Interversity.Org

Who Keeps the Circus Going?

We do. Those of us who use Interversity resources or who just want to support the idea have to pool our own resources to make it possible for this place to exist. When Interversity began, we intentionally did not seek outside investment or grant support. Support from without is a tempting trap. It might allow us to do some things we currently cannot for lack of funds, but such money always comes with strings attached and limitations (some unforeseeable) which are, I think, too high a price to pay. Better, I figure, to scrap together what we can and determine our own direction, follow our own ideas and imaginations.

I like what Daniel Quinn says in Beyond Civilization:

"In the circus, everyone knows the show must make money in order to continue, but it's the circus, not the money, that provides the livelihood. I mean that they don't keep the circus going in order to make money; they make money in order to keep the circus going." (p. 64)

This page is intended to recognize the generosity of those people who have contributed money that helps keep Interversity running for everyone who needs it and wants it.

Exalted and Most Generous Benefactors

Cher
Gwen Aber
Cindy Adams
Sherry Arni
Anne Arvidson
Cari Ashford
Alex Babione
Cheryl Ball
Michele Barton
Wendy Battin
Carla Beard
Andrea Beaudin
David Behling
Kathleen Benya
Maxianne Berger
Clarence Bina
Glenn Blalock
Bradley Bleck
Jan Bone
Tracie Bowman
Catherine Braun
Jessica Brogley
David Brown
Pam Buchanan
CalCARE
Donna Campbell
Phyllis Carpenter
Sherri Cartee
James Cervantes
Judy Christian
Dana Clark
Sharon Cogdill
Ashley Coleman
A Confluence of Talkies (folks who pitched in when the hat was passed at the Talkie Dinner in Pittsburgh, Nov. 2005)
Maureen Curtin
Michael Day
Bonnie Dodge
Jessica Dugan
Jana Edwards
Anita Ehrenfried
Kathleen Ely
Patricia Freitag Ericsson
Doug Eymand
Catherine Fiebelkorn
Kathryn Gaertner
Mike Garcia
Cynthia Gates
Donna Goodwin
Dene Grigar
Jennifer Grimm
Jean Gritter
Julia Gullett
Thomas Haffner
Carolyn Handa
Eve Hartman
Joan Heaton
Georgia Hedrick
Carrie Hemenway
Sally Henschel
Donna Hess
Will Hochman
Marion Hoffman
Dawn Hogue
Joanna Howard
Kirsten Hoyte
Sandi Jacques
Kim Chism Jasper
Pamela Jelinek
Jim Johnston
Laura Kennelly
Russ Kesler
Nadine Klein
Charlene Koenig
Al Krahn
Tracy Kranzusch
Mary Kruch
Noeline Laccetti
Marilyn Langlois
Gretchen Lee
Reba Leiding
Kathie Letter
Mary Leyman
Jane Love
Charlie Lowe
Karen Lunsford
Susan Mandelbaum
Cynthia Martin Shaw
William McCleary
Wanda McCollar
Heidi McCrory
Carol Medrano
Jane Mikoni
Colin Morton
George Moskoff
Kate Mura
Diorah Nelson of Hillsborough Community College
Sheila Newell
Nadine Nichter
Ginger Ogle
Susan Ohanian
Ray Palasz
Nancy Patterson
Gloria Pipkin
Jeri Pollock
Theresa Poulos
Darlene Price
Helen Putre
Carri Randall
Louann Reid
Donna Reiss
Wendell Ricketts
Shelley Rodrigo
John Ronan
Carole Ronane
Leslie Rush
Jodi Rutledge
Dawn Sahouani
Jan Schipper
Pat Schulze
Linda Shafer
Kate Sholl
Bev Sims
Karen Sinning
Leslie Smith
Peggy Smith
Robin Sowder
Dorothy Sprenkel
Michele Stewart
Mary Tigner-Rasanen
Christina Travis
Elizabeth Turner
Paul Turtola
Markie Johnson Uloth
Nancy Vait
Stacie Valdez
Vermont Society for the Study of Education -- VSSE
Robert Whipple
Sherri Winans
Beffa Wyldemoon
Beffa Ommaya Wyldemoon
Kathryn Young
Various generous people at Computers & Writing 2002
(many of whom tossed a little something into the Interversity MandoliCase)