Our work depends on the generosity of our many donors and volunteers. In 2022, Vermont Humanities received donations from individuals, businesses, and foundations committed to providing literacy and public humanities programs in every county in Vermont. We are grateful to each of you!
Individuals
$25,000+
- Estate of Max Kempner
$5,000+
- Anonymous (2)
- Sandra J. Berbeco & David C. Coen
- Judith Buechner
- Francie & John Downing
- Wolfgang & Barbara Mieder
- Ron Miller
- Mary & David Otto
- Elizabeth Steele
$2,500+
- Dottie Bergendahl
- Susan Hunter & Doug Watson
- Susan Z. Ritz/Larsen Fund
- Kate & Bill Schubart
- David Snyder & Sara Coffey
- Phyllis & Michael Wells
$1,000+
- Anonymous (3)
- Anonymous Northeast Kingdom Donor
- Jim Alic & Jacalyn Diesenhouse
- Gretchen Rous Besser
- Edward & Marilyn Blackwell
- Rolf Diamant & Nora Mitchell
- Sarah L. Dopp
- Dick Dreissigacker & Judy Geer
- Joy Facos
- Patricia Highberg
- Walter & Lois Liggett
- Susan McCaslin & Vic Henningsen
- Lowell & Sandra Mintz
- Jane Pincus
- Joe Piscotty & Carol Maulhardt
- Pat Robins & Lisa Schamberg
- Steve Stettler
$500+
- Anonymous (1)
- Louis & Pam Ahlen
- George & Paula Bellerose
- John & Laurie Chester
- Bern Collins
- Pat Daley
- Mary Jane Dickerson
- Dover Robinson Ford
- Charlene Galarneau
- Peter A. Gilbert & Cindy Char
- Prospero Gogo, Jr. & Amy Lilly
- Susan & Jeff Goodell
- Nancy & Chris Graff
- Hobie Guion & Apple Faulkner
- Huck Gutman & Buff Lindau
- Jonathan Heaton
- Gerald & Virginia Hornung
- Christine Kaufman
- Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup & Chris Ilstrup
- Gregory Maguire
- Adrienne & Stephen Major
- Barbara McGrew
- Christopher McVeigh
- Hartley & Virginia Neel
- Sylvia Robison
- Peter & Jacqueline Sinclair
- Ann & Steve Singiser
- Constance West
$250+
- Anonymous (2)
- Ann Aspell & Leigh Seddon
- Christine & Donald Bartlett
- Alison Bechdel
- Julie & Jeff Benay
- John & Brenda Bisbee
- Joseph Bocchino
- Stephen & Laurie Brittain
- Geof Brown & Mark Martins
- Judith Chalmer
- Brianne E. Chase
- Harry Chen & Anne Lezak
- George & Joyce Cormier
- Fred & Sophia Crawford
- Bill & Leigh Dakin
- Will & Laurie Danforth
- David & Magna Dodge
- Frank & Ducky Donath
- Rachel Aliber Duffy
- Tom & Mary Evslin
- Suzanne Grenier
- Groberg Family Fund
- Barbara S. Haas
- Rick & Emmy Hausman
- Ted Hilles & Jane Osgood
- Judith Irven & Dick Conrad
- Daniel & Rachel Kahn-Fogel
- Michael Katzenberg & Linda Prescott
- Diane Kemble
- Syd Lea & Robin Barone
- Peter & Isabella Martin
- Patricia A. Menduni
- John M. Miller
- Meg Ostrum
- Hugh & Nancy Pennell
- Donald Robisky
- Geoffrey Sewake
- Catherine & Jon Shapiro
- Dan & Jan Steinbauer
- Judith D. & William C. Stevens
- Bob & Fran Pepperman Taylor
- John W. Vorder Bruegge
- Jake & Cathie Wheeler
- Michael D. Wormser
- Richard Wright
$100+
- Anonymous (8)
- Michael & Marion Abajian
