Building brighter futures.

McGuire and Hester has a long tradition of giving back to the communities where we live and work. Our late founder, Mike Hester, was a lifelong philanthropist who was instrumental in establishing the St. Vincent de Paul Society soup kitchen in Oakland. In 1955, Mike and his wife established the Michael and Maureen Hester Foundation. Today, their son Joseph Hester carries on the family tradition as a trustee for the now-named McGuire and Hester Foundation.

Whether it has been through McGuire and Hester’s in-kind donations of goods and services or the Foundation’s monetary contributions to various charitable projects, we have always considered it an honor to give back.  It is our simple way of saying “thanks” to the communities we have had the privilege to work in.

In addition to matching employee donations, McGuire and Hester makes many in-kind and monetary donations, some of which are listed below.