Hope and Gratitude 2022

2022 GRATITUDE REPORT

L A N D A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T

We acknowledge this land, its history, and the people past, present, and future—for whom this land is an ancestral home. The Whidbey Institute is located on the territory of the Lower Skagit, Swinomish, Suquamish, and Snohomish tribes—the island Tscha-kole-chy, named Whidbey Island by colonial settlers.

Table of Contents

Community - Welcoming and Engaging

Communing at the Commons

Reconnecting in Gratitude and Hope

Storytelling and Sensemaking

Thriving Communities

Wayfinders

2022 Income

2022 Expenses

2022 By the Numbers

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R A T I T U D E & H O P E

In 2022, your unwavering support helped us navigate the challenges of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, allowing us to welcome back more programs than 2021 but still with fewer participants than pre-Covid years.

Your gifts cared for vital conservation forest habitat, beloved by people of all ages who come here to restore, learn, connect with others and explore. Your gifts nurtured restorative and reflective experiences that create the space for conversations that matter, ensuring we can bring diverse voices and our whole hearts to the work that this moment asks of us You helped to create pathways to a more equitable and joyous future.

You gave generously in 2022 with 318 donor households, businesses and organizations giving 744 donations. Thank you to those who participated during GiveBIG and our Fall and Winter campaigns Thanks also to those who give monthly, through your donor advised funds or invite your businesses to give or match your gifts Thank you for your thoughtful and caring gifts throughout the year!

Thank you for the loving support of 62 volunteers in 2022, those who came for a one-time work party and those who have been with us for years! Thanks to the dedicated Appletree and Westgarden volunteers, the trail tenders and those volunteers who supported special projects including building the Commons flagstone patio and supporting community event logistics

Your support allows us to steward this 106 acre conservation forest, tend two gardens and a labyrinth, maintain over four miles of publicly accessible trails, and care for gathering and lodging spaces. Facilities projects in 2022 included the completion of our maintenance shed, new roofs on two support buildings, and furnishings for the new Commons space

With your generous gifts, transformative programs are supported so we can keep prices accessible for participants and help new programs get a start We are grateful for the new and returning program leaders who brought their communities and programs to the Whidbey Institute In 2022 we welcomed several new programs including: New Seneca Village, Cry Camp, and Sinking The Mind into the Heart Retreat We began a partnership with Innovative Learning and Living Institute (ILALI) and worked together for 9 months preparing for the first prototype of Wayfinders, a residential retreat that launched in January 2023.

Special thanks to our dedicated board members who have provided unwavering guidance as key members of our leadership team during these challenging years of pandemic disruption Their commitment is matched by our skilled and passionate staff

Together, we have accomplished big work as a community and as part of a 50-year journey We are eager to see the impact of ongoing efforts and future plans unfolding. To our donors, volunteers, program leaders, participants, neighbors, and team members thank you for making all of this possible!

Mark your calendars and be sure to join us for our 50th Anniversary Celebration September 15- 17, 2023!

With appreciation, from the Whidbey Institute Staff and Board Team

In 2022 our board and staff dedicated themselves to the Whidbey Institute’s well-supported recovery after two years of Covid-related impacts. Our team embraced the deep work of hosting more programs and people in 2022, and planning for the future

Longtime board members Casey Dilloway, Cole Hoover, Kate Snider and Hilary Wilson were joined by new board member Jenna Ringelheim in this work. Dani Turk, a board member since 2020, stepped down with our thanks – especially for her contributions to our equity work

Our staff team welcomed Bryan McGriff (Communications), Snow Dragonwyck (Accounting) and Ben Johnston (Place) With best wishes we said good-bye to staff members Heather Johnson (Co-Director, Programs), Marnie Jackson (Co-Director, Communications), and Jules LeDrew (Westgarden)

Thank you to our staff who are continually inspired by our programs, place and guests: ongoing staff members Thomas Arthur (Hosting, Place); Nick Jackman (Housekeeping); Cathy Buller (Business Operations, Donor Care); Madisun Clark-Stern (Office Management, Technology); Holly Harlan (CoDirector, Fundraising, Programs, Community); Lety Hopper (Contract Administration); Timothy Hull, Erik Isaacson and Beno Kennedy (Facilities, Land Stewardship); and Marta Mulholland (Programs, Volunteers, Equity in Practice) The Pure Indulgence team (Gina Horrocks, Kyra Smith and Christina Robinson, with Chef Christyn Johnson’s leadership) continues to nurture and delight program participants with amazing meals

Thank you, one and all, for your dedicated service!