- Thomas Achenbach
- Pat Adams
- Susan B. Alden
- Joseph & Jane Alper
- Peter Areson & Cyndy Guy
- Joel Ario & Diana Myrvang
- Cheryl Asa
- Sarita Austin Don & Lela Avery
- Jennifer Bagley
- Charles & Diana Bain
- S. Carol Bam
- Beverly Belisle
- Philip & Janie Bell
- Doris Bergeron
- James & Judith Bernat
- Alan Berolzheimer
- William & Sharon Biddle
- Faith Bieler
- Jack & Mary Ellen Bixby
- Amy Borgman & Michael Forillo
- Bill & Ruth Botzow
- Daniel Brand
- Bob & Maureen Brandt
- Peter & Susan Brink
- Colleen Brown & Douglas Richards
- Patty & Tim Burch
- Paul & Sandal Cate
- Bob & Mary Ann Chaffee
- Linda & Phil Chapman
- Jonathan & Angie Chapple-Sokol
- William Chester
- Barbara Chick
- Daniel Childs & Marda Donner
- Jane S. Childs
- David Clark & David Colman
- Michele Clark
- Alison Clarkson & Oliver Goodenough
- Anne Cramer
- Ann Cullen
- David & Edna Curtin
- Todd Daloz
- Steven & Nancy Davis
- Josie Dershowitz
- Nancy E. DiMauro
- John & Alida Dinklage
- William J. Doelger & Linda Normandeau
- Prudence Doherty
- Ben Doyle & Angela Shea
- Jim & Margaret Eagan
- Bill Eichner & Julia Alvarez
- Peter Elwell & Wendy Harrison
- John & Mary English
- Erik Esselstyn
- Nancy G. Ewen
- Mary Feidner
- Stephen L. Ferber
- Darlyne Franzen
- Virginia F. Freeman
- Carolyn & Milton Frye
- Eddie Gale
- Leslie Gensburg
- H. Allen Gilbert & Lila Richardson
- Ken & Peggy Gilbert
- Peter Gould & Mollie Burke
- Valerie Graham
- Susan Haedrich
- Robert & Honore Hager
- Margot Hall
- Marilyn & Jim Hand
- Lee & Christine Hauslein
- Michael Healy & Debra Blumberg
- Ward & Cheryl Heneveld
- Randy & Karen Hesse
- Janet & Geof Hewitt
- Phil Holland
- Lewis & Madelyn Holmes
- Elaine A. Hubert
- Jinny Huh
- Penrose & Schuyler Jackson
- Wendy & Owen Jenkins
- Corlan Johnson
- Jane Kitchel
- Tony Klein
- Ed & Curtis Koren
- Chuck Lacy & Gaye Symington
- Chelsea Lafayette
- Ann LaFiandra
- Alison Latham
- Barry & Lynne Lawson
- Marc Lefebvre
- Carolyn L. Leighton
- Robert A. Lloyd
- Wendy & Charles Love
- Chris Lovell & Ellen McCulloch-Lovell
- Jennifer Lucas & John Schweizer
- Thomas MacLeay
- Dennis & Maria Mahoney
- Zachary Manganello
- The Marvin Family
- Tom McKone
- Leslie-Burl McLemore
- Christy & Marc Mihaly
- Jim Mindling
- Patricia P. Motch
- Scott & Cheryl Mullins
- Marna Murray
- Radetta Nemcosky
- Nancy A. Olson
- Rosamond F. Orford
- Priscilla Page
- John Pane & Elizabeth Bassett
- Katherine Paterson
- Jacob Pelletier
- Dave & Ellie Peters
- Bill & Joan Pinchbeck
- Emil & Elaine Pollak
- Verandah Porche
- Will Porter
- Bob & Sandy Powell
- Robert & Cathy Rachlin
- Jane Reagan
- Alban Richey
- Andrea Rogers
- John & Nancy Rosenthal
- Barry & Arline Rotman
- Nancy & Ronald Rucker
- Lois H. Ruttenberg
- Linda Saarnijoki & Rusty Davis
- Tim Shafer & Deborah Luskin
- Theodore & Carolyn Shattuck
- Shelly & Len Sherman
- Sharyn Skeeter
- Bill & Elsie Smith
