Our work depends on the generosity of our many donors and volunteers. In 2025, 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!
- Leadership Circle
- Individuals
- Institutions
- Bequest
- Funds held by the Vermont Community Foundation
- Gifts in Honor Of
- Gifts in Memory Of
*Denotes a New Donor(s) in 2025 – thank you!
Leadership Circle
We are so grateful to our 2025 Leadership Circle Members who recognize the importance of building a solid foundation of consistent support and are vital to Vermont Humanities’ ongoing growth, ensuring we thrive in the years to come.
Anonymous
Dorothy Bergendahl
Marilyn & Edward Blackwell
Sara Coffey & David Snyder
Hugh Coyle & Maynard Yost
Rolf Diamant & Nora Mitchell
Jacalyn Diesenhouse & Jim Alic
Joy Facos
Patricia Fontaine
Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup & Chris Ilstrup
Christine Kaufman
Barbara & Wolfgang Mieder
Ron Miller & Jacqueline Fischer
Mary & David Otto
Katherine Paterson
Jane Pincus
Susan Ritz/The Larsen Fund
Lisa Schamberg & Pat Robins
Jim & Sandy Wilbur
Individuals
$150,000 and above
Anonymous (2)
$10,000 and above
Walter Liggett
Ron Miller & Jacqueline Fischer
Mary & David Otto
Susan Z. Ritz/The Larsen Fund
$5,000 and above
Anonymous
Dottie Bergendahl
Dick Dreissigacker & Judy Geer
Christine Hadsel
William Herbst*
Susan Hunter & Doug Watson
Barbara & Wolfgang Mieder
Elizabeth Steele
$2,500 and above
Charles & Diana Bain
Sara Coffey & David Snyder
Katherine Paterson
Steve Stettler
$1,000 and above
Anonymous (2)
Katy Smith Abbott & Steve Abbott
Jim Alic & Jacalyn Diesenhouse
Jane C. Beck
Sandra J. Berbeco & David C. Coen
Edward & Marilyn Blackwell
Hugh Coyle & Maynard Yost
Rolf Diamant & Nora Mitchell
Joy Facos
Susan & Jeff Goodell
Eleanor Jones Harvey
Jonathan Heaton
Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup & Chris Ilstrup
Morgan Irons*
Christine Kaufman
Diane Kemble
Curtis Koren
Ann Lawless
David Macaulay & Ruth Murray*
Susan McCaslin & Vic Henningsen
Barbara McGrew Lowell & Sandra Mintz
Jane Pincus
Lisa Schamberg & Pat Robins
Ann & Steve Singiser
Phyllis & Michael Wells
Sandra & James Wilbur
$500 and above
Anonymous (2)
Pamela Ahlen
Randall Balmer
Alison Bechdel & Holly Taylor
George & Paula Bellerose
Lindy Biggs & Stephen Knowlton
John & Laurie Chester
Pat Daley
Allen Davis
Don & Marty Dewees
Elvy L. Draft*
Stephen Ferber & Elaine Fournier
Devena Fifield
Dover Robinson Ford
Sandra Gartner
Prospero Gogo, Jr. & Amy Lilly
Paul Gruhler
Andre Lanoie & Gregory Wiske*
Barbara & Martin LeWinter
Evie Lovett*
Gregory Maguire
Jane Marlin
Chris McVeigh
Kiah Morris*
James & Judith Pizzagalli
Donald Robisky
Sylvia Robison
Judith D. & William C. Stevens
Maria Timmerman*
Leanne Tingay*
Judy Warriner Walke*
The Hall/Weigel Family
Constance F. West
Jake & Cathie Wheeler
Judith Yarnall
Ahmad Yassir*
$250 and above
Anonymous (4)
Dawn K. Andrews
Ann Aspell & Leigh Seddon
S. Carol Bam
Les Blomberg & Brenda Hausauer
Lynne A. Bond
Stephen & Laurie Brittain
Ken & Lisa Cadow*
Anna Carey
Lisa Cashdan & Peter Stein
Marsha Cassel
Harry Chen & Anne Lezak
Daniel Childs & Marda Donner
Jane S. Childs
Bernadine Collins