C a r i n g a n d I n s p i r e d

B O A R D A N D S T A F F

Pictured Lety Hopper, Marta Mulholland, Nick Jackman, and Cathy Buller

PROGRAMS in 2022

In the beginning of 2022, Covid caused programs to cancel or reschedule. Program leaders and participants began to return in March and April and it took until the summer before programs filled most every weekend.

Thanks to your support and our Restoration and Renewal Retreat participants, we were able to weather another wave of the pandemic. We are grateful for the new and returning program leaders who brought their communities and programs to the Whidbey Institute. In 2022, we welcomed several new programs, including:

New Seneca Village, a non-profit retreat space and network offering nature - based restorative residencies for cis, transfeminine and non-binary Black, Indigenous and women of color leaders working to advance justice with the goal to sustain their collective visioning for a just future.

Bethany Blysma created Cry Camp for therapists handling the impact of the pandemic

Caverly Morgan brought her Sinking The Mind Into the Heart Retreat that honors the various pathways that support us in remembering our true nature

We began our partnership with Innovative Learning and Living Institute (ILALI) and worked together for 9 months preparing for the first prototype for Wayfinders that launched in January 2023 Wayfinders is an eight week immersive residency where young adults in their 20’s from the same region live, learn, work, and play together Wayfinders provides participants the time, space, and skills to create better futures for themselves and others

who work hard at their craft to bring healing and

experiences to their participants and perhaps with the support of their cohort, this beautiful place and the sacred, program leaders and their participants leave more deeply connected to life and all its possibilities."

- Holly Harlan, Co-Director

"I am grateful for the program leaders

transformative

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Bet Alef Annual Meditation Retreat

Black and Indigenous Organizing

Connection Works

Core Energetics

Cry Camp

Dare to Connect

Energy Detox & Immersion

Essential Yoga Therapy

Environmental Leadership Program

Greenings Congregation Collaborative

Innovative Learning and Living Institute (ILALI)

Intersectional Student Leaders Retreat

Kindling Words West

Leadership Embodiment

Lewis & Clark Think-Tank

Mind Body Hum

Mothers' Retreat

New Seneca Village

Pacific Integral’s Generating Transformative Change

Partners for Youth Empowerment (PYE)

Sacred Circle

Sacred Pause

Salish Sea Cooperative

Shelterwood Collective

Sinking The Mind Into The Heart

T'ai Chi Foundation Teacher Training

Tender || Wild Thriving Communities

Turning the Wheel

UW SMART Center

Whidbey Institute Restoration & Renewal Retreats

Whidbey Island Waldorf School programs

Working with Emotions: Meditation in Action

Young Women Empowered (Y-WE)

COMMUNITY

Welcoming and Engaging

Simply gathering in community on the land: we’ve found that’s what people most desire, after years of pandemic isolation and disruption.

In June 2022, over 40 people gathered at the Commons to celebrate its completion. In cool wet weather, we toured the beautiful Commons building and gathered on the newly-completed flagstone patio to share remarks, poems and praise. For most attendees it was their first time back on the land since the pandemic began Beyond words, food, and drink, it’s the heartfelt greetings and smiles that carried the day - in the simple joy of gathering together

A larger outdoor event in September brought 90 people together for food, drink, friendship and community. Remarks from staff, board, and key program leaders were followed by a beautiful and tasty meal from Chefs Christyn and Gina Conversations flowed before, during and after the meal. The day ended with the ringing of the Salmon Bell, commemorating the return of the larger community to the Whidbey Institute and our shared hope for the future

Watch for updates on the Whidbey Institute’s 50th anniversary celebrations, planned for September 1517, 2023 We’ll be celebrating the past and the future, full of hope and gratitude - as always, in community.

COMMUNING

at the Commons

Drawn by the opportunity to connect in person on the land, over 50 people braved sporadic rain showers to gather at the Whidbey Institute’s new Cabin Village Commons on June 18, 2022

From toddlers to elders, old friends to new ones, we celebrated the interconnections nourished by the Commons as a new gathering space on the land. The Commons includes a gathering hall, a spacious kitchen, bathrooms (including two with showers to support camping), a volunteer-built flagstone patio, and more Restful forest, meadow, and Westgarden views add to the grace of its setting.

