Funding

The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization that is primarily funded through grants from foundations and donations from individuals and corporations. Additional revenue is obtained through sponsorships of its events and activities, and from earned income — payments for providing services such as fact-checking, collaborating with students or producing investigative journalism projects.

More than 850 individuals, foundations, news organizations and other groups have contributed financially to the Center since its launch in 2009.

As a matter of policy, funders exercise no control over the Center’s editorial decisions, and all funders are publicly identified.

The Center’s first major grant, a gift of $100,000 in general support, was awarded by the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation in 2009.

The Oklahoma-based foundation continued to support the Center with grants of $100,000 in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015; $75,000 in 2016; $50,000 in 2017 and 2018.

In 2010, the Center received a two-year $75,000 matching grant from Challenge Fund for Journalism VI, a joint program of the Ford Foundation in New York, the McCormick Foundation in Illinois and the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. The Center successfully completed a campaign to raise those matching funds in 2011.

The Foundation to Promote Open Society, which works in cooperation with the Open Society Foundations in New York City, awarded the Center general support totaling $50,000 in 2009, $100,000 in 2010 (to be spread over two years), $35,000 in 2011, $350,000 in 2012 (to be spread over two years), $350,000 in 2014 (over two years) and $200,000 in 2016.

In 2011, the Center announced a partnership with MAPLight.org to investigate the influence of money in Wisconsin state politics and policymaking. The project was supported by the Open Society Institute. The Center received about $25,000 for this project in 2011 and a similar amount in the first half of 2012.

In 2013, The Joyce Foundation became a major supporter of the Center. The Chicago-based foundation awarded a $100,000 grant that was split by the Center and MinnPost, a nonprofit news organization, to support in-depth coverage of key issues in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The grant funded coverage of political reform, environmental protection and gun violence issues in Wisconsin, as well as political reform in Minnesota. In 2014, Joyce awarded the Center $50,000 to support coverage of democracy, the environment and gun violence prevention. That was followed by a two-year grant in 2016, awarding $50,000 annually to support coverage of democracy, the environment and gun violence prevention. In 2018, The Joyce Foundation awarded the Center a two-year grant of $100,000 a year. In 2020, the foundation awarded the Center a two-year general support grant of $150,000 a year.

The Evjue Foundation, the charitable arm of The Capital Times in Madison, is a major supporter of the Center. The foundation made contributions to WCIJ in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, and in 2013, significantly increased its support to $20,000 — the largest single contribution received from a Wisconsin donor. Evjue repeated its $20,000 support in 2014 and 2015, and increased its giving to $30,000 in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. It contributed $10,000 in 2020.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, based in Miami, became a major donor in 2014 with a $75,000 general operating grant (spread over two years). In December 2016, the foundation designated the Center as one of 57 nonprofit news organizations eligible for up to $25,000 in matching funds through its NewsMatch program. As 2017 began, the Center successfully completed the match, thanks to 168 donors.

At the end of 2017, the Center was awarded $28,000 from NewsMatch, now funded by an expanded number of donors, for meeting the program’s fundraising goals, and in 2018, the Center was awarded $27,000 from NewsMatch. The Center successfully attained its 2019 NewsMatch goal and also was selected to receive an additional $10,000 from REI Co-op.

In 2014, the Center and UW-Madison journalism school obtained a $35,000 grant that was among the inaugural awards at 12 universities under the Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education, created to encourage experimentation in ways to provide news and information. The competitive program was managed by the Online News Association and funded by the Excellence and Ethics in Journalism Foundation, the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation.

In 2015, the Vital Projects Fund, based in New York City, became a major supporter, contributing $25,000 to support the Center’s coverage of criminal justice issues. It provided $20,000 in 2016, $15,000 in 2017 and $20,000 in 2019.

The Reva & David Logan Foundation, based in Chicago, became a major supporter of the Center in 2017 with a general support grant of $100,000. The foundation awarded the Center $125,000 grants in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, the foundation awarded the Center a three-year grant of $150,000 a year.

The Center also is grateful for support it received from the Peters Family Foundation in Utah in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019; the Wisconsin State Journal in 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2014; and the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and its related foundation, which provided $10,000 in 2014 and 2015, $14,000 in 2016, $20,000 in 2017, and $5,000 in 2019 and 2020.

