Donations are crucial to program expansion and donors have the chance to be recognized by their giving level. Top donors* are recognized in the Aeolian magazine, listed online, and updated on the Donor Wall of Honor in the Wheatley Administration Building. Each spring, a reception is held to honor and recognize our President’s Circle members ($1000 minimum per year) and donors who have given $25,000+ in their lifetime. Thank you for your continued support of GSW!
*Donor amounts are updated annually and reflect donations from the previous year.
2025 Annual Giving of $1000 or more
Margaret & Sam Adams
Rechelle & Scott Adkins
Vivian & Newt Allen Foundation
Christine & Jim Aller
Allstate Construction Group
AMB Wealth
Americus Civitan Club
Americus First Methodist Church
Ameri-Green Environmental Recycling
Debra & Ervin Anderson
Kathy & Alan Anderson
Lynne & Jimmy Anderson
Michelle & Ben Andrews
Stenio Araujo
Alice & John Argo
Andrew Austin
Karen & Gregory Austin
Pam & Rusty Autry
Abby & Richard Baringer
Harriet & John Bates
Stephanie & Blake Bennett
Amy & Jeff Benton
Carol & Joe Bishop
Connie & Kendall Blanchard
Tami & Barry Blount
Shay & Bill Bradshaw
Jean & Jim Buchanan
Joyce Buchanan
Linda W. Bush Estate
Everett Byrd
Regena & Charles Callaway
Chris Campos
Carter's Fried Chicken
Center For Educational Adventure
Lou Chase
Gaynor & Mike Cheokas
Robyn & Joe Chesnut
Chick-fil-A Americus
Citizens Bank of Americus
Dana & Tommy Clark
Janice Cliett
Chelsea & Logan Collins
Larry Cooley
Wendell Couch
Jenny Crisp
John Crisp
Kristin & Les Cromer
Miriam & Mark Crosby
James Culpepper Estate
Joe Daniel
Sandra & Arthur Daniel
Marie & Jimmy Davis
Mary Kathryn & Rick Davis
Kelsie & Cam Deiter
Susan & George Dieckmann
DKG International Educators Fdn
Darcy Donaldson
Ashli & Josh Drew
Hellen & Walt Driggers
Cindy Dudley
Jim Dudley
Charles Eames
Elisabeth & Thomas Elder
Courtney & Luke Ellis
Patricia & John Fennessy
Cheryl & Mike Fletcher
Flint Energies Foundation
Mary & Walt Foegelle
Lisa & Allen Fort
Tamlin Fortner
Garbutt Construction Company
Merrit & Ryan Garnto
Carol & Tom Giddens
Robert Gilbert
Sandra & Harold Gillis
Sue Musselwhite Gorski
Lauren & Dan Grahl
Kathy & Mike Greene
Leah & JP Griffin
GSW Chi Phi Fraternity
GSW Kappa Sigma Alumni Fdn
GSW Sigma Chi Fraternity
Cherilyn & Buddy Guth
Melinda & Royce Hackett
Dianne Costner Hall
Lindsay & Jeff Hall
Chip Hammack
Ann & Bill Harris
Bill Harris Jr
Dawn & Richard Harrison
Gaye & John Hayes
Valerie Hepburn & David Hayes
Betty Hewitt
Casey Hicks
Len Hicks
Leon Holloway
Catherine & Lee Holman
Tom Holman
Hospice of Americus-Sumter County
Drew Huey
Ramona & Slade Hunt
Reba & Sam Hunter
Industry Visuals
Dorothy Young Ingram
Nellie Iordanova
David Jenkins
Bill Johnston
Michelle Johnston & Gene Pierce
Christine & Wally Joiner
Keri Jones
Carol & Kyle Kennon
Sandra & Billy King
Sharon & Cody King
Janet & Hulme Kinnebrew
Charlotte & Harry Kitchen
Annie Snider Lanter
Lisa & Tracy Law
Leatherbrook Holsteins
Peter Lee
Jodie & Mike Leeder
Jimmy Lunsford
Katherine & Danny MacQuirter
Elaine & Brian Mallett
Mary Marshall
Mattie H. Marshall Foundation
Bronwyn & James Martin
Martin A. McDonald State Farm
Kitty & Wallace Mays
Laura & Barry McConatha
Christi & Josh McDonald
Dianne & Lamar McDonald
William McKee
Sonia McKenzie
Eva & Timothy McLean
Minick Interiors
Charles L. Mix Memorial Fund
Richard Mooney
Jan & Larry Moore
Sarah & Ricky Morris
Yolanda & Doug Moses
Malinda Mullin
Susan & Roger Myers
Marjorie Ann & Jerry Newman
Helen & Ronnie Nix
Barbara O'Connor
Valerie & Anders Olsson
Jan & Kenneth Oxford
Mark Pace
David Parker
Lynde & Emory Parker
Roy L. Parker Family Foundation
Parker's Heating & Air Conditioning
Peach State Depression Glass Club
Anne & George Peagler
Marianne & Jimmy Peel
Connie & Junior Peeples
Charles Pennington
Perry Brothers Oil Company
Brook & Will Peterson
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center
Ann & Cliff Pierce
Pineland Foundation
Donald Pinette
Jeryl Pinnell, Jr.
