The Franconia Soaring Foundation greatly appreciates our generous financial supporters!
Corporate Sponsors and Government Contributors
- New Hampshire Electric Cooperative
- Northern Border Regional Commission
- State of New Hampshire
- Town of Franconia
- United States Department of Agriculture
Major Donors
The following donors generously contributed a minimum of $10,000.
- Cut and Fill Dirt Works
- Dell Computers
- Alex and Lori Noordergraf
- Phil Reeder
- Ritts Howard
- Tillotson Foundation
Cornerstone Members
The following donors generously contributed a minimum of $30,000 over a five-year period toward the purchase of the airfield. They put us over the top!
- Susan Buist
- Jim David
- David Dodge
- FSA Sponsor-A-Foot Club*
- Carol and Tom Ganse
- Joe Kwasnik
- Jess and Tina Pauley
- Easton Valcourt
*Sponsor-A-Foot Club
The following donors generously contributed a minimum of $100 to sponsor a foot of runway at $100 per foot. This was a huge help in enabling the purchase of the airfield!
- Dustin Adams
- Ken Baker
- Robert Banta
- Jeremiah Chace
- Steve Chardon
- Matt Cote
- Richard Devellian
- Peter Dodd
- David Dodge
- Pete & Shirley Eiche
- Gregory Fall
- Cynthia Fitzgerald
- Keith Fong
- Edward Gaffey
- Indu Gupta
- Ted Hauri
- Ritts Howard
- Nelson Howe
- Jeff Inglis
- Lawrence Jenkyn
- Catherine Keller
- Andy Kingswood
- David Kirk
- Philip Knowlton
- Susan Laliberte
- Lee Lareau
- Dennis & Jacklyn Laurendeau
- Don Lockwood
- Niles Lund & Indu Gupta
- Henry Lynch
- Roland Mallett
- Tom Mason
- Jeanine Mettinen
- Alex & Lori Noordergraaf
- Jepson Ordway
- Mark & Alice Palmer
- Lois Piper Pauley
- John Pernokas
- Jason Piper
- Doug Smith
- Robert Spencer
- Julia Stauble
- Peter Stauble
- George Wilk
- George Young
- Robert Zacharski
- John Zanchi
Ritz Howard Legacy Society
The following donors generously contributed or pledged lifetime giving amounts as indicated below.
Thermal – $1,000-$9,999
- Ken Baker
- Ed and Kathleen Bergeron
- Roy Bourgeois
- Major John Edgerton
- Pete and Shirley Eiche
- Cynthia Fitzgerald
- Ed Gaffey
- Ted Hauri
- Nelson Howe
- Lawrence Jenkyn
- Andy Kingswood
- David Kirk
- Lee Lareau
- Henry Lynch
- Roland Mallet
- Lois Piper Pauley
- John Pernokas
- Jason Piper
- Rick Roelke
- Doug Smith
- Julia Stauble
- Robert Zacharski
- John Zanchi
Ridge – $10,000-$24,999
- Ritz Howard
- Alex and Lori Noordergraf
- Phil Reeder
Wave
Lennie 1 – $25,000-$49,999
- Susan Buist
- Joe Kwasnik
- Jess and Tina Pauley
- Easton Valcourt
Lennie 2 – $50,000-$99,999
- Jim David
Lennie 3 – $100,000 or more
- David Dodge
- Carol and Tom Ganse, in memory of Bernie and Betty Ganse