We are grateful to the following individuals, businesses and foundations for their annual operating support received July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026. 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.

FY26 gifts to the Great Big Story Builders campaign can be found here.

Gold

$10,000-$49,999

Anne and Keith Butler
Jean and Gene Cochrane
Cynthia and Hal Curry
Sally and Will Graves
Andrea and Todd Griffith
Greg and Fran Hyde
Kay and Jack Lane
Gina and Thomas Lawrence

Silver

$5,000-$9,999

Anonymous (3)
Pamela and Ernest Barry
Lisa and David Boyle
Catherine Butler and Jason Rymer
Katie and Mark Caldwell
Jenny Campbell
Mary Case
Jennifer Clark
Catherine and Michael Conner
Stephanie and Russell Daniel
Sonja Gantt and Mitch Gibson
Melva Hanna
Leigh and Luke Harmer
Cammie and Barnes Hauptfuhrer
Meredith and John Heimburger
Leslie Kiliper and Thomas Lucas
Jennifer and Ross Levin
Ann and David Levine
Nikki and North Moore
Sally Robinson
Anne and Robert Schleusner
Susie and Rick Schnall
Linda Tinker

Kelly and Matt Leech
Elaine Long and Bill Crabtree
Joan Martin and Pat Burgess
Mary Beth and Byron Mims
Caton and Charlie Morris
Eleanor and Dick Morris
Katie and Walker Morris
Patricia and Thruston Morton
Christina and Dee O'Dell
Susan Patterson and George Tyree
Kathy Ridge
Rachel Sale
Susan and Bob Salvin
Sallie Scarborough
Marcie and Torrence Shealy
Cary Sherck
Stephanie and Gary Starr
Catherine and Jordan Stern
Deborah and Glenn Stewart
Aarti and Siddharth Sura
Jane Tanner
Ann and Thomas Temple
Judith and Gary Toman
Joan Zimmerman

Sharon and David Lampke
Caroline and Eric Langerman
Anne Larkin
Diana Lassahn
Barbara Laughlin
Kristin and Allen Lewis
Nicky and Matt Libel
Teri Licari
Kimberly Lloyd
Susan and Ross Loeser
Nan and Bill Loftin
Kellie and Brandon Lofton
Harriet and Tarlton Long
Mary and Robert Long
Vince Long and Cameron Furr
Susan Loudenslager
Ellen and Sam Lowry
Virginia and Ben Maffitt
Michelle Maidt
Nick Makansi
Eugenia and Michael Mallonee
Bill Marchant
Rosemarie Marshall
Leslie and Michael Marsicano
Susan and Robert Martin
Jennifer Mattox
Kerry McCarville
Louise and Gary McCrorie
Rick McDermott and Rob Willard
Barbara McGarry
Sandra Meckley
Joseph Meiners
Jamie Mercer
Mary and Daniel Merlin
Dawn and Brent Milgrom
Pat and Brooks Millsap
Megan and Luis Miranda
Gwynne Movius
Linda Mundle
Aimee Nichols and Devlin McNeil
Nancy Nicholson
Janet and John Niedzwicki
Paul Oppold
Debra Park
Mary Peach
Quynh Pham
Laura and Stephen Philipson
Elizabeth and Jeffrey Phillippi
Nancy Poe
Rebecca Jane Ponton
Cameron Presley
Digna Raj
Anne and Matthew Rankowitz
Judith Ranson
Lee Robertson, Jr.
Sarah Rose
Elizabeth Rostan
Susan Royster
Ann and Blaine Sanders
Sharon and Walter Sanders
Bernadine Scholtz
Helen and Gary Schwab
Sue and Carlos Seminario
Sarah and Allen Shifflet
Patricia and William Siegfried
Jeanette Sims
Caroline and Robert Sink
Anne and Mike Sinsheimer
Patricia and George Sistrunk
Luke Sluder
Laura and Randolph Smith
Camilla and William Smoak
Jean Spangler, Jr.
Susan Spaugh
Jacqueline and Ed Spears
Preethi Srinivasan
Marty and James Stenhouse
Mamie and Kevin Stichter
Ashley Sullivan
Kathy Sullivan
Linda and William Swayne
Rebecca and Ruffin Tanner
Micaila Milburn and Charles Thomas
Kathryn and Mark Thompson
Tamara Titus and Lane Jacobs
Matt Brooks and Robert Touchstone
Caroleen Towery
Ashley and Joel Turner
Elizabeth and Thomas Underwood
Kathleen Upton
Linda and Philip Vanderbosch
LouAnn and Scott Vaughn
Jean Veatch
Robert von Bremen
William Walker and Lynn Bancroft
Mary Claire and Daniel Wall
David Webb
Mary White
Teleia and Adam White
April Whitlock
Barbara and James Wilkerson
Elizabeth Wilkerson
Anne Wilson Larkin
Cristina Wilson
Karen and Charles Wolff
Sue and Kim Worrel
Edith and Landon Wyatt