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SEASON 2022-2023

GENERAL OPERATING CONTRIBUTIONS

Literary Patron
$5,000+

Brown, Ellen
Clark, Peter
The Dorrance Family Foundation

Literary Society Sustainer
$2500 - $4,999

Nobel Donor

$1,000-$2,499

Feeney Family Charities Foundation
Hamra Jewelers
Huser, Laura

Ostroski, Carrie

Northern Trust
Riley, Judith
   In honor of late husband, Mark S. Berman
Schmidt, Joette

Stanton, Ann

Pulitzer Level

$500 to $999

Anonymous (1)
Bascom, Christina
Chamberlain Charity Fund
Chandler, Susan Esco
Francis, Juanita
Gonzales, Lorelei
Herbert, Mary Beth
Hermens, Ann
Holt, BeverlyLucking, Pit

Matteucci, Genny
McCart, Jane

Moreno, Carole
Zucker, Gail

Booker Level

$250 to $499

Baker, Georgia
Barranco, Jessica
Brown, Inette
Carkeek, Kristin

DeMichelle, Barbara 
Ford, Marsha
Gaylord, Natalie
Groves, Kate
Howard, Brenda
Huffman, Arlyn
Lewis, Jayne
Post, Mary Kay
Retson, Nancy
Saba, Elizabeth

Slatt, Barbara 

Wain, Susan

PEN Faulkner Level

$100 to $249

Albrecht, Rebecca

Berman, Barbara
Butler, Kay
Cleinman, Donna
Dittrich, Beth
Emerson, Frances

Evans, Ardie
Ghelfi, Lisa
Groves, Anne
Hanson, Suzanne
Henward, Barbara
Holland, Mardie
Horwitz, Mimi
Lewis, Leslie
MacKay, Tornie
Mavko, Ann
McKibben, Mel
Metzner, Sue
O'Hara Leslie

Patterson, Elena
Pokorski, Jody
Pozarnsky, Slyvia

Roskind, Laura
Rossetti, June
Shover Kackley, Lisa
Walsh, Ginny
Wegener, Linda
Winter, Mary Ann
Wood, Amy

PEN Hemingway Level

$25 to $99

Anonymous (2)
Clift, Renée
Conley, Katharine
DeGraw, Gina
Dye, Sydney
Franklin, Richard
   In honor of Richard Duffield, 1930-2022
Gagen, Marilyn
Goldstein, Laurie
Gordon, Sara
Goronkin, Pamela

Hoxie, Cindy
Kulczycki, Sue
Lehmann, Sally
Lyman, Anne
Masters-Opila, Mary
McCain, Lucy
Nelson, Barbara
Robertson, Karen
Roenigk Family Foundation
Schneidman, Ann
Smith, Aimee

Smith, Diana

Tyler Jones, Allison

Vaughn, Linda

Younker-Hellman, Sandy

SPONSORSHIPS

Presenting Contemporary Literature Sponsor
$20,000
Zibby Books

Champion of Literacy Sponsor
$10,000
Katz, Ellen

Private Author Event Hosts
$5,000

Evans, Ardie 
Francis, Juanita
Katz, Ellen
Northern Trust
Riley, Judith

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY GIFT

Huser, Laura
Grants Program Evaluation and Enhancement $5,000

LITERACY GRANT CHALLENGE

All gifts received between October 1st and December 31st are board allocated to our Literacy Grant goal.

$2,500 and Above

Chamberlain Charity Fund
Hamlet, Linda
McAdam, Alison

$1,000 - $2,499

Brown, Ellen
Francis, Juanita
Huser, Laura
Mandala, Cheryl
    In honor of Jackson & Harrison Bernreuter, Mia & Dylan Mandala, Elias Kelly
Post, Mary Kay
Saba, Elizabeth
Schubert, Judy
Spencer, Pat
Stanton, Ann

$500 - $999

Anonymous (1)
Engelmann, Karen, Schwab Charitable
Herbert, Mary Beth
Masters Opila, Mary
Matteucci, Genny
McCain, Lucy
McCart, Jane
McGraw Foundation
Unterberger, Anna

$250 - $499

Anonymous (1)
DeMichele, Barbara
Dolasinski, Brian
Gaylord, Natalie
Gonzales, Lorelei
Hannah. Nora
Mardie and Hud Holland
Hollinger, Dale
Lewis, Jayne
Romanoff, Stephena Cook "Missy"
Slatt, Barbara

