The Santa Fe International Literary Festival thanks our business and foundation donors.
Avalon Trust
Avalon Trust offers the expertise of an investment firm and wealth planning practice, with the resources of a trust company, serving individuals, families, trusts, and foundations.
Sazón
Originally from Mexico City, Chef Fernando Olea, Best Chef of the Southwest 2022 James Beard Award Winner, has been enthralling diners in Santa Fe since 1991 with his unique interpretation of contemporary and traditional Mexican dishes. Nothing evokes the mystery of Mexican cuisine more than mole, a regional dish from the heart of the country. In Old Mexico each cook has their unique mole recipe often handed down generation by generation. Chef Olea is delighted to share his moles that include his “New Mexican Mole” that he created to commemorate Santa Fe’s 400 year anniversary in 2009.
Kakawa Chocolate House
Kakawa supports local organic farming, promotes the history and anthropology of chocolate, and, most importantly, produces a huge variety of delicious chocolate creations of the highest quality. Since its founding, Kakawa has earned a reputation as one of the most exciting and original chocolate shops in the world. They balance the traditional with the cutting edge, creating unique and exquisitely bold creations from fresh, seasonal ingredients.
Nomadic School Of Wonder
Nomadic School of Wonder creates "adventures in awe" rooted in nature, art, community, and play. We help people utilize the catalyzing power of wonder to expand creative possibilities in their lives. Our teachers are artists, wild mustangs, neuroscientists, the forest floor, naturalists, a ball of clay, and our imaginations.
Tumbleroot Brewery
Established in 2018, Tumbleroot, owned by Jason and Angela Kirkman is a combined brewery and distillery making a wide variety of award-wining beer, spirits, liqueurs, bitters and canned cocktails. Made from-scratch, their products feature organic, garden grown and wild harvested ingredients. Tumbleroot’s flagship taproom on Aqua Fria St. is the former site of the historic Club Alegria.. Their downtown Tumbleroot Pottery location also features ceramic serviceware made by artist, Angela Kirkman.
Wolf and Mermaid Enchanted Roasters
Wolf and Mermaid recently added to their existing locations in Los Alamos and at the Santa Fe Regional Airport with the opening of its flagship store and roastery at 239 Johnson Street, just around the corner from the Santa Fe Convention Center and the Santa Fe International Literary Festival.
The Ark
A shop and sanctuary for the modern
mystic for more than forty years. Books,
gems, gifts, and other wonders!
TOKo Santa Fe
TOKo Santa Fe is an upscale women's boutique, specializing in a Euro-Asian modernist aesthetic. Working with small studio designers in Japan, Vienna, The UK, France, Italy and beyond, TOKo style revolves around the dynamic personalities of our clients. Want a distinctive look that amplifies your COOL? TOKo Santa Fe has it.
Garrett Peck
Garrett Peck is an author, historian, and tour guide in Santa Fe, specializing in adventure travel and historic and cultural interpretation. He leads the Willa Cather’s Santa Fe tour, teaches stargazing, and leads many other tours including one of the Walk and Talk events offered each year during the Santa Fe International Literary Festival. The author of eight books about American history. He is currently working on The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop, due out from University of New Mexico Press in the fall of 2026.
THORNBURG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
A global asset management firm delivering on strategy for institutions, financial advisors, and investors worldwide.
THE WITTER BYNNER FOUNDATION FOR POETRY
Through a bequest from Witter Bynner in 1972, The Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry perpetuates the art of poetry. The foundation promotes poetry in American culture and encourages grant proposals that expand awareness of the positive effects of poetry on society.
MODERN ELDER ACADEMY
Explore our destination workshops and online programs. Our science-backed workshops and programs are designed to give you the tools, practices, and support to navigate midlife challenges and thrive in the second half of life.
NUSENDA CREDIT UNION
Nusenda Credit Union is dedicated to improving our members' financial well-being and in the communities we serve. We do this through affordable products, friendly service, community involvement, and financial education.
THE RANCH HOUSE
A local favorite family BBQ bar & grill. Chef Josh Baum’s serves a variety of popular American & New Mexican cuisine. GF & V options. Full bar, tap room, and open-air patio. Conveniently located just off Cerrillos Road as you enter Santa Fe from I25, and close to major hotels. It is not your average barbecue joint!
McCUNE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
The Marshall L. and Perrine D. McCune Charitable Foundation is a family foundation dedicated to the well-being of New Mexicans. We honor our benefactors through proactive grantmaking that supports increased resilience and prosperity in New Mexico communities.
