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HCN readers: Funding our work for 52 years

CHAMPION OF THE WEST ($50,000 AND ABOVE)

Kautz Family Foundation

John I. & Elizabeth Taylor | Boulder, CO

MEDIA LEADER ($10,000-$24,999)

EMA Foundation | Tinley Park, IL

Page Foundation | Hailey, ID

PUBLISHER’S CIRCLE ($5,000-$9,999)

Deborah Byrd | Boulder, CO

Lisa & Jeffrey Portman Sr. | Atlanta, GA

PHILANTHROPIST ($2,500-$4,999)

Rose & Peter Edwards | Telluride, CO

STEWARD ($1,000-$2,499)

Bill Black & Nancy DuTeau | Pocatello, ID

Thomas A. Gougeon & Donna Middlebrooks | Denver, CO

Alexander Kinsey | Denver, CO

John Molenar | Fort Collins, CO

Maria Fernandez-Gimenez & Devin Odell on behalf of Steppe Forward Fund at Schwab Charitable | Fort Collins, CO

Hamill Family Foundation | Woodstock, VT

GUARANTOR ($500-$999)

Anonymous (2)

In memory of John & Jean McKay | Crockett, CA

Jim Doilney | Park City, UT

Eric Hirst | Bellingham, WA

Joel Hurd | West Linn, OR

James Kelley | Denver, CO

Ken & Diane Kramer | Chappell Hill, TX

Linda LaGrange & Wayne Bingham | Las Vegas, NM

Jessica Lischka | Aspen, CO

Bonnie &

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