Supporters

The Franconia Soaring Foundation greatly appreciates our generous financial supporters!

Corporate Sponsors and Government Contributors

  • Northern Border Regional Commission
  • State of New Hampshire
  • Union Bank
  • United States Department of Agriculture

NH Tax Credit Patrons

The following donors supported our mission through the purchase of NH Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA) Tax Credits:

  • Air Combat Effectiveness Consulting Group
  • Badger-Peabody and Smith Realty
  • Bar Harbor Bank and Trust
  • Cohos Advisors
  • Geo. M Stevens and Son Insurance
  • Meredith Village Savings Bank
  • Northern Tire of Colebrook, Inc
  • Passumpsic Savings Bank
  • ReVision Energy, Inc.
  • Union Bank
  • Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank

Major Donors

The following donors generously contributed a minimum of $10,000.

  • Common Man Family
  • Cut and Fill Dirt Works
  • Meredith Village Savings Bank
  • New Hampshire Electric Cooperative
  • Northern Tire of Colebrook, Inc
  • Passumpsic Savings Bank
  • ReVision Energy, Inc.
  • Tillotson Foundation
  • Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank

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 (Learn More)

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
  • Peter Dodd
  • EAA Chapter 15
  • Major John Edgerton
  • Pete and Shirley Eiche
  • Cynthia Fitzgerald
  • Ed Gaffey
  • William and Carrie Gendreau
  • Indu Gupta and Niles Lund
  • John Hansman
  • Ted Hauri
  • Nelson Howe
  • Dr. Lawrence Jenkyn
  • Andy Kingswood
  • David Kirk
  • Lee Lareau
  • Don Lockwood
  • Henry Lynch
  • Mike Mack
  • Roland Mallet
  • Michael Newkirk and Olivia Garfield
  • Lois Piper Pauley
  • John Pernokas
  • Jason Piper
  • Rick Roelke
  • Doug Smith
  • Julia Stauble
  • Robert Zacharski
  • John Zanchi

Ridge – $10,000-$24,999

  • Pete and Shirley Eiche
  • Ritz Howard
  • Alex and Lori Noordergraaf
  • Phil Reeder
  • Carol Tewes

Wave

     Lennie 1 – $25,000-$49,999

  • Susan Buist
  • Jess and Tina Pauley
  • Easton Valcourt

     Lennie 2 – $50,000-$99,999

  • Jim David
  • Joe Kwasnik

     Lennie 3 – $100,000 or more

  • David Dodge
  • Carol and Tom Ganse, in memory of Bernie and Betty Ganse