Whidbey Institute Senior Fellows Sharon Parks and Larry Daloz, visiting from New England, shared special remarks with the group on this dream made real Other speakers included Powers of Leadership (POL) program leaders Christie Lynk and Craig Fleck, POL alumna Linda Park, and Whidbey Institute board member Casey Dilloway.

The Commons opened for program gatherings in April of 2022. A more formal Commons dedication will occur this year, in conjunction with the Whidbey Institute’s 50th anniversary We are so grateful to have this new space to support generations of future gatherings and inspiration!

On September 17, members of the Whidbey Institute community gathered for the Reconnecting with Gratitude and Hope event. It was the first time in 2022 that we had been able to come together as a large group for a meal and conversation

The event started at the registration table as guests lingered and greeted each other It felt like a homecoming for many from across the years. As the program began in the Thomas Berry Hall courtyard, the community leaned in and listened to the words of gratitude and organization updates from Holly and Casey.

Next, we were inspired by the offerings of two long held programs at the Whidbey Institute, PYE and Thriving Communities Larisa Benson shared a message and a song from the PYE youth and Jerry Millhon shared a brief history of the films they have created over the last 10 years through Thriving Communities Rako Fabionar then introduced the Wayfinders pilot program that would take place in 2023

After the presentations, when we walked into the dining hall, we were met with the beauty of pink dahlias that filled the space and the abundance of nourishing and tasty food prepared with love for the community by Chef Christyn and Gina. Watching and participating in the conversations at the picnic tables scattered around the courtyard brought back memories of our many gatherings from past years.

A few people broke away from the picnic table conversations to create a small group in the Art Barn to listen, ask questions and offer support for Wayfinders Together we closed our afternoon with the ringing of the bell, commemorating the return of the larger community to the Whidbey Institute and our shared hope for the future

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R E C O N N E C T I N G

Reconnecting in Gratitude and Hope

A big thank you to David Stern for capturing so many beautiful images from the day!

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S T O R Y T E L L I N G

In December 2022, we gathered on-line for Storytelling & Sensemaking.

Patterned after our muchloved 2021 event of the same title, the event was an opportunity to connect with community members who bring together the past, present, and future of the Whidbey Institute.

Our storytellers, Reagan Jackson and Kate Snider, shared their favorite memories of Chinook and the Whidbey Institute. Afterwards, we had a chance to look for the lessons their stories hold for us while we navigate the challenges of today and chart new pathways toward a shared future.

During the second half of our gathering, we heard from a panel of our program leaders who shared what they care about most and how the Whidbey Institute supports their work Abigail Lynam, of Pacific Integral and Generating Transformative Change, Jenna Ringelheim, formerly with the Environmental Leadership Program and a current Whidbey Institute Board member, and Rako Fabionar, with ILALI and the Wayfinders Program, also shared their what is next for their organizations and questions they are living with in these times

The event was well-attended and we all enjoyed time together at the end to ask questions and to share our own stories and reflections on the Whidbey Institute We were inspired and left with a fondness and respect for the past, gratitude for the present, and hope for the future.

We recorded the program. Scan here to watch!

THRIVING COMMUNITIES Fall Gathering 2022

How communities focus on trauma and community support to build a thriving beloved community.

The woods, the Hall and cabins, the food and much needed in-person fellowship welcomed people from around the country to share stories of incarceration, healing and hope. This could not have happened on Zoom! These tender and deeply emotional stories needed every ounce of what the Institute quite often takes for granted: presence, patience and power of listening in community!

Our group consisted of a high percentage of those formerly incarcerated, most of whom longed for more time on the land. The group enjoyed the presence of over 50% who had never been on Institute lands For those sitting next to someone who is attending for the first time, this can be a reawakening of the power of potential of place for those who have attended before

This was the 13th Thriving Communities Gathering held at the Whidbey Institute Each time we are welcomed and celebrated by every facet of this place. Never the same outcome, always pushing us to go deeper in our work, last November certainly took everyone to a deeper understanding of trauma and the power of healing and the need for all of us to be conscious of those who have paid their dues and reemerge with possibility.