In 2016, the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication received a grant from the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment to establish a class in fact-checking and to create The Observatory website to publish fact-checked reports and information about fact-checking. The Center, in turn, received a contract of $15,000 in the first year and $10,000 in the second to develop and launch the website and assist in fact-checking, editing and distribution of content. The Center is training students and raising the supply of high-quality verified journalism.

In 2017, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication received a three-year grant totaling $120,000 from the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment to collaborate with the Center on production of investigative reports by students that are published on the Center’s website and distributed to media partners across the state and nation. The Center was paid through a contract.

In 2019, Houston philanthropists Laura and John Arnold, founders of Arnold Ventures, became major supporters of the Center, with a $100,000 gift of general operating support. They also provided a gift of $100,000 in 2020.

In 2019, the Lau and Bea Christensen Charitable Foundation donated $10,000 to support the Center.

In 2019, Mary and Ken Rouse donated $50,000 to the Center from the estate of their friend, Roger “Whitey” Bruesewitz.

In 2019, Susan Troller Cosgrove and her husband, Howard Cosgrove, established a fund in memory of her mother, Dorothy Mae Johnson Troller, a 1949 UW-Madison journalism graduate, to support the work of journalism students at the Center. They are contributing $10,000 a year in the first phase of the fund.

In 2019, the Wm. Collins Kohler Foundation awarded the Center a gift of $35,000 a year for three years to support fact-checking and other efforts to strengthen the integrity of journalism.

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman became a major supporter of the Center in 2019 with a $100,000 gift of general operating support.

Members of the Center’s Board of Directors, who serve as volunteers, are financial supporters of the organization.

The Center has received revenue for producing reports and conducting interviews through arrangements with the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization in Washington, D.C.; WBEZ Public Media in Chicago; American University’s J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism; Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting; Sarah Colt Productions in New York City; HuffPost; and NPR.

In 2017, the Center launched the Watchdog Club to enrich members’ experience with investigative journalism, and to involve these loyal members in efforts to transform the Center into a larger, more financially resilient organization. These members donate $1,000 or more a year per household.

In 2019, the Center created the Leadership Circle, a group of Watchdog Club members taking a leadership role in sustaining investigative reporting and the training of investigative journalists. These members donated $5,000 or more in 2019:

Laura and John Arnold
Mary Burke
Lau and Bea Christensen Charitable Foundation
Susan Troller Cosgrove and Howard Cosgrove
Evjue Foundation
Wendy Fearnside and Bruce Meier
Andy and Dee J. Hall
Larry Hands and Karen Kendrick-Hands
Phil and Tricia Hands
Sally Mead Hands Foundation
Reid Hoffman
Barbara Johnson
Wm. Collins Kohler Foundation
Reva and David Logan Foundation
David and Marion Meissner
Peters Family Foundation
Mary and Ken Rouse

In 2019 and 2020, the Center received subsidies (50% in year one, 33% in year two) to support the salary of a Report for America journalist who is producing an investigative podcast on police and prosecutorial misconduct in Wisconsin. 

In 2019 and 2020, the Center received a total of $234,000 from the Google News Initiative to support the launch of News414, a collaborative project of the Center, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and Outlier Media. News414 engages residents of underserved Milwaukee neighborhoods, responds to information requests via text message, investigates residents’ most pressing needs and delivers accountability journalism.

In 2019 and 2020, the Center received $100,000 grants from the Facebook Membership Accelerator, to support its development of a membership program and improvements to its digital infrastructure. The Lenfest Institute collaborated in the grantmaking.

In 2020, the Center received $8,500 from the Walton Family Foundation for its role in a collaborative reporting project on rural education during the pandemic. Six other newsrooms participated in the project, with assistance from the Institute for Nonprofit News.

In 2020, the Center received separate $5,000 payments from the Google News Initiative and the Facebook Journalism Project to support its reporting on the pandemic.

In 2020, the Center received a $93,581 forgivable loan under the federal Paycheck Protection Program to support its operations through the economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic. 

In 2020, the Center received $20,000 from First Draft to support the work of Howard Hardee, one of First Draft’s fellows reporting on misinformation and disinformation in the 2020 election. 

