Suncoast Searchlight Supporters
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Suncoast Searchlight is supported by people across Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto counties who believe strong, independent journalism makes our communities stronger. Gifts large and small help fund in-depth reporting, public-service journalism and community events — all provided without a paywall.
Help keep this work strong, independent and accessible to everyone.
Suncoast Searchlight began with a belief that the Suncoast deserves strong, independent accountability journalism. Seed support from the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation helped make that vision possible. Today, a growing community of donors is helping sustain it.
We’re grateful to the following supporters who make our work possible.
Beacon Circle ($100,000+)
- Gulf Coast Community Foundation
- Nancy Jo Marchisello Charitable Fund at Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Watchdog Circle ($50,000-$99,999)
- Scott and Rebecca Barancik
Spotlight Circle ($25,000-$49,999)
- Teri Hansen
Investigative Circle ($10,000-$24,999)
- Newsmatch, INN
- Gary Olson
- Gary & Barbara Rodkin
- Sam & Dona Scott
- Karen Slack
Press Pillars ($5,000-$9,999)
- Michael Hannon & Elaine Carbo
- Barbara & Richard Scissors
- Jackie & Glenn Tilton
- Keith Woods
Public Trust Circle($2,500-$4,999)
- Emily Le Coz*
- Gregory & Kimberly Parris
- Peter Schelhorn
Civic Partners ($1,000-$2,499)
- Anonymous
- Jaime V. DiDomenico
- Jim Doyle
- Janis Holland
- James Furneaux
- Gene and Kathy Jongsma
- AG Lafley
- Marilyn Lucht
- Kelly McBride*
- Richard D Moore
- Lourdes Ramirez*
- Felice Schulaner
- Keaton Williams, Seidman Family Foundation
- Stanley Zimmerman
Friends of Searchlight ($100-$999)
- Diane Allen
- John Annis & Regina Morris
- Cherie Balan
- Dave Balot
- Elizabeth Barrett*
- Richard Beene*
- John Berteau
- Andrew Blanda
- Donna Booth
- Susie Bowie
- John Bradbury
- Hazel Bradford*
- Veronica Brady
- Julee Breehne
- Richard Brinson
- Kelly Brown
- Margaret Bryant
- Susan Buniva
- Stephen Burge
- Judy Burns
- Michael Burns*
- Debra Buttaggi
- Su Byron
- Judy W. Carson
- Geri Chaffee
- David & Margie Charney
- Karen Christianson
- Jacqueline Cochran
- Brian Cody
- Karen Curlin
- Katherine Daley
- Chris Davis
- Kay Delaney
- Kathleen Delaney
- Dan Denton
- Joseph Deutsch
- Linda Donnelly
- Fitz Edward & Susan Otis
- John Feagan
- Cady Ferguson
- Nedra Foster
- Kathleen Frankart
- Kelly Franklin*
- Gerhardt Inspired Giving Fund
- Nancy Gold
- Michael & Linda Goldsmith
- Jay Handelman
- Chris Hegg
- Robert & Deborah Hendel
- Stephen Hoffman*
- Janis Holland
- Margo Howard
- Brian Hunter
- Daniel Idzik
- Sue A. Jacobson
- Vilia Johnson
- Aileen Johnston
- Ali Johnston
- Eric Johnston
- Mary Juday
- Sarabeth Kalajian*
- Pamela Kandziora
- Michelle Kapreilian
- Karl Kaukis
- Mischa Kirby
- Steven Landry
- Carol Larson*
- League of WV of Sarasota County
- Rebekah Leopold
- Susan R Lewis
- Scott Litherland*
- Carol LoCicero
- Douglas Logan
- Amy Lovejoy
- Maureen Maguire
- Kumar Mahadevan
- Geri Jo Manson*
- Pat McCarthy
- Robert McCarthy
- John Mercer
- Rick Myerburg
- Nancy Newlon
- Kim Noyes
- Robert Patten*
- Debbie Payne
- Margaret Pennington
- Marjorie Peter
- Philip Peters
- Rhonda Peters
- Matthew Procaccini
- Samantha Ramlall*
- Ruth Rauch
- Renee Ray*
- Carol Rescigno
- Bruce Reznick
- Katie Ross*
- Nancy Roucher
- Johnathan Ryder
- Susan Schoettle-Gumm
- John Scotese
- Michael J. Shelton
- Barbara Peters Smith
- Willie & Rosa Stanfield
- Caroline Strickland
- Sandra ‘Sandi’ Stuart
- Adam Tebrugge*
- Gayle Timmerman
- Susie Walters
- Janice Webster*
- Allison Werner
- Steve Wilson
- Eric Winder*
Community Contributors ($1 – $99)
- Anonymous
- Jane Archer
- Mary Aust*
- Richard Barry
- Laird Boulden
- Mary Anne Bowie*
- Daniel Bradley
- Jessica Bryan
- Judith Burgis
- Mollie Cardamone
- Christian Casale*
- Stephen Chupack
- Robert Clark
- Robin Cooper
- Melodie Deeds
- Diane Desenberg
- Donna Mae Donovan
- Sharon Donovan*
- Ericka Dow
- Flo Entler
- Vicki Epstein
- Irene Fleshner*
- Florida Analytics and Data Strategies
- Carol Gaskin
- Mary Ginley*
- Jim Goeke
- Dru Greene*
- Brenda Griffiths
- Harry Harless*
- Joe Harris
- Tamara Harte
- Barbara Haskins
- Barbara Hicks
- Irek Hicks
- Mary Jo Hixon
- Jeff Hollway
- Alice Howard
- Andrew Hudson
- Nancy Hughes
- Carolyn Johnson
- Jennifer Johnston
- Marne Kaplan
- Abby Karish
- Jamie Kattrein*
- Linda Koser
- Melinda Lamon
- Michael Lehner
- Louise Machinist*
- Patrice Matz
- Joy Mayer*
- Cynthia McCague
- Robert & Elizabeth McCarthy
- Michelle McLean*
- Dorothy Murphy*
- John & Janet Moynihan
- Alex Neihaus
- Laura Pether
- Kristen Robinson
- Dale Rosen
- Katie Ross*
- Patricia Rousseau
- Linda Salomon
- Peter Saxon
- Lynn Schaefer
- Schaffer Consulting LLC*
- Marc Schreiber
- Lisa Schurr
- John Scibak
- Suzanne Seiter*
- Kristina Skepton*
- Susan Skovronek
- James Slusser*
- Susan Smitten
- Matthew Soldano
- Karen Sornberger
- Laura Sperling
- Sharon Stoffel
- Gary Szpatura
- Alan Tannenbaum
- Howard Tessler
- Lucy Tobias*
- Jessica Traiger*
- Tracy Vanderneck
- Grissim Walker
- Regina Walker
- Vicki Waters
- Joel Werth
- Ren Whitaker*
- Amber Whittle*
- Mara Winn*
- Norman Wirtz*
- William Woodson
- Allyne Zorn
*Searchlight Club Members who give monthly to sustain local reporting
Our Commitment to Transparency: Suncoast Searchlight maintains a Gift Acceptance Policy that guides how we steward philanthropic support and protect our editorial independence. To learn more about this policy, visit this page.
