PRE-LAUNCH — FOUNDING DONOR CAMPAIGN
Our Founders Wall
Independent local journalism doesn’t just appear. It’s built — story by story, and gift by gift. The people listed here made The Issaquah Spotlight possible before we published a single word. Their names stay here permanently.
Special thanks to the Issaquah Kiwanis Club for its early support in making The Issaquah Spotlight a reality.
Founding Patron
$10,000 and above
Adam & Martha Pinsky
Pinsky Family Charitable Fund
The Bangs Family Fund at Seattle Foundation
Founding Supporter
$5,000 and above
Dr. Suzanne Therese Poppema & Dr. John Francis Cramer III
The Cramer Poppema Family Fund
Issaquah Kiwanis Foundation
In-kind
Jay Platt
SanMar
Founding Member
$1,000 and above
Anonymous (2)
Fred Auch
James & Lesley Austin
Deborah Berto
Berto-Norton Family Charitable Fund
The Paul and Lisa Bialek Fund
Marlowe Dayley
Carolynn Ferris
Connie Fletcher
Fuchs and Modecki Endowment
Margaret Hall
Harris and Wasserheit Family Fund
Jeff Harris & Judy Wasserheit
John Jensen
Diana Kramer
Mel & Deb Morgan
Team Morgan Giving Fund
Kelly Munn & Steve Thues
Jake & Gretchen Olsen-Jacobsen
Dean Papastrat
Karl & Mary Lou Pauly
Rhett & Jeralyn Pinsky
Jane & Jiff Searing
Searing Charitable Fund
Martin & Ann Stieglitz
Todd & Kathy Thull
Josh Tyndell
Liz Tidyman
Jeremy VonBargen
Anne & Derek Watanabe
Gary & Lark Young
Community Founder
$250 and above
James Adkins, Jr.
Christy Anderson
Marta Arensberg
Kitty Barran
Bayley Construction, LP
Debby C. Beck
Heather Berry
Matt Brickell
Linnea & Steve Bruns
David Bush
Dick & Margo Campbell
Julie Carr
Katie Carroz
Corby Casler
Charles & Jean Cerar
Harris Clarke
Jeanne Marie Clavere & Glen Curda
Laila Collins
Robert S. Corruccini & Carol Morrow
Camelia Roxana Csibi
Eva Culwell
Joseph Decuir
Downtown Issaquah Association
In-kind
Gilbert Drynan
Paul Dziedzic
David Edfeldt
Alan Erickson
Ken Esemann
Jeremy Fallt
Kathleen Friedman
Ann Fletcher
Laura Foreman
Alex & Christy Garrard
James Gilchrist
Lorna Gilmour
Carol Godding
Elizabeth Grant
Charlie Hafenbrack & Linda Hoyt
Connie Hinton
Howard S. Wright Construction
In-kind
Kris Jarvis
Heidi Kayler
Cathy & Kevin Kimball
Jennifer Larson
Brad & Donna Lawrence
Rand Little & Thea Levkovitz
Ernst Linnemann
Ali Marcus
Trisha & Silas Marshall
Susan McFatridge
Mary McMullin
David Mitchell
Ruben Nieto
In memory of Barbara Olin
Ron Payne
Grace Reamer
John Rittenhouse
Ed Roberts
Don Robertson
Tim & Misty Shupe
Richard Sleep
Squak Mountain Brothers
Bruce & Denise Smith
Lori Sunich
Cory & Teri Sytsma
The Employees of Boehm’s Candies
Brian & Judy Thomas
Erik Thulin & Azusa Uchikura
John & Annette Traeger
William Vipond
Albert Wang
Gary Webb
Lesley Wilson
Kashif Zahoor
Founding donor status is closed. Thank you to all who contributed and helped to bring local news back to Issaquah.
We will update this page with any donations that may be “in transit”.
Founding status is closed effective June 30, 2026.