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Listed below are the names of individuals, couples, or organizations donating $100 or more to BlackPast.org since its founding.

2015

$5,000.00 or more  

• Ellen Ferguson, Seattle, Washington
• Virginia Wyman, Seattle, Washington
• Wyman Youth Trust, Seattle, Washington

$1,000.00 or More

• Royal Alley-Barnes, Seattle, Washington
• Walt & Rita Braithwaite, Seattle, Washington
• Stephanie Ellis-Smith & Douglas Smith, Seattle, Washington
• Thaddeus Spratlen, Seattle, Washington
• Quintard Taylor, Jr, Seattle, Washington
• Michael Wallent, Seattle, Washington
• Dee Wyman, Seattle, Washington 

$500.00 or More 

• Steven & Stella Bass, Seattle, Washington
• Rita & William Bender, Seattle, Washington
• Ronald & Paula Coleman, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Richard & Minnie Collins, Seattle, Washington
• Ty Cramer, Seattle, Washington
• Bruce Franklin, Yardley, Pennsylvania
• Gladys Jennings, Seattle, Washington
• Adrian Klein & Jenny Lam, Bainbridge, Washington
• Malik & Cerosetta Simba, Fresno, California
• John & Magnolia Veblen, Seattle, Washington
• Clyde Walker, Renton, Washington

• $250.00 or More 

• Miller Adams & Cheryl Roberts, Seattle, Washington
• Saheed & Alea Adejumobi, Seattle, Washington
• Douglas Bayley, Seattle, Washington
• William Bradford, Seattle, Washington
• Catherine Foster, Olympia, Washington
• Lisa Gleaton, Menlo Park, California
• Lawrence de Graaf, Placentia, California
• Glenn Harrington, Seattle, Washington
• Christopher Jay, Seattle, Washington
• Jerry Large, Seattle, Washington 
• Ricardo Martinez, Sammamish, Washington
• Bobby McDonald, Santa Ana, California 
• Theresa Smith, Seattle, Washington
• Kirby Torrence, Seattle, Washington
• Ed Tuck, Seattle, Washington
• Patricia Valentine, Seattle, Washington 
• Cecilia Venable, China Grove, Texas
• Phylisha Whitmire-Agbor, Pearland, Texas

$100.00 or More

• Mikal Belicove, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Larry Bennett, Tyrone, Georgia
• Olga Bourlin, Seattle, Washington
• Diane Brown, Baltimore, Maryland
• Mercedes Brown, Long Beach, California
• Frances Carr, Seattle, Washington
• Ray & Anita Connell, Seattle, Washington
• George Cotkin, San Luis Obispo, California
• Marsha Davis, Chicago, Illinois
• Lindsey Draper, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
• Hubert Farbes, Denver, Colorado
• Charles Fuller, Wyncote, Pennsylvania
• John & Frenchie German, Seattle, Washington
• Robert Green, Seattle, Washington
• Juan Huey-Ray, Seattle, Washington
• Albert Imesch, Wilmington, Delaware
• Delores Jones, Seattle, Washington
• Charles Kastner, Seattle, Washington
• William L. Katz, New York City, New York
• Bettie Sing Luke, Seattle, Washington
• Lee Micklin, Seattle, Washington
• Ukali Mwendo, New Orleans, Lousianna
• Daniel Nye, Seattle, Washington
• Alexis Oliver, Olympia, Washington
• Meredith Perlman, Seattle, Washington
• Christopher Persons, Seattle, Washington
• Daniel & Barbara Pope, Eugene, Oregon
• Carl Rabun, Jr., Kent, Washington
• Wilson Edward Reed and Laura Dalesandro, Seattle, Washington
• Constance Rice, Seattle, Washington
• Franz M. & Mary P. Schneider, Hollister, California
• Paulette Small, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Dale Soden, Spokane, Washington
• Paul F. Thomas, Woodinville, Washington
• Claytee White, Henderson, Nevada
• Miceal Vaughan, Seattle, Washington
• Felicia Williams, Portland, Oregon
• Bob Winston, Everett, Washington

