Donors and Sponsors

ARCS Foundation Atlanta is proud that we have grown from awarding three scholars a total of $15,000 in 1992 to awarding 48 scholars a total of $360,000 in 2023-2024. Since 1992, ARCS Foundation Atlanta has awarded a cumulative total of over $7 million to scholars at Emory University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse College, and the University of Georgia.

Below are photos of ARCS members with their scholars at the 2022 Scholar Awards Celebration on November 17, 2022.

Nancy Chambers with her scholar Cassandra Shriver from Georgia Tech
Nancy Chambers with her scholar Cassandra Shriver from Georgia Tech
Linda Kay and John McGowan with their scholar Logan Kavanaugh from Emory
Linda Kay and John McGowan with their scholar Logan Kavanaugh from Emory
UGA Scholar Katherine Duval explains her research to her donors Pat and Nolan Leake
UGA Scholar Katherine Duval explains her research to her donors Pat and Nolan Leake
Elaine Davis with Morehouse Scholar William Whitfield, Jordan Coney and Mrs. Coney
Elaine Davis with Morehouse Scholar William Whitfield (left) and Jordan Coney and (right)
Marcia and John Donnell with their Emory Scholar Aniruddha Deshpande and Marty and John Gillin
Marcia and John Donnell with their Emory Scholar Aniruddha Deshpande and Marty and John Gillin
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Carolynn Cooper with UGA Scholar Alyssa Baugh
Leslie and Skip Petter wit their Emory Scholars Sarah Strassler and Simone Wien
Leslie and Skip Petter with their Emory Scholars Sarah Strassler and Simone Wien
Bill Liss, Financial, Consumer and Legal Editor, WXIA-TV

 

ARCS Foundation Atlanta is grateful to the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their generous support of our scholars. 

 

DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN CUMULATIVE GIFTS OF $500,000 OR MORE: 

Joachim Herz Stiftung  

 

DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN CUMULATIVE GIFTS OF $250,000 OR MORE: 

ARCS Foundation Atlanta, Inc. Membership 

The Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation  

 

DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN CUMULATIVE GIFTS OF $100,000 OR MORE:

BlackRock

Joseph G and Inez Crawford Burtchaell Foundation, Inc. 

Peg and Keith Cooley 

Marcia and John Donnell 

Patsy and Jere Drummond 

John and Mary Franklin Foundation  

Hilda D. Glenn Fund 

Frannie* and Bill Graves 

Betsy* and Harald* Hansen 

J. H. Holdings  

Linda T. Mauldin 

Northside Hospital  

The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. 

Siemens 

UPS Foundation 

 

DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN CUMULATIVE GIFTS OF $75,000 OR MORE: 

Madeline* and Howell Adams, Jr.

Sylvia and Bruce Dick  

Georgia-Pacific Foundation  

The Imlay Foundation  

Sally and Warren* Jobe 

Printpack, Inc and Gay and Erskine Love Foundation  

The Zeist Foundation    

 

DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN CUMULATIVE GIFTS OF $50,000 OR MORE: 

Sara Jean and Fred Burke

The Erroll and Elaine Davis Charitable Giving Foundation

Harry and Caroline Gilham Foundation

Libby and Gary Jones 

Ann and Larry* Klamon

Pat and Nolan Leake

Deborah and William Liss  

Sherry and John Lundeen 

Leslie and Skip Petter

Regina Olchowski and Ed Potter

 

DONORS WHO HAVE GIVEN CUMULATIVE GIFTS OF $25,000 OR MORE: 

Kathy and Dennis Berry 

Jenny and Dick Cannon 

Ada Lee and Pete* Correll  

Cox Enterprises 

Susie and Bill Deyo 

Marie Foster 

Georgia Gulf Corporation 

Genuine Parts Company 

Joan Goodhew  

Petra Herz 

Sally and Jim Hinkle 

Kaiser Permanente  

Sarah Kennedy 

King & Spalding  

James R. Kuse Foundation 

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics  

Carol and Bob Meier 

Harriet* and Sandy* Miller

Patty and Doug Reid Family Foundation 

Charles and Catherine B. Rice Foundation 

The Ritz-Carlton Atlanta 

Nancy Robitaille  

The Roche Foundation 

Frances and Kurt Swensson 

Synovus 

Dr. and Mrs. Martin Teem 

Turner Enterprises, Inc. 

