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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.