Our work depends on the generosity of our many donors and volunteers. In 2024, Vermont Humanities received donations from individuals, businesses, foundations, and government entities committed to providing literacy and public humanities programs in every county in Vermont. We are grateful to each of you!
Individuals
$100,000 and above
Anonymous (2)
$10,000 and above
Anonymous
Ron Miller
$5,000
Barbara & Wolfgang Mieder
Mary & David Otto
Elizabeth Steele
$2,500 and above
Anonymous (2)
Dottie Bergendahl
Lowell & Sandra Mintz
Susan Z. Ritz/Larsen Fund
David Snyder & Sara Coffey
Steve Stettler
$1,000 and above
Anonymous
Jean Ahlborg
Jim Alic & Jacalyn Diesenhouse
Gretchen Rous Besser
Edward & Marilyn Blackwell
Terry Callahan
Dick Dreissigacker & Judy Geer
Joy Facos
Paul Gruhler & Jane Marlin
Patricia Highberg
Walter & Lois Liggett
Katherine Paterson
Jane Pincus
Ann & Steve Singiser
Phyllis & Michael Wells
Sandra & James Wilbur
Lee A. Witters
Maynard Yost & Hugh Coyle
$500+
Anonymous (3)
Pam & Louis Ahlen
George & Paula Bellerose
Sandra J. Berbeco & David C. Coen
Anna Carey
Brianne E. Chase
John & Laurie Chester
Bern Collins
Pat Daley
Don & Marty Dewees
Rolf Diamant & Nora Mitchell
Apple Faulkner & Hobie Guion
Stephen Ferber & Elaine Fournier
Dover Robinson Ford
Prospero Gogo Jr. & Amy Lilly
Jonathan Heaton
Christine Kaufman
Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup & Chris Ilstrup
Starr LaTronica
Sydney Lea & Robin Barone
Adrienne & Stephen Major
Susan McCaslin & Vic Henningsen
Barbara McGrew
Christopher McVeigh
James & Judith Pizzagalli
Pat Robins & Lisa Schamberg
Donald Robisky
Sylvia Robison
Bill Stritzler
The Folks at the Farm
Constance West
Jake & Cathie Wheeler
$250+
Anonymous (3)
Ann Aspell & Leigh Seddon
Alison Bechdel & Holly Taylor
Stephen & Laurie Brittain
Judith Chalmer
Harry Chen & Anne Lezak
Jane S. Childs
Dick Conrad & Judith Irven
Joyce Cormier
Fred & Sophia Crawford
Bill & Leigh Dakin
Will & Laurie Danforth
William J. Doelger & Linda Normandeau
Rachel Aliber Duffy
Peter A. Gilbert & Cindy Char
Susan & Jeff Goodell
Nancy & Chris Graff
Suzanne Grenier
Dan & Mary Margaret Groberg
Gizelle Guyette
Rick & Emmy Hausman
Dan & Rachel Kahn-Fogel
Michael Katzenberg & Linda Prescott
Diane Kemble
Arlene F. Krapcho
Jennifer Lucas & John Schweizer
Peter & Isabella Martin
Patricia A. Menduni
John M. Miller
Dottie R. Morris
Virginia Neel
Hugh & Nancy Pennell
Geoffrey Sewake
Peter & Jacqueline Sinclair
Dan & Jan Steinbauer
Judith D. & William C. Stevens
Gaye Symington & Chuck Lacy
The Hall/Weigel Family
Dorothy Tod
Peter Welch & Margaret Cheney
Sarah Wesson
Judith Yarnall
$100 and above
Anonymous (9)
Michael & Marion Abajian
Joseph & Jane Alper
Julia Alvarez & Bill Eichner
Joel Ario & Diana Myrvang
Cheryl Asa
Jennifer Bagley
Steve Baietti & Julia Ely
Charles & Diana Bain
Carol Bam
Timothy Beaman & Sylvia Lazarnick
Philip & Janie Bell
Julie & Jeff Benay
George & Doris Bergeron
James & Judith Bernat
Alan Berolzheimer
Faith Bieler
Jack & Mary Ellen Bixby
Sherry Bjerke
Les Blomberg & Brenda Hausauer
Amy S. Borgman
Bill & Ruth Botzow
Daniel Brand
Robert & Maureen Brandt
Deb Brighton
Judy L. Brook
Patti Buck
Lois & Lester Carbonneau
Paul & Sandal Cate
Linda & Phil Chapman
Jonathan & Angie Chapple-Sokol
Daniel Childs & Marda Donner
Michele & Sam Clark
Alison Clarkson & Oliver Goodenough