2014

$10,000.00 or More

• Quintard Taylor Jr., Seattle, Washington
• Wyman Youth Trust, Seattle, Washington 

$5,000.00 or More

• Ellen Ferguson, Seattle, Washington

$500.00 or More

• Miller Adams, Seattle, Washinton
• Steven Bass, Seattle, Washington
• The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington
• Christopher Jay, Seattle, Washington
• Norman and Constance Rice, Seattle, Washington
• Gerald Reynolds, Louisville, Kentucky
• Henry Richards, Seattle, Wahington
• Joseph W. Scott, Seattle, Washington
• Cecelia Venable, El Paso, Texas
• Deehan Wyman, Seattle, Washington
• Virginia Wyman, Seattle, Washington
  
  

$250.00 or More

• Phylisha Whitmore Agbor, Houston, Texas
• Steven and Stella Bass, Seattle, Washington
• Marlin and Ellen Blizinsky, Seattle, Washington
  
• Richard Collins, Seattle, Washington
• Hillel Cooperman, Seattle, Washington
• Hubert Farbes, Denver, Colorado
• Catherine Foster, Olympia, Washington
• Carver Gayton, Seattle, Washington
• Pam Heath, Seattle, Washington
• Adrienne Y. Horn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Charles Kastner, Seattle, Washington
• Richard and Kathleen Kirkendall, Seattle, Washington
• Gracie Lawson-Borders, Bowie, Maryland
• Jerry Large and Carey Quan, Seattle, Washington
• Marie McCaffrey, Seattle, Washington
• Daniel Nye, Seattle, Washington
• Thomas L. Purce, Olympia, Washington
• Henry Richards, Seattle, Washington
  
• Catherine Roberts, Houston, Texas
• Malik and Cerosetta Simba, Fresno, California
• Theresa Smith, Seattle, Washington
• The Orange County Black Chamber of Commerce, Anaheim, California
• James Williams, Seattle, Washington
  

$100.00 or More

• Mikal Belicove, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Jeffrey Beaver, Seattle, Washington
  
• William and Rita Bender, Seattle, Washington
• William Bradford, Seattle, Washington
• Steve Bryant & Michael Greer, Seattle, Washington
  
• Frances Carr, Seattle, Washington
• Peter Chatard, Sarasota, Florida
• George Cotkin, San Luis Obispo, California
• George Counts, Seattle, Washington
• Stephanie Ellis-Smith, Seattle, Washington
  
• Stanbery Foster III, Olympia, Washington
• Lawrence de Graaf, Placentia, California
• Tony Gleaton, San Francisco, California
• Jeffrey Hedgepeth, Seattle, Washington
• Elizabeth Jameson, Calgary, Alberta
• Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson, Seattle, Washington
• Richard R and Carol G. Thomas-Johnson, Seattle, Washington
  
• Frances Jones-Sneed, Williamstown, Massachusetts
• Juliet Liu, Seattle, Washington
• Bettie Sing Luke, Seattle, Washington
• Duane McHenry, Woodbridge, Virginia
• Lee S. Micklin, Seattle, Washington
  
• Robert Mikell, Fresno, California
• Judith Moss, Sunnyvale, California
• Daniel Pope, Eugene, Oregon
• Franz Schneider, Hollister, California
  
• Hazel Singer, Seattle, Washington
• Dale Soden, Spokane, Washington
  
• Miceál Vaughan, Seattle, Washington
• Betty L. Wagner, Seattle, Washington
  
• Claytee White, Las Vegas, Nevada
  
• William Willborn, Hazel Crest, Illinois
• Felicia Williams, Portland, Oregon
• Wilburn Williams, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
  
• Merrily Wyman and Karen Bryant, Seattle, Washington

 