Larry Connolly & John Killacky
Bill & Leigh Dakin
Will & Laurie Danforth
Patricia DiSilvio
Rachel Aliber Duffy
Eva Garcelon-Hart & Bill Hart
Susanna Gellert*
Allen Gilbert & Lila Richardson
Peter A. Gilbert & Cindy Char
Suzanne Grenier
Dan & Mary Margaret Groberg
Gizelle Guyette
Kenneth A. Hapke
Emmy & Rick Hausman
Virginia Ann & Gerald Hornung
Charles Cleary Horvath
Viola B. Haarmann & Douglas L. Johnson*
Dan & Rachel Kahn-Fogel
Michael Katzenberg & Linda Prescott
Arlene F. Krapcho
Sydney Lea & Robin Barone
Mary Leahy
Meredith J. Liben*
Jennifer Lucas & John Schweizer
Deborah Lee Luskin & Timothy Shafer
Linda & Jenkins Marshall*
Isabella Martin
Chris & Marc Mihaly
John M. Miller
Brett Millier*
Rosamond Orford
Matthew Peake & Leslie Goldman
Ingrid & Rob Pels*
Hugh & Nancy Pennell
Elaine & Emil Pollak
Robert & Gail Schermer
Jeffrey & Dawn Schneiderman
Geoffrey Sewake
Marc & Fronia Simpson
Peter & Jacqueline Sinclair
Dan & Jan Steinbauer
Susan Stillinger*
Skip & Marilyn Sturman
Susan Titterton
Mary E. Treat*
Ethel & Michael Weinberger
Nat Winthrop
Elizabeth R. Wood
Michael D. Wormser
Yasmine Ziesler
$100 and above
Anonymous (16)
Michael & Marion Abajian
Don Abelson & Joseph Everett
Carol Adams
Julia Alvarez & Bill Eichner
Joe Antonioli*
Cheryl Asa
Sarah Audsley*
Jennifer Bagley
Steve Baietti & Julia Ely
Timothy Beaman & Sylvia Lazarnick
Beverly Belisle
Philip & Janie Bell
Julie & Jeff Benay
Kandace Benedini*
George & Doris Bergeron
James & Judith Bernat
Jeff Bernstein & Stacey Cushner
Elizabeth Bicknell*
Lora & Robert Block
Amy S. Borgman
Bill & Ruth Botzow
Robert & Maureen Brandt
Deb Brighton
Colleen Brown & Douglas Richards
Anthony Caldwell*
Lois & Lester Carbonneau
Paul & Sandal Cate
Eugene & Jean Ceglowski
Judith Chalmer
Jane Chaplin*
Linda & Phil Chapman
Jonathan & Angie Chapple-Sokol
Michelle Chickering*
Alison Clarkson & Oliver Goodenough
Stephen & Margaret Conant
Katherine L. Coppock
Christine Costello*
Constance Counts
Anne Cramer
Fred & Sophia Crawford
Grant Crichfield
Amy Cunningham
David & Edna Curtin
Allen F. Davis
Steven & Nancy Davis
Lauren-Glenn Davitian
Nancy E. DiMauro
Alida & John Dinklage
William Doelger & Linda Normandeau
Prudence Doherty
Gail Dougherty
Wendi Dowst-McNaughton*
Murray & Cecilia Dry
Peter Elwell & Wendy Harrison
Jane Katz Field & John Field
Virginia F. Freeman
Carolyn & Milton Frye
Ilyse & Kevin Morgenstein Fuerst
Eddie Gale
Connell & Nancy Gallagher
Dave & Fran Ganter
The Gardner-Morse Family
Denise Gaudreau
Janice Gendreau
Leslie Gensburg
Ken & Peggy Gilbert
Leah Goat
Peter Gould & Mollie Burke
Nancy & Chris Graff
Ted Graham
Wayne & Deborah Granquist
Huck Gutman & Buff Lindau
Susan Haedrich
Bob Hagen & Kathy Astrauckas
Marilyn & Jim Hand
Paul D. Hansen
Roberta Harold & Wayne Fawbush
Daryl Hatch*
Michael Healy & Debra Blumberg
Carol Hendrickson
Ward & Cheryl Heneveld
Ann Herrick
Karen & Randy Hesse
Rebecca Hill*
Phil Holland
Amy Howlett*
Wendy Jenkins
Viola Haarmann & Douglas Johnson
Emily R. Jones
Susan Johnson & Jason Kelley
Mark Kennedy & Cathy Rude
Alison Kirk
Liisa Kissel
Jane Kitchel
Tony Klein
Helen Labun*
Chuck Lacy & Gaye Symington
Ann LaFiandra
Alison Latham
