Mount Vernon is grateful for the generous support of major contributors. The following list represents cumulative contributions to Mount Vernon since our modern record keeping began in 1986.
$25M+
John F. Mars and Adrienne B. Mars
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
$10M–$24.99M
The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation
Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Company Fund
Scott and Lynn Molitor
David M. Rubenstein
Robert H. Smith Family Foundation
Karen Buchwald Wright
$5M–$9.99M
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
The Life Guard Society of Historic Mount Vernon
The Neighborhood Friends of Mount Vernon
$2.5M–$4.99M
Anonymous (2)
Ann and John Bookout
Maribeth and Wm. Harold Borthwick
Mr. Richard H. Brown and Ms. Mary Jo Otsea
Sarah Miller Coulson
Donald and Nancy de Laski ‡
The Founders, Washington Committee for Historic Mount Vernon
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The F. M. Kirby Foundation
Mr. Forrest E. Mars, Jr. ‡
Mr. and Mrs. P. William Moore, Jr.
Richard M. Scaife ‡
Eleanor R. Seaman
The Gordon V. and Helen C. Smith Foundation
$1M–$2.49M
Annenberg Foundation
Anonymous (2)
Estate of Sally A. Burge
Robert G. Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation
The Connoisseur Society
Crawford Taylor Foundation
Una Keyes Davis
J. Hap and Geren Fauth
Dr. Denis Franks and Mrs. Joy Ammerman Franks
Gay and Stanley N. Gaines
The Gilder Foundation
Google Ads
Estate of Robert and Bettye Hammond
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
The Heinz Endowments
Estate of Dorothy Compton Marks Herbruck
Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation
William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust
Robert and Carew Lee ‡
Christopher and Betsy Little
Jacqueline B. Mars
Richard King Mellon Foundation
Frank Peters Moore ‡
The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation
Jess and Grace Pavey Fund
The Payne Fund
Robert W. Plaster Foundation
Melody Sawyer Richardson
Robertson Foundation
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Small
A. Alfred Taubman ‡
Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell
$750,000–$999,999
Anonymous (3)
DIAGEO
Mr. John C. ‡ and Mrs. Paula P. Evans
Lucia and Joe Henderson
Betty Wold Johnson ‡
The Lemon Foundation
Jim and Jo Carol Porter
The Richard S. Reynolds Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Seamans, Jr. ‡
Adelia Garro Simplot
$500,000–$749,999
Anonymous (4)
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Bishop, Jr. ‡
Dr. Patrick M. Byrne
The Chisholm Foundation
The Coca-Cola Company
Anne and James F. Crumpacker Family
The Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust
A. Michael and Ruth C. Lipper
Barbara B. and Benjamin F. Lucas II
Estate of Ms. Irma Sue Macy
Mars Foundation
Ms. Linda A. Mars
Microsoft Corporation
The Middendorf Foundation, Inc.
Eleanor ‡ and Phillip Newman
M. Elaine Rand
Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated
Mark and Rosemary Schlachter
Betty L. Shaver Trust
The L. J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation
Harlow Giles Unger
Stephen K. and Ann W. ‡ West
$250,000–$499,999
Allegheny Foundation
Margaret and James Allison
Anonymous (5)
Estate of C. Joseph Arbogast
Jean van Horne Baber ‡
BAE Systems
Royce and Kathryn McCormick Baker ‡
Brown-Forman Corporation
Burke & Herbert Bank
Carrier Corporation
Castle Rock Foundation
The Challenge Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lewis Chapin
Dr. Thomas F. Cleary
Theodore F. and St. Clair Craver
Richard A. and Janice M. Crosby
Geraldine W. and Robert J. Dellenback Foundation, Inc.
Dominion Energy
Robert H. and Lorraine F. ‡ Duesenberg
Ms. Claire Dwoskin
The Felicia Fund
Foley & Lardner LLP
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Forbes
Lynn and Foster Friess
Robert B. and Anne W. Gibby ‡
Julia Cobey Gluck
The Amanda and Greg Gregory Family Fund
Beatrice and Randolph H. Guthrie
The Phil Hardin Foundation
Pierre and Martina Hayward
Bonnie and Frank X. Henke III
Virginia James
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Keiser
William S. and Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation
David H. Koch ‡
Virginia Dawson Lane and Charles Glover Lane
Helen Herboth Laughery
The Lehrman Institute
Rush Limbaugh
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Penn Natanson Lupovich, M.D.
Liz and Frank Mauran
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buck Mayer
Mr. ‡ and Mrs. Robert L. McNeil, Jr.
Mrs. Judith Koper Morris
Nimick Forbesway Foundation
George and Carol Overend
Estate of Mrs. Arthur Newton Pack
Robert and Christine Ralphs
Dr. and Mrs. James S. Reibel
Lucy S. Rhame
Mr. and Mrs. J. Schley Rutherford
William H. ‡ and Ilona S. Savage
Ann Cady Scott
T. Eugene and Joan H. Smith
The Honorable Ken Starr and Alice Starr
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schott Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. J. Sullivan, Jr.
Ambassador and Mrs. Nicholas F. Taubman
Mr. and Mrs. P. Coleman Townsend, Jr.
Ellen C. and James M. Walton
Chuck and Lucy Weller “Ohio"
Estate of The Honorable Henry K. Willard II
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America
Christine and Jaime Yordán Foundation