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James A. and Martha R. Brown Charitable Foundation
William Stamps Farish Fund
Keeneland Association*
Marksbury Family Foundation*
PNC Financial Services Group
The Randleigh Foundation Trust
Tempur Sealy*
Blue Grass Community Foundation*
Ramsey Bova and Robert Hammond*
Eli and Mary Lynne Capilouto*
Community Trust Bank*
Cowgill Partners
Anne Gay Donworth*
Elhapa Foundation, Inc.
Jean W. Frazier
Friends of the Library
Lucy Jones
Keith Key
Jean R. Moore
NiSource Charitable Foundation
Rebecca and Mike Poppe
Carolyn F. Purcell*
Serrate Family*
William Bartram and Eloise Williams Sturgill Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Young, Jr.
Deborah Lynn Alexander
American Water Charitable Foundation
Anonymous
Asio Capital
Mr. & Mrs. Ausbrook
Bank of America*
Wells Bullard & Harding Dowell
Ellen Givens Chapman Charitable Lead Annuity Trust
CHI St. Joseph Health
Coldiron Oil Company
Commerce Lexington
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum
Richard and Heather Dieffenbach*
Erin Dilger
David and Melanie Dowell
Mark Wilson Eastland
Elliott Family Charitable Fund at Blue Grass Community Foundation*
EOP Architects | Champlin Architecture
Roda Ferraro & RJ English*
Friends of the Lexington Public Library
Paula J Shives
Custom Ink Fundraising
Anne P. Gay
Mary Wis & Ben Haggin*
Kevin Imai
AJ & Amy Jutte
KEMI
Randy Kemper
Dan & Cassondra Koett*
Kroger
Marsh & McLennan Agency
Chase Minnifield
Mt. Brilliant Family Foundation
Muir House Foundation
Network for Good
Pin Oak Charitable Fund at Blue Grass Community Foundation
Salomon & Company
Tamara Sanderson
Brett & Billie Jo Setzer
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence T. Smith*
KPC Architectural Products
Barry and Ann Stilz
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Jim Stokes and Jo Ann Czekalski
SVN Stone Commercial Real Estate
James N Turek*
Will Van Meter
John and Jacqueline Van Willigen
Tom and MaryAnn Ackerman
Ban Alattar
Anonymous
David & Stephanie Arnold
E.S Barr & CO
Larry & Carol Beach
Bluegrass Sotheby's International Realty
The Bird-Pollan Family
Alanson H. and Charles H. Boden
Shannon Brady
Kimberly & David Brennen
The George and Katherine Brooks Charitable Fund at National Christian Foundation
Craig Cammack
Roger and Nancy Chesser
Paula Clancy
Tim & Debby Coleman
Elizabeth Combs
Gary and Nancy Craft
Lisle & Kathy Dalton
John and Sandra Deaton
Susan Downing
Aisling Duignan
Claude H. and Elizabeth Farley
Amanda Foxx
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Frazier
Alexander Garcia
Ruth Ann Gaylord
Sarah and Frederick Gibbs
John Gohmann
Judy Goldsmith & Andrew Klapper
Karen Grace
Carolyn Greene
Gregory L. Hager
Naomi Clewett and Brian Hocevar
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ireland
Ron and Judith Isaacs
Bonnie Jones
Alann and Kristi Karow
Karen E. King
Mary Ellen Klatte
Sharon Ledford
Todd Lemley
Steve and Noelle Leung
Edmund D. Lyon
Margot McCullers
Thomas Meng
Florence Metcalfe
