Thank you to our generous supporters
Your contributions make it possible every year to engage world-class musicians and guest soloists, deliver innovative programming, and serve our community through the Community Access Initiative.
This list recognizes donations given in the last year. Every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. Please contact Rees Taylor Roberts at RRoberts@apollosfire.org or 216.320.0012 x 3 with any updates.
Apollo’s Circle ($100,000 & above)
Anonymous
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture
Janice L. Greene†
Walder Foundation
Helios Circle ($50,000 – $99,999)
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
Alexander & Jennifer Ogan
Ohio Arts Council
Herb & Jody Wainer
Conductor’s Circle ($25,000-$49,999)
Anonymous
Jeff & Jamie Barnett
The William Bingham Foundation
Chuck & Christy Bittenbender
Cleveland Foundation
Michael Frank & Pat Snyder* (*dec’d)
Kulas Foundation
John P. Murphy Foundation
Marie Rowley
Astri Seidenfeld
Tim & Jennifer Smucker
Robert A. & Judith M. Weiss
Mount Olympus Circle ($10,000-$24,999)
Anonymous
Akron Community Foundation
Bonnie M. Baker
Mary & Fred Behm
Douglas Bletcher
Joyce Chelberg
The Costante-Champi Family Giving Fund
Michael & Susan Delahanty
Ann Fairhurst & Mark Cipra
Malcolm & Vivian Henoch
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.
Illinois Arts Council
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Cynthia Knight
William Lawlor
Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Lederman
Gina Leonetti
George I. Litman, M.D.
Daniel McCroskey, in memory of Jane McCroskey
Marilyn & Tom McLaughlin
Ellen & Mike Meehan
Peg’s Foundation
Dale Perram & Marcia Blum
Bruce Raymer
Drs. Jonathan & Elisa Ross
Dr. Michael J. Seider
The Rev. Dr. Sandra Selby
Dr. & Mrs. James & Rita Sheinin
The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation
Sonjia Smith
Karen & Richard Spector
R. Thomas & Meg Stanton
Elizabeth Walder
Ed & Ellen Weber
Versailles Circle ($5,000-$9,999)
Anonymous
Michael Angell
Kate & Ric Asbeck
Steve & Judy Bundra
Catharina Caldwell
Amy & Eric Carlson
Homer Chisholm & Gertrude Kalnow Chisholm
Tom & Karen Clark
The Mary S. & David C. Corbin Foundation
Mrs. Mary & Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust
Ralph Deskin
Barbara & Denis Feld
Vivian & Malcolm Henoch
The Hankins Foundation
Jane Hubben
Stephen & Maria Lans
Dr. Miloslava Mervart
Northern Trust
Lori & Dan Nelson
John & Linda Olejko
Gary & Shay Olson
Gertrude F. Orr Trust Advised Fund of the Akron Community Foundation
Bill & Sandra Powel
Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin†
Noha & Phil Ryder
Albert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation
Kenneth E. Shafer, M.D.
Ryan Siebel
The Sisler McFawn Foundation
Sandra Smith
Dr. Jeanne Sorrell
Michael Taylor
Carol Vandenberg
Gregory Videtic, M.D.
Esterhazy Circle ($2,500-$4,999)
Anonymous
Peter & Jane Anagnostos
Baker Hostetler
Donna Batson
Karl & Amanda Bekeny
Stephen & Jeanne Bucchieri
Frances S. Buchholzer
Cerity Partners LLC
Chengelis Scientific Services LLC
Michael & Susan Clark
Bill Conway
Douglas Cooper
Frances G. & Lewis Allen Davies
Ralph Deskin
DLR Group
Sarah & Robert Dresing
Diane & Michael Ellis
Feth Family Foundation
Harry K. & Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation
Theodore & Teresa Good
Jane Haylor & Mel Berger, in memory of Sheldon & Marilyn MacLeod
Byron G. Hays
Dorothy & DuWayne Hanson
Drs. Ka-Pi Hoh & Brian Perry
Erin Horan
Donna Jackson
KPMG
The Lehner Family Foundation
Meng “Locky” Liu
Fred & Pearl Livingstone
Annette Lowe & Doug Dolch
Lubrizol
Susan McGill
Patti & Hadley Morgenstern-Clarren
David Nash
Brendan & Elizabeth Patterson
Peggy M. Porter
Chuck & Ilana Horowitz Ratner
David Reimer & Raffaele DiLallo
Phil & Noha Ryder
Richard & Deborah Schroeder
Patricia Skigen
Lucy & Dan Sondles
R. Thomas & Meg Stanton
Sarah N. Steiner
Rebecca K. Storey & Neal Simpson
Synthomer Foundation
Elizabeth & Michael Taipale
Tucker Ellis
Bradley Upham
Libby & Ed Upton
The Welty Family Foundation
David & Judy Young
Medici Circle ($1,000-$2,499)
Anonymous
Bonnie & Chuck Abbey
Joan Allgood
Dave Mulligan & Kim Arnowitt
Richard & Eleanor Aron
Patricia Ashton
Michael Bakes
Stephen Ban
Peter & Mindy Bartholomae
James H. Bates
Bath Community Fund
Mark & Kathleen Binnig
John & Susan Blackwell
Mitch & Liz Blair
Zeda Blau
Arthur V. N. Brooks† in memoriam
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Buss II
James Calhoun
Claudia Cash
Judy & Bob Ciulla
Fred & Kathryn Clarke
Dr. Anne Clouser
Herb & Ursula Cohrs
Derek Cottier & Laura Tilly
Harry Core
Thomas M. & Janet S. Daniel
The Deveny Family
Henry C. Doll
Dorris Donnelly
Brian & Carol Duffy
John J. Dyer, Jr.
