As a nonprofit newsroom, we rely on the generosity of individuals, foundations and businesses to fund our in-depth and investigative reporting in the public interest. A unique mix of philanthropy, corporate sponsorship and earned revenue makes our important work sustainable over time. Thanks to support from around the state and across the nation, we have raised more than $835,000 in 2021 to fund our nonpartisan journalism. We’ve achieved this fundraising success without sacrificing a reputation for fairness and transparency. We continue to maintain the highest standards of financial disclosure in the industry, including publishing online lists of every individual, foundation or corporate entity that supports us.
2021 Revenue for Carolina Public Press
Total revenue for 2021: $835,284
2021 Expenses for Carolina Public Press
Total expenses for 2021: $620,037
2021 Donors
Foundation and Nonprofit Grants and Sponsorships
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc.
Dogwood Health Trust
Fund for Investigative Journalism
Google News Initiative
Inasmuch Foundation
NewsMatch
North Carolina Local News Lab
Pulitzer Center
Report for America
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Note: All donors who contributed $10 per month or more than $120 are considered “10 for 10 Members”. These donor levels and individual donors are marked with an asterisk (*).
* Innovators $10,000 – $24,999
Ellen and Will Gaddy
Sam and Sarah Jackson
Bob Lewis
Jim Overton
* Investigators $1,000 – $4,999
Scott Barnwell and Diana Toledo
Will Bondurant
Mildred Buchanan
Martha Eblen
Lindsay Hearn
David Hurand and Martha Saylers
John and Dee Mason
Angie Newsome and Pat Hunt
Michael Sartisky
Allen and Marlene Shaklan
* Newshounds $500 – $999
Joel and Marla Adams
Ken Brame
Joel Bulkley
Felicia Gressette
Calvin Hall
Victoria Hicks
Jefferson Holt
Vern and Ann Hunt
Eric Jackson
Lee Lumpkin
Judy Mattox
Paula O’Hara
Louise Spieler
Jacqueline Spring-Stapel
Catherine Thomas
Teresa Van Duyn
Pamela Winkler
* Researchers $250 – $499
Ellen Acconcia
Suzanne Berl
William Black
Kirk and Shelley Brown
James and Anne Dale
Victor Dostrow
Mary Farmer
Thomas Fehsenfeld
Mark Fuerst
Celia Fuller
Anne Fitten Glenn
Michael and Jean Gora
Constance and Phil Haire
Bob Hall
Judith Hoy
Elaine Igelman
Jane Johnson
Keith Keener
Melody and Joshua Komeyrov
Peggy Korte
William Lamb
Seth Langson
Phil Leonard
Lisa Lopez
Linda McCarley
Renee and Jim McDermott
Eve Miller
Winfield Moses
Michael Murrie
John Norton
Cynthia Parks
Joseph Quinlan
James Samsel and Kim McGuire
Olin B. Sansbury, Jr.
Jane Spainhour
Roger van der Horst
Linda Watt
Ellen Weiner
Fact Finders $1 – $249
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Brooke Adams
Richard Adelmann*
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Hooper Alexander IV*
Sherri Allgood*
Margot Ammidown*
Karen Anderson
Gayle Anderson
Micah Anderson
Martha Apple*
Katherine Armstrong*
Harold Arrowood
Patricia Ashe*
Eleanor Ashton*
George Auman
William Austin
Margaret Avery*
Carolyn Aycock*
James Aycock
Pam & Hunter Bacot
R. A. Bailey
Tamara Baker
Ruth Ballard
Virginia Barile*
Lee R. Barnes*
Beverly Barnett*
Lorna Barnett
Annie Barnhill
Cynthia Barrager*
Mark Barrett
Daniel Barron*
Nancy Bartlett
Valerie Bateman*
Mary Baydarian*
Suzan Bayorgeon*
Kimberly Beer*
Daniel Beerman*
Peter Bego*
Philip Belcher*
Kate Bellows
Jan Beresford
Chris Berg
Lee Berger*
Laura Bertocci
Melissa Bigg*
Ruth Birge
Stephanie Biziewski*
Diane Blanks
David Block
Violette Blumenthal
Rachel Bolanos*
Julie Bond-Meers
Judith Bonner
Alexander Bonnyman
David Boraks*
Ernest Boyd*
Jill Boyd Myers
Wanda Brandt*
Kelli Brannon
Art Breitenstein
Carol Brinkley
Linda Brinkley
Susan Broadhead
Martha Brock
Gregory Brown*
Jerry Elijah and Libby Brown
William Brown
Elisha Brown
Bennett and Arlene Brummer
Barbara H. Bryan
Anne Buckley*
