The LAF Ignite and Fuel Campaign provides support to sustain LAF's programs and expand offerings to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion within the landscape architecture discipline.
The 18-month campaign concluded on June 30, 2023, with 72 companies and 74 individuals contributing $2,543,661 to support our signature research, scholarships, and leadership programs and launch LAF Ignite, a scholarship, internship, mentorship program to help BIPOC landscape architecture students overcome prevalent barriers.
LAF thanks all those who contributed to the LAF Ignite and Fuel Campaign. This investment continues a legacy of delivering through LAF meaningful, measurable, and enduring impacts for individual students, the discipline of landscape architecture, and the communities we serve.
See donors to the Ignite and Fuel portions of the campaign below.
LAF Ignite will increase representation and retention in the discipline as part of a long-term effort to make it as diverse as the communities in which landscape architects work.
LAF Ignite provides BIPOC students with an annual $10,000 scholarship, paid summer internships, and access to mentors throughout their education.
The Ignite and Fuel Campaign provides critical support for LAF research, scholarships, and leadership programs.
The amount LAF awards annually will increase from $422,000 in 2022 to over $550,000 by 2027.
Ignite Donors
Thank you to the many individuals and organizations whose leadership and early investment supports the launch of LAF Ignite.
A first-of-its-kind program for students of color in landscape architecture, LAF Ignite provides recurring financial awards of $10,000, annual paid summer internships, and a network of mentors. The program was made possible thanks to the generous multi-year support from donors to LAF's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) Fund.
Gifts of $125,000+
CEO Roundtable
Robert Chipman
Gifts of $100,000-$124,999
Landscape Forms
Sasaki Associates
SmithGroup
Gifts of $75,000-$99,999
Jacobs
Bill and Kathy Main
Landscape Structures
OLIN
SWA Group
Beth Wehrle
Gifts of $50,000-$74,999
Anova
Biohabitats
Jeanne Lalli
Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Office of James Burnett
Sherry & Brian Ramsay
Reed Hilderbrand
TBG Partners
Gifts of $25,000–$49,999
Jim Burnett
Burton Studio
Glen Dake
Design Workshop
EDSA
Kyle Fiddelke
GGN
Michael Grove
Hoerr Schaudt
James Corner Field Operations
Mithun
MKSK
MVVA
Signe Nielsen
RIOS
Stephanie Rolley
WORKSHOP: Ken Smith Landscape Architect
Gifts of $10,000-$24,999
Sierra Bainbridge
Kofi Boone
Po Chen
Civitas
Coen+Partners
Keiko Tsurata Cramer
DesignJones
Barbara Deutsch
Dix.Hite Partners, Inc.
ETM Associates
Fluidity Design Consultants
Future Green Studio
Gary Hilderbrand
Hood Design Studio
Lionheart Places
Emily McCoy
MIG
MNLA
Moody Graham
Tom Mroz
PWP Landscape Architecture
RELM Studio
Roberto Rovira
Rundell Ernstberger Associates
SCAPE
Trinity Simons Wagner
Margie Simmons
Laura Solano
Stantec
Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners
Stoss Landscape Urbanism
Studio-MLA
Swift Company
Unknown Studio
WRT
WXY Studio
Gifts less than $10,000
Austin and Diane Jones Allen
Atlas Lab
Cheryl Barton
Michael Batts
Rachel Booher
Valorie Born
Keith Bowers + Cristel Cothran
Bradley Site Design
Pippa Brashear
Alexa Bush
Cadence
Danielle Carbonneau
Dennis Carmichael
Cara Chard
Richard Centolella
Connie Chung
Ryan Clifton
Andrea Cochran
Crowley Cottrell
Chip Crawford
Cara Crichlow
Curtis + Rogers
John Donnelly
Bob Dugan
Alma Du Solier
Jennifer Engelke
Dorothy Faris
Derek Gagne
Kathleen Garcia
GGLO
Kona Gray
Rob Gray
Ground, Inc.
Hargreaves Jones
Hocker Design Group
Astrid Hoffman
Rob Hutcheson
inControl Water Systems
Andrew Kilmer
Elaine Kearney
Kresge Foundation
Clarence Lacy
Scott LaMont
Alexis Landes
Lauren Leighty
Livable Cities Studio
Jim Manskey
Matthew Maranzana
Matthew Cunningham Landscape Design
Mayer/Reed, Inc.
Allyson Mendenhall
Michael Vergason Landscape Architects
Mikyoung Kim Design
Alexis Davis Millar
Michael Miller
Courtney Moore
Alpa Nawre
Kate Orff
Phronesis
Eric Propes
Richard Roark
Christina Sanders
SiteWorks Landscape Architecture
Doug Smith
Gary Sorge
Fritz Steiner
Craig Stoner
Stream Landscape Architecture
Biff Sturgess
Jeff Sugar
Lisa Switkin
TEN x TEN
Roana Tirado
Vectorworks
Lianying Wang
Wenk Associates
Monte and Jill Wilson
Gena Wirth
Ernie Wong
Fuel Donors
LAF is grateful for the multi-year, comprehensive support that allows us to continue and strengthen our research, scholarships, and leadership offerings.
In addition to their contribution to the DEI Fund that makes the new LAF Ignite program possible, support from the following donors helps ensure that LAF's award-winning programs and resources are sustained for the long-term.
Gifts of $250,000+
Landscape Forms
Gifts of $150,000+
Sasaki Associates
Gifts of $100,000-$149,999
SmithGroup
Gifts of $50,000-$99,999
Biohabitats
Burton Studio
James Corner Field Operations
Ramsay Family
TBG
Gifts of $25,000-$49,999
Robert Chipman
Hoerr Schaudt
Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Mithun
MKSK
OLIN
Reed Hilderbrand
Beth Wehrle
Gifts of $10,000-$24,999
Po Chen
Coen+Partners
Dix.Hite
ETM Associates
Fluidity Design Consultants
Future Green Studio
Hood Design Studio
Lionheart Places
Mithun
MNLA
Moody Graham
PWP Landscape Architecture
Relm Studio
Rundell Ernstberger Associates
Laura Solano
Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners
Unknown Studio
WRT
WXY Studio
Gifts less than $10,000
Atlas Lab
Valorie Born
Bradley Site Design
Cadence
Curtis + Rogers
Dorothy Faris
Hocker Design
Hargreaves Jones
Livable Cities Studio
Jim Manskey
Mayer/Reed Inc.
Mikyoung Kim Design
Tom Mroz
Stephanie Rolley
Stoss Landscape Urbanism
Stream Landscape Architecture
Biff Sturgess
Swift Company
TEN x TEN
Wenk Associates
Monte and Jill Wilson