Jerry Millhon, Thriving Communities Team

Photos courtesy of Ross Monagle

WAYFINDERS

In October 2021, Innovative Learning and Living Institute (ILALI) began conversations with several North American retreat centers to assess potential partnerships for the Wayfinders pilot program.

Meetings and visits included a tour of the facilities, meeting with retreat center staff, local community, and neighbors, connecting and listening to the land, and developing relationships with indigenous leadership. After several meetings, ILALI partnered with the Whidbey Institute The Whidbey Institute ecosystem had potent land, caring staff and extended community, and beautiful facilities - all integral to the formation of the pilot program

In December 2021, an interdisciplinary team composed of educators, young adult development experts, leadership coaches, and creatives was formed to support the Wayfinders program curriculum Informed by this team, ILALI articulated a set of core concepts and practices to serve as the foundation of an integrative framework and metacurriculum for the pilot program This integrative framework and meta-curriculum centered transformative practices (i e , body, mind, spirit, shadow, and relationship exercises), worldview literacy, and service as a way to scaffold the overall development of each participant and the cohort as a whole

Wayfinders continued...

Meta-curricular activities were designed as trauma-informed and equityinformed, incorporating concepts and practices for leadership development and embodied communication. It also offered a relational/indigenous frame for considering one's development as a process that emerges in relationship with others and one's environment Additionally, the meta-curriculum was designed to inform the daily and weekly schedule, a liberating structure and framework for integrating the content expertise of guest faculty and supportive of emergent design

In August 2022, ILALI began outreaching out to over 300 diverse communitybased organizations throughout the Puget Sound region to recruit applicants for the program. In December 2022, 15 participants, ages19 to 31, were accepted into the program They included six women, six men, three non-binary folks, six participants of color, and six stipend recipients. Politically, the majority of cohort participants were liberal or left-of-center. Two participants came from conservative families and communities, and two others identified as more conservative (moderate and very conservative). A third of the cohort had not explored formal education beyond high school Four cohort participants lived on Whidbey Island

As 2023 approached, the excitement grew New Whidbey Island donors came through, the cohort participants started to prepare for their 8-week residency and Wayfinders was officially launched on January 23, 2023.

Gratitude for ILALI and the Whidbey Institute staff for their deep commitment to making the pilot program successful.

M. Rako Fabionar, Program Director | ILALI

2022 INCOME

0.6%

57.8% 41.6%

$510,775

$710,300 $1,228,525

$7,450

he amount of xes paid in 2020

''I am grateful for the beauty and peace of this land, that when I step on and work on it, it allows my mind to to be at rest " - Nick Jackman, Housekeeping

*Invested in capital projects, primarily the final costs for the construction of the Cabin Village Commons

2022 by the

186

47 Days of programming in 2022

Programs hosted in 2022

62 Volunteers

109 Days of programming in 2021

25% increase in trail network adopted by volunteers compared to 2021

75% of trail network adopted by volunteers in 2022

1,124

Volunteer hours

24%

increase in volunteer hours compared to 2021

46 New donors

318 Total number of individual donors

$569,256 Given by individual donors

V O L U N T E E R S

A special thank you to our 2022 volunteers ~ those who came for a one-time work party and those who have been with us for years! Our dedicated Westgarden and Appletree Garden teams showed up each week to put their energy into the garden: weeding, hauling and spreading mulch, and harvesting; our trail volunteers came and went unseen, keeping the trails beautifully tended as if by magic. Check out the Commons patio, which was created by many hardworking and loving volunteers. If you attended a community event at the Whidbey Institute, received a fundraising letter in the mail, enjoyed the Apple Tree Garden, walked the labyrinth, spent time in our facilities ~ all have been supported and cared for by our volunteers!

