The work of the Island Institute would not be possible without the generous financial support of many people and organizations. We want to acknowledge and thank all of our grantors, business supporters, major donors, and Island Institute members. No matter the size of your contributions, your support truly makes a difference–our heartfelt gratitude to all.
If you are not an Institute member, we welcome your support. Consider becoming a member or find out other ways to contribute.
Here are ways your contribution may be put to use:
- Initiating our new programs in Community Resilience
- Providing accommodations for our Resident Fellows
- Hosting public readings
- Making writing workshops available for Sitkans
- Sending writers into Sitka schools
- Publishing our literary journal Connotations
- Convening community conversations on local and global issues
- Fostering collaborative civic engagement
- Supporting our partnership with Alaska Art Southeast to revitalize the Sheldon Jackson campus
- Carrying out special projects
Grantors
Sitka Business Donors
Fishermen’s Eye Gallery; Vern and Ruth Culp Harry’s / White’s / Seasons; Dirk and Trish White Precision Boatworks; Mike and Susan Litman Old Harbor Books, Sitka |
Hames Corporation / Seamart Quality Foods Sitka Rose Gallery; Eugene Solovyov Skookum Canvas Works; Donna Donohoe Specialty Imports |
Major Donors
Anonymous Linda Behnken and Kent Barkhau; Sitka David Chrislip and Carol Wilson; Boulder, CO Ralph Clark; Gunnison, CO Nancy and William Davis; Sitka Jerry Dzugan; Sitka Robert Ellis; Sitka Jamie Kaufman; New York, NY* Charles and Christine Horan; Sitka
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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, Sitka Hank Lentfer and Anya Maier; Gustavus, AKCaren Mathis; Anchorage, AK Michele McKitterick; Tustin, CA* Nancy Nordhoff; Langley, WA Michael and Stephanie Powell; Sherwood, OR Grace Schaible; Fairbanks, AK Ann Selbert; Arlington, VA Mark Seretan; Foothill Ranch, CA* Stef Steffen and Judy Kearns-Steffen; Sitka David and Marge Steward; Sitka |
Partner Members
Diane Aro; Lompoc, CA Jeff and Martha Pearson; Sitka Susan Prindle; Portland, Oregon Laura Servid; Seattle, WA Bill Sherwonit; Anchorage, AK |
John Sisk and Mary Pat Schilly; Juneau, AK Libby and William Stortz; Sitka Rachel Williams; Port Townsend, WA Leslie and Dusty Williams; Blaine, WA Joe Yarrow and Carmen Baehr; Boulder, CO |
Annual Members
Tele Aadsen; Bellingham, WA Rob Allen; Deerfield, MA Jane Allison; Brooklyn, NY William Ashton; Chugiak, AK Gail Bagley; Sitka Zoe Ballering; Port Townsend, WA* Phil Barber; Boulder, CO Annette Basalyga; Bridgeport, CT Janée Baugher; Seattle, WA Anita Behnken; Norwalk, CT Nancy Behnken; Sitka Dr. Janet Bell; Watsonville, CA Jesse Blackadder; Australia Gordon and Sarah Blue; Sitka Kayla Boettcher and Matthew Turner; Sitka Harvey and Kathleen Brandt; Sitka Tom Brightman and Tara Tracy; Kennett Square, PA Grace Brooks and Charlie Morgan; Sitka Marilyn Bruya; Missoula, MT Scott and Cleo Brylinsky; Sitka Chris and Tiffany Bryner; Sitka Jeff Budd; Sitka Norman and Toby Campbell; Sitka Brenda Campen; Sitka Mary Chambers; Sitka Terry Chapin; Fairbanks, AK Ben Clark and Emily Buck; Sitka Kenneth Cohen; Nederland, CO Joe and Sandy Cohen; Annapolis, MD Paul and Tracey Columb; Sitka Tom and Marylyn Conley; Sitka Gail Corbin; Pelican, AK Steve Culbertson and Vanni Prichard; Robertsville, MO John and Marilyn Daniel; Elmira, OR Joe D’Arienzo; Sitka Nora and Dick Dauenhauer; Juneau, AK Sarah DeLappe; Brooklyn, NY* Jeff Delauter; Brooklyn, NY* Bill and Carole Denkinger; Sitka Mary Diven and Michael Fleischhauer; Juneau, AK Jim Dodge; Arcata, CA Michael Donahue; Philadelphia, PA* Marcia Drake; Sitka Jim Drury and Linda Brandt; Price, UT Victor Dukay; Denver, CO Jane Eidler and Michael Wild; Sitka Larry Eickstaedt; Olympia, WA Margritt Engel; Anchorage, AK Alice Evans and Jon Heritage; Eugene, OR Jeff Fair; Palmer, AK Irene and Bill Ferguson; Sitka Jacqueline Fernandez; Sitka Ann