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    After 32 years of compassionate and innovative leadership, DreamSpring Founder and CEO Anne Haines is retiring from DreamSpring — leaving behind a legacy built on dreams, impact, resiliency, and the unstoppable spirit of entrepreneurs across the nation. Her visionary work has empowered thousands of entrepreneurs to launch businesses, lead nonprofits, create jobs, and build brighter futures for their families, communities, and the world around them.

     

    Far from ending, you can ensure Anne’s legacy continues to evolve — meeting the pressing needs of small business owners and nonprofits to come. 



    Together, we can turn today’s dreams into tomorrow’s thriving family businesses and reimagine what’s possible — no matter the odds. 
     

    Propel entrepreneurship forward for generations

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    Lexi and Jordan Doig

    Owners of Lil Monsters Playground in Windsor, Colorado

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    Keeleey Davis

    Owner of Quest Transport in Houston, Texas

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    About the Anne Haines DreamUp Fund for Transformational Impact

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    Join us in celebrating Anne’s legacy and advancing her vision of a world where all people have the opportunity to rise. The DreamUp Fund is an innovative pipeline to prosperity for all small business owners, including rural communities, low income, and startup entrepreneurs.

    Vitalize local communities and join us in building generational change by mobilizing new capital. You can help us cross the $1 billion threshold in small business loans made — a cumulative impact that drives financial inclusion forward.

    Anne’s journey as DreamSpring’s CEO may be reaching its final chapter — but the dream she sparked lives on. Let’s write the future of financial opportunity together.

    Let’s DreamUp a world of opportunity for all.

     

    To learn more or support the DreamUp Fund, contact Amber Kani, Head of Stakeholder Engagement. akani@dreamspring.org or 814-207-6846.


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