Major Support for ADF’s 2025 Season
Foundation, Government, and Corporate $1,000+ Contributors as of June 3, 2025.
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
2025 ADF Contributors
Includes contributions and pledges received October 1, 2024 through June 3, 2025.
VISIONARY $100,000+
Nathan M. Clark Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Duke University *
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust
J. Sebastian Scripps
Wendy E. Scripps Foundation
SHS Foundation
INNOVATOR $45,000+
Anonymous
Jody and John Arnhold/
The Arnhold Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
North Carolina Arts Council
The Shubert Foundation
PRODUCER $25,000+
City of Durham
Culture Ireland
Fox Family Foundation
Robert K. Kellogg Revocable Trust
The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
SUSTAINER $10,000+
Anonymous
Cary, NC
Forest at Duke
Susan and Michael Hershfield
Herbert Juli
Mary Love May and Paul Gabrielson
Curt C. Myers
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Charles L. Reinhart
The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts
The Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation
Rosemarie Sweeney, in memory of Tom Kunz
Taiwan Academy of TECRO/ Ministry of Culture in Taiwan
Tallman Trask III
Triangle Media Partners +
United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County
PIONEER $5,000+
Anonymous, in memory of Kent Simons
Suzanne Begnoche and Pavan Reddy
Bernard Bell and Stacey Cole Bell
Sarah L. Bingham
Alison S. Bowes **
Brenda Brodie
Durham Arts Council
Harkness Foundation
JB Duke Hotel/Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club *
The Jones Dance Education Scholarship Fund
Mad Hatter’s Café and Bakeshop/ Saladelia Café *
Christine and Jonathan Mark
Carlton Midyette and Marjorie Hodges
Owls Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Parizäde *
Caroline and Arthur Rogers III
CREATOR $2,500+
Bullock Family
Nancy and Tom Carstens **
Chet Miller/Parker & Otis *
Craven Allen Gallery/House of Frames *
Richard and Ford Hibbits
The Israel Center at Jewish for Good
Lynn and Daniel Langmeyer
Geri LaPlaca **
Gene and Diane Linfors
Jodee Nimerichter and Gaspard Louis **~
Dr. Eugene Oddone and Dr. Grace Couchman
SPAIN-USA Foundation
INVESTOR $1,000+
Anonymous x2
Anonymous, in honor of Patricia E. Jones
The Appliance Center (Stu and Stevie Stewart)
Sarah and Christopher Bean, in memory of Martha Myers ~
Melinda Beck and David Thomas
Sue Bielawski
Blackman & Sloop, CPAs
Kathy Burk
The Cassilhaus Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
Chris and Angela Combs
Sharon M. Connelly, in memory of Martha and Gerry Myers
C.T. Wilson Construction Company
Deborah Demott
Doris Elkin **
Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation
Suzanne Faber
Rachelle Feldman and Paul Raczynski
Dr. James A. Frazier
Gateway Building Company
Helmut and Petra Gulde
Sarah Hill
Jewelsmith
Jonathan and Jenny Leinbach
Measurement Durham LLC
Pottebaum Ramaswamy Charitable Fund
Gerry Riveros, in memory of Gay Bradley
Anya Peterson Royce, in memory of
Judith Jamison
Mindy and Guy Solie
Helen and Richard Tapper
Susan Van Eyck
LEADER $500+
Saundra Anderson, in memory of Jay Anderson
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at
Duke University
Donatello Ball
Carol and Webb Burgess **
Rosie Canizares ~
Amy Chavasse, in memory of Rodger Belman~
Janice Christensen
Jeffrey Collins and Rose Mills
Leigh W. Dillard **
Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. *
James and Jane Finch
First Insurance Services, Inc.
