LkldNow is extremely grateful for the individuals and organizations that support community journalism through financial generosity.

2023 Grants, Major Donors

• $20,000 from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Sustainable Publishing Solutions Initiative
• $9,000 awarded for completing the Sustainability Lab: Unblocking Revenue Barriers, hosted by LION Publishers in partnership with Google News Initiative

MAJOR DONORS: LkldNow received $5,000 or more in 2023 from the Bell-Barnett Family fund within the GiveWell Community Foundation and from The Lunz Group, architects.

• Bruce Abels
• Bonnie Abrado
• Advantage Positioning LLC
• Lauren Albaum
• Robert Alexander
• Ralph Allen
• Donald Altman
• Katie Ammon
• Thomas Anderson
• Ann Caroline + David Bean Family Foundation
• Thomas Arthur
• Betty Ayers
• Gail Bagley
• Joyce Barclay
• Kama Barton
• Tori Bateman
• Bell-Barnett Family fund within the GiveWell Community Foundation
• Isabel Benitez
• Barbara Bennet
• James Benningfield
• Kim Bentley
• Arletta Black Torres
• Sylvia Blackmon-Roberts and Anthony Roberts
• Nancye Blair Black
• Joshua Borem
• Karen Bowden
• Mickie Bower Brown
• Stephanie Bowes
• Michelke Bradford
• Craig Branson
• Maulissa Braverman
• Amanda Brice
• Terry Brigman
• Linda Britt
• Gloria and David Brooke
• Gigi Brooks
• Michael Brossart
• Dawn Brower
• Lonnie Brown
• Maureen Browne
• Laura Bryant
• Stephanie Buck
• Michael Bucklen
• Rachel Bullock
• Jean Bunch
• Donald Burns
• John Burton
• Becky Bywater
• Joseph Bywater
• Rosaline Cabrera-Ortiz
• Steven Campbell
• James Carey
• Kristen Carlson
• Nancy Cattarius
• David Cawley
• Benjamin Cecil
• Lesley and Brian Chambers
• Sally Chapman
• Dennis Chittle
• Rolando Cisnero
• Anna Clark
• Dan Clark
• Matthew Clark
• Ronald Clark
• Christopher Cleghorn
• Natalya Clemens
• Allen Cleveland
• Henry Coker
• Paul Colee
• David Collins
• William Cotterell
• Cliff Couch
• Jane Coyle
• Bryan Creel
• Lorinda Creel
• Andy Crossfield
• John Crow
• Brenda Cruise
• James Cummings
• Julien Daigle
• Mark Davies
• Angel Davis
• Bruce Davis
• Laura L Davis
• Sara Davis
• James Dayvault
• Lori DeAngelis
• Celeste Deardorff
• James DeGennaro
• Beatrice Dela Pena
• Ulysses Delgado
• Richard Dempsey
• Pat Denham
• Kathy DePue
• Mary Benningfield Diaz Smith
• Amy Dobson
• Andrea Dockery
• Brian Dockery
• Paula Dockery
• Barbara Dollar
• Linda Donaldson
• Pat Dooley
• Olivia Dorman
• Mary Dottavio
• Dianett Doyle
• Lisa Durham
• Susan Echarte
• James Edwards
• Stacey Edwards
• Douglas Emery
• Heather Epps
• Jane Eskenazi
• Carole Essy
• Julia Estrada
• Linda and Harris Estroff
• Jayda Ferguson
• Reid Ferguson
• Kay Fields
• David Filipowski
• Kate Fincher
• Vicki Fioravanti
• John Fitzwater
• Katherine Fitzwater
• Lu Fitzwater
• Chuck Flagler
• Edith Flagler
• Trampas Fletcher
• Jonathon M Fontana
• Marcia Ford
• Rebecca Fortier
• Henry Foster
• Sarah Foster
• Jack Fouts
• Christine Francois
• James Franklin Jr
• Martha Franks
• Susan Freebern
• Ashlee French
• Barry Friedman
• Joel Friedman
• Sylvia Friedman
• Jonathan Fry
• Carol Fullgraff
• Carolyn Fulmer
• Anne Furr
• John Gallik
• Scott Gardner
• Bob Gernert
• Pete Gill
• Sherry Ginsberg Belford
• Scott Girouard
• Brian Goding
• Jorge Gonzalez
• Barbara Graham
• Catherine Green
• Graham Greene
• Margaret Grisdela
• Robert Grode
• Catherine Green