Kitty Adams, Larisa Benson, Lydia Blood, Cathy Buller, Terri Butler, Carole Cable, Evan Callahan, Dave Davis, Bliss Diggins, Casey Dilloway^, Lucky Zoi Encinas, Alice Erickson, Beth Farrell, Sarah Goettsch, Flora Goldthwaite, Mara Grey, Amy Gulick, Erin Hansen, Barbara Hardman, Holly Harlan, Nina Holmstrom, Cole Hoover^, Rita Howard, Marnie Jackson, Heather Johnson, Zoe Karatzaferis, Bob Keeney, Hannah Kunkel, Dolores Maggio, Rick Manson, Shannon Markley, Debra McElroy, JJ McMinds, Laurie Monahan, Marta Mulholland, Kate Mulligan, Dexter Nardella, Lynn Nelsen, Laurianna Newcomb, John Niemi, Aria Peterman, Lois Pugh-Hansen, Thinalyn Ramier, Sara Rhodes, Jenna Ringelheim^, Sharon Sappington, Brit Schneider, Nat Scholz, Tyler Scott, John Sherman, Joel Shrut, Tess Slevin, Kate Snider^, Rowan Stephens, Christa Straub, Anna Strick, Katie Tanner, Dani Turk^, Amy Tuthill, Kiersten Tyson, EV Vanderweil, Hilary Wilson^

"I feel deep gratitude for the land that holds us as we explore, reflect, feel, create, and grow "

- Marta Mulholland, Programs, Volunteers

^ indicates 2022 board member

THANK YOU

2022 Donors

Donors, your investment in this land and the Whidbey Institute's mission is so needed and appreciated. Thank you for your sustaining generosity and spirit of care.

MONTHLY DONORS

Laurie AbiEzzi, Anonymous, Lara Allan, Larisa Benson, Dana Bublitz, Bethany

Bylsma, Jane Charles & Marco Savarise, Andrea & John Chatburn, Timothy Clark, Laurie Evans, Catherine Falknor, Meghan

Heather Ford, Joan Forest, Tina Greene, Christie Hammond, Russell Horning, Francis, Carol & Elizabeth Janes, Annastasia Kovscek, Diana Lindsay, Warren & Elizabeth Lynn, Christina

Malecka, Geoff McNeely, Marta Mulholland, Bjorn & Elise Peterson, Karen Ramey & Don Farber, Anne Stadler, Diana Thomas, Emmett Thompson, Kent & Monica Wales, Claudia & Tom Walker, Hilary Wilson & Sawyer Gillespie, and Susan Wong

NEW ROOFS & MAINTENANCE SHED DONOR

PLACE TEAM DONORS

Anonymous, Alice Erickson, Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder

Nancy Nordhoff

"I'm grateful that the Whidbey Institute has allowed me to become part of a network of humans that are committed to more just and connected ways of being."

- Benjamin Johnston, Place Team

R & R RETREAT DONORS

Ross Chapin & Deborah Koff-Chapin, Russell Horning

SCHOLARSHIP DONORS

Anonymous, Rose Eckhardt, Geoff Fitch & Abigail Lynam, Holly Harlan, Kerry Keeler, Cheryl Lawrence, Ann Martin, Patricia McKenzie, Andrea Severson, Eli Wheat & Sarah Gillett

IN HONOR OF

All Powers of Leadership (POL) alumni - especially 2007-2008; All Whidbey Institute Powers of Leadership (POL) Program participants past, present & future; Angeles Arrien; Thomas Arthur, Chef Christyn Johnson & Gina Horrocks; Sheila Belanger & Anne Hayden; Cathy Buller; Tayah Carlisle; Generating Transformative Change (GTC) Program; Sarah Goettsch; Heather Johnson; Mary Knight; Dan Mahle; MenHealing Program; Teresa Morgan; Tim Onders, Laura Wilbur & Sophie Onders; Sharon Parks & Larry Daloz; Linda Sue Park; Jenna Ringelheim; Joel Shrut; the beautiful future!; the perpetuation of a place that keeps Bruce Herbert & Dave Moors sane; Whidbey Institute's kitchen & cleaning staff; Whidbey Island Waldorf School

IN MEMORY OF

Angeles Arrien, Greg Garbarino, Fran Graham, Leslie Harber, Kelly Lindsay, Jim Mason, Skip Mulholland, Eloys Parks, Joanne Shelver, Mary Taylor, Judith Yeakel

PEER GROUP FUNDRAISERS

Cathy Buller, Holly Harlan, Vivienne Hull, Phyllis Shulman

EMPLOYER MATCHING GIFT DONORS

Anonymous, Avanade, Inc , Microsoft Matching Gifts Program, Salesforce Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund / YourCause

