Our Supporters

Next Chapter Visionaries

Thank you to these individuals and foundations who have made a donation of $100,000 or more in 2024 or 2025.

Bonnie Hagerman
Higley Major Gifts Fund at the Cleveland Foundation
Bob and Susan Immerman

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
Debbie and Steve Joseph

Steve and Loree Potash Family Foundation
William M. Weiss Foundation

Next Chapter Leaders

Thank you to these individuals who have made a donation of $25,000 or more in 2024 or 2025.

Paul and Cookie Joseph

Paul and Cookie Joseph
Judi and Steve Kovach
Albert and Audrey Ratner
Michael and Paula Sieger

Anonymous

Literacy Champions

Thank you to these individuals who have made a donation of $5,000 or more in 2024 or 2025.

Andy Albrecht and Jean Bayless Albrecht
Carol and Art Anton
Brian and Gretchen Colleran Foundation
Elizabeth Bates
Dick and Nancy Bennett, in memory of Stephen B. Bennett
Kate Bishop
Joe and Sue Corsaro
Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Karen Eagle
Deena and Dick Epstein
James and Jane Finley
Betsy Figgie
Rick and Mary Ann Greiner
Ringen Fund
Lee and Peter Haas
Jeff and Stacie Halpern
Ron & Lydia Harrington Family Foundation
Jan Hammond and Ed Hemmelgarn
Sondra and Stephen Hardis
The Hershey Foundation
Janice and Arnold Hirshon
Becca and Neal Huntington

Richard and Lisa Immerman
Irving and Gloria Fine Foundation
Stef and Chuck Jarrett
Gina and Brian Jeckering
John J. and Frances E. Dwyer Fund at the Cleveland Foundation
Peter and Stephanie Johnson
Scott and Kim Joseph
Amy E. Kellogg
Ruth and Bruce Klotzman
Ellen Mattingly and Rick Knapp
Gregory and Susan Kruszka
John and Mary Carol Lewis
Dr. Laura and Mr. John Milgram
Stephanie and Jared Miller
Jessica and A.D. Naik
Iris Hollander November and Family

Donna and Joseph Pacchioni
Payne Family Giving Fund
Alec and Tamara Pendleton
Dorothea and Michael Polster
Marlon Primes and Kathi-Howard Primes
PwC
James and Susan Ratner
Ronald and Deborah Ratner
Leslie R. Resnik
Ringen Fund
Kristen and Bob Saada
Linda C. Smythe
John and Ann Steinbrunner
Betsy and Fred Stueber
Cheryl and Mickey Weinstein
Zangara/Friedl Family
Anonymous (2)

Golden Book Society

Thank you to these donors who have made an annual donation of $1,000 – $4,999 in 2024.

Adam Jaffe
Mrs. Cheryl Alexander
AlignRx Consulting
Amanda Coyne
Anne Juster
Anne Mooney
Anonymous
Bay United Methodist Church
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff
Blanche and Jack Valancy
California Closets
Caplan Wright Family Fund
Church of Saint Dominic
Cindy and Ric Eickhoff
Cleveland Clinic

Corrine L. Dodero-Salvador
David Devich
Defy Security
Eliza and John Saada
Garton Family Charity
Helen F. & Louis Stolier Family Foundation
Jan Frey
Jessica Garton
Jessica Smith
Jones Day
Joyce and Ron Lott
Key Bank Foundation
Kim Bowser
Kiwanis Foundation of Cleveland
Lorraine Dodero
Lucy and Chuck Weller

Mark and Mary Elizabeth Cotleur
Morgan Staten
Nikki and J.B. Bickerstaff
Palo Alto Networks
Pamela Blake
Ratliff & Taylor
RMG Investment Group LLC
Ron and Sherry Soeder
Ruby Mack
Sandy and Thomas Nelson
Sherwin-Williams Foundation
Stand Out For Good, Inc.
Stephanie Church
Sterling Associates Group
United Way of Greater Cleveland
University School

Friends of the Kids’ Book Bank

Thank you to everyone who has supported the Kids’ Book Bank with a gift of any size. Thank you to those below that provided support of $250-$999 in 2024.

Joanie and Thomas Adler
Carlie Alicea
The Benjamin E. and Lindsay C. Baran Family
Karen Bostwick
Christopher and Stephanie Church
Carol Conrad
Rhonda Crowder
Lillian Emmons
Nancy Erkkila
Brett Gigliotti
Mr. and Mrs. David Hanson
Nora Hartnett
Jayne and William Hasler
Barb Hauck
Cyndi and Harry Hawkes
Drew and Linda Hertz
Amelia Heston
Yolanda Hicks
Susan Holderness
Nancy Jager
Linda Johnson
Sharon Jokela
Roberta Katzman
Rujman Khan
Quentin Koopman
Michael, Shannon, and Jackson Kovach
Evan Kramer
Jane Kramer

Debbie and Rick Johnson
Caroline and Mort McClennan
Martha and Patrick McGraw
Sharon McIntyre
Gerald Medinger
Mary Michael
Gina Morgan
Betsi and Warren Morris
Anonymous
Kelly Noble
Margie and Sid Ordog
KeyBank Employee
Travis Phillips
Brian Pietrzak
Kirsten Purtell
Judie Quin
Megan Rectenwald
Jackie and Fred Rothstein
Suzanne and Jonathan Scharfstein
Leah Segedi
Rebecca Adele Events
Heidi Stapulionis
Fran Stewart and David Mook
Melissa Stickney
Peter and Cindy Straffon
Joan E. Trey
Mary Weatherhead and Steven Feldman
Abbott Laboratories
Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund

Commonwealth Rolled Products
Daniel W. LoPresti ’03 Philanthropic Board
Ernst & Young LLP
Evan Kramer Giving Fund
FOE No 2436 Ladies Auxiliary
Fount Leather
Fran Stewart and David Mook Family Fund
Gilmour Academy
Grover Family Fund
IRA FBO Nancy O Erkkila-Pershing LLC as Custodian
Jason & Christine Staviscak Family Charitable Fund
Jonathan and Suzanne Scharfstein Charitable Fund
Joshua R. Weil Search for Meaning Fund
Junior Ratner Club
Kramer Family Giving Account
Beatrix Stickney
Morgan Stanley Gift (DAF)
Nestle USA
Park Synagogue
Schwab Charitable – Susan Holderness DAF
Sherwin-Williams
The Allayne and Douglas Wick Foundation
The Vincent William Baran Charitable Fund
Thomas and Joann Adler Family Donor Advised Fund – Jewish Fed of Cleve
U.S. Bank
Vocon Design
Warren L. Morris Charity Fund
William R Hasler and Jayne Farrell Hasler Charitable Fund