George M. Van Meter
Kate Mitzenmacher
Carol Jean More
Elizabeth Morley
Carly Muetterties
Virginia F. Murphy
Jordan Parker
John & Beth Phillips
Pledgeling Foundation
Reese and Becky Reinhold
Jane Rowady
Chicago Royal Thai Consulate - General
Terry Royster
Paul A. Schwartz
Thornton Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Sevigny
The Henry Laird Smith Foundation
Susan E Spires
Charlotte and John Clay Stites
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Straus
Tri-State Roofing and Sheet Metal Company
Jewel Vanderhoef
Larry and Lucy VanMeter
Geraldine Wagner
Nila Wells
Kimberly Winchester
Betty Abdmishani
Christopher & Jean Abner
Michael Abrahim
Chrissie Adams
Elizabeth Adams
James and Rosa Allison
Lezlie Allison
Amazon.com
Linda Diane Ames
Linda Angelucci
Anonymous x8
Aimee Arthurs
Mike and Elizabeth Asay
Chrissie Balding
L.A Baldon
Ann Marie Banet
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers Beasley
Matthew S Beebe
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Kristen and Perry Bentley
Thelma M. Bergman
Janice Birdwhistell
Jon B. Blehar
Dana Boarman
Margaret Boden
Kristen Bodi
Simon Boes
Edward Boose
Beverly Bouse
Laura and Zack Bray
Richard Brooks
Stephen Broughton
Miranda Brown
Susan Brown
Taylor Buck
John Buckner
Brenna Byrd
William Byrne
Linda W. Carey
Lynne Cassone
Kirk Catinna
Laura Clifford
Catherine Coggins
Toherana Coleman
Chelsea Compton
Computer Training Solutions
Lynne Cornish
Karen Cosgrove
Gloria Lynn Crabtree
Krystin Cutwright
David Dattilo
Gregory Davis
Joyce G Davis
W. Clayton Davis
Cynthia B. Deitz
Carrie Dichiaro
David Dickason
Mary Davis Dicken
Katie Dilger
Donna Gene Dixon
Rachel Eberhart
Christopher A. Eckert
Mr. & Mrs. Charles & Linda Ellis
Dr. Rolf Embertson & Dr. Claire Latimer
Hannah Faulkner
Sandra Fitz
Brennan Flora
Ava Crow & Anne Flynn
Hazel Forsythe
Jerold and Mary Lou Friesen
Brandi Frisby
Frontstream
Jerry Fuller
Lynn Furness
Miranda Gajda
Jack and Debbie Gallagher
Janiel Gammon
Kathleen Gannoe
Kelsey Gatton
Chris J. Gay
Deborah Press Gerth
Kim & John Glenney
Eugene Glowatch
Jonathan Golding
Pete & Dawn Grass
Spencer Greenhalgh
Kathleen Gross
Alyce Guares
Dennis Hacker
Lindsey Hammerslag
Hanna-McCord Family Charitable Fund at Blue Grass Community Foundation
Sarah Harmon
Phyllis R. Hasbrouck
Chris Heinz
Cher Hennessy
Darlene Herman
Deborah Higgins
Donna Hill
Lynne Hirleman
Carol S Hodges
Connie Holman
Marnie Clay Holoubek
Jennifer Howard
Pamela G. Hricenak
Joseph Hudson
Dean Hunt
Julie A. Igo
Immanuel Baptist Church
Mary L. Ireland
Bonnie Jacobs
Louis W. Jaquith
Reinette F. Jones
Farhad & Gohary Kamdar
Julie Karns
Rona Roberts & Steve Kay
Amanda Gehman Keeling
Wendi Keene
Christopher Keeton
Todd & Cynthia Kelly - Kelly Nursery
Anne C. Kemp
Laura Kennedy
Laurie Ketcham-Schrick
Jan Keys
Rebecca King
Kathy Kluemper
Kitty Koniali
Priya Koul
Joe Kratzat
Gary Lacy
Kathy Lairson
Elaine Landry
Rachel Laudan
Alberto & Vida Laureano
Dena R Lawing
Emily Lawson
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Lee, Jr