Kay and Buddy Weiss 

*Deceased 

 

2022 SCHOLAR AWARD DONORS 

 

GALILEO CIRCLE $7500 and above 

ARCS Foundation Atlanta Membership 

BlackRock 

Sally Boice

Sara Jean and Fred Burke 

Joseph G. and Inez Crawford Burtchaell Foundation 

Carolynn Cooper and Pratap Mukharji

Sylvia and Bruce Dick 

Marcia and John Donnell 

John and Mary Franklin Foundation  

Hilda D. Glenn Fund 

The Graves Foundation  

Joachim Herz Stiftung 

The Imlay Foundation

Linda Kay and John McGowan

Northside Hospital 

Regina Olchowski and Ed Potter 

Leslie and Skip Petter 

Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc.

 

EINSTEIN CIRCLE $5000 - $7499 

Elaine and Erroll Davis

Mary Dodson

Genuine Parts Company 

Georgia-Pacific Foundation 

The Graves Foundation

Janis and Barry Henry 

 

MADAME CURIE CIRCLE $2500 - $4999 

Nancy Chambers 

Martha Lee Doyle  

Anne Easterly  

Marty and John Gillin  

Joan Goodhew  

Caroline Hardin 

Susan and Scott Hawkins 

Sally and Jim Hinkle 

Sally Jobe

Cecy Jones

HSP Marketing 

Ann Klamon 

Pat and Nolan Leake  

Deborah and Bill Liss 

Sherry and John Lundeen 

Susan McGonigle

Dr. and Mrs. Alan Plummer 

Patty and Doug Reid  

Cathy Wahlen 

 

CENTURY CIRCLE $1000 - $2499 

Yetty Arp

Lisa and Joe Bankoff 

Kelly Berman 

Anne and David Boyd 

Susan Boyd

Molly and Mike Eskew  

Kristen and Duncan Gibbs 

Angelle Hamilton

Kelli Keb

Beth Maguire 

Sally McDaniel

Caroline Moise

Mary O’Connor  

Laura Pease

Teed M. Poe

Frances and Kurt Swensson 

Anne Taylor 

Margaret Turk 

Liz Troy  

Suzy Wasserman  

Mary Watson

 

FRIENDS OF ARCS FOUNDATION ATLANTA $100 - $999 

Barbara Bazzel

Jane Bernot

Lesley Carroll

Connie Dotzenrod

Nancy Ewing 

Diane Farmer

Elizabeth (Betsy) Kazazian 

Chris Lingle

Barbara Marxer 

Leslie McLeod 

Gay and Kevin Moore

Elli Nesbit

Val Peterson 

Becky Riley

Elizabeth Spiegel

*Deceased

ARCS ATLANTA SCHOLAR ALUMNI DONORS  

Dr. Rachelle Arnold  

Dr. Lowell Combs

Dr. Michael Davis 

Dr. Staci Davis  

Dr. Stacey Dixon 

Dr. Brian Fralix  

Dr. Katherine Gass  

Dr. Deborah Kilpatrick  

Dr. Kristopher Kozak  

Mr. Kenneth Lyons  

Mr. Andrew Peterson  

Dr. Nikki Sawyer  

Dr. Sharon Sullivan  

Dr. Alejandro Toriello  

Dr. Patrick Yaner 

 

30TH ANNIVERSARY ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN  

2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the ARCS Atlanta Chapter.  Thank you to Mary O'Connor, our Atlanta Chapter Founding President and Honorary Chair of the 30th Anniversary Endowment Campaign.

 

30TH ANNIVERSARY ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN DONORS 

Lisa Bankoff 

Kelley Berman

Jeanne Berry

Sara Jean Burke 

Nancy Chambers

Stacey Dixon 

Mary Dodson

Marcia and John Donnell

Joan Goodhew

Angelle Hamilton

Sally and Jim Hinkle

Ann and Larry* Klamon

Pat and Nolan Leake

Sherry and John Lundeen 

Beaty Maffett 

Mary O'Connor

Caron Ogg

Leslie and Skip Petter

Teed M. Poe

Sharon Quaintance

Patty and Doug Reid

Donna Spivey

Liz Troy 

Margaret Turk

Cathy Wahlen

Suzy Wasserman

Kay and Buddy Weiss

Janie Wilson

 

GIFTS MADE IN HONOR OF 

Kristen Gibbs

Sherry Lundeen

Mary O'Connor

Caroline Hardin

Cheryl Ernst

Sally Boice 

 

GIFTS MADE IN MEMORY OF

Richard Chambers

Lois Sweeney Fix

Spike Wahlen