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2024 Annual Report

Thank you to everyone who donated to support the Dane County Parks in 2024! Your generosity contributed to land restoration, youth education, accessibility improvements, trainings for volunteers, and much more. You can read about the impact of these funds in our 2024 Annual Report.

Our 2024 donors

Thank you to everyone who supported the Foundation for Dane County Parks' mission in 2024.

* A component fund at Madison Community Foundation

$25,000+

Anonymous

A Fund for Women PT (Grantmaking)*

Madison Community Foundation

PRL Keystone Foundation

SSM HealthTruStage Foundation

$5,000 - $24,999

Doug and Sherry Caves

Robert and Mary Cole

Dean Health Plan by Medica

Tim and Sandy Docter

Endres Manufacturing Company Foundation

Thomas and Margie Krauskopf

Kate and Dan Marquardt

Nancy and David Walsh Family Foundation

Lon and Sue Sprecher

Sally Wilmeth and Terry Geurkink

$1,000 - $4,999

Anonymous

Bat Conservation of Wisconsin

Dean and Ann Bowles

Matt and Clare Carlson

Daniel W. Erdman Advised Fund*

Don Ferber

Friends of Capital Springs

Heckmann Financial Services

Jim and Sharel Hubing

Judith and John Hutchinson

J. H. Findorff & Son, Inc.

Everett Johnson

Fritz Kruger

Jack Lawton and Bonnie McMullin-Lawton

Andrew and Pamela Lewis

Jay and Janet Loewi

William Lunney and Judie Pfeifer

Madison Gas & Electric Foundation

Darren and Dawn Marsh

Gail Morton

William O'Connor and Krista Roys

Patricia Paska

Fred and Nancy Risser

James Schad and Celia Kiela

Carol Schroeder

Securian Financial

Linda Slavney

Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation

Doug Thoresen

Tom and Kim Thoresen

Peter Tropman and Ginny Graves

Mike and Jill Weber

Wisconsin Surplus Online Auction

Up to $999

Anonymous

Nancy and Russell Allen

Paula and Robert Alt

Michelle Armstrong and James Lesniak

Ascendium Education Group, Inc.

Lacinda Athen and Marshall Mundt

Marcella and Sally Averkamp

Linda Baier

Merl Banks

Janet Battista

Ann Behrmann and Lewis Koch

James Berbee and Karen Walsh

Jan Blakeslee

Richard Boelke

Julia Bolz

Doug Booher and Michelle Somes-Booher

Eric Borgerding

Judy and Ed Borke

Todd and Deanna Bowden

Bruce and Nancy Braun

Michael Bridgeman

Waltraud Brinkmann

Jay and Dianne Brooks

Stefanie and Onno Brouwer

Nancy and Lou Bruch

Richard and Sudie Burnham

Joan Canfield

Deborah Cardinal and Walter Burt

Raymond and Carol Clinton

Marsha Cohen and Michael Pressman

Shelby and Tim Connell

Sharon and Warren Danziger

Frances Degraff

Cal and Ruth Dewitt

Jerold DeYoung

Larry and Kathy Dickerson

Christopher Dolan

Matthew Dregne and Claire Silverman

Michael Drilias

Sarah Dunning and David Siebert

Brian Durtschi

Sheryl Dwinell and Thane Hafterson

Lloyd and Pat Eagan

Tim and Linda Eislele

Natalie Eisner and Victor Brar

Jim and Jean Elvekrog

Katherine England and Michael Prissel

Kristine Euclide and Douglas Steege

Marty and Terry Evanson

Amy and Marty Fields

Ryan FoleyJohn Franz

Larry and Barbara Freidig

Ronald French

Mike and Claudia Gerner

Janet Gilmore

Willis Gladding

Louise Goldstein and Bruce Thomadsen

Laurie Gorman

Alice and Daniel Gould

Tony and Linda Granato

Scott Greene and Mary Thompson

Paul Grossberg and Dean Ziemke

Ann Guss

Heidi Habeger and Caleb Pourchot

George and Maria Hammond

Wayne Hanson and Janet Beach Hanson

Joann Hayes and Alan Penn

Kathleen Heady and Mark Wexler

Timothy and Patricia Henneman

Sandy and Ron Henshue

Vicki Herbers

David Highdale and Melissa Denman

Lorne Hillier

Debra Holm

G. Michael and Lynne Horn

Kathleen Hornemann

Tom Hornung

Cathy and Finn Hubbard

Jay Huemmer

Bruce and Di Huibregtse

Patricia Hung

Esther and Jim Huntoon

Greg and Jane Hyer

Sara Ifert

Sharon Isensee

Mike Ivey and Vicki Elkin

Anne Iwata

Jean and Rod Jacobson

Juliann Jatczak and Michael Davis

Bruce Janvenoski

Julie Jensen

Barbara Doll Johnson

William and Vicki Kalscheur

Jennifer Karlsson and Michael Ellifson

Mary Ellen and Kevin Kearney

Teri and George Keeler

Vance and Betty Kepley

Tom Klingbiel

Tess and Scott Klug

Christina Koch

Doug and Joan Kozel

Kurt and Ann Krumholz

Lakeland Oaks Fund*

Renee Lauber

Alison Lebwohl

Roma Lenehan

Beth and Ken LePine

Victor and Sue Levy

Zach Lipp

David Lucey

Pete and Jill Lundberg

Michael Lunney

Michael and Carol Lutz

Dan Lyans

Mad City Dream Homes

Anita Mancilla

Mary Manering and Dennis Tande

Mathew G. Marty and Katherine L. Wiggins

Dorla Mayer

Marilyn Meade and Barbara Whitney

Mary Michal and Dave Haskin

Steve Mintz

Ann and David Moffat

Patrick and Susanna Mooney

Dwight and Mary Mueller

Brad and Kelly Mullins

Muriel Nagle and Doug Bach

Alinda and Robert Nelson

Curtis Nowlen

Charles O'Hare

Karen Oberhauser

Tom and Lynn Parker

Susan Paskewitz

Barbara Pearson

William Peterson

Pamela Porter

Ryan Prior

Lisa Pugh

James Rane

Bill and Mercy Ranum

Patrick and Kate Remington

Roman Reynolds

Dave Ripp

Dana and Mark Roffers

Cathy and Ron Rotter

Sinikka Santala and Gregory Schmidt

Jim and Deb Schumaker

Gail and Dan Shea

Jean and Jerry Sieling

Audrey Silverman Foote

Bob and Lisa Sorge

David and Marcie Stark

Ann Stein

Heather Sullivan

Summit Credit Union

Nancy and Tom Sundal

Nancy Tahtinen

Stan Temple and Jane Rundell

Harv Thompson

Marian Timmerman

Samuel and Catherine Tobis

Valerie Tremelat and Justin Cummins

Susan Troller Cosgrove and Howard Cosgrove

Karen and Tim Turino

U.S. Cellular Associate Matching Program

Delon and Gail Underbakke

Gail Van Haren

Lorette Wambach

Wealth Enhancement Group

Joan Weckmueller

Alan Weiss and Cheryl Smith

Jim Welsh

Gary Werner and Melanie Lord

Nick and Jenny White

William White

Lyman and Lynn Wible

Bill Williams and Jean Marie Wiencek

Curtis and Leah Witynski

Arleen Wolek and Chuck Vetzner

Barbara Wolfe

Levi Wood

Ben Yahr

Jim Young

Hyuk Yu

Joan and Steve Ziegler

Jan Zimmerman

In Honor Of

Max

Sydney

Jesse Easley

John Hutchinson

Ellen Langrehr

Bill Lunney and Judie Pfeifer

Paul Thoresen

In Memory Of

Charlie and Toby

Jenni and KyleRita

Stella, and Gina

Jim Addis

Jeff Ballweg

Gerald "Jerry" Derr

David Hestad

Donna Hilgendorf

Richard "Rick" Johnson

Fannie LeMoine

William McCarthy

Craig Monroe

Dean Mueller

Cheryl Nowlen

Tom and Karen Ragatz

Dean Schroeder

Mike Slavney

Bob Terrell

Kathryn Trudell

Moxie Vahldieck

Daniel Wisniewski

In-kind Gifts and Services

Carlson Black O'Callaghan & Battenberg LLC

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