About - Our Supporters

Between July 2016 and June 2017, over 200 donors contributed to support the Museum of Durham History’s operating and programming expenses. 


$10,000 and Above 

Capitol Broadcasting Company • Duke Medicine • Duke University Office of the Executive Vice President  • Ruth & Victor Dzau • Thomas H. Krakauer  • City of Durham • Durham County

 $5,000 – $9,999

BIN Charitable Foundation Inc. • Duke Energy Foundation  • Mary Duke Biddle Foundation • PNC Bank • SunTrust Foundation • The Forest at Duke • Fox Family Foundation

$2,500 – $4,999 

Erin & Todd Mosier • Mosier Family Fund • Robert D. Teer Jr. • Wilson Family • Wells Fargo Foundation • Durham Merchants’ Association Charitable Foundation

$1,000 – $2,499 

John & Suzanne Payne • Latino Community Credit Union • Acme Plumbing & Heating Co. • Michael Steven Hershfield/Susan Brill Rosenthal Family Fund • Mitchell Tuchman • North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company • Pappas Capital • Sloan & Guy Rachmuth • The Snyderman Fund • Nancy Bernstein • Green & Bowman Family • Durham Library Foundation • Ralph Frasier, Jr. • Carlton E. Wilson • Jane & George Goodridge • Benjamin F. Speller Jr. • Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Community Impact Fund • Robert Gofourth

$500 – $999 

Caroline & Arthur Rogers • Elise & Graham Sharpe • Judith A. Snyderman • Kenneth Olden • Lewis H. Myers • Mindy & Guy Solie • Sandra & John Atkins • Lee Ann & Larry Tilley • William A. Stokes Jr. • Crum and Forester Insurance • Morningstar Law Group • Duncan Heron • Leanora M. Minai • Aaron Spaulding • Jim Wise • Duke Environmental Justice

$150-$499

Lauren & Scott Spiegel • Margaret & Donald Fluke • David Ball & Susan Pochapsky • Claire & Allen Wilcox • Don Moffitt • Vaguely Reminiscent • 501 Realty • Accent Hardwood Flooring • Cavett & Barker French • Center Studio Architecture, PLLC • Charlie & Joy Dunlap • Chimusic Company • City of Durham Neighborhood Improvement Services • Robert Healy & Katherine Edgar • Ernest Roessler • Jewelsmith • Laura Ritchie • MaryAnn E. Black • Miller & Howell Family • Other End of the Leash • POSH Salon • Robert Chapman • Scrap Exchange • Sherry Kinlaw • Barbara Barr & Jerry Gershenhorn • Barbara Williams Ellertson • Alice Sharpe • Backyard Fund of the
Triangle Community Foundation • Channing Family • Graciela Vidal • Duke University History Department

Up to $149

Marcos Ferandes • Stephanie Holmer • Carolyn Grant • Dennis Meek • Harvey Sellner • Hui Ying Li • Clara M. Allen • Anthony W. Reevy • Dr. & Mrs. Robert Yowell • Barbara McKenzie • Carolyn & Brady Surles • Cassandra Taylor • Daniel Ellison • David Stein • Deborah Debourg-Brown • Gerry Larson • Harriet Sayre McCord • Harry F. Dawley • Henry Greene • Laura Treat Harvey • Mary Moyer • Denise Harrison Susan Andresen • Shelli Lieberman • Barbara & Joseph Collie • Polly & Tom Harris • Angela M. Jeannet • Carlos Mahoney • Carol Anderson • Cindy & Hank Gardiner • Dale Gaddis • Dennis Martinez • Doreen Johnson • Dorothy Borden • Emily McClure • Frances Rollins • Gale M. Glenn • Janet & Andrew Broughton • Joanne Edgar • Joshua Davis • Laura Benedict • Lizzie & Sampson Harrell • Lucille Bearon • Lynn Richardson • Marcia Carpenter • Margaret & Richard Hodel • Margaret & Richard McCann • Marjorie Freeman • MaryAnne Zabrycki • Melinda Killenberg • Nancy Schiebel • Paula Blasi • Peggy & Floyd Hardy • Penny & Jim Fleming • Richard N. Hill • Robert Schall • Rosemary & Terry Kearney • Russ Comer • Sally & Clare Adkin • Sarah J. Deutsch • Steve Pomeroy • Susan Michaelson, Graceanne & Robert Sweeney • Sylvia Kerckhoff • Willie Covington • Jean Hurwitz • Tony & Amanda McCall • Andrew Stewart • Brown Family • K. Emerson Beyer & Michael J. Bruno • Katie Spencer and Perry Wright • Stephen & Patricia Bocckino • Student U, Barbara & Peter Fish • Barry Poss • Benjamin Reese, Jr. • Brand Fortner • Cameron Lee • Carl Webb • Catherine & Randy Lambe • Charles Newman • Renee & David Connelly • Eileen & James Welch • Gita Schonfeld • Karin Shapiro • Karl Gottschalk • Kimberle & Freeman Walker • Leona and Willis P. Whichard • Mary & Todd Liebhold • Maidi Hall • Marcia J. McNally • Mary Susan Sewell • Michelle Mitchell • Mucklow & Perumallu Family • Robinson &Elizabeth Everett Jr. • Ruth Bardon • Sandra & Harvey Cohen • Sara & James Craven • Sarah Russell • Sawyer & Hanchett Family • Susan & Richard Ellman • Susan Ross • Lena E. Dunston • Morgan Haynes