Sarah and Howard Francis
Misty and John Gay
Pamela and Isaac Green
Hamilton Hill Jewelry **
Angela Hodge and Adnan Nasir **
Kathy Jo Kadoun ~
Jane Kestenbaum and Stewart Johnson **
Rob Maddrey and Mark Tulbert
Edward and Connie McCraw
Margaret O’Brien, in honor of
Jodee Nimerichter **
John Victor Orth
Deanna and Michael Ovenden
Richard Paschal and Helen Buiskool
Nan and Tim Prout Charitable Fund
Mary Regan
Sandy and Art Rogers, in honor of Caroline and Arthur Rogers
The Silverback Foundation
Steven Silverleaf
Stephanie Simon
Dr. Debara Tucci and Kevan VanLandingham
Wellspring Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
COLLABORATOR $250+
Anonymous **~
Eileen and Lowell Aptman
Ellen and Phil Baer
Elaine Bayless **~
Sheldon Becker
Mimi Bull, in honor of Charles Reinhart and in memory of Stephanie Reinhart
The Common Market
Diane and Chuck Catotti
Mary Kay Delaney, in honor of
David Delaney Mayer
Muki W. Fairchild
Josée Garant ~
Mary Wall Garren, in memory of Lula M. Wall and Anne Wall Thomas
John and Lucy Grant
Charlotte and Andrew Holton
Gerri Houlihan **
Myra and Kevin Kane
Dr. Michael Lancaster, in honor of
Marjorie Lancaster
Cathy Moore and Stephen Gheen
Lisa J. McQuay
Beth Navon
Karla Owen ~
Laura Paul and Paul Messier, in memory of Lisa Booth **
Philip Pavlik **
Patricia Petersen and Douglas Young
Ponysaurus Brewing Co. *
Rao Family Foundation
Dr. Peter Reynolds
Olivia Ruggieri ~
Heather Larson Shaw ^
Vincent and Ethel Simonetti, in memory of Ethel Tison Chaffin, ADF pioneer
South Arts
The Svetkey – van der Horst Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
Alice and Clarke Thacher Charitable Fund
Laura Weisberg and David Wong, in honor of Dianne McIntyre
Allen and Claire Wilcox
Anonymous x2
Patricia V. Basta
Laura Benedict and John Morris
BLOK Architecture **
Caroline Calouche ~
Karen Campbell and Bob Galloway
Carol Cappelletti
Gregory Catellier ~
Li Chiao-Ping ~
Aislinn Curran ~
Al and Karen Crumbliss
Janet Dale
Duke Dang and Charles Rosen
Lynda Davis
Robin L. Dennis
Sarah Deutsch
John Dorsey
Eastcut Sandwich Bar *
Anne Fletcher and Paul Bryan
Milo Fryling and Pamela Alberda
Kristin Gajdica ~
Victoria Gaydeski **
Amy Ginsburg and Andy Maynard, in memory of Carol Richard
Priscilla A. Guild
Mark Haim ~
Tom and Polly Harris
Diana Hoffmaster ~
Jane Hoppin
Joseph P. Horrigan
M. Huey
Rebecca Hutchins and John Hanks
Robert Jankowski **
Lori Jones ~
Cindy K. and Thomas J. Cook
Kirstin Kapustik ~
Shelley and Steve Keir
Steve and Jane Kelly
Katherine Kennedy
Joel Lutterman and Leona Miller
The Mad Popper Gourmet Popcorn Shop *
Hank Majestic
Sarah Muti ~
Patricia Mydlow
Barry Nakell
Momar Ndiaye ~
Ninth Street Bakery *
Julie Nye **
Linda Passman
Penzias Coaching
Jonathan Probber, in memory of
Jay “Lenscap” Anderson
Claudia Howard Queen
Susan Ross and Tom Hadzor
Nile Russell ~
Scott Shore and Rebecca Boston
Anne Shortliffe, in honor of Sean Sullivan
Dana L. Smith
Karen Soskin and Stephen Haskin
Ellen Stone
Alan Teasley and Andrew Wheeler
Katrin Thompson, in honor of Gerri Houlihan **
Art Waber and Alyson Colwell-Waber
Anna Waller and Steve Marshall
Laura Weisberg, in honor of Lillian Weisberg **
Myra Weise ~
Lynn Whitaker
Chloe Williams ~
FRIEND $1-$99
Jocelyn Alter ~
Anonymous x3
Steve and Pat Bocckino
Boggan Family, in honor of Tony Johnson
Julia Borberly-Brown
David Chase ~
Linda Y. Cooper and John Wasson, Jr.