Stephen & Margaret Conant
Katherine L. Coppock
Constance Counts
Anne Cramer
Todd Daloz
Allen Davis
Steven & Nancy Davis
Nancy E. DiMauro
Alida & John Dinklage
Patricia L. DiSilvio
Prudence Doherty
Cathleen Donath
Frank & Ducky Donath
John & Sandra Dooley
Jim & Margaret Eagan
Peter Elwell & Wendy Harrison
Alice D. Fifield
Mary Fillmore & Joanna Rankin
Virginia F. Freeman
Carolyn & Milton Frye
Connell & Nancy Gallagher
Dave & Fran Ganter
Eva Garcelon-Hart & Bill Hart
Edward & Karen Gartner
Leslie Gensburg
Allen Gilbert & Lila Richardson
Ken & Peggy Gilbert
Aaron & Rebecca Goldberg
Peter Gould & Mollie Burke
Ted & Barbara Graham
Valerie L. Graham
Wayne & Deborah Granquist
Susan Haedrich
Robert & Honore Hager
Natalie Hall
Marilyn & Jim Hand
Michael Healy & Debra Blumberg
Ward & Cheryl Heneveld
Lauren Shehadi Herbert
Randy & Karen Hesse
Phil Holland
Gerald & Virginia Hornung
Chad Horvath
Jinny Huh
Corlan Johnson
Arthur Kahn
Susan Johnson & Jason Kelley
Liisa Kissel
Suzanne Laaspere
Ann LaFiandra
Alison Latham
Mary Leahy
Patrick & Marcelle Leahy
Marc Lefebvre
Barbara & Martin LeWinter
Candace K. Lewis
Robert A. Lloyd
Robin Lloyd
Wendy & Charles Love
Chris Lovell & Ellen McCulloch-Lovell
Deborah Lee Luskin & Timothy Shafer
Scott Macdonough
Thomas MacLeay
Pamela MacPherson
Dennis & Maria Mahoney
Kathy & Dick Malley
Elizabeth Malone
Zachary Manganello
Wendy Martin
Susan & Kellen McClure
Tom McKone
Leslie-Burl McLemore
Christy & Marc Mihaly
John & Kay Morton
Patricia Motch
Melinda & Rick Moulton
Scott & Cheryl Mullins
Bradley Myerson
Peter Nelson
Radetta Nemcosky
Jeanne Nemlich
Sheldon Novick & Carolyn Clinton
Jeffrey Olson & Christina Wadsworth
Jane Osgood & Ted Hilles
Ralph Pace
Christine Packard
Matthew Peake & Leslie Goldman
Jacob Pelletier
Andrew & Marianne Perchlik
Emil & Elaine Pollak
Verandah Porche
Cathy & Robert Rachlin
David A. Raymond
Kathleen Robbins
Andrea Rogers
Barry & Arline Rotman
Nancy & Ronald Rucker
Robert & Gail Schermer
Jeffrey & Dawn Schneiderman
Patricia M. Sears
Diana & Jerry Senturia
Ted & Carolyn Shattuck
Angela Shea & Ben Doyle
Allen G. Shepherd
Mary-Frances Snow
Loring Starr
Anne & John Steel
Charlotte Stetson
Skip & Marilyn Sturman
Dan & Mary Swainbank
Wally & Mona Tapia
The Gardner-Morse Family
The Marvin Family
Elise Thorsen
Bob & Karen Tortolani
Kathryn Tufano
Dawn Van Dyck & Barbara Van Raden
Marc & Dana vanderHeyden
Patricia Vibert
Chris & Diane Walker
Janet Wallstein
Barbara Weedon
Ethel & Michael Weinberger
Bob & Barbara Wells
Bob & Joan Williamson
Michael D. Wormser
Linda Wrazen
Orly Yadin & Bob Summers
Yasmine Ziesler
Marianne Zurn
Up to $99
Anonymous (18)
Don Abelson & Joseph Everett
Carol Adams
Richard Affolter
Erin & Jose Aguayo
Elsie Albertini and Frieda & Dennis Duffy
Heather J. Alexander
Dawn K. Andrews
Peter Areson & Cyndy Guy
Patricia F. Atkins
Brenda Balon
Thomas Beach
Lois Miller Beardwood
Iris Berezin
Lucy Bernholz
Janet Berrier
Eileen Boland & Don Bredes
Naomi Bossom
Allan & Frances Boucher
Elizabeth Bourdon
Mary Ellen Bridge
Jason Broughton
John Brugger
Janet Bruner
Mary E. Byrnes
Carol Calhoun
Daniel & Marta Cambra
Scott Campbell & Mary Ready
Mary Ann Carlson
John & Mary Carnahan
Sarah Carter
Mary Ann & Bob Chaffee
Jack & Juanita Burch Clay
Geoffrey Cobden
Grant Crichfield
Brian P. & Janice M. Cunningham
Richard C. Dale Jr.
