17th Annual Leaders in Literacy Sponsors
2023 Calendar Year Donors
Partners
Institutional Supporters
Activate Good
Augustine Literacy Project
Book Harvest
Catholic Charities Food Bank
Church World Service
City of Durham Office of Economic and Workforce Development
Digital Durham
Dress for Success
Duke Partnership for Service
Duke Service-Learning
Duke University
Duke University Program in Education
Durham Children’s Initiative
Durham County
Durham County Health Department
Durham County Library
Durham Public Schools
Durham Technical Community College
Durham Women's Club and the Togetherhood Project
Durham Workforce Development Board
Durham’s Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
El Centro Hispano
El Futuro
Emily K Center
First Presbyterian Church
GoDurham
Kramden Institute
Life Skills Foundation
Made In Durham
NC LiteracyCorps
NC Museum of Life & Science
NC Vocational Rehabilitation
NCWorks Career Center
NextGen/Eckerd Youth Services
North Carolina Community College System
Orange County Literacy Council
StepUp Durham
Threshold
Triangle eCycling
Triangle Nonprofit and Volunteer Leadership Center
TROSA
World Relief Durham
Barnes Family Foundation
Bart Ehrman Foundation Inc.
Bastian Foundation
Blair Publishing
Broadside PR
Carlson Family Foundation Inc.
Carolina Pig Cookers
Coca Cola Durham
County of Durham
CT Wilson Construction
Devonwood Foundation
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Duke Doing Good in the Neighborhood
Duke Energy Carolinas
Duke University Chapel Congregation
Duke University Office of Durham & Community Affairs
Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Durham Library Foundation
Empire Properties
Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Inc.
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Evelyn D. Schmidt Charitable Trust
First National Bank of Pennsylvania
First Presbyterian Church
Fox Family Foundation
Fullsteam Durham
GlaxoSmithKline
Harris Teeter
Holy Infant Catholic Church
INFUUSIONS Giving Circle
Jacobs Preyer Family Foundation
Jewish for Good
Larry's Coffee
Law Offices of James Scott Farrin
Made In Durham
Mark Jacobson Toyota
Morgan Creek Foundation
Morningstar Law Group
North Carolina Community College System
Overture Chapel Hill
Pacific Western Bank
Pampered Chef
Paypal Giving Fund
PNC Bank
ProLiteracy America
Protolabs Employee Recognition Fund
Red Collective
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
RTI International
RTP DEI Collective/STEM Grants
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
The Forest at Duke
The Gratitude Fund
Triangle Luncheon Civitan Club
Tucker Bria Wealth Strategies
United Way of the Greater Triangle
Verizon
Wegmans Food Markets
Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management, LLC
WW Flowers FBO Durham Charities
Wyrick Robbins
JHF Society Members
PLATINUM ($10,000/5 years)
Bart Ehrman
Dr. Barbara Newborg*
Jenny Semans Koortbojian*
Mary Dunn & James Siedow*
GOLD ($5,000/5 years)
Nicola Gafinowitz
SILVER ($1,000/5 years)
Brian Schneiderman and Amy Bryant
Bryna and Gregory Rapp
Dan Oldman and Kathy Starkweather
Deb Wong and Richard Widdell
Deborah Bender
Deborah Wong and Richard Riddell
Jason DeBruyn
Jon and Debbie Stonehouse
Laurie Braun
Matt and Lindsay Tomlinson
Phail Wynn, Jr.*
Susan and Matthew Springer
Vincent Cavallari
BRONZE ($500/5 years)
Amy Daubert
Anthony and Sherri Hutchinson
Beth Goldstein
Deborah Roth
Diana Hackenburg and Jesse Freedman
Ellen and Kenneth Reckhow
Etan Gumerman and Julie Harris
Gail Faulkner Hudson
Gwenn Weaver
Jill Madsen
Jonathan Weiler and Yonat Shimron
Joseph and Carlisle Harvard
Joyce Sykes
Katharine Harrod
Kathy Sikes
Leah Welsh
Lianna Jerecki
Lynn Bowlby
Maggie and Harrell Chotas
Marc and Pam Cohen
Michael Ortiz
Mitch Tuchman
Nathan and Rachel Bearman
Patricia and Robert Henderson
Peggy and Floyd C. Hardy
Peter and Martha Klopfer
Pope and Wendy McCorkle
Reginald and Celeste Hodges
Richard and Cynthia Brodhead
Robert and Sheila Breitweiser, Jr.