In 2020, Craig Newmark Philanthropies provided a $70,000 grant to the Center for its role in the Election Integrity Project to safeguard the voices of voters. The Center collaborated with the UW-Madison Center for Journalism Ethics, which also received grant money, to produce tools for the public and journalists to discern what’s credible, and what’s not.

In 2020, ProPublica’s Electionland project provided a 25% subsidy of a Center reporter’s salary to support coverage of voting issues.

In 2020, the Center received $51,000 from Votebeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering local election administration and voting in eight states, created by Chalkbeat. The Center works with two reporters and an editor on stories focusing on Wisconsin elections and voting.

Our financial supporters

(Updated November 2020) 

A to Z Produce and Bakery
Lisa Aarli and Gail Owens
Helen Aarli
Abbotsford Tribune Phonograph
Linda and James Adams
Jason Alcorn
Amazon Smile
Judy Amery-Ryland
Diane Ames
Noel Anderson
Elizabeth Andre
Margaret Andrietsch
Mary Anglim
Lynn and Dr. Tom Ansfield
Charles Anstett
David Antonioni
Susan Applegate
Appleton Post-Crescent Community Fund
Claudia Apuzzo
Laura and John Arnold
Michael Arnold
Joan Arnold
Alexandra Arriaga
Alicia Artus
Jeff Ash
Russell Attoe
Jan Axelson
Elizabeth Backes
Adam Balin and Karin Mahony
Bunny Balk
Ellen Balthazor
Robbi Bannen
Daniel Barr
Jeffrey Bartelll
Eileen Bartos
Bastian Family Foundation
Frank W. Bastian
Janet Battista
Chuck Bauer and Charles Beckwith
Mary Kay Baum
Herman Baumann and Kay Schwichtenberg
Keith and Juli Baumgartner
Eileen Beamish
Sheridan Bearheart
Steven Beatty
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen
Joseph and Josefina Beck
Barbara Beck
Madeleine Behr
Ann Behrmann
Barbara Bend
Daniel Bennett
Tracy Benton
Jacob Berchem
Laura Berger
Eyoel Berhane
Bill Berry
Stephen Berry
Paul Bickford
Tom and Katherine Bier
Kathy Bissen
Lynn Bjorkman
Kayla Blado
Bev Blietz
Karen Blofeld
Blue Valley Farms
Matthew Boben
Walt Bogdanich
Teri Boggess
Rod Bohn
Jane Boland
Peter Bonnes
Eric Booth
Alan Borsuk
Deanna Bowden
Nicholas Boyle
Maureen Brady
Nancy Bralick
Daniel Brand
Sirianna Brand
Kathleen Brazaitis
Elizabeth Brenner and Steve Ostrofsky
Malcolm and Penny Brett
Elizabeth Brixey
Dylan Brogan
Aimee and Karl Broman
Craig Brooks
Sandra Kay and James Brooks
Wesley Brooks
Suzanne Brooks
Sue Brouillette
Martha Brown
Joanne Brown
Kelly Bryant
Roger Buffett
Roland Buhler
Brian and Margaret Bull
Jay Bullock
Tucker Burch
Jim and Catherine Burgess
Elaine Burke
Mary Burke
Jane Burns
Brad Burrill
Jay Burseth
Paul Burton
Helen Bush
Michael Cain
John Calabrese
Stephen Caldwell
Linda and Edward Calhan
Tom and Patti Cameron
Peter Cameron
Marsha and Peter Cannon
Capital Times
Denis Carey and Carol Koby Carey
Duncan Carlsmith Carlsmith
Dick and Kim Cates
Julia Cechvala
Louisa Cenatiempo
Janice Chernik
Robert Christofferson
Joel Christopher
Dave Cieslewicz
Catherine Cleary
Pamela Clinkenbeard
Ned Cochrane and Bonnie Cox
Marcus and Sheila Cohen
Sarah Cohen
Scott Cohn
Rebecca Cole
Joanne and Jim Collins
Comfypac
Sara Companik
