We are grateful to the following individuals, businesses and foundations for their annual operating support received July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024.
Please note, this list does not include capital investments to The CommonSpark campaign. Those gifts will be publicly acknowledged at the end of the campaign.
Individuals
Innovator
$10,000-$49,999
Jean and Gene Cochrane
Caton and Charlie Morris
Connector
$5,000-$9,999
Jenny Campbell
Edmund Durden
Evelyn Ellis
Allison Hoffman
Katie and Mike James
Kay and Jack Lane
Gina and Thomas Lawrence
Leslie Kiliper and Thomas Lucas
Nikki and North Moore
Jon Morris
Cheryl Palmer
Director
$2,500-$4,999
Stephanie Alger
Billie Anderson
Jennifer and Wayne Appleby
Barbara Baker
Kirsten Baldwin and Justin Steinschriber
Jennifer Bennett and Doug Mays
Wayea Biah-Davis and Le Roy Davis
Suzanne and Louis Bledsoe
Mary and Charles Bowman
Lisa and David Boyle
Peggy and Nat Brookhouse
Jonathan Buchan
Katie and Mark Caldwell
Mary Irving Campbell
Marian and Peter Clark
Melissa Cornwell and Brad Christmann
Cynthia and Hal Curry
Susan Daughtridge
Lee Ann and Steve DeCarlo
Jessica Dienna
Miriam Dixon
Sarah and Ryan Dodd
Heather and Tom Finke
Selena Giovannelli
Sally and Will Graves
Andrea and Todd Griffith
Mozelle Griffith
Lise Hain
Cammie and Barnes Hauptfuhrer
Colleen Karnas-Haines and Asher Haines
Bill Keenan
Peter Keane
Marcie Kelso
Sharon Kugelmass
Kara and Graham Hunt
Ann and David Levine
Eleanor and Dick Morris
Katie and Walker Morris
PerMar and Jonathan Olin
Maria and Bryant Owens
Sally and Russell Robinson
Bernadine Scholtz
Caroline and Robert Sink
Lisa and Jeremy Sorzano
James and Tracy Stouse
Jane Tanner
Linda Tinker
Judith and Gary Toman
Marlene and Michael Way
Member
$1,000-$2,499
Anonymous(3)
Carrietta Adkins
Chris and Jack Ahearn
Jeffrey Alexander
Judith and John Alexander
Rosalyn Allison-Jacobs
Suzanne Alvarez
Julia Austen
Jocelyn Balanda
Chuck Barger
Katherine Belk
Jill Benhart
Lee and Alan Blumenthal
Dana Boone
Barbara and Twig Branch
Betsy and Alfred Brand
Jonathan Buchan
Stephen Burgess
Shannon Caldwell
Dudley and Curtis Carlson
Trilby Carriker
Kimberly Case
Mary Case
Myrtice and Jerry Clark
Nan Clarke
Gina and Herb Clegg
Martha Cochrane
Jane Conlan
Ann Copeland
Suzanne Cormier and John Bukowski
Melinda Covington
Susan Daughtridge
Melissa DelBroccolo
Jennifer DeWitt
Elizabeth Dowd
Barbara and Wayne Ellis
Linda Ellis
Martha and Eric Eubank
Debra Foster
Elizabeth French
Mackenzie Gibbs
Leslie Gillock
Mary and David Hall
Caroline and Robert Hammock
Leigh and Luke Harmer
Claudia and Andy Heath
Meredith and John Heimburger
Julie Helms
Ann Hibbs
Earl Hines
Amy Hockett
Kristina and Tom Hoops
Kathy Reardon and Jim Horton
James Hubbard
Ashley Hudler and Jenni Gaisbauer
Carol Hull
Dianne Humphrey
Betty Hunter
June and David Jebram
Marilyn Corn and John Jewell
Geeta Kasbekar
Charlotte Ke
Garrell and Lee Keesler
Virginia Kemp
Bethany Khashman
Helen and Marcus Kimbrough
Jewell Mullen and Herb Knight
Nancy Kute
Nicole Bourget and Mark Kutny
Jeanne and Bradley Kutrow
Donna and Gary Lerner
Gloria and Harry Lerner
Jennifer and Ross Levin
Ali Levin
Julie Lerner Levine and Howard Levine
Margaret Leydic-Boyd
Teri Licari
Eliane Long
Kellie Lofton
Charles Longbottom
Eugenia and Michael Mallonee
Lou and William Manning
Bill Marchant
Bob and Susan Martin
Joan Martin and Pat Burgess
Sarah and William McKinney
Devlin McNeil and Aimee Nichols
Elizabeth and Joseph Meiners
Mary Beth and Byron Mims
Megan and Luis Miranda
Gwynne Movius
Linda Mundle
Angie and Kurt Myers
Kerbie and Brandon Neal
Christina O’Donnell and John McConville
Kent Olson
Nancy Poe
Sharon and Glen Portwood
LeeAnn and Crawford Pounds
Eleanor Raispis
Anne and Matthew Rankowitz
Betty Chafin Rash
Kathy Reichs
Clyda and George Rent
Kari and Richard Rose
Arun Seehra
Ishani and Kartik Shah
Marcie and Torrence Shealy
Caroline and Robert Sink
Patricia and George Sistrunk
Melissa Smith and Steve Price
Camilla and William Smoak
Jacqueline and Ed Spears
Preethi Srinivasan
Anna and Chris Stallmann
Winifred Stieglitz
Kathy Sullivan
Sharon Sullivan
Ann and Wellford Tabor
Rebecca and Ruffin Tanner
Ann and Thomas Temple
Bryant Tran
Roxanne and Curtis Trenkelbach
Ashley and Joel Turner
Marcellus “MT” Turner
Robert von Bremen
Barbara and James Wilkerson
Marylyn and Ed Williams
Barbara and Charles Williamson
Cristina Wilson
Lauren and Clay Woodruff
Edith and Landon Wyatt
Businesses & Foundations
Visionary
$100,000+
Carowinds
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Lowe’s
Visionary
$50,000+
Honeywell
PNC
Innovator
$10,000-$49,999
Ally
Alpha & Omega Foundation
American Airlines
Bank of America
C.D. Spangler Foundation
The Cannon Foundation
Charlotte FC
Duke Energy / Piedmont Natural Gas
Duke University Documentary Studies
PwC
Rodgers
Southminster
Trane Technologies
Wendy’s
Connector
$5,000-$9,999
Baker & Taylor
Brighthouse
Carolina Panthers
Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority
Constellation Culinary Group
Clark Nexsen Foundation
The Duke Endowment
Foundation For The Carolinas
The Gambrell Foundation
Merriman Schmitt Architects
Moore & Van Allen
Novant Health
Office Environments
Principal
Publix
SouthPark Magazine
Todd Murphy Events
WFAE
Director
$2,500-$4,999
AARP North Carolina
Beacon Partners
Brown Brothers Harriman
Carolina Complete Health
Charlotte Hornets
Cherry Bekaert
Cornelius Library Endowment Fund
Eleanor & James Barnhardt Foundation
Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin
Loftin & Co. Printers
Mecklenburg County
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
PMC Commercial Interiors
TCG Events
UNC Charlotte
Member
$1,000-$2,499
Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation
LendingTree
Plaza Midwood Neighborhood Association
