The categories listed below represent giving levels for Phase 1 of ABC's Capital Campaign for the new Herbal Education and Research Center. ABC is now seeking multiple-year funding commitments to meet the $1.5 million goal. The companies marked with asterisks have made multiple year pledges as of press time in October, 1997.

Architects - $25,000 and greater

Bio Botanica(*); Enzymatic Therapy(*); Nature's Herbs(*); Nature's Way(*)

Builders - $10,000 to $24,999

Capsugel(*); Pharmaton; Stryka Botanics Co., Inc.(*); Whole Foods Market(*)

Planners - $5,000 to $9,999

Mark Blumenthal; Cosmopolitan Trading/Kava Kompani; ExtractsPlus; Fetzer Foundation; Flachsmann Flavours & Extracts; General Nutrition Centers (GNC); Henkel Corporation; Indena USA Inc.; Lichtwer Pharma US Inc; Nature's Bounty

Supporters - $2,500 to $4,999 Celestial Seasonings; Steven Foster; Haworth Press; Indiana Botanic Gardens; Interweave Press; Madis Botanicals/Pure World; NOW Foods; Pharmavite; Pure Gar

Friends - $1,000 to $2,499

American Ingredients; Chai Na Ta; East Earth Herbs; Euromed; Flora Manufacturing and Distributing; Healthnotes Online; Herb Pharm; Herbs for Kids; Hilary's Distribution; Jason Cosmetics; Metagenics; Müggenburg Extrakt; MW International; New Hope Natural Media; Pharmanex; Pharmline, Inc.; PhytoMed International; Mark Plotkin, Ph.D.; Prince of Peace Enterprises, Inc.; QBI - Quality Botanical Ingredients;Traditional Medicinals;Trout Lake Farm;Tsumura; Wakunaga of America, Inc.; David Winston, Herbalist & Alchemist

(*) Includes pledges for Phase II ABC reserves the right to alter the giving levels and/or category names with notification.

Article copyright American Botanical Council.