BUSINESS & ORGANIZATION

DONORS

501 Commons / Washington Gives, Avenade, Inc , Benevity Fund Matching Gifts, Center for Action and Contemplation, D A Davidson, Edward Jones, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, ImpactAssets, Jade Craftsman Builders, Jan Hively Community Fund, LPL Financial, Miss Teen Oak Harbor, Morgan Stanley, Nonprofit Association of Washington (NAWA), Pacific Integral, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Raymond James Charitable, Robert W. Baird & Co Inc., RSF Social Finance, Schwab Charitable Fund, Water's Edge Family Practice & Wellness Center, Wilkinson Family Investments, Young Women Empowered (Y-WE)

"I am grateful for all the wonderful people and all the things I have learned working with them at the Whidbey Institute in 2022 " - Snow Dragonwyck, Accounting

FOUNDATION & GRANT SUPPORT

Amazon Smile Foundation, O D Fisher Charitable Foundation, Pride Foundation, Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Seattle Foundation

IN-KIND DONORS

Evan Callahan, Casey Dilloway, Julie Glover, Penny Livingston, Nancy Nordhoff, Pure Indulgence, Amy Tuthill

THRIVING COMMUNITIES DONORS

Individuals: Joe Aalbue, Jim & Kristan Anderson, Geoff Bellman & Sheila Kelly, Elise Cope, Kate & Bill Dussault, Jon & Marchele Hatchner, Lisa Holden, Rick Ingrasci & Peggy Taylor, Lucas Jushinski, Kristin & Earl Lasher, Donald Luby & Christine Adkins, Jerry Millhon, Dale Nienow & Rebecca Brown-Nienow, Linda Sue Park, Pam Schell, Ron & Eva-Maria Sher, Anna Zefferys

Scholarship Donors: Dale Nienow & Rebecca Brown-Nienow

"I am grateful for the intentionality given to many of the Whidbey Institute's indoor spaces; the connection with the outdoors and nature cultivates an expansive and optimistic mood " - Bryan McGriff, Communications

ALL DONORS

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Laurie AbiEzzi, Judith Adams, Kitty Adams, Keola Akana, Bart and Joan Alexander, Lara Allan, Allan and Deloris Ament, Terra Anderson and Thomas Buxton, Craig Anderson, Karen and Dave Anderson, Judy Andrews and Doug Thorpe, Anonymous, Sophia Aurore*

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Cynthia Babcock, James Baker, Kim BarberStokely, Lori Barian and Lance Landquist, Corrine Bayley, Albie Beannacht, Betsey Beckman and Charlie Bommarito, Sheila Belanger and Anne Hayden, Kathy Bender, Stephen and Sarah Bennett, Larisa Benson, Richard Bergeon and Caroline Fu, Lynn and Malcolm Best, Virginia Bing*, Sharon Bingham, Walt Blackford and Shirley Jantz, Jody Bourgeois, Terry and Penelope Bourk, Kimberly, Harvey and Irene Bowen, Karen Brooks, Lola Broomberg*, Allison Brown, Anders Brown, Dana Bublitz*, Janette Bucy, Cathy Buller, John Veith and Hannah Veith, Joseph Buller*, Beth and Madeleine Bunnell, Julie Burg, Michael Butler and Robin Ferry, Terri Butler, Bethany Bylsma, Susan Byrnes and EJ Gong*

DTrina D'Amico, Suzannah Dalzell, Ellen Davis*, Edward DesMaisons, Linda Dethman, Casey Dilloway and Shane McNamee, James Doherty

ERose Eckhardt*, David Emerald Womeldorff and Donna Zajonc, Dee and William Endelman, Pamela Engler, Alice Erickson*, Laurie Evans, Tom Ewell and Cathy Whitmire

Evan Callahan and Margaret Delp, Rick Cantral, Ross Chapin and Deborah Koff-Chapin, Jane Charles and Marco Savarise, Andrea and John Chatburn, Mary Kay Chess and Karyn Lazarus, Kathryn Christensen*, Timothy Clark, Chris Cluett, Rick Collins, Trilby Coolidge, Ellen Cooper, Felise and Tim Coutu, Barbara and Jeff Curran*

FRev Suzanne Fageol, Catherine Falknor, Virginia Felton, Elizabeth Fenwick, Suzanne

Ferris*, Geoff Fitch & Abigail Lynam, Wendy & Carl Fjelsted, Craig Fleck & Stephanie Ryan, Laura Flores Cailloux, Natalie Flynn, Meghan Heather Ford, Joan Forest, Mark & Kathleen

Forman, Michael & Linda Fortune, Nick Fowler & Jane Spalding, Larry Fried, Joe Fuller

All Donors Continued...