Marc Lefebvre
Candace K. Lewis
Beth & David London*
Wendy & Charles Love
Laurie Loveland
Josette & Richard Lyders*
Thomas MacLeay
Adrienne Major
Elizabeth Malone
Zachary Manganello
Wendy Martin
The Marvin Family
Diane Marie Mazi
Susan Evans McClure & Kellen McClure
Ann McCluskey
Daisy McCoy
Ellen McCulloch-Lovell & Chris Lovell
Tom McKone
Leslie-Burl McLemore
Bruce A. McNallie & Lindra Moerdyk
Patricia A. Menduni
Betty Ann Morse
Patricia Motch
Sharon Mount
Scott & Cheryl Mullins
Michael Munson & Mary Jane Neale
Diana Myrvang & Joel Ario
Virginia & Hartley Neel
Henry & Elizabeth Nelson
Radetta Nemcosky
Sheldon Novick & Carolyn Clinton
Margo Nutt
Nancy Osgood
Ralph Pace
Christine Packard & Scott Yeager
Holly Painter*
John Pane & Elizabeth Bassett
Jacob Pelletier
Andrew & Marianne Perchlik
David & Elinor Peters
Meg Pond & Jim Rader
Verandah Porche
Leanne Porter*
Mary Pratt*
Laura Prothero*
Cathy & Robert Rachlin
Kathleen Robbins
Andrea Rogers
Nancy & Ronald Rucker
Rebecca Rupp*
Patricia M. Sears
Rosie Harlow Segal
Cindy Seligmann*
Diana & Jerry Senturia
Alice Shaner-Simpson
Rebecca Siegel*
Debra Squires*
Jon & Cindy Stableford
Loring Starr
John & Anne Steel
Charlotte Stetson
John & Sarah Stroup
Daniel Suder*
Dan & Mary Swainbank
Wallace & Mona Tapia
Bob & Fran Pepperman Taylor
Alan Berolzheimer Tevah
Barbara Thompson
Elise Thorsen
Dorothy Tod
Kathryn Tufano
Aggie Underwood
Dawn Van Dyck
Dana & Marc Vanderheyden
Dayton & Sarah Wakefield
Janet Wallstein
Barbara Weedon
Peter Welch & Margaret Cheney
Bob & Barbara Wells
River West*
Al & Anna Wilkinson
Bob & Joan Williamson
Lee A. Witters
Suzi Wizowaty
Alexander Wolff*
Lauren Wolpin*
Linda Wrazen
Up to $99
Anonymous (20)
Joan F. Alexander
William Alexander & Alice Dodge*
Chris E. Anderson
Meredith U. Anderson
Carolyn Andrews*
Peter D. Anthony
Peter Areson & Cyndy Guy
Kathryn Bailey*
Barbara Ball*
Susan Bauchner*
Thomas Beach
Judith Bellamy
Alfred Belluche*
Iris Berezin
Lucy Bernholz
Janet Biehl*
Eileen Boland & Don Bredes
Karin Bonnett*
Naomi Bossom
Allan & Frances Boucher
Elizabeth W. Bourne
Philip Branton & Ellen Lazarus
Leah Bratton
Mary Ellen Bridge
Kristin Bright*
Cheryl Brown*
Peggy Brozicevic*
John & Barbara Brugger
Elise Brunelle*
The Bruner Family
Patti Buck
Anne Harriss Bugbee
Matisse M. Bustos
Mary E. Byrnes
Paul Calter
Dan & Marta Cambra
Jerry Carbone & Kathleen Maisto
Mary Carnahan
Sarah Carter
Mary Ann Chaffee
Lorene Chickering
Judith Churchill
Kathy Cichanowski
John Cipora
Jack & Juanita Burch Clay
Elissa Close & Chris Brady
Geoffrey Cobden
David & Cynthia Cook*
Paul Costello
Mark & Terrie Curran
Stephen & Judy Dardeck
Sylvia Davatz
Samantha Davidson*
Janice & Michael Day
Kathryn DeSutter*
Robert Devino*
Sylvia Dodge
Deidre Donaldson
Linda Donigan
Trish Dougherty*
Ellen S. Doyle
Ruth Drachman
Alice Durkin*
Betty Dye
Kristin A. Dykstra*
Zon Eastes
Catherine Emil*
Holly Esterline*
Peter Falion & Elizabeth Tannenbaum
Glynnis Fawkes
Mary Feidner
Marty & Steve Feltus
Mary Fillmore & Joanna Rankin
Frances Flannery*
Virginia Fleet*
Marcia Foley
Patsy French
Carol Gans*
Jean Gerber
Shannon Gile*
Paula Gills
Catherine Girard
Rosemary Gladstar
