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Thank You

Major Support for ADF’s 2023 Season

Foundation, Government, and Corporate $1,000+ Contributors as of May 10, 2023.

This season is made possible through the generous support of the SHS Foundation and Duke University. 

Visionary

$100,000 or more

Samuel H. Scripps SHS Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Nathan M. Clark Foundation
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
Duke University
North Carolina Arts Council

Innovator

$40,000–$99,999

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Nathan M. Clark Foundation
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Nathan M. Clark Foundation
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation

Producer

$20,000–$39,999

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Nathan M. Clark Foundation
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
Duke University
North Carolina Arts Council

Sustainer

$10,000–$19,999

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Nathan M. Clark Foundation
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Nathan M. Clark Foundation
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Nathan M. Clark Foundation
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation

Pioneer

$5,000–$9,999

Harkness Foundation for Dance
John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Nathan M. Clark Foundation
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Nathan M. Clark Foundation
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation

Creator

$2,500–$4,999

Harkness Foundation for Dance

Investor

$1,000–$2,499

Harkness Foundation for Dance

2023 ADF Fund Contributors

Includes contributions and pledges received October 1, 2022 through August 17, 2023

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 $40,000+
Anonymous
Jody and John Arnhold/
The Arnhold Foundation
City of Durham
National Endowment for the Arts
North Carolina Arts Council
The Shubert Foundation

PRODUCER $20,000+
The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
Fox Family Foundation
Barbara and Sebastian Scripps
Wendy E. Scripps Foundation
The Esther and Otto Seligmann Foundation

SUSTAINER $10,000+
Asian Cultural Council
The Forest at Duke
Susan and Michael Hershfield
Curt C. Myers
Parkinson’s Foundation
David and Suzanne White Manning
Synergic (P)arts Fund
Jessica L. Pierce, in memory of
    Hugh M. Rosenthal
Adam Reinhart
Charles L. Reinhart
RTI International
Judith Sagan
The Scripps Family Fund
for Education and the Arts
Taiwan Academy of TECRO/Ministry of Culture
in Taiwan
Triangle Media Partners +
Trust for Mutual Understanding
United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County

PIONEER $5,000+
Alison S. Bowes
Brenda Brodie
Durham Arts Council
Susan T. Hall
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
Richard and Ford Hibbits
The Israel Center at Jewish for Good
JB Duke Hotel/
    Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club
The Jones Dance Education Scholarship
Herbert Juli
Korea Dance Abroad
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 *
Caroline and Arthur Rogers III
Judy Sagan
South Arts
Rosemarie Sweeney and Tom Kunz
Tallman Trask III

CREATOR $2,500+
Melinda Beck and David Thomas
Suzanne Begnoche and Pavan Reddy
Craven Allen *
Duke Energy Foundation
Carlton Midyette and Marjorie Hodges
Tom Mitchell and Jill Over
Jodee Nimerichter and Gaspard Louis
The OAL Foundation, in memory of Kent Simons
Dr. Eugene Oddone and Dr. Grace Couchman
SPAIN-USA Foundation

INVESTOR $1,000+
Elizabeth Amend
American Tobacco Campus
Jason and Ingrid Amsden
Anonymous x2
Anonymous, in honor of Patricia E. Jones
The Appliance Center (Stu and Stevie Stewart),     in memory of Gill Harwood
Elaine Bayless
Sarah and Christopher Bean, in memory of
    Martha Myers

Blackman & Sloop, CPAs
Bullock Family
Kathy Burk
Cassilhaus
Ellen Cassilly and Frank Konhaus
Chet Miller/ Parker and Otis
Chris and Angela Combs
Sharon Connelly, in memory of
    Martha and Gerry Myers
C.T. Wilson Construction Company
Dancing Angels Foundation
Deborah Demott
Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation
Ralf Etienne
Joseph Fedrowitz and Mitchell Vann,
    in memory of Martha Myers

Rachelle Feldman
Dr. James A. Frazier
Gateway Building Company
Misty and John Gay
Pamela and Isaac Green
Hamilton Hill Jewelry
Jewelsmith
Lynn and Daniel Langmeyer
Larry Keigwin
Leland Little Auctions
The Mad Hatter’s Café and Bakeshop
David Delaney Mayer
Measurement Durham LLC
Ninth Street Flowers
Owls Fund
Vicky Patton and Bob Chapman
Nan and Tim Prout Charitable Fund
Gerry Riveros and Gay Bradley
Saladelia Café
Silverback Foundation
Vincent and Ethel Simonetti
Susan Van Eyck