- Charlie Smith & Amy Mellencamp
- Charlotte Stetson
- John & Sarah Stroup
- Skip & Marilyn Sturman
- Dan & Mary Swainbank
- Wally & Mona Tapia
- Burton & Harriet Tepfer
- Elise Thorsen
- Robert Troester & Joan Stephenske
- Eleaner Tufano
- Kathryn Tufano
- Marc & Dana vanderHeyden
- Kenneth Vos
- Chris & Diane Walker
- Janet Wallstein
- Barbara Weedon
- Peter Welch & Margaret Cheney
- Bob & Barbara Wells
- Sarah Wesson
- Richard & Katharine White
- Sherry Whitney
- Rene Wilbur
- Reeve Williams & Sandra Anderson
- Grace Worcester
- Bob & Vicky Young
- Yasmine Ziesler
Up to $99
- Anonymous (24)
- Don Abelson & Joseph Everett
- Carol Adams
- Lisa A. Adler
- Meredith U. Anderson
- Ed & Irene Barna
- Lois Miller Beardwood
- Iris Berezin
- Lindy Biggs
- John Billard & Nancy McGill
- David Blight
- Naomi Bossom
- Allan & Frances Boucher
- Betsy Bourdon
- Elizabeth W. Bourne
- Don Bredes & Eileen Boland
- Louis & Lois Bresee
- Deb Brighton
- Judy L. Brook
- Jason Broughton
- John & Barbara Brugger
- Janet Bruner
- Patti Buck
- Robert & Ann Buermann
- Anne Harriss Bugbee
- Mary E. Byrnes
- Paul Calter
- Dan & Marta Cambra
- John & Mary Carnahan
- Sarah Carter
- Judith Churchill
- Brian Cina
- Peter & Nicki Clarke
- Elissa Close & Chris Brady
- Constance Counts
- Grant Crichfield
- Melissa & John Cronin
- Amy Cunningham
- Brian & Janice Cunningham
- Mark & Terrie Curran
- Sylvia Davatz
- Michael & Janice Day
- Deidre Donaldson
- John P. Dumville
- Betty Dye
- Zon Eastes & Margaret Spencer
- Sandra Ershow
- Bob & Nancy Faesy
- Peter Falion & Elizabeth Tannenbaum
- Steve & Marty Feltus
- John Field & Jane Katz Field
- Mary Dingee Fillmore
- Marcia Foley
- The Gardner-Morse Family
- Walt & Dana Gilbert
- Paula Gills
- Catherine Girard
- Leah Goat
- Janet Goldberger
- Daniel Gottlieb
- Catherine & Charles Grant
- Tom & Connie Green
- Alice Greenspan
- Dan & Dana Grossman
- Michelina Gruppi
- Sarah & Eric Hadd
- Leslie Haines
- Natalie Hall
- Recille Hamrell
- Paul D. Hansen
- Roberta Harold & Wayne Fawbush
- Marge Harper
- Jonathan Harris & Linda Streeter
- Helen Head
- Cal Heile
- George & Jill Helmer
- Keith Hermiz & Rachel Laliberte
- David & Judy Hershberg
- Kathie Hickman
- Beth Hindmarsh
- Robin Hopps & Wendy Sue Harper
- Mabel V. Houghton
- David R. Houston
- Kristine Ingram
- Julie Jaquith
- David & Carol Jarmy
- Lauren Jarvi & Lenny Gerardi
- Emily R. Jones
- Kathryn Jorgensen
- Carrie Kessler
- Alison Kirk
- Liisa Kissel
- Barbara & David Lacy
- Dorothy Larsen
- Ann Lawless
- Mike & Sally Leahey
- John & Diane Liccardi
- Jack Long & Delight Wing
- Cassandra Major
- Kat Malley
- Mike Manahan
- Gary Margolis & Wendy Lynch
- Daisy McCoy
- Bruce A. McNallie & Lindra Moerdyk
- Glenn & Hollie McRae
- Sally R. Molnar
- Lee Monro & Elvin Kaplan
- Cecilia Ann Mooney
- Celina Moore
- Morgan Moore
- Edwin S. Morley
- Barbara & Ed Morrow
