THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS
Includes donors who made gifts between January 2023 and December 2023
Please contact the development office at 773.754.3912 regarding corrections to this listing
CORPORATE & FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS
Black Ensemble Theater proudly recognizes our
Corporate, Foundation and Government donors for their generous support of our work
Emerald
$100,000 - and Above
Builders Initiative Foundation
Illinois Arts Council
Sapphire
$50,000 - $99,999
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Caerus Foundation
City of Chicago
The Joyce Foundation
Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events
MacArthur Foundation
Ruby
$25,000-$49,000
Abbott Fund
Arie & Ida Crown Memorial
National Endowment For The Arts
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Prince Charitable Trust
Polk Bros. Foundation
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Jade
$10,000- $24,999
Mary Barnes Donnelley Foundation
Peoples Gas Community Fund
The Nordson Corporation Foundation
Frankel Foundation
Gross Foundation
McMaster-Carr Supply Company
Shubert Foundation Inc.
U.S. Bank Foundation
Circle of Service Foundation
Allstate Insurance Company
ComEd An Exelon Company
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Onxy
$5,000 - $9,999
Charity & Associates
Dr. Scholl Foundation
JPMorgan Chase
Ujamaa Construction, Inc.
Union Pacific Foundation
Ivanhoe Theater Foundation
TIAA
Garnet
$500-$4,999
Caryl H. and Bernard M. Susman Family Foundation
Essendant Charitable Foundation
Carnegie Corp of New York
John D. Butler Family Fund - Margaret S. & Philip D. Block, Jr. Family Foundation
Sarah Siddons Society
Sidetrack
The Alvin Marley Foundation
Hyman & Susan Feldman Family Foundation
Shippy Foundation
McGraw Foundation
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
The Alvin Marley Foundation
Facebook/Meta
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Black Ensemble Theater proudly recognizes our
individual t donors for their generous support of our work
VISIONARY
$50,000 and above
Tom Hurvis
James and Esther Bryan
CATALYST
$25,000 - $49,999
Jeannie Adams
Gwen Cohen
Mark J. Johns
Sam & Dona Scott
Don and Liz Thompson
SUBSTAINERS
$10,000 - $24.999
Charles Calloway
Michele Hooper
Nelson Koopman
Julia Stasch
Walter Stearns
TRANSFORMERS
$5,000 - $9,999
Anthony Akindele
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
and Kerry James Marshall
Jean Fishbeck
Ola and Aljahi Gardner
Cecelia & Larry Menaker
Andrew Payne
Natalie Spears
Verdine White
Andrea Zopp
Jeffrey Zurlinden
MAGIC CIRCLE
$2,500 - $4,999
Lona C Bibbs
Karen Bowie
Thomas & Adrienne Crosby
Gary & Lori Kash
Michael and Jacqueline Lewis
Jacqueline Martin
Toni Preckwinkle
Tynnetta Qaiyim
Ron Redd
Cynthia Schlesinger
Helen Shiller
John Supera
Robert and Stephany Yarbrough
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NEXT STAGE
$1,000 - $2,499
Jimmy Akintonde
Sandra Baker
Herbert & Alice Beck
Alexis Bell
Linda Boasmond
Shawn Brown
Gladys Coleman
Mary Ann Cronin
Susan Daniel
Diane Day
Crouch Dianne
James Dodson
Prentice & Kathy Hardin Earl
Melanie Ehrhart
Charles Gardner
Norman Goldring
Lois Gueno
Dr. Vinni Hall
Betty Henson
Henry Hicks
Tanya Humphrey
Norman James
Robert L. Johnson
Patricia Kay
Karen Lohss
Pamela Mayo
Mary Elizabeth McAvoy
Gregory McWright
Jerry & Grace Newton
Doris Newton
Thomas Reece
Tem & Linda Sagan Harrier
Jan Schakowsky
Roche Schulfer
Melvin Scott
Robert Sharfman
Sam Toia
Monroe and Loretta C Walton
Eric Warner
Jeremiah Williams
LaRoi Williams
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SPECIAL FRIENDS
$500-$999
Clotia Abbey-Mensah
Deborah Anderson
Lois Basil
Patricia Bayerlein
Velma Butler
Marilyn Cantisano
Shirley Carter
Yvette Christman
Libby & Steve Cummings
John Cusick
Michelle Davis
Amania Drane
George Ellison Jr
Barbara Gaines
Larry Gerber
Loretta Jackson
McReynolds Janis
Saretta Joyner
Carol Lee
Larry Loving
Arlynn Manasse
John McCambridge
Erica Meyer
Davis Michelle
Josina Morita
Joan Owens
Joseph Perillo
Desi Pratt
Kathleen Prendergast
Barbara Provus
Patrick Quinn
Barbara Reeder
Ed and Lavada Robinson
Buff Rosen Boyd
Toni S. Smith
Jason Stapleton
Jeanette Sublett
Susan Suchy
Carol Taylor
Lorenza Taylor
Wynetta Thomas
Bridget Van Eekeren
Lawrence Ware
Sherry Williams
Edward Wittrig
FRIENDS
$200 - $499
Patricia Adams
Michael Allen
Gary Alveranga
Lewis Anderson
Dwayne Bell
Lottie Bell
Pamela Black
Sandra Blau
Elijah Brewer iii
Carol Brook
Margaret Busic
Cynthia Carr
Patricia Cawley
Marie Chan
Mark Chester
Audrey Cooper-Stanton
Sharon Cross
Michelle Darang-Coleman
Bailey Desai
Kristen Driscoll
Darlene Eady
Michael Epton
Candice Evans
Kristin Faust
Karen Fleshman
Niles Frantz
Donna Germany
Greg Gershuny
Requel Gibson
Alyceson Gillespie
Thomas R. Green
Trent Harville
Melvin Houston
Irene Hurley
John Ivory
Deborah Jefferson
Morgan Johnson
Ore Jones
Susan Leske
Alyson Lyon
Stavros Maltezos
Alvin Marley
Ray McElroy
Terri Michaels
Jeri Miglietta
Joshua Mintz
Ruth Moore
Rahsaan Clark & Alyce Morris
Clarence Parham
Lawrence J & Jacqueline Richardson
Jan Ross
Steven A. Salzman
Lydia Sawyer
Erik Schwab
Paul Senegal
Crystal Stevenson
Karon Stewart
Sherry West-Paul
Marilynn Wharton
Saundra Wheeler
Gene and Sharon Whitehorn
Monica Wilkins
Ann C Williams
Laurita Williams
Jane Yakushiji
Pamela Young