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Become a distinguished member of Friends of South Florida PBS, and you will be recognized for being a community leader whose support helps touch the lives of millions.

Your gift may be directed towards:

  • Kids & Education – Engage and educate children, parents and teachers to improve school readiness and success.
  • Arts, Music & Culture – Broaden access to arts and culture – locally, nationally and internationally.
  • Health & Wellness – Provide unique health education that will lead to improved access and expedited diagnosis.
  • Environment & Science – Produce environmental programming that will educate and inspire solutions.


A significant portion of our funding comes from philanthropists who understand that public television is a unique resource that helps to connect, inspire and feed curiosity.

Help us continue a legacy of trusted, valued, and essential programming for future generations.

Friends of South Florida PBS

FRIENDS OF SOUTH FLORIDA PBS - MAJOR DONOR LEVELS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

$50,000+

  • Customized individual spot recognition
  • On-air recognition ten times monthly for one year
  • Opportunity to be recognized around program of choice
  • Personal meeting with President and CEO
  • Opportunity to tour the stations’ studios with an option of attending a live program taping
  • Donor society recognition (includes website and annual report)
  • Invitations to special events
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LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

$25,000+

  • On-air recognition eight times monthly for one year
  • Opportunity to be recognized around program of choice
  • Personal meeting with President and CEO
  • Opportunity to tour the stations’ studios with an option of attending a live program taping
  • Donor society recognition (includes website and annual report)
  • Invitations to special events
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STUDIO CIRCLE

$10,000+

  • On-air recognition four times monthly for one year
  • Opportunity to tour the stations’ studios with an option of attending a live program taping
  • Donor society recognition (includes website and annual report)
  • Invitations to special events
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PRODUCER'S CIRCLE

$5,000+

  • On-air recognition monthly for one year
  • Opportunity to tour the stations’ studios with an option of attending a live program taping
  • Donor society recognition (includes website and annual report)
  • Invitations to special events
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DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE

$3,000+

  • On-air recognition four times annually
  • Donor society recognition (includes website and annual report)
  • Invitations to special events
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CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE

$1,500+

  • On-air recognition annually
  • Donor society recognition (includes website and annual report)
  • Invitations to special events
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FRIENDS OF SOUTH FLORIDA PBS - ANNUAL GIVING SOCIETY MEMBERS

On behalf of the South Florida PBS family – board, staff, viewers and volunteers – we extend sincerest gratitude to the individuals, foundations, businesses and other charitable entities who contribute gifts of cash, securities, retirement funds, insurance policies, planned gifts and more to fuel public television.

Please join us in celebrating the following members of Friends of South Florida PBS.

Estate of Carl W. Grover

Leonard and Norma Klorfine Foundation

Felicia Taylor*

The Eunice Joyce Gardiner Charitable Foundation

The Batchelor Foundation

The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

Alfred Allan Lewis* and Ralph Lutrin*

The Addison Hines Charitable Trust

Mr. William R. Groves, Jr*

Corinne Maietta

The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation

Nicholas V. Perricone, M.D.

Estate of Malcolm S. Sotland

Mrs. Dorothy M. St. Jean*

Mr. Harry Acton Striebel*

The Annette Urso Rickel Foundation, Jay Rickel-Finnegan

Kerrin & Peter L. Bermont

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Beyer

Mr.* & Mrs. Paul J. DiMare, Sr.

Henri and Flore Lesieur Foundation

L. & L. Copeland Foundation

Laurans A. & Arlene H. Mendelson Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Mrs. Marjorie A. Matheson*

Mrs. Judith Reinach*

Samuel E. & Mary W. Thatcher Foundation

Warten Foundation, Inc.

Rita & Gary Wilder, The Wilder Foundation

Jack R. Wood & Una L. Wood

Michael J. Zinner M.D.

Audrey Love Charitable Foundation

Trish & Dan Bell

Mr. Colin W. Brown

The Brunetti Foundation

Sharon E. Glasrud

JayKay Foundation Fund

The John A. Moran Charitable Trust

Mr. Richard P. Jones*

The Kessler Family Foundation

The Kirk Foundation

The Laurence W. Levine Foundation, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Victor H. Mendelson

Estate of Henry P. Nix

Mr. David C. Prather, Esq.

The Ruth Anderson Foundation

T.C. Quick Charitable Foundation, Thomas C. Quick

Estate of Fredericka Achin

Adolf and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation

Anthony R. Abraham Foundation, Inc.