Steve Buckley*
Jarratt Burch*
Dennis Burns
William Busa*
Sandra and Jones Byrd
Basil Byrne*
Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin
Bill Callahan*
Kathryn Cameron*
Charlotte Campbell*
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Kate Carey*
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Bill or Cecilia Champion*
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Charles Coble*
Elizabeth Colton
James Colville
Patrick Conant
Christopher Cooper
Leto Copeley
Billy Corriher
Thomas Coulson*
Dana Courtney
Vanessa Cowie*
Evelyn Cox*
Peter Cranford
Diane Crenshaw
Curt Crowhurst
Leda Cunningham*
Anne Cunningham
Robert Currie
Carole Hart Currie
Nancy Curtis
Gary Cyphers
Michael Czeczot*
Charles Daniels*
Jim Davis
Mark de Castrique
Jason deBruyn*
Gary Deen*
Laurel Degernes*
Barbara Dennis*
Ray Dennis
Julie Dillon
Katherine Dixon*
John Cotterman
William Dobbins*
Lucy Doll*
Virginia Dollar
Patrick Doran*
Elizabeth Drake and Ross Prezant*
Joan Dressler
Gracen Duffield*
Joanne Dufilho*
Kathy Edwards*
James Edwards*
Elizabeth Ellington
Stephanie Embry*
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Jane Falkenstein*
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Randolph Fenninger*
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Heidi Fields
Anthony Finelli
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Jodi Ford
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Marcia Freed*
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Myra Fuller
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Virginia Gambill
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Judith Gates*
Lucy Gellman
Jack Gentile
Karise Germain*
Jennifer Gillis
Monroe Gilmour*
Jim Glaze
Lee Glenn
Lucinda Glover
Jayashree Gokhale*
Daniel Goldberg*
Frank Goldsmith*
Mark Goldstein*
Leonardo Gomez
Mary Goodkind
John Graham
Peter Gramiak
Jeri Gray
Steven Gray
Julie Green
Phoebe Greene
Kathy Greggs
Marena Groll*
Robert Gross
Liz Guinan*
Benjamin Guiney
Steve Gunn
Jack Hafeli*
Nation Hahn*
Christine Hale
Bob Halstead*
Judith Hamill
JoAnn Hammerberg*
Jerry Hancock
Cathy Hargett*
Doug and Terri Harris
Paul Harvin
Nicholas Haskell*
Tom Havener
Tom Hayes
Tommy Hays
Michael Hearn*
Thomas Heath*
William Heck
Edward Hennessey*
Faith Herndon*
Sue Hertz*
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Beth Horne
Lang Hornthal
Sandra Houts*
Cathy Howell*
Robin Howse
James Hugenschmidt*
Dan Huger*
Kimberly Hughes
Megan Hull*
Jack Igelman*
Leoneda Inge
Krystal Irven
Brian Irving
Kathleen Jacobs
Dean Jagels
Susan Jenkins*
Libbie Johnson
Glenda Johnson
Eleanor Johnson
Christopher Johnson
Apryl Johnson
Cody Jones
Rebecca Jones
Heather Jones Weaver
Holly Jordan
Allegra Jordan
Douglass Joyce
Joel Kallander
Hannah Kaminer*
Estalee Kapleau
Harriet Karro
Marisa Kathard
Ron Katz
Albert Kaufman
Patsy Keever*
Leslie Keller
Gayle Kemp*
Abraham Kenmore
Karen Kennedy*
Gary Kenton
Lyric Kinard
Nancy Kinsel
Colin Kirkman
Jane Kniffin*
Martha Knisley*
Mendy Knott
Marilyn Knowles
Alexander Knudsen
Kristin Knudsen
Richard Kolb
Bruce and Anna Koloseike
Jim Konneker*
Linda Kooiker*
Robert Kruhm
Donna Ladd
Naomi Lambert*
Mignon Lamia*
R. Franklin Landis*
Pamela Lane*
Martha Lane
Drew and Louise Langsner
Barbara Lanwermeyer*
Joseph S Lappin*
Risa Larsen*
William Larson*
Jean Larson
Beverly Larson
Susan Larson
Jock Lauterer*
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Kalen Lawson
Judy Leavitt
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Dan Lunsford
Anna Lynch*
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Elizabeth Mangrum*
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C. Amanda Martin*
Aaron Martin*
Katherine Martin*
Jean Martin
Julie Martin*
Nancy Martin*
Richard Martin
Jamarr McCain
Carol McCollum
Nancy McCormick
Robert McDonald
Stephen McGrigor
Les McGuire*
Judy McKnight*
Sean McNeal
