FY 24-25 Financial Supporters
Thank you to the Public School Champions who invested in our schools during the 24-25 school year. Together we are making Durham a better place to live and learn. Won't you join us?
Note: names in bold are ✨ Star Sustainers ✨who give monthly.
Cornerstone
$50,000+
Duke University Health System - Office of Community Health
Durham County Government
North Carolina Central University
Voses River Charitable Fund
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Partner
$25,000–49,999
Google
AJ Fletcher Foundation
Biogen Foundation
Durham Public Schools
Merck Foundation
US Department of Health and Human Services
Visionary
$10,000–$24,999
Gnderegg Family Foundation
Anonymous
Mark Donahue
Jeanette Stokes
David McKinnis
Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church
Clancy & Theys
MetLife Foundation
Novartis Gene Therapies
Persimmon Collective
Leader
$5,000-$9,999
Feinglos Fund
Backyard Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Kuhlman Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation.
Three Oaks Charitable Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
City of Durham
DMA Charitable Foundation
GSK & ViiV
The Stiegels
Novo Nordisk
Peach Bowl, Inc. on behalf of Manny Diaz
WorkSmart
Joseph Kahn
Kenneth Brown
Matt and Jenny Crowley
Advocate
$2,500-$4,999
Andrew Crook
AT&T North Carolina
CATE Services
Goddard School
Gregory Family
Hazen and Sawyer
Inhabit Real Estate
Jack and Jill of America
Jonathan Sorah
Katharyn Johnson
KidBright USA, Inc.
Krishna and Whitney Vallabhaneni
Laurie Muzzy
Lewis O. Wardell III
McAdams
Advocate cont'd
$2,500-$4,999
Merge Records | Michael Taylor
Pearls of Research Triangle Park (an official group of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.)
Piedmont Joinery
Tharrington Smith, LLP
The Harkrader Giving Fund
W. Rhett Davis and Christina Gibson-Davis
Welcome Group
Accelerator
$1,000-$2,499
AJ Vizedom
Analog Devices, Inc.
Angela and Bryan Fox
Anne Fogg Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Ari and Diana Medoff
Bob and Mary Etta King
C Kurzman
Cagla Eroglu
Caitlin Curtis
Cassilhaus Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Chad Weinard
Charles Wood
Chris & Kristin Heery
Cocreations Construction & Design
Cory and Sandra Valnes Quammen
Cyndi Lichorowic and Kurt Van Horn
Dabney Hopkins and David Tucker
Dave Austin
Dharam Batish
DLR Group
Dolbow Family
Accelerator cont'd
$1,000-$2,499
Duke Energy
Edward and Margie Pikaart
Eric Grebing
Evan and Lucy Cate
Girish & Chhaya Bhatt
Grieve Leave
Holly Biola and Steven Grambow
Hunter & JB Buxton
James Abrahamson
Jim and Ruth Key
Joshua Fulan
Laura Schanberg and Larry Eimers
Lauren C K Goslin & family
Laurie and Matt Williamson
Leigh and Clay Bordley
Manda and Adam Klein
Marian Fragola
Mark and Anne Paulson
Mary A Kopac
Mary Rae Hunter
Nazema Siddiqui & Casey Jenkins
Peggy and Tim Sanford
Ralph Mccaughan
Red Fern Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Accelerator cont'd
$1,000-$2,499
Richard Carmody
Robert Campbell
Robin Magee and Henri Gavin
Sandy and Ken Lyles
Sarah & Lewis Wardell
Satana Deberry
Steven Unruhe and Jennifer McGovern
Sue and Matt Mathias
Susan and Duncan Yaggy
Susan and Larry Herst
Svetky-van de Horst Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Ten Berke Architects, D.P.C
The Nandu Fund
David Roswell
Thomas and Margaret Keller
Tilley Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Vance and Jamie Kite
Will & Janice Giles
Yamauchi Family
Supporter
$500-$999
Alexandra Turner
Anthony Macias
Axel & Ashley Herrera Ramos
Baccellieri Family Charitable Fund
Balaji Sampath
Barbara BuckleyBartlett Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Ben and Erika Wilkins
Bernard B. Hollowell Jr.
