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We wish to thank the following foundations, associations, corporations and individuals that have generously donated or become members of the Washington News Council since it was created in late 1998. The Council greatly appreciates their continued support of our work. We are a 501(c)(3) organization, so all contributions are tax-deductible.

If you'd like to become a donor/member of the News Council, click HERE.

$250,000 and above (1999-2004)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

 

$25,000 and above
 

Bruce & Jolene McCaw/Apex Foundation
Stan McNaughton/PEMCO

Peter A. Horvitz/PAH Foundation

 

$10,000 and above
 

The Boeing Company
Microsoft

Weyerhaeuser
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Fndtn.
The Gallatin Group (includes in-kind)
Preston Gates & Ellis

Sandy Schoolfield & Jon Kechejian


$5,000 and above

 

Alaska Airlines

Chateau Ste. Michelle

Medina Foundation

Charles & Tracy Nordhoff

Northern Trust Bank
Northwest Airlines

Puget Sound Energy
Seattle Mariners

State Farm Insurance

 

$2,500 and above
 

Aramark Sports & Entertainment

Stan Barer
The Bullitt Foundation
William H. Gates
Premera/Blue Cross

Skip Rowley

Wes Uhlman


$1,000 and above

Association of Washington Business
At-sea Processors Association
Baldwin Resource Group
Dr. Richard & Edwina Baxter
The Benaroya Company
Charles Bingham

Building Industry Association of WA

Suzie M. Burke

Patsy Bullitt Collins

Carney Badley Spellman
Tom Downey

Dan Evans Alumni
Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs

FarWest Agribusiness Association
Jack Fay
Fisher Broadcasting Inc.

Floyd and Delores Jones Foundation
Sue & Bob Frause

Fremont Dock Company
Paul & Nina Goodwin

Margo & Andy Gordon
Gorton Legacy Group
Jane Hague

Susan Han
Pat and Bob Herbold
Walt & Teddy Howe

Ken & Marlene Jones

Barry Mitzman

Merriman Capital Management
Moore Ink.
Cyrus Krohn

Mariana Parks
Patti Payne

Republican Radio
Herb Robinson
Bill & Jill Ruckelshaus
SAFECO
George and Ruth Scott
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Frank Shrontz
Starbucks Coffee Company
Turner Construction Company
University of Washington
US West
Vulcan Northwest
Washington Agriculture Legal Foundation
Washington Dairy Products Association
Washington Restaurant Association
Washington State Farm Bureau
Washington State Grange

Washington State Labor Council

Washington State Potato Commission
Washington State Trial Lawyers Assn.
Washington State University
The Weiss Company

Wingood Foundation


$500 and above

Adobe Systems Inc. (in-kind)

Bank of America
Herb & Shirley Bridge

Russ Brooks

Jack Broom

Steve & Jodi Brown

Dorothy Bullitt

Gwen Bulthaup

Steve Buri

Larry & Suzanne Cali
Steve Cherkas

Tom Cock Jr.
Chuck & Judy Dunsire
Jim Ellis
Robert English

Lynn & Mark Erickson

Suzanne Dale Estey

Vicki G. Fabre

John Fluke
Gogerty Stark Marriott
Austin Hamer

Suzanne Hartman

Ken & Cathi Hatch
Jeannette Hayner
David Horsey
KING 5 Television
KIRO 7 Television
KOMO 4 Television 
Paul Merriman

Shan & Lee Mullin
Port Blakely Tree Farms
Mike & Barbara Poulson
Joe & Jaynie Putnam

Eddie & Beverly Reed
Charles & Penny Robinson

Rita Ryder

Jim & Mary Shenfield
Steve Shulman

Stephen Silha

Bob & Betty Utter

William Van Valkenberg

Bob & Joan Wallace

Scott Wallace

Jim Warjone

 

$250 to $500
 

Sidney & Marika Abrams

Maria Ackley & Jay Uchida

Bill & Nancy Bain

Putnam Barber

Ken & Virginia Billington

Steve Boyer
Herb & Shirley Bridge

Bob & Suzanne Carlile

Robert Cihak

Pat Coryell

Don & Marilyn Covey
Dan Cummings

Aubrey & Henrietta Davis

John Dimitriou
Carolyn Duncan

Grover & Linda Ellis

Dick & Sharon Friel

Carver Gayton
Shirl E. Gilbert

Rick Goodman

Charles Hasse

Jeff Idler

Lee Keller

Jim & Betty King

Jon Magnusson

Nancy L. Mar

David Marriott

Virginia McCarty

Joe McGavick
Bill & Judy Morton

Vincent Mullally

Harold Pelton

Dick & Margaret Pryne

Chuck Rehberg
Victor & Marcia Rosellini

Cliff & Jille Rowe

Shelby Scates & Joan Hansen

Alan & Nancy Sclater

Roger & Darlene Simmons

Karen Sutherland

Ted Van Dyk

Ada Lou Wheeler

R.Y. & Woody Woodhouse

 

