Top row L-R: Brock Grenn, Harleen Singh, Nancy Garcia, Emily Isaacson, Megan Moran
2nd row L-R: Tia Rashke, Morgan Malatesta, Gordon Mayer, Tara Ebrahimi, Cat Greim
2021 GIVING PROJECT COHORT RAISED $182,413 FROM 259 DONORS!
Meet our 2021 Giving Project cohort — a multi-racial, cross-class, intersectional group of 21 people.
Top row L-R: Sarah Best, Zaynab Hameeduddin, Ramara Taylor, Aisha Ismail, Natalie Dibo, Tracey Swanson
2nd row L-R: Kendra Thomas, Jennifer Hernandez, Jane Yang, Jessyca Dudley, Priscilla Kersten, Kathleen Hayes
3rd row L-R: Monica Hamada-Peña, Katie Madden, Bahati Aimee, Naomi Borowsky, Aliyah Jervier
4th row L-R: Matthew Clark, Joy Clendenning, Joanna Preston, Maya Portillo
2020 GIVING PROJECT COHORT RAISED $174,116 FROM 355 DONORS!
Meet our 2020 Giving Project cohort — a multi-racial, cross-class, intersectional group of 26 people.
Top row L-R: Tomás Uriostegui, Anjali Misra, Barbara Resendiz, Lena Singer, Erica Lynette Edwards, Erica Knox
2nd row L-R: Ruth Maciulis, Cherie Lockett, Jonah Krischer, Elli Krandel, Bill Lamme, LaTierra Piphus
3rd row L-R: Wendy Weinstock Brown, Meredith Coulter, Felicia Slaton-Young, Caroline Wooten, Mike Strode, Jessica Barrett
4th row L-R: Aisha Truss-Miller, Gaby Wagener-Sobrero, Jake Wild Crea, Robin Semer, Jessie Robinson, Gabriel Jones,
5th row L-R: Jazmin Garcia, Jojo Galvan
2019 GIVING PROJECT COHORT RAISED $144,923 FROM 284 DONORS!
Meet our 2019 Giving Project cohort — a multi-racial, cross-class, intersectional group of 22 people.
PICTURED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Jennifer Long, Zach Huelsing, Julian Hendrix, Christine Cupaiuolo, Julie Knorowski, Makkah Ali, Lisa Schergen, Andrea Meza, Jane Kimondo, Sheila McAnanly (Middle) Angela Lin, Carolina Gallo, Abbey Hambright, Chandra Palmer, Aaron Johnson, Salpi Apkarian, Daris Jasper, Ola Faleti (Bottom) Margot Babington, Ryn Osbourne, Cassandra Solis, Lizette Garza, Tami Cohen, Emmanuel Garcia (Not pictured: Cory Stevenson)
2018 GIVING PROJECT COHORT RAISED $109,696 FROM 375 DONORS!
Meet our 2018 Giving Project cohort — a multi-racial, cross-class, intersectional group of 24 people.
PICTURED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: (front) Megan Murray Cusick, Lynn Meissner, Cristina Guerrero, Samantha Asofsky, Deepa Arora, Emily Duma, Elisabeth Jansen, Deb Kim, Andrea Meza (middle) Mollie Anderson, Mauricio Roman, De’Ronnius Young, Laura Botwinick, Irina Zadov, Taryne Moore, Kim Hunt, Brenda Hernandez, Armando Santana, Bronwen Schumacher (back) Leah Greenblum, Jordan Maze, Sawyer Hopps, Alyson Hankwitz, Jazmin Martinez, Mac Grambauer, Jane Kimondo. Not pictured: Jessica Ratchford
2017 GIVING PROJECT COHORT RAISED $60,268 FROM 260 DONORS!
Meet our 2017 Giving Project cohort — a multi-racial, cross-class, intersectional group of 25 people.
PICTURED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Jody Gray, Laura Stempel, Ed Vogel, Patricia Linwood, Caroline McCoy, Rosa Navarro, Andrea Porter, Michelle Rashad, Anna Rubin, Kristen Scheurich, Claire Gaiefsky, Lizette Garza, Peggy Shinner, Nora Kyger, Emily Duma, Skyler Larrimore, Whitney Wade, Tracy Woodley, and Ireri Rivas. Not pictured: Patricia O’Brien, Emmy Bean, and Tami Yarbrough
2016 GIVING PROJECT COHORT RAISED $61,682 FROM 161 DONORS IN SIX MONTHS!
Our 2016 Giving Project cohort was a multi-racial, cross-class, intersectional group of people.
2016 GIVING PROJECT COHORT RAISED $61,682 FROM 161 DONORS IN SIX MONTHS!
Our 2016 Giving Project cohort was a multi-racial, cross-class, intersectional group of people.
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