Thank You to Our 2022-23 Donors
Thank you to the many generous individuals, organizations, and companies who support Tremont Institute. We are always grateful for our generous donors, though the last couple of years have illustrated just how amazing our supporters are. In a time of challenges and unknowns, our supporters truly stepped up – we can’t thank them enough!
Below are the donors who supported Tremont during our August 2022–July 2023 fiscal year.
$250,000+
Tennessee Valley Authority
$50,000–$100,000
Clayton Homes
$20,000–$49,999
Anonymous
Arconic Foundation
Blackberry Farm Foundation
The Boyd Foundation
David and Annie Colquitt
Phillip Lawson
Lawson Family Foundation
Richard and Joni Maples
Mountain Commerce Bank
National Park Foundation
Bill and Susan Varner
$10,000–$19,999
Anonymous
Whitfield and Brittany Bailey
Friends of the Smokies
Hazen and Brettany Mirts
Mac Post
Safe Harbor Development
Thompson Charitable Foundation
$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous
BarberMcMurry Architects LLC
Bob and Karen Bentz
Brookfield Renewable
Clayton Family Foundation
Bill and Donna Cobble
Company Distilling
Joe and Melinda Connell
Covenant Health
DENSO
Randy and Robin Gibson
Paul and Pat Green
Jim and Natalie Haslam
The Haslam Family Foundation
Hatcher Hill Properties
The Heinrich Family Foundation
KaTom Restaurant Supply
Kramer Rayson
Rodney and Dell Lawler
Maryville College
Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority
Ed and Karen Pershing
Pilot Travel Centers
Stowers Machinery Corp
John and Leanne Tolsma
Tim and Traci Topham
Variety
Vee Hollow Bike Shop
Gary and Sandy Wade
Doug and Melissa White
Dancing Bear Lodge
$1,000–$4,999
Cathy Ackermann
Ackermann Public Relations and Marketing
Anonymous
Aslan Foundation
Lee Barnes
Patricia Bible
Kati Blalock
Agnes Bouton
Randy and Jenny Boyd
Alan Carmichael & Cynthia Moxley
Jefferson Chapman
Community Cash Donations
David Dunagan
Hank and Margaret Dye
Joe and Cindy Emert
Eric Anderson Weigel Memorial Fund
First Horizon Bank
Charles and Linda Garten
Great Smoky Mountains Association
Keep the Change Fund
Little Arrow Outdoor Resort LLC
Robert and Linda Lloyd
David and Sandy Martin
Nicolle McGuiness
Lorie Morris
Carolyn and Conley Murrell
Christy and Phil Newman
Peaceful Side Social
Rodney and Allison Pearson
Walt and Lisa Peterson
Sharon Pryse
PYA Waltman Capital
Dick and Ann Ray
Realty Trust Group, LLC
Shelburne Farms Resources
Smoky Mountains Hiking Club
Suzanne Stockfisch
Sudman Foundation
Paul Super
Twin Cities Public Television
United Way of Greater Knoxville
Barbara Vander Jagt
John and Kathy Wilbanks
Tony and Anna Williams
Elizabeth Estill and John Dreves
Oldham Hospitality
$100–$999
Lamar Alexander
Amazon Smile
Anonymous
Apple Valley Mountain Village
Jessica Armstrong
Nawras Baban
Sheila Barnett
Lori Barrett
Gray Bearden
Janet and Tim Bigelow
Harold Black
Ron Blair
Ben Blalock
Blount Partnership
Bonfire Funds
Evans Bowen
Brandon Bruce
David Bryant
Eric Bur
Cara Cameron
Kristy Campbell
James Carmichael
Rob Carroll
CBBC
Charity Gift Certificates
Rhonda and John Clark
Corey Clayton
Emily Clem
Mike Coleman
Frank Cormia
Joe Costner
Carol Cotton Blickenstorfer
DiAnne and Mitch Crisp
Lynn Davis
Cathy Denham
Janie Dennings
Daniel DeVries
Lawrence Dicus
John DiDiego
Robert Dillon
Glenn Doig
Richard Donnell
Mary Dresser
Caroline Elsken
Nannette Enloe
Margaret Epperly
Elise Eslinger
Gordon Fee
Emily Finsel
Marian Fitzgerald
Thomas Fitzgerald
Sandra Fortson
Phil Francis
Marilyn Louise Frank
Doug Franklin
Carolyn Franks
Douglas Fry, Sr
Virginia Garrett
Ricky Gay
Susan Gennoe
Roger Goetz
Great Smoky Mountain Bigfoot 5K
Daniel Green
Ellen Green
Flynt Griffin
Brian Groenhout
Jacqueline Harp
Kelly Headden
Michael Hearon
Roy Heifner
Sharon Heinrich
Jan and James Heinrich
Parks Hitch, Jr.
