As a nonprofit newsroom, The Sun has a proud legacy and vision of serving the people who live in and love Colorado by providing reliable, nonpartisan news for free. Our readers fund our journalism and are our shareholders — and we report to and for them.
Because trustworthy journalism is transparent about who funds the work, we’ve made public the list of our supporters from the last three years, below. You can read more about about our ethics policies here.
Because of space constraints, you’ll find only the readers, businesses and organizations who’ve given $250 or above, but our thanks goes to every single member of our reader community. Each $5 and $20 gifts are equally meaningful to our journalists and the stories we tell and we’re proud to have a broad base of supporters who invest what they can to support Colorado journalism.
Our Major Supporters
These organizations and individuals have supported The Sun’s mission with funding and consulting services.
- American Journalism Project
- Arnold Ventures
- Bohemian Foundation
- Catena Foundation
- CoLab
- The Colorado Media Project
- The Colorado Trust
- CU Media Enterprise Design Lab
- CU News Corps
- Gates Family Foundation
- JB Holston
- Ireland Stapleton
- Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Old Town Media New York
- OnSight Public Affairs
- Original Thinkers
- Report for America
- University of Denver
- Wend Collective
Previous Supporters
- Aspen Journalism
- Boettcher Foundation
- Colorado Mountain News Media
- Groundfloor Media
- Modworks
- Montgomery, Little & Soran
- Moye White
- The National Trust for Local News
- SE2
- Wynkoop Brewing Company
Individual Donors
Thank you to every single donor that has supported The Colorado Sun with a monthly, annual or one-time contribution! Your gifts strengthen independent journalism in Colorado and we’re proud to partner in this work with you. Learn more about supporting The Sun.
This list includes donors who have contributed $250 or more.
| Gift Amount | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000+ | Report for America The Wilderness Society | American Journalism Project Arnold Ventures Bohemian Foundation Colorado Health Foundation Gary Community Ventures Mighty Arrow Foundation Nikken Cullman Public Welfare Foundation | Thiry-O’Leary Foundation | |
| $10,000 – $24,999 | The Chrysalis Fund Jeff Moe | INN NewsMatch & The Miami Foundation The Borgen Family Foundation The Jones-Winslow Gift Fund The Wolf Family Foundation | L.P. Brown Foundation David Carlson DAF at Rose Community Foundation | |
| $5,000 – $9,999 | Colorado Media Project Jones-Winslow Fund INN NewsMatch Michael Ukropina & Kimberley Felton | Alpenglow Foundation Cress Carter Joan Fry Ken & Rebecca Gart Laura Johnson Tom & Sally Kaesemeyer Peter Kirsch & Pat Reynolds Katy Kurtz Kenneth Marks The Merganser Fund The Ned & Nathalie Fund Orton-Urbina Family Fund Gudrun Rice & Charles Kerr Wilson Family Fund | Alpenglow Foundation Ann Epps Giving Account Anonymous JAB Charitable Fund The Ned & Nathalie Fund The Orton-Urbina Fund at Schwab Charitable Gudrun Rice & Charles Kerr Wilson Family Fund | Barton Family Foundation Alpenglow Foundation |