Individual CONTRIBUTORS
Literary Luminary
Gale Family Foundation
Literary AMBASSADOR
Anonymous • Mary D. Fisher Fund • TJ Heyman and Jane McConnell Fund, Community Foundation Boulder County • Dana Pope Manning and The Bitter Southerner
Literary Benefactor
Cathy Allen and Paul Rooker • Stewart Alsop • Richard and Mary Lyn Ballantine • Markeeta Brown • Mary Costello • Amy and Phil Geier • The Horning Family • Edelma and David Huntley • Laurie Lenfestey and Bill Stankey • Kay and Anthony Marks • Amy McCombs • Cindi and Michael Pettit • Ray and Jill Sharp Weeks
Literary Champion
Susan Esco Chandler • Karen and Stephen Durkovich • Melissa Dyrdahl • Juliet Erickson • Lyndon Haviland and Tom Neff • Ms. Jude Ford • Marcelle Foundation • Karen and McAllison Hebert • Andrea Meditch • Jane Reid • Diane M. Rubin • Jack and Cheryl Young
Festival Donor
Margie Arnold • Alina Borsa and Devendra Contractor • Catherine Campbell • Pat and Bob Curtis • Rob Donnell • The Bryant and Linda Edwards Giving Fund • Sheila and Kirk Ellis • Alex and John Engs • Nicole Hixon • Dee Ann McIntyre • Jennifer Newton • Nan Newton and Dave Grusin • Anita Ogard and George Strickland • Neva and Don Rountree • Jenna Skinner Scanlan and Wilson Scanlan • Blair Townsend • Nancy M.Wirth • David and Sheila Young • Young Boozer Family Foundation
Festival Fellow
Anonymous • Polly Ahrendts • Janet L. Bailey • Dorothy Bracey & Tom Johnson • Elizabeth Bremner and Karen Crow • Joan Brooks Baker and Margeaux Klein, 221 Fund • Bob and JoAnn Balzer • J. Russell Bellamy • Jean S. Berghoff • Susan Bergholz and Bert Snyder • Genevieve Caldwell • Al and Celia Foy Castillo • Margo Cutler • Ardith Eicher • Kelly Sue and Eric Enfield • Ellyn Feldman • Karen Freeman • Felicitas M. Funke • Betsy Garside and Stephen Warren • Pat Hall • Will Halm and Marcellin Simard • Clare Hertel and Mark Bryant • Peggy and Tom Hubbard • Stephen and Amparo Maria Garcia Ingram • Nance y Ramón José López, in honor of Carmella Padilla • D. J. Kahlo Fund • Margaret and Barry Lyerly • Cindy and Neil Lyon • Megan C. Lyon • William A. Miller and Robbi Firestone • Helene Madonick • Meryl Marshall-Daniels • Carla Chung Mattix • Jan Moberg • McCune Charitable Foundation • Shirley Murphy • Dan and Ashlyn Perry • Alexandra Pyle • Marisol Navas Sacasa • Robert Shearer • Pat Stanley • Anne Wrinkle Charitable Fund
Festival Member
501(C)PA • Margaret Ater • Leslie Atler • Celia Baldwin • Joan and Richard Chodosh • Elizabeth Glassman • Greer Enterprises, Inc. • Mark Gunnin • Wendy Hitt • Marianne Kah • Julie McCashin • Jan Elizabeth Mitchell • Juliet Myers • Pamela Pescosolido • Bronwyn Poole • Happy Price • Helena Ribe • Susan Shaffer • Jim Stephens • Penelope and Gerald Stiebel • Luci Tapahonso and Robert Martin • Jennifer Vellinga • Susan Warden • Polly Wotherspoon
Festival Reader
Anonymous (2) • Damaris Ames • Susan Bierhorst • M. Joyce Brams • Leslie Burnside • Harriet Christian • Gregory Dove • Lucie Duranceau-Church • Nicole Forde • Josephine Geyer • Mike Godwin • Kent and Kaki Grubbs • Carrie Hempel • Robert Hinton • Mia Homan • Elinor Hoover • Scott Jones • Kelly Koepke • Sandra McLeroy • Barbara and Michael Ogg • Carmella Padilla & Luis Tapia • Carmen Paradis & Brian McGrath • Joanna Prukop • Jesus Quiñonez • Roberta Robinson • David Schlessinger • Judith Sellers • David Skolkin • Virginia Smith • Andrea Stemper • Carole and Edd Stepp • Susan Stinson • Jerri and Jeff Straight • Mayor Alan Webber and Frances Diemoz • Jo Ann Ward • Charles Whittock & Megan Mulry
Festival Subscriber
