Ravinia 2024 Issue 1

RAVINIA SUPPORTERS Annual Fund Ravinia is deeply grateful to every Annual Fund contributor for helping make possible our exceptional, diverse musical programming, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s residency; our welcoming, verdant concert setting; and our music education and engagement programs across Chicagoland. Support at any level makes a positive impact on our mission. The following list includes donors who have made gifts of $1,250 or more between October 1, 2023, and May 2, 2024. A degree sign (°) recognizes Silver Circle members for their 25 or more consecutive years of support. CORPORATIONS & FOUNDATIONS $100,000 and above Allstate°, Lead Reach Teach Play Sponsor BMO The Dancing Skies Foundation Discover°, Official Card Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Ralla Klepak Foundation for Education in the Performing Arts Midtown Athletic Clubs, Official Club The Negaunee Foundation° Northwestern Medicine The Sedge & Henry Plitt Charitable Trusts Sage Foundation Wintrust $65,000 – $99,999 Abbott° Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Fifth Third Bank Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.° ITW° Katten° McKinsey & Company, Inc.° PNC Bank° Polk Bros. Foundation° Terlato Wines, Official Wine Sponsor White Claw Hard Seltzer $35,000 – $64,999 Anonymous (2) AbbVie American Place Casino Baird Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Baxter International Inc.° Martin & Mary L. Boyer Foundation The Coca-Cola Company Crate & Barrel Julius N. Frankel Foundation° Lloyd A. Fry Foundation° Illinois Arts Council° JPMorgan Chase & Co.° Freshie Organic Tequila Seltzer Walter & Karla Goldschmidt Foundation° Greenberg Traurig, LLP John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation° Northern Trust° Perkins Coie LLP Reed Smith LLP Shure Incorporated Sidley Austin LLP° Suntory Global Spirits Testa Produce $25,000 – $34,999 The Buchanan Family Foundation° The Crown Family Dr. Scholl Foundation° Ehlert Family Foundation Elaine Frank Fund Hunter Family Foundation, in honor of Maxine M. Hunter° Kirkland & Ellis KPMG LLP° Latham & Watkins LLP Thomas & Susan Maas Mayer Brown LLP° RBC Wealth Management Ralph S. Hoffman Foundation Daniel F. & Ada L. Rice Foundation Rice-Temple Wealth Management, UBS Financial Services, Inc. Herbert C. Wenske Foundation $17,000 – $24,999 The Chicago Community Foundation Alverin M. Cornell Foundation Ernst & Young LLP° Grainger° J. Emil Anderson & Son, Inc.° Joe & Ross Distributing, Inc., Exclusive Ice Cream Sponsor Mason Foundation, Inc.° Charles & M.R. Shapiro Foundation° Walgreens $12,000 – $16,999 Banner Plumbing Kitchen & Bath Showroom Larry & Barbara Field and Family, and Joe & Cindy Kaplan and Family° John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Haskris Learning Resources, Inc. Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC North Shore Barrington Association of Realtors Peck Ritchey, LLC° UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement Wells Fargo Advisors Western Union Foundation $8,000 – $11,999 Anonymous (2) AIM Unlimited Associated Agencies, Inc. Ballingarry Group The Bill Bass Foundation Cole-Crone Family Foundation° Dependable Courier Corp. Favil David Berns & Associates Fletcher Family Foundation The Generations of Giving Foundation Harbortown Industries, Inc. Harris Family Foundation Helen E. Heggie Fund at Chicago Community Trust° Helen M. Harrison Foundation° Barbara S. Herst Trust Hillwood Huston Wealth Solutions Raymond James Jaffe & Berlin, LLC Judy and John Keller Lake Forest College Lundbeck Malott Family Foundation Modestus Bauer Foundation° Molson Coors Next Chapter Inc. North Shore Gas Community Fund at the Chicago Community Foundation° Northwestern University° Oak Ridge Investments, LLC RJ2 Technologies Arch W. Shaw Foundation° Solot & Karp Family Foundation° Sunset Food Mart, Inc. ° Symphony Financial The Trillium Foundation ° tonies Trustmark Insurance Companies° W.B. Olson, Inc. The Vail Family Foundation° Larry J. Wolfe LTD, Certified Public Accountants $5,000 – $7,999 Anonymous Carnot & Luceile Allen Foundation° The Allyn Foundation ° Amdur Productions American Freedom American Wire Group L & R Anixter Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Gary