We believe strongly that you should know how your journalism is being funded, and by whom. To that end, we publicly post the names and contribution ranges for memberships or gifts of $200 or more. Here is a list of our current supporters:

Founding donors ($5,000 and above)

• The Estate of Lorraine Deubel
• Anne and Raymond Gendreau
• Henri Gendreau
• Google News Initiative
• Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers

Guardian angels ($2,500 to $4,999)

• Lucas Thornton

Angels ($500 to $2,499)

• Book No Further
• Susan Butz
• Dotsy Clifton
• Robert Dean
• Elaine Fleck
• William Fralin
• Jim Garrett
• Gavin Miller
• Kurt Navratil
• Ken Voss
• J. David Wine

Patrons ($200 to $499)

• Genevieve Anderson
• Phillip Anderson
• Backstreet Beat LLC
• Samantha Barton
• Joel Bashore
• Ryan Bailey
• Cynthia Barnhart
• Don Barnhart
• Robert Barrow
• Robert Beatty
• Michael Branch
• Jen Brothers
• Robert Brown
• Louise Chagnon
• Pearl Chiu
• Mary Lu Clark
• Susan J Cloeter
• Craig S. Coker
• Robert H. Cole
• Valerie Coles
• Crafteria: Handmade Food & Goods
• Naomi Clements
• Joseph Ariel Cuadrado-Medina
• Rupert Cutler
• Lawrence Dickenson
• Tom Doss
• Edward Downing
• M.T. Eley
• Alex Eliades
• Lauren Ellerman
• Angela D Thompson Elliott
• Raphael and Terri Ferris
• Mary Flinn
• Linda Frith
• Aaron Garland
• Keri Garnett
• Michelle Gompf
• Cathy Greenberg
• Ann and Bill Hackworth
• Brenda Hale
• Susan Hardaway
• Whitney Hayes
• Jeremy Holmes
• Ollie Howie
• Douglas Hubert
• David Hungate
• Douglas Jackson
• Benjamin Jones
• Daniel Jones
• Gregory J Kaknes
• Mary K. Keene — in memory of John Lucas Krippendorf, a.k.a. “Luke Pewk the Living Legend”
• Mary L. Kegley
• Robert Kegley
• Tom Kennedy
• Daniel Key
• Michael Kotchish
• Alison Krug
• Doshia Kushman Pagán
• Kelly Kuykendall
• Ryan and Emily LaFountain
• Jeffery Lewis
• Jim Lindsey
• Will Lindsey
• Christopher Link
• Rob Logan
• Dee Lovelace
• Michelle McDowell Smith
• Peg McGuire
• Terry McGuire
• Simon Mitchell-Wolf
• Gay Montree
• Nancy Morris
• Bryan A. Musselwhite
• Phazhon Nash
• Theresa Ruth Neilsen-Steinhardt
• Clifford A. Nottingham
• Gwenith Nuss
• Philip W. Parker
• Edwina Parks
• John W. Pendleton
• Anne Perrin
• Alicia Petska
• Linda Pharis
• Charlotte Porterfield
• Shaleen Powell
• Catherine and Matt Prescott
• Paula Prince
• Betsy Prock
• Joan Quaderer
• Kenneth Rattenbury
• John Richards
• Pam Rickard
• Tom Rickard
• Noah Robbins
• Melissa Robinson
• Rockfish Food & Wine
• James B. Rogers
• Claire A. Scholz
• Shannon Shaffer
• David Sharrer
• Wendy Singer
• Christopher Sloan
• Benton Spiker
• Bruce Swanson
• James Tango
• Edward Thornhill
• Suzanne Thorniley
• Natalie Vaughn
• Ryan Vaughn
• Charlotte Walch
• Edward Walker
• Jennifer Walker
• Katherine F. Walker
• Jean Whitaker
• Carol and Doug Wright

We are grateful to all of our members for supporting local, independent journalism.