Sylvia Davatz
Michael & Janice Day
Catherine Delneo
Amy Demarest & Fred Magdoff
Kelley Di Dio
Jordan & Derry Dickinson
Deidre Donaldson
Linda Donigan
Ellen S. Doyle
Betty Dye
Peter Falion & Elizabeth Tannenbaum
Glynnis Fawkes
Mary Feidner
Marty & Steve Feltus
John Field & Jane Katz Field
Ken & Sharon Finch
Ilyse & Kevin Morgenstein Fuerst
Janice Gendreau
Holley Gilbert
Paula Gills
Catherine Girard
Leah Goat
Jeff & Ellen Gold
Janet Goldberger
Daniel Gottlieb
Constance Vial Green
Dan & Dana Grossman
Sarah & Eric Hadd
Leslie Haines
Recille Hamrell
Paul D. Hansen
Roberta Harold & Wayne Fawbush
Marge Harper
Helen Head
Cal Heile
Erica Heilman
George & Jill Helmer
Keith Hermiz & Rachel Laliberte
David & Judy Hershberg
Mariel Hess
Kathie Hickman
Beth Hindmarsh
Dorothy R. Jacobson
David & Carol Jarmy
Laurent Jarvi & Lenny Gerardi
Stephanie Zak Jerome
Richard Jorgensen
Bettina Krampetz
Barbara & David Lacy
Dorothy Larsen
Ann Lawless
Barry & Lynne Lawson
Sherry Lawson
Sally & Mike Leahey
Carolyn L. Leighton
Elinor Levy
John & Diane Liccardi
Natacha Liuzzi
Laurie Loveland
Robert & Elizabeth Low
Lizzy Lyons
Adrienne Major
Diane Marie Mazi
William & Noela McGroarty
Bruce A. McNallie & Lindra Moerdyk
Glenn & Hollie McRae
Vicki Milton
Sally R. Molnar
Lee Monro & Elvin Kaplan
Cecilia Ann Mooney
Edwin S. Morley
Loretta & Charles Murphy
Chris & Karen Nevin
Sally Newell
Rebecca Hurley Niles
Patricia Olson
Mary Heller Osgood & Chris Osgood
Nancy Osgood
Meg Ostrum
Solveig Overby
Ralph Pace
John Pane & Elizabeth Bassett
Scudder Parker & Susan Sussman
Peet Pearson
Linda Peavy
Neil & Carleen Pelsue
Tamara Perelman
Meg Pond & Jim Rader
Vivian Prunier
Pat Adams Ricks
Anton Rifelj
Lori Rippa
Andy Robinson & Jan Waterman
Linda Rood & Roger Turner
Alan A. Rozycki
Jeanette & Tom Ruffle
Donald Sargent
Joanne T. Scobie
Ellen Seeger
Rosie Harlow Segal
Lila Shapero & Wayne Senville
Jerry & Shelagh Shapiro
Neil Shepard & Kate Riley
Rebecca Sherlock & Michael Strauss
Michael Sherman
Michael & Mimi Simpson
Dave & Polly Sobel
Rebecca Sofferman
Gail & Lew Sorenson
Bob & Peg Soule
Sharon S. Stewart
Mark A. Stoler
Linda Streeter & Jon Harris
John & Sarah Stroup
Leonard Targonski
John & Natalie Thanassi
The Herbst Pachkova Family
Barbara Thompson
Jim & Felicia Tober
Maida F. Townsend
Nancy Tracy
Robert Troester & Joan Stephenske
Dennis Upham
Ann Vanneman
Suzanne Vaughn
Lisa von Kann
Boris G. von York
Susanne Washburn
Lawrence Webster
Mary West
Leon Whitcomb & Rhoda Bedell
Patricia R. Wiley
Dian S. Williams
William & Mary Wilson
Delight Wing
Dolf & Mary Jane Wirsing
Richard Wizansky & Todd Mandell
Mary Woolsey
Bruce & Carol Wyatt
Bonnie Wyler
Don & Karen Yaggy
Allen & Kathleen Yale
Christine Zachai
Alan & Karen Zaur
Georgia Zaveson
Institutions
$150,000 and above
Vermont Community Foundation
$125,000 and above
The Donley Foundation
$50,000
Vermont Department of Libraries
$35,000
The A.D. Henderson Foundation, Inc.
