Sustaining Donors
We are deeply grateful to recognize those whose lifetime giving has exceeded $20,000, including contributions made during 2023-2024. Their generosity sustains our mission and leaves a lasting legacy.
Legacy Leaders ($100,000+)
Alltech
Ms. Elizabeth Boone
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Boyd
Elhapa Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. David Fogg
Mrs. Lucille Little+
James and Katherine Randall Park
The William T. Young Foundation
History Makers ($50,000+)
Ashland, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Norwood Cowgill, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Giles
Mr. Ben Kaufmann & Ms. Janet Zusman
The Mildred V. Horn Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Andre Pater
Mr. Paul & Mrs. Beanie Pederson Fund+
Kentucky Bank
VisitLex
Mrs. Mary Lucy Rice+
R. W. Baird and Co.
Dr. John Stewart & Dr. Magdalene Karon
UK HealthCare
Mrs. Isaac C. Van Meter
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Young, Jr.
Visionary Partners ($20,000+)
Anonymous at the Green River Community Foundation
Bank One
Bingham Greenebaum Doll, LLC
Mrs. Nancy Ireland Bishop
Bluegrass Charity Ball
Mr. Hilary Boone+
Mr. Alexander G. Campbell+
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Carrigan
Mr. James Clark & Dr. Don Granger
Mrs. Thomas D. Clark+
Dr. Kay Clawson+
Mrs. Eleanor T. Congleton
Amb. Craft and Mr. Joseph W. Craft III
Crown Colony Farm
Mr. & Mrs. Patterson DeCamp
Don Jacobs
Dupree & Company
Garden Club of Lexington
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Garrett
Mrs. James G. Gay
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Greer
Mr. & Mrs. Allen E. Grimes, III
Mrs. John R. Hall
Humana
The Josephine Ardery Foundation
Mrs. Sara Kaufmann+
Keeneland Foundation
Kentucky Humanities Council
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Kentucky Utilities
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Gov.
The Lucille Little Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Mattone
Mrs. Charles McGaha
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth V.L. Miller
Mrs. John R. Neal
Orphan Society of Lexington
Dr. Barbara Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. William R.B. Potter
Randleigh Foundation
The Reinhold Group
Rosenthal Foundation
Russell Capital Management
Ms. Martha Schlegel
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Clay Simpson, Jr.
Mr. A.J. Singleton & Ms. Jennifer Singleton
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Stewart
Mrs. John P. Stewart
Mr. Franklin D. Thompson
The Hons. Laurance B. & Lucy A. Van Meter
2023 – 2024 Giving
Gifts listed were received between January 1, 2023 and November 25, 2024. We sincerely apologize for any errors or omissions. Please contact us if you have any corrections.
Partners ($10,000+)
Mr. Quin Broadbent & Christian Word Ministries
Ms. Allison Buckley
Mr. & Mrs. David Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Derek Vaughan
Benefactors ($5,000+)
Ms. Ann Bakhaus
Mr. Thomas Birkman
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Brooks
Community Trust Bank
Mr. David Kovatch
Ms. Kitty Ann Portwood
Lexington Bourbon Society
Mr. & Mrs. Reese Reinhold
LexArts
Ms. Nancy Graves Talbott+
Drs. Woodford & Dorothy Van Meter
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Patrons ($2,500+)
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Adkisson at the Community Foundation of Louisville
American Trust Wealth
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Bandoroff
Bespoken Spirits
Central Bank & Trust Co.
Mr. & Mrs. Mack Cox
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Cravens
Mr. Christopher Dever
Mr. & Mrs. David Elpern
Fifth Third Bank
Mr. and Mrs. John Glenney, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Greely, III
Gratz Park Private Wealth
Mr. & Mrs. Steven MacNeil
Mr. & Mrs. William K. Massie, Jr.
Graham Pohl and Jane Fields
Selma’s Catering
Mrs. Louise W. Sledd
Mr. Scott Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Seward Totty
University of Kentucky
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Young
Champions ($1,000+)
Mrs. Virginia Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Anderson
Mrs. Jerry E. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Arnold
Ms. Anne Baird
Baird Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Tony Barrett
Mr. & Mrs. James C. Baughman, Jr.
