The Growth Report 2026

The Growth Report is an annual newsletter created to embody the past year of Greenhouse’s work. In it, we give thanks to supporters, make major announcements about our strategic direction, provide statistics about our impact, and share the incredible stories of our Scholars and Community Members. This is a great way for people to get to know us better as an organization, and we’re excited to share it with you all now.

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Can. Will. Must. Campaign Earns $7.2M in Donations

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 Mandy 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

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