2013

$5,000.00 or More

• Wyman Youth Trust, Seattle, Washington

$1,000.00 or More

• Steven Bass, Seattle, Washington
• Walt and Rita Braithwaite, Seattle Washington
• Walt and Rita Braithwaite Family Foundation, Seattle, Washington
• Katherine (Kay) Bullitt, Seattle, Washington
  
• Ellen Ferguson, Seattle, Washington
• Carver Gayton, Seattle, Washington
• Susan Goodwin, Carlton, Oregon
• Gladys Jennings, Mill Creek, Washington
• Juana Royster, Seattle, Washington
• Thaddeus Spratlen, Seattle Washington
• Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle Washington

$500.00 or More

• William and Rita Bender, Seattle, Washington
• Judge Monica Benton, Seattle, Washington
• Diane T. Brown, Baltimore, Maryland
• Ty Cramer and Steven Romein, Seattle, Washington
• Vicki Giles Fabre, Seattle, Washington
• Holly Arnold Kinney, Morrison, Colorado
• Anthony Miles, Seattle, Washington
  
• The Boeing Company, Chicago, Illinois
• Cecilia Venable, Corpus Christi, Texas
• Ronald and Willette Ward, Mercer Island, Washington

$250.00 or More   

• Richard Collins, Seattle, Washington
• Hubert Farbes, Denver, Colorado
• Micki and Robert Flowers, Seattle, Washington
• Catherine Foster, Olympia, Washington
• Glenn and Marcia Harringrton, Seattle, Washington
  
• Marie McCaffrey, Seattle, Washington
• Daniel Nye, Seattle, Washington
  
• Emile and Barbara Pitre, Seattle, Washington
• Scott and Catherine Roberts, Houston, Texas 
• Herbert Ruffin, Syracuse, New York
• Samuel A. Taylor, Seattle, Washington
  

$100.00 or More

• Miller Adams, Seattle, Washington
• Tina Alexander, Elk Grove, California
• Alicia Austin, Bellevue, Washington
  
• Marlin and Ellen Blizinsky, Seattle, Washington
• Olga Bourlin, Seattle, Washington
• Steve Bryant, Seattle, Washington
• Frances Carr, Seattle, Washington
• Bonnie Carter-Smith, Seattle, Washington
• Belinda Chin, Seattle, Washington 
• Ronald Coleman, Salt Lake City, Utah
• George Cotkin, San Luis Obispo, California
  
• George Counts, Seattle, Washington
• Julius DeBro, Seattle, Washington
• Roy Diaz, Seattle, Washington
• James Fearn, Seattle, Washington
  
• William H. Hodge, Sr., University Place, Washington
• Mack Hogans, Bellevue, Washington
• Lembhard Howell, Seattle, Washington
  
• Elizabeth Jameson, Calgary, Alberta
  
• Richard Johnson and Carol Thomas, Seattle, Washington
• William Katz, New York, New York
  
• Richard Kirkendall, Seattle, Washington
• William H. Knight, Seattle, Washington
• Gretchen Long, Wilson, Wyoming
  
• Dwayne Mack, Richmond, Kentucky
• Mary Malliard, West Vancouver, Birtish Columbia
• Judge Ricardo Martinez, Seattle, Washington
• John and Deborah McClendon, East Lansing, Michigan
  
• Henry McGee, Seattle, Washington
• Donald and Esther Hall Mumford, Seattle, Washington
  
• Ukali Mwendo, New Orleans, Louisiana
  
• Clayton Pitre, Seattle, Washington
• Daniel Pope, Eugene, Oregon
  
• Henry Richards, Seattle, Washington
• Greg Robinson, Montreal, Quebec
• Malik Simba, Fresno, California 
• Hazel Singer, Seattle, Washington
• Alonzo Smith, Rockville, Maryland
• Catherine Wright Smith and George Divorky, Seattle, Washington
  
• Dale Soden, Spokane, Washington
• Paul Thomas, Woodinville, Washington
• Rodney G. Thomas, Spanaway, Washington
• Helen Updike, New York, New York
  
  

 

