Champions ($500,000+)

One anonymous Champion

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Ambassadors ($250,000 - $499,999)

The Carls Foundation

One anonymous Ambassador

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Conservators ($100,000 - $249,999)

Kathryn Bosco & Michael Bosco, Jr.

Kate Bulkley & Ross Biddiscombe

Francie & John Downing/Stony Point Foundation

Jim & Missy Ellis

Janet Rosel Smith & Mark K. Smith

Andy & Gloria Thomas

The Wallace Family

Linda & Joel Zylstra

Two anonymous Conservators

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Guardians ($50,000 - $99,999)

Warwick & Gale Fairfax

Sam & Jeani Martin

The McCord Family

Mothershead Foundation, from Katharine M. Kruse

Oakriver Foundation

Oleson Foundation

Denis & Martha Pierce

Rotary Charities of Traverse City

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Protectors ($25,000 - $49,999)

Kitty & John Cranor

The Gale Family

Kevin & Molly Jarzmik, in memory of Candace Sutfin

Kyle Jarzmik, in memory of Candace Sutfin

Dale Lersch & Sean Cronin

David & Louise Lutton

The Oliver Family Foundation

Jan & Ray Pezzi

Josh Schulze & Carrie Carlisle

Max & Gail Schwartz

Josh Scott & Carolyn Wilson-Scott

John & Susan Sentell

Rick Smith & Soon-Young Yoon

Dennis & Kathleen Turner

Jenny & Doug Wyatt

One anonymous Protector

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Defenders ($10,000 - $24,999)

Dorothy Stites Alig & William Higgins III

Jennifer Baker & Stephen Fishbein

Jamie & Jennifer Beuthin

Marion & Gene Cartwright

Deborah Foote Faulkner, in memory of Doug Faulkner, Willard and Charlotte Carmen Foote, and Beth Binford

Emma Fisher & Max Obata

Richard & Barbara Foster

Judy Jensen Fowler, in memory of Ben Fowler

Don Frerichs, in memory of Kathy

HP Foundation

James & Suzanne Landes

Leelanau Township Community Foundation, towards a concept plan for the attainable housing

Steve & Diane Lown

Diana & David Moore

John & Jacque Oliver

Rick & Jane Petty

The Stanley Family

Mary Clay Stites

Ronald & Mary Tonneberger

Michael Turner

Jenny & Tom Williams

Anne Miles Vaughan

Jay & Susie Woodhull

Two anonymous Defenders in memory of Wendell W. Meyer, Hugh Farber, George and Judy Helvey and Malcolm and Lonnie Morley

Two anonymous Defenders

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Stewards ($5,000 - $9,999)

Krista Berman & Richard Mark

Susan Cahn & Mario Batali

The Cann Family

Sherrard & Dan Cote

Roger David Edgley & Karen Lynn Edgley

George Kyle Evans & Michael J. Chetcuti

Julie & Grant Fitz, part of Cove Trail Challenge

Rick & Silvia Gans

Troy & Michele Ihlanfeldt

Sara Later & Steve Luebkeman

Steven & Louise Leuthner

Donald & Donna Lystra

Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Major

Ronald & Elizabeth “Betsy” Mallek

David & Jeff Mark

Paula & Bill McMenamy

John, Ann Marie & Drew Mitchell; Matt Mitchell & Candice Korkis

Jacqueline Novogratz & Chris J. Anderson

Peter Quinnan & Mark Boire

Wayne & Lisa Randall, in memory of Carol von Stade

Rip & Gail Rapson

Keith & Marci Rhodes

Barbara Richman & Gary Schultheiss

Joe & Sandy Samberg

Peter & Alice Schaff

Nathan & Tara Scherrer

Robert & Amy Singer

Robert & Mary Smart

Hans-Joerg & Lenka Sturm

Philip S. Thomas

David & Kylie Timmons

Peter & Patricia Van Dusen

Deborah Van Vechten, in honor of 100-year-old family-owned and solely occupied cottage

Beth Verhey & Daniel Toole

Melissa von Stade & Peter Shriver

Paul Walter & Meredith Simpson

John & Christine Woomer

Four anonymous Stewards

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Friends (Up to $4,999)