Chloe & Xander Madsen
Chris and Tana Liu-Beers
Claire Osgood & Darrell Thompson
Clarice and Richard Weinberg
Cliff & Jayme Dyer
Dan Hudgins and Ann McKown
Daphne Friedman
David and Kathy Bartlett
David Ball
David Ball & Susan Pochapsky
Deborah Crabtree
Elizabeth Gillis
Elizabeth Brill
Elizabeth Efird
Gail S. McCormick
Supporter cont'd
$500-999
Jennie & Michael Dougherty
Katie Hagan
Kevin and Linda Routh
Kitty Sherwin
Lanier Blum
Laura Wilson Shaughnessy
Lori Pistor
Magan Gonzales-Smith
Marcia H. Morey Fund of Triangle Community FoundationMarybeth Dugan and Kenny Dalsheimer
Micah Luftig
Michel C. Tharp
Miriam K.Ehrensaft, Ph.D.
Mitchell Heflin
Monika von Windheim
Nolan Raney
Patricia Key in honor of Ruth & Jim Key
Patrick Shields and Kate Collins
Phil and Susan Jakes
Pleil Family Giving Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Richard Beckmann
Sara Terry
Supporter cont'd
$500-$999
Rodney Alsup and Sarah DeRossett
Sara Webb
Sari Palmroth
Scottie Pate
Shepard Alliance for Enlightenment Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Stephen and Jennifer Wilhoit
Susan M Berndt
Susanne Bauman
Teddie and Tony Brown
Terry Hobgood & Bevan Kirley
The Adrian Gift Fund
The Fizz Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
The Scales-Cannon Giving Fund
Tonya Boddie
UBS
Xavier & Cynthia Cason
Yamazawa Family
Zack and Tracey Hawkins
Friend
$100-$499
Alec Greenwald
Alec Motten
Alexandra M. Landeros & Daniel Reyes
Alice Ratliff
Alpha Mu Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa
Amanda Lazarus
Amber and Josh Stohl
Amy & John Butler
Amy Cleckler
Andrea and Rich Kells
Andrea Mullen
Andrew Smith
Angela Wright
Ann Demaine
Ann Louise d'Entremont
Annah Latane
Anne Slifkin
Anne and Tom Sporn
Anne DiFiore
Anne Keesee Niemann
Anne Klar
Audrey MacInnes
Barb Bodenstein
Barbara and Peter Fish
Barbara Jessie
Barbara MacKesson and Steve Williams
Belen Rogers
Beth and Ed Anderson
Bianka Reese
Bill Taub
Blackacre
Blakely and Asher Hildebrand
Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina Company Match Program
Bob Hellwig and Gordon Whitaker
Bonny Moellenbrock and Michael Lowry
Brett Blumencranz
Brock Bafford
Brooke Hassett
Bruce Wilson
Buckner HeavyLift Cranes
C Shuman
Cam Duncan
Carol Byrd Rist
Catherine P Jones
Charles Rimmer
Chip Sudderth
Chris and Meredith Brown
Christina Bixones and Dan LapidusChristopher and Odile Gould
Chuck Eilber and Elaine Scagnelli
Corinna Head Herbert
Courtney Crowder
Dale Haiducek
Darryl and Mary Freedman
David & Gayle Harris
David & Renee Connelly
David & Yvonne Straley
Deborah Kennedy
Dell Company Match Program
Dennis and Janice Nicholson
Diane Lennox
Dion Graham
Dorothy Mora
Douglas Schiff
Drs. Debara Tucci and Kevan VanLandingham
Drs. Girish and Poonam Pande
Durham School Supporter
Edward Fiske and Helen Ladd
Edward Pritchett
El Futuro, Inc.