Richard Holland
David Houser
Hugh and Debbie Hyatt
Renee Hyatt
Will Ives
Kenneth Johnson
Elton Jones
Carla Kerber
Dorothy Kidd
Michael King
James King
Rufus King
Michael Kolb
Steve Kramer
Kroger Company
Carol Kruse
Jeremy LaDuke
Sherri Lee
John Lipscomb
Andrew Listes
Little River Trading Company
Tane Liu
Steve Logan
Samuel Louderback
Jesse Madsen
Frank March
Susan Marshall
Megan Martin
Patricia Mayhugh
Catey McClary
Janet McCue
Steve McGaffin
Paul McKown
Scott Meyer
Laura Miller
Carla Miller
David Miller
Cindy Morton
Mountain Laurel Garden Club
Charles Naftalin
Gretchen O’Henley
Outdoor Gear Revival
Pete Pearson
Everett Peterson
Bill Phelps
Mary Powers
Bill Powney
Juliette Pringle
Kathy Pryor
Michelle Prysby
Stephanie Ramsey
Anthony Ray
Hubert Gray Reavis
Catherine Reilly
Cooper Restivo
Ann Roberts
Douglas Romanowski
Theresa Rosenberg
Charles Rosenberg
Nina Roth
Robert Russell
Lloyd Russell
Gill and Nan Sallade
William Schneider
Schwab Charitable
Susan Scott
Richard and Spain Secrist
Edison Seel
Raymond Sellers
Diane Shaffer
Ann Shelor
Carol Silverman
Tommy Smith
Charles Smith
George Smith
Victoria Soderberg
Shawn Spindel
Caesar Stair III
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Ricky Summitt
Joe and Becky Swann
Anita Thomas
Carol Thornton
Carolyn Tisdale
Townsend Village Market IGA
James Troutt
Terry Uselton
Georgiana Vines
Ken and Jennifer Voorhis
Janice Vrablec
Walker Family
Stacey Whitt
Mark & Kristin Williams
Lisa Williams
Rebecca Wilson
Todd Witcher
Peter and Megan Womack
Ralph Wynn
Steve Young
Paige Younkins
Shannan Zartman
Jerome Zeiger
$1–$99
Stephanie Aguilar
Duane Allen
Gail Amatangelo
Lauren Anderson
Mia Anderson
Anonymous
Jamie Archer
Daniel Auer
Karen Baldwin
Katherine Barron
Cindy Bartell
Bo Baxter
Adam Bean
Elizabeth Beaudoin
Kenneth Bishop
The Blackbaud Giving Fund
Jason Blalock
Harry Blankenship
Anita Blatnik
Arline Boyce
Elizabeth Cade
Caleb Carlton
Lynn Cartee
Pete Carter
Betty Chambers
Debbie Claypool
Sue Coleman
Rachel Cox
Permeil Dass
Trudy Dedman
Thomas Dittmaier
Brent & Renee Dohner
Alex Dowd
Abigail Doyle
Karen Ellingson
Mary Ann Fey
Ava Fitzstevens
Katherine Fling
Larry Gerrard
Judy Gibson
Elizabeth Giddens
Lacy Gifford
Eileen Glynn
Keith Goff
Doris Gove
Karen Gravagna
Beverly Green
Liza Greenberg
Mike Hagearty
Elise Hammond
Ruth Anne Hanahan
Thomas Hart
Sherry Hensley
Juli Herren
Audrey Hoff
Greg Horne
Robert D Huffman
Margie Hunter
Jennifer Johnsen
Robert Johnson
Paula and Jerry Kaye
Margie Keyser
Jeff Killian
Hannah Kilpatrick
Rene Kimray
Charles Krueger
Sandra and William Kurtz
Aaron Lantrip
Alexander Laska
Kris Light
Russell Liles
Janet Loudin
The Luanne Zelasko Living Trust
Roslynn McCann
Frank McDonald
Lauren McWhorter
Susan Melczer
Kristina Miles
Elise Morvant
Ann Munson
Network For Good
Kenneth Novak
Terry Ogle
Sarah Osmulski
Elizabeth Patrick
Carolyn Pegram
Matches Range
Ginger Raspiller and Ken Swanberg
Erin Read
Cathy Reas Foster
Glenn Rice
Richard Rings
Sam and Erin Rosolina
Kris and Larry Rosolina
Martha and Mark Sallmann
Bethany Sargent
Randi Schlosser
Emily Schmitt Lavin
Dale Schulze
Tara Shumate
Toby Sprunk
Martin Steele
Sophie Steinberg
Susan Steiner
Stella Sudderth
Kelley Sweat
Alexander Tai
Maggie Tharp
Allison Von Gruenigen
Chris Watkins
Sarah Weeks
Tyson Wepprich
Wild Ones-Native Plants Natural Landscapes
Charles Wilder
Kelsey Wilson
Theresa Womack
Kae Wrinkle
Cover photo by Frank Barnett.