LEADER $500+
Anonymous
Asian Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University
Bleu Olive
Steve and Pat Bocckino
Rosie Canizares
Janice Christensen
Croasdaile Country Club
Rachel Davies
Andrea Didisheim and Evan Yassky
Doris and Marv Elkin
Rebecca and Bruce Elvin
James and Jane Finch
First Insurance Services, Inc.
The Goddard School
Niti Goel and Dennis Walling
Laura and Bob Gutman
The Hodge Family
Kate Kadoun, in memory of
    Stephanie Reinhart

Jane Kestenbaum and Stewart Johnson
Rikki Mangrum
Edward and Connie McCraw
Richard Paschal and Helen Buiskool
Mary Regan
Sandy and Arthur Rogers, Jr.
Steven Silverleaf
The Svetkey – van der Horst Fund
    of the Triangle Community Foundation
Helen and Richard Tapper
John Tomlinson and Richard Chen See
Nancy Trovillion and Jamie Wallace
Debara Tucci, MD and
    Kevan VanLandingham, MD
Wellspring Fund
    of the Triangle Community Foundation
The Widmark Family Fund
    of the Triangle Community Foundation
Woodhouse Spa North Hills

COLLABORATOR $250+
Erica and Josh Alexander
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
Carol Cappelletti
Amy Chavasse, in memory of Rodger Belman
Janet Dale
Robin L. Dennis
Doug and Salena Elish
Thurman Grove and Tracy Traer
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

COLLABORATOR 250+ (continued)
Kathy and Dan O’Reilly
Philip Pavlik
Patricia Petersen and Douglas Young
Ingrid and David Pisetsky
Dr. Peter Reynolds
Olivia Ruggieri
Anne Wall Thomas

ENTHUSIAST $100+
Anonymous x7
Margaret Avery
Patricia V. Basta
Laura Benedict and John Morris
Karen Campbell and Bob Galloway
Jo and Jim Carpenter
John Chaffin, made in honor of Ethel and    
    Vince Simonetti

Diane and Chuck Catotti
Conetic Dance Theatre, in memory of
    Martha Myers

Linda Y. Cooper and John Wasson, Jr.
Al and Karen Crumbliss
Carolyn Dalby
Robin L. Dennis
Kruti and Mehul Desai
Beth Desmond
Sarah Deutsch
Milo Fryling and Pamela Alberda
Amy Ginsburg and Andy Maynard,
    in memory of Carol Richard
Jill Green
Priscilla A. Guild
Bob and Chelley Gutin
Tom and Polly Harris
John Hanks and Rebecca Hutchins
Treat Harvey, in honor of 
    Jodee Nimerichter and Gaspard Louis

Morgan Henis
Diana and Anthony Hoffmaster
Brian Hogg
Jane Hoppin
Joseph Horrigan
Julie and Bill Horton
M. Huey
Robert Jankowski
Harriet Juli
Shelley and Steve Keir
Katherine Kennedy
Kristen Leon and Shane Mongar
Nicholas and Patricia Licari
David Manning, in memory of Suzanne Manning
Elaine and Lee Marcus
Mimi O’Brien
Claudia Howard Queen
Susan Ross and Tom Hadzor
Anya Petersen Royce
Steve Schewel and Lao Rubert,
    in honor of Jodee Nimerichter
Jamie Larowitz Sherman
Scott Shore and Rebecca Boston
Anne Shortliffe and Richard Ward
Olivia Singleton
Paula Jean Stober
Ellen Stone
Kerrie Thomas
Robert W. Upchurch
Art Waber and Alyson Colwell-Waber
Anna Waller and Steve Marshall
Kathleen and Roger Webster
Laura Weisberg and David Wong, in honor of
    Lillian and Sam Weisberg
Myra Weise, made in memory of Marcus White
Lynn E. Whitaker
Allen and Claire Wilcox
Chloe Williams and Zachary Mitchell

 

 

 FRIEND $1-$99
Anonymous x4
Kathryn Andolsek
Sanford Berg
Susan Bertelsen
Amy Beversdorf
Julia Borbely-Brown
Lindsay Bohen
Dorothy Rose Borden
Janis Brenner, in honor of
    Jodee Nimerichter
Carol Burk
Kelly Buynitzky
David Bynum
Elizabeth Carlin
Michael Cotter
Conetic Dance Theatre, in memory of
    Martha Myers

Ellie Craven
Christopher and Jennifer Dawson
Jamie Doughty
Holly Richards Dudley, in memory of
    Gail Lauer

Joseph and Susan Elinoff
Sonja Emerson
Barbara and Peter Fish
Dan Forte
Mark Foskey
Jose Garant
Gary and Pela Gereffi
Sali Gill-Johnson
Jenny Blackwelder Grant
Richard Hardy
Joan Hazirjian
Karen and John Heffernan
Patrizia Herminjard
Gerri Houlihan
Kae Huggins
Olivia Issa
Ben Johnson
Tony C. Johnson, in memory of Chrys Lemon
Sara Juli and Chris Ajemian
Barbara Knight
Mary Beth Knight
Kim Lavine
James Lent and Christina Christopoulos
Jenny Levine
Patricia Manning, in memory of
    Stephanie Reinhart

Douglas Merrill
Amey Miller and David Kiel
Janis Nagi
Maria Newman
Julie Nye
Karen Odonnell
M. Suzanne Patterson
Sy and Patricia Robbins
Susan Sewell
Kate Shirah and Tom Johnson
Miller Sigmon
Karen Smith
Andrea Snyder
Danielle Strickman
Laura Thomasson
Liz Wallace
Joanne Warres, in honor of
    Melissa Rouse and in memory of Jill Goldman

Tovah Wax and Lucjan Moldzak
Patti Weeks
Myra Weise, made in memory of Marcus White
Mark Wienants
Chloe Williams
Katharine Whitmore
Cynthia Wyse
Qisheng Zhang

 

 

CONTRIBUTOR KEY

* In-Kind Community Partner

+ Media Sponsor

 

GERRI HOULIHAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Jee Eun Ahn
Christopher and Sarah Bean
Brian Brooks
Ninna and Caitlin Burkill
Sarah Carlson
Nancy and Tom Carstens
Jody Cassell
Cara Clark
Art Waber and Alyson Colwell-Waber
Robbie Cook
Tatiana Desardouin
Beth Desmond
Barbara Dickinson
Peter DiMuro
Nancy J. Duncan
Dr. James A Frazier
Alison M. Friedman
Natalie Gilbert
Jill Green
Jiwan Ha
Sha Harrell
Tony C. Johnson
Herbert Juli
Kristiana Kaleb
YangKeun Kim
Jenny Levine
Kimberly Macdonald
Gayle Miller, in memory of
    Marty Reingold
Jacqueline Morgan
Momar Ndiaye
Sue Nil
Flora O’Brien
Lauriane Ogay
Claire Osgood
John Parton
Jodee, Gaspard, Dahlia, and Preston
Steve Pulling
Susan Reeves
Jenna Riegel
Sandra Scheuber

 

GERRI HOULIHAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND (continued)
Jenna Riegel
Beth Seaton
Anna Serber
Stacey Shumake
Toneta Akers-Toler
Marya Ursin
Charlie Slender-White
Lyell and Paul Wright

TONY C. JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Karin Abell
Ann-Louise and Newman Aguiar
Anonymous x6
Anonymous, in memory of
Mark Kralj
Alice Alexander
Lauren Bordeaux
Diane and Michael Bowdoin
Helen Bowman
Bull City Business Leaders
Ninna and Caitlin Burkill
Jo and Jim Carpenter
Nancy and Tom Carstens
Jody Cassell, made in honor of All     Those Who Have Experienced Tony        Johnson’s Spirit Of Connection
Diane and Chuck Catotti
Christina Chia
Cloche Coffee
Noah and CoCo
Rev. Laurie Hays Coffman
Susan Concannon, in honor of
Katie Concannon
Emily M. Cox, MSW, in memory of
    Mimi Marilyn Cox
Andrew Curthoys
Barbara Dickinson
Anson and M’Liss Dorrance, in honor of Carol Richard
Rev. Debra Brazzel and Geoff Dunkak
Doris and Marv Elkin
Heidrun and Bill Erwin
Ann Evangelisto
Kate Finlayson
Linda Florio and Mark Roman
Angela Flynn, in memory of                   Reagan Flynn
Emma Foley
Marie Garlock
Natalie Gilbert, musician and         friend
Carmelo Graffagnino

TONY C.  JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND (continued)
Audrey Green
Bill and Susie Hansley
Herb Juli
Donna Kaye
Michael Klien
Renee Leverty
Nathan Logan
Shannon Lovell
David Delaney Mayer
Samantha Maksud
J. Michael McMahon
Jeff and Susan McSwain
Douglas Merrill
Jodee Nimerichter and Gaspard Louis
Greg Palmer
Laurie Noto Parker, in honor of         Garrett Parker
Stopping Time Photography
Susan L. Reeves
The Rev. Monnie Riggin
Caroline and Arthur Rogers III
Stephen Schewel
Ray Eliot Schwartz
Beth Silberman and Kenneth Rose
Caitlyn Swett
Stefanie Tokiyama
Laura Thomasson
Nancy Trovillion and Jamie Wallace
Mari Vedoveto
S. Avery Vigil
Jon Ward, in memory of Dawn             McClendon
Susan Wallace
Mark Wienants and Michael Edwards
Johann Robert Wood
Lyell and Paul Wright
Cynthia Wyse