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As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Sarabande Books is supported in part by the people who believe in our mission. With the help of our donors and grantors, we are able to invest in emerging literary voices and serve as an educational resource locally and nationally. Check out our 2022 Annual Impact Report to see how your donation supports our work.
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Donor acknowledgements*
Gifts In honor of Sarah Gorham
Founder Sarah Gorham served as Sarabande’s executive director and editor-in-chief for 28 years, creating a home for nearly 300 works of poetry, short fiction, and essay. The following donors celebrated her legacy and retirement by making a gift in her honor.
John Cummins
Sally Hunter
Kim Umbarger
Jeffrey Bean
Dianne Aprile
Rosellen Brown
Cate Marvin
Nancy Haiman
Sally Macdonald
Dwight Allen
Billie A. Day
Jeannette Bahouth
Dave Harrity
Laura Reed
Stephanie Reese
Lacey Trautwein
Brian Leung
$100,000+
Anonymous (1)
$50,000 - $99,999
National Endowment for the Arts
$20,000 - $49,999
Fund for the Arts
Kentucky Arts Council
$5,000 - $19,999
Emily Bingham & Stephen Reily
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
Sarah Gorham & Jeffrey Skinner
LG&E and KU Foundation
$1,000 - $4,999
Kat Abner
Matthew Barzun & Brooke Brown Barzun
John Brooks
Steven & Jill Lyon-Cline
Jamie Cox
Laura Delano & Bob Celli
Bert & Jane Emke
Nancy & Steve Haiman
Daniel Handler & Lisa Brown
Hardscuffle, Inc.
William Kistler
Nana Lampton
Elizabeth Rea
Alice Sebold
John Wing
$500 - $999
Madison Cyr
Jim & Susan Finnegan
Mary Isdahl
Manuel Muñoz
Diana Stark
Orme Wilson
Doreen Wirsig
$100 - $499
Karen Abrams & Jeffrey D. Glazer
Dwight Allen
Geoffrey Allison
David Anderson & Karen Chandler
Dianne Aprile & Ken Shapero
Monica Beavers
Margaret Bender-Zanoni
Justin Bond
Caleb Brooks
Rosellen Brown & Marvin Hoffman
Warren & Pat Buckler
Kaitlyn Burd
Jeff & Lynn Callahan
Whitney Collins
Amy Coultas
John & Jeanne Cummins
Billie A. Day
Nancy Garruba
Ingrid & Lewis Gentry
John & Dawn Graham
Fred & Maryhelen Greaves
Karen Harryman & Kirker Butler
Karen Holtzman
Caitlin Horrocks
Maggie Kast
Forrest & Mary Julia Kuhn
Brian Leung
Sally Macdonald
Heather “Scobie” McClelland
Robert Miller & Diane Miller
Rowland Miller
Suzanne Mitchell
Russ Neill
Mary Nolan & Harry Maulucci
April Ossmann
Boo Poulin
Lia Purpura & Jed Gaylin
Laura Reed
GIFTS UP TO $99
Anonymous (2)
Joe Arterberry, M.D., F.A.C.S
Melissa Barrett
Jeffrey Bean
John & Kay Begley
Chad Bennett
Carol Berg
Anthony Blake
Nora Bonner
Donna Cartelli
Aminata Dia
Caitlin Downs
Lynn Emanuel
Linda & Matthew Englert
Anthony Fasano
J M Ferguson Jr.
Kelly Fordon
Susan Frankel
Karen George
Kieran Gill
Angeline Girard
Gravely Brewing Co.
Brian Hall
Robert Hankes
Andrea Hansen
Dave Harrity
Heine Brothers’ Coffee
Christopher & Gena Helvey
Jeffrey Hermann
Katherine Herr
David Higdon
Alice Holbrook
Minda Honey
Owen Horton
Sally Hunter
John James
Allison Joffrion
Katherine Kadish
Kaliope Kambouroglos
Kathleen Kirk
Anna Kortschak
Nancy Lang
Karen An-hwei Lee
Michael Martone
Cate Marvin
Judith McCandless
Erin McCoy
Jenny Molberg
Caitlin Mullen
Graham Cooke & Martha Neal Cooke
Abigail Oswald
Matthew Ruben
Marjorie Sandor
Daniel Schonning
Marielle Sheridan
Eric Shoemaker
† Fred Smock
Holly Tabor
Jamey Temple
Thomas Terceira
Chelsea Vetter
G.C. Waldrep
Jeannette & Waleed Bahouth
Ken Walker
Caitlyn Walsh
Aubrie Cox Warner & Jim Warner
Cia White
Sarah Winn
Marianne Worthington
Burgi Zenhaeusern
† household member is deceased
THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT!
*These acknowledgements recognize all gifts made between 7/1/21 - 12/31/22. The individual's name placement reflects the total amount donated in the period described. Please contact Sam Hall if you notice an error or if you have inadvertently been left off this list.
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, provides operating support to Sarabande Books with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.