In Kind

Perry Wright • ACME Plumbing Co. • Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau • Morningstar Law Group • Fire Stream Media • Wells Fargo • African American Quilters Guild • NCCU Jazz Studies Program • Duke University Jazz Program • Bike Durham • Ernest Dollar • School of Home • Black Twig Cider House • Rob and Alley Twenty Six • Durham Distillery • JB Duke Hotel • Alivia’s • Duke University Stores • Atlas Imports • Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership Office of Durham and Regional Affairs • Runaway Clothing • Carolina Theater • Dos Perros • Bagel Bar-Durham • Making Ends Meet • NOSH • Bull City Cider Works • Bull Durham Beer Company • Theo Davis Printing • Mad Hatter Bake Shop and Café • Sam’s Qwik Shop • Tea Cup Gin • Harris Beverage LLC

Honorarium & Memorial

Carolyn Grant in honor of Milton Robert Grant II • Harry F. Dawley in memory of Paul Yale • Laura Treat Harvey in honor of Jane Goodridge • Joanne Edgar in honor of Bob Healy • Marcia Carpenter in honor of Ruth Dzau • Paula Blasi in honor of Sue Andresen • Russ Comer in honor of John Dee Holeman • Susan Michaelson in honor of Bob Healy • Jean Hurwitz in honor of Ruth Dzau  Brand Fortner in honor of Sue Andresen • Elizabeth & Robinson Everett Jr. in honor of Jim Wise • Sarah Russell in honor of Samuel Russell • Caroline & Arthur Rogers in honor of Tom Krakauer • Judith A. Snyderman in honor of Ruth Dzau • Mindy & Guy Solie in honor of Tom Krakauer • Duncan Heron in memory of Becky Heron

Visionaries 2007-2013

The following supporters are forever recognized as the “Visionaries” whose financial support between 2007-2013 brought the MoDH into being.


Platinum ($10,000 & Above)

BIN Charitable Foundation, Inc. • Capitol Broadcasting Company • City of Durham • City of Durham Office of Economic and Workforce Development • Duke Energy Foundation • Duke Medicine • Durham County • Ruth and Victor Dzau • Dr. Thomas H. Krakauer • PNC Bank Foundation

Gold ($5,000-$9,999)

Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation • Duke University • Fox Family Foundation • GlaxoSmithKline Foundation • Mary Duke Biddle Foundation • SunTrust Banks

Silver ($2,500-$4,999)

MaryAnn E. Black • Video Dialog, Inc. • Mike Steven Hershfield and Susan Brill Rosenthal • Lewis H. Myers • Perkins+Will • Judith Snyderman • Lauren and Scott Spiegel • The Forest at Duke • Jean and Chuck Wilson

Bronze ($1,000-$2,499)

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants • American Underground • Blue Cross Blue Shield NC • Robert Chapman • Cavett & Barker French • Jane and George Goodridge• Pamela and Isaac Green • Shelly Green • Scott Harmon • Liggett Vector Brands • Mechanics and Farmers Bank • Tom Miller • Mosier Family Fund • Erin and Todd Mosier • Rita and Gerard Musante • North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company • Arthur Pappas • Josh Parker • Suzanne and John Payne • Kenneth Rodgers • Elizabeth and Ralph Rogers • Rotary District 7710 • SunTrust Foundation • The Rotary Club of Durham • Mitchell Tuchman • Vaguely Reminiscent • Dr. Ron Vereen • Peter White • Claire and Allen Wilcox

Friends ($500-$999)

Adzerk • Sandra and John Atkins • Reyn Bowman • Brown Brothers • Plumbing & Heating Co. • A. John Bryson • C.T. Wilson Construction, Inc. • Downtown Durham, Inc. • MaryAnn and Herbert Fuchs • GoPalakas • Rickey L. Hartman • Margaret and Tom Keller • Marcia Angle and Mark Trustin Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation • Dr. Kenneth Olden • PNC Bank • Caroline and Arthur Rogers • Steve Schewel and Lao Rubert • Elizabeth and Michael Schoenfeld • Karin Shapiro & Ed Balleisen • Mindy and Guy Solie • Aaron Spaulding • William A. Stokes Jr. • Renee Ann Weisner • Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP • Yadkin Bank

Supporters ($250-$499)

Carol Anderson • Baskerville Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation • Barbara and Joseph Collie • Perry Colwell • Catherine Elias • Thomas Galloway • Emily S. Kass • Dale Mosier • Lynn Richardson • Ernest Roessler • John Schelp • Gita Schonfeld • Benjamin F. Speller, Jr., PhD • James Stewart & Frances Dyer • Grace and Robert Sweeney • Dillard and Mildred Teer • Lee Ann & Larry Tilley

In Kind

Acme Plumbing & Heating Co. • Alarm Man of N.C. • Alliance Architecture • Allison Savicz publicity • Brame Specialty Company, Inc. • Brenda Miller Holmes, muralist • Brock Contract Services • Capital Sign Solutions • Carolina Solar Control & Security Inc., Triangle Division • Center Studio Architecture • Chuck Samuels graphic design • Coulter Jewell Thames, P.A. • Cree, Inc. • CT Wilson Construction • Dan Ellison, Attorney at Law • Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau • Durham Master Gardeners •  Durham Technical Community College • Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. • FireStream Media • Frontier Communications • Harris Brothers Electric & Controls, Inc. • J & H Glass • Jim Phillips, PLA, Museum of Life & Science • Lappas & Havener, PA • Lee Street Construction • Net Friends, Inc. • S & A Cherokee • Sew Crafty • The Freelon Group • The Kitchen Specialist • Through This Lens, Inc. • Treehouse Productions • Triangle Glass Service • VideoDialog