- Saskia Swenson Moss
- Michael Munson & Mary Jane Neale
- Bradley D. Myerson
- Lee & Jeanne Nemlich
- Margo Nutt
- Herbert Ogden & Catherine Thomas
- Mary Heller Osgood & Chris Osgood
- Solveig Overby
- Ann P. Page
- Neil & Carleen Pelsue
- Paul & Dorothea Penar
- Tamara Perelman
- Meg Pond & Jim Rader
- Vivian Prunier
- David & Louise Ransom
- Ann Reading
- Steve & Martha Richardson
- Genevieve Rideout
- Anton Rifelj
- Lori Rippa
- Andy Robinson & Jan Waterman
- Alan A. Rozycki, MD
- Tom & Jeanette Ruffle
- Donald Sargent
- Jim & Nancy Scherer
- Sue A. Schiller
- Ellen Seeger
- Nancy Segal
- Rosie Harlow Segal
- Alice Shaner-Simpson
- Allen G. Shepherd
- Michael Sherman
- Catherine Simpson
- Dave & Polly Sobel
- Fern Sparks
- Kim & Steve Spensley
- Jonathan & Cindy Stableford
- Loring Starr
- Anne Steel
- Sanders Stephen
- Jeff & Claire Stern
- Sharon S. Stewart
- Mark A. Stoler
- Susan Sussman & Scudder Parker
- Fred & Diane Swan
- Barbara Swinton
- Linnea Taylor
- Thomas Taylor & Marie McAndrew Taylor
- Natalie M. Thanassi
- Barbara Thompson
- Jim & Felicia Tober
- Thomas L. Toleno & Andrea J. Matthews
- Bob & Karen Tortolani
- Maida F. Townsend
- Roger Turner & Linda Rood
- Cecile M. Valcour
- Ann Vanneman
- Suzanne B. Vaughn
- Patricia Vibert
- Luis Vivanco
- Lisa von Kann
- Boris G. von York
- Mary Jane Washburn
- Dell Waterhouse
- Mary West
- Patricia Wiley
- Al & Anna Wilkinson
- Dian S. Williams
- John & Pat Williams
- Heidi Willis
- William & Mary Wilson
- Rick Winston & Andrea Serota
- Richard Wizansky & Todd Mandell
- Elizabeth Wood
- The Wrazen Family
- Bruce & Carol Wyatt
- Don & Karen Yaggy
- Alan & Karen Zaur
Institutions
$150,000
Vermont Community Foundation
$50,000
Vermont Department of Libraries
$35,000+
Middlebury College
The A.D. Henderson Foundation, Inc.
$25,000
The Trout Lily Foundation
$15,000
The Donley Foundation
The Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation
$10,000+
Anonymous (1)
Ann H. Symington Foundation
Fletcher Proctor Trust for Destitute Children
Jones/Lippincott Family Foundation
Physicians Computer Company
Vermont Secretary of State’s Office
$5,000+
Discretionary Grant at the Vermont Community Foundation
Federation of State Humanities Councils
Fountain Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation
Lucy Downing Nisbet Charitable Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee
The Alma Gibbs Donchian Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Windham Foundation
The Wisdom Connection
Walter Cerf Community Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation
$2,500+
Gay & Lesbian Fund of Vermont at the direction of the Shayne Foundation
Laurance & Mary Rockefeller Fund
The Arthur D. Dana Foundation
The Nichols Philanthropy Fund at the Boston Foundation
The Oakland Foundation
The Residence at Otter Creek
University of Vermont Office of Engagement
Vermont – NEA, Inc.
