Founders Award

Jane & Doug Swift Founder’s Award

This year, we are pleased to recognize two very special individuals who are well known and loved throughout the community. Jane and Doug Swift have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to Albuquerque. While raising six children, Jane and Doug, like many parents, volunteered for youth-oriented organizations, such as PTAs and the Boy Scouts. They didn’t stop there. They found time to serve on the boards of Opera Southwest, New Mexico Ballet Company, and Albuquerque Arts Alliance just to name a few. In 1997, they established the Jane and Doug Swift Fund for Art and Education. Since that time, they have made 243 grants from their fund! They are true donor partners and have been important to the Foundation’s growth and development.

2016 will mark the Swift’s 65th wedding anniversary! Jane & Doug selected Roadrunner Food Bank for the $1,000 grant in their name.

Past recipients of this award:

Barbara Allender The Clinton P. Anderson Family The Emanuel Blaugrund Family Lee Blaugrund Douglas M. Brown Susanne B. Brown Yei Gorham & the Gorham Family Sheilah Purcell-Garcia Jack Holmes Calvin Horn The Junior League of Albuquerque William P. Lang Gloria Griffin Mallory Paul and Patti Marianetti Ina Miller Steven K. Moise Connie and Jan Nellos George Pearl Mary Poole Roberta Cooper Ramo John L. (Jack) Rust Bob Stamm Larry Willard Ray Zimmer