$25 to $250
 

Tadahiro Abe

Julie Adams

Evonne Agnello

Bruce Agnew

James & Billie Andersen

Norm Arkans & Mona Modiano

Bill Asbury

Jorgen Bader

Paul & Jamel Barden

Carol Barnard

John Betrozoff

Greg Bever

Becky & Ernie Bianco

Katia Blackburn

Robert Blake

Patricia Bowman

Susan Braukus Hempstead
Dan Caldwell

Pedro & Laura Celis

Bruce Chapman

John & Mary Charles

Chiechi & Associates

Tina Chin

Ed Clark

Lawrence Cock

Brian Comstock

Dow Constantine

Michael & Lucy Copass

Susan & James Daly

Pat Davenport

Brewster Denny

Jack DeYonge

Diane Aboulafia-DˆJaen

Kevin O. Donohoe

Maggie Dorsey

Jack Doughty

C.R. Douglas

Steve Dunphy

Paul Dziedic

Larry Ehl

Stuart Elway

Pat Emerson

Adam Faber

Denny Fleenor

Steven Friederich

Bernie Friedman

Maureen Frisch

Judy Goldberg

Thomas Goldstein

Ann Goos

Catalina & James Gorman

Slade & Sally Gorton

Gerald M. Greenberg

Paul Guppy

Anne Haenni & Ralph Cranston

Jerry Hanna

Gene Hannula

Charlene Hansen

Scott & Pattei Hardman

David Hargreaves

Laird Harris

Peter Heinz

Jill Hodges
Caroline Holmes

Maryann & Roy Huhs

Dan Hungate

Barbara Huston

Diana Sick Ingman

Glenda Inman

John Irby

David Irons

Ward & Lois Irwin

David Ishii

Joyce Jackson

Wallace & Sonna Lee James

Anne Johnson

Elizabeth & William Johnston

Pat Jenkins

Anne Johnson

George & Karen Kargianis

Sandeep Kaushik

Tom Keefe

Donald Kelts

Jim Keough

Gil Kerlikowske

Charles & Jeannie Krohn

Robert & Ruth Kildall

Dr. Ann Marie Kimball

Robert S. Klein

Jan Knutson

Paul Kraabel

Taso Lagos

Karen Lane
Otto & June Lang

Art Langlie

Jeff Lanning

Deanie Larsen

Grant Larsen
Steve Leahy

Jean & Roger Leed

John & Claire Lein

Walter Liang

Dick Lilly

Mike Lowry

Gene V. Lux

Lenore & Robert Lyle

Peter Machno

Mimi MacLeod

Norm Maleng

Frances Malone

Christy Martin

Kenneth Martin
Carol Matzke

Rosemary & Jim McAuliffe

David McCallum

Peter McCarrell

Larry McCracken
Andy & Cheryl McLauchlan

Pat McMahon

Ralph & Karen Munro

Patrick & Kay Murray

Neil & Nancy McReynolds

Joe Mentor

David Messerschmidt

Jerry & Judy Miller
G.L. Monahan

Teresa Moore
Duncan & Lai Morrell

Brock Mullins

Robert & Tracey Neat

Sherry Nebel

Mary M. Neilson
Assunta Ng

R.T. Nelson

Toby Nixon
Colleen Nordlund

Nick OˆConnell

R.A. OˆDonnell

Shannon OˆLeary

Mark Oggel

Tom & Angela Owens

Dick & Alinda Page

Noriko Palmer

Penny & Gerald Peabody

Gary Pearson

Randy & Sidney Pepple

Kathleen Pierce

Frank & Janet Ploof

Jim Potter

Eugene Prince

Harry Pryde
Jan Quintrall

Andrea Rabinowitz

Raymond & Kay Ramming

Bill Robinson
Chuck Robinson
Jennifer Roseman
Robert Rosencrantz

Bob Rosner

David Samp

Richard Sandaas

Vicki Scharlau

Dwight & Helga Schear

Jon Schorr

Bob Schulman

Randy Scott
Steve Shulman
Iantha Sidell

Art Siegal

Dann Mean Smith

Mohamed Souaiaia

Lisa Lynn Sowder

Jim & Fawn Spady

Stephen Spoonamore

Ed Springman

Bill & Stephanie Stafford

Margaret Stanley & Tom Bleakney

Mary Ellen & Mark Stinskist

Rev. William J. Sullivan

Phil Talmadge

Jesse T. Tam

Don Theiler

Paul Thomas

Harold Thoreen

Kathleen & David Thorne

Robert Thorpe

Dean Tonkin

Bob & Barbara Tourtillotte

Don Vandervelde

Keith & Lori VanderZanden

Michael Verchot

Michael Vranizan
Washington Food Processors Council

Phil Watkins

Barbara & Jack Williams

Hill & Mary Williams
Heidi Wills & Kobi Yamada

David Wood

Dan Youmans

Russ Young