| $2,500 – $4,999 | Anonymous Jef & Diana Ferrell Jeff Goldstein & Kristina Fraser Chuck & Jean Townsend | Colorado Media Project Peter Edwards & Rose Gutshall Ann Epps Christine Holbrook Mark Montgomery Karen & Jeff Roberts Lydia Segal Gail Saxton Isaac Velander Chris Watney & Rob Gary | The Jerry Gart Family Foundation Jeffco DeAngelis Foundation Little Pub Fund Mighty Arrow Family Foundation The Townsend Fund at the Denver Foundation | The Townsend Fund at The Denver Foundation |
| $1,000 – $2,499 | Anonymous Susan Elder Gary Filmerman Lynn Israel Gail Klapper Betty Kuehner Kathy & Guy Mendt Carole Milligan John Ogren Todd & Susan Ruskell Carl Sampurna Andy Toft Diane Wallach Linda Camino Zeldin | Glenn Adriance Bruce & Lisa Alexander The Aristata Fund Carol Atha Robert Benzin The Cecile Rose & Richard Bieser Fund Mike Blevins Ruth Blizard Diana Bray Linda Camino Laura Cary Colorado Gives Foundation Cathy Craig Amy Divine Susan Dolson Peter Edwards Mark Evans Harry Frampton Tom Gougeon Duke Hartman Mark Harvey JB Holston Curtis A Hubbard Michael Jones Jim Kelley Kathleen King Katy Kurtz Connie Lehman Hesam Masoudi Daniel R. Murphy Charitable Fund Douglas & Laura Moran Charitable Fund Randolph Myers Zack Neumeyer Samantha Nuechterlein Robert Pew Noah Pollack Rice Kerr Giving Account Ticie & Tom Rhodes Danny Rosen Shida Brown Giving Fund Emily Sinclair Matt Skinner Bill & Edie Sonn Robin Starr Ted Trimpa Diane Wallach Andy Wiessner John Wolgamott Frederick Yu | The Alderfer Bishop Family Foundation American Online Giving Foundation Bill Baird The Blackbaud Giving Fund Jack Blake John Calderazzo Divine-Triggs Joy Fund Geraldine Edwards Susan Elder Curtis Hubbard Hesam Masoudi Merganser Fund Douglas & Laura Moran Charitable Fund Randolph Myers Richard Poulson Danny Rosen Pamela Simpson Nolting Kathleen Stump Torrey Schultz Fund Karen A Wagner Diane Wallach | Winslow Foundation The Grymes Fund at The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Danny Rosen |
| $500 – $999 | Anonymous (3) Rachel & Andy Ames Helen Amoroso Deborah Arhelger Patricia & Presley Askew Bill Baird Susan Barnes-Gelt Robert Benzin Debra Bogar Amy Christiansen Julia Comodeca Peggy Cotton Cathy Craig James Dancho William Mark Eddy Geraldine Edwards Mimi Fowler Letia Frandina Mark Fulford Mitch & Marta Galnick Steve Gardner Diane Gilmore Cynthia Girand Chandler Gray Leon Greos Vanessa Griffith Kim & Pat Hillyer Jeremy Hinegardner Jodee Hinton Grace Holleman Dave Hoyt Denzil Inman Michael Johnson Mark Kieffer Amie Knox Betty Kuehner Dave Lawson Kenneth Lawson Steve Lindstrom Robert Lochary Mark Longman William Macrostie Carole Mccotter Aaron McDowell Morgan Mcmillan Kim Millett Kathryn Mutz Anthony Neal-Graves Eileen Nichols Devin Odell Wynne Odell Kenneth Ogan John Ogren Tracy Oldemeyer David Paddock Larraine Pallas Carlos Perez Allan Porter Carol Primus Paul Rasmussen Julia Riley Logan Ryan Larry Ryckman Janet Schultz Peter Simonson Lynn Stein Andrea Suhaka Alison Suthers Nicholas Tait Thomas Treadwell Blanca Uzeta O’Leary Claudia Van Buren Vera Pringle Pam Walker Cynthia Westergaard Joan Winstein Suzy Witzler Fred Wolf Carol Young | Anonymous Helen Amoroso Christine Arbogast Deborah Arhelger & Wayne Citrin