Aaron & Rebecca Goldberg
Janet Goldberger
Daniel Gottlieb
Linda B. Gray & David Healy
Constance Vial Green
Kim Greenwood
Patty Greenwood & Scott Stearns
Dan & Dana Grossman
Jean Guenther*
Lyn Haas*
Sarah & Eric Hadd
Regina Haddock
Natalie Hall
Elizabeth Hanahan*
Julie B. Hand*
Marge Harper
Tracie L. Harris*
Linda Hay*
Joanne McNeil Hayes
Randall Hayward*
Helen Head
Jory Hearst
Cal Heile
George & Jill Helmer
Keith Hermiz & Rachel Laliberte
Mariel Hess
Kathie Hickman
Beth Hindmarsh
Marianna Holzer*
Mary Hussman*
Stephanie Moffett Hynds
Jennifer Ingersoll*
Mary Lynne Isham*
David & Carol Jarmy
Lauren Jarvi & Lenny Gerardi
JoAnne Kenyon*
Carrie Kessler
Jane L. Knight*
Samantha L. Kolber*
Carolyn Kuebler*
Barbara & David Lacy
Dorothy E. Larsen
Sheri Larsen*
Diane Larsen-Freeman*
Barry & Lynne Lawson
Karen Le Roy*
David Leake*
Carolyn L. Leighton
Elinor Levy
Wendy-Ann Levy*
Andrea LeWinter*
John & Diane Liccardi
Jesse Lipson*
Robert & Elizabeth Low
Lee Macik*
The Massell Family*
James Matthew*
Catherine M. McClure*
Susan McCormack*
Larry McIntosh
Mary E. McKenna
Glenn & Hollie McRae
Donna Merriam
Vicki Milton
Sally R. Molnar
Nancy Money*
Lee Monro & Elvin Kaplan
Hillary Montgomery
Cecilia Ann Mooney
Jill E. Morton
Barbara Murphy*
Beck Natale*
Chris & Karen Nevin
Barbara Nielsen*
George & Judith O’Brien
Nancy A. Olson
Jane Osgood & Ted Hilles
Meg Ostrum
Solveig Overby
Linus Owens*
Pam Parker
Susan Patterson*
Lisa Pawlik*
Amy Peberdy*
Neil & Carleen Pelsue
Larissa Vigue Picard
James Poolner
Sharon Powers*
Jill Prado*
Julie Puttgen*
Elizabeth Raddock*
David & Louise Ransom
Shanna Ratner
Martha Reid
Kathryn Rick*
Pat Adams Ricks
Anton Rifelj
Jo Ann Riley*
Lori Rippa
Andy Robinson & Jan Waterman
Marianne Robotham*
Dawn & Raymond Rodrigues*
Linda Rood & Roger Turner
John Rouleau
Donald Sargent
James & Nancy Scherer
Alexis Schneider*
Mary Sell*
Lila Shapero & Wayne Senville
Yona Shahar*
Shelagh C. Shapiro
Ann Slayton*
Adele Smith
Eleanor W. Smith*
Ina Smith & Tom Johnson
Polly & David Sobel
Rebecca Sofferman
Bob & Peg Soule
Susan Sussman & Scudder Parker
Anthony Sykes*
Leonard Targonski
“Robin” (Nancy) Tenny*
John & Natalie Thanassi
Bethany Thompson*
Felicia & Jim Tober
Bob & Karen Tortolani
Maida F. Townsend
Candace L. Truso*
Cecile M. Valcour
Ann Vanneman
Suzanne B. Vaughn
Patricia Vibert
Boris G. von York
Sally Wadhams*
Katrina Wagner*
Stephen Waite
Dell Waterhouse
Lawrence Webster
Carol S. Wenmark
Mary West
Patricia Wiley
Dian S. Williams
William & Mary Wilson
Delight Wing
Rick Winston & Andrea Serota
Dolf & Mary Jane Wirsing
Richard Wizansky & Akiva Mandell
Bruce & Carol Wyatt
Alan & Karen Zaur
Georgia Zaveson
Danielle Zimmerman*
Institutions
$250,000 and above
Federation of State Humanities Councils with support from the Mellon Foundation
$150,000 and above
Vermont Community Foundation
$100,000 and above
Trout Lily Foundation
$35,000
The A.D. Henderson Foundation, Inc.
$25,000 and above
The Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation
State of Vermont – Division of Historic Preservation
$10,000 and above
Anonymous
Fletcher Proctor Trust for Destitute Children
Green Mountain Foundation Inc.
