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
Fidelity Foundations
Hearst Foundation
HUD
State of Illinois
SAPPHIRE
$50,000 - $99,999
Caerus Foundation
Chicago Cultural Treasures
City of Chicago
MacArthur Foundation
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
RUBY
$25,000-$49,000
Abbott Fund
Arie & Ida Crown Memorial
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Department of Human Services
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Polk Bros. Foundation
Prince Charitable Trust
The Seabury Foundation
Thompson Family Fund at the Chicago Community Trust
JADE
$10,000- $24,999
Allstate Insurance Company
Charity & Associates
Circle of Service Foundation
Gross Foundation
Illinois Arts Council
National Endowment For The Arts
Peoples Gas Community Fund
Shubert Foundation Inc.
The Field Foundation of Illinois
The Nordson Corporation Foundation
Theater League of Kansas City
U.S. Bank Foundation
ONYX
$5,000 - $9,999
Chicago Cubs Charities
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Riley Shafer Holmes & Cancila
The Alvin Marley Foundation
TIAA
Union Pacific Foundation
Zacek-McVay Fund
GARNET
$500-$4,999
Benevity Fund
Brookfield Properties
Carnegie Corp of New York
Chicago Bulls Charities
Essendant Charitable Foundation
ITW
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Legacies & Endo...
Margaret S. & Philip D. Block, Jr. Family Foundation
McGraw Foundation
Parsons Corporation
Plymouth Management LLC
Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
The Yip Harburg Foundation, Inc.
GARNET
$500-$4,999
America's Charities
Give Lively Foundation Inc
Greater Pleasant Green Baptist Church
Levine Prager Giving Fund
The Saints Volunteers For The Performing Arts
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
Alex Farkas
Thomas Hurvis
CATALYST
$25,000 - $49,999
Jeannie Adams
Julia Stasch
Don & Liz Thompson
SUSTAINERS
$10,000 - $24.999
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Jean Fishbeck
Julie Hamos
Michele Hooper
Bruce and Maureen Kleinman
Nelson Koopman
Sam & Dona Scott
Bill & Andrea Zopp
Jeffrey Zurlinden
TRANSFORMERS
$5,000 - $9,999
Catherine Bannister
Eugene Dizon, Walter Stearns, Mercury Theater Chicago
Ola and Aljahi Gardner
Kristin Hayes
Mike Lewis
Larry Loving
Cecelia & Larry Menaker
Dixie Porter Johnson
Ron Redd
MAGIC CIRCLE
$2,500 - $4,999
Sandra Baker
Alan Bell
Lona C Bibbs
Gwen Cohen
Jacqueline Martin
Antonio Monk
Doris Newton
Lawrence Palmer
Toni Preckwinkle
Hedy Ratner
Robin Robinson
Elizabeth Rude
Helen Shiller
Natalie Spears
NEXT STAGE
$1,000 - $2,499
(anonymous)
John & Grace Adams
Michele Coleman Mayes
Thomas E. Crosby
Dianne Crouch
Diane Day
Melaine Ehrhart
Patti Eylar & Charles Gardner
Larry and Sheila Gerber
James and Mary Hill
Norman & Marsha James
Robert L and Rose H Johnson
Gary & Lori Kash
Janet Lang
Karen Lohss
Stavros Maltezos
Greg and Debra McWright
Jerry & Grace Newton
Tynnetta Qaiyim
Hedy Ratner
Tracy Rawlings
Thomas Reece
Al & Cheri Reid
Al Rice
Tem & Linda Sagan Harrier
Jan Schakowsky
Z Scott
Robert Sharfman
Jeanette Sublett
Lorenza Taylor
Monroe C and Loretta J Walton
Eric C. Warner
Charvalis Winding
SPECIAL FRIENDS
$500-$999
Anonymous
Greg and Lois Basil
Herbert & Alice Beck
Larry Brazley
Alan & Margie Busic
Marilyn Cantisano
Larry R. Coe
Steve and Libby Cummings
Freddie DuBose
Karen Freeman-Wilson
Dr. Vinni Hall
Patrick Hendricks
Patricia Brown Holmes
Ronald Jones
Kevin and Regina Jones
Anne Kaplan-Perkins
Jason Lee
Ruth Moore
Susan Oppenheimer
Vincent Patterson
Buff Rosen Boyd
Roche Schulfer and Mary Beth Fisher
Lauren and Steve Streisin
P W Sutton
Pernell & Kali Thomas
Cedric D. Thurman
Dorothy Watson
Ann Marie Wright
Lawrence J & Jacqueline Richardson
Candice Evans
Janis McReynolds
Edward Wittrig
FRIENDS
$200 - $499
Anonymous
Clotia C. Abbey-Mensah
Lisa Allen
Judith Bailey
Carol A. Barnett
Patricia Bayerlein
Julie and Dwayne Bell
Elma Bingham
Sandra Blau
Clarence Bourne
Hilbert Bowden
Elijah Brewer III
Carol Brook
Karen and Jay Case
Christine Chen
Mark Chester
Debra Clayborn
Carmen Corbett
Sharon Cross
Michelle M. Darang-Coleman
Brenda Davis
Sydney Degen
Bailey and Kevin Desai
Mary Driscoll
Dafina Dunmore
Nosa Eguae
Marla and Michael Epton
Kristin Faust
Donna Forsberg
Greg Gershuny
Bob and Nancy Gibson
Wanda Gipson
Phoebe Helm
Ron and Karen Holloman
Rose Houston
Melvin Houston
Tanya Humphrey
Michelle Jackson-Shavers
Beatrice James-Moore
Geraldine Jointer
Linda & Bob Kaplan
Alfred Lewis
Terrie Albano and Tim Libretti
Bernard Lilly Jr.
Dr Paul M Lisnek
John and Pam McCambridge
Gary Michaels
Dr. Arthur Mines
William J Noland
Ron Norinsky
Laurie Odell
Clarence L Parham
Brenda Peters
The Honorable Patrick Quinn
Terri Ransom
Joyce Ringo-Hayes
Lydia Sawyer
Eugene & Tihuana Spells
Paul Stephens
Nathan Taylor
Tobia Thurman
DeAndra Walker
Pam and Doug Walter
Elveria Walton
Jerome Washington
Saundra Wheeler
Cheryl Williams
Rodney White
Sherry Williams
Ann C Williams
Deonne B. Wright
Jane Yakushiji
Pamela Young