2023 Annual Donors

$100,000 and up

Anonymous

John and Cathie Estey

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Malcolm and Virginia O’Hagan

Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation

$50,000 – $99,999

Abra Prentice Foundation, Inc.

Roger and Julie Baskes

Joan E. and Robert A. Clifford

Jane Irwin

The Negaunee Foundation

Donna Van Eekeren

Anonymous

BMO

Brinson Foundation

Ellen and Don Clark

S. Leigh Pierson Conant and Douglas R. Conant

The Efroymson Family Fund

Jay and Robin Hammer

Hill and Cheryl Hammock

Eugene Jarvis and Sasha Gerritson

Library of Congress

Catherine Mouly and Ted Carlson

Dominique Raccah and Raymond Bennett

S&C Electric Company Fund at the Chicago Community Foundation

Wintrust Financial Corporation

Anonymous

Accent Charitable Fund, The Cabay Family

Allstate Insurance Company

Ann Bradley

Scott and Beth Brady

Bulley & Andrews, LLC

Marion Cameron-Gray and J. Douglas Gray

CIBC

Clifford Law Offices

Carolyn Curiel and Mark Van Fleet

Dr. Scholl Foundation

Brenda and James Grusecki

James and Carol Hansen

Werner and Marleen Hein

Jastromb Family Philanthropic Fund

Ivan and Kathy Kane

Grove Mower/Hummer Mower Associates

Linda S. Nagarkatti

Patrick O’Hagan and Paula Llaneza

Michael and Tracey Scodro

Larry Shulman and Rhonda Rochambeau

Robin and Sandy Stuart Foundation

Sally Wood

Anonymous

Marie Arana

Gail C. Bent

Lloyd and Kathryn Bettis

Amy and Paul Carbone

Carey Cranston and Ellen Tritschler

Michael T. Clune

Roxanne Decyk and Lew Watts

Christopher Esbrook/Esbrook P.C.

Edith and Gerald Falk

Michael and Diane Hora

Glenn and Christine Kelly

Emily and Robert King

Daniel Korengold and Martha Dippell

Michael and Bonnie LoPresti

Kevin Matzke and Jacqueline Griesdorn

Shanti Nagarkatti

The Neilom Foundation – Davinder K. Anand

Zibby Owens

Penguin Random House

ReaderLink

Amanda and John Rutledge

Sheli and Burton Rosenberg

Dan and Angela Yergin

Carol and Irving Yoskowitz

Shadi Bartsch

Norman and Virginia Bobins, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation

Phillip and Jill Calian

Joseph Brennan and Leslie Shad

Walter Carlson and Debora de Hoyos

John Cialone and David Seleb

John Cole and Nancy Gwinn

Brian and Jennifer Coulter

Marion Covey and Joe Harmon

Romi Crawford

Robin and Edward Culbertson

Robert and Susan Culver

Julie Danis

Nancy Dehmlow

Frances and Robert Del Boca

Rita Dragonette

William and Joan Dutton

Steve and Dorne Eastwood

Renee Edelman

Virginia Fitzgerald

Deborah and James Franczek

Robert Garvey and Dana Hokin

Sergii Gerasymovych

Reginald Gibbons and Cornelia Spelman

Laurel Grieman and Peter Walton

Erin Grodnick

Bruce and Jamie Hague

Elissa Hamid Efroymson and Adnaan Hamid

Lawrence and Camille Hanson

Elzie and Deborah Higginbottom

PJH & Associates

Jeffrey and Mary Josephs

Henry Kleeman and Joan Boughton

Laughing Acres Family Foundation Inc.

Jim Lawson and Wende Fox

Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation

Tom and Sue Lydon

Peter and Mary Mavrogenes

Swati and Bobby Mehta

Debra and Blake Moritz

Richard and Mary Beth Murphy

Jossy Nebenzahl

Isabel Notz Fiore

Charles O’Connor III and Susan Plaeger

Joseph L. Parker

Michael and Christine Pope

Carol Prins and John Hart

Charles Rizzo

Jacquelyn Robinson

Scott Sachnoff and Josephine Brill

Clark and Marcia Silcox

John Sirek and Colleen Laughlin

Leif Soderberg

Philip Thompson and Therese Unumb

April Tritschler

Scott Turow

Ann and Jeffrey Walters

Robert and Susan Wislow

Founding Patrons

The AWM is grateful to its Founding Patrons, who made leadership gifts in the early days of the museum’s development. Thanks to these generous friends, the AWM became a reality.

$1 million +

S. Leigh Pierson Conant and Douglas R. Conant

Malcolm and Virginia O’Hagan

Stead Family Foundation

$500,000 – $999,999

John and Cathie Estey

The Meijer Foundation

The Negaunee Foundation

Wintrust Financial

Roger and Julie Baskes

Jay and Robin Hammer

James and Carol Hansen

Anonymous

Bulley & Andrews

Maree G. Bullock, in memory of Jimmie R. Alford

Marion A. Cameron

Clune Construction

M. Hill and Cheryl Hammock

Jastromb Family Philanthrophic Fund

John and Mary Pappajohn

S&C Electric Company

BMO Harris Bank

Chicago Community Trust

Exelon

Robert and Gena Franden

Joyce and Bruce Gates

Werner and Marleen Hein

Ivan and Kathy Kane

Marc Realty

Jim and Linda Mitchell

Catherine Mouly and Ted Carlson

National Endowment for the Humanities

Poetry Foundation

Roberta Rubin and Family

Abra Prentice Foundation, Inc.

Allstate Insurance Company

Lloyd and Kathryn Bettis

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bobins, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation

Chicago Council of The American Writers Museum

Ellen and Don Clark

Robert A. and Joan E. Clifford

Combe Family

Dell

Daniel Korengold and Martha Dippell

The Donnelley Foundation

William and Joan Dutton

Frank and Gayle Eby

Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust

Stephanie and Roger Hochschild

Jane Irwin

Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Koldyke

Komarek-Hyde McQueen Foundation

Chase Collins Levey

Gerry Gedroic Lichterman

The Descendants of General Alexander C. McClurg

Coco and Ethan Meers

Milne Family Foundation

Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols

Penguin Random House

Ralph and Evelyn Davis Family Foundation

H. John and Diane M. Riley Family Fund

Burton X. and Sheli Rosenberg

Larry Shulman and Rhonda Rochambeau

Robin and Sandy Stuart Foundation

Angela Stent and Daniel Yergin

Anonymous (3)

Tom and Mary Carmel Borders

The Brinson Foundation

Carey Cranston and Ellen Tritschler

Bill and Kittie Devers

Paul Dykstra and Spark Cremin

Joan and Kevin Evanich

Edith and Gerald Falk

Hachette Book Group

Ronne and Robert Hartfield

Harvey Hubbell Foundation

Beverly and Warren Hayford

IHS Markit

Jannotta Family Fund

Lamar, Lisa, Mary, Elaine and Paul Johnson

Macmillan Publishers

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moss

Richard W. Muzzy and Susan Beebe Muzzy

Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr.

Lynne and Larry Robinson

Sara Lee and Axel Schupf

Arch W. Shaw Foundation

Savills Studley

Nike B. Whitcomb