$25,000 and above
Physicians Computer Company
The Trout Lily Foundation
$20,000 and above
Reiner Charitable Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
$10,000 and above
Anonymous
Fletcher Proctor Trust for Destitute Children
Jones/Lippincott Family Foundation
The J. Warren & Lois McClure Foundation, a supporting organization of the Vermont Community Foundation
The Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation
$5,000 and above
Ann H. Symington Foundation
Fountain Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
Healthy Living Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
Green Mountain Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
Lucy Downing Nisbet Charitable Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee
National Life Group Foundation
Phoenix Books
The Alma Gibbs Donchian Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Wisdom Connection
$2,500 and above
COSLA-Chief Officers of State Library Agencies
LGBTQ+ Fund of Vermont at the direction of the Shayne Foundation
The Arthur D. Dana Foundation
The Oakland Foundation
The WaterWheel Foundation
The Windham Foundation
Vermont – NEA, Inc.
Walter Cerf Community Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
$1,000 and above
Anonymous
Bisbee Pratt Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
Burr & Burton Academy
Main Street Landing
Montpelier Community Fund
Preservation Trust of Vermont
The Alchemist Foundation
The Prospect Fund
The Stony Point Foundation
Vermont Arts Council
Vermont Book Shop
$500 and above
Concept 2
Hunger Mountain Co-op
The Joseph & Dale Boutin Fund
The Sorg-Vogt Charitable Foundation Trust
$250 and above
Beilfuss Family Advised Fund at Rochester Area Community Foundation
Leonine Public Affairs
Pomerleau Real Estate
Porter Family Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
Up to $99
Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival
Vermont Folklife
Bequest
William Mares
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 Kathryn Tufano, Director of Development & Communications, at ktufano@vermonthumanities.org or 802.262.1356.
Gifts in Honor Of
Gretchen Rous Besser by Peter A. Gilbert & Cindy Char
Judy Chalmer by Michele & Sam Clark
Peter A. Gilbert by Dottie Bergendahl
Peter A. Gilbert by Ken & Peggy Gilbert
Peter A. Gilbert by Chris & Diane Walker
Loved Ones by Lois & Lester Carbonneau
Matana E. Mankowsky-Upham by Dennis Upham
Patricia Menduni by Rosie Harlow Segal
Ron Miller by Bob & Joan Williamson
Mary Otto by Jeffrey Goodell
Marcia Scott by Anonymous
Victor R. Swenson by Judith Yarnall
Vermont’s Public Libraries by Gizelle Guyette
Gifts in Memory Of
Marcia Ahlborg by Jean Ahlborg
James T. Berrier by Janet Berrier
David Donath by Cathleen Donath
Sarah Dopp by Anonymous
Sarah Dopp by Nancy Tracy
Sarah Dopp by Linda Wrazen
John J. Foley by Leonard Targonski
Barbara Graham by Ted Graham
Richard Lang by Linda Wrazen
Patricia McVeigh by Christopher McVeigh
Edward Pincus by Jane Pincus
Ted Richards by Paula Gills
Lucille Bell Sargent by Donald Sargent
Ursula Smith by Linda Peavy
Victor R. Swenson by Dottie Bergendahl
Victor R. Swenson by Gretchen Rous Besser
Victor R. Swenson by Edward & Karen Gartner
Victor R. Swenson by Dorothy Tod
William J. Varga by Patricia F Atkins
William M. Vibert by Patricia Vibert
Judy Witters by Richard Affolter
Judy Witters by Elsie Albertini and Frieda & Dennis Duffy
Judy Witters by Sherry Bjerke
Judy Witters by The Herbst Pachkova Family
Judy Witters by Sherry Lawson
Judy Witters by Loretta & Charles Murphy
Judy Witters by Rebecca Hurley Niles
Judy Witters by Joanne T. Scobie
Judy Witters by Mary-Frances Snow
Judy Witters by The Folks at the Farm
Judy Witters by Lee A. Witters
Judy Witters by Bonnie Wyler
We work hard to ensure the accuracy of this list, but mistakes do happen. If you would like to ask a question or make a correction, please contact Kathryn at Ktufano@vermonthumanities.org.