Daniel Conley
Tim Conroy
Linda Cooke
Bill Cooney
Marcy Cox
Craig Newmark Philanthropies
Mike Crane
David Crawford
Robert Crawford
Julie Crego
Dorothy Crenshaw
Sue Cross
Kathleen Culver
Nora Cusack and Brent Nicastro
Betty and Corkey Custer
Annette Czarnecki
Debra Dahlke
John Daigle
Tim Damos
James Danky and Christine Schelshorn
Susan Davenport
Judith Davidoff
Brian A. Davis and Deborah M. Umstead
Thulani Davis
Dead Bird Brewing Co.
Jason Dean
Dorothy Dean
Catherine Decker
Brenda DeJong
Carroll Delaney
Ann Delwiche
Martha Deming
Democracy Fund
Pam Dempsey
Ann Dencker
Jerry Depew
Matt DeRienzo
Claire and Chris DeRosa
Glenn Deutsch
Fernando Diaz
Mary Dibble
Robert Dohnal
Linda Donnelly
Richard Doxtator
Betsy Draine
Robert and Lynn Drechsel
Robert Dreps and Elizabeth Koehl
Joel Dresang
William and Gretchen Dresen
Kathleen Drew
Robert Dreyfus
Thomas and Andy Dukehart
Coburn Dukehart
Caroline Dunham
Bill Dunn
Sharon Dunwoody and Stephen Glass
Claire Duquette
John Durbrow
Kristen Durst
Margarita Dusek
Krista Eastman
Kaye Eckert
Karen and Anthony Eclavea
Jennifer and John Edmondson
Jane Edson
Richard Eggleston
Lynne and Bill Eich
Joe Eisele
El Grito Taqueria
Loren Elkin
Eric Englund
Marlene Enright
James Erickson
Dale Erlandson
Kathleen Esqueda
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
Mark and Sara Eversden
Evjue Foundation
John Eyster
Facebook Journalism Project
Facebook Membership Accelerator
Kristeen and Todd Fansler
Michael and Gloria Fauerbach
Robert and Marianne Fazen
Wendy Fearnside and Bruce Meier
Fredrika Feeny
Gary Feider
Margaret Fennig
Paul and Sarah Ferguson
William Field
Vincent Filak
First Draft
Beth Flaherty
Michael Flaherty
Dan Flannery
Anita Flantz
Dorothy Ann Flood-Smith
Kelvin Fodolfo
Ford Foundation
Susan Fowler
Philip Fransen
Georgette Frazer
David Freedman and Harriet Kohn
Kathy Freise
Caroline Fribance
Lewis Friedland and Stacey Oliker
Lauren and Eric Fuhrmann
Fund for Environmental Journalism
Fund for Investigative Journalism
Dennis Gaffney
Susan Gagainis
Bridget Gallagher
Peter Gascoyne and Claudia English
Sharon and Warren Gaskill
Frank S. Gattolin
Robert Gebeloff
Janet and Derrick Gee
Aviva Gellman
Cindy Gengler
Maureen A Gerarden
Christia Gibbons
Scott Gierman
Mark Giese
Dan Gillmor
Rebecca Gilsdorf
Geri Girard
Neil and Cindy Gleason
Christopher and Erin Glueck
Robert Godfrey
Richard Goldberg and Lisa Munro
Marian Goldeen
Kathleen Golden
Dorothy Golush
Dr. Lawrence and Hannah Goodman
Lee Goodwin
Google News Initiative
Linda Gorens-Levey and Michael Levey
Teresa Gorman
Stephanie Govin-Matzat
Kevin Grasse
Lucas Graves
James Grayson
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Nickel Fund
Jessica and Brad Green
Gareth Green
Mary Green
Dianne Greenley
Peter and Barbara Grenier
Elizabeth Griffith
Gretchen Griffith
Matt Griffith
Angela Guzman
Timothy Haering
Megan Hagenauer and John Basler
George and Mary Ellen Hagenauer
Robert and Elke Hagge
Steven Hahn
Paula Hahn
Joseph Hall and Judy Thomas-Hall
Andrew and Dee J. Hall
David Hall
Dan Hall
John Hall
Monica Hall
Henry and Mary Ann Halsted
Marilyn Hamilton
Patricia Hammel
Jane Hampden
