Thank you to all who have so generously given to the Nashville Public Library Foundation. You may review the list of generous donors in a pdf document or scroll this page. Gifts over $1000. Gifts up to $1000.
Gifts from July 1, 2007 through, June 30, 2008
Gifts over $100,000
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Memorial Foundation
Cal Turner Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Blair J. Wilson**
Anne Potter Wilson Foundation
Sunnyside Foundation
Gifts of $25,000 - $99,999
Bank of America Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Cochran, Sr.**
Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Frist**
Dorothy Cate & Thomas F. Frist Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Frist Advised Fund*
HCA Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Haugen**
The Richards Family Advised Fund*
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ingram**
John R. Ingram Advised Fund*
Morgan Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Turner**
Gifts of $10,000 - $24,999
Mr. Thomas L. Black
Dollar General Corporation**
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Mrs. Martha R. Ingram**
Martha & Bronson Ingram Foundation Advised Fund*
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Paisley**
The Rechter Family Advised Fund*
Regions Bank**
Mrs. Walter M. Robinson, Jr.**
Margaret Ann and Walter Robinson Foundation
Signature Holdings, LLC
Mr. David C. Tune**
Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Turner**
Miss Laura Anne Turner**
Gifts of $5000 - $9999
Bank of America**
Bridgestone Firestone Trust Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Buhl, III**
Corrections Corporation of America
Reverend Canon and Mrs. Fred Dettwiller**
Freedom Forum, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel C. Gordon**
Joel C. Gordon & Bernice W. Gordon Family Foundation
Mr. Billy Ray Hearn
Mrs. Martha R. Ingram
Mr. and Mrs. William B. King**
Robin and Bill King Foundation
Morgan Stanley
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Dr. and Mrs. Ron Pruitt**
Sandra Schatten Foundation**
Mr. and Mrs. Keith B. Simmons**
Vanderbilt University
Dr. and Mrs. John S. Warner
The Henry Laird Smith Foundation
Gifts of $2500 - $4999
Dr. and Mrs. Dave A. Alexander, Jr.**
Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Barfield, II
The Dorothy Cate and Thomas F. Frist Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Beasley, II**
Mr. and Mrs. Jack O. Bovender, Jr.**
The Honorable Philip N. Bredesen and Ms. Andrea Conte**
Mrs. Monroe Carell, Jr.**
Ms. Carla Chamberlain
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Clay, Jr.**
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Clay, Jr. Advised Fund*
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cruickshanks, Jr.**
The Danner Foundation**
The Honorable Karl F. Dean and Ms. Delta Anne Davis**
Gaylord Entertainment Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Fred Goldner, Jr.
Fred and Martha Goldner Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Gordon**
Joel C. Gordon & Bernice W. Gordon Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gordon**
Dr. and Mrs. J. Brevard Haynes**
Mr. L. O. Heidtke**
Heidtke Charitable Foundation of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Jackson, Jr.**
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Johnston**
Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Lodge**
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Morphett
Morphett Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Nashville Music City Convention and Visitors Bureau
Ms. Ann Patchett and Dr. Karl VanDevender**
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Scarola
Mr. and Mrs. Les Speyer**
The Speyer Charitable Advised Fund*
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Street**
Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Stringer**
Tennessee Arts Commission
Mr. Byron Trauger and The Honorable Aleta Trauger**
Mr. and Mrs. David T. Vandewater**
Ms. Katy Varney and Mr. Dave Goetz, Jr.**
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Williams, III**
Mr. and Mrs. W. Ridley Wills, II**
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Zelle**
The Anne H. and Robert K. Zelle Advised Fund*
Gifts of $1500 - $2499
Aladdin Industries Foundation Inc.
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Barker**
Baulch Family Foundation**
Mr. and Mrs. John Bettis
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Bradford, Jr.**
Mr. John Auston Bridges**
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Bryant
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Bumstead**
Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Cammack, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cammack**
The Cammack Family Advised Fund*
Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Cato**
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Cook, Jr.**
Mr. Ames Davis**
Mr. and Mrs. Marty Dickens**
Mr. and Mrs. Jerald Doochin**
Ms. Katherine E. Enterline
Mr. Mark Emkes and Ms. Maria Concepcion Renes**
Mrs. Irwin B. Eskind**
The Annette & Irwin Eskind Family Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind*
The Jeffrey and Donna Eskind Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eskind**
The Jane & Richard Eskind & Family Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Steven Eskind**
The Steven and Laurie Eskind Family Foundation
Mr. William H. Eskind**
The Amy and Billy Eskind Advised Fund*
Mr. and Mrs. Steven D. Ezell
Mrs. Emmett B. Fields**
First Tennessee Nashville
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Frist, Jr.**
The Dorothy Cate and Thomas F. Frist Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Frist, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Gaittens**
Mr. and Mrs. Harris N. Gilbert**
Mr. and Mrs. Vince Gill
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Gilmore**
Dr. Gary S. Gutow**
The Kathryn & Gary Gutow Advised Fund*
Mrs. Edwin Anthony Heard, Jr.**
The Honorable and Mrs. Douglas S. Henry, Jr.
The 2001 Tennessee Trust Advised Fund*
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Hooker
Mr. and Mrs. B. Frederick Horne, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Hughes, Jr.**
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Jacobs
Joel C. Gordon & Bernice W. Gordon Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin M. Jarman
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Dorris Kelly**
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Owen Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kolarich
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lewis, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Frank Mastrapasqua**
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.H. Mathews, III
Mr. Andrew L. May and Dr. Nancy J. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Mosley
Mr. and Mrs. Shade Murray, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Nicely**
Ms. Carol Owen**
Publix Super Markets Charities
Mr. and Mrs. Gustavus A. Puryear, IV
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Keith B. Pitts
Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Portis**
The Dorothy Cate and Thomas F. Frist Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. Rechter**
The Rechter Family Advised Fund*
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rick
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Roberts**
Mrs. Roscoe R. Robinson**
Dr. Judson E. Rogers and Dr. Mary Anne Blake
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Roos
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Satz
Mr. and Mrs. John Seigenthaler
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan A. Shayne**
The Shayne Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. W. Lucas Simons
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Slaughter
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Speyer
The Speyer Charitable Advised Fund*
Mr. and Mrs. David Steine, Jr.
Mr. Ronnie Steine and Ms. Beverly Keel**
Drs. Rebecca and Michael Swan**
Dr. Jan van Eys
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Swensson
Mrs. Carolyn Norman Tune**
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Webb, Jr.
Mrs. Ann Harwell Wells**
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Wendell
Mr. and Mrs. David Williams, II**
Mrs. David K. Wilson**
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Wood**
Mr. Alan Yuspeh and Dr. Janet Yuspeh**
Mrs. Martin Zeitlin**
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Zibart
Gifts of $1000 - $1499
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson C. Andrews
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Andrews
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Andrews
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hunter Atkins
Dr. and Mrs. Brian S. Biesman
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Blackmon, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Bottorff
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Bottorff
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Bracken
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Martin S. Brown
Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Brown
Mr. and Mrs. George Bullard
Lifeworks Foundation
Dr. Elizabeth Cato
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Cheek, III
Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Craig, II
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Devlin
Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Eckstein
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Elcan
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Fox, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Granbery, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey B. Harwell, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Hayes
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hearn
Dr. and Mrs. Everette I. Howell, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. R. Milton Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Lipman
Mr. and Mrs. Jack May
Joseph and Lynn May Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Nelson
Ms. Jean Nelson and Mr. Will Martin
The Predators Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell W. Ray
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Regan
Hudson Family Charitable Foundation
The Honorable Muriel Robinson and Mr. Irby C. Simpkins
Dr. and Mrs. Michael H. Stabile
Dr. and Mrs. William S. Stoney, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Turner, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Fall Wade, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Breck Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Waterman
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Wilson
Gifts of $500 - $999
Ms. Pamela I. Adkins and Mr. Jimmy Stein
Ms. Miriam L. Bliss and Mr. Dwayne W. Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. G. Gordon Bonnyman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Bunting
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rawls Butler
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Campbell, III
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Chambers
Dr. and Mrs. Eric M. Chazen
Dr. and Mrs. James F. Conrad
Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Cook, III
Mr. and Mrs. John N. P. Cooper
Ms. Beth Curley
Dr. and Mrs. Lucian Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Dennis
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Devine
Ms. Cora Dobson
Ms. Susan Spear Dyer
Ms. Rosalyn Elton
Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Enkema
Ms. Janetta Fleming
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Foster
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard G. Freeland
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Friddell
The Frist Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. H. Lynn Greer, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Dale Grimes
Ms. Carolyne Hadden
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Hanselman
Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Haynes
Mr. and Mrs. L. Wearen Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. Clay T. Jackson
Dr. and Dr. Ned R. Jacobson
Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Kelly
Mrs. Jack W. Kuhn
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Love
Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Luschen
Mrs. C. Taxon Malott
Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ian Nesbitt McKenzie
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Meadows, Jr.
James R. Meadows, Jr. Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar T. Mertz
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Mertz
Mr. Andrew W. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Livingfield More
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mulgrew
Dr. and Mrs. John A. Oates
Mr. Mark A. O'Bryan
Mr. and Mrs. William V. Parsons, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Perdue, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. V. Douglas Pierce, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Pilson
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Raskin
Ms. Cynthia Y. Reisz
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Roark
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Roberts
Ms. Sylvia Roberts
Mr. Charles H. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V. Russell
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Saturn
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ronald Scott
Mrs. Joan B. Shayne
The Blum Family Foundation
Ms. Sally Shepherd
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Simoneaux
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Smallwood
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sperling
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Spessard
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Spitz
Mr. Robert A.M. Stern
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Tarantin
Mr. and Mrs. T. Stephen C. Taylor
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Treadway
Mr. and Mrs. John Voigt
Gifts of $250 - $499
Honorable and Mrs. Lamar Alexander
Dr. and Mrs. Mark Averbuch
The Jewish Communal Fund
Mr. and Mrs. F. Clay Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey, III
Mr. and Mrs. J. Barry Banker
Mr. Doug Berry
Dr. and Mrs. Frank H. Boehm
Ms. Wendy Burch and Ms. Elise Loehr
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Burton
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Carter, III
Mr. and Mrs. Will T. Cheek
Ms. Renée A. Chevalier
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Claycombe
Mr. and Mrs. Casey Correnti
Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Dale, III
Dr. and Dr. Joseph B. DeLozier, III
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Duthie
Mr. and Mrs. Tony L. Earley
Dr. and Mrs. William Edwards
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Fitzgerald
Mr. and Mrs. Ron D. Farris
The Ron and Laurie Farris Family Advised Fund*
Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Fleischer
Ms. Tish Fort
Garden Club of America
Mr. Harris A. Gilbert
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Hastings
Ms. Heather Henson
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Jennings
Ms. Melissa Laffer
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Lea, IV
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Lehman
The Ellen and Jonathan Lehman Advised Fund*
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Looney
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Kelley
Mr. Mark Magnuson
Mr. and Mrs. George Masterson
Ms. Melissa Myers
Mrs. Andromedia B. Noel
Mrs. Lee F. Noel
Mr. and Mrs. Colin Reed
Brenda and Colin Reed Advised Fund of the
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
Mr. Nathan H. Ridley
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Schoerke
Ms. Kathy Schultenover
Ms. Anne W. Shepherd
Ms. Caroline Stark
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sullivan
Ms. Helen R. Tanner
Mr. and Mrs. Bob F. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Thornburg
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Turner, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Viner
Mr. Henry Walker
Ms. Joni P. Werthan
Mr. and Mrs. John W. White
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wylly, II
The Pam and Tom Wylly Advised Fund*
Dr. and Mrs. Barry E. Yarbrough
Mr. Nick S. Zeppos and Ms. Lydia Howarth
Gifts of $100 - $249
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory M. Borden-Neary
Ms. Elyse R. Adler
Mr. Charles E. Alley
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Anderson
Dr. and Mrs. John E. Anderson
Avenue Bank
Mrs. Edith McBride Bass
Mr. and Mrs. Donald U. Bathrick, Jr.
Mr. Robert W. Bogen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Brandt
Ms. Dorothy M. Brittingham
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Brooks
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bryan
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. Buchanan
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Byrd, III
Caffe Nonna
Ms. Heather G. Childs and Mr. Brian T. Fitzpatrick
Dr. and Mrs. Mark R. Christofersen
Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Christopher
Mr. David F. Clark and Ms. Starling P. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Corcoran, III
Ms. Cynthia D. Cripe
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison S. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis
Ms. Nancy-Ann DeParle
Mr. and Mrs. Roy DeSha
Mr. and Mrs. Ward DeWitt, Jr.
Mr. George deZevallos
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Dobson, V
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Dunaway
Mr. H. Wallace Edwards, Jr.
First Tennessee Home Loans
Mr. and Mrs. Brad C. Fishel
Dr. and Mrs. Steven G. Gabbe
Mr. and Mrs. David Gales
David and Melinda Gales Fund
of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Gallivan
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Garfinkel
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T. Glassford
Ms. Kate R. W. Grayken
Mr. Frank P. Grisham
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Harrison, Jr.
Dr. Helen R. Houston
Mrs. Connie W. King
Ms. Jennifer Kleine
Mr. and Mrs. Vaden M. Lackey, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Lazenby
Mr. Ken Martinson
Mr. and Mrs. James Philip Mason
Mrs. Jack C. Massey
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ted Mayden
Martin and Barbara Mayden Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. McAllister
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. McNeilly, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Miller
Moraine Music Group
Mr. Hunt Oliver
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nebhut, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Nimmo
Mr. and Mrs. N. Jack Nuismer, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry J. Paller
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Parkison
Ms. Emily M. Parrish
Mrs. Anne C. Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. Bill R. Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Poindexter
Dr. and Mrs. William R. Ries
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rosenthal
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Samuels
Ms. Milly Selman
Nicholas E. Sieveking, M.D.
Mr. Mark Selby and Ms. Tia M. Sillers
Mr. Russell N. Sims
Dr. and Mrs. Anderson Spickard, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Marc K. Stengel
Mr. and Mrs. Willy Stern
Mr. Lem B. Stevens, Jr. and Mrs. Caroline Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Stone, III
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Stumb, III
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Tompkins
University of Tennessee Campus Chest
Ms. Patricia W. Wallace
Ms. Susan B. Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis M. Wallen
Mr. Hershell Warren
Mr. Ron Watson and Mr. Jeff Corvin
Ms. Regine A. Webster and Mr. Todd D. Fryling
Mr. D. Don Welch and Ms. Celeste M. Reed
Ms. Melinda Welton and Mr. John Noel, III
Dr. and Mrs. William Whetsell, Jr.
Mr. and Dr. Douglas B. Whitman
Ms. Melanie Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Williamson
Dr. and Mrs. Nat T. Winston, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Young
Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Zander, Jr.
Gifts up to $99
Breakfast Club of Nashville
Ms. Elizabeth O. Broadhurst
Mr. and Mrs. Martin S. Brown, Jr.
Mr. Kent S. Cathcart
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradford Currie
Mr. Don Cusic
Mr. J. William Denny
Ms. Rosemary Dinkins
Ms. Betty P. Dunn
Ms. Jane Fabian
Mr. Brian T. Fitzpatrick and Ms. Heather Childs
Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Gatto, III
Grapevine Garden Club
Ms. Karen Middleton Griffin
Ms. Katherine M. Hill
Mr. Scott T. Hudson
Ms. Bernadette C. Hugan
Mr. Brian Hull
Mr. Paul H. Kuhn, Jr.
Ms. Sheena L. Lish
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. McLaurin
Mr. and Mrs. Mike McGuffin
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson J. Orr, Jr.
Ms. Wesley M. Paine
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patchett
Ms. Annette Pilcher
Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Pilkerton, Jr.
Mr. Dan E. Pomeroy
Ms. Rachel L. Steele
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Sullivan
Dr. and Mrs. George D. Wright, III
*of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
** Notes membership in The First Edition Society. These individuals lead the way, providing annual gifts of $1500 or more to support the Library.