Major Support for ADF’s 2024 Season
Foundation, Government, and Corporate $1,000+ Contributors as of October 1, 2024.
This season is made possible through the generous support of the SHS Foundation and Duke University.
Visionary
$100,000 or more
Innovator
$45,000–$99,999
Producer
$25,000–$44,999
Sustainer
$10,000–$24,999
Pioneer
$5,000–$9,999
Creator
$2,500–$4,999
Investor
$1,000–$2,499
2024 ADF Fund Contributors
Includes contributions and pledges received October 1, 2023 through September 25, 2024
VISIONARY $100,000+
Nathan M. Clark Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Duke University *
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust
SHS Foundation
INNOVATOR $45,000+
Anonymous
Jody and John Arnhold/
The Arnhold Foundation
The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
North Carolina Arts Council
The Shubert Foundation
PRODUCER $25,000+
City of Durham
Fox Family Foundation
Barbara and Sebastian Scripps
Wendy E. Scripps Foundation
SUSTAINER $10,000+
Anonymous
Forest at Duke
Susan and Michael Hershfield
Herbert Juli
Mary Love May and Paul Gabrielson
Curt C. Myers
Jessica L. Pierce, in memory of Hugh M. Rosenthal
Charles L. Reinhart
The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts
The Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation
Taiwan Academy of TECRO/
Ministry of Culture in Taiwan
Anne Wall Thomas
Triangle Media Partners +
PIONEER $5,000+
Suzanne Begnoche and Pavan Reddy
Bernard and Stacey Bell
Alison S. Bowes
Brenda Brodie
Richard and Ford Hibbits
Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club *
Gene and Diane Linfors
Mad Hatter’s Café and Bakeshop/
Saladelia Café *
Jonathan and Christine Mark
Carlton Midyette and Marjorie Hodges
New England Foundation for the Arts
Parizäde
Caroline and Arthur Rogers III
Judith Sagan
Rosemarie Sweeney, in memory of Tom Kunz
South Arts
Tallman Trask III
CREATOR $2,500+
Nancy and Tom Carstens
Chet Miller/Parker and Otis *
Craven Allen Gallery/House of Frames *
The Israel Center at Jewish for Good
Lynn and Daniel Langmeyer
David and Suzanne White Manning Synergic (P)arts Fund
OAL Foundation, in memory of Kent Simmons
Dr. Eugene Oddone and Dr. Grace Couchman
SPAIN-USA Foundation
INVESTOR $1,000+
Ingrid and Jason Amsden
Anonymous
Anonymous, in honor of Patricia E. Jones
Sarah and Christopher Bean
Melinda Beck and David Thomas
Sue Bielawski
Blackman & Sloop, CPAs
The Bullock Family
Kathy Burk
Chris and Angela Combs
Sharon Connelly, in memory of Martha and Gerry Myers
C.T. Wilson Construction Company
Rachel M. Davies
Deborah Demott
Andrea Didisheim and Evan Yassky
Mia and Scott Doron
Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation
Rachelle Feldman and Paul Raczynski
Dr. James A. Frazier
Gateway Building Company
Misty and John Gay
Pamela and Isaac Green
Petra and Helmut Gulde
Susan T. Hall
Hamilton Hill Jewelry
Jewelsmith
David Delaney Mayer
Measurement Durham LLC
Tom Mitchell and Jill Over
Angel Nieves
Jodee Nimerichter and Gaspard Louis
Ninth Street Flowers *
Nan and Tim Prout Charitable Fund
Gerry Riveros, in memory of Gay Bradley
Silverback Foundation
Vincent and Ethel Simonetti, in memory of Ethel Tison Chaffin
Mindy and Guy Solie
Helen and Richard Tapper
Susan Van Eyck
LEADER $500+
Elizabeth Amend
Anonymous
Asian Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University
Don Ball
Mimi Bull, in honor of Charles Reinhart and in memory of Stephanie Reinhart
Janice Christensen
Croasdaile Country Club *
Dancing Angels Foundation
Leigh W. Dillard
Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. *
Doris and Marv Elkin
James and Jane Finch
First Insurance Services, Inc.
Laura and Bob Gutman
Angela Hodge and Adnan Nasir
Jane Kestenbaum and Stewart Johnson
Little Waves Coffee Roasters
JP Morgan Chase, Jeremy Fisher
Rob Maddrey and Mark Tulbert
Jill Madsen
Rikki Mangrum and Michael Freedberg
Edward and Connie McCraw
Rose Mills and Jeffrey Collins
Larry Mintz
Susan and Raphael Orenstein
Richard Paschal and Helen Buiskool
Mary Regan
Dr. Peter Reynolds
Sandy and Arthur Rogers, Jr.
Heather Larson Shaw ^
Steven Silverleaf
Stephanie Simon
Drs. Debara Tucci and Kevan VanLandingham
COLLABORATOR $250+
Ellen and Phil Baer
Patricia V. Basta
Sheldon Becker
Sasha Berghausen, in memory of Sara Seten Berghausen
Barbara V. Braatz
Carol and Webb Burgess **
Sarah Carlson **
Amy Chavasse, in memory of Rodger Belman
Linda Y. Cooper and John Wasson, Jr.
Janet Dale
Mary Kay Delaney and Fritz Mayer, in honor of David Mayer and Tony Johnson
Muki W. Fairchild and Charles Keith
Sarah and Howard Francis **
Milo Fryling and Pamela Alberda
Stephen Gheen and Cathy Moore
Lucy and John Grant
Thurman Grove and Tracy Traer
Charlotte and Andrew Holton
Robert Jankowski
Harriet Juli
Nathan and Brianne Kibler, in honor of Cynthia Wyse
William A. and Ann C. Kirkland
Dr. Michael Lancaster, in honor of Marjorie Lancaster
COLLABORATOR $250+ (continued)
Geri LaPlaca **
Lisa J. McQuay
Beth Navon
Mimi O’Brien
Patricia Petersen and Douglas Young
Rao Family Foundation
Wendy and Gilbert Smith
Andrea Snyder
The Svetkey – van der Horst Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
Nancy Trovillion and Jamie Wallace
Laura and David Weisberg-Wong, in honor of Jodee Nimerichter
Mike and Abby Zimmerman, in memory of Mary Ellen Soles
ENTHUSIAST $100+
Erica and Josh Alexander
Anonymous x5
Kathy and David Bartlett in memory of Richard Morgan**
Steve and Pat Bocckino **
Dorothy Rose Borden
Karen Campbell and Bob Galloway
Carol Cappelletti
Carolyn Dalby
Ruth S. Day
Robin L. Dennis
Sarah Deutsch
John F. Dorsey
Downtown Durham, Inc., in memory of Richard Morgan
Adriane Fang ^
Amy Ginsburg and Andy Maynard, in memory of Carol Richard
Priscilla A. Guild
Bob and Chelley Gutin
Jane Hoppin
Joseph and Julia Horrigan
Julie and Bill Beard
M. Huey
Kae Huggins
Myra and Kevin Kane
Robert Keifer, in memory of Richard Morgan
Shelley and Steve Keir
Katherine Kennedy
Brian Lassiter, in memory of Richard Morgan
Beth and Jim Maxwell, in memory of Richard Morgan
Leona A. Miller
Hank Majestic
Elaine and Lee Marcus
Barry Nakell
Jennifer Nash| Nash Family Fund
Beth Owen
Walter Parker
Linda and David Passman
Claire Porter
Melodie Griffin Pugh
Susan Ross and Tom Hadzor
Sandra Scheuber~
Steve Schewel and Lao Roberts, in memory of Richard Morgan
Scott Shore and Rebecca Boston
Anne Shortliffe and Richard Ward, in memory of Rodger Belman
Susan Skinner, in memory of Richard Morgan
ENTHUSIAST $100+ (continued)
Dana L. Smith
Karen Soskin and Stephen Haskin
Ellen Stone
Alan Teasley and Andrew Wheeler
Katrin Thompson, in honor of Gerri Houlihan
Elizabeth Thornhill
Robert W. Upchurch
Tina Vasquez
Art Waber and Alyson Colwell-Waber, in memory of Joan Certa-Moore
Anna Waller and Steve Marshall
Mary West Water
Lynn E. Whitaker
Allen and Claire Wilcox
Lyell and Paul Wright, in memory of Richard Morgan ~
FRIEND $1-$99
Anonymous
Maura Berry
Evelyn S. Bloch and family
Julia Borbely-Brown **
Buynitzky Family **
Joy Davis
Chris and Jennifer Dawson
Helen Drivas
Daniel Ellison
Barbara and Peter Fish
Linda Florio and Mark Roman, in honor of Tony Johnson
Amy Gelfand
Gary and Pela Gereffi
Natalie Gilbert
Jane Goldberg, in honor of Arthur Goldberg **
John Hanks and Rebecca Hutchins **
Patrizia Herminjard
Susan and John House
William Kirwan
Andy Knapp
James Lent
Patricia Manning, in memory of Stephanie Reinhart
Meredith Mayer
Amey Miller and David Kuel
JB Nye
Thomas Plesec
Jonathan Probber**
Martin L. Sanderson, in memory of Richard Morgan
Tanya Schreiber
Kate Shirah
Sarah Stone
Gale N. Touger
Dorothy Marie Uhl **
Marya Ursin
Carolyn Valahu
Laurette Wright, in memory of Richard Morgan
CONTRIBUTOR KEY
* In-Kind Community Partner
+ Media Sponsor
** Scripps Studios Endowment Fund
^ Tony C. Johnson Scholarship Fund
~ Gerri Houlihan Scholarship Fund
Jocelyn Alter
Akirah Ankum
Jamie Arnold
Sarah Lanners Avinger
Elaine Bayless
Sarah Adams Bean
Sarah Bowdoin
Ellen Brown
BSides RDU
Caroline Calouche
Rosie Canizares
Gregory Catellier, in memory of Nancy Stark-Smith
David Chase
Jordin Chavis
Li Chiao-Ping
Toya Chinfloo
Kevin Clark
Alexis Colker
ShaLeigh Comerford, in memory of John Brinkman
Caleigh Crane
Mia Crider
Brooke Crutcher
Aislinn Curran
Danielle Currica
Jamie Doughty
Kayla Farrish
Ardyn Flynt
Kristin Gajdica
Josee Garant
Victoria Gintautiene
Gabriele Gossner, in honor of Nancy Trovillion
ALUMNI CAMPAIGN
Mark Haim, in memory of Martha Myers, Doris Rudko, and Bessie Schönberg
Jason Hartley
Emily Haussler
Ellis Hesler
Kevin Higgins
Diana Hoffmaster
Gerri Houlihan
EW Humphrey Foundation
Kisaye James
Tony C. Johnson
Carmen Jones
Lori N. Jones
TJ Jaworski
Sara Juli
Kate Kadoun, in memory of Stephanie Reinhart
Kirstin Kapustik
Larry Keigwin
Parisa Khobdeh
Heather Klopchin
Annie Lea
Sarah Lemmo
Xiao Liang
Kristen Lucas
William M. Lynch
Lori Madl
Megan Mazarick
Johnnie Cruise Mercer
Taylor Murphy
Beth Navon
Momar Ndiaye
Otto Nelson Jr.
Jodee Nimerichter
Lexi Ovenden, in honor of David Ferri
Clio Pappas
Deborah West Panagacos
Garrett Parker
Reiko Pathko
Ann Patton
Sara Procopio
Ariane Malia Reinhart, in honor of Jodee Nimerichter
Kelsey Riner
Jeanne Ruddy Keen
Olivia Ruggieri
Kelsy Rupp
Nile H. Russell
Loren Sass
Sandra Scheuber
Ray Eliot Schwartz
Jennifer Scully-Thurston
Emmalin Simmons
Michelle Slavik
Candy Spahr
Maria Sbityakov
Rebecca Steinbach
Jim Sutton
Julia Thacker
Sarah Tondu
Nancy Trovillion, in honor of Lisa Booth
Art Waber and Alyson Colwell-Waber
Myra Weise
Madison Wesson
Courtney White
Kendra Windish
Cynthia Wyse
The Zachloe Family
Yitong Zhang
Halina Zychowicz