Our Supporters
A special thank you to all the generous supporters who help us get children reading.
We are grateful to our supporters
for their generous donations
We are grateful to the individuals and families who have supported
Worldreader’s mission to get children reading. To see what we have
been up to lately, please check out our 2022 Annual Report.
Our most recent
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2021 Donors and Supporters
We thank these donors for their support,
some of whom provided annual gifts and others multi-year pledges.
Founders Circle
Anonymous
Charles and Lorie Brighton
Alan and Vic Caplan
Chris Capossela and Leigh Toner
Bill and Lynn Carr
Richard and Kathie Dalzell
Adam Gross
Andrew and Elana Jassy
Atul Khanna and Amna Naseer
Jason and Jamie Kilar
Neen and Kirk Koenigsbauer
Dave Limp
Steve and Heather Murch
Lauri and Greg Nakamoto
Tod and Allison Nielsen
Charles Phillips
Alison and David Rich
Brian and Ann Roberts
Neil Roseman and Rose Tatlow
Praveen Seshadri and Ranjani Ramamurthy
Singer Family Foundation
Mike Sundermeyer and Carrie Anderson
David and Nancy Thacher
WineDirect
David Zapolsky and Lynn Hubbard
The Epic Circle
$500,000 – $1,000,000 and above
Charles and Lorie Brighton
Chris Capossela and Leigh Toner
Otis and Elizabeth Chandler Foundation
Cynthia and Steve Hammer
Kate James and Hans Bishop
Andrew and Elana Jassy
Shel Kaphan and Ericka Lock
Skip and Kimberly Klintworth
Tod and Allison Nielsen
Stephen Reidy
Jennifer and David Risher
Sue and Duff Sanderson
Peter and April Spiro
Karen Van Dusen and Joel Spiegel
Jeffrey and Liesl Wilke
The Anthology Circle
$250,000 – $499,999
Nathan and Stephanie Reis
Brad and Alys Smith
David and Nancy Thacher
The Novel Circle
$100,000 – $249,999
Donna Bellew
Peter and Elisabetta Mallinson
Lauri and Greg Nakamoto
Sudha Neelakantan and Venky Harinarayan
Dwight and Renee Smith
Mike Sundermeyer and Cari Anderson
The Poetry Circle
$25,000 – $99,999
Anonymous
Fraser and Dierdre Black
Adam Bosworth
Alan Caplan and Vic North
Adam Gross
Larry Hitchon and Dana Reid
Brad Horwitz
Hunter Family Giving Fund
Dana Johnson and Mark Nelson
Kirk and Neen Koenigsbauer
Dave Limp
Paul Maritz
Kartik Raghavan
Neil Roseman and Rose Tatlow
Praveen Seshadri and Ranjani Ramamurthy
Singer Family Foundation
Star Soltan
Sponsors
$10,000 – $24,999
Anonymous
Craig and Susan Bruya
Bill and Lynn Carr
Jenifer Jacobi
Kosmo Kalliarekos
Donald Niemann
Diego Piacentini and Monica Nicoli
Cintra Pollack
Alison and David Rich
Ambassadors
$5,000 – $9,999
Tom Alberg and Judi Beck
Stan and Sophie Beraznik
Brad Chase
Sandra Cisneros
Liz and Luke Dollar
Pam Fleischer
John Jameson
Timothy and Jennifer Kingston
Guillermo Lock
Edward and Polly Nicholson
Matthew E. Russell Foundation
Josh Schweitzer and Mary Sue Milliken
Jeff and Laura Shell
George and Cherry Snelling
Julie Tafel Klaus
David Thompson and Judy Jesiolowski
Paul Van Der Wansem
Paige and Bob Vanosky
David Zapolsky and Lynn Hubbard
Advocates
$2,500 – $4,999
Esther Flammer
Steve Kessel and Sibyl Frankenburg
Colleen and Clyde Mcqueen
Harrison Miller and Clare McCamy
Lindsay and Patti Paxton Eberts
Arthur and Kate Sawyer
Autumn Schwed
Robert Short and Emer Dooley
John and Martha Stewart
Supporters
$1,000 – $2,499
Gary and Judy Amado
Joan Anderson
Abigail Bach
Juanita Baker
Stan Beraznik
Laura Balkovich
Clara Barreneche
Greg and Lynn Baugher
Stephen Beili
Samantha Bennett
Robert Bielecki
Neil Black and Sherri Wolson
Richard Bushell
Pamela Bynum
Jordan Carlson
Mary Case
Rebecca and David Leege
Colleen and Dave Chase
James Collett
Richard Coppola
William and Virginia Cressey
Delanson Crist
Jeanne Crosno
Duke Dang
Antonio Delgado Planas
Jacqueline Dupree
Megan and Fred Eiden
Anna Ford
Jeff Freedman
Stephanie and Jim Gamble
Paul Garner and Clair Hector
Carl Gish
Jane and Andy Greenthal
Max Greenwald
Greg Hart
Lucy Hattingh
Ashley Hodapp
Nancy Horie
Kent Johnson and Gillian Thomson
Brewster Kahle and Mary Austin
Jacquie Labatt
Wilfrido Loor Canizares
Nicholas Lovejoy
Lori Massad
Mattoon Family Giving Fund
Colin McElwee
Frances and Mac Merenda
Lucie Murray
Tamra Myers
Brandy Netherton
Barbara Niemann
Dr. Robert L Nussbaum
Jed and Sarah Nussdorf
Craig and Teresa Pape
Rene Pelegero
Bea Y. Perdue
Nicole Philip
Bhanu Potta
Brian and Carrie Pratt
Anand Ramdeo
Nicolas Roux
Fernando Sancho
Lori and Ron Saxton
Nalorm Tay-Agbozo
Clare Trevail Joy
Kate Walbert
Rob Walsh
Richard Ward and Cheryl Capriola
Lori Wright
Deborah Yeh and Mark Risher
Bobby Yerramilli-Rao
Hayley Young
Adrian Zackheim
These lists reflect our supporters as of December 2021.
Thank you for getting children reading
We are grateful for your support. For more information, please email donations@worldreader.org. We look forward to hearing from you.