2012

$1,000.00 or More

• Catherine (Kay) Foster, Olympia, Washington
  
• Robert Shepard, Silver Spring, Maryland
• The Boeing Corporation, Chicago, Illinois

$500.00 or More

• Carver Gayton, Seattle, Washington
• Gladys Jennings, Mill Creek, Washington
  
• North Puget Sound Chapter of the Boeing Black Employees Association, Everett, Washington
  
• Thaddeus Spratlen, Seattle, Washington
• Cecilia Venable, Corpus Christi, Texas

$250.00 or More   

• Gary Gayton, Seattle, Washington
• Patricia Limerick, Boulder, Colorado
  
• Henry McGee, Seattle, Washington
• Paul Thomas, Woodinville, Washington

$100.00 or More

• Tina Randolph Alexander, Elk Grove, California
• Dallas Barnes, Pasco, Washington
• Mikal Belicove, Laguna Beach,California
• Allison Blakely, Belmont, Massachusetts
  
• Frances Carr, Seattle, Washington
• Belinda Chin, Seattle, Washington
  
• Ronald Coleman, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Denise Davis, Norfolk, Virginia
  
• William H. Hodge, Sr., University Place, Washington
  
• In Memory of Otis Edward Lee, Sr., Catonsville, Maryland
• Barbara Johns, Seattle, Washington
• Travis King, Chandler, Arizona
  
• Bettie Sing Luke, Seattle, Washington
  
• Frances Jones-Sneed, Williamstown, Massachusetts
• Gracie Lawson-Borders, Laramie, Wyoming
  
• Dorothy Holland Mann, Seattle, Washington
  
• Marie McCaffrey, Seattle, Washington
• Emile Pitre, Seattle, Washington
• Henry Richards, Seattle, Washington
• Dale Soden, Spokane, Washington
  
• Reginald Taylor, Bahama, North Carolina
• Miceal Vaughan, Seattle, Washington
• John Walton, Jr., Columbus, Ohio
  
• Wilburn Williams, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
  

2011

$1,000 or More

• Gladys Jennings, Mill Creek, Washington

$500 or More

• George and Sue Tamblyn, Mercer Island, Washington
• Jamila Taylor, Renton, Washington

$250 or More

• Catherine D. Foster, Olympia, Washington
• Herbert Ruffin, Syracuse, New York

$100.00 or More

• Saheed & Alea Adejumobi, Seattle Washington
• Kay Bullitt, Seattle, Washington
• Gary G. Gayton, Seattle, Washington
• Kristin Kennell, Seattle, Washington
• Dorothy Holland Mann, Seattle, Washington
• Marie McCaffrey, Seattle, Washington
• Darryl and Victoria Parker, Seattle, Washington
• Vivian Phillips, Seattle, Washington
• Wilson Ed Reed, Seattle, Washington
• Henry Richards, Seattle, Washington
• Eileen M. Robertson, Humboldt, Kansas
• Clarence & Jennifer Spigner, Seattle, Washington
• Ezra M. Teshome, Seattle, Washington
• Míceál Vaughan, Seattle, Washington
• Ron & Kiti Ward, Mercer Island, Washington

2010

$1,000.00 or More

• Gladys and Clifford Jennings, Mill Creek, Washington

$500.00 or More

• Diane Brown, Baltimore, Maryland

$250.00 or More

• Juana R. Royster, Seattle, Washington
• Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, Washington

$100.00 or More

• Andrew Benjamin, Seattle, Washington
• Edwin Coleman, Eugene, Oregon
• George Cotkin, San Luis Obispo, California
• Catherine Foster, Olympia, Washington
• Glenn and Marcia Harrington, Seattle, Washington
• Elizabeth Jameson, Calgary, Alberta
• Rosalund Jenkins, Olympia, Washington
• Amy Quintard, Glastonbury, Connecticut
• John Valery White, Henderson, Nevada

2009

$1,000 or More

• John P. Angel Foundation, Seattle, Washington
• John T. John, Steven E. Carlson, Demetrios Karinacolas, Trustees
• Gladys K. Jennings, Mill Creek, Washington, In Honor of Talmadge Anderson, Savannah, Georgia