Mark and Shelley McNeill*
Kim Mcwhirter
Stephen Merrill*
Susan Messick
Fred Meyer
James Meyer
Robert Mikulak
Joyce Lewis Miles
Sharon Millard*
Marcianne Miller
Diane Millikan*
Smithson Mills*
Hanne and Glen Miska
Jon Mize*
Julie Montanea
Janet Montgomery
Betty Moore*
Amy Moore
Dasia Moore
David Moore
Fiona Morgan*
Lucy Morgan
Thomas Moriarty
Constance Morrison*
Deanna Moss
Sandra Mueller*
Janet Muir
Valerie Munei
Carolyn B. Murdock
Kathleen Murdock*
Jamie Murphy
Chuck Murray
Michael Murrie*
Darlene W. Natale*
Ron Navik
James Neely
Joyce Neff*
Brian Nelson
Joseph Neri
Mark Nevilke
Noel Nickle
Leon Niegelsky*
Cathy Nieman
Don Nonini
Leslie Norber and Adam Dovenitz*
Charles Norton*
Sadie Nott
Nancy Nye*
Martin Oakes*
William O’Connell
Dianne Olansky
Richard Olejniczak
Kathleen O’Nan Brown
Sarah Oram
Lynette Orbovich
Christopher O’Reilly
Andrew Otey*
Mia Overton
Sharon Oxendine
Eileen Wilson Oyelaran
Elizabeth Page
Pamela Jarrett
Andrew Pardue
Margaret Parker
Charles Parker*
Ruth Parlin
Tracy Patterson*
Sally Payne
Diane Pennington*
Regina and Rick Pettus*
Thomas Phelps
Spencer Pierce
Richard and Judith Pigossi
Thomas and Marian Plaut
Joyce Pollack
Lew Powell
Emma Pred-Sosa*
Lenora Prewitt
Janet Price-Ferrell*
Phil Pritchard
James Pugh*
Scot Quaranda
Jake Quinn
Ian Ragsdale*
Bill Rand*
SP Rankin*
Linda M. Ray
Cathy Reas
Joanne Rebbeck
Andrew Reed
Larry Reeves
Martha Reifsnider*
Laurie Richard*
Geraldine Richards*
Leslie Richeson
Robert Riehle
Patricia Rieser
Joseph Ritok*
Carlos Rivera
Pam Robbins*
Tara Romano
Olga Ronay*
Amber Rose*
Adam Rosen*
Marilyn Rosenberg
Sandy Ross*
Sue Roussopoulos*
Jennifer Rudolph
Rebecca Ruhlen*
John Rukavina
Julia Salseda
Evelyn Sanborn
Joseph and Carol Sasek
Rebecca Saunders
William Sax
Mattie Scarbraugh
Catherine Schaller*
Kenneth and Elizabeth Schapira*
Bonnie Schell
Sorien Schmidt
Katherine Schofield
Tara Scholtz
Sue Schwartz
Anne Schwarz*
Catherine Scott*
Charles Senf
Amanda Sexton*
Nimesh Shah
Subash M Shah
Melody Shank*
Cas Shearin
Edward Sheary*
James Shelton
Charles Shelton-Ormond
Linda Sherck*
Jeff Shields*
Nina Shippen
Kevin Silva
Lowell Simon*
Eva Simonsen*
Mary Sinclair*
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Leesa Sluder*
Pat Smith*
Kevin Smith
Kim Smith
Larry Sneeden*
Rebecca A. Snurr
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David Sokal*
Peter Solet
Lisa Sorg
Margaret Sowerwine*
Carole Spainhour*
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Jayne Spring
Myrtle Staples
Frank Stasio*
Jane Stein
Hugh Stevens
Eric Stockton
Claire Stone
Julia Storm
Linda and John Stover
Janet and Jerome Stracke
Stephen Strnisha*
Donley Studlar
Mary Lou Surgi*
Galvin Swift*
Mayo Taylor*
Jill Taylor*
Phyllis Taylor*
Frank Taylor*
N. Adam Tebrugge
Sarah Thomas
Mary-Paul Thomas
Jessica Thomas
Lawrence Thompson*
Denny Thompson
Emma Thorne
Jeff Tiberii*
Deitra Toone*
Aviva Tulasi
Lisa Tulchin
Susan Tuman
Carl Tyer
Timothy Tyson
Greg Undeen
Susan T Usher*
Edwin Vaden
Susan Vaughan
Kyle Villemain
Kathleen Voltz
Harold and Helen Voris*
Jane Voyles
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Resla Wesonga
Michael Walker*
Mary Walker*
Kathryn Walker
Krystal Walker
Melissa Wall*
Ann Wall
Alexander Wall
Luke Wallenbeck*
Jim Walset*
Callie Warner
Susan Warner
Philip Weast
Laura Webb*
Rachel Weber
Alice Wellborn
Monika Wengler
Leona Whichard*
Tim White*
John Whitehouse
Jennifer Tolle Whiteside*
Angela Whitney
Wendy Wieber
Janice Wilkinson*
Sarah Willets
Ida Williams
Elizabeth Williams
James Williams, Jr.
Dirk Wilmoth*
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Noah Wilson*
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Elle Wise
Kelly Wood*
Patrick Woodie
Rip Woodin
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Nona Workman
Ford Worthy
Erin Wynia
Michael Yares
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