$100 - $249

Anonymous (3)
Alden, Roxanne
Bartel, Cheryl
Berman, Barbara

Castelazo, Jacqueline
Cleinman, Donna
DeBell, Robyn
Gallu, Terri
Goldstein, Mary Lou
Harrison, Katrina
Hopkins, Linda
Hoxie, Cynthia
Leonard, Marsha
Nelson, Jean
Ostroski, Carrie
Riley, Judith
   In memory of late husband, Mark S. Berman

Rose, Patricia
Sample, Jana

Schmidt, Joette
Voris, Karen
Wienke, Jane
Winter, Mary Ann

$25 - $99

Anonymous (3)
Cerf, Patricia
Cohen, Sharon
Goddard, Monica
Hahn, Victoria
Huntington, Sonya
Johnson, Anne
Marcus, Merle
Matteo, Florence
Scharf, Suzanne
Schwimmer, Tracy
Silverthorn, Amy
Thackery, Diane
White, Paulette
Zacharias, Margaret

IN-KIND

GENERAL OPERATING CONTIBUTIONS

Nobel Level

$1,000+

Brown, Ellen
Clark, Peter
Clever Investor
The Dorrance Family Foundation
Feeney Family Charities Foundation
Herbert, Mary Beth 
Jensen-Hamlet, Linda
Katz, Ellen
Ostroski, Carrie
Otto Family Fund
Schubert, Judy
Stanton, Ann

Pulitzer Level

$500 to $999

Anonymous (1) 
Altschul, Debbie
Bartlett, Lori
Basha, Nadine Mathis
Chamberlain Charity Foundation
Chandler, Susan
The 5/13 Fund
Francis, Juanita
Hermens, Ann
Huser, Laura
Lewis, Jayne
Lewis, Leslie
Linhart, Judy
Lucking, Evelyn
Masters-Opila, Mary
Matteucci, Genny
Riley, Judith
Slatt, Barbara
Spencer, Pat

Booker Level

$250 to $499

Augustine, Christine
Barnett, Deborah
Butler, Kay
Carkeek, Kristin
DeMichele, Barbara
Ford, Marsha
Groves, Kate
Hannah, Nora
Michael and Dawn Kennedy Family Fund
Roskind, Laura, The Ruddock Family Foundation

PEN Faulkner Level

$100 to $249

Anonymous (9) 
Albrecht, Rebecca
Augustine, Christine
Baker, Georgia
Bartel, Cheryl
Bascom, Christina
Berge, Nancy
Bloch, Brynn
Conley, Katharine
Dittrich, Beth
Emerson, Frances
Evans, Ardie
Harrison, Katrina
Head, Martha
Holland, Mardie
Holt, Beverly
Holton, Gail
Howard, Brenda
Lancero, Ann
Landes, Nancy
MacKay, Tornie
Macpherson, Marcia
Manaster, Ina
Marcus, Merle
Marshall, Lucy
McCain, Lucy
Moreno, Carole
Neale, Sandra
Oleson, Patti
Patterson, Elena
Pozarnsky, Sylvia
Punyon-Saling Charitable Trust
   In honor of Tucson area elementary school teachers   
Rose, Patricia
Schmidt, Joette
Sorice, Cathy
   In memory of Gail Lulay
Strauss, Nancy
Thuringer, Janet
Vandeventer, Natalie
Wain, Susan
Williams, Mary
Winter, Mary
Wood, Amy

PEN Hemingway Level

$25 to $99

Anonymous (4) 
Barkman, Linda
Barranco, Jessica
Berman, Barbara
Berry, Leslie
   In memory of Mimi Berry
Bray, Jill
Castelazo, Jacqueline
Cohn, Lee Baumann
Crawford, Sally
DeFouw, Christine
DeGraw, Gina
Engelmann, Barbara 
   In honor of Tracey Benson
Goronkin, Pamela L
Hanson, Suzanne
Herr, Maureen
Hermann, Susan
Hicks, Lise
Hoxie, Cynthia
Jaffe, Ruth
Jones,  Anne
Kennedy, Dawn
Lyman, Anne
Michel, Mary
Navran, Sue
Nelson, Barbara
Peterson, Karen
Romanoff, Missy
Schwimmer, Tracy
Shafir, Nedda
Silverthorn, Amy
Smeets, Ina
Smeets-Kort, Wilhelmina
Smith, Diana
Snyder, Kathryne
Stander, Susan
Thall, Sandy
Thorne, Leila
Yearwood, Emerson

SPONSORSHIPS $10,000+
Huser Law Firm
TrustBank Arizona

Private Author Event Hosts $5,000

Ailes-Fine, Rebecca
Brown, Ellen
Dorrance, Jacquie
Feeney, Michelle
Huser, Laura
Northern Trust 

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY GIFTS

Brown, Ellen
Two Dads Presentation with Colum McCann $1,500 

IN-KIND