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Inprint Annual Fund
The easiest way to help is to contribute to Inprint’s Annual Fund. Donations are tax-deductible and provide critical operating support. Donations can also be made in honor or in memory of an individual or event. In appreciation of your support, we offer the following gifts at the different giving levels. Thank you!
NOBEL PRIZE
$5,000+
All the featured books by the 2024/2025 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series featured authors (signed or with signed bookplates, when possible) PLUS ALL BENEFITS BELOW
BOOKER PRIZE
$2,000-4,999
Invitation for two to a reception at a private home with Emma Donoghue in advance of her reading on March 24, 2025 PLUS ALL BENEFITS BELOW
MACARTHUR FELLOW
$1,000-1,999
A personalized poem written by an Inprint Poetry Busker on the theme of your choice (in English or Spanish) PLUS ALL BENEFITS BELOW
PULITZER PRIZE
$500-999
A signed copy of The Stuff of Hollywood by Niki Herd, past winner of the Inprint Barthelme Prize in Nonfiction PLUS ALL BENEFITS BELOW
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
$250-499
Invitation for two to an Inprint happy hour, PLUS ALL BENEFITS BELOW
BESTSELLER
$100-249
Recognition on 2024/2025 Inprint Brown Reading Series event programs
Special thanks to the supporters of the 2024-2025 Inprint Annual Fund
This list includes gifts received through February 24, 2025.
NOBEL PRIZE
Susan Baird and Leah Lax
Consuelo Duroc-Danner
Lori Gallagher and Curtis Huff
Debbie Gary
Holly and Breen Haire
Jenny Koetting
Sabria and Kevin Lewis
Rebecca McDonald
Barbara and Louis Sklar
Nina and Michael Zilkha
BOOKER PRIZE
Candace Baggett and Ron Restrepo
Heather Brown and Henry Segelke
Gwendolyn Dawson and Ba Nguyen
Ruth Dreessen and Thomas Van Laan
Susan Guthrie Dunn and Christopher Dunn
Jenny Elkins
Gulchin Ergun and Matthew McBride
Leslie Gilstrap
Matt Henneman
William Hseih
Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen
Sissy and Denny Kempner
Claire Liu and Joe Greenberg, in honor of Chinhui Juhn
Marek Family Foundation
Una and Eamonn Quigley
Arwa and Aziz Shaibani, in honor of Hosam Aboul-Ela and Fady Joudah
Diana Strassmann and Jeff Smisek
Phoebe and Bobby Tudor
MACARTHUR FELLOW
Mary and Marcel Barone
Karen and Charlie Baughn/Tini Lulu Fund
Laura Calaway
Yini and Herman Collette
Liz and Steve Crowell
J. Mark Deaton and Brad Telford
Brooke and Dan Feather
Sarah and Carey Ford
Cece and Mack Fowler
Katharine Barthelme Frank and Shane Frank
Nancy Glass
Rebecca Grant, in memory of Michael Alden Grant
Marc Grossberg
Olive Hershey and A.C. Conrad
Laurel and David Isaak
Gay A. Roane
Lois and George Stark
Amy Sutton and Gary Chiles
Thelma Zirkelbach
PULITZER PRIZE
Jeff Beauchamp
Miquel Correll
Annette and John Eldridge
Katy Emde
Docia and John Rudley
Hinda Simon
Angela Teer
Gay and Ron Tigner
Marcia West and Ron Lewis
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
Theodora Andrews and Jeri Nordbrock
Kathryn Boehme Bielinski and Peter Bielinski
Carolyn Russell Brock and Glen Brock
Ellen and Michael Brottman
Robert Bruce
Julie Cohn and John A. Connor
John Duboise
Nancy Dunlap
Helen Winkler Fosdick
Kristianna Foye
Catherine and Patrick Gillespie
Gayle Goodman
Susan and Robert Hawkins
Sherry B. Levy
Carolyn Loos
Nena Duncan Marsh
Beatrice Mladenka-Fowler and Jesse Fowler
Morgan Moody
Mary and Mark Poag
Bobbi Samuels
Varsha Saraiya-Shah
Michelle and Cliff Shedd
Mimi Swartz and John Wilburn
Liara Tamani and Larry Anismashaun
Nancy Thompson
Carolyn Truesdell and Dick Cheney
BESTSELLER
Nancy and Alexander Bunin
Michael Craig
Jane Crawford
Tershia d’Elgin
Amber Eagle
Randi Faust
Diana Garza and Peter McLaughlin
Mary Hecht
Vicki Huff and Eric Boerwinkle
Ann and Thomas Kelsey
Joy Lee
Marie and Miles Matter
Rose Ann Medlin
Robert Milbrath
Thomas Miller
Randall Morton
Edward Nawotka
Linda Popkin-Paine and Stephen Paine
Fairfax and Risher Randall
Sally and Charles Roberts
Shirley Rose
Frank Rynd
Karen Schneider
Marsha and Lionel Schooler
Deborah Selden and Bruce Penny, in honor of Lois Zamora
Emily Todd
Ellie and Jon Totz
MANUSCRIPT
Claire P. Auchter
Ingrid Osborn Bond
Cathy Coers Frank, in honor of Shirley Rose
Virginia Jackson, in honor of Catherine Gillespie
Gina Lowry
Susan Snider Osterberg
Mary Parham and Timothy Hagerty
To see a list of our generous 2023-2024 Annual Fund Donors, click here.
Other ways to help
Attend the Inprint Poets & Writers Ball: Help sustain Houston’s vibrant literary arts scene by attending Inprint’s annual fundraising gala. The 2025 Inprint Poets & Writers Ball takes place on Saturday, February 8, at the River Oaks Country Club and is chaired by Brittany Sakowitz Kushner and Kevin Kushner. For underwriting opportunities and more information, click here.
Participate in the Randall’s Good Neighbor Program: For every purchase you make at Randalls, Inprint will receive a donation equivalent to 1% of your total purchase at no additional cost to you. Stop by the service desk at any Randalls store and have your Randalls Remarkable Card linked to account #1915.
Inprint Form 990
Make your gift to Inprint twice as nice
Many companies will match charitable donations made by their employees. To participate, stop by your Human Resources Department for a matching gifts form and send it in along with your gift. Thank you for making your gift twice as nice!
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American General American International Group Inc.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Apache Corporation
Bank of America Corporation
Bechtel Group, Inc.
BHP Billiton Petroleum
BMC Industries, Inc.
Cabot Oil and Gas Corp.
Charles Schwab
Chevron/Texaco Citicorp/
CITIBank N.A.
Coca-Cola Company
Cooper Industries, Inc.
Duke Energy Corporation
Dynegy, Inc.
El Paso Energy Foundation
Entergy Power Group
EOG Resources
ExxonMobil
First Interstate Bank of Texas
FMC Foundation
Hewlett-Packard/Compaq
Home Depot
Houston Endowment, Inc.
IKON Office Solutions
J. P. Morgan Chase
Johnson Controls Inc.
Kellogg Brown & Root/Halliburton
Landmark Graphics
Marathon Oil Co.
Marsh and McLenn Companies
May Department Stores Co.
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
Northern Trust Bank of Texas
Nuevo Energy Company
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Foundation
Quanex
Royal Bank of Scotland
SBC Foundation
Shell Oil Companies
Standard Oil Co.
State Farm Companies Fdtn.
United Parcel Service
Washington Mutual Foundation
Wells Fargo & Co.