Ms. Caroline Boone
Ms. Linda K. Breathitt
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Cheney
Mr. & Mrs. Don Chesnut
Mr. Jim Coleman
The Crutcher Family Foundation
Drs. Timothy & Julia Costich
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Cravens
Dr. & Mrs. W. Lisle Dalton
Denali Stud
Mr. & Mrs. David Dowell
Mr. & Mrs. J. Carson Evans
Fayette County Conservation District
Ms. Carol Fening
Ms. Shelly Fortune
Dr. Teresa Gevedon
Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Gilchrist
Mr. James Gray II
Ms. Gina Greathouse
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Grossman
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hathaway
Dr. John Hobbs
Mrs. Wanda Adams Jaquith
Mr. Jeffrey Johnson & Ms. Jill Leckner
Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson
The Keeneland Association
Mr. Randy Kemper
Bluegrass Sotheby’s International Realty
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Kraus
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kretz
Ms. Debbie Long
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Mathy
Mr. Mike McDonald
Mr. & Mrs. Martin J. McMahon
Mr. & Mrs. John Winn Miller
Ms. Connie Milligan & Mr. Lee Carroll
Ms. Erin Moore & Mr. Josh Cromer
Mr. Lincoln Nevels
Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Nicol
Mr. Fred Orthmeyer
Dr. & Mrs. John Pappas
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Perlman
Mr. Joe Petro III & Ms. Rachel Sadinsky
Mr. Jack Pittard Jr.
Lexington Lodge No. 1 F. & AM
The Reverend & Mrs. Robert Sessum
Ms. Kathryn Simon and Mr. J. David Jones
Ms. Melissa Sullivan
Ms. Marie Maxwell Taaffe
Mr .& Mrs. Craig Turner
Mr. George M. Van Meter, Jr.
Judge & Mrs. Gregory Van Tatenhove
Mr. Robert Waldman
Mrs. Amelia Ward
Dr. Kathryn White & Mr. Gene Dauer
Ms. Melissa A. Wilson & Mr. Richard A. Ford
Advocates ($500+)
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Andrew
Ashland Neighborhood Association
Mr. & Mrs. Headley Bell
Ms. Ann Beurskens
Mr. & Mrs. George S. Brooks
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Brown
Mr. Brent Bruner
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Carpenter
Mrs. John Carroll
Mr. Lee Carroll
Dr. & Mrs. John W. Collins, Sr.
Ms. Anne M. Combs+
Mr. & Mrs. William Combs, Jr.
Mrs. Marcia Cone
Ms. Susan Cowden
Mr. Michael Delzotti
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Detraz
Ms. Rose Mary Dow
Dr. M. Wilson Eastland, III
Mr. & Mrs. James B. Evans
Ms. Jane Fergus & John Meyers
Ms. Louise Foley
Mr. William Gee
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Giles
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gissing
Mr. & Mrs. Ej Horn
Ms. Lesley Howard
Mrs. Barbara Hulette
Mr. & Mrs. D.B. Kazee
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Keller, Jr.
Mr. David Block & Ms. Sandra Kryst
Mr. & Ms. Diane & Matt Lally
Mr. Edmund Lyon
Ms. Lois Mateus
Mrs. Judith McGee
Ms. Mary Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Milward
Mr. James Pelphrey
Mr. Michael Potapov
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Prybil
Ms. Maria Ransdell & Mr. William Broberg
Mr. & Mrs. John Rasnick
Dr. & Mrs. Tyler Richmond
Mrs. Linda Roach
Mr. Will Robbins
Ms. Sharon Roberson
Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Russell
Mr. Greg Schuler
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Simmons
Ms. Phyllis Spears
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Throop
Dr. & Mrs Jeffrey Tuttle
Mrs. James C. Van Meter
Ms. Mary F. Vaughan
Mr. & Mrs. George Ward
Stewards ($100+)
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Anderson
Mr. Clifton Anderson
Dr. Lindsey Apple
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Aseltyne
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Baird
Mrs. James W. Baker
Mr. & Mrs. William Baldwin
Ms. Andrea Banks
Mr. Wayne Basconi
Ms. Ann N. Bass
Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Bates
Dr. Robert Baumann
Mr. & Mrs. Les B. Baynham, II
Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Bean
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Behr
Ms. Elizabeth Belanger
Ms. Tara Blair
Dr. & Mrs. M. Cary Blaydes
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Boden
Mr. & Mrs. John Bolash
Ms. Juliet Brewer
Ms. Katherine Brewer
Ms. Mary Broach
Mrs. Carolyn Brock
Kentucky Civil War Round Table
Mr. & Mrs. Shea Brown
Ms. Gretchen Brown
Ms. Jill Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Edward D. Bullard
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Burch
Ms. Kathryn Buster
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Cain
Mr. & Mrs. David Caines
Ms. Anne P. Cammack
Mrs. Linda W. Carey
Dr. & Mrs. Gerald E. Clay
Mr. & Mrs. Huston B. Combs
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Cowgill
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Cox
Mr. Markus Cross
Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Cunningham
Ms. Diane M Curry
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Dare
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Davis
Ms. Teresa Day
Mr. Clifford M. Denny
Ms. Susan Deskis & Mr. Mark Richards
Mrs. J. H. Dicken
Mr. & Mrs. Joel A. DiGirolamo
Ms. Meredith Dill
Ms. Christine Donahoe
Mr. Charles Duncan
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Eblen
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Eubank III
Mr. Bill Farmer Jr.