Diana Gale & Jerry Hillis, Richard Gammon & Carol Stoel, Kathryn Gardow*, Hedego

Gebremedhin*, Kathleen Gibson, Susan & Greg

Gilles, Julie Glover & Robert Kenny, Ross

Godwin & Lena Chalfant-Godwin, Mary

Goettsch, Jerry Golech, Sally Goodwin, Steve

Gordon & Karen Larsen Gordon, Holly Grason*, Tina Greene, Cheryl Greengrove, Elizabeth

Griffin, Gretchen Griffin, Nina Griswold

Nicole Luce & Janet Hall, Caitrin Hall*, Charles & Susan Halpern, Christie Hammond, Hal Harber, Holly Harlan, Beth Healy, Stella HeartSong, Helena Hennighausen, Bruce & Nancy Herbert, Susan Hillman, Mary Himes*, Dean Hively, Jan

Hively, Kurt Hoelting, Mary Holscher & Paul

Finley, Russell Horning, Derek & Tatiana

Hoshiko, April Hulvershorn & David Goodell, Linda Hutchins & John Montague*

LDianne & Mike Langtry, Kristin & Earl Lasher, Cheryl Lawrence*, John Lee, Tom Leschine & Kit

O'Neill, Thomasin Levin & Stefan Petrie, Susan

Linde, Diana Lindsay, Paul Lippert & Julie

Beckman, David Lough*, Donald Luby & Christine Adkins, Lynnaea Lumbard & Rick

Paine, Kolin & Lizanne Lymworth, Warren & Elizabeth Lynn

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Jean MacGregor & Rob Cole, Betsy MacGregor & Charles Terry, Dana MacInnis & Antonio

Escalante, Karl & Maggie Mahle, Christina

Malecka, Ann Martin*, Peter & Kathleen Martin, Bill Mate & Mary Honstead, Janet McDonald & Ian Fraser, Patricia McKenzie*, Geoff McNeely, Tim McNichol & Anne Egan, Michael McNulty*, Ron Milam, Jerry Millhon, Michael Moch, Larry Momaya*, Diane Mooney*, Steve Moore, Marta Mulholland, Mully Mullally

Rick Ingrasci & Peggy Taylor

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Nicholas Jackman, Lynn-Marie Jackson*, Marcy & Rick Jackson, Mary Jakubiak, O P , Trudy James, Francis, Carol & Elizabeth Janes, Levi, Howard & Anne Jess, Sego Jackson & Raven Jirikovic, Christyn & George Johnson, Heather Johnson, Teresa Johnson, Laura Jones*, Robyn Jones

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Kerry Keeler*, Bob Keeney, Pam Kelley Elend, Dana & Doug Kelly, Kelli Kennedy*, Jennifer & Michael Kett*, Patricia O'Connell Killen, Daniel Kirkpatrick & Lisa Beck*, JoAnn & Brian Klink, Keith & Susan Klovee-Smith, Gray & Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, Sarah Kontopoulos, Annastasia Kovscek, Pamela Krueger

Linda Naish*, Ms. Kristine Nerison Collins, Nancy Neudecker & Roger Jones, Dan Neumeyer & Elise Miller, Nancy Lynn Newman, Dale Nienow & Rebecca Brown-Nienow, Nancy Nordhoff

Cheri & Michael Olney, Timothy Onders, Laura Wilbur & Sophie Onders, Mr. & Mrs. Edward

Onders

Shriram Parashuram, Linda Sue Park, Sharon

Parks & Larry Daloz, Shannon Patterson, Dave

Paul, Bjorn & Elise Peterson, Anne & Don Pettit, Laura Pierce & Heidi Neff, Ruth Pittard, Autumn

Preble, Susan Prescott & Michael Seraphinoff, Meighan Pritchard, Jesse Pyles*

Karen Ramey & Don Farber, Virginia Rhoads & John McConnell, Linda & Gregg Ridder, Jenna