Nathan and Blair Lee
Mr. and Mrs. William J Leffler, II
Jo W. Leone
Lexington Science Fiction and Fantasy Association
Qiaozhi Li
Joseph Linville
Maddie Loeffler
Julie Logan
Bo Hai Loh
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Lovell, III
Elizabeth Lowe
Joel Loy
Joel Lubrano
Mary Luken
Rebecca Lutz
George Lyon
Katie Lyons
Jane Manning
Valerie Marshall
Janet Marshall
Bill and Melinda Massie
Gerald Mattingly
Jennifer McGowan
Elizabeth McLaren
Pope and Betty Ann McLean
Mary Ann McMurry
Robert Meadows
Linda J. Miller
Margaret Morrison
Charlotte F. Moss
K Muthukumaraswamy
Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Nathe
Irvathur N. Nayak
Donna Neal
Elizabeth Neher
Leah Newsom
Lynna Nguyen
Huu Nguyen
Ellen and Allen Norvell
Karen Novak
Tom OBrien
Jackie Oldiges
Veronica O'Neal
Devin Onkst
Thomas Pace
Jane and B Patterson
Ray and Carol Paulick
Linda Peel
Shelby Pennick
Cecil Peppiatt
Brett T. Spear and Martha Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin F. Phillips
Janet Pike
Gitanjali Pinto-Sinai
Hunter Porter
Robert Preston
Daryl Privott
Jillian Pyatte
Jacqueline C. Decroo and Robert J. Rabel
Leon Ravvin
Edward A. Receski
Peggy Reeves
Jennifer Reynolds
Dana Richards
Elizabeth Ringstrom
Louise C. Robinson
Andrew Roche
Mary Jane Rodes
Phillip Roeder
Wendy Rogers
Adam Rogers
John Rose
Teresa Rosebud
Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation Inc
Cassidy Rosenthal
Anna Ross
Ali Rossi
Daniel and Wendy Rowland
Anthony Russell
Ryann Sams
Nat H. Sandler
Lisa Satin
Gary Schaeffer
Meagan Schaeffner
Roger Paige and Sara J. Schoenberg
Courtney Scoby
Carol Searcy
Kathy Sebesta
Sandra Senft
Sanjay and Mital Shah
Michelle and J. Alan Sisk
Shelly Skeens
Collis Sledd
Paige Halpin Smith
Carissa Smith
Allison Soult
Sam Speaks
Sheldon and Marion Steiner
Michael Sternberger
Scott & Julia Stevens
Joan Stewart
Elizabeth Stewart
Melinda Stewart
Susan Stewart
Susie Stewart
Margaret Stoeckinger
Jordan and Dawn Strickler
Beverly Supko
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
Hsin Hsiung & Chen Ling Tai
Tammy Talbert
Meghan Talley
William Thomas Jr
Paul Toomey
Chake Travers
Robert & Barbara Travis
Mary Tri
Megan Tucker
Gerald and Florence Urban
Deborah Vallee
Vicki L. Vance
Elizabeth Vaughn
Chaitanya Velicheti
Mr. and Mrs. Vinodh Venugopal
Lynn Vera
Ashley Wagers
Jerry Wagner
Jim & Cindy Ware
Natalie B Watt
Wendy Waugh
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney L. Webb
Alan Weinstein
Yajaira Aich West
Betsy Whiteman
Billy E. Widener
Holly Wiedemann
Robert Wildman
J Wilhite
Harvie and Nellie Wilkinson
Carol Wills
Andrea Wilson
Chelsea Wilson
Charlotte Wood
George & Betty Yates
Wesley Zanone
Donation In Honor of Beth Lanshima
John Mark Streble
Donations In Honor of Betty Abdmishani
Anonymous
Catherine Reilender
Donation In Honor of Elizabeth Kilcoyne
Eleanor Monahan
Donation In Honor of Jennifer Bird-Pollan
Linda Handren
Donation In Honor of Jenny Smith
David & Margaret Smith
Donation In Honor of Judy & Louis Strauss
Sarah Switzer
