The Friends would like to extend a special thank you to the following “Founding Members”. These remarkable individuals and organizations expressed confidence in the Friends by making the first contributions of $1000 or more during the Founding period from May 2008 and May 2011.
- The Avista Foundation
- The Architecture Foundation of Oregon
- The Carpenter Foundation
- The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund of the National Historic Trust
- The Four Way Foundation
- The Kinsman Foundation
- Meyer Memorial Trust
- The Oregon Community Foundation
- Robertson E. Collins Fund of OCF
- The Oregon Cultural Trust
- Southern Oregon Sanitation
- Donations in Memory of Connie Baker Palmer
- Chapman and Kathy McGrew – Crew of 1968
- Illinois Valley Community Development Organization/Oregon Caves Outfitters
- The Lium Family, Sue, Michael and Stephen, James and Della Lium
- Evergreen Federal
- Menno Kraai and Jennie May Donnell
- Trudy Kraai Monsma
- Harm and Marian Kraai
- Sue Densmore
- George and Molly Spencer in memory of the Bakers and the Palmers
- Kasey Holwerda
- Pete and Trish Varney
- Craig and Cynthia Ackerman
- Mike and Karen Beverly – Crew of 1966-1969
- Jerralynn Ness and Bernie Thurber
- National Environmental Education Foundation