Major Support for ADF’s 2023 Season
Foundation, Government, and Corporate $1,000+ Contributors as of February 1, 2023.
This season is made possible through the generous support of the SHS Foundation and Duke University.
Visionary
$100,000 or more





Innovator
$50,000–$99,999

Producer
$25,000–$49,999








Sustainer
$10,000–$24,999






Pioneer
$5,000–$9,999









Creator
$2,500–$4,999


Investor
$1,000–$2,499




2023 ADF Fund Contributors
Includes contributions received October 1, 2022 through March 1, 2023
VISIONARY $100,000+
Nathan M. Clark Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Duke University
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
SHS Foundation
INNOVATOR $50,000+
National Endowment for the Arts
PRODUCER $25,000+
Anonymous
Jody and John Arnhold/
Arnhold Foundation
Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
City of Durham
Fox Family Foundation
Barbara and Sebastian Scripps
Wendy E. Scripps Foundation
The Ester and Otto Seligmann Foundation
SUSTAINER $10,000+
Asian Cultural Council
Durham Magazine – Triangle Digital +
The Forest at Duke
Susan and Michael Hershfield
Parkinson’s Foundation
Jessica L. Pierce, in memory of Hugh M. Rosenthal
Adam Reinhart
RTI International
Trust for Mutual Understanding
PIONEER $5,000+
Alison S. Bowes
Brenda Brodie
Durham Arts Council
The Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation
John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation
Harkness Foundation for Dance
The Jones Dance Education Scholarship
Herbert Juli Family Fund at The Miami Foundation
Gene and Diane Linfors
Jonathan and Christine Mark
Mary Love May and Paul Gabrielson
The Nasher Museum of Art
New England Foundation for the Arts
Parizade *
South Arts
Tallman Trask III
Taiwan Academy
CREATOR $2,500+
Melinda Beck and David Thomas
Suzanne Begnoche and Pavan Reddy
Craven Allen *
Dr. Eugene Oddone and
Dr. Grace Couchman
SPAIN-USA Foundation
INVESTOR $1,000+
Sarah and Christopher Bean, in memory of Martha Myers
Blackman & Sloop
Ellen Cassilly and Frank Konhaus
Chris and Angela Combs
Dancing Angels Foundation
Deborah Demott
Joseph Fedrowitz and Mitchell Vann, in memory of Martha Myers
Misty and John Gay
Susan E. Hartley Giving Fund, in honor of Patricia E. Jones
Jewelsmith
Larry Keigwin
Tom Mitchell and Jill Over
Nan and Tim Prout Charitable Fund
Silverback Foundation
C.T. Wilson Construction Company
LEADER $500+
Elizabeth M. Amend
Rosie Canizares
Janice Christensen
Rachel Davies
Andrea Didisheim and Evan Yassky
Doris and Marv Elkin
Rebecca and Bruce Elvin
James and Jane Finch
Niti Goel and Dennis Walling
The Hodge Family
Kate Kadoun, in memory of Stephanie Reinhart
Lynn and Daniel Langmeyer
Rikki Mangrum
Edward and Connie McCraw
Richard Paschal and Helen Buiskool
LEADER $500+ (continued)
Steven Silverleaf
The Svetkey – van der Horst Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
Helen and Richard Tapper
John Tomlinson and Richard Chen See
Debara Tucci, MD and
Kevan VanLandingham, MD
COLLABORATOR $250+
Sheldon Becker
Sasha Berghausen, in memory of
Sara Seten Berghausen
Barbara V. Braatz
Mimi Bull, in honor of Charles Reinhart and in memory of Stephanie Reinhart
Carol Weisberg Burgess, Artworks/the Studio
Amy Chavasse, in memory of Rodger Belman
Scotti Harwood and Dan Dunlop
Charlotte and Andrew Holton
Myra and Kevin Kane
Dr. Michael Lancaster, in honor of
Marjorie Lancaster
Geri LaPlaca
Rob Maddrey and Mark Tulbert
Hank Majestic
Lisa J. McQuay
Rose Mills and Jeffrey Collins
Larry Mintz, in memory of Eileen Greenbaum
Cathy Moore and Stephen Gheen, in honor
of Parkinson’s Movement Initiative
Beth Navon
Kathy and Dan O’Reilly
Philip Pavlik
Patricia Petersen and Douglas Young
COLLABORATOR 250+ (continued)
Olivia Ruggieri
Anne Wall Thomas
ENTHUSIAST $100+
Anonymous x6
Patricia V. Basta
Laura Benedict and John Morris
Karen Campbell and Bob Galloway
Carol Cappelletti
Diane and Chuck Catotti
Linda Y. Cooper and John Wasson, Jr.
Al and Karen Crumbliss
Robin L. Dennis
Beth Desmond
Sarah Deutsch
Milo Fryling and Pamela Alberda
Amy Ginsburg and Andy Maynard, in memory of Carol Richard
Priscilla A. Guild
Treat Harvey, in honor of Jodee Nimerichter and Gaspard Louis
Morgan Henis
Jane Hoppin
Joseph Horrigan
M. Huey
Robert Jankowski
Harriet Juli
Shelley and Steve Keir
Katherine Kennedy
Kristen Leon and Shane Mongar
David Manning
Elaine and Lee Marcus
Claudia Howard Queen
Susan Ross and Tom Hadzor
ENTHUSIAST 100+ (continued)
Steve Schewel and Lao Rubert, in honor of
Jodee Nimerichter
Scott Shore and Rebecca Boston
Anne Shortliffe and Richard Ward
Olivia Singleton
Paula Jean Stober
Ellen Stone
Kerrie Thomas
Art Waber and Alyson Colwell-Waber
Anna Waller and Steve Marshall
Kathleen and Roger Webster
Lynn E. Whitaker
Chloe Williams and Zachary Mitchell
FRIEND ($1-$99)
Anonymous x2
Kathryn Andolsek
Julia Borbely-Brown
Dorothy Rose Borden
Janis Brenner, in honor of Jodee Nimerichter
Conetic Dance Theatre, in memory of
Martha Myers
Sharon M. Connelly
Ellie Craven
Christopher and Jennifer Dawson
Jamie Doughty
Holly Richards Dudley, in memory of
Gail Lauer
Joseph and Susan Elinoff
Barbara and Peter Fish
Gary and Pela Gereffi
Patrizia Herminjard
Julie and Bill Horton
Olivia Issa
Tony C. Johnson
FRIEND ($1-$99) continued
Mary Beth Knight
James Lent and Christina Christopoulos
Douglas Merrill
Sy and Patricia Robbins
Kate Shirah and Tom Johnson
Andrea Snyder
Tovah Wax and Lucjan Moldza
TONY JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Karin Abell
Ann-Louise Aguiar
Anonymous x5
Anonymous, in memory of Mark Kralj
Lauren Bordeaux
Diane and Michael Bowdoin
Helen Bowman
Nina Burkill
Christina Chia
Barbara Dickinson
Angela Flynn
Michael Klien
Nathan Logan
Shannon Lovell
J. Michael McMahon
Jodee Nimerichter and Gaspard Louis
Greg Palmer
Laurie Noto Parker, in honor of Garrett Parker
The Rev. Monnie Riggin
Ray Eliot Schwartz
Caitlyn Swett
Stefanie Tokiyama
Nancy Trovillion and Jamie Wallace
S. Avery Vigil
Susan Wallace
Johann Robert Wood
Cynthia Wyse
CONTRIBUTOR KEY
* In-Kind Community Partner
+ Media Sponsor