Donors
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