Bazelon Belmonti Family Foundation Bernbaum Family Charitable Fund George & Minou Colis Conagra Brands Consilio Abe & Ida Cooper Foundation Estate of John E. Deimel Digital Check Corp. Geraldi Norton Foundation ° Ernest A. Grunsfeld Jr. Trust Henry Pope Foundation The Irving Harris Foundation ° JPMorgan Chase Foundation Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation Keenan Creative Kennedy Family Foundation The Krasnow Family ° LA-CO Industries, Inc. ° David A. Marcus & Associates, Inc. Neimark & Levin ° Harriette & Ted Perlman The Joachim & Vicki Peters Foundation ° The Podolsky Family Foundation° Professional Education International Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation° Phyllis & Perry Schwartz Foundation° Shalom Memorial Funeral Home/ Shalom Memorial Park° Sphinx Organization Venture One Real Estate XL Screw Corporation – Frances and Robert Sachs° INDIVIDUALS $100,000 and above Elizabeth Crown & Bill Wallace ElevenEleven Foundation / Jim & Wendy Abrams Tera & Richard McBlaine° Audrey L. Weaver $60,000 – $99,999 Lyn Goldstein° Jennifer Steans & James Kastenholz° Linda & Craig Umans $30,000 – $59,999 Anonymous (2) Megan P. & John L. Anderson° Leslie Lauer Berghoef Susan & Don Civgin Betsy & Arthur Holden ° Chris & Elise Klein Ms. Nancy B. Lewis, in memory of Irving & Roberta Lewis ° Oyama Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. E. Scott Santi $25,000 – $29,999 Anonymous (3) Judy & Merrill Blau° Bob Burnstine Winnie & Bob Crawford° Shawn M. Donnelley & Christopher M. Kelly Joan & Bob Feitler° Christine & Stephen Fussell Glerum Family Foundation Dorothy Gordon The Avrum Gray Family° Barbara Greis° Carol & Ed Kaplan / Kaplan Foundation Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation° Becky & Lester Knight Susan & Richard Levy Bill & Diane Lloyd° Betsey & Dale Pinkert° Ellen Rudnick & Paul Earle° Cari & Michael Sacks ° Ilene & Michael Shaw Charitable Trust ° John Snyder & Mignon Dupepe Linda Turner Lynne & David B. Weinberg° $15,000 – $24,999 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Brad Akason Sarah & Larry Barden Jane & David Casper° Mr. & Mrs. Jerome A. Castellini Ms. Suzy Cobin Carol & Douglas Cohen ° Bobbie & Charlie Denison Jeanne & Tom Denison° Annette Dezelan° Christopher & Samantha Drewry Ms. Venita E. Fields & Mr. Lonnie Hampton Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Fink Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Frank Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Gerstein George & Maureen Gilmore Jack & Donna Greenberg° Erika Gross° Donald J. Holmberg & Karen Morgan Holmberg Michele & Troy Ihlanfeldt Rudy Juarez Family Mr. & Mrs. David R. Kahnweiler Klaff Family Foundation° Lori Ann Komisar & Morris Silverman° David & Susan Kreisman Craig J. Lancaster & Charlene T. Handler Mr. & Mrs. Adam LeFebvre Gary & Liz Levin Dr. Cori Levinson & Dr. Gary Noskin Doug Mabie Holly & John Madigan Family David B. & Toni P. Mathis° Mr. & Mrs. John W. McCarter Jr.° Sheila Medvin ° Kenneth & Jodi Meister Judy & Rob Merrilees Harold M. & Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation° O’Leary-Gill Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael Paleczny Chuck & Julie Parsons Sue N. Pick, in loving memory of Thomas F. Pick° Amita & Barry Poll Gloria & Dan Reisner Helen S. Rubinstein, in memory of Michael J. Rubinstein Judy & David Schiffman° Mr. & Mrs. Neal Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Peter Schwab Stuart Sondheimer & Bonnie Lucas Pamela B. & Russ M. Strobel° Ms. Samara Strycker Bobette Takiff & the Takiff Family Foundation° Beth & Michael Wexler Paul & Mary Yovovich° $10,000 – $14,999 Anonymous (7) Stuart and Phyllis Applebaum° Bachmann Family° Bija Bennett Dr. & Mrs. Jacob D. Bitran Juli Blunt° Louis & Julie Bucksbaum Roger & Michele Burgis Mrs. Rhett W. Butler° Court & Kirstin Carruthers Laine & Martin Cobb Gerald & Maureen Corcoran Cretors Family Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Deveny The Diamond Family Foundation Mr. Kenneth Douros Edwardson Family Foundation ° Lois & Steve Eisen ° Mr. & Mrs. Merrick Elfman Ms. Sharon Feigon & Mr. Steven Bialer Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Finder Ms. Barbara Finder RAVINIA.ORG  • RAVINIAMAGAZINE 41