Physicians Computer Company
The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts*
Vermont Public
$5,000 and above
Fountain Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
Healthy Living Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
National Life Group Charitable Foundation
Phoenix Books
The Alma Gibbs Donchian Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Wisdom Connection
$2,500 and above
Flat Rock Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
Green Mountain Power Corporation
Greenway Institute*
Alice & Lee Spencer/The Arthur D. Dana Foundation
The Waterwheel Foundation
Vermont – NEA, Inc.
Walter Cerf Community Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
$1,000 and above
Anonymous
Arthur Benefits Solutions*
Bisbee Pratt Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
Burr & Burton Academy
Koopman Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
Montpelier Community Fund
Otto & Associates
The Audiobook Experience (at Voice Over Vermont)*
The Norwich Bookstore
The Oakland Foundation
Preservation Trust of Vermont
Vermont Arts Council
Villanti Printers
$500 and above
Hunger Mountain Co-op
In Stitches Fine Needlepoint*
Laughing Bear Associates*
The Joseph & Dale Boutin Fund
$250 and above
Beilfuss Family Advised Fund at Rochester Area Community Foundation
Leonine Public Affairs, LLP
Porter Family Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
Stave Puzzles, Inc.
Vermont State Parks
Bequest
Mary Jane Dickerson
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
Julia Alvarez by Laurie Loveland
Marge Bernstein by Jeff Bernstein & Stacey Cushner
LN Bethea by David & Louise Ransom
Judy Chalmer by Patricia Fontaine
Charity and Sylvia by Randall Hayward
Jason & Andrew Colvard by Rosemary Gladstar
Margaret Draft by Elvy L. Draft
Richelle Franzoni by Linda Wrazen
Hester Fuller by Ann Slayton
Jon Gailmor by Susan Titterton
Melitta Garbuny by Anonymous
Peter A. Gilbert by Ken & Peggy Gilbert
Marylen Grigas by John Rouleau
Bill Haddock by Regina Haddock
Elijah Hawkes by Matisse M. Bustos
Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup by Verandah Porche
Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup by Lauren Wolpin
Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup by Steve Stettler
Emily Kittredge by In Stitches Fine Needlepoint
Emily Kittredge by Maria Timmerman
Martin LeWinter by Andrea LeWinter
Denise Martin & Liam Parker by Michelle Chickering
Wendy Martin by Andre Lanoie & Gregory Wiske
Steven L. Mason by Patricia M. Sears
Pat Menduni by Rosie Harlow Segal
Mary Myser by Sally Wadhams
Mary M. Rogers by Jerry Carbone & Kathleen Maisto
Michael Sherman by Alan Berolzheimer Tevah
Peggy Spencer by Zon Eastes
Beverly Little Thunder by Kiah Morris
Kathryn Tufano by Laura Prothero
Barbara Van Raden by Dawn Van Dyck
Vermont Humanities Board by Hugh & Nancy Pennell
Vermont Libraries by Linda Hay
Vermont Reads by Meredith J. Liben
Jon Wilbur by Sandra and James Wilbur
Ken Cadow and all the kids and adults who love Gather by Karen Le Roy
Good teachers everywhere by Daryl Hatch
To support and honor the arts and humanities! by Eleanor W. Smith
Gifts in Memory Of
Linda Beaulieu by Boris G. von York
John Bisbee by Linda Wrazen
Rev. Roddy Cleary by Jean Guenther
Alan Dann by Deidre Donaldson
Dr. Thomas V. DiSilvio by Patricia DiSilvio
Walter Nay Dodge by Sylvia Dodge
John J. Foley by Leonard Targonski
Allen Gartner by Sandra Gartner
Barbara Graham by Ted Graham
Thera Hindmarsh by Beth Hindmarsh
US Senator James M. Jeffords by Patricia A. Menduni
Nicholas & Jean Lewis by Linda Wrazen
Charles McKenna by Mary E. McKenna
Patricia McVeigh by Chris McVeigh
Louis Miller by Elinor Levy
Ted Richards by Paula Gills
Lucille Bell Sargent by Donald Sargent
Victor R. Swenson by Judith Yarnall
Victor R. Swenson by Donna Merriam
Francis Tenny by “Robin” (Nancy) Tenny
William Thompson by The Joseph & Dale Boutin Fund
William M. Vibert by Patricia Vibert
Lois Wilfred, Pauline Hodgdon, and Lynette Cutting by Lois & Lester Carbonneau
Delbra Kaye Wilson by Leslie-Burl McLemore
Judith Herbst Witters by Lee A. Witters
Baron Wormser by Roberta Harold & Wayne Fawbush
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.
Additional funding comes from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the State of Vermont.