John Lawrence Hands and Karen Kendrick-Hands
Phil and Tricia Hands
Susan Hansen
Mariann Hansen
Gerald Hanson
Alice Hanson
Mark Hanson
Laura Hanson
Katie Harbath
Colette Harbort
Gwen Hardie-Bauer
Douglas Hardy
Eileen Harrington
Kathie Hart
Linda Hartwich
Celinda Harvey
Miriam Hasan
Dr. Philip and Janet Hasler
Nick Hasler
Jay Hatcher
Wendy and Shaun Hathaway
Kathryn Hatlestad
Shanta Hattikudur
Scott Haumersen
William Haynes
Julie Hayward
Lorie Hearn
Philip Heckman
Carol Heim
Neil Heinen and Nancy Christy
Marieka Heinlen
Haley Henschel
Carl Herrmann
Heidi and Scott Herron
George Hesselberg
Karen Hester
David Hetzel
Nick Heynen
Nancy Heyser
Kristin Higgins
Richard Hinderholtz
Jon Hochstetter
Susan and Leslie Hoffman
Reid Hoffman
Sam Hoisington
Jesse Holcomb
David Holland
Darryl Holliday
David Hollingsworth
John Holman
Vincent Holmes
Bob Hoot
Julie Horn Alexander
Richard Hornik
Brant Houston
Diana and Kermit Hovey
Leslie Ann Howard
Mary Hubl
Sue Kelley Hudson
Robert Huff
Morgan Hughes
Timothy Hundt
Rex Hutcheson
Mukhtar Ibrahim
Rachel Imsland
Frances Ingebritson
Institute for Nonprofit News
John Intrieri
Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment
Isthmus
Mike Ivey and Vicki Elkin
Jevon Jaconi
Forrest and Margaret Jafuta
Janesville Gazette
Stanley Janowiak
Christine Javid
Kathleen Jaworski
Vince Jenkins and Stefanie Moritz
Mara Jezior
Jolanta Jimenez
John K. MacIver Institute
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Barbara Johnson
John Johnson
Kelley Johnson
Roberta Johnson
Paul and Diana Johnson
Gerald Johnson
Freda Johnson
James Johnson
Kathleen Johnston
Judy and Gary Jolin
Erin Jonaitis
Margaret Jones and David Linton
Yvette Jones and John Lombardo
Patricia and Edward Jones
Seth Jovaag
Joyce Foundation
William M and Claudia Kaiser
John Kalson
Thomas Kaminski
Jerry Kammer
Elizabeth Kanel
Corliss Karasov
Amy Karon
Karon Medical Writing, LLC
Lukas Keapproth
Rita and Tim Kehl
Heddy Keith
Katherine Keller
Kelly Kelley
Gerould Kern
Judi Kesselman-Turkel
Kathryn Kienholz
Patricia Kilburn
George M Killenberg
Marc Kinzelman
Karin Kirchoff
Sean Kirkby
Debra Klebesadel
John Klein
James Kleist
Knight Foundation Donor Advised Fund at The Miami Foundation
Ellen Kobs
Gail Kohl
Harvey Kohn
Dennis Koi’s Sr.
Sarah Kolbe
Magda Konieczna
Debbie Konkol
Mario Koran
Jeffrey Kosbie
Thomas Kozlovsky
James Kramer and Shoko Miyagi
William Kraus and Toni Sikes
Marilyn and Lawrence Krause
Ann Krooth
Frederick Kruger
Dorothy Kruse
Tracy Kuczenski
Rebecca Kuick
Todd M. Kursel
Jeff Kursel
Eileen LaBarre
Cynthia LaConte
Julie Lacouture
Ann Lacy
Annette Laing
Ruth Lalley
Austin Landgraf
Mark Landmark
Ruthanne Landsness
Jeffrey Lange
Kathleen Lapp James
Serena Larkin
Lois Larsen
Lau and Bea Christensen Charitable Foundation
Janet and Douglas Laube
Michele Laux
Brian Lavendel
Barbara Lea-Kruger
Pat Leavenworth
Kristin LeDuc
Dr’s Douglas and Martha Lee
Monica Lee
Ronald Legro
Patricia Leone-Thiel
Sheryl and Roger Lepage
Beth Lepinski
Cynthia Lepkowski
Jim Leschke
Troy Lethem
Stuart Levy
Donna and Scott Lewein
Charles Lewis and Pam Gilbert
Linda Lincoln
Louisa Lincoln
Charles Lincoln