Eliza Mathew
Elizabeth Meers
Elizabeth Paley and Stefan Zauscher
Elizabeth Tolman
Friend cont'd
$100-$499
Emily Eisenlohr
Emily Katz and Thad Domina
Emily Richuso
Eric and Susanna Henley
Eric Mlyn and Michele Goldman
Erin Lee
Erin Watson
Fair and David Pickel
Gail Fearing
Gary and Suzi Evans
Geni Eng and Dan Goetz
H Newton Williams
HagerSmith Design
Hallie Davis-Penders
Herbert Juli
Hope J. Hartman
Ira Mueller
Irene Lofstrom
James and Deb Dobbins
Jameshia Epps
Jan Gregory
Jane Wettach
Jeanne Tilley
Jillian Johnson
Joanne Abel and Rama Mills
Jody and Mike Wilkins
John Wroton
Julia and Chris Vail
Julia Johnson
Julie O'Brien
Kaiser-Potter family
Karen O'Mansky and Andy Barron
Karla Owen
Katherine Arnold
Katherine Hagan and Anthony Hutchins
Katie & Will Stoudemire
Katie and Perry Wright
Kay P. Gresham
Kenneth Lewis
Ketty Thelemaque
Kirsten Firminger
Kristina and Jacob Baldridge
Larson Family Fund
Laura Benedict
Laura Langham
Leslie Wickham
LeVonne Powell-Tillman
Linda and John Foreman
Linda Duda
Lindsay Healey
Lindsay Smith
Loretta Wile
Love Durham Kids
LT McCrimmon
Lucia Duncan
Lucy Inman
Lyndsey Booker
Lynn and Paul Cardile
Lynn Hooker
Lynn Shapiro
Lynn Spragens
M. Scott Peeler
Madeline Seltman
Marc Hines
Marcelle Scheyer
Margaret and James Johnston
Margaret Rubiera
Margie Norman
Maria Tackett
Marion T. JohnsonMarjorie George and Mark Straubel
Mary Dunbar & Ruth Vienneau
Matt Sears
Matthew Clayton
Maxine Foster
Meg Smith and Ann Keefe
Meg Wiehe
Megan Johnson
Melanie Priestman
Melody Levy
Mercedes McCurley
Friend cont'd
$100-$499
Meredith and Sean Driscoll
Merywen Wigley
Michael Little, PhD
Michelle Gottschalk
Microsoft Company Match Program
Mika Twietmeyer
Molly Renda
Monica Cloud
Nancy & Doug Henderson-James
Natalie Beyer
Nicholas I Graber-Grace
Nicholas Machak
Nicole and John Archibald
Old Peak Finance LLC
Pakis Bessias
Pamela Winton
Pat and Steve Bocckino
Pat Perkins
Patrick Dillon
Patrick Mucklow
Patrick Nalley
Paul and Maria Feldman
Paul Ortiz
Peter C. Goswick
Peter Raabe
Proactive
Prudence and Richard Meyer
Ravi Patil
Rebekah Whilden
Rekha Perumallu
Rich and Carol Baldwin
Richard Hawkins
Robin Sorrell
Robyn Soffera
Ross Williams
Ruth Bardon and Mike Casey
Sam Tobbe
Sandpiper Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Sandra Korn
Sarah Ellestad
Sarah McCaughan
Sarah Northey
Sayaka Hino
Scott Carter
Shayne Goodrum
Stephanie O'Brien
Stephanie Shipman
Stephen Jaffe and Mindy Oshrain, with love for Durham
Steve & Amy Peters
Steve and Edie Cohn
Steve and Sandra Toler
Steven Joseph Markey
Susan and John Mansfield
Susan Blount Fund for Social and Economic Justice of Triangle Community Foundation
Susan Cranford Ross and Tom Hadzor
Susan Dunlap
The Duharts
The Fund for the Triangle of Triangle Community Foundation
The Pipeling Family
Tim Stallmann
Tom and Ellen Bacon
Triangle Ecycling
Turner-Marie Johnson
Union Missionary Baptist Church of Durham
United Way of the Greater Triangle
Venebio
Virginia Lawn
Wegmans
Will and Danielle Parry-Hill
William and Claude Drobnes
William and Patricia Armistead
William V. "Bill" Bell
Zena S Alman
And more!
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