Wausau Pilot & Review is a 501(c)(3) organization that is primarily funded through grants and donations from foundations and individuals.
A number of generous individuals have contributed financially to Wausau Pilot & Review since its launch in March 2017. As a matter of policy, funders exercise no control over the Center’s editorial decisions.
In February 2017, Wausau Pilot & Review received its first major gift of $50,000 from the White Family Foundation. We are grateful for their ongoing support.
Members of the Wausau Pilot & Review board of directors, who are volunteers, are financial supporters of the organization. In 2023, Wausau Pilot & Review will make public any donations that exceed $5,000. Supporters who donated at any level prior to 2021 are also listed below.
Financial supporters in 2023 exceeding $5,000 in donations (updated monthly)
The White Family Foundation
Douglas Hosler, Ph.D.
The Miami Foundation (Collective)
Financial supporters in 2022 exceeding $5,000 in donations
The White Family Foundation
Douglas Hosler
The Miami Foundation (Collective)
Financial supporters in 2021 exceeding $1,000 or more in donations
The White Family Foundation
Google (The Google News Initiative)
Douglas Hosler
The Miami Foundation (Collective)
The MacDonald Foundation
The International Women’s Media Foundation
Financial supporters in 2020 exceeding $1,000 or more in donations:
Google (The Google News Initiative)
The White Family Foundation
Douglas Hosler
The Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
The Miami Foundation
The Knight Foundation
The Institute for Nonprofit News
Our financial supporters in 2020:
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
The Solutions Journalism Network
The Miami Foundation
The Democracy Fund
The White Family Foundation
Election SOS Rapid Response Fund
Laura Hunt
Jordan Innes
Deb Clements
Rick Clements
Theran Rusch
Laurel Hoffmann
Rita Crooks
Vicki Harness
Dr. Michael Blick
Doris Eberlein
Virginia Kirsch
Thomas Mueller
Gary Klofstad
Joan E. Foster
Midway Steel Inc.
Timothy Engstrum
Diana Stubbe
James Kemerling Fund
Bonnie J. Kraft Survivors Trust
Scott Parks
Ken Zipperer
Bill Drengler
Dave and Bette Arends
Tom Vaughan
Jane Christianson
Anna Crotty
Shirley Clark
Donald Stiffler
Gary Tesch
Judith E. North
James Kraft
Wayne Leitermann
Constance Michlig
Kate Kronenwetter
Judy Nicholson
Terry Lukken
Gretchen Brummel
Michael Roosevelt
Josie Ollhoff
Dawnne Miller
Anne Ivaska
Patrick Pergolski
Mark Bradley
Jeannie Worden
Jeff & Rhonda Will
Jean Martin
Curtis Axness
Jeff Oswald
Judith Akey
Barbara Bierlein
Kathy Freund
Ruth Lotter
Christine Kaupie
Steve Schmidt
Mark Maloney
Lanore Rusch
Theresa VanLieshout
Marilyn Champine
John Runde
Lisa Westphal
Craig Uhlenbrauck
Ivan Stanko
Julie Stolz
Daniel Maguire
DeAnn Schubring
Barbara Besler
Mary Bethke
Richard Block
Mavis Wood
Jayne Telschow
Betty Dotseth
Marilyn Hoffmann
Elaine Hess
Catherine Frawley Brody
Bradford Bollmann
Harold Dabler
Marsha Stella
Betty Fuglsang
Tom Roovers
Linda Ware
Dawn Thorwaldson
Ron Alexander
Lucille Harvey
Shirley A. Johnson
Nancy Bartosch
Douglas Hosler
Albert Romportl
The Hadley Family Fund
William Strampe
Randi Hartwig
Peter Gelhar
Sara Babl
Sandi Cihlar
Linda Schultz
Bruce Grau
Marguerite Donnelly
Stephen Schneider
Gary McCartan
Julie Stoltz
Tina Scott
Debra Freitag
Bill Howland
Betty Dotseth
John Becker
John Heck Jr.
