We said we could. We knew we would. And we absolutely did. 

In 2023, we launched “Can. Will. Must.”, Greenhouse’s first-ever multi-year, large donation capital campaign. We had an ambitious goal: earn $5M in three years. To count towards the campaign, donations needed to be $10k or more, separate from donors’ regular annual support, and pledged by the end of 2025.

We hit our goal a year ahead of schedule, closing 2024 with more than $5M in donations. Encouraged by this momentum, we set our sights even higher, setting a new stretch goal of $7M in donations by the end of the campaign window.

The Greenhouse community delivered — and then some.

We ended the campaign with more than $7.2M in gifts, exceeding our original target by 44%! Can. Will. Must. funding provides critical resources to support a litany of our top priorities, including:

  • Better serving current Scholars and expanding future class sizes in the Whole Person College Program
  • Supporting the growth and expansion of the Young Leaders Program and Whole Community Program
  • Increasing our overall endowment
  • Extending our geographic reach into other states

Thanks to our 62 contributing donors, our vision to create a community of leaders who will evolve the communities of the world is more achievable every day. Greenhouse is on a new trajectory, and in 2026, we’re positioned to pursue bigger, better, bolder ideas.

We’d like to extend our sincerest gratitude to the following donors:

  • $900k: Tiger Global Impact Ventures
  • $850k: Adolph Coors Foundation
  • $650k: Bob and Linda Bennet Family
  • $500k: The Anschutz Foundation
  • $408k: The Kirkpatrick Family
  • $400k: Anonymous Individual (NC)
  • $296k: Antares Capital
  • $250k: Anonymous Foundation (CA)
  • $240k: Howard and Jodi Tenenbaum
  • $240k: Anonymous Individual (CO)
  • $220k: Bacca Foundation
  • $200k: Amy and Ken Aldridge
  • $200k: Lane and Carolyn Hornung
  • $200k: Zall Family
  • $150k: Jeff and Orsi Crawford
  • $125k: Amy and Andrew Larson
  • $125k: Ted and Lisa Neild
  • $100k: The Chicago Community Trust
  • $100k: Stockton and Robin Croft
  • $100k: Fred and Pia Paulman
  • $75k: The Caruso Foundation
  • $60k: Melissa and Steve Jarmel
  • $50k: Susan Yandel and Carolyn Bibb
  • $50k: Julie Hanna Goodman and John Goodman
  • $50k: Adean Mills, with gratitude for Deborah Sills
  • $50k: Steve and Michelle Monieson
  • $45k: Todd and Regan Ebert
  • $38k: David Raduziner and Diana Verrilli
  • $30k: Erik and Brianne Dambach
  • $25k: Lynn and Douglas Brengel
  • $25k: Bill and Carol Lorenz
  • $25k: Mark and Anne Malueg
  • $25k: Wendy and Tyler Mattox
  • $25k: Modern Executive Solutions
  • $25k: Denis and Judy Nock
  • $25k: Douglas Rao and Elizabeth Prentiss
  • $25k: Jeremy Rogers
  • $20k: Lisa and Jerry Moore
  • $20k: Rick Schuham
  • $15k: The Cagan Family Foundation in honor of Ilene Cagan
  • $15k: Lynanne and Ray Kunkel
  • $15k: Elaine Lack-Dompka and Regis Dompka
  • $15k: Paul and Rebecca Peterson
  • $15k: David and Kathy Rubenstein
  • $15k: Teresa Starr and Bernie Reed
  • $14k: Dick Tharp
  • $13k: Daniel Landis and Dorota Gosztyla
  • $10k: Debra and Jay Curran, Crescent Communities
  • $10k: Curi Capital
  • $10k: Brannon and Mary Fisher
  • $10k: Wally and Audrey Head
  • $10k: Holly and Aaron Hollar
  • $10k: Meg Montague and John Pollack
  • $10k: Lauren Pedi
  • $10k: Susan and Geoff Peters
  • $10k: John and Elizabeth Poindexter
  • $10k: Lisa and Duer Reeves
  • $10k: Mary Rose
  • $10k: Leisa and Jason Storbeck
  • $10k: Jeff and Dani Sussman
  • Undisclosed amount: Dan Lyons and Laura Zerbe