The work of the National Book Foundation is possible thanks to the generosity of many individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies. We are grateful to the following members of our community for their support between October 16, 2024 and October 15, 2025.
Foundation and Government Supporters
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Apple Books
Hawthornden Foundation
Hyde and Watson Foundation
LitNYS
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Mellon Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council
New York State Council on the Arts with the Support of the Office of the Governor and New York State Legislature
William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust
Leadership Circle
Leadership Circle donors provide generous support to sustain and grow the National Book Foundation’s year-round work today, and into the future.
Alden Y. Warner, III and Peter S. Reed
Amandeep Kochar
Beverly Rogers
Candace Tkachuck and Don Guthrie *
Christopher Cerf and Katherine Vaz
Constance Wealth Advisors *
Courtney and David Policano
Cristin Kelley
Daniel Pink and Jessica Lerner *
David Steinberger and Dara Caponigro
Emily and Dave Terry
Grace A. Nordhoff
Jennifer Altman and Jason Fein
Jon Yaged
Jonathan Karp
Julia Reidhead
Karin and Markus Dohle *
Keiko J. Koizumi
Leigh Toner and Chris Caposella
Les B. Levi
Lucia Ferreira
Mary Ann and Bruno A. Quinson *
Mary Dunnam *
The Najafi Companies
Nicolas Massard
Noreen Henig
Olivia Sears
Pam and Jack Jolley *
Paul and Carol Steinman
Peggy Koenig
Randy Fertel *
Renee Russak and Marci Pliskin
Ruth Dickey *
Shari Behnke
Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Foundation
Stephen Reidy
Steven M. & Joyce E. Tadler Charitable Trust *
Stuart S. Applebaum Giving Foundation
Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation *
Will and Suzanne Schutte
Yvonne and Arthur Koenig *
$100,000-$249,999
Penguin Random House
$50,000-$99,999
Amazon Literary Partnership
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Central National Gottesman Foundation
The Najafi Companies
Macmillan Publishers
Steven M. & Joyce E. Tadler Charitable Trust
$25,000-$49,999
20th Century Studios
Amazon MGM Studios
Audible
Books-A-Million
Everand
Google Play Books
Hachette Book Group
HarperCollins Publishers
Ingram Content Group
New York Edge
Poetry Foundation
RBMedia
Scholastic Inc.
Simon & Schuster
Tiffany & Co
Zando
$10,000-$24,999
Alden Y. Warner, III and Peter S. Reed
Anonymous
Beverly Rogers
BookBub & Chirp
BPG USA
Charles Yu and Michelle Jue
Chiwoniso Kaitano
Christopher Cerf and Katherine Vaz
Creative Arts Agency
Criterion Collection
Cushman & Wakefield
Deborah Needleman and Jacob Weisberg
Graywolf Press
Hearst Magazines
Hudson Book Group
Hulu
Karin and Markus Dohle
Leigh Toner and Chris Caposella
Lucia Ferreira
Mary Ann and Bruno A. Quinson
Meta
The New York Times
Paul and Carol Steinman
PD Villarreal and Anne Weisberg
Spotify
Stephen Reidy
Susan Jackson
W. W. Norton & Company
Will and Suzanne Schutte
Yao King
$5,000-$9,999
Amandeep Kochar
Booktrovert
Candance Tkachuck and Don Guthrie *
Courtney Lee-Mitchell
Daniel Pink and Jessica Lerner
David Steinberger and Dara Caponigro
Deep Vellum
Emily and Dave Terry
EvensonBest
Grove/Atlantic Inc.
