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Donors

A 501(c)3 non profit organization, Town Hall Seattle relies on generous support from individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies to continue its service to dozens of organizations and nearly 100,000 patrons annually. To join this broad-based community collaboration, select Membership under the heading Contribute on this website. A list of donors--and the programs they make possible--follows below.

Government, Foundation & Corporate Support 2008-09

  • ArtsFund/Season Support
  • Boeing Company/Global Rhythms and Talk of the Town
  • Microsoft/Science Lectures
  • National Endowment for the Arts/Global Rhythms
  • Nesholm Family Foundation/Community Fund
  • Otto Haas Charitable Trust/Civic Life
  • Paul G. Allen Family Foundation/Global Rhythms & TownMusic
  • True-Brown Foundation/Civic Life
  • 4Culture/Season Support
  • Clark Nuber PS/Season Support
  • Commerce Bank of Washington/Talk of the Town
  • Fales Foundation Trust/Family Programs
  • Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs/Season Support
  • Thurston Charitable Foundation/Literary Programming
  • U.S. Bancorp Foundation/Family Programs
  • Washington State Arts Commission/Season Support

Season Sponsors 2009-10

  • KUOW 94.9 FM
  • ParentMap
  • Sorrento Hotel
  • The Stranger

Program support 2009-10

  • Crosscut.com
  • BCS-FM 91.3
  • KEXP 90.3
  • KING-FM 98.1
  • Publicola

Capital Support

In late 2007, Town Hall Seattle completed the purchase of its landmark 1916 building through the generosity of a handful of visionary individuals and institutions. The following made contributions toward this effort:

Media Sponsors

Town Founders

$5000+
Susan & Eric Benson
Duncan Haas & Birgit Walbaum
Judy Pigott
Alan & Andrea Rabinowitz
Charles Sitkin

$2500 - 4999
Jennifer Cast & Elizabeth Frankland
Deborah Jacobs                                    
Alexandra McKay & Christian Morgan                  
Yazmin Mehdi & Liam Lavery                       
Clint & Maggie Pehrson                                   
Michael & Jamie Rawding                                   
Neil Roseman & Rose Tatlow                     
Stephanie Solien & Franklin Greer                   

$1000 - 2499
Tom Alberg & Judi Beck                        
Bill & Nancy Bain                                      
Mike & Jackie Bezos
Lynda & Perry Cowgill                                   
Vasiliki Dwyer                                     
Marcia & Stuart Greenberg                                 
Lyn & Jerry Grinstein                                 
John & Barbara Huston                                    
Alice Ikeda & Philip Guess                      
Thomas & Mary Ann Kofler                                    
Elisa Mandell                                   
Bill McJohn                                    
Louise & Samuel McKinney                                  
Tracy Newman Cockrill & Michael Cockrill        
Doug & Kathie Raff
Ed & Marjorie Ringness                                  
Peggy Rubens-Ellis                              
Grace Seidel & Ken Harer                        
Jon Staenberg                                 
Linda Stone                                     
Chris Swanson                                   
Julie Tall                                      
Doug & Maggie Walker                                    
Judy Whetzel                                   
Bagley & Virginia Wright                                 

Benefactors

 $500 - 999
Martha Aldridge                                  
Gwenyth & Fred Bassetti                                  
Doug Beighle & Kathleen Pierce                 
Paul & Mindy Blaski   
Rod Cameron & Heather Howard                  
Bob & Mary Casey                                     
Ty Cramer & Steve Romein                     
Pat & Pete Curran                                    
David & Gayle Ann Diaz
Bob & Elizabeth Edgerton
Jean Burch Falls                                   
Don Ferguson & Sheila Smith                   
Meg Ferris & John Murphy                      
Susanne Friedman                                  
Katie Geraghty & Tom Ostrom                     
Lee Dicks Guice                                     
Wier Harman & Barbara Sauermann                
Sandy & Steve Hill                                      
Barbara Johns & Richard Hesik                                    
Martha Kongsgaard & Peter Goldman                
Rosalie & Laurence Lang
Alida & Christopher Latham
Randy     Lee & Mari Hooten-Lee                     
Lynda & Bob Linse                                     
Blair Osborn & Alice Cunningham                 
Helen Owens & Robert Frankland                  
Deborah Person                                    
Tom Pollock & Keri Heinen                     
Kim Rachmeler                                 
Koryn Rolstad                                   
Jon & Judy Runstad                                   
Megan Smiley & Sunny Pepin                      
Mary Standaert                                 
John Teutsch                                   
Mark Thomas                                    
Susan Trapnell & Erik Muller                    
Cynthia Wells & Tim Kerr                          
Lee & Jeanne Zehrer                                    