Sandra K. Roberts
Sarah Beckwith
Seymour and Josephine Mauskopf
Shirley Few
Susan Trabka
Tony and Teddie Brown
Truman and Connie Semans
*In Memorium
Other Donors
$10000 and greater
Bart Ehrman and Sarah Beckwith
Brenda Brodie
Grant and Tamia Hill
$5000 to $10000
Christoph and Elise Stutts
Martha and William Foy
Nicola Gafinowitz
$1000 to $5000
Amy Daubert
Andrew and Ginny Widmark
Andy and Andy Esser
Anthony and Teddie Brown
Barbara Dickinson and Michel Tharp
Brad Young
Brian Schneiderman and Amy Bryant
Bryna and Gregory Rapp
Connie Winstead and Bo Glenn
Cressent Pressly
David and Arlene Vining
Dr. Holden
Ellen McGeorge
Hebert Family Fund
James and Bonnie Cox
Janice Robins
Jay Springer
Jeremy Arkin and Marian Fragola
Loretta E Braxton
Louise Swanson
Lynn Bowlby and Neal Ready
Lynn Wilson
Mary Ellen Walkama
Matthew and Kathryn Carr
Michael Taeckens
Mindy and Guy Solie
Nathan and Rachel Bearman
Pope and Wendy McCorkle
Prue Meehan
Susan and Matt Springer
Tom and Susan Taylor
W. Barker and Cavett French
$500 to $999
Amanda Fine
Beth Goldstein
Charles and Jean Wilson
Christine Marx
Daniel Greyber
David and Renee Connelly
Doug and Allison Eisner
Fred and Eileen Springer
Gail Faulkner Hudson and Judy Cutts
Gwenn Weaver
Harrell and Maggie Chotas
Isaac and Virginia Thomas
Jill Ryan
Jonathan Weiler and Yonat Shimron
June Munshi
Karen Prus and Lewis Carson Jr.
Katrina and Gerald Townsend
Lauren Spohrer
Linda Gilchrist
Lizzie Ellis-Furlong and Emmet Furlong
Marc and Pam Cohen
Margaret and Thomas Keller
Mary Clayton
Mitch Tuchman
Patricia and Robert Henderson
Randy Myer
Reginald and Celeste Hodges
Richard and Lore Chilausky
Richard Powell
Robert and Barbara Appleby
Sandy Roberts
Sara Webb
Scott Josephs
Stacey Goldberg
Steve Harris
Sylvianne Roberge
Timothy Brooks
Trina Allen
Victor and Ruth Dzau
Wayne House
William and Ann Kirkland
$100 to $499
A. Christine Baker
Aaron Guyton
Aimee Zaas
Alan and Gillian Larson
Alan DuBois
Alexandra Dupont Crosswell
Alison Hilton
Amelia Tosti
Amy and Colby Bogie and Vanessa Murillo Rubio
Andrew and Victoria Gunto
Ann Christensen
Ann Leibel
Anne Napoli
Ari Medoff
Arielle Derby
Aris Buinevicius
Audrey Sanders
Barbara Branson
Bob and Laura Gutman
C. Andrew Sprouse
C. Butler
Camille Berry
Carolyn Coolidge-Riggs
Catherine Gracey
Cathryn Cotten
Christiaan and Victoria Heijmen
Christopher and Sandra Elam
Cindy Kahler
Claire Osgood
Cora Harrison
Coutrney and Eric Kirchmann
Curtis and Carol Richardson
Cynthia and John Aldrich
Daniel Hudgins and Ann McKown
Daniel Jackson
David and Carolyn Morris
David and Donna Rabiner
David and Rose Halperin
David Rosenfeld
David Stein and Deborah Horvitz
David Steinbrink