Karen Lincoln Michel and Roberto Michel
Rory Linnane
Chuck Linsenmeyer
Mary Lloyd-Jones
Jocelyn Loehe
Cara Lombardo
Willis Long
Claudia Looze
Tristan Loper
Judith Lorenz
David J and Madeleine Lubar
Martha Luber
Patricia Lucas
Charlene Lulloff
Mary and Timothy Lyke
Steve and Susan Macejkovic
Griff Madigan
James Madlom
Reid Magney
Mary Lee Maki
Linda and David Maraniss
Roberta Marck
Leonard Marcus
Lynn Markham
Robin Marohn
Daniel and Linda Marquardt
James Marrari and Barbara Carstens
John Marshall
Stuart and Carol Martell
Anita J. and James Martin
Richard Marx
Julie Maryott-Walsh
Gordy Maske
Jim Massey
Kathleen Massoth and Marshall Bruce Edmonson
Joseph Mathers
Kathi Matthews-Risley
Mary Matthias
Shirley Brabender Mattox
Jane Mawer
Michael May
Jillian Mayo
Brendan McCarthy
Robert McClure
Mary McCoy
Marilyn McDole
Ellen McDonald
McGillivray Westerberg & Bender LLC
Thomas McGovern
Rick McGrath
Jody McIntyre
Patricia McKeown
Karen McKim and Keith Nelson
Katherine McMullen
Bonnie McMullin-Lawton
Oma Vic McMurray
Brent McNabb and David Macleod
Jimi McPherson
Howard and Nancy Mead
David and Marion Meissner
Linda and John Mellowes
Dan Melton
Janet Mertz and Jonathan Kane
Jaclyn Mich
Bonnie Michaelis
Michael and Susan Michaelis
Don Michaelis
Rosemary Migas
Mark Todd Milbourn and Lisa Heyamoto
Sally and Charles Miley
Jacob Miller
Lori Miller
Suzanne Miller
Bronwyn Mills
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Connie Milz
Catherine Miner
Mary Miron and Gene Summers
Dale Mitchell
Jack and Bonnie Mitchell
Doug Moe and Jeanan Yasiri Moe
Minerva Montooth
Jane Morgan
William Morgan
Alex Morrell
Tim Morrissey
Michaela and Greg Moy
John Moyer
Lyle Muller
Kathryn Mulligan
James Mundt
Hank Murphy
Valerie Murphy
Will Murphy
Diane Murphy
Don Myers
Kathleen Mykleby
Debra Nagel
Patricia Nash
Mary Joan Nastri
Elizabeth Neary and William Bula
Henry and Barbara Nehls-Lowe
Paul Nelson
David Nelson
Herb Nelson and Meg Theno
Mary Kae Nelson
Deborah Nemeth
Susan Neuhauser
Judy Newman Coburn
NewsMatch
Daniel Nicolas
Jan Norsetter
Dawn Nowakowski
Gary Nowobielski
Ann O’Brien
Kara and Ryan O’Connor
Vince O’Hern and Linda Baldwin
Kristine O’Leary
John O’Leary
Carol O’Leary
Kathy O’Malley
Ciara O’Neill
Randy OConnell
Jonathan OConnell
Katharine Odell
Pamela Oliver
Richard Oliver
Carol Oliver
Rosemary Olson
Open Society Foundations (Foundation to Promote Open Society)
Ruth Oppedahl
David Otto
Cathie and Harvey Ovshinsky
Tara and Carlos Pabellon
Ron Page
Rebecca Palmer
Dyan Pasono
Susan S. Pastin
Joel Patenaude
Ken Paulman
Jon Peacock
Mark and Catherine Pearce
Richard and Merry Noel Pearson
Janet Pedder
Patty Peltekos
George Penn
Michael Pepin
Linda Percy
Marilyn Perr
Thomas Perzentka
Susan Peters and Jim Cricchi
Peters Family Foundation
Franklynn Peterson
Harriet Pfersch
Richard Phelps
Samuel Phillips
Nancy Phoenix
Ethan Pierick
Kat Pierquet
Linda Pils
Pines Bach LLP
Mark Pitsch and Mary Kemp
Richard Plonsky
Sheila Plotkin
Maureen Plunkett
Sarah Polenska
Ann Pooler
Carol Poore
Willy Porter
Michael Potopinski
Steven Potter
Lynn and Martin Preizler
Kathryn Prengaman
Charley Preusser
Gene Purcell
Amy Pyle
Robert Queen