Hoopla Digital
Jonathan Karp
Jon Yaged
Julia Reidhead
Keith Riegert
Les B. Levi
Libro.fm
Lucas Wittman and Victoire Bourgois
Milkweed Press
New Directions Publishing
Nicholas Niarchos
Noreen Henig
OverDrive
Page Street Publishing
Pam and Jack Jolley
Peggy Koenig
ReaderLink
Reading is Fundamental
Shari Behnke
Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Foundation
Stuart S. Applebaum Giving Foundation
Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation
United Talent Agency
University of Akron Press
$2,500-$4,999
Alberto and Gioietta Vitale
Bookshop.org
Chitra Bopardikar
Courtney and David Policano
Elizabeth McNamara
Exalted Funeral Press
Fiona McCrae
Ira Silverberg
Jafreen Uddin
Jennifer Altman and Jason Fein
Mary Dunnam
Nicolas Massard
Olivia Sears
Quang Bao and Pau Atela
Renee Russak and Marci Pliskin
Ruth Dickey
Scott Schneider
$1,000-$2,499
Edwidge Danticat
Ellen Clarke de Saint Phalle
Franklin Leonard
Glyn Vincent
Jana Napoli
Jane Bachmann
Jennifer Acker
Jericho Parms
Kaleb Schneider
Keiko J. Koizumi
Kimball Hastings
Levenger
Lorraine Shanley
Marianne Lubar
Mark and Jackie Nolan Family Fund
Mark Jensen
Michael Holtmann
Michelle Weiner
MillerKnoll
Morgan Entrekin
Ned Blackhawk
Neil Manzullo
Nicholas Latimer
R. E. Liebmann
Raina Rose Tagle
Restless Books
Ricardo Maldonado
Robert Caro
Samira Nasr
Shelley A. Wanger
Trish Maharam
Ucross Foundation
William Belcher
WME Entertainment
World Editions
Yliana Gonzalez
$500-$999
Aaron Crowell
Amanda Nowlin-O’Banion
Andrew Fitzgerald
Anonymous
Barbara Sferra
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Brenda J. Child
Casey Salerno
Constantia Constantinou
Courtney Bryan
Courtney Hodell
Cristina Rodriquez
Dani Winkler
Dante Micheaux
Darhansoff & Verrill Literary Agents
David Rivkin
Donna Richard
Eliot Duncan
Emma Fusco-Straub
Hannah Oliver Depp
Iliana Regan
James Thomas
Jeanne Birdsall
Jen Waller
Jennifer Lee
Jon Miller
Karen Gray
Kathryn McKee
Kevin Nguyen
Leslie Shipman
Lisa Lucas
Madison Public Library Foundation
Mary Gannon
Matt Ringler
Maureen Roach Tobin
Michael A. Naple
Ray Daniels
Rose Brock
Sabir Sultan
Sarah McGrath
W. Drake McFeely
Whiting Foundation
$250-$499
Aaliyah Bilal
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
Anne G. Kessler
Anne Germanacos
Anthony W. Marx
Benjamin Dreyer
Beth Harrison
Carissa Mina
Deborah Jackson Taffa
Diane Miller
Ebonya Washington
Ellen Nenner
Halimah Marcus
Imani Perry
Jennifer Schuster
Jiar Zeman
Jill Johnson
JMKleinman LLC
John Beitter
John Caleb Grenn
John Darnielle
Jordan Smith
Justin Torres
Karen Taggart
Katherine Paterson
Leah Steen
Leigh Newman
Lori Deadwyler
Lydah DeBin
Lynn Behar
Maris Kreizman
Mary Clemency
Mary Pender
Meg Kearney
Meredith Andrews
Nicole Sealey
Paul Yamazaki
Regina Brooks
Robin F. Whitten
Steph Opitz
Stuart Krichevsky
Susanna Einstein
Tam E. O’Shaughnessy
Virginia W. Chang
$100-$249
Alice and Brad Levin
Allison P. Patton
Bob Shacochis
Carolyn Kindel
Carrie Wechsler
Cassandra Mayberry
Cherryl Janisse
Chloe Goodhart
Christina R. Gould
Courtney Rowe
David Reis
Debra Ward
Don Weisberg
Edward Ball
Elizabeth Prystas
Ellen Ryder
Ernest Scheyder
Eugenia Leigh
George Gibson
Gregory Maguire
Holly Owen
Hunter Labovitz
James Oliver
Jane Neustadter
Jason McCall
Jenna Latt
Jill Jonnes
Jo Andrade-Bunnell
John Parsley
Kade I. Smith
Karen Simon Leff
Kathryn Nicolai
Laura Gross
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
Lydia Lyons
Marcia Moselle
Margot McMahon
Marguerite Thomer
Marie Lachat
Marjorie Heywood
Martha Toll
Mary Harper
Meredith Moore
Michael Brave
Michael McDonnel
Michael Quattrone
Michelle Bowdler
Nancy Paulsen
Pam Lauman
Patsy M. Schober
Rachel Lynn Greenberg
Ricardo Chavira
Risë Koben
Roger Rosenblatt
Rosemarie Johnson
Rosner Theibault Charitable Giving
Ross C. Baker
Samantha Evans
Steve Olson
Susan Sander
Susan Schatten
Susan Weinberg
Sylvia Wermes
Tania Nyman
Tina Shackleford
Toni Powell
Tracy Russo
Under $100
A. Sunshine Ison
Abigail Smith
Adele Corns
Africa World Press, & Red Sea Press, Inc.
