THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS
Includes donors who made gifts between January 2024 and December 2024.
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
City of Chicago - Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Fidelity Foundations
Funding Good Chaos
Hearst Foundation
SAPPHIRE
$50,000 - $99,999
Caerus Foundation
Chicago's Cultural Treasures
Illinois Arts Council Agency
The Joyce Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
RUBY
$25,000-$49,000
Abbott Fund
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
BMO
Illinois Department of Human Services
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Prince Charitable Trusts
Polk Bros. Foundation
Seabury Foundation
JADE
$10,000- $24,999
Allstate Insurance Company
Charity & Associates
ComEd An Exelon Company
Field Foundation
Maurice R. and Meta G. Gross Foundation
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Peoples Gas Community Fund
Shubert Foundation Inc.
Theater League of Kansas City/Theatre Communications Group
U.S. Bank Foundation
ONYX
$5,000 - $9,999
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Shippy Foundation
Union Pacific Foundation
TIAA
Yip Harburg Foundation
GARNET
$500-$4,999
Essendant Charitable Foundation
Carnegie Corp of New York
Margaret S. & Philip D. Block, Jr. Family Foundation
Alvin Marley Foundation
McGraw Foundation
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Black Ensemble Theater proudly recognizes our
individual donors for their generous support of our work.
VISIONARY
$50,000 and above
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
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
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