Vermont Children’s Trust Foundation on behalf of Turrell Fund
$1,000+
Anonymous (1)
Bisbee Pratt Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation
Burr & Burton Academy
Cabot Creamery
Chroma Technology Corp.
Montpelier Community Fund
SCHIP
The Alchemist Foundation
University of Vermont College of Arts & Sciences
University of Vermont Humanities Center
Vermont Arts Council
$500+
Main Street Landing Company
Margot J George Fund for Art at the Vermont Community Foundation
Passumpsic Savings Bank
Pomerleau Real Estate
Preservation Trust of Vermont
The Joseph & Dale Boutin Fund
The Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility
The Norwich Bookstore
$250+
A Friend of the Series
Bear Pond Books
Beilfuss Family Advised Fund at Rochester Area Community Foundation
Cashdan/Stein Great Grandmother Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation
Crossroads Academy
Leonine Public Affairs, LLP
Otto & Associates
Stave Puzzles, Inc.
Tapia & Huckabay, P.C.
Woolmington, Campbell, Bent & Stasny, P.C.
$100+
Quick$tart
Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing
Up to $99
AmazonSmile Foundation
Funds held by the Vermont Community Foundation
Anne Commire Fund for Women in the Humanities
Margot J. George Fund
Peter A. Gilbert Fund
Vermont Humanities Council Fund
Vermont Humanities Reserve Fund
Victor R. Swenson Fund
These invested funds were created by donors interested in supporting the work of Vermont Humanities into the future. If you would like to learn more about planned giving, please contact Chelsea Lafayette, Director of Development & Communications at clafayette@vermonthumanities.org or 802.262.1360.
Gifts in Honor Of
Sally Anderson by Barbara S. Haas
Judy Chalmer by a Northeast Kingdom Donor
Peter A. Gilbert by Dottie Bergendahl
Peter A. Gilbert by Ken & Peggy Gilbert
Peter A. Gilbert by Syd Lea & Robin Barone
Peter A. Gilbert by The Nichols Philanthropy Fund at the Boston Foundation
Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup by Cashdan/Stein Great Grandmother Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation
Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup by Verandah Porche
Wendy Martin by Grace Worcester
Pat Menduni by Rosie Harlow Segal
Mary Otto by Peter & Susan Brink
Mary Otto by Susan & Jeff Goodell
David Shribman by Sanders Stephen
VT Teachers of English & Social Studies, Active & Retired by Boris G. von York
Linda Wrazen by Gretchen Rous Besser
Gifts in Memory Of
Albert G. Besser by Gretchen Rous Besser
T. Alan Broughton by Mary Jane Dickerson
David W. Buck by Patti Buck
Edson Chick by Barbara Chick
Alan Dann by Deidre Donaldson
Davis A. Donath by Darlyne Franzen
Larry Gordon by Rick Winston & Andrea Serota
Alan Greenspan by Alice Greenspan
Robert J. Grenier by Suzanne Grenier
Larry Hamilton by David & Louise Ransom
Edith & Kenneth Martin by Anonymous
Trish McVeigh by Christopher McVeigh
Ethel Mullins by Scott & Cheryl Mullins
David Raphael by Mrs. Lois Miller Beardwood
Lucille Sargent by Donald Sargent
Victor R. Swenson by Dottie Bergendahl
Victor R. Swenson by Bill Eichner & Julia Alvarez
Bill Vibert by Patricia Vibert
Diane Vivanco by Luis Vivanco
Delbra Kaye Wilson by Leslie-Burl McLemore
Mark Wizansky by Richard Wizansky & Todd Mandell