Patrons

$250 - 499
Rashmir Balasubramaniam            
Chris & Cynthia Bayley                                    
Charlotte Behnke                                    
Victoria Bennett & Richard Clark                   
Kenan Block                                     
David & Joyce Brewster                                  
Willis Brown                                     
Brantley Browning                                  
Diana & Chuck Carey                                     
Stefano Catalani & Robert Swain                   
Claus Christensen & Annette Wilson Skinner      
Steven & Judith Clifford                                  
Nancy Colbert                                   
Bill Cumming & Margot Kenly                  
Maud & Marc Daudon
Maryel Duzan                                     
Mark  Early                                     
Marcia Engel & Rhett Alden                       
Ellen Ferguson                                  
Cheryl Foster                                    
Janice Francisco & John Henderson                
Jean Gardner                                   
Bob & Sandy Gates                                     
Leon & Erika Giles                                     
Beth Glosten & David Stutz                     
Allan Golston                                   
Leslie Grace                                     
Preston Hardison                                  
James Keblas & Heather Elsa                    
Richard & Mary Anne Kobylka                                   
Deborah Magallanes & Gary DeBardi                 
Diane McDade                                    
Barry Mitzman                                   
Lorraine Nay                                       
James & Patsy Nelson    
Jenny Pang & Jeffrey Sullivan                   
DeAnna Poling                                    
Ann Pryde                                     
Christine Sannella                                  
Theresa & Vincent Santoro                             
Ronald Slye                                      
Gretchen Sorensen                                  
Dick & Jim Spady                                     
Ronnie Stangler                                  
Carlyn Steiner                                   
Mary Stevens & John Akin  
Sumi Stevens
Sally Stroud                                    
Kathleen Taylor                                    
Kerry Thompson & Shari Zehm                    
Maryanne Vandervelde & H. Ray Looney               
Irving Williams & Susan Barash                  
Bart & Cynthia Wilson                                    
Philip & Christina Wohlstetter                               

Premium

$100 - 249
Jan Agosti & Frank Woodruff                   
Greg Anacker & Lora Bennett                    
Cathy Anderson & Ed Caldwell   
Virginia Anderson                                  
Ed & Sandy Arildson                                  
John Arnold & Martha Stroud  
Phil & Lucy Richards Arnold                                    
Henry Aronson & Anne Traver                     
James & Tina Aure Ausum                                     
Carrie Bagatell & Kwang Lim                     
Barbara Baldwin                                   
Ruthanna Bayless                                   
Laurie Beale & Edgar Sargent                     
Jack & Rebecca Benaroya                                  
Julia Bent                                      
Robert & Berta Beveridge                                 
Bonnie Bizzell & James Sibley                    
Alan & Sally Black                                     
Bob & Janis Krug Blumenthal                                
Bill & Beatrice Booth
Richard & Margaret Bossi                                     
Ed Bottler                                   
Steve Boyd & Sheryl Harmer                      
David & Kay Brennan                                   
Alec & Sofia Brindle                                   
Mary Brumder & Ebo Teichmann                   
David & Susan Buckley                                   
Richard & Margaret Buckwitz                                  
Gerard  & Shelley Buechel                                   
Michael & Margaret Buglewicz                                 
Bill Bumpas                                    
Jennifer Burch & Matt DenBeste                     
William B. & Ann S. Burstiner                                 
Bill Butler & Barbara Krieger                  
Happie Byers                                     
Ray Carlsen                                   
Meggen & Mat Chadsey                                   
Maura Clevenger & Stuart Barker                 
Martha Cohen & James Roe                     
Phillip & Ann Corin                                     
Jeff & Jan Crandall                                  
Matthew & Beth Crane
Stacy Cranston                                  
Caroline & Bill Crenshaw                                  
Carolyn & Peter Curtis                                    
Helen Curtis & Jonathan Coddon                  
Michael Daum & Ellen Cole  
Nancy Davenport                                 
Ray & Jeanine Dawson                                    
Theodore & Goodwin Deacon                                    
Robin Dearling & Gary Ackerman                  
Shulamit Decktor                                   
Stuart & Renko Dempster                                  
Mary Dickinson                                 
Nathan Dors                                      
Vicky Downs                                     
Joan & Denny Duffell                                   
Ruth Dunlop                                    
Charles & Christine Eaton                                     
Stephanie Ellis-Smith & Doug Smith                  
Joyce Erickson & Kenneth Brown                  
Adrienne Fairhall                                  
Eric Fassler & Darla Klokeid                  
Frederic Fenig & Neva Small                   
Carol Finn                                      
Gabrielle & David Fitzgerald                                
Robert & Victoria Foedisch                                  
Greg & Kathe Fowler                                    
Tom & Carol Friedel                                   
Walter Friesen & Ute Freund                 
Sonia & Jacob Gabrielson                                
Diana Gale & Jerry Hillis                       
Micheline & Malek Germanos                                  
Roy & Sharon Ghazimorad                                
John Gibaut & Robin Downie
$100 - 249
Graham Gibbons                                   
Harold Glucksberg & Slobdanka Jankovic           
Jeffrey N. & Martha Ann Golub                                     
Allen & Carol Gown                               
Karen Grant & Brett Bennett                     
Martin Greene & Toby Saks                   
Sharon & Gary Greenwood                                 
Dorothy Griffin                                   
Sharon Griggins                                  
Allan Grosvenor & Kendra Long                   
Jerome & Margaret Grubaugh
Virginia & George Gunby                                     
Ray Gwinn & Salie Rossen                      
James Hadlock & Sharon Brown                  
William Haines                                    
Peter & Toni Haley                                     
Bruce Hall & Michelle Ledeen                    
Gordon & Jill Hally                                     
Anita Hampton & Robert Kunreuther               
Bruce Harris & Francine Walsh                   
Laura Hart & Rich Grady                         
Michele & David Hasson                                    
Frederick & Catherine Hayes
Denis Hayes & Gail Boyer Hayes                  
Richard & Arlene Heath
Marjorie Hemphill                                  
Carrie & Joe Hill                                      
Holly & Jack Geithman Hirzel                                    
Steve & Shannon Hisken                                    
Peter & Ann Holmes                                    
Karen Howard & Roger Harris                     
David & Catherine Hughes   
Ron Hull                                      
Jarlath Hume                                      
Paula Jenson & Robin Waples                     
Sally & Warren Jewell                                    
Larry & Lani Johnson                                   
Rachel & Seth Kalvert                                   
Mary & Stephen Keeler                                    
Mary Baldwin Kennedy                                   
Mary Kennedy & Andy Lyle
James & Barbara Kenney                                    
Keith & Andria Kerkof        
Daniel Kerlee & Carol Wollenberg                 
Bryan & Kaki Kesterson                                 
Jennifer & David Kim
Marinilka & David Kimbro                                    
Roger B.A. Klorese & David Haney                   
Pam & Paul Krug                                      
Edie Lackland                                  
Jerry & Geraldine Larrance                                  
Danny & Carroll LaTurner                                  
Monica Leigh                                     
Lawrence Leung & Ron Woan                   
Kathryn Lew & Dennis Apland                       
Kelly & Janice Lichtenwaldt                              
Della & Jim Lium                                      
Robin & Wendy Lloyd  
Don Logan                                     
Leticia Lopez & Brian Abeel
David & Sidney Lough   
Butch Lovelace & Heather Lewis                  
Nancy Mabbott                                   
David Madsen                                    
Antoinette Malveaux   
Robert Mannheimer & Jane Hutchings               
Francesco & Ron Sepielli Marshall                                  
Ron & Astrida Mattson                                   
Charles McAleese & Kathleen Cain                  
Carrie McCarthy                                  
Bruce & Jolene McCaw                                     
Mysti McKeehan                                  
Don McLaren & Joanne Chase                    
Louise McNerney & Jan Sobieralski                
David Messerschmidt & Elizabeth Long            
Jule Meyer                                     
Michele & Michael Miller                                    
Penny &  David Miller                                    
Michael & Phyllis Mines   
Peggy & Robert Monroe                                    
Mary Montgomery & Marcia Vergin                
Michael & Mehri Moore   
Timothy Moran & Marjorie Walter                   
Ervin & Terry Moreman                                   
Laura & Loren Mork          
Raul & Christine  Mustelier                                 
Lafe Myers & Hanni Crissey
Ron & Pat Naselow                                   
John & Jennifer Nebel                                     
Dr. & Mrs. Robert D. Nicholson                                 
Ron Norris & Linda Talley                     
Wendy Beth Oliver                                    
Dick & Kay Olsen                                     
James & Katherine Olson                                     
Christina Olson                                     
Bud Orr & Kathy Ryan                          
Charles & Teruko Pace    
Sally & Richard Parks       
Danyle Parks & Laurie Pilon                      
Constance Parsons & Sanford Pitler                  
Esta Pekow                                     
Richard & Kelly Pelz    
Jann & Robert Perez                                     
Jocelyn Phillips & Warren Bakken                  
Nancy Plunkett & Peter Londborg                 
Sue & Stan Pocock                                    
Gloria Prevost                 &nbs
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