Our Mission
What We Hope to Do
As the foundation grows, Harper’s Light will focus on areas that reflect Harper’s life and the experiences that shaped our family.
Bring Light to Children Facing Serious Illness
Create moments of happiness, comfort, normalcy, and connection for children facing circumstances no child should have to face.
Support Families
Help families navigating serious childhood illness feel less alone and provide meaningful support during extraordinarily difficult periods of their lives.
Advance Pediatric Brain Tumor Research
Support researchers and organizations working toward better treatments — and ultimately cures — for devastating childhood brain tumors.
Create Opportunities for Children
Support educational opportunities, scholarships, and programs that allow children to learn, grow, discover, and dream.
Inspire Everyday Kindness
Encourage people to carry Harper’s spirit into their own communities through simple acts of compassion, generosity, inclusion, and joy.
Support Organizations Doing Good
Partner with and provide grants to organizations whose work reflects the values at the heart of Harper’s Light.
Our Values
Love
Love is the reason Harper’s Light exists and the force that sustains it.
Kindness
Kindness turns love into action.
Joy
Even during difficult times, moments of happiness matter.
Hope
We believe tomorrow can be better because people choose to make it so.
Compassion
We see the person before the circumstance and seek to meet people where they are.
Stewardship
Every resource entrusted to Harper’s Light should be used thoughtfully, responsibly, and with purpose.