David Vos
Dawn and Dan Pratt
Deborah and George Christie
Deborah Bender
Dennis and Diane Blair
Dhinakaran Gobalakrishna
Don and Rebecca Knowles
Doug and Nancy Henderson-James
Duncan and Susan Yaggy
Edward and Elizabeth Benson
Elyza and Jeffrey Halev
Eric Madariaga
Erick and Sherry Larson
Faye - Davis Rapp
Ferehiwot Tallmadge
Fiona Morgan
Frances Rollins
Fred Lebowitz
Gene Nichol
George Kirkland
Gita Schonfeld
Gordon and Barbara Kimbrell
Gwendolyn Wright
Halina Krzystek
Hariette and J. Lawrence Frank
Harvey and Sandra Cohen
Helen Kalisher
Helena Hopenshaw
James Roberts and Deborah Jakubs
Jane Pate
Jane Williams
Jeffery Beam
Jennifer Bachman
Jennifer Gordon
Jennifer Johnston
Jeri Lee
Jerry Chuaypradit
Jill Beimdiek
Jill Gordon
Jill Rose
Jodi Beetham
John Cross
John Currie
John Helms
John Kessel
Jonathan Shanower
Jonathan Wilfong and Wendy Baker
Jordana Brown
Joseph and Kay Morgan
Kanchana Leung
Kandace Farrar
Karen Atkins and Steven Mann
Karen Springer
Karen Verhaeghe
Katharine Bartlett
Katherine Guillemette
Kathleen & Roger Rounds & Schwarz
Kathleen Brown and William Ellenson
Kathleen Rounds
Kathy Sikes
Katie Collini
Keith and Regina Kronmiller
Kendall Kirk
Kirsten Mullen and William Darity
Kristina Stjernfeldt
Kristine Herfkens
Lauren Garber
Lauri Klein
Laurie Fox
Leah Welsh
Lewis Dancy
Lila Leff
Lucy and Paul Haagen
Malachi Hacohen and Julie Mell
Marc and Betsy Joseph
Margaret Jordan
Mariana Byrd
Marie and John Lux
Mary and Bob Crane
Mary James
Mary Jo Keenan and Larry Reed
Mary Mehrer
Mary Panek
Megan Crain
Michael and Sarah Woodard
Michael Brown
Michele Melet
Michelle Kahn
Michelle Kramer
Michelle Lynch
Michelle Shrott
Miji Bell
Milly Rambhia
Molly Rich
Monika Winchester
Nancy Blood and Catherine Chandler
Nancy Sowa
Naomi and Ian Davis
Orit Ramler
Pamela Gray
Pamela Mears and Stephen Pomeroy
Patricia Wild
Patty Lee
Paul Feldblum and Mary Boatwright
Paul Price
Pete Eisenmann
Peter and Barbara Fish
Peter and Martha Klopfer
PHILIP and Joan STEWART
Phyllis Supple
Prom Vatanapradit
Randy and Susan Frick
Ray and Geraldine Larson
Rebecca Jules
Rebo Sullivan
Rhonda Cohen
Richard and Clarice Weinberg
Rina Lyubkin
Robert and Phyllis Andrews
Robert Trawick and Sabra Faires
Robin Moran
Robyn, Nancy, & Bonnie Lisch
Sandra Smith
Sandy Wagner
Sarah and Marjorie Baesmith
Sarah Jenislawski
Sarah Leverett
Satsuki Scoville and David Farrell
Scott and Heidi Carter
Sekazi Mtingwa and Estella Johnson
Shannon Bell
Sonya Ulrich
Standra Kay Patterson
Stephen Ryan
Steve Mitzel
Steve Schewel and Lao Rupert
Steve Smith
Steven and Wendy Sorin
Steven Robins
Steven Wells
Susan Egnoto
Susan Montani
Susan Sept
Suzanne Wasiolek
Thomas Hadzor and Susan Ross
