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 2023-2024 Inprint Annual Fund

This list includes gifts received through June 30, 2024.

NOBEL PRIZE       
Consuelo Duroc-Danner
Jenny Elkins, in honor of Mary S Dawson
Lori Gallagher and Curtis Huff
Debbie Gary 
Holly and Breen Haire
Nicole and Evan H. Katz
Carolyn J. Keating
Sabria and Kevin Lewis
Barbara and Louis Sklar
Mark Wawro and Melanie Gray
Nina and Michael Zilkha

BOOKER PRIZE    
Candace Baggett and Ron Restrepo
Heather Brown and Hank Segelke
Sarah and Will Choi
Nicole Clark
Liz and Steve Crowell
Gwendolyn Dawson and Ba Nguyen
Gulchin Ergun and Matthew McBride
Katharine Barthelme Frank and Shane Frank, in memory of Marion Barthelme
Cullen Geiselman and Robert Muse
Victoria and Michael Hohertz
William Hsieh
Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen
Liara Tamani and Larry Anismashaun

MACARTHUR FELLOW   
Robin Angly and Miles Smith
Mary and Marcel Barone
Laura Calaway
Miquel Correll
Mark Deaton and Brad Telford
Susan Guthrie Dunn and Christopher Dunn
Katie and Rick Evans
Brooke and Dan Feather
Kristina and Jeff Fort
Eleanor and Dan Gilbane
Leslie Gilstrap
Lynne Goode and Harrison Williams
Marc Grossberg
Mathew Hefti, in memory of James Hansen
Sissy and Denny Kempner
Caroline Kerr and Andy Lusk
Stephanie Larsen
Nancy Manderson
Pat Lasher and Richard Jacobs
Franci Neely
Una and Eamonn Quigley
The Risher Randall Family Foundation
Gay Roane
Docia and John Rudley
A.G. Unterharnscheidt, in honor of Rich Levy
Rochelle White and Laurence Land, in honor of Ann Weisgarber

PULITZER PRIZE 
Charles Alcorn, in memory of Dorothy Jean and Chuck Alcorn
Alyne Assunto
Christine Attar, in honor of Mary S Dawson
Jeff Beauchamp
Kusum and Vijay Bhagia
Kathryn Boehme Bielinski and Peter Bielinski
Jill Carter
Mary S and Jack Dawson
Larry Doherty, in honor of Nancy Powell Moore and Bobbi Samuels
Cece and Mack Fowler
Rebecca Grant, in memory of Michael Alden Grant
Shelia Heimbinder
Laurel and David Isaak
Sis and Hasty Johnson
Isabelle and Eric Mayer
Docia and John Rudley, in memory of Blanche Milloy
Ellen Safier and Efrain Bleiberg
Katie Sammons and Terry Lohrenz
Michelle and Cliff Shedd
Hinda Simon
Michelle and Rishi Varma
Helen Wils

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
Milton Altschuler
Carolyn Russell Brock and Glen Brock
Ellen and Michael Brottman
Robert Bruce
Julie Cohn and John Connor, in memory of Michael Alden Grant
Tershia d’Elgin
John Duboise
Nancy Dunlap
Nancy Laufe Eisenberg
J. Elle and Michael McGehee
Carolyn and Ron Galfione
Madeleine Callery Hussey, in honor of Joan McKirachan
Elizabeth and Albert Kidd
Caroline Leech
Patsy Lesley
Valerae Lewis and Michael O’Reilly
Carolyn Loos
Mary Ann Marucci
Mary Milloy, in honor of Ron Restrepo
Morgan and Brad Moody
Linda and Jerry Paine
Bobbi Samuels
Sarah Beth and Paul Seifert
Varsha Shah
Diana Strassmann and Jeff Smisek
Mimi Swartz and John Wilburn
Nancy Thompson
Emily Todd
Anne Tucker and Robert Morris
Gayle and Steve Waldman
Marcia West and Ron Lewis
Andrea and Bill White

BESTSELLER          
Jeffry S. Abrams
Susan and David Askanase
Mariame Aviles
Chris Ballou
Leta and David Barry
Marion and Charles Burger
Jeanne and Paul Blanchard
Robin and Dick Brooks
Chris and Harris Cander
Bettie Cartwright
Michael Craig
Malcolm Daniel and Darryl Morrison
Robin and Tony Davidson, in memory of Adam Zagajewski
Sybil and Ted Estess
David Garvin, in memory of Rosa Luxemburg
James Howard Gibbons
Nonya and Jonathan Grenader
Jennifer Grosvenor
Katherine Hall and Jonathan Jay
Susan and Robert Hawkins
Vicki Huff and Eric Boerwinkle
Nancy J. Kerby
Alison de Lima Greene, in honor of Lynn Goode
Rose Medlin
Maria Merrill
Robert Milbrath
Juan R. Palomo
James Quinn
Charlotte Randolph
Robin Reagler
Sally and Charles Roberts, in memory of Susan Hilary Roberts
Lynn Rohe, in honor of Linda Porter-Tucci
Emily Schaffer
Kathryn A. Schuller, in memory of Daniel Sodders
Bryan Scrivner
Elizabeth and David Sims
Brittany Smith and Crit Jones
Ann Sparker
Ellie and Jon Totz
Catherine Wile

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Ingrid O. Bond
Megan Clark-Dillingham
Francesca Fuchs
Jesse Lipson
Alice McCarthy
Susan Snider Osterberg
Marsha and Lionel Schooler, in honor of Bobby Sussman
Amber and Byron York

To see a list of our generous 2022-2023 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.

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!

Air Liquide America Corp.
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.