• Graham Greene
• Margaret Grisdela
• Robert Grode
• Kenneth Groendal
• Anthony Guinn
• Bridget Hague
• Andrea Hall
• Brian Hamilton
• Vanessa Hammill
• William Harrell
• Sunnye Harrison
• Benjamin Hart
• Mary Hartney
• Lacey Hatmaker
• Christopher Hazzard
• Robert Herring
• Andrea Hewitt
• C Alan Higgins
• Michael Hillman
• Lawrence Hjersted
• Tracey Hocking
• Judith Hodges
• Derek Hogg
• Erin Hollenkamp
• Michael Holley
• M Clayton Hollis
• Jo Ann Holmes
• James Home
• Hollis Hooks
• Lois Horn-Diaz
• Carol Hornsby
• Stephanie Hoskins
• Frank Howes
• Elizabeth Hultz
• Kelley and Brian Hurley
• Miguel Ibarra
• Katie Izaguirre
• Sheldon Jacobson
• Abbas Jaffer
• Abigail Jarvis
• Linda Jezard
• Richard Johnson
• Marty Jones
• Patricia Jones
• Rex Jones
• Dawn Kahre
• Tim Kaiser
• Glen Karnes
• Kenneth Keck
• Tracy Kelley
• Debra Kelly
• Harout Keshishian
• Susan Kille
• Karen Kinney
• Gilbert Klein
• Jeffrey Kline
• Ileana Kniss
• Rebecca Knowles
• Alice Koehler
• Sarah Kozul
• Jack Kramer
• Roy Labrador
• Cathryn Lacy
• James Lacy
• Jaime Lamar
• Nancy Lang
• Randy Lasseter
• Joseph Lauk
• Trinity Laurino
• Jessica Lawson
• Cindy Layner
• Rebeca Leiva-Sweeney
• Taylor Lemonds
• Jeff Leopold
• Rachel Linder
• Elaine Lingerfelt
• William Link Sr.
• William Link Jr.
• Bill Lippy
• Lola Mann Memorial Fund
• Naomi Lopez-Zapot
• James Loughlin
• Victoria Lowe
• Kristian Luis
• Chelsea Luke
• Bradley Lunz
• Erica Lupercio
• Marie Magrath
• Michael Maguire
• Frankie Majowich
• Amber Marlow
• Carol Marshall
• Alisha Martin
• Cody Martin
• Amado Martizez-Reyes
• Lori Martini
• Edward Matthews
• Joseph Mawhinney
• Jacquelynne Maxey
• Caroline Maxwell
• Lori McCartney
• Chuck McDanal
• Lee Anne McGee
• Carolyn McGraw
• Cory McGuire
• Maria McKay
• Peggy McKeel
• Scott McKinley
• Althea McLeish Whyte
• Julie McNair
• Opal Meehan
• Jennifer Melton
• Wendy Merced
• Kendall Metz
• James Meyer
• Ashley Miller
• Gregory Mills
• Paula Mims
• David Misch
• Brock Misner
• Stephanie Montgomery
• Keaton Montroy
• Ashley Moody
• Karen Moore
• Kem Moore
• LaTrice Moore
• Brandon Moore-Johnson
• Balee Mora
• Craig Morby
• Stephan Morris
• Nancy Moses
• Craig Mozhdehi
• April Mucci
• Gregory Mugg
• April Mullins
• Jennifer Muni
• Robin Murphy
• Mike Musick
• H. William Mutz
• Donna McWilliams
• Carrie Napier
• Kimberly Navarrete
• Chad Neal
• Cathleen Nelson
• Sue Nelson
• Callie Neslund
• Anthony Newman
• Andrew Newquist
• Edward Nicholas
• Robert Nickell
• Taylor Nobbe
• Crystal Norman
• Natalie Oldenkamp
• Thomas R. Oldt Investment Services LLC
• Karl Olexa
• Clifford Otto
• Derek Oxford
• Dwight Oxton
• Kevin O’Brien
• Cathryn Page
• Angie Panaro

