Our Community of Supporters
Albany Scanner exists because people in this community believe in strong local journalism. These members and organizations make our reporting possible. We will continue to update this list in the coming weeks.
Albany Scanner has more than 330 paying members as of October 2026.
Institutional Support
These organizations have provided pivotal support to help establish our newsroom.
Our Members
We're grateful to the individuals who gave us permission to recognize them here. If your name is missing, please email members@albanyscanner.com to let us know.
Major donors ($1,000 and up): Beth Pollard, Caroline Papas and Joshua Leach, Chris Yamashiro, Daniel Gardner and Carla Johnston, Deirdre and John Greene, Elizabeth K. Baker, Ellen Hershey, Hannah and Jeff Levy, Jeff Day, Jonathan Knight and Marcia Belvin, Karen Sorensen‡ and Ed Ballman, Marci Rubin, Mary Flaherty‡ and Adrian Lee, Maya Hazarika Watts, Michael and Adrianne Cabanatuan‡, Nick and Anne Whyte, Patricia Levinson, Preston Jordan, Sarah Yang, Steve Wilson, Susannah Patton‡ and Chris Noble‡, Yali and Peter Lincroft
$500–$749: Bryan Marten‡, Dorothy Brown and Todd Armstrong, Jim Reynolds, Judy Kerr, Larry Polon, Mary Rees, Nick Pilch‡, Peter Goodman‡
$250–$499: Alison Seevak, Brandon Luce, Caroline and Steve Lehman, Christine Mulder, David Arkin and Anni Tilt, David Pacheco, Diane Tokugawa, Doug Donaldson, Hank Olson, Jesse and Joanie Rothstein, Karen Badenfort, Karen McKeown, Kate White and John Montagh, Kim Tran, Lise Solomon and John Culp, Marilyn and Larry Jossens, Paul Black, Simone Brumis, Steve Devine, Susan Friedland, Tareq Ahmed and Roshni Goel, Van and Judith Carey
$100–$249: Adriana Schoenberg and Nancy Roberts, Alison Moore, Amy St. George, Andrew Day, Andrew Lee, Ann Nutt, Barbara Grady, Candace Khanna, Chris Janzen, Christine Staples, Christopher Seifert, Daniel Gies, David Madson, Dede Lee, Dyana Vukovich, Edwin Zee, Eileen Sheehan, Ellen Davis-Zapata, Erin Albert, Harry Chomsky and Amy Apel, Helen Flaherty, Helene Class, Isabel Anderson, James Fahn, Jeremy Lizt, Jeremy Renton, John Parman, Jon Destin, June Waugh, Kate Mehler and Chris Weber, Kathleen Johnston, Katia Hazen and Nick Peterson, Kira and Reece Halpern, Kristen Emmons, Lisa and David Jacobs-Pontecorvo, Lisa Kleinbub, Lynn Mundell and Cliff Colby, Marcia Parker and Bob Porterfield, Margaret Allen, Mark Priven, Megan Toby, Michael McGuire, Michael Steinman, Moriah and Jacob VanVleet, Nick Budnick, Noël Plummer, Pam Tellew and Eric Fuller, Peggy McQuaid, Peter Nurkse, Reneau Family, Richard Anderson, Ron Jacobs, Ron Rosenbaum, Roy West, Shelley Million, Simon Wilson, Stephen Dunkle, Steve Gottlieb, Steve Michel, Susan Adamé, Suzanne C. Stroh, Taner Sen, Tod Abbott‡
$1–$99: Aaron Tiedemann, Amy Smolens, Anna O'Connor, Belle Adler, Ben Eichenberg, Candace Renger, Dan Jewett, Daniel Moberg, Deepak Premkumar, Elana Jacobs, Elizabeth Watts, Ellen Hecht, Eugene Still, Gordon McCarter, Helen Workman, Jane Lee, Janet Blake, Janet Byron, Jeanne Killian, Jeff Nagafuji, Jennifer Blattner, Joel Ervice, Jonah Busch and Ariana Alisjahbana, Karen Larson, Karen Platt, Kathryn Stine, Katrina Brashares, Ken McCroskey‡, Les Harris, Margaret Tong, Marcy Greenhut, Mary Lou Sumberg and Paul Rooney, Mitchell Linden, Nancy Carleton, Natalie Kato, Neo and Sarah Serafimidis, Pat Low, Paolo Nicosia, Rob Cannon, Robert Talbott, Rosalie Tran-Carlson, Sarah Levin, The Schneider and Shaw Family, Tenny Frost, Tom Bekeny, Yael Bloom
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‡ Members of the Albany News Project community advisory board