Fienup-Riordan; Anchorage, AK Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrow; Fayston, VT Pauline Fredrickson; Sitka Michele Friedman; Sitka Helen Frost; Fort Wayne, IN Lynne Gallison; Plymouth, MI Elizabeth Gibbs; Norwalk, CT Sierra Golden; Maple Falls, WA Rebecca Goodale; Freeport, ME Charles Goodrich; Corvallis, OR Karen Grussendorf; Sitka Randy Hagenstein and Evie Witten; Anchorage, AK Eric Hanson and Susea Albee; Sitka Kent and Marilyn Hanson; Sitka Dave and Paulla Hardy; Sitka Christine Harrington; Sitka Rebecca Hartwell; Juneau, AK Robert Hass; Kensignton, CA Robert Hattle; Sitka Shannon Haugland; Sitka Gary Hawk; Missoula, MT Kim and Melanie Heacox; Gustavus, AK Dan Henry and Robin Grace; Eugene, OR Tim Hogan; Boulder, CO Pamela and Rick Holley; Assawoman, VA Hollis and Charlie Holstine; Philomath, OR Gary Holthaus; Anchorage, AK Emily Hsiao; Brooklyn, NY Bob and Kim Hunter; Sitka Sandy Huss; Santa Rosa Beach, FL Kathy Ingallinera; Sitka Tom Jacobsen; Sitka Tina and Marty Johnson; Sitka Kari Johnson and Steve Fish; Sitka Alice and Chuck Johnstone; Sitka Eliza Jones; Koyukuk, AK Nancy Jones; Bradford, UT Eric and Sarah Jordan; Sitka |
Suzanne Kanatsiz; Ogden, UT Mary Kancewick; Chugiak, AK John and Claire Keeble; Medical Lake, WA Pat Kehoe and Howard Pendell; Sitka Kim Kirkness; Sitka Dave and Marilyn Knapp; Bellingham, WA Nancy Knapp and Mark Gorman; Sitka Connie Kreiss and Floyd Tomkins; Sitka Martina Kurzer; Sitka Rebecca Lawton; Sonoma, CA Robert Lee; Missoula, MT Dennis and Jean Longstreth; Sitka Barry Lopez and Debra Gwartney; Finn Rock, OR Nancy Lord; Homer, AK Vanni Lowdenslager; Gunnison, CO Amy Love; Belchertown, MA Deborah Lyons; Sitka Sarah Mankoff; Hastings On Hudson, NY* Rose Manning; Sitka Cedar Marie; Norman, OK Deborah Marshall; Haines, AK Sherie Mayo; Sitka Rich and Suzi McClear; Sitka Mike and Blakely Mechau; Palisade, CO Mary Mercier and Alex Hancock; Madison, WI Debbie Miller; Belvedere, CA Donna Miller and Ron Fribush; Sitka Kate Miller; International Falls, MN Pamela Mittlefehldt; Duluth, MN Debbie Moderow; Anchorage, AK Kathy and Frank Moore; Corvallis, OR Jarrett Moran; Brooklyn, NY* Bitsy and Ron Mosher; Sitka Joanne Mulcahy; Portland, OR Don Muller and Mary Stensvold; Sitka Kent and Marilyn Nanson; Sitka Shawn Newell; Flagstaff, AZ Sheila Nickerson; Bellingham, WA Jon and Carolyn Nickles; Anchorage, AK Ginny Olney; Sitka Dorothy and Dean Orbison; Sitka Will Owen; Brooklyn, NY* Susan Padilla; Sitka Galen Paine and Don Surgeon; Sitka Lorne Peterson; Ottawa, ON Anne Pollnow; Sitka Mary and Bob Purvis; Sitka Heidi Raffaele and Karla Horner; Sitka Daniel and Mary Anne Rangel Guerrero; Bellingham, WA Barbara Ras; San Antonio, TX Chet Raymo; North Easton, MA Carlos Reyes and Karen Checkoway; Portland, OR Pat Roppel; Wrangell, AK Judith Rosenberg; Austin, TX Andrew Ruben; Wallingford, CT* Frank and Ruth Roth; Sitka Lisa Sadleir-Hart and Tom Hart; Sitka Lauret Savoy; Leverett, MA Migael Scherer; Lopez Island, WA Linda Schmidt; Sitka Debra Schnabel; Haines, AK William Schneider and Sidney Stephens; Fairbanks, AK Carol Schrantz; Normal, IL Ben Seretan; Middletown, CT* Jeb Sharp and Rhona MacBeth; Cambridge, MA Florence Shepard; Salt Lake City, UT Jana Kay Slater; Corvallis, OR Allen Smith; Olympia, WA Don Snow and Dorothy O’Brien; Walla Walla, WA Gary Snyder; Nevada City, CA Brian Sparks; Sitka Ann Staley and Courtney Cloyd; Corvallis, OR Susan Stanford; Sitka John Stein; Sitka Richard Stokes; Juneau, AK Jan and John Straley; Sitka Greg Streveler and Judy Brakel; Gustavus, AK Molly Sturges; Santa Fe, NM Will Swagel and Suzanne Portello; Sitka Pat Tagart; Boise, ID Tim and Marilyn Takaro; Asheville, NC Mary Therese Thompson and Peter Gorman; Sitka Peg Tileston; Anchorage, AK Linda Trierschield; Sitka Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim; Woodbridge, CT Cheryl and David Vastola; Sitka Linda Waller; Sitka Tom Wayman; Winlaw, BC Melissa and Forrest Wentzel; Sitka Gerda Wickett; Sitka |
*Support specifically directed towards the Sitka Fellows Program