Donation In Honor of Linda Ransdell
Liz Shooner
Gifts-In-Kind
LEX1 Amazon
Jonathan S. Miller
MOD Pizza
Lexington Catholic High School
America's ToothFairy
Donation In Honor of Maryellen Bond
Robbin Bond
Donation In Honor of Michele Freed
Anibal and Joanne Biglieri
Donation In Honor of Molly Watson
Olivia Davis
Donation In Honor of Pippa Reames
Christopher Reames*
Donation In Honor of Stephanie Barrett
Betty Nigoff
Donation In Honor of Steve Flomenhoft
Eli Flomenhoft
Donation In Honor of The Kentucky Room
Kimberly Wickens
Donation In Memory of Anita Rhea & Lyon DeWitt
Kathleen Stamm
Donation In Memory of Ann McIntosh
Suzanne Mcintosh
Donation In Memory of Anna Elizabeth Burnett
Luann Burnett
Donation In Memory of Anne F. Goad
Frank Goad
Donation In Memory of Betty Evans Rose
Kathleen M. Rose
Donation In Memory of Celesta Poplin Boggs
Vicki Luciano
Donation In Memory of Diana Dodson
Insurance Associates
Donation In Memory of Donald Sands
John and Carolyn Looff
Donation In Memory of Dr. Gerardo & Mrs. Ruby J.H.G. Saenz
Monique A SaenzKurz
Donation In Memory of Ellen Wiseman
Mary Leah R. Atkinson
Donation In Memory of Evoyd and Linda Horsley
Tim and Judy Riddell
Donation In Memory of Hugh and Peg LeClair
Kristie Kirkpatrick
Donation In Memory of Jay and Harriet Cason
Harriet Cason
Donations In Memory of Jim Ryder
Cyndie Barone
Tanner Curtis
Cynthia and Chuck France
Paula and Todd Gottdiner
Wayne and Anne Graff
Susan Hartwell
Joy T. Hinkle
Shelby Reynolds
Mary Schusterbauer
Paula Setser-Kissick
Chaucey Slagel
Donation In Memory of Josephine Garis Cochran
Robyn Tylar Saur, of Queer Queendom
Donation In Memory of Miriam Stambaugh
Connie McNeely
Donation In Memory of Monies Tingle
Elizabeth Tingle-Crovo
Donation In Memory of Philip and Susan Bonner
David Madden
Donations In Memory of Philip Bonner
Rebecca Kellum
Andrew & Evelyn Pulito
Chase Southard
Lee Walker
Daniel D. and Jennifer M. Brock
Donation In Memory of Phyllis Jenness
Daniel D. and Jennifer M. Brock
Donation In Memory of Rev. Eric D. Iverson
Elizabeth Iverson
Donations In Memory of Rose Mary Sherlock
Mr. Joe F. Childers and Ms. Denise G. Smith
Carol Simpson
Diane Whitt
Donations In Memory of Russell "Red Eye" Salyer
Anonymous
Sue Cole
My Tribute Gift Foundation
Ted and Hunter Kessinger
Elizabeth Leo
Debbie Salyer
Kerry Smith
Andrea Sosby
Donations In Memory of Sandra Cooper Young
Tracey Daley
Bonnie Roberts
Joanne Sigler
Donation In Memory of Sharon Powers
Annie Scranton
Donation In Memory of Sir Isaac Newton
Ryan Garrett Callahab
Donation In Memory of Susan Durant
Suzannr Kifer
Donations In Memory of William "Bill" Gibbs
Erica Ashlock
Brett Behr
Joe Bonilla
Alexandra Brook
Randy Cassen
Chuck Downie
Roshad Ismail and the Ismail Family
Charla Featherstone
Jeff Gibbs
B' Ann Johnson
Barbie Lally
Darlene Logan
Lynn Neill
Dave & Lisa Norat
Margery Perry
Stephanie Romo
Shayne Skarda
David & Margaret Smith
Vicky Tomko, Monica Blaz and Jan Cortes-Duewel
Linda Walker
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