Melinda Haase
Andrew Plath
Steve Beatty
Diane Cauger
James Force
James R. Johnson
Jamie Orcutt
Faith Wilfley
Beverley Folgert
Chad Henke
AM Hecht
Karla Westcott
Krista Salas
Colleen Frankhart
David Frankhart
Lowanne Brokaw
Devon Flynn
Rowan Flynn
Holly Briquelet Miller
Brenda Schumacher
Holly Briquelet Miller
Richard Campbell
Susan Nowak
Ellen Janikowski
Pamela Jackson
Scott Campbell
Bob Weirauch
Teresa Vercimak
William Seidl
Dana Glasel
Ronald Westgate
Eric Olson
Mary Jo Tietge
Cathy Wasmund
Charles Staples
Jane Tonelli
Jim Lee
Coleen Kennedy
Ron & Lois Zahrt
Amy Stack
Jonathan Gelhaus
Curt Campbell
Patricia Hammel
Allen Brace
Lisa Ort Sondergard
Lori Barton
Wayne Leitermann
Barbara Geier
Ruth Poutanen
Melissa Brunsell
Lynn Taschler
Steve Schmidt
Rick Bie
Jay Kamrath
Randy Radtke
Thomas Mueller
Ken and Alice Siewert
Our financial supporters in 2019:
The White Family Foundation
Solutions Journalism Network
The Miami Foundation
The Knight Foundation
The Democracy Fund
The Hadley Family Fund
Douglas Hosler
David Lee
Mary Jo Tietge
Dylan Smith
Matthew Rowe
Keene Winters
Bob Weirauch
Barbara Geier
Arden & Barbara Baumgardt
Robert Gake
Sherry Beasland
Christine Freiberg
Gerald Schulz
James Johnson
Jody McCormick
Michael Moen
Brian Otten
Jeffrey Todd
Jennifer Sweeney
Shirley Greenwood
Jeffre Stubbe
Ronald Westgate
Cheryl Posner
Amy Cieslek
Rita Pachal
Mark Fitzke
Leonard Wurman
Barbara Geier
Wendy Skola
Lola Lendrum
Dana Glasel
Tom Vaughan
Henry & Jane Lamovec
Beth Flory
Michael Beck
Linda Nguyen
Henry Kanemoto
Teresa Vercimak
William Seidl
Judith E. North
Dianne Loppnow
Ann Brooks
Krista Salas
David Mueller
Randy Radtke
Kelly Hagenbucher
Jane Ritger
Dan Daubert
Lynn Taschler
Ken and Lynn Kohl
Kay Meyer
Anne Kieffer
Thomas Mueller
Shelley Green
Griffith Williams
Jeff Ash
Sonja Ackerman
Rick and Deb CLements
Lindsey Lewitzke
Doug Diny
Mary Nordstrom
Jeanne Lang
Anne Flaherty
Mike Blick
Cathy Wasmund
Paul Harke
Jann Slayton
Ken and Alice Siewert
Rowan Flynn
Lynn Buhmann
Paul Welter
Dan Maguire
Bruce Grau
Brian Seehafer
Brenda Zimmerman
Joanne Leonard
Judith Akey
Ruth Lietz
Karen Graff
Linda Ware
Darlene Svacina
Pamela JacksonBarbara Brown
Shelley Green
Mary John
Susan Tiedemann
Mary Sanford
Arlene Hoffman
Ellen Janikowski
Scott Campbell
Virginia Kirsch
Kathy Volkmann
William Strampe
Jamie Orcutt
Margaret Shields
Faith Wilfley
Beverly Folgert
AM Hecht
Chad Henke
Pam Dempsey
Karla Westcott
Krista Salas
Colleen Frankhart
Patricia Metter
Devon Flynn
Brenda Schumacher
Holly Briquelet Miller
Richard Campbell
Susan Nowak
Jon Radtke
Our financial supporters in 2018:
The White Family Foundation
Solutions Journalism Network
The Miami Foundation
Democracy Fund
The Knight Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation
Ethics in Excellence Journalism Foundation
Krista Salas
Douglas Hosler
Joel Lewis
Julie Bunkelman
Jim Rosenberg
Steve Gullickson
Curt Campbell
Lee Yeng Xiong
Luz Black
Kay Meyer
Doug Diny
Henry & Betty Osswald
Darlene Svacina
Jennifer Schmidt
Virginia Kirsch
Elizabeth Schlick
Rowan Flynn
Devon Flynn
Joanne Leonard
Lowanne Brokaw
Patricia Metter
Brenda Schumacher
Debra Meisel
David Mueller
Holly Briquelet Miller
Ellen Janikowski
Matt DiRienzo
Judy Luedke
Paul Henning
Bill and Patti Shirer
Wendy Skola
Pamela Jackson
Our financial supporters in 2017:
The White Family Foundation
The B. A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation
The Knight Foundation
The Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Service
Gretchen Brummel
Linda Ware
Chipgard Wisconsin
David Welles
Kim Pittsley
Joanne Leonard
Scott Hunger
John Lippert
Kelly Hagenbucher
Douglas Hosler
Judith Akey
Dan Maguire
Wausau Coin Machine Inc.
Cathy Wasmund
Jon Greenwood
Greg Schmitz
John Radtke
Darlene Svacina
Doug Diny
AM Hecht
Chris O’Keefe
Scott Parks
Jim Rosenberg
David Mueller
Thomas Mueller
Wendy Skola
Gerri Quirt
Ken & Alice Siewert
Connie O’Neal
The Hadley Family Fund
Jay Huseby
Kelly Carlson
Mark Fitzke
Frankhart Ink, LTD
Keith Kubisiak
Kevin Keeffe
Michael Welles
Ron & Lois Zahrt
Patricia Metter
William Metter
Dana Nesbitt
David Svacina
Samuel Morgan
Fritz Samuels
Douglas Zeinert
Aaron Wendt
John Lippert
Dale Burgess
Sponsoring Businesses:
Loppnow’s Sports Bar
Bunkers
Travel Leaders
Serenity Now
Woodson YMCA
El Tequila Salsa
Carmelo’s
Ruffi Law Offices
Wausau Community Theater
Wynn Jones
Brainard Funeral Home
Heide’s Pet Care
715 Delivery
AbbyBank
Wausau Events Inc.
Donahue Super Sports
Footlocker/Eastbay
Ho Chuck Casino
Homme Home Inc.
Aspirus
The Palms Supper Club
Friends of the Marathon County Public Library
Cloverbelt Credit Union
Tabby Huber, Realtor
Joleta Wesbrock, Realtor
Great Northern Blues Society
