The Samuel T. Brownlee Society was created by the Foundation to secure the necessary resources to rehabilitate and preserve the Samuel T. Brownlee House, which is included on the National Register of Historic Places, and which was the Foundation’s first gift of real estate. The House was generously donated to the Foundation by William and Saundra Stout in December 2013. It was built in 1848 by Samuel T. Brownlee, the son of a Scottish immigrant, as a wedding gift to his wife, Catherine Clark.
Steward (Minimum of $5,000 per year)
Guardian (Minimum of $1,000 per year)
Historian (Minimum of $500 per year)
Friend (Minimum of $100 per year)
**Deceased
Permanent membership in the Society will be granted to those donors whose cumulative gifts for the Brownlee House total at least $25,000. The permanent membership will be prominently displayed at the Brownlee House, as well as through the Foundation’s marketing materials and website. As the Society is built, a naming opportunity for each permanent level will be provided to the first donor who contributes, or pledges to contribute, at that level. Once named, that named recognition level will exist in perpetuity. Permanent named recognition levels are as follows:
Level One (Minimum of $500,000 cumulative)*
Level Two (Minimum of $250,000 cumulative)*
Level Three (Minimum of $100,000 cumulative)*
Level Four (Minimum of $75,000 cumulative)*
Level Five (Minimum of $50,000 cumulative)*
Level Six (Minimum of $25,000 cumulative)*
*Naming Right Committed