Lisa & Lee Pinnell
JoAnn & Ed Pope
Michael Pruett
Elizabeth Ragan
Michele & Mike Ragsdale
Richard Reese
Melissa & Calvin Rhodes
Glenn Robins
Jenna Robinson
Rotary Club of Americus
Liz & Joe Ruf
Judy & Jim Rylander Foundation
Edwin Sammons
Karen & Randy Sanders
Sharon & John Sanders
Mandi & Alex Saratsiotis
Katha & Michael Scott
Megan & Jonathan Scott
Seafood Center
Gay & Bill Sheppard
Angela & Rene Smith
Eugenia & Charlie Smith Foundation
Libba & Michael Smith
Pam & Herschel Smith
Brandy & Steven Snell
Leah & Stephen Snyder
Ginger Starlin
Amber & John Stovall
Sumter County Development Authority
Sumter Electric Membership Corp
Synovus Financial Corporation
Terrell Templin
Jack Tharrington
Dianna & John Thomas
Mildred & Hap Tietjen
Mandy Timmons
Mary & Dan Torbert
Shay & George Torbert
Judy & Carl Tott
TSG Resolute
Marianne & Alf Tuggle
Alex & Wes Turner
Carla & Ty Turner
Terrell Turner
Carlotta & Maurice Ungaro
University System of GA Foundation
Tonya & Neal Vickers
Douglas Vines
Joyce Wagnon
MaryLen & Carson Walker
Meredith & Donny Wall
Astrid & Carlyle Walton
Augusta Howard Warren Fund
Lettie Watford
Ann & Blake Watts
Scott Weir
Alex Wells
Wells Fargo Bank
Michelle & Scott Westbrook
Janet & Mike Weston
Kelley & Rick Whaley
Whaley Realty
Jean & Wes Wheeler
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation
Liz Wilson
Windsor Hotel
Mandy & Ryan Young
Cumulative Giving $25,000-$99,999
Margaret & Sam Adams
Millard Agerton Estate
Vivian & Newt Allen Foundation
Americus & Sumter Co Hospital Authority
Americus Blue Tide
Americus Civitan Club
Alice & John Argo
Jane & Ricky Arnold
Karen & Greg Austin
Amy & Jeff Benton
Billy Blair
Connie & Kendall Blanchard
Alan Bozof
Mary Allen Lindsey Branan Foundation
Brenda Browning
Bunsai of Japan
Everett Byrd
Melanie & Chuck Byrd
Kathy Cade
Regena & Charles Callaway
Elizabeth & John Carter
Daphne Chambless
Chambliss, Sheppard, Roland & Assoc
Lou Chase
James Clark
Janice Cliett
Cooper Lighting
Charlie Crisp
Frances Daniel
Mary Kathryn & Rick Davis
Carol & Mike Denham
Jewell Duncan
Tim Dupree
Charles Eames
Mary Elizabeth & Will Easterlin
Elisabeth & Thomas Elder
Bonnie & Paul Eusner
William Fisch
Betty & Davis Fitzgerald Foundation
Flint Energies Foundation
Michael G. Flowers Estate
Mary & Walt Foegelle
Ford Motor Company
Lisa & Allen Fort
Georgia Power of Americus
Joanne Gimbel
Ginger Starlin Agency
Kay Dee & David Green
GSW Kappa Sigma Alumni Foundation
Anne & Bradley Hale
Madlyn & Michael Hanes
Anne Helms
Valerie Hepburn & David Hayes
Mary & Ron Hill
Harold Earl Holloway Estate
Leon Holloway
Tom Holman
Hospice of Americus-Sumter County
Reba & Sam Hunter
Imerys
Julia & EA Isakson
Junior Service League of Americus
Sandra & Billy King
Vivian & William B King
Janet & Hulme Kinnebrew
Kiwanis Club of Americus
Lake Blackshear Watershed Assoc
Leatherbrook Holsteins
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Charles Loudermilk
Mariner Health Care
Mary Marshall
Martin A. McDonald State Farm
Masimo Foundation
Mauldin & Jenkins of Atlanta
Kitty & Wallace Mays
Samuel Miller
MNA
Richard Mooney
Edward Moses
Wallace Moses
Yolanda & Doug Moses
Susan & Roger Myers
Eliza Parker
Roy L. Parker Family Foundation