• Bai Parmelee
• Holly Parrish
• Stephen Patchin
• Stuart Patterson
• Ally Paul
• Robbie Pearce
• Peter Pearson
• James Peluso
• Skip Perez
• John Perine
• Cory Petcoff
• Sally Petcoff
• Carlton Phelps
• Carole Philipson
• Thomas Phillips
• Don Pickard
• Neil Pickering
• John Pitts
• Tristan Plasencia
• Dan Pontoni
• Mary Pope
• Meredith Pope
• William Pou
• Anne Powell
• Caroline Power
• Keith Power
• Victor Prebor
• Nancy Pridmore
• Carole Pritchard
• Jamie Pryor
• Austin Quinn
• Cassandra Ramos
• Trudy Rankin
• E Beatty Raymond
• Reed Mawhinney & Link
• Andrew Reed
• Brian Renz
• Elizabeth Repass Hollida
• Diane Repass
• Brian Rewis
• John Ricci
• Tim Rice
• Gregory Riching
• Greg Rieger
• Nathan Roberts
• Joel Robertson
• Misty Rosario
• Dennis Ross
• Summer Roth
• Robert Rothman
• Paul Rybinski
• Jennifer Sabin
• Brittany Sale
• A. Sargeant
• Susan Sartain
• Richard Scanlon
• Kim Schell
• Carrie Schneider
• Mary Schottelkotte
• Karen Schuenemann
• Sandra Schuler
• Sue Schultz
• Mark Scolnick
• John Scott
• Joseph W Scott
• Rita and Donald Selvage Family Fund within the GiveWell Community Foundation
• Sarah Semon
• Tammy and Ira Serebrin
• Roberta Shaffbower
• Conni Shelnut
• Lois Sherrouse-Murphy
• Josephine Shim
• Marilyn Signer
• Deborah Silvers
• Dale Simmons
• Nancy Simmons
• Claudia Slate
• Beth Smith
• Katie Smith
• John Snapp
• Julien Soriano
• Thom Spangler
• Hailey Spicer
• Carolyn Spoto
• John Stancil
• Joan Steele
• Margaret Stephens
• Cindy Sternlicht
• Ricky Stoer
• Kayla Stover
• Stephen Straw
• Steve Strom
• Jim Studiale
• Studio C Solutions
• Carolina Suarez
• David Sumner
• Brad Sundgren
• Angelina Surrena
• Joseph Sussingham
• Shari Szabo
• Ashleigh Taylor
• Joe Tedder
• The Lunz Group
• Laurie Thomas
• Brett Thompson
• Daniel Thumberg
• Stephanie Toledo
• Thomas Townley
• William Townsend
• Michael Trice
• Heather C Trojan
• Susan Truett
• Marilyn Tucker
• Katrina Turco
• Adrienne Turner
• Ken Turner
• Loretta Turpin
• United Way of Central Florida
• Lanita Van Duyn
• Frank van Orman Brown
• Rachel R Vandiver
• Leroy VanWhy
• Stephanie von Paleske-Bush
• John Voyles
• Phillip Walker
• Thomas Waller
• Colleen Walsh
• David Walter
• Gabriel Webb
• Sydney Webb
• Alexandria Wells
• Karen Welzel
• Meghan Wengerd
• Michael Westbrook
• Tara Wheat
• Curt Wheeler
• Margaret Wheeler
• William Wheeler
• Carolyn White
• Kelly White
• Sara White
• Timothy Robert Whitham
• Shirley Whitney
• Matthew Wiatt
• Deena Wilbur
• Robin Williams Adams
• Billie Williams
• Russell Williams
• Shawn Wilson
• Sara Winkler
• Jaime Witkus
• Cynthia Wolfe
• Katie Worthington Decker
• Terry Worthington
• Terry D Wright
• Victoria Wuertz
• Stephen Young
• Michael Zahn