Individual Supporters

As a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, the N.C. Tree Farm Program relies on grants and tax-deductible contributions to provide high-quality educational programs and to offer forest certification to our state’s woodland owners. There are many ways to make a tax-deductible contribution to the N.C. Tree Farm Program.

Thank you to all of the Tree Farmers and other individuals who provide financial support to our program. With your support, we can continue to support forest stewards across the state.

Updated 7/20/2026
* indicates Sustainer, Lifetime Annual Commitment

Canopy ($5,000 and above)

Joe and Gloria Hughes

Branch ($2,500 to $4,999)

Clint and Amy North

Leaf ($1,000 to $2,499)

*Blue Sky Farms NC, Inc.
*Steve Cox
*The Hulka Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Lawrence R. Hughs and Adele M. Kirk Fund in Support of ForestHer NC
Charles Jones Farms
David and Lissa Lutz
James Martin
Allen and Karen Plaster
*Richard W. “Jimbo” Shaver
Tree Farmer (Anonymous)
Wildlife Lake, LLC

Sapling ($250 to $999)

*Mary Frances Alsup, Keith Alsup and Dean Alsup
*David Henderson, Ash-Leigh Woods, LLC
Banks Brothers Beaver Dam Farm
Judy and Dwight Batts
Jay Boyette
*Jimmie Byrd
Rick Cotton
Creed’s Lake, Inc.
George Farmer
Jesse Hall
*David Halley, True North Forest Management Services
Highfill Timber
*Maurice and Laura Hull, Waukegan Farms, LLC
Rick and Diane Ivey
Marty Lanier, Rock Creek Land Company
*James M. Long Family Trust
*Leslie and Rob McCormick
Charles and Martha Oldham
Martha Oldham in Honor of Charles Oldham’s Birthday
Dale Newport
Alton Perry
Amy Phillips
Laura Prevatte
*Riddick and Alice Ricks
Patrick and Michele Riggsbee, Upper Peninsula Tree Farm
Albert and Wynette Shaw
Scott and Clark Smearman
Chuck Torpy
*Al and Patti Weller
Carolyn Williams
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Seedling ($100 to $249)

Andrew Ammons
Auman Farms, LLC
Allen and Jean Bender
Grady and Vicki Brafford
R. Wayne and Linda B. Bray
Cascine Farm
David and Lucinda Casey
Chanda Day
Footprints in the Garden, The Martin Family
Fourtee Acres, LLC
Charlotte Fuquay
Ronald and Loretta Gentry
Douglas F. Gupton Family Estate
*Jeremy and Cathy Isom
Alison A. Ives
The James Family
R.L. Johnson Family, L.P.
Edmund Knott
Colby Lambert
William T. Lamm, III
Ginny Lenaeus
*Edwin and Bobbie Listerman
Leon and Joy Lucas
Dennis and Janice McGrady
Ron Myers
Rick and Anpeytu Neier
Ann Rogers
Elizabeth and Kevin Speight in Honor of Katherine and Spencer Rhodes
The Speight Family Charitable Fund in Honor of Dianne Clinton
Leslie Thiel
Janet Davis Travis
Gregory Walker in Memory of John “Charles” Martin
Wayne B. Walker
Jesse Wimberley
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Acorn ($99 and below)

Don Barker
Lee Desist
Allen High
John and Kelli Isenhour
Patricia Koppeis
Leon Monroe in Memory of J. Charles Martin
John Britton Pfann
Hans Christian Rohr
Carl Schnier
Larry Wallenstein and Richard Reed in Memory of John C. Martin
Susan Ward
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