Mr. Theodore Fiedler & Ms. Sigrid Suesse
Mr. & Mrs. Morgan Fister
Mr. Walter Foreman
Mr. & Mrs. William Fortune
Dr. Dolores Mercedes Franklin
Mr. & Mrs. George Freeman
Ms. Joyce Genari
Mr. & Mrs. Gerken
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Goderwis
Mr. & Mrs. Philip J Goodman
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Gookin
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Gorton
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Green
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Griffis
Mr. Charles L. Grizzle
Mr. Frank Grow
Ms. Rose Marie Hackett
Mrs. Sue Hager
Ms. Lucy Hamilton
Mr. & Mrs. John Y. Hamilton
Ms. Adnee de Mobrey Hamilton
Mr. Hal Hancock
Ms. Liz Harper
Mrs. Gail H. Hart
Mrs. Phyllis R. Hasbrouck
Drs. David & Jeanne Heidler
Mr. & Mrs. H. Nelson Hilton
Mr. & Mrs. W. James Host
Ms. Susan Hubbard
Mr. & Mrs. Lindsey Ingram, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Ireland
Ms. Betty Jean Irvin
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Isherwood
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Jacobs
Mr. Gregory K. Jenkins
Mr. Walter Johnson
Mr. James Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kane
Mr. & Mrs. Todd Kelly
Mr. Philip Kern
Mr. Charles Kiefer
Ms. Marilyn Machara & Mr. Nathan Klemperer
Mr. & Mrs. James Kurz
Mr. Philip Latham
Ms. Jean Lawson
Ms. Kristan Lenning
Mr. & Mrs. Dave Leonard
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Clay List
Mrs. Wayne Lollis
Mrs. William Longarzo
Mrs. Richard J. Lyon
Mr. & Mrs. James Mack II
Ms. Lucy Mahan
Mrs. Janet B. Marshall
Mr. Daniel Mason & Ms. Mami Hayashida
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mason
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Masterman
Ms. Alicia McCorvey
Ms. Melissa McEuen
Mr. & Mrs. Jeb Messer
Mr. & Mrs. Grant Mills
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Milward
Mr. Burton Milward, Jr.
Mr. Michael Mitchell
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Mitchell
Ms. Katherine Mitzenmacher
Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Muntz
Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Nalli
Mr. Chad Needham
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Nicholson
Mrs. Myrtle C. Nudd
Mrs. Richard N. Parks
Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Patches
Dr. Ouida Tisdall Patton
Ms. Penelope Peavler
Mr. Edward & Mrs. Marti Pierson
Dr. Rhoda-Gale Pollack
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Queen
Ms. Becci Ray
Dr. & Mrs. James Reed
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Reynolds
Mr. & Mrs. Henry C.T. Richmond III
Ms. Caroline Ruschell
Ms. Davonna Saier
Sav’s Grill
Mrs. Ronald Schmidt
Mr. Richard Schoff
Mr. & Mrs. W. Thornton Scott
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Seck
Mr. Scott Shapiro
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel & Faron Shores
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Shuck
Mr. Ken Silvestri
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Smith
Ms. Jane Spiegel
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Stanwix-Hay
Mr. Dave Sweetall
Mr. Timothy Tassie
Mr. Gary M. Taylor
Mr. Brent & Ms. Melanie Terrell
Ms. Gwen Thompson
Mrs. C. Matthew Tierney
Mark & Eugenia Toma
Ms. Joyce Fugazzi Toth
Ms. Gay H. VanMeter
Mr. Ronald J. Vissing
Mr. Daniel Vivian
Dr. & Mrs. Philip Wahle
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh M Walker, Jr.