Parker's Heating & Air Conditioning
Rudolph Patterson
Marianne & Jimmy Peel
Brook & Will Peterson
JoAnn & Ed Pope
Anne Power
Procter & Gamble Company
Professional Affairs
Pruitt Corporation
Richard Reese
Candy & Lou Riccardi
Glenn Robins
Debora & Randy Roderick
Rotary Club of Americus
Edwin Sammons
Schuster Enterprises
Kamala Seipp
Sallie & Steven Shaw
Pete Silver
Sue Sisson
Diana & Jimmy Skipper
Eugenia & Charlie Smith Foundation
Joan Smith Estate
South GA Technical College Foundation
Ruth & Henry King Stanford
Patricia Starck
Sumter Regional Hospital
SunTrust Bank
Synovus Financial Corporation
The Community Foundation
The Cousins Foundation
The Neilan Foundation-Fund
Russell Thomas
Mary & Dan Torbert
Judy & Carl Tott
TSG Resolute
Peggy & Robert Tucker
Marianne & Alf Tuggle
Turner Foundation
Alex & Wes Turner
Carla & Ty Turner
USDA Rural Business Grant
Wachovia Bank
Nelle Prance Walker Estate
Augusta Howard Warren Fund
Diane & Bill Weldon
Janet & Mike Weston
Weyerhaeuser Foundation
Kelley & Rick Whaley
Mark Whittier
Whole Foods Market
Linda Wiggins
Liz Wilson
Ralph C. Wilson Jr Foundation
Robert Wilson
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of GA
Ken Wurtz
Cumulative Giving $100,000 - $249,999
Ameris Bank
Aramark
AT&T Foundation of Georgia
Nancy & Griffin Bell
Cathy & John Brock
Deborah Bruce
Callaway Foundation
Anne & Bud Cofer
Jane & Larry Comer Foundation
James A Culpepper Estate
Joe Daniel
Doris Deriso
Cindy & Gatewood Dudley
Gates Foundation
Georgia Department of Public Safety
John Gill
Sandra & Harold Gillis
Ann & Bill Harris
Healthcare Georgia Foundation
Charlcie & Viktor Jones
Lee & Harold Kapelovitz
Charlotte & Harry Kitchen
Glynn Mathis Estate
Jan & Larry Moore
Motorola
Frances & Carl Patrick Foundation
Anne & George Peagler
Pew Charitable Foundation
Bettie & Claude Rhyne
Liz & Joe Ruf
Arthur N Rupe Foundation
Lynn & Jim Rylander
Deen Sanders
Gay & Bill Sheppard
Vada & Ted Stanley Foundation
Sumter Electric Membership Corp
Synovus Bank
Jim Tanquary
Mildred & Hap Tietjen
TSYS - Total System Services
U.S. Department of Education
Washington Speakers Bureau
Martha Westbrook
Jean & Wes Wheeler
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation
Albert Woodroof III
Wounded Warrior Project
Cumulative Giving $250,000 or more
Margaret Bistline Estate
Linda & Harrold Bowen
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Rosalynn & Jimmy Carter
Citizens Bank of Americus
Jerry & Henry Crisp
Tamlin Fortner
Georgia Department of Transportation
Goizueta Foundation
Harold Isaacs Estate
Johnson & Johnson Services
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Irene & Thomas Kirbo Foundation
Magnolia Manor
Angie & Tom Marshall
Mattie H Marshall Foundation
Charles L Mix Memorial Fund
John Moores
NCR Corporation
Marjorie Ann & Jerry Newman
Phoebe Putney Health System
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center
Betty & John Pope Trust
Judy & Jim Rylander Foundation
Roy Lee Smith
State of Georgia
Subers Unitrust
Sumter County Development Authority
University System of Georgia Foundation
Charles Wheatley Estate
Bob Woodruff Foundation
Georgia Southwestern Foundation
Newman Alumni Center
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