$250 or More

• Albert Broussard and Mary Broussard, College Station, Texas
• Diane Brown, Baltimore, Maryland
• Catherine D. Foster, Olympia, Washington
• Bruce Glasrud & Pearlene Glasrud, Seguin, Texas
• Janie Hendrix, Seattle, Washington
• Juanita B. Johnson, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• In Honor of Dr. Lamar Kirven and Carl Nickerson
• H. Viscount "Berky" & Joan Nelson, Los Angeles, California
• Constance Rice & Norman Rice, Seattle, Washington
• Herbert Ruffin & Veronia Tanya Johnson-Ruffin, Syracuse, New York
• Malik & Ceroasetta Simba, Fresno, California

$100 or More

• Dallas & Lozie Barnes, Pasco, Washington
• Mikal Belicove, Laguna Beach, California
• Kirsten Bernard, Seattle, Washington
• Gary B. Blum, Denver, Colorado
• Maltimore & Cynthia Rawls Bond, Brownsville, Tennessee
• Bruce Brown, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Kay Bullitt, Seattle, Washington
• Steve & Jill Carlson, Seattle, Washington
• Ronald & Paula Coleman, Salt Lake City, Utah
• George Cotkin & Marta Peluso, San Luis Obispo, California
• John & Mary L. German, Seattle, Washington
• Janice Graham, Boston, Massachusetts
• Rick Hoberg and Aleta A. Mattaino, M.A., L.M.H.C., Seattle, Washington
• William H. "Woody" Hodge, Seattle, Washington
• Rev. Willie & Harriett Hodge, Seattle, Washington
• Gael Greene, White Rock, British Columbia
• Richard R. Johnson & Carol Thomas, Seattle, Washington
• Rosalund Jenkins, Olympia, Washington
• Charles & Mary Kastner, Seattle, Washington
• Marianne Keddington-Lang & William Lang, Milwaukie, Oregon
• Dorothy King-Stockton, Denver, Colorado
• Richard & Kathleen Kirkendall, Seattle, Washington
• The Robert V. "Bobby" McDonald Family, Orange County, California
• Sherry Miller, Suffolk, Virginia
• Nathaniel Miles & Leslie Harper-Miles, Seattle, Washington
• Paul Mitchell, Seattle, Washington
• Ralph Munro, Olympia, Washington
• David Nicandri, Tumwater, Washington
• Emile & Barbara Pitre, Seattle, Washington
• Estela Ortega, Seattle, Washington
• Juana Royster, Seattle, Washington
• Herbert Carl Sanders & Mary L. Freiderich-Sanders, Denver, Colorado
• Thaddeus & Lois Price Spratlen, Seattle, Washington
• Paula Stanfield, Santa Maria, California
• Ed Stanley, Olympia, Washington
• Adrienne Wartts, St. Louis, Missouri
• Claytee White, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Cathy Wolfe, Olympia, Washington
• Zeta Pi Lambda Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Seattle, Washington

2008

$500 or More

• Gladys K. Jennings, Mill Creek, Washington
• John & Linda Ravage, Sequim, Washington
• Gerald Reynolds, Kansas City, Missouri

$100 or More

• George Cotkin & Marta Peluso, San Luis Obispo, California
• Larry Gossett, Seattle, Washington
• William H. Hodge, University Place, Washington
• Gael Greene, White Rock, British Columbia
• Richard Johnson, Seattle, Washington
• E. Johnson-Stokes, Sierra Vista, Arizona
• Charles & Mary Kastner, Seattle, Washington
• Roberto Maestas, Seattle, Washington
• Henry McGee, Jr., & Victoria Kill, Seattle, Washington
• Johnetta Richards, San Francisco, California
• Alex Shepard, San Francisco, California
• Alexander Stevens, Seattle, Washington
• George Tamblyn, Mercer Island, Washington
• John Valery White, Henderson, Nevada