Ms. Gail Waller
Ms. Katherine Watts
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Weant
Mr. & Mrs. Woodford Webb
Mr. Robbin Wiley
Mr. & Mrs. Harvie Wilkinson
Mrs. Nellie Wilkinson
Ms. Bennett Williams
Mr. Mark Yanik
Mr. James Ziliak & Ms. Gena Mark
Supporters ($50+)
Ms. Patsy Anderson
Ms. Mary Jo Anderson
Ms. Teresa Apel
Ms. Carolyn August
Mrs. Frances K. Barr
Mrs. Marie Bradshaw
Mr. John Breslin
Mrs. Sam Caddy
Ms. Lynne Cornish
Ms. Cynthia Deitz
Ms. Alison Dunn & Ms. Kathleen Regan
Mr. Russell Emery
Mr. David Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. Jock Gum
Ms. Margaret Haist
Ms. Rachel Hampson
Ms. Hope Harvey
Ms. Nancy Heckman
Ms. Theodora Hibberd
Ms. Linda Hovermale
Mrs. Yvette Hurt
Mrs. Barbara Insko
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Janecek
Mr. Joshua Jennings
Ms. Cindy Johnson
Ms. Mary K. Kelly
Ms. Caryl Lambert Strode
Mrs. Ray Larson
Ms. Christine Levitt
Ms. Paula Lewis
Mrs. Janis London
Dr. & Mrs. John Loventhal
Dr. James C. McManis
Mr. Ernest N. Mize
Ms. Carol S. Myers & Ms. Swearingen
Ms. Kimberly O’Donnell
Ms. Susan Paulsen
Ms. Leontyne Peck
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Picinich
Mrs. Caroline Randolph
Mr. Howard Rescot
Ms. Piper Roby
Mr. Rob Rose
Ms. Cara Sparkman
Mr. Maury Sparrow
Mr. John Staehle
Mr. Matthew Strother
Mr. Mark Stumme
Ms. Barbara K. Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Tolbert
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Waddell
Ms. Katherine Walden
Ms. Jane Williams
In Memoriam
In Memory of Robert Berryman
Mr. & Mrs. John Cox
In Memory of M. Glynn Burke
Ms. Rosemary Minnick
Mr. Peter Rapoport
Mr. Rick Thompson
Mr. Ted Vimont & Ms. Nicole McCann
In Memory of John Gagel
The LXK Government Affairs Team
Mr. Patrick Brewer
Mr. David DeVore
Mr. Maxime Furkel
Ms. Beatrice Marneffe
Ms. Sylvie Thomas
In Memory of Embry “Mimi” Jacobs
Mr. Michael Fette
Mr. Michael Hayse
Mr. and Mrs. James Park, Jr.
In Memory of Harry Jones
Ms. Alicia Frey
Mr. & Mrs. C. Thomas Hardin
Mr. Sanford Levy
Mr. & Mrs. James Parker LaBach, Jr.
Mr. Marc Ray
Tanbark Association of Neighbors
In Memory of Leola Herring
Ms. Lauraine Avallone
Ms. Ami Bowman
Ms. Gloria Burchfield
Ms. Nisa Hanna
Ms. Peggy Herring
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hudson
Mrs. Caroline Randolph
Ms. Kelly Webb
In Memory of Elaine McDonald
Ms. Elizabeth Hansen
Ms. Maria Ransdell & Mr. William Broberg
In Memory of Judy Philpott
Mr. George Martin
Mrs. Amelia Ward
In Memory of Herbert Sledd
Mrs. Louise W. Sledd
In Honor
In Honor of Eric Brooks
Mr. & Mrs. Patterson DeCamp
In Honor of Jim Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Andrew
Ms. Tania Blanich
Ms. Linda K. Breathitt
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Cravens
Ms. Carolyn DiOrio
Darya and Bryson Droz
Ms. Sandra Fields
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Giles
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Gookin
Ms. Gina Greathouse
Mr. Jonathan Groth
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ochenkoski
Mr. Maury Sparrow
Mr. & Mrs. David Stith
Mr. Solomon Van Meter
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Weant
Messrs. Hikaru & Bradley Wigor
Mr. Eugene Young
In Honor of Dick DeCamp
Ms. Melinda Storey
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Young, Jr.
In Honor of Bill Hernandez
Mr. & Mrs. Jock Gum
In Honor of Howard & Flora Hill
Mr. Russell L. Emery
In Honor of Jack Russell
Ms. Susan Cowden
In Honor of Milly Ann Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Carpenter
Mrs. Linda W. Carey
Dr. & Mrs. John W. Collins, Sr.
Mrs. J. H. Dicken
Mrs. James G. Gay
In Honor of John Dowling Stewart
Ms. Penelope Peavler
Mrs. John P. Stewart
In Honor of Phil & Trudy Tibbs
Mrs. Barbara Hulette
+ Deceased donor recognized in memory of their generous contributions.