Ringelheim*, Celeste Rivers*, Linda & Tony

Robinson, Louie Rochon*, Jelcy & Conrad

Romberg, Lisa Ruedi*, Kathryn Rule*, Marcia

Rutan & Carl Woestwin

SMichele Sakaguchi & Leigh Bloom, Barbara

Schaetti, Pam Schell, Eric Schreiber, Steve

Scoles & Gulla Gisladottir, Leslie Scott, Andrea

Severson*, Maggie & Malcolm Seymour, Ron & Eva-Maria Sher, Dianne Shiner, Sandy Shipley, Marybeth & Gabriel Shirley, Joel Shrut, Phyllis

Shulman & Seth Ellner, Kate & Doug Snider, Anne Stadler, William Stanley, Mary Jane

Stansell*, Janet Staub & James DeLong, Diane Staves, Tristan Steel & Jeffery Lagasse, Chelsea

Steinauer-Scudder*, Mira Steinbrecher, Kris

Steinnes, Baz Stevens & Sandra Towne, Tyler Stewart*, Laura Strong & Jonathan Evelegh, Jeanne Strong, Jack & Peggy Strother, Jim

Struve & Jeff Bell, Peter Sugarman & Kirstie

Lewis, Katsuko Sugiyama, Robin Supplee & Mike Derzon, Don Swartz, Brian & Denise

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TCarolyn & Rich Tamler, Claire Tangvald, Kathleen Taylor & Ken Miller, Toyia Taylor*, Diana Thomas, Emmett Thompson, Laurel Tien, Candace Tkachuck & Donald Guthrie, David & Cynthia Trowbridge, Mary Evelyn Tucker & John

Grim, Amy Tuthill

Lori Underberg*

VUDonna Vanderheiden, Mark & Wendy Visconty

WKent & Monica Wales, Claudia & Tom Walker, Howard Wallace, Cindy Weeks & Don Johnston, Lisa Weinberg, Jerry Wennstrom & Marilyn

Strong, Lynn Wenzel & Robert Finke, Eli Wheat & Sarah Gillett, Nancy White, Louise Wilkinson, Hilary Wilson & Sawyer Gillespie, Susan Witter, Susan Wong, Frances Wood & Bill Graves

YCarol Yamada & Jim Robinson, Susan Yates, Norma Jean Young*, Melinda Young-Flynn & Gregory Flynn

Vito & Dorit Zingarelli, Sarilyn Zinn, Anne & Don Zontine

Z*Indicates new donor

We strive for accuracy If we have overlooked anyone, apologies and please let us know

G E T I N V O L V E D

PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM

Check out the events on our website for transformational programs focused on inner development, healing and capacity building held in relationship with community and nature in service to what the world is calling us towards

REST & RESTORE

Our team warmly invites you to experience the healing beauty of the land with a Restoration & Renewal Retreat. Retreats include delicious, nourishing meals and ample time to slow down Restore a sense of calm and peace while hiking in the Legacy Forest, walking around the labyrinth or sitting in the Sanctuary

BRING YOUR WORK HERE

If you are looking for a home for your transformative program that focuses on inner development, healing and capacity building for youth and adults, encourages diversity and thrives in a place of natural magic and beauty, we are looking for programs to develop long term partnerships

If you are an organizational leader for a non-profit, B-Corp or other mission aligned organization, please be in touch about our spaces for one day and multi-day retreats.

CONNECT WITH NATURE

Over four miles of trails are open to the public from dawn until dusk, 365 days a year Consider taking a hike on our trails, a walk around the labyrinth or linger in the gardens!

VOLUNTEER

Join us for ongoing garden and trail care work parties and occasional special project days stuffing envelopes, completing building projects on the land or supporting events. We gladly invite individuals and groups.

DONATE

Become a one-time or monthly donor, or reach out to discuss how to designate a gift to a project or program close to your heart

"The place that is the Whidbey Institute is a vortex of wild, untamed energy that can be both overwhelming and profound. We must take great care to create a safe and nourishing space that supports the greater cultural shift our world so desperately needs With deep gratitude, I am inspired by the intense beauty and effortless grace in which we are encompassed by nature, and I attempt to carry those qualities into all the experiences we hold and create "

- Madisun Elizabeth, Office Management,Technology