Timothy McMackin
Torey Wahlstrom
Trudi Abel and Noah Pickus
Vickie Mendes
Vince and Ethel Simonetti
Vivian Clarke
William Allen
William and Barbara Anderson
William and Patricia Armistead
William David Austin
William Gordon
Ziva Raney
$1 to $99
Abigail Bugger
Alice Brown
Amy McDonald
Amy, Andy & Lewis Shaevel
Anne Marie Will
April Springer
Arthur and Caroline Rogers
Ayla Ficken
Bill and Geralyn Homovec
Bruce and Barbara Jentleson
Carol Gallione
Carol Lautier
Carolyn Ferrell
Caryn Rossi
CHARLES PATRIDGE
Charlotte Nelson
Chris Johnston
Christopher McGee
Christy Brooks
Cynthia Liston
D Geoffrey Webster
Dale Gaddis
David Sloan
David Veasey
Dawn Amory
Debra Reach
Devorah Zamora
Diane Meglin and Bruce Horn
Dolores Miller
Drew Sprague
Elizabeth and Frank Dain
Elizabeth and Helmuts Feifs
Elizabeth Ellis
Elizabeth Rusnak
Ershela Sims
Eugene and Signe Brown
Eugenia Rogers
Frances Stuart
Gail Curry
Gillian Parke
Hadley Meares
Hinda Lind
Howard Robins
Hoyle Eggleston
Hugh and Lianne MacGregor
James Haverkamp and Joyce Ventimiglia
Janie Morris
Jean and John Willard
Jen & Blake Johnson
Jennifer Knoeber
Jennifer Kornbluth
Jennifer Naylor
Jennifer Thompson
Jennifer Wilken
Joan Barber
Joe Pate
Joel Newman
John Hanks and Rebecca Hutchins
John Shoenfelt
Jonathan Schwartz
Karlie Tong
Karsten Huneycutt
Kate Reissner
Kate Shirah
Kate Todhunter
Kathy Knoeber
Kavita Rajagopal
Kelly Beck-Sordi
Kenneth and Dina Horn
Kerry Duncan
Kevin Benjamin
Kim Mayo
Kimberly Thurman
Kristen Hefner
Kulwadee Yung
Larry Hawley
Laurie Champagne
LaVerne Coan
Leah Boucher
Leila Keen
Lisa Ruckdeschel
Lois Sobel
Madeline Seltman
Marianne Marlo
Marilyn Wilensky
Marion Ellis
Mark Dessauer
Martha Dimes
Mary Leonard
May Bryan
Megan Raley
Michaela Davidai
Mike Thorland
Molly Miller
Monica Beals
Nancy Kaiser and G. Guy Potter
Natalie Beyer
Nidhi Cash
Ollie Polk
Paolo Mangiafico
Parthenia Burnette
Patricia Knaudt and Charles Cloutier
Patricia Michaels
Paul Neinstein
Pearl Sullivan
Pearline Washington
Pete Rich
Philip Bors
Punjaporn Wangkeo
purvi sangani
Rachel Braver
Rachel Gordon
Rachel Harter
Raina Elsner
Reeve Huston and Sarah Deutsch
Richelle Stone
Robert and Carol Passmore
Robert Buchanan
Robert Funck
Robinson Everett Jr.
Sabina Sager
Sally and Steve Brown
Sally Fessler
Samina Aziz and Christ Riffer
Sandi and Michael Friedman
Sarah Shoenfeld
Shari Geismar
Sharon Locy
Shaun Dyk
Sheldon Hayer
Shondra Brewer
Steve and Edie Cohn
Steve Rudenstein
stuart bernstein
Sue Graham
Susan and John Guyton
Susan Kirsch
Susan Pratt
Suzanne Swink
Ted Conner
Teddy Gray
Therese Fowler
Todd White
Victor Wells
Viji Sathy
W. Stephens and Sandra Toler
Wendy Jacobs
Wilfred Drake
Zack Opheim