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Annual Support

Porchlight Music Theatre gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following individuals, businesses, foundations and corporations. This list includes gifts received August 10, 2005 through December 22, 2006, including the donation portion of benefit tickets. We apologize to donors whose commitment is secured after the posting of this roster and we regret any errors in the listing of contributors' names. If you would like your name to appear differently or prefer to remain anonymous, please phone 773.325.9884 or porchlighttheatre@yahoo.com.

Porchlight is especially grateful to the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation for a Challenge Grant that matched new donor gifts and increased gifts from other donors. Porchlight appreciates the grants from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Porchlight encourages its audience members to thank their alderman, state representative, and state senator for supporting such vital government funding for the arts.

Foundation/Corporate Sponsors




Illinois Arts Council
A State Agency


Alaron
The ATHENA Fund at the Chicago Community Trust
William Blair & Company Foundation
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
CityArts Program 2 Grant / City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation
Holland & Company CPA
Illinois Arts Council - A State Agency
The MacArthur Fund for Art & Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
National Association of Realtors
People's Energy
The Seabury Foundation

Season Major In-Kind Donors & Sponsors

Bespoke Cuisine
Cooper's - A Neighborhood Eatery
epoch.
Geja's
Hunter Douglas Hospitality
Menagerie
The Morello Family
Mhairi Phillips - Illustrations & Design
Penascal Wines & H.A.B. North America
Sweet Margie: Confection Diva
John Yesko - Website Design

Allegrissimo ($2,500+)

Alaron
Anonymous
William Blair & Company Foundation
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Chicago City Arts Grant
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation
Holland & Company CPA
Illinois Arts Council - A State Agency
The MacArthur Fund for Art & Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
The Seabury Foundation
Avy and Marcie Stein

Presto ($1,000+)

Jason & Renee Carver  
Mary Kay Conley
David A. Crabbe
Eugene Dizon
Kevin Holland
IBM*
Patrick & Laura Lederer
Jeannie Lukow
Eileen Meyer
Robert Oberwise
Peoples Energy
Rhoda Reeling
Kimberly K. Shambrook
Donald E. Sprague

Vivo ($500-$999)

Brenda Suzanne Didier
Edmund & Marcela Dizon
Hunter Douglas Hospitality*
Rebecca Jones
Amy L. Kleinman
Tom & Kathy Lengacher
Miriam M. Lowe  
Nancy Newman
National Association of Realtors
Pepsico*
Thomas & Margie Rice
Benjamin & Barbara Rooks
Michele & Darren Utyro
Jane Wiedel  

Allegro ($250-$499)

The ATHENA Fund at the Chicago Community Trust
Doug Bragan - A.R.T. League
Eric & Kristi Bramlett  
Daniel E. Efner
Patricia Gallagher
Jack Hakman
Dr. Bruce Hecht
Hunter Douglas Hospitality
Jack & Ingrid LoGiudice
Winifred Martin
Sandra & Lawrence Post Family Foundation
UBS Foundation USA*
Ward & Christine Weichert

Moderato ($100-$249)

Michael Aiello
Marjorie Alschuler  
Jo L. Black
Richard Boyum
Richard T. Brannegan
Inara Bundza
Maria Cicarelli  
Dr. & Mrs. David Cornbleet
Mr. Frank H. Covey Jr
Gordon & Melissa Davis
Maureen Daw  
Julie & Jeffrey Echt
Laura & Scott Eisen
Charles & Susan Fiore
Freda Baron & Harvey Friedman  
Thomas N. FitzGibbon
Shirley Gardner & Howard Ostmann
David C. Gatzke
General Mills*
Trudy Giesel
Carrie Greenberg
Richard Groh
Charles Hoffman & Tamara Schiller
Bil Ingraham
Maryann Kalin-Miller
Wayne Koepke
Laura & John Krupka
Mikel Laughlin
Thomas Lyons
David Marker
Dr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Matz  
Jerry McCann
Brad McCormick
Betty McGarrity
Myrtis Meyer
William Morey
John Mrowiec & Karen Granda
The Music Teachers Network
Cynthia & Francis Nash
Charlotte Newfeld
June & Tom O'Donoghue
Sheldon Patinkin
Barbara & Robert P. Perkaus, Jr.
Julian H. Pike
Jeff & Lauren Pitrak
Craig & Zolie Prior
Cathy & Chris Ross
Suzanne Rosypal
Rosemary Schnell & Russell Bruzek
Chris Seidel
Jack & Susan Simonetti
Keith & Vicki Stauber
L. Walter Stearns
Maryann Tuft
Gary S. Weber
Donald J. Weil

Adagio ($50-$99)

Charissa Armon & Erik Stegemann
The Honorable & Mrs. Francis Barth
Sharon Belmont
Frank & Janet Bonnike
Carol & Thom Dammrich
Valerie & Ted Devine
Leonora Dickson
Diane Dunne
John Fitzgerald
Kathy & Tom Fitzgerald
Gerald Fohrman
Larry & Eileen Frederick
ArLene Gembala
Nanci Gentile
Jo Gilbride
Patricia Griffith & Tom Moore
Sally Heinzen
Julie & Bob Held Lyons
Jennifer M. Hilliard
Cindy Hoffman
Suzanne Huspen
Brendan Kelly
Kathy & Gary Klein
Wayne Koepke
Dr,. & Mrs. Raymond McDermott
Arlene & Walter Mikol
Diana Myers
O'Management
Edward & Rebecca O'Connell
Lindsy Partridge
Christine & Patrick Quinn
Michael Rovitto
Jerry & Wilma Spellman
Joe & Audrey Taylor
Stan Q. Walsh
Donald Weil
Carol Weinrich
Becki & David Wick
Mardi & Garry Woodward
Scott Zacher
Sarah & Scott Zematis

Largo ($25-$49)

Bill & Carol Alt
Shiela & Dick Brookman
David Chinitz
Joan & Clyde Farrow
Beverly Ford
Matthew Gunnels
Connie M. King
Bill Konczyk & Stan Conlon
Karen Kozlow
Joann Kraft
Mark & Susan Prosperi
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Rokos
Diane Ross
Elaine M. Sowa
Ann & Joseph Tavolacci
Janice & Peter Urban
Claudia Winkler

Others

Ruth Ann Andrew
Larry Geni
Tom & Mary Gramins
Bjorg & Frank Luppino
Stephen Rader
Maria & Roy Schoon
Therese M. Schreiner
Jeff Sertich
Jill Struzik
Sean Whalen

*Denotes Matching Gifts

The Porchlight Music Theatre Gift Recognition Program affords donors the opportunity to remember their beloved deceased with a memorial gift or to honor a friend on a special or not so special occasion with a gift in their name. Acknowledgements are sent to those memorialized or honored.

Memorials Gifts in Honor of:

Paul Bastian
Suzanne Duffy
Aunt Grace
Stanley Guzik
John Milligan
Grandpa Ben Simonetti
Ernest Safranek

Gifts to Honor the Following Individuals:

Elizabeth O'Shaughnessy PhD
Rhoda Reeling
Donald E. Sprague

Mildred Claire Reeling Memorial Endowment Fund Donors:

Freda Baron & Harvey Friedman+
Jason & Renee Carver+
Mary Kay Conley+
Eugene Dizon+
Suzanne Duffy (RIP)
Diane Dunne+
The Hoffman Family
Tom & Kathy Lengacher+
Andrea & Steven Marx
Rhoda Reeling+
Kim Shambrook+
Donald E. Sprague+
L. Walter Stearns+
Darren & Michele Utyro+

+Denotes donations made in current reporting period.

Donations are the lifeblood of a theater organization. Porchlight welcomes donations to the Annual Fund which supports the operating budget and to the Endowment Fund. We are happy to complete paperwork for matching gift programs.

Please contact:
Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago Business Office
2814 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago IL 60657-4202
773.325.9884 or porchlighttheatre@yahoo.com

As a 501-c not-for-profit organization, all gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Porchlight acknowledges all gifts with a letter recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as an appropriate record for donations.

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