Keith Eggeman
David & Marilyn Elk
Lilly Eng
John & Lee Ann Eyre
Marilynne Felderman
Susan P. Flowers
Casey Forbes & Signe Wrolstad-Forbes
Bonnie Forkosh
Dorothy & John Gardner
William Gaskill & Kathleen Burke
Margerita Gerborg
Barbara Hawley & David Goodman
Andrew Gordon-Seifert
Bob Graf & Mia Zaper Graf
Ann & Richard Gridley
Marguerite & John Harkness
Samuel & Kimberly Hartwell
Sandra V. Hazra, M.D.
Peter & Sunnie Hellman
Paul Herman
Martin & Maria Hoke
Mr. Richard R. Hollington, Jr.
Marsha G. & Thomas E. Hopkins
Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.
Erica Hartman-Horvitz & Richard Horvitz
Michael & Jane Horvitz
Mrs. M. B. Humphrey*
Melanie Ingalls
Anne Juster
Lori Kalberer, in honor of Clara Rankin
Walter Keith
John & Linda Kelly
Thomas Forrest Kelly, Ph.D.
David & Janet Kinkaid
Ilona Kisis
Rabbi Roger C. Klein & Jacqueline Loewy
Rick & Ellen Knapp, in honor of Ed & Ellen Weber
Raymond & Katharine Kolcaba
Ursula Korneitchouk
Rodger Kowall
Marlene Krause
Manning & John Kundtz
Scott & Betsy Lassar
Joan C. Long
Karl & Anna Losely
Rev. Richard Lutz
Mary Ann Mahoney†
Robert Toma & Christine Marsick
Kevin Martin
Dr. Susan McClary
Robert Meisel
Douglas Miller & Ellen Burke
Deborah L. Neale
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Edward J. Olszewski
Marilyn Orr
Elizabeth Osborne
Don & Anne Palmer
Tom & Deborah Park
Jim & Kathy Pender
John S. Perko
Melodie Phillips, in honor of Cynthia Knight and Rees Taylor Roberts
James & Leslie Pickard
Katrina Pipasts
Thomas & Kate Pitrone
William Plesec & Susan Stechschulte
Sally & Derek Rance
Fred Rasio
Frank & Yolita Rausche
The RDM Foundation
Roger & Sally Read
Roger F. Ream, D.D.S.
Dr. Diana C. Reep
Dr. Robert W. Reynolds
Jane N. Richmond
Melissa Richmond & Bill Watterson
Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation
Christine & Bill Robertson
Margaret Robinson
Rick & Alita Rogers
Alan Rocke & Cristine Rom
Diane & Todd Rosenberg
Richard Rosenberg
James Rosenthal & Annie Fullard
Kasia G. & Douglas Rothenberg
Nan & Peter Ryerson
Richard & Tamara Rynearson
Anthony Salem
Betsy Sampliner
Lynne F. & Ralph Schatz
Paul Secunde
Alice S. Sherman
Frank Shoemaker
Lloyd L. & Louise K. Smith Foundation
Tom & Judy Spaulding
Drs. Frederick & Elizabeth Specht
Jane Peterson & Phil Star
George Stark
Allyson Stewart
Terry & Jamie Stoller
Jeffrey Strauss
Susan Troia
Anne Unverzagt
John P. & Verna Vanderkooi
Chuck Vergon
Felix & Inna Vilinsky
Sam Wainer
Anne & Ed Wardwell
Lucy & Chuck Weller
Dr. Ann Williams
Robert C. & Emily C. Williams
David & Kathleen Yonto
Janice Young
Richard & Mary Zigmond
Brandenburg Circle ($500-$999)
Anonymous
Sue Aluzri
Cynthia Ball
Stephen Ban
Carol Barnak
Cheryl & Robert Barsan
Bruce Baumberger & Ann Weatherhead
Karl & Amanda Bekeny
Erol & Laura Beytas
Suzanne Bible
Henry Billingsley & Karen Kidwell
Dennis & Madeline Block
Allayne & Douglas Wick Foundation
Caroline Borrow
Lisa & Ron Boyko
Michael & Jacklyn Brennan
Kelly & Doug Brill
Leslie S. Brown
Nancy E. Brown
Paula Christ
Monica & Edward Chuhna
Michael Coleman
Pam and David O’Halloran
Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis
Cassandra Crowley
William D’Agostino
Gary Davis & Jane Cooper
Mark DelPrincipe
Mary Dold
Patricia Dorner
Adrienne Dziak
Barbara Eaton
Dagmar Fellowes
Timothy Fox
Steven & Harriet Friedman
Edie & Rich Gibbs
Anne & Walter Ginn
Peter & Francine Gray
Rusty Greene
Thomas Hoyt & Katharine Brooks Jones Family Fund
Kurt Haas & Dierdre Pim
Suzanne Hamilton & Char Ligo
Merritt Harbert
Jan Harding
Nora Harmon-Bayer
Dale Hedding
Richard & Laurette Hershey
Betty M. Hess
Fred Heupler, M.D.
Drs. Adrianna & Geoffrey Hewings
Gale & Jim Jacobsohn
Carol Jasin
Geraldine Kiefer
Lynne Killgore & David Michel
Marlene Krause
Ed Larson & Janice Radak
Jody Lefort & Ken Gober
Pam LeRose & Tim Nichols
Lawrence & Susan Liden
Maria & Jonathan Litt
Dolores Bielecki & Stephen Lorton
Kathryn Machado
Charles & Susan Marston
Virginia & James Meil
Moran Family Fund
Marjorie Moskovitz
Stephen & Celeste Myers
Denise & Douglas Nash
Patrick & Judith O’Hara
Susan Owen
Mr. Franklyn Perry
Barbara Peskin
Ed Ponce & Mary Ