Legacy Donors
The East Lansing Educational Foundation has received support from hundreds of community members over the years. We are proud that our endowment stands at over one million dollars, which helps us fulfill our mission of granting resources to our schools that keep them amongst the state’s very best districts. We thank our donors and celebrate their legacy of giving.
Philanthropist ($50,000 and up)
- Thomas Meyer and Susan Ahrens
- Louise Sternberg
- Diana and Emily Tarpoff
- Susan and Steve Wildman
Scholar ($25,000 to $49,999)
- Patricia and David Brogan
- Kevin, Lauri, Steve and Stephanie Draggoo
- Eagle Eye Golf Club
- Ronald and Donna Granger
- David and Jane Ledebuhr
- Marilyn and Rollie Ledebuhr
- Margaret and Bradley Ropp
- Shrewsbury Sisters – Whitmer Family Endowment
Patron ($10,000 to $24,999)
- Rima and Raphael Addiego
- Rocky Ray Beckett and Julie G. Thomas-Beckett
- Julie and Bill Boettcher Jeff and Steve
- Bonning-Lapinski Family
- Beth and Al Cafagna
- The Family of Tom and Denise Frieder Carr
- Patricia and James Croom
- Kevin Draggoo, Draggoo Huber Team, Merrill Lynch
- East Lansing Basketball Club
- Rick and Mindy Emerson
- Frederick and Suzanne Fabian
- Jackson National Life Insurance Company
- Elaine Michener-Israel and Mark Israel
- Nancy Passanante
- Steve and Brenda Ramsby
- Spartan Village Parents
- Sylvan Learning Center
- TechSmith
- Vince and Antoinette WinklerPrins
Benefactors ($5,000 to $9,999)
- Bruce Abbey Family
- Robert W. Baird & Co.
- Jim and Jodi (Piper)
- Patrick and Joan Berardo
- Patricia and George Brookover
- Bill and Julie Cawood
- Dave and Laurie Chapin
- Eric and Mary Crawford
- Dean Transportation
- Bill Dittenhofer
- George and Gail Foster
- Granger
- Grua, Tupper & Young, PLC
- Mark and Linda Guider Grua
- Chuck and Fran Hackney
- Charles Hagan, DDS, MHS, PC
- Michael and Ann Hayes
- Horizon Bank
- David Houston and Elizabeth Keenan
- Jim and Liz Jamo
- James and Kathleen Lammers
- Laura Jean Rood Larsen
- John and Mary Anne Larzelere
- Victor and Nancy Loomis
- Robert J. Marshall
- James I. McClintock
- Ann and Mike McDaniel
- Robert and Shelagh Miller
- Musselman Realty
- David and Cheryl Ronk
- Kenneth and Lori Rudman
- Roy Saper and Nell Kuhnmuench
- Eric and Nancy Schertzing
- Ted and Carol Staton
- Elias Strangas and Jane Turner
- Mary Strolle
- Summit Community Bank
- Scott Swinton and Sylvia Morse
- Thrun Law Firm, P.C.
- Albert White
Founders ($1,000 to $4,999)
- John and Amy Abbott
- Jerry and Jean Aben
- Victor and Michelle Adamo
- James R. Anderson
- David and Allyse Anderson
- Theda Assiff-MacGriff
- Jill K. Baker
- Richard and Diane Ball
- Howard and Viv Ballein
- Jack and Jan Bamford
- Colleen Barry and Douglas Jester
- Colonel (Ret.) John V. Barson, DO, MPH
- David and Deborah Batten
- James and Carmen Beachum
- Martha and Jim Bibbs
- Jane and George Bitsicas
- Jane Bitsicas, Doncaster Clothing
- Carolyn and Robert Boger
- Kathy and Jeff Bracken
- Jim Brandstatter
- Dennis and Alexis Branoff
- Janet and Chip Brock
- Brogan, Reed, VanGorder & Associates
- Brookover, Carr & Schaberg, PC
- Gary and Julie Buckberry Gary, Colette, and Cosette
- Buddies Pub and Grill
- Cawood Building Co.
- Eleanor Chapin
- Dan and Janet Chegwidden
- Der-Chuan and Quy-Phuong Chuang
- Barbara and Edward Church
- Church Wyble, PC
- Clark Construction Company
- Class of 1961
- Class of 1963
- Class of 2001
- Mike and Connie Cleary
- Comerica Bank
- Consumers Energy Foundation
- Coral Gables
- Gretchen and Loic Couraud
- Crippen Buick GMC Mazda Volvo
- Jeffrey and Elizabeth Docking
- William Donohue
- Erik and Kelly Drake
- Bruce and Nancy Dunn
- Judy and John Dunn
- East Lansing Kiwanis
- East Lansing Woman’s Club
- Tony and Virginia Egnatuk
- Jayne Erickson
- Mike Fink
- Five Sisters Foundation
- Linda and Dennis Fliehman
- Bill and Sheila Flynn
- Nathanael and Marianne Flynn
- Judy Hale Foley
- Kenneth and Sandra Fowler
- Emily Frame
- Friends of ELRA
- Melody Glick
- Christine and Jeffrey Goebel
- Dennis Goron
- Grand Traverse Pie Company
- Grand Grillin
- Mary Graven
- Lee Griffin
- Margie Griffith
- Grua, Jamo & Young
- Rebecca Grumet and Jim Smit
- Dorsey and Karl Gude
- Shirley D. Guider
- Lisa Hackel
- Jim and Mary Anne Hagan
- William and Susan Hamilton
- Dennis and Tami Hamilton
- Thelma Dunn Hanson
- Phyllis and Donald Harden
- Ben Hare and Janet Welch
- Harrison Roadhouse
- Mike and Debby Harrison
- Pete Jr. and Annette Hasbrook
- Cindy Herfindahl and John Melcher
- Geoffrey Hertel
- David and Iris Horner
- Mary and Kevin Howard
- JoAnn and Bob Hubbard
- Integrated Strategies Inc.
- ITC Holdings Corp.
- Jani-King
- Peter and Beth Janick
- Mary Jesse and David Juckett
- Jeffrey Johnson
- Dr. Richard Johnson
- Simone P. Joyaux, ACFRE, Adv Dip
- David Juckett
- Kevin and Jamie Kelly
- COL and Mrs. Clifford Keppeler
- Mark and Sheryl Knox
- Babette Krause
- Ranjani Krishnan and Satish Joshi
- Michael and Deanne Lawrence
- Mike and Carol LeMense
- Wanda and Keith Lipscomb
- Jim and Cheryl Little
- Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, P.C.
- Ed and Berrie Lounsberry
- Gerald, Debra, Danielle, Katherine and Matthew Mannausa
- Robert K. and Nancy Marshall
- Richard and Cheryl Maury
- Dorothy McDonald
- McGinty, Hitch, Housefield, Person, Yeadon & Anderson, PC
- Barbara McMillan
- Terry McNabb
- Pamela and Mark Meadows
- Mercantile Bank
- MESSA
- Michigan Group Benefits
- Mid-Michigan MRI, Inc.
- Rich Mikel
- Miller Canfield
- Mia, Natasha, Norman Miller
- David and Jill Mittleman
- MSU Federal Credit Union
- Kevin and Julie Mullin
- Jon and Mary Nelson
- James and Sally Newton
- Irvin Nichols
- William and Lola O’Meara
- John Ousterhout and Rita Hanson Ousterhout
- John, Bridget, Hannah and Sean Paff
- Jim and Barbara Papazian
- Michael K. Peters, DDS, MS, PC
- Tom and Kathy Petroni
- Physicians Health Plan
- Plante & Moran, PLCC
- Patricia Poli
- Mike and Donna Pressley
- Joanne Preston
- Ken Price
- Kevin and Jan Ragan
- Lori Rasche
- Al and Kay Riegel
- Stanley and Mary Ries
- Eric Rosekrans
- Jay Rosen and Martha Brownscombe
- James Ryerson
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- Thomas and Sheila Schimpf
- Kay and Allan Schmid
- Tom and Susan Schmidt
- Jerry Schuur
- Arlene and Bill Sharp
- Mary Sharp and Rafael Javier
- Nancy and Peter Sheldon
- Dr. Brad and Barbara (Foote) Shingleton
- Rick and Marty Simonds
- Sam Singh
- Aron Sousa and Alice Dreger
- Craig and Gina Spencer
- Craig Spencer, DDS
- Mark and Theresa Stevens
- Stifel Nicolaus
- Otto and Marcia Stockmeyer
- Charles Stoddard
- Strathmore Development
- Ruth and Dan Stump
- Andrew Stumpff
- Jerry, Linda and Jordan Sutton
- Lisa Swem
- Christy and Mike Swords
- Bing Tai and Catherine Allen
- David Teece
- Mark and Kellie Terry
- George Thornton
- Tomie Raines, Inc.
- Steve and Ellen Trecha
- Nathan and Sarah Triplett
- Amy and Bob Uecker
- Lynne (Dinkel) VanDeventer
- Dorinda VanKempen
- Steve VanNocker and Clare Tanner
- Francisco A. Villarruel and Gail O’Leksy-Villarruel
- Genevieve Walter
- Mary Ward
- Edward Watts
- Dr. Nancy W. and Mr. Bruce A. Weber
- Jeffrey Weiner
- William Weiner and Paula Latovick
- West and Burkhardt Orthodontics
- Seann Willson
- Christina Winder and Russell Chavey
- Robert Wirtz
- David and Jill Young
- Michael and Donna Kaplowitz