Amy Blair
Amy Manion
Amy Stolls
Andrea Llewellyn
Andrew Pond
Anita Fineday
Ann Friedman
Anna Dobben
Anne McDonald
Anne OLeary
Annette Lee
Annick Dellmann-Schafer
April Krassner
Aviva Fontes
Barb Acomb
Barbara Curtis
Barbara Haas
Barbara Jones
Beth Knisely Tucker
Brenda M. Michelson
Brent Godwin
Carisa Vujanovich
Carla Russo
Carmel Reid
Carol Coonrod
Carol Gilbertson
Carol S. Wilson
Chelsey Hartupee
Cheryl Anthony
Cheryl Dyer
Cheryl Edgerly
Chris Channell
Chris Kane
Christina Turano
Claudia Silbert
Colette Zeman
Colleen O’Brien
Colleen York
Commonplace Reader
Connie McCarley
Cynthia Herrick
Cynthia Saltzman
Damla Heard
Dan Simon
Dana Harris-Trovato
Daniel C. Marksz
David Mallmann
Dedie Leahy
Diane Butkus
Edith Matesic
Elizabeth Mankin
Elizabeth Murray
Elizabeth van Gestel
Ellen Bishop
Emilie Buchwald
Emilie Sommer
Emily Sherbrooke
Erika Petersson
Eugenia Bopp
Francie Teitelbaum
Frank Rashid
Gabriel Parker
Gail Hight
Gail Marten
Gail Watts
Gina Mattioda
Glenna Matthews
Grace M. Cho
Granny Lambert
Hagar Scher
Heather Kelley
Helane Levine-Keating
Helen Ross
Jamie Habecker
Jane Ciabattari
Jane Skrivan
Janet Goodman
Janet Robinson
Janice Fialka
Janice Mullin
Janice R. Green
Janice Waterhouse
Janis Johnson
Jenifer Marcus
Jennifer Krauss
Jesse Lipson
Jessica Hoppe
Jessica Mihaly
Jessie Good
Joan Law
Joanna Badagliacca
Joanne Mock
JoAnne Shepson
Joanne Zapata
John Bilas
John Francisconi
Joyce Curtis
Joyce Lopata Rosenblum
Judith Haynes
Judith McBride
Judith Stanton
Judith Henley
Judy Freeman
Judy Krueger
Juli Van Brown
Julie Grower
Julie Hernandez Williams
Karen Maeda Allman
Karen Sondak
Kate Townsend
Kathryn A. Schuller
Kathy Fortier
Kathy McNeely
Katie Horton
Kelly Gruscelski
Kevin Reardon
Kierra Lewis
Kim Haines-Eitzen
Kim Soulliere
Kim Stevens
Laura Howell Smith
Laura Silverstein
Laurel Standley
Lauren Toolin
Lauren Treanor
Lauret Savoy
Lia Dudine
Linda Kahley
Linda Voelz
Linda Williams
Lindy Hoppough
Lisille Matheson
Lorraine Harrington
Lorraine Smith Phelan
Lydah DeBin
Margaret Graham
Margaret Youngblood
Maria Baird
Marie Marsham
Marisa Coutts
Mark Power
Marlee Fuhrmann
Marsela Mcgrane-Vogel
Mary and Tom Harrison
Mary Merriman
Maureen McCombs
Melinda Powers
Mevelyn Romay Fernandez
Michael Klein
Michael Wells
Michele Egan
Michelle Reinmiller
Mindy Kronenberg
Mitzi Humphrey
Monika Kolos
Nanette Crist
Natalia Zuckerman
Nina Crews
Noel Popwell
Pam Turner
Patricia C. Towers
Phyllis E. Relyea
Rachael Edwards
Rachel Larson
Rachel Webber
Rebecca Allard
Rebecca Hintze
Rebecca Schultz
Rena Rosenwasser
Richard Liskov
Richard Peabody
Robert Boyte
Roberta Lynch
Ronald Adkins
Sam Passow
Sandra Butler
Sandra Minkkinen
Sara Arnold
Sara Jarvis
Sara Laschever
Sarah Bagby
Sarah Chambers
Sarah Gordon
Sharon Bienert
Shelli Riggs
Shirley Bennett
Sipra Roy
Steve Davidson
Susan Page
Susan Schuster
Suzan Shown Harjo
Suzanne Peers
Suzanne Young
Suzerre Lamb, LCPC, LPC-S
Swetha Ramaswamy
Sydney Cleland
Talia L. Kolluri
Tayyba Kanwal
Teresa Borden
Terry Mam
Terry Molyneaux
Timothy Mooney
Tobi Marcus
Tobias Carroll
Tom Nissley
Tracey Ryder
Vanessa Mobley
Virginia Euwer Wolff
Walter Peterson
William French
Yu-chen Chung
Zack Verrilli
* Multi-year supporter of the National Book Foundation’s Bridge to 75 Campaign, launched September 2022
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