Katelyn Baker Ruth Blizard Laura H Cary Charitable Fund Chartiers West Craig Family Fund Deborah Clark Stephanie Farrell Betsy & Jesse Fink Charitable Fund Cheryl Ford Foster-Connolly Charitable Fund Mitch Galnick Nancy Grandis-Jones Paul Guenther Honey Hochstadt Family Fund Elizabeth Jacobsmeyer C. Thomas & Sarah Kaesemeyer Kathleen King Margaret Fowler Eileen Nichols Ken Ogan Blanca O’Leary Rice Kerr Giving Account Julia Riley Logan Ryan Lawrence Ryckman The Thomas David & Janet Simonson-Ashcraft Charitable Donations Fund William Tanner Debra Thomas Mary Ann Wilner Wyatt-Stone Family Giving Fund | The Ellenoff Family Fund Martha Fulford Connie Lehman Mark Hinton Cara Baldwin | |
| $250 – $499 | Cheryl Ackerman Len Ackland Patricia Andrews Lloyd Athearn Katelyn Baker Robert Barkley Britt Bassett Paula Black Jeff Blevins Ruth Blizard Michael Brewer Rutt Bridges Roger Kelley Brown Burt Hubbard Molly Butler Randy Buzan Cynthia Cain Diane Carman Carol Ciaglo Dana Coffield Kelly Collins Robert Craven Mike Danforth Kathleen Doyle Hubert Farbes Gordon Fassett Sandra Fish Peter Fleming George & Kathy Hansen Roger Golub Alan Gottlieb Robin Gregory Susan Greiner Catherine Hales Anders Halverson Jack Hardgrave Michael Hassig Hawksley Family Fund Carla Hendrickson Greg Herman Renee Howbert Supporter Hpleja John Ingold Tim Jackson Jasper Ryckman Jean Dubofsky Jeani Frickeysaito Jay Kenney Tamara Killion Frances Koncilja Jeff Kremen Jane Lauer Lichun Li Mike Littwin Mike Litzau Louis Hutchinson Denise Marino Scott Mckeever John Mckiernan Nancy Mcmahon Marcus Moench Robbie Monsma Laura Newcome Kay Norton The Oleski Family Trust Ava Philippus Glenda Prosser Carlton Rose Jacqueline Rummel Ryan Sims Sarah Kelly Fiona Schlachter Samson Shen Daniel Shurz Simonson-Ashcraft Charitable Donations Fund Kathleen Sinnott Stephen Smith Anne Sneed Larry Soll Brian Spear Alex St. Angelo Susan Stark Jon Stavney Rick & Lynne Stinchfield Jean Stoenner Della & Tom Sullivan Ann Sutton Roger Tate Michael Touff Dale Trone Liz Verrill Julie Volckens Alana Watkins Joseph Weber David Weihnacht Doug Wells Bruce Whitesell Tim Wirth Polly Wirtz | Alpine Moose Charitable Fund Carrie Augustine Stephen Barcomb Thaddeus Batt Elizabeth Crane John Culver Lisa Curtis Kathleen Doyle Paul Ellis Laura Emerson Jennifer Engle Charitable Fund Lynnae Flora Robert Flynn Martha Fulford Friesen-Johnson Charitable Fund Gray Family Fund Gayle Hemenway Jeremy Hinegardner Fred Holbrook Burritt Hubbard Ann Imse Julia Keilman Connie Lehman C.M. Litzau Martin Mapes Michael Massa Rob & Sue MacCarthy Chris McCarthy Mike McPhee Heidi Miller Cynthia Morriss Stephen Negler Wynne Odell Theresa Oleski David Patterson Nicole Pitcher Zachary Pollack Cathy Rock Victoria Runkle Karen Sangster Andy Sayler The Schild Family Charitable Gift Fund Margaret Schmatz Emily Sinclair Michael Soltys Mac Stecko Jean Stoenner Julie Strawn Ann Sutton Jacqueline Ta Carl Tanner Laura Terpenning Richard Thomas Michael Touff Dale Trone David Weihnacht Cheryl Wenzinger Frederick Yu | Carol Atha Carrie Augustine Mary C. Beitner Sean Buck Susan Daggett Kathleen Doyle Margaret Eagan Daniel Esch Carolyn Grant Dave Hoyt Jim Kelley Theresa Oleski Dale Trone |