The Metamorphosis campaign

Milkweed Editions raised $1.6 million dollars in the Metamorphosis campaign, which concluded in 2015. $1.1 million was raised to transform the press for the digital era of publishing and to increase cash reserves, and $500,000 was raised to create the Author Advance Fund, a revolving fund dedicated solely to providing advances for authors.

Committee members

George Johnson, co-chair
Kelly Morrison, co-chair

Mary Aamoth |  John Gordon | Bill Grandy |  Ann Ness | Jörg Pierach | Daniel Slager | El Winston

$100,000+

Anonymous (1) | Mary Lee Dayton | Elizabeth D. Hlavka and Edwin Hlavka | Christine and John L. Morrison & Kelly Morrison and John Willoughby | Margaret and Angus Wurtele

$25,000–$99,999

Edward and Sherry Ann Dayton | Kathy and Mike Dougherty | Joanne and John Gordon | Ellen Grace | William and Jeanne Grandy | Moira Grosbard | Constance Bigelow Kunin and Daniel Kunin | Kathleen and Allen Lenzmeier | Sanders Marvin | Sheila C. Morgan | Anne Larsen Simonson | Cynthia and Margaretha Walk | Eleanor and Fred Winston

$10,000–$24,999

Anonymous (1) | Mary S. Aamoth | Maurice and Sally Blanks | Dr. Henry Buchwald and Emilie Buchwald | Betsy and Edward Cussler | John Gulla and Andrea Godbout | Liz and Van Hawn & Amanda Hawn and Nate Larsen | Emily and George R.A. Johnson | Ann and Chris Malecek | Robert and Vivian McDonald | Jörg and Angie Pierach | Margaret R. and Dan Preska | Cindy and Stephen Snyder | Stephanie Sommer and Stephen Spencer | Kathleen and Bill Wanner | Christopher and Serene Warren

$1,000–$9,999

Anonymous (2) | Elizabeth H. Andrus and Roby Thompson | Marcia and Bradley Ballinger | Tracey and Jeff Breazeale | Jim Buchta and John Wirth | Robert H. Chandler | Libby and Tom Coppo | Christopher Crosby and Kate Anderson Crosby | Lucas and Libby Detor | Julie DuBois | Crissy and Jim Field | Joseph Green and Trudi Anderson | Jayne and Al Hilde, Jr. | Peggy and Harold Holden, Jr. | Joel Hoekstra and Eric Jensen | Hart and Susie Kuller | Meghan McGrann and Chris Lawrence | The Lerner Foundation | Sally L. Macut | Susan I. Marvin and Keith Schwartzwald | Mary Merrill and William Quinn | Betsy Moran | Pat Moran and Georgie Slade | Helen Morrison | Deborah Reynolds | Cheryl Ryland | Daniel Slager and Alyssa Polack
 | Schele and Philip Smith | Bruce and Julie Steiner | Kathleen and Jeff Thomas | Patrick Thomas | Edward T. Wahl

Up to $999

Lynn Abrahamsen | Sharon Abrahamsen | Josh and Kristine Alswager | Kenneth and Michelle Alwin | Ben Barnhart | Becky Bartels | Barry Berg | Stephen R. and Dixie R. Berg | Melany Birdsong | Emily and Jeff Blodgett | Mary Bly | William Boggs | Jay and Rokhsana Bozicevich | Tim and Susie Brown | David and Louise Chalfant | Nadia Christensen | Jaime Christmas | James Cihlar and William Reichard | Alison Eckstein Colton and Seth M. Colton | Kimberly Contag and Jim Grabowska | Katherine L. and Greg Coward | Katie Cowles | Arundhati Deo | Veena Deo | Jessica Deutsch and Thomas Church | Kevin and Beth Dooley | Elizabeth Driscoll | Mark and Sonja Elias | Kevin and Maggie Fairs | John R. Farrish and Sara Donovan | Rebecca and Benjamin Field | Ian and Nancy Frykman | Daniel and Patricia Gerhan | Walter and Raeanna Gislason | Sarah and Barry Gisser | Sally Guillet | Becky Hagenston | Jennifer Harmening | Mary Harrington and Jesse Okie | Michael and Judith Healey | Eloise Healy | Bill Hittler and Donna Watz | Craig and Susan Howe | Kathleen Jones | Shawn Kardell | Anthony and Kathryn Keenan | Laura Keller | Katharine L. Kelly | David Kenney | Bruce and Meghan Kimmel | Patricia Kirkpatrick | Julie Koepsell | Judy Krause | Barbara Kuhn and William Sjoholm | Melissa Kwasny | Scott Lasser | Donald and Elizabeth Leeper | Cynthia and Tim Lynch | Chris LaVictoire Mahai and Dan Mahai | Maureen and Mike McDaniel | Laura McLean | Nancy McLean | Kate Menendez | Kathleen Dean Moore | Kate Moos and Valerie Arganbright | Steve and Debra Elias Morse | Matt Murphy and Maura Rockcastle | Robert and Alice O’Connor | Brian and Julia Palmer | Bill and Mae Petrangelo | Jason and Jill Pflaum | Janet Polli | Diana and Mark Raabe | Richard Robbins | Thomas and Nancy Rohde | Ryan and Julie Scheife | Lincoln Shea | Dwight Sholes | Gregory Smith | Danielle Sosin and Ken Bloom | Mary Austin Speaker | Erin and Matthew Spencer | Tory Stempf and Janice Kalin | Sarah Stoesz | Michael Swanson and Kathleen Spraitz | Adrienne Thomas | Kevin Thompson | Ruth Travis | Eric Utne and Jeri Reilly | Katrina Vandenberg and John Reimringer | John and Michelle Wackman | Susan Weil