Porter & Anita Abbott

Rebecca L. Abbott 

Weston & Julie Adams

Mark & Andrea Allen

Pim & Brayton Alley

Karen Anderson

Susan L. Anderson, in memory of Annette Anderson Deibel

Paul Anderson

Paul & Melisse Anderson

Kim & Dennis Armbruster

Atwill Memorial Chapel

Lois Bahle & Larry Mawby

Janel Balloid

The Barber Family

Virginia and Tom Baxter

Diana Baxter

Wendy & Gary Bice

Linda & Michael Birtles

Michael & Marcia Biskupski

Joseph & Kathleen Borg

Andrea Boudah

Andrew Bowman & Elena Kaufman

Helen Bradley

Jim & Pam Brown

Arthur H. & Nancy Bunn

Judith Case

Juan Colina de Vivero

Paul & Darlene Comita

Barbara Conley

Lynn Contos, in honor of Byron Woolsey

Albert Counselman, in honor of Marian Kromkowski

Dale Criniti, in memory of Carol von Stade

Robert Cullum

Marcia & Jeff Deboer

Jan Rygwelski and Joe DeFors

The Delaney Family

Tom & Audrey DeVault

Bette Donahue

Darlene Doorlag

Delea Dunn, in support of the vision to permanently preserve this property

Meriwether S. Eisenhard

Robin Emmons

Pace Cooke Emmons & Andy Mead

Elizabeth & Kris Ernst

Megan Ernst, in honor of Andy Thomas

Erwin Living Trust

Laura Faino

Lee & Jill Foerster

Virginia & Edward Foley

Betsy Foote & Thomas Gebhardt, in memory of Doug Faulkner

Melissa Franklin

Christiane French, in memory of John Sweet

Cheryl Gain & Brian Fairbrother

Marc Gall

Gene & Kathy Garthe

Steve Gilbreath

William Goodspeed

Rena Gordon

Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation 

Karen Rubner Grotberg

John & Vicki Gudritz

Drs. Clifford & Roberta Hale

Sharon Hall

James & Joy Ham

Gina Harder

Conservation Partners LLP

Kim Hayes

Chris Wilson & Jim Hebert

Roberta Henrion, in memory of M. Jon Posner

Eileen & Bob Herber

Oran Hesterman & Lucinda Kurtz

Kristi Holmstrom

Jay & Diane Homan

Richard & Carol Isphording

Beth Kalchik

Kellogg Foundation 

James Kemper

Michael Kendrick & Gail Mizner

Nana Kennedy

Clara Kincaid

Samuel Kincaid, in memory of Rene Milliken

Donna Klein

Margaret Klesney & Timothy Donaghy

Patty Klintworth

Devon Knight

Marian Kromkowski

Don & Jane Les

Jerry Levine & Sarah Pokempner

Lois Counterman & James Levy

Wendy & John Lichtenwalter

Kieran Magrini, in honor of Nana & Dick Kennedy

Nancy Hedges Mahany

Judy Mardigian

Dudley von Stade Mason

Kate Mason & Mary Lee Miller

John & Mary Helen Maynard

John & Lisa McClure 

Kathryn McCord

Harold & Kanda McKee

Cathy McKinstry

Mary Mead-Hagen

Allison and Patrick Miller

Becky Allen Mixter

James Morse

Howard Newby

Chris & Linda Nicastro

Gregory Nobles & Anne Harper

Allen & Patricia Noftz

Maia Novak

Mary Jo O'Connor & Robert Steinhilber

Judy & Tom Oetinger

Timothy Overdier

Woody Palmer & Bonnie Marris

Jann Parsons

Jeffery Perlman & Liz Snyder Perlman

Rena Thomas Porat & Avner Porat, in memory of our son Ari Porat

Lisa Price

Charlotte Read

James & MaryAlice Rickert

Deborah Robbins

Patrick Robson, in honor of Lynn Robson

Jim Rogers

Charles & Sarah Rowland

Joseph Ruble Charitable Fund

Seth Sadis & Kristen Verhey

Jeff & Debbie Samberg, on behalf of the Acadia Woods Crew

John Sanders & Georgie Murray

Charles & Cheryl Schaff

Elasah Schaff-Smith

April Schwaegerle

David Searby, in honor of Bunny Hinsch

Linda Seder

Mary Hedges Seyfer

Carol L. Smith

William & Kay Sulau

Lynn Sutton

Cassandra Sweet, in memory of John Sweet

Marguerite Sweet, part of Acadia Woods Group 

Tenenbaum Family Trust, in memory of Phyllis Kilcherman

Sonya Thielmann

Priscilla Thomas

Lindsey C. Thomas & David Lauth

Lauren Thomas-Kincaid & Tony Kincaid

John & Kim Todd

Barbara Trippe

Becky Tyler, in honor of Carol L. Waters

Rochelle Vaughan

Norma Verhey, in appreciation of the work of the board of NCV

Karen Viskochil

Rob & Beth Vogt

Natasha Gregson Wagner & Barry Watson

Carol L. Waters

Barbara Gilmore Weber

Douglas Whitley

Mike & Alison Willett

Carol & Tom Winstel Family

Ruth Winter

John Zarafonetis

William Zolkowski

Seven Anonymous Friends