Anonymous (2) • Lois Alexander • Mary Ann Amos • Carol Armbruster • Stephanie Arnett • Susan Ashworth • Catherine Avery • Celia Baldwin • Ann Barker • Wendy Beaver • Patricia Beck • Judith Benkendorf and Norman Marks • Tom and Donna Berg • Lynn Bickley • Jen Bilik • Kathleen Blake • Elizabeth Blecker • Karen Bloom • Gordon Bloom • Eva and Edward Borins • Janara Bornstein • Carol Braker • William Brancard • Nicholas Brown • Martha Burns • Debbie Byron • James Carey • Chris Cassel • Janis Chitwood • Mary Christ • Harriet Christian, in honor of Mara Christian • Penelope Clements • Adela Contreras • Heather Cuevas • Debbie Dean • Frankie Sue Del Papa • Linda Dillman • Patrick Dorsey • Nancy Duncan • Diana Dunn • Susan Dunshee • Polly Eliason • Lisa Enfield • Jane Englebardt • Cynthia Feiden-Warsh • Mona Ferrugia • Joanne Frey • Pamela George • Cheryl Fossum Graham • Madhavi Garimella • Ann Garvin • Pamela George • Shaun Gilmore Merrick • Betsy Glenn • Susan Goodwin • Sally Grahn • Joe Gresh • Kamari Gupta • Blaine Gutermuth • Alison Gwinn • Beverly Hafner • Johan Hagaman • Kathleen Hammar • Clifton Harald • Cheryl Hardt • Mara Harris • Judith Henry • Martin Herrera • Molly Hill • Tina Hille • Shirley Hirsch • Sally Hoffman • Emily Ivey • Betty Jackson • Jennifer Johnson • Deborah Jones • Amanda Jones • Sara and Christopher Julsrud • Judy Kahn • Judy Kares • Mindy Kaufman • Jane Kauvar • Jacinta Kehoe • Margaret Keller • Lorri Kershner • William Keslar • Julie King • Claudia Kopkowski • Bette Korber • Gloria Korngold • Jane Kramer • Donald S. Lamm • Esther Langmack • Antonio La Pastina • Zoe Lees • Michael Liggett • Diane Locandro • Linda Lockett • Susan and Jim Lodes • Vicki Lofquist • Carol Lopez • Karen A. G. Loud • Wendy Lukas • Kate Mackie • Kathryn Marczak • In memory of Rita McDonald from her Caregivers Support Group • In memory of Rita McDonald from her Santa Fe Book Club • Elaine McLeod • Lottie Meador • Kathy Meadows • Marcela Medina • Robin Merlo • Stephen Merrill • Carolyn Meyer • Leland Miller • Carol and George Miraben • Michael Morrissey • Sana Morrow • MaryEllen Noris Adams • Susan Palkowski • Linda Parlin • Carol Parlin-Reilly • Mary and James Polk • William Pollock • Chris Rainier • Clare Ratliff • Deborah Rethemeyer • Karen Kolbert Richelli • Jeannie Ritter • Barbara Robins • Linda Rose • Shellie Rosser • Diana Rothbarth • Matilda Rubin • Ann Sacks • Sandi Sain • Marilyn Salman • Veronica Saunero-Ward • Eva Schmatz • Randi Scott • Mr. Robert Shacochis • Cassie Shaw • Renee Shea • Robert Shearer • Danielle Silver • Andy and Patty Smith • Linda Speil • Bryan Sperry • Carmela D. Starace • Steven Stauss • Mary Kay Stein • Cydney Stewart • Jacquelyn Stirn • Tyson M. Stolte • Linda Switzer • Marsha Thom • Evelyne Thomas • Enid E. Tidwell • Kelly Tonsmeire • Anthony Traweek • Stephanie Usher • Michael Van Buskirk • Jane Warren • Kim Weiss • Patti Wetzel • Janislee Wiese • Margaret Wood • Madeleine Wright • Catherine Wygant • Robin Zabel • Ed Zafian • Ellen Zieselman
Festival Contributor
Anonymous • Gail Ansheles • Cheryl Appell • Nancy Dusseau • Wendy Heaton • Harry and Margie Hiestand • Christine Iger • Brenda Jerome • Allan Jones • Patricia Journeay • Robert Kerr • Brian Kitts • Jud Little • Barbara D. Martin • Maura McAndrews • Robbie Miller • Catherine Peck • Mary Beth Staben • Rebecca Ward
Business Contributors
Business Ambassador
Avalon Trust • Modern Elder Academy • Nusenda Credit Union • Still Point Fund
Business Donor
TOKo Santa Fe • The Ranch House
Business Friend
The Ark Bookstore, Inc.
Donors Sponsoring Tickets for NM Educators and Students
Margaret Ater • Leslie Atler • Susan Baker Roybal • Richard and Mary Lyn Ballantine • Cheyann Benedict • Joanne M. Boulton • Martha Burns • Nancy Cook • Catherine Corgill • Pat and Bob Curtis • Elizabeth Degrood • Melissa Eason • Carolyn Ellis • Louise Fouracre • Cynthia Geist • Alison Gwinn • Pamela Hanratty • Margaret Holland • Lesley Holzer • Thomas Hood • Patricia Hussey • Cheryl Inouye • Lorelei Kellogg • Esther Langmack • Karen Linder • Maria C. Lopez • Kate Mackie • Katie MacPhail • Dorothy Marchand • Barbara Martin • Beverly Martin • Marilyn Maxwell • Teresa Moore • Scott Morgan • Ann Morrison • Kindred Murillo • Pamela Pescosolido • Alexis Pier • John Ratliff • Jay Rodman • Kathryn Ryan • Sandi Sain • Marilyn Salman • Jeannette Scott • Carla Lanting Shibuya • Emily Smith • Cathy Snow • Julie Strickland • Jennifer Vellinga • Elizabeth Wallen • Lynn Walters • Nancy Waring • Sue Wetsel • Kathleen Whalen • Geralyn White • Leslie Wilson • Nancy Wirth
This list reflects gifts received July 1, 2024 through April 9, 2025.