Mr. George Houghton K. Barkley*

Mr. Fred Berens

Mr. & Mrs. Irving Bolotin

James R. Borynack & Adolfo Zaralegui

Rita & Charles Bronfman

Sheila & Francois Brutsch

Mrs. Robert T. Butler

Ms. Josephine T. Carvill

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Clinton

Community Foundation of Broward

Georgina Jacobsen Fund

John H. Rau Fund

Joseph S. and Louise B. Rumbaugh Fund

Susan E. Sachs Designated Fund

Mr. Mark W. Cook

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Cypen, Esq.

The Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Inc.

Margaret S. Eidson, M.D. and Mr. Mike Eidson

Mr. & Mrs. J. Pepe Fanjul

Mr. & Mrs. George M. Garfunkel

Estate of Myrna Glass-Mansdorf

Mr. & Mrs. Bertram J. Goldsmith, Jr.

Ms. Carol M. Hall

Mrs. Lydia A. Harrison

Mr. Richard A. Herter and Mr. Dennis E. Baney

Mr.* & Mrs. Harry D. Hochman

Ms. Lisann Jacobs

Jeff Hunter Charitable Trust

Dr. and Mr. Charles B. Johnson

Dorothy & Sidney Kohl

Ms. Carol Kosberg*

Ms. Carolina Lanao

Ms. Rose J. Lem

Ms. Beatrice Madauss*

Ms. Susan M. Mansolillo & Mr. Kip S. Marsique

Mrs. Patricia McLaughlin

Mrs. Audrey H. Millsaps

Mrs. Ruth H. Mitchell

National Endowment for the Arts

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony L. Newbold

Mr. Millard C. Norman*

Mr. & Mrs. James B. Patterson

Pauline Pitt

Daniel E. Ponton

Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Quick

Handel R. Robinson, M.D.

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Rocker

Ms. Gloria B. Rosenstein*

John and Jana Scarpa and the John F. Scarpa Foundation

Steve Scott

John & Diane Sculley

Bruce & Pam Shaffner

Sidney & Estelle Brozen Charitable Trust

Ms. Laurie Silvers & Mr. Mitchell Rubenstein

Ted and Lorraine Glasrud Family Foundation

Susan and Dom Telesco

UKG

Mr. & Mrs. Gary C. Wendt

Estate of James White

The Wildflower Foundation, Inc.

Essie K. Yates, M.D. and Mr. Jordan L. Yates

Ms. Cindy Ziff

A.L. Mailman Family Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Gary M. Abramson

Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Allen

The Alvah H. & Wyline P. Chapman Foundation

The Anna A. Moldrup Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. John D. Arnold

Mrs. Joanna U. Bratt

Mr. & Mrs. George R. Chamberlin*

Mr. Richard P. Cole

Ms. Cynthia Collard

Mike & Julie Connors

Dr. Lourdes M. Cowgill and Mr. James T. Cowgill

Da Rin Butz Charitable Foundation

Mrs. Myrna L. Daniels

The David Kimmel Foundation

Ms. Clover Drinkwater

Mr. Edward Dudnyk

Mr. George T. Elmore

Kenneth & Sherry Endelson

Gail & Al Engelberg

Florman Family Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Freitas

Herb Gruber and Donna Lee Steffens

Audrey & Martin D. Gruss

Ms. Carol Halperin Minkin

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick O. Hanser

Mrs. Nicki Harris

Mr. Christian C. Harrison

Helen S. & Merrill L. Bank Foundation, Inc.

Helliwell Family Foundation

Mrs. Lyn Ianuzzi

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation

Ellen & Bob Jaffe

Darlene and Jerry Jordan

Phyllis & John Kirkpatrick

Janet & Tom Kuzio

H. Irwin* & Ellen Levy

Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Lieberman

Lou and May Jean Wolff Family Foundation Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward

Louis J. Appignani Foundation

Lowell S. & Betty L. Dunn Family Foundation

Ms. Christine E. Lynn

Mr. & Mrs. David Mack

Mr. Hawley H. McAuliffe

Mr. & Mrs. Bruno Mejean

James & Barbara Meyer

Dr. Barry A. Morris

Dr. & Dr. Gary Nabel

Ms. Naomi Nathan

New Trinity Charitable Fund

Ms. Linda R. Olsson

Mr. & Mrs. Chaim Plewinski on behalf of Louis Goldberg*

Ann & Christopher Quick

Ms. Patricia A. Quick

Dr. Karen Raben

Roz & Abe Rapp

Mr. & Mrs. Nash W. Schott

Shepard Broad Foundation

Mrs. Zoe S. Sindell

Ms. Marsha Soffer

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Soter

Christine & Bob Stiller

Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Tatelbaum, III

Mr. & Mrs. John J. Taylor, III

Ms. Susan O. Taylor

Mr. & Mrs. William & Norma Kline Tiefel

Robbi & Bruce Toll

Mr. Robert L. Tracy

Kathryn & Leo Vecellio

Mrs. Jocelyn Watkins

Mr. & Mrs. George W. Weaver

Stephen R. and Roberta S. Weiner

Lynne Wheat & Thomas Peterffy

Susan and Bob Wright

Mrs. Deena L. Wynne

Aaron & Sylvia Rothenberg Family Foundation

Phebe W. Bauer

Ms. Judith L. Biggs

Mr. & Mrs. James Byrnes

Mazie Cox & Brinkley Thorne

Connie & Theo Folz

Mrs. John Franco

The Garner Foundation

Mr. Harvey A. Goldman

Ms. Karen E. Moore

Alan J. & Kathleen B. Newell

Mrs. Jane A. Robinson

Mr. & Mrs. Joe Rohan

Marylou Lionells Schimel, Ph.D.

Mr. Franklin Schmidt

Thomas Family Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. John & Joan Altwater

Madeline & Stephen Anbinder

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Applebaum

Ruth & Bob* Baal

Ms. Sandra K. Baker

Sybil & John Barkett

Mrs. Lydia M. Barnes

Ms. Diane M. Barrett

Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Baum

Mr. Bruce A. Beal and Mr. Frank Cunningham

Ms. Judith R. Bezark

Carmen Bishopric

Sandy & Richard Bornstein

Don & Linda Brodie

Ms. Lottie B. Brown*

Christine & Larry Carsman Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Collins

Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Cummings

Ms. Diane Dalsimer

The Honorable Norman S. Edelcup

Alan & Shoshanna Ehrlich

Anna K. Emilsdottir, M.D. and Richard Rowey

Dolores Fernandez Alonso

Madeline & Wes Finch

Mrs. Gwen Fisher

Florida Humanities

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Freihofer

Mr. Bernard Gewirz

The Graham Companies

H.D. Perry Family Foundation

Ms. Martha R. Haas

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Hanley, Esq.

Ms. Eleanor L. Haydock

Mrs. Beatricia Herrick

Mr. & Ms. Wayne Hundt

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Huston, Jr.

Ms. Patricia Isenberg

James J. Colt Foundation, Inc.

Joseph Weintraub Family Foundation, Inc.

Susan M. Kahn

Ms. Joan F. Kasner

Mr. & Mrs. Ezra Katz

Victoria C. Kirby

Mrs. Shirley Knox

Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Kulin

Pat & Jack Lentz

In memory of Luis and Vidalina López

Mr. & Mrs. Jack R. Loving

Carol & Earle Mack

Hillie Mahoney

Joan W. Mayer, M.D.

Mercedes Benz of Coral Gables

Mercedes Benz of Cutler Bay

MHC Endowment

Moriarty Family Charitable Foundation

Ms. Lucia N. Musso

Mrs. Barbara Nickerson-Estrada

Karl Wellner & Deborah Norville

P J Callahan Foundation

Stephen F. Patterson

Wendy Sager Pomerantz

Ms. Pamela F. Poulos

Mr. & Mrs. George D. Prigmore

Ms. Mary Quick

Randall and Mary Hack Foundation

Rhoda Rubin Revocable Living Trust

Richard H. Simons Charitable Trust

Olga Robbin-Rogers

Ms. Sally Robinson

Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Rosenberger

The Honorable Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. and Mrs. Ross

Ms. Constance F. Rothenberg*

Ms. Patricia Rowell

Candace Ruskin

Ms. Cari Schnipper

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Schuster

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Siegel

Mr. Barry Solomon

Ann Sommer

Dr. & Mrs. R. Steinbook

Tonkinson Foundation

Mrs. Jacqueline B. Traurig

Mr. & Mrs. David Waltz

Robert & Carol Weissman

Ms. Patricia M. Wiencke

Mr. & Mrs. Theodore W. Winsberg

Mrs. Barbara C. Zwick

This recognition lists reflect gifts received between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. If you see a discrepancy please contact the Development office.

For further information and assistance with giving opportunities please contact our Development Department at 1-877-272-7867 or email development@southfloridapbs.org