Michael Quieto
Jill Radcliffe
John Raihala
Richard and Krista Ralston
Judith Ranney and Robert Latchaw
Carol Rannow
Nancy H. and Roger Rathke
Cathleen A Razner
Ed Reams
Dick Record
Connie Reddicliffe
Don and Carol Reeder
Janis Reek
Brendan Reid
Richard Reinke
Patrick Remington
Report for America
Reva & David Logan Foundation
Joanne and Gus Ricca
John and Julie Rice
Richard Thomas Record Living Trust
Hilda J Richey
Janice Rickert
Terry Rindfleisch and Linda Hirsh
Nils Ringe
Robert Riordan
Rita Allen Foundation
Jonathan Rivin
John Roach
Louise Robbins
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Peter Robertson
Susan Robinson
Bonnie Rock
Michele and James Rohan
James Romenesko
Suzanne Rose
Emma Rose
Tina Rosenberg
Phil Rosenthal
Ellen Rosewall
Ronald Rotter
Mary and Ken Rouse
George Row
Finn Ryan and Brynn Bemis
Rebecca Ryan
Marjorie Sable and George Smith
Bram Sable-Smith
Karen Sage
Sally Mead Hands Foundation
Mary Sanford and Adrian Bourque
Barbara and Donald Sanford
Laurie Sanford
Jenny and Louis Sanner
M Santini
Leyla Sanyer
Arvind Saxena
Catherine Schachter
Jill Schaefer
Irene Schapiro and Norman Fost
Lisa Schiltz
Eric Scholl
Schott, Bublitz & Engel s.c.
Jack Schroeder
Peggy Schulz
Cynthia Schuster
Sid Schwartz
Richard Schwartz
Adam Schweigert
Kifflie Scott
Penny Scribner
Richard Seaman
Russell Sears
William Seely
Robert Segall
Jennifer Sereno
James Sernoe
Ellen Seuferer and Richard Tatman
Caryl and Dr. Robert Sewell
Vicki Shaffer
Billie Shaffer
Hemant and Elizabeth Shah
Bassam Shakhashiri
Michael Shank and Carol Troyer-Shank
Eric Sharp
Pamela Sharpe
Gail and Dan Shea
Margaret Sheaffer
Terry Shelton
Ronald Shenberger
Robyn Shingler
Mark Shropshire
Cynthia Shumway
Marcia Signorile
Norman Siler
Patricia Simms
Mark Simon
Erin Simpson
Randy Slagg
Kathleen Slamka
PJ and Jana Slinger
John Smalley
Barbara Smalley
Charlotte Smelter
Richard Smith and Pat McKearn
Ronald Smith
Dylan Smith
W. Jeffrey Smoller
Pam Smykal
Norma and Elliott Sober
Matt Solomon
Brook and Nelson Soltvedt
Gail Sonnemann
Nancy Sperling
Mary Spicuzza and Dan Simmons
Marianne and Brandon Spoon
Eric Squair
Jacob Stampen
George Stanley
Sharon Stark and Peter Livingston
Kim Starr
Terese Stauss
Joshua Stearns
Molly Steenson
Liz Stein
Molly Stentz
Barbara Stiefvater
David Stoeffler
William Stokes
Heidi Stolt
Dean Strang
Marylyn Stroup
Nancy Stumpf
Paul Sullivan
Patricia Swan
Wendy Swanberg
Victoria and Patrick Sweeney
Charles and Victoria Talbert
Kent Tempus and Denise Sheedy-Tempus
Judith Thayer
The Sounder
Thomas Thelen
Pamela Thompson
Lea Thompson
Thomas Thoresen
Michael Timm
Tyler Tokarczyk
Emily Toner
John Torinus
Carol and John Toussaint
Tim Townhill
Tribune Phonograph TP Printing
Susan Troller Cosgrove and Howard Cosgrove
Paul Trotter
Carol Tumey
Brenda Turnbull
Bruce Turnbull
Meg Turville-Heitz
Jan Tymorek
David Umhoefer
Thomas Underwood
Ryan Urban
Nancy Utesch
Dee Van Ruyven
Reinout Van Wagtendonk
Vantage Point luncheon series
Michelle Vetterkind
Riley Vetterkind
Vital Projects Fund
Michael Wagner
George Wagner
David Wahlberg
Harry Wait
Daniel Waite
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