ShaLeigh Comerford ~
Lynn Doblin, in honor of Sue Hill
Jamie Doughty ~
Lauren Edman
Daniel Ellison
Linda Florio and Mark Roman ^
Ardyn Flynt ~
Emily Haussler ~
Patrizia Herminjard
Susan and John House
Leeya Jackson
JP Morgan Chase, Jeremy and Katie Fisher
Sara Juli and Chris Ajemian
James Lent
Patricia Manning, in memory of
Stephanie Reinhart
Amey Miller and Davis Kiel
Sy and Patricia Robbins
Kate Shirah
Tovah Wax and Lucjan Moldzak
Cynthia Wyse ~
Sandra Zellinger
CONTRIBUTOR KEY
* In-Kind Community Partner
+ Media Sponsor
** Scripps Studios Endowment Fund
^ Tony C. Johnson Scholarship Fund
~ Alumni Network
Anonymous x3
Jee Eun Ahn
Toneta Akers-Toler
Erica and Josh Alexander
Elizabeth Amend
Deborah Ballard
Elaine Bayless
Sarah and Christopher Bean
Dr. Linda C. Belans
Susan Bernstein and Al Vaskas
Alison S. Bowes
Carol and Webb Burgess
Ninna and Caitlin Burkill
Brian Brooks
Sarah Carlson
Jody Cassell
Jo and Jim Carpenter
Nancy and Tom Carstens
Amy Chavasse
Cara Clark
Alyson Colwell-Waber
Mauri Connors and Brooks Emanuel
Robbie Cook
Linda Y. Cooper
Andrew Curthoys
Dance Assembly NC
(Caitlyn Schrader & Carrie Plew)
Mindy Demchak
Tatiana Desardouin
Beth Desmond
Barbara Dickinson
Andrea Didisheim and Evan Yassky
Leigh Williams Dillard
Peter DiMuro
Duke Dance Program
Nancy J. Duncan
Annie Dwyer
Sue and Kelly Fast
Jen Feldman
Eric and Roberta Fliss
Dr. James A. Frazier
Alison M. Friedman
Natalie Gilbert
Kaitlyn Granda
Jill Green
Jiwan Ha
John Hanks and Rebecca Hutchins
Les Harmon and Brooks Skinner
Sha Harrell
Austin Hartel and Thyrsa Da Rosa
Susan Hartley
Ellen Hemphill
Susan Hill
Diana and Anthony Hoffmaster
Joy Houlihan-Brenner and Richard Brenner
Tom and Myla Houlihan
Jodee, Gaspard, Dahlia, and Preston
Tony C. Johnson
Herbert Juli
Nicole Juralewicz
Kristiana Kaleb
Bill and Christina Kelly
YangKeun Kim
Patricia Lent
Jenny Levine
Anna Lewis
Daniel Lewis
Annabel Lopez
Kimberly Macdonald
Christine and Jonathan Mark
Gerri McGuire
Gayle Miller, in memory of Marty Reingold
Parisa Moghaddassi
Jacqueline G. Morgan
Sarah and Niccoló Muti
Curt C. Myers
Emma Nadeau
Beth Navon
Sue Nil
Momar Ndiaye
Flora O’Brien
Lauriane Ogay
Claire Osgood
Lexi Ovenden and Serhiy Titarenko
John Parton
Michelle Pearson
Melissa Chris Peng
P.S.W.
Steve Pulling
Josephine Rand
Frumet Raskin-Miller
Susan L. Reeves
Mary Regan
Charles L. Reinhart
Kathleen Rickert
Jenna Riegel
Gretchen and Judy Romanowski
Judy Sagan
Sandra Scheuber
Beth Seaton
Jennifer and Christopher Scully-Thurston
Tanu Sharma
Diane and Clay Shepherd
Anastasia Shumake
Ethel Simonetti
Sydney Sirkin
Susan M. Skrzycki
Charlie Slender-White
Rick Southerland and Jaymes Osborne
Anna Sperber
Peter Stathas Dance
April Strickland
Bethany Miller Sullivan
Sean and B.J. Sullivan
Laura Thomasson
Katrin Thompson
Holden Akers-Toler
Toneta Akers-Toler
Nancy Trovillion and Jamie Wallace
Satoko Umeda
Marya Ursin
Dan Van Note
Art Waber and Alyson Colwell-Waber
Betsy Ward-Hutchinson
Lyell and Paul Wright
Abigail Yager