For Extraordinary Generosity for Gifts in Excess of $10,000

Anson Advisors & Moez Kassam

Rio Grande Games

S&P Global

Thomas Family Foundation

For Humanity

“Be ever watchful for the opportunity to shelter little children with the umbrella of your charity… for, as they must bear the burdens of our mistakes, so are they in their innocence the repositories of our hopes for the upward progress of humanity.” – Conrad Hilton

Friends of Aseema wishes to extend a special thanks to the many Microsoft Employees who participated in a matching campaign, most of whom are listed anonymously in this report.

Our president would like to give an Above-and-Beyond shoutout to Dena Willmore for supporting our organization as a generous donor. But beyond that, she connected us with Mary Ashton, an early and staunch supporter of Aseema. Dena made a gift in Mary Ashton’s honor.

At Dena’s request, our president wrote to Mary Ashton, who then called our president directly and expressed delight with the gift and with the existence of our organization.

Dena, you are wonderful.

At Aseema, there is a placard in honor of Mary Ashton, who once said: “Aseema will have my lifelong support. A small charity that already has made a huge change in the lives of so many.”

Thank you all for caring.

Happier Lives

“The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.” – Helen Keller

Friends of Aseema wishes to extend a special thanks to the many Microsoft Employees who participated in a matching campaign, most of whom are listed anonymously.

We also thank Ginny Hildebrand, Jamini Davies, and Karen Engro for their extraordinary efforts to hold an event to introduce new people to our organization. We learned a lot from you in the process, and you came through in difficult times!

Our president would like to give an Above-and-Beyond shoutout to Seana and Erin Miller for supporting our organization as generous donors and for their support in so many other ways. They know what this means.

If anyone is curious, The Old Gate Road Gang refers, not to a real gang, but to a group of childhood friends who grew up on the same street and who were made better for having had the good fortune to shape each other’s lives then and now.

A big thanks to Madhuri Murlikrishnan and Rohit Vaidya for their generosity of spirit, heart, and resources, and for making time to visit Aseema’s schools, and for spending time with the charming students, and staff, and the welcoming communities from which the students come.

We are grateful to all of you. We could write a tribute to each of you. Thank you all so much for caring about this wonderful cause, a tremendous positive in difficult times.

A Difference

“Giving is not just about making a donation. It is about making a difference.” – Kathy Calvin

Friends of Aseema wishes to express tremendous gratitude for the hard work of our volunteers in bringing Hooky, the board game, to life and especially to Tessa Samuelson for her wonderful art and to Erik Arneson for demonstrating the game to others with such zeal and time commitment.

Friends of Aseema also is extremely grateful to Colleen Briner, of our advisory board, and Karen Eriksen, a volunteer, who worked so hard to help us put together two in-person art events and markets. We are also grateful to Brittany Green from our advisory board for conducting a training session for our board.

We extend a special thanks also to the many Microsoft employees who participated in a matching campaign, to the United Women in Faith of the Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church for inviting us to give them a presentation, and to Will Halim and Storyburgh for the invitation to participate in The Convos on YouTube.