THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS FOR 25-26!
$25,000 and above
Michael and Linda Connelly, via the Hieronymus Foundation – Mr. Connelly is the New York Times #1 best-selling author of “Nightshade” and “The Proving Ground,” both released in 2025. He is executive producer of “The Lincoln Lawyer series on Netflix (season 4, Feb. 2026); co-creator and executive producer of Amazon Prime’s “Ballard,” a spinoff of “Bosch: Legacy” which concluded in 2025; co-creator and executive producer of a Florida-based, yet-to-be-named drama series; podcaster, presenting “Killer in the Code: Solving the Black Dahlia and Zodiac Cases.”
Deborah Sharp and Kerry Sanders Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward – Ms. Sharp, a former USA Today reporter, is an essayist and fiction author of the “Mace Bauer Mysteries.” Mr. Sanders is a retired broadcast journalist who worked locally for WTVJ before becoming a correspondent for NBC News from 1991 to 2023.
$10,000 – $20,000
Ed, Carol and Trae Williamson – Mr. Williamson is the Chairman, CEO of Williamson Cadillac Buick GMC, Miami
$1,000 – $5000
Doug and Peg Clifton – Mr. Clifton is the former editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and executive editor of the Miami Herald.
Larry Davis – Mr. Davis is an attorney in Hollywood.
Miles Forman – Mr. Forman is an executive with American Marketing and Management, and also a real estate developer and entrepreneur
Carl Hulse – Mr. Hulse is the chief Washington correspondent for The New York TImes.
Thomas Julin – Mr. Julin is a First Amendment Attorney in Miami with Gunster, Florida’s law firm for business.
Benedict Kuehne and Michael Davis – Mr.Kuehne and Mr. Davis are partners in the Miami law firm Kuehne Davis Law.
Robert Kerrigan – Mr. Kerrigan is an attorney with McLeod and Thompson, LLP in Pensacola.
James L Robo and Meredith B. Trim – Mr. Robo, an executive partner with Comvest Partners, is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NextEra Energy, Inc., parent company of Florida Power & Light. Meredith Trim founded the Ventus Charitable Foundation in 2015 and serves as President and Director.
Lauri Ross – Ms. Ross is an attorney in Coral Gables.
Nicholas and Linda Penniman IV – Mr. Penniman is the former publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, an author and Director Emeritus The Everglades Foundation. Mrs. Penniman is a former Naples city commissioner, chair of Smart Growth Now; vice chair of the Collier Citizen’s Council.
Sharon Premoli – 9/11 survivor. New Hampshire
Press Forward South Florida Fund at The Miami Foundation – Press Forward South Florida is an investment in the local news and information ecosystem to ensure everyone has access to the local knowledge they need.
Robert Swindell – President and CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance.
$500-$999
Lisa Gibbs
William Gjebre
Robert Kornahrens
Steven J. Nelson M.D.
Kathleen Owens
Don Silver and Boardroom Communications
Abigail Watts-Fitzgerald
$100-$499
Joanne Lynch Aye
Jeffrey Benkoe
Michael Berger
David Blasco and Bonnie Gross
Raymond Brasted
Harry Broertjes
Gretchen Day Bryant
Jane Bussey
Sonja Chaves
Graham Clarke
Oline Cogdill and Bill Hirschman
Keith Donner
Joel Engelhardt
Joan Fleischman
Mel and Wynne Frishman
Sharon Geltner
Lori Gold
KW Goodman
William and Angeline Herman
Robert HIttel
Mary Hladky
Joseph Kilmer
Michelle Krichbaum
David Lange
David Lawrence Jr.
Susan and Ray Lazarus
Bruce Leichty
Keith London
Patti Lynn
Marilyn Mammano
Catherine Maus
Thomas McDonald and The McDonald Family Foundation
Frank McGee
Mary McLaughlin
Cori and Brad Meltzer
Barbara Miller
Christiana Moore
Jane Moscowitz
David Oakes
Tom and Rosemary O’Hara
Hugo Ottolenghi
Marion Phelps and John Mulliken
George Platt
Barry Richard
Kimberly Segal
Jeffrey and Michelle Steinberg
Judy Stern
Jeanne Tee
The Thompson Law Firm, Columbus, OH
Brittany Wallman and Bob Norman
Phoebe Weseley
Ronald Wright
$99 or less
Marielle Angers
Elizabeth Ashbes
Roland Banks
Kitty Barran
Harvey Bennett
Ruth Block
Dave Bross
Jerald and Ronnie Burns
James Calhoun
Laurence Carroll
Ellen Crane
Diana Dakey
Jody Heriot Dehart
Bonnie DiPacio
Robert DuBard
Rob Eden
Isaac Eger
Monica Elliott
C. Evans
John Feagan
Carol Fifield
Mike Gibaldi
Noreen Haren
Heidi Hayn
Jackson Rip Holmes
Therese Jackson
Janice Justice
Sidney Kaskey
Keenneth Kniel
Annelies van der Leeden
JoAnne Linardi
John Lutzo
John Lyons
Robert Mahlburg
Alfred Marrah
Randy Mazie
Christopher McDermott
Teresa Mears
Robert Oelke
Teresa Oster
Positive Vive
Taryn Rabin
Elisabeth Rossen
John Rudd
Eliana Salzhauer
Nancy Scricca
Martha Sternberg
William Szeliga
George Voss
Nordin Weinberger
Richard Westlund
Savannah Whaley
Beth Young
Christina Zarcadoolas
