We are nearing the finish line, thanks to this community’s unwavering support for vibrant local journalism.
As we move from generations of family ownership to make The Spokesmen-Review one of the nation’s first community-owned newspapers, we have been blown away by how you have stepped up to make it happen.
By April, we plan to match the $2 million donated by the Cowles family and begin transferring the newspaper’s ownership to the nonprofit Comma Community Journalism Lab.
Note: The list below was last updated on March 11, 2026. For the most up-to-date version of the list visit the Comma donors page.
Founding Collaborators
- Avista
- The Cocchiarella Family
- Jerry and Patty Dicker
- No-Li Brewhouse
- Numerica
- Nancy Schaub
$25,000 to $49,999
- Chris & Christine Ashenbrener
- Bank of America
- Jim Sheehan
$10,000 to $24,999
- John & Cindy Bryant
- Audrey Burr & Alan McCoy
- Carla Cicero & Mike Gridley
- Brenda Clark & Rod Moore
- Randy & Linda Crowe
- Elsa & Dan Distelhorst
- Frank Etter
- Philip Rettger
- Heather & Eric Rosentrater
- John Rudolf
- Alene Alexander-Scrudder
- Cheryl Westerman
$5,000 to $9,999
- Mary Alberts
- David Barbieri & Margaret Miller
- Patty Gates
- Susan & Howard Glass
- David Schaub & Heidi Lasher
- Carla Nuxoll
- Chris Mary Paxson
- Paul & Bridget Piper
- Thomas & Barbara Richardson
- Rick Robinson
- James & Jacqueline Welsh
- William Yeend
$3,000 to $4,999
- Denise Attwood & Ric Conner
- Michele Attwood
- Susan & Gary Bloom
- Mark & Kathy Casey
- Sharon & Kan Cathcart
- Carolyn Clark
- The Curley Family
- Linda Greene
- Brooks Sackett
- Jane & Sam Joseph
- Katy Maynard & Stephen Box
- Jack & Jan Praxel
- David & Priscilla Rasanen
- Alene Alexander-Scrudder
- William Simer & Renee Rolando
- Nan Smith
- Thomas & Betsy Swanson
- Tim & Elaine Sweet
- Thomas Tilford
- Diana & Rick Wilhite
- Peter Witherspoon
$1,000 to $2,999
- Charles Back
- Richard Ballantine
- Thomas Barbieri
- John & Barbara Beaton
- Barbara Beddor & Toby Steward
- Ann & David Bell
- Mary C. Butler
- Carol Calder
- Deanna Carpenter & Vincent Scott
- Tim & Katie Carrigan
- Linda L. Carroll
- Eddie Cassens
- Joseph & Carey Charyk
- William Clark
- Joe Clements
- Dale Curtis
- Aaron & Vicki Daggy
- Terry & Kathy Deno
- Elizabeth & Dan Deruyter
- Cristine & Dan Eckert
- Michael Flannery & Dean Lynch
- Bruce & Pamela Gallaher
- Debra Gore
- David Green
- Glenda Grunzweig
- Jeff & Kim Harmson
- Bruce & Rebekka Higgins
- Nancy & Peder Johansen
- Scott & Vicki Jones
- Martha Jones
- Robert Joss
- Vicky Kipp
- Deborah Kyle
- Jonathan & Erin Keeve
- Kent Larson & Julia Goltz
- Karen Madison
- Gary Matthews & Nancy Mahoney
- Mary Beth McGinley
- Paul & Barbara McNabb
- Chris Menefee
- Bill & Kendra Moos
- Joni Nichols & Paul Craig
- Karn Nielsen
- Robert Nishimura
- Eric Orme
- Michael & Jeanette K. Ormsby
- Joe Palmquist
- Kim & Rick Pearman-Gillman
- Sally & Tim Quick
- Rod Peterson
- Jeffry & Kathy Philipps
- Andrew Phillipson
- Tom & Lonna Power Tom Power
- Carole Rolando
- Julie & Bruce Rosenoff
- David Sanders
- Richard Steele & Karen Dorn Steele
- Gaye Tibbets & Ron Sylvester
- Colin & Serena Thompson
- Julie M. Tylman
- William & Sharon Villers-Pifer
- Lynn & Kay Youngblood
- Jeffrey & Christy Watson
- Stan Wellman
- Jennifer West
- Lee & Annmarie Wurm
- Carol & Doug Wysham
- Judi Young
- Kim Zentz
- Sonya Zilka & Robert Hylton
Comma is a registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Your contribution to the Comma Community Journalism Lab helps power The Spokesman-Review and ensures that independent, community-centered journalism continues to serve the Inland Northwest. (EIN: 93-4345076.)
In the interest of full disclosure and transparency, please be aware that any contributions to Comma, The Spokesman-Review, Northwest Passages and the First Amendment Club membership program are solely in support of community journalism and literary and literacy programs. Donors have no control or influence over the newspaper’s editorial decisions.
How to help: It’s easy to make a contribution online. You also can donate and support community journalism in other ways, including matching gifts, Donor Advised Funds and legacy giving. Read: 7 Ways To Save Local Journalism.
For more information, please contact Comma's Director of Development & Community Engagement, Yvonne Esquibel Smith, yvonne@comma.cm or 509-220-0454.
