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Our Major Supporters
These organizations and individuals have supported The Sun’s mission with money and consulting services.
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- Colorado Mountain News Media
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Thank you to the following donors who have supported ¶º±ÆÖ±²¥. Donors strengthen independent journalism in Colorado with their contributions. .
This list includes donors who have contributed $250 or more in the given fiscal year. ¶º±ÆÖ±²¥ began accepting donations in December of 2023. This list is updated monthly. Membership transactions are not included.
| Gift Amount | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000+ | Thiry-O’Leary Foundation | ||
| $10,000 – $24,999 | L.P. Brown Foundation David Carlson DAF at Rose Community Foundation | ||
| $5,000 – $9,999 | Alpenglow Foundation Ann Epps Giving Account Anonymous JAB Charitable Fund The Ned & Nathalie Fund The Orton-Urbina Fund at Schwab Charitable Gudrun Rice & Charles Kerr Wilson Family Foundation | Barton Family Foundation Alpenglow Foundation | |
| $2,500 – $4,999 | The Jerry Gart Family Foundation Jeffco DeAngelis Foundation Little Pub Fund Mighty Arrow Family Foundation The Townsend Fund at the Denver Foundation | The Townsend Fund at The Denver Foundation | |
| $1,000 – $2,499 | Katy Kurtz Mark Evans Shida Brown Giving Fund | The Alderfer Bishop Family Foundation American Online Giving Foundation Bill Baird The Blackbaud Giving Fund Jack Blake John Calderazzo Divine-Triggs Joy Fund Geraldine Edwards Susan Elder Curtis Hubbard Hesam Masoudi Merganser Fund Douglas and Laura Moran Charitable Fund Randolph Myers Richard Poulson Danny Rosen Pamela Simpson Nolting Kathleen Stump Torrey Schultz Fund Karen A Wagner Diane Wallach | Winslow Foundation The Grymes Fund at The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Danny Rosen |
| $500 – $999 | American Online Giving Foundation Cynthia Westergaard Greos Family Fund John A. Ogren The Thomas David and Janet Torrey Schultz Fund | Anonymous Helen Amoroso Christine Arbogast Deborah Arhelger and Wayne Citrin Katelyn Baker Ruth Blizard Laura H Cary Charitable Fund Chartiers West Craig Family Fund Deborah Clark Stephanie Farrell Betsy & Jesse Fink Charitable Fund Cheryl Ford Foster-Connolly Charitable Fund Mitch Galnick Nancy Grandis-Jones Paul Guenther Honey Hochstadt Family Fund Elizabeth Jacobsmeyer C. Thomas & Sarah Kaesemeyer Kathleen King Margaret Fowler Eileen Nichols Ken Ogan Blanca O’Leary Rice Kerr Giving Account Julia Riley Logan Ryan Lawrence Ryckman The Thomas David and Janet Simonson-Ashcraft Charitable Donations Fund William Tanner Debra Thomas Mary Ann Wilner Wyatt-Stone Family Giving Fund | The Ellenoff Family Fund Martha Fulford Connie Lehman Mark Hinton Cara Baldwin |
| $250 – $499 | Glenda Prosser Polly Wirtz Sylvia Li-chun Lin | Alpine Moose Charitable Fund Carrie Augustine Stephen Barcomb Thaddeus Batt Elizabeth Crane John Culver Lisa Curtis Kathleen Doyle Paul Ellis Laura Emerson Jennifer Engle Charitable Fund Lynnae Flora Robert Flynn Martha Fulford Friesen-Johnson Charitable Fund Gray Family Fund Gayle Hemenway Jeremy Hinegardner Fred Holbrook Burritt Hubbard Ann Imse Julia Keilman Connie Lehman C.M. Litzau Martin Mapes Michael Massa Rob & Sue MacCarthy Chris McCarthy Mike McPhee Heidi Miller Cynthia Morriss Stephen Negler Wynne Odell Theresa Oleski David Patterson Nicole Pitcher Zachary Pollack Cathy Rock Victoria Runkle Karen Sangster Andy Sayler The Schild Family Charitable Gift Fund Margaret Schmatz Emily Sinclair Michael Soltys Mac Stecko Jean Stoenner Julie Strawn Ann Sutton Jacqueline Ta Carl Tanner Laura Terpenning Richard Thomas Michael Touff Dale Trone David Weihnacht Cheryl Wenzinger Frederick Yu | Carol Atha Carrie Augustine Mary C. Beitner Sean Buck Susan Daggett Kathleen Doyle Margaret Eagan Daniel Esch Carolyn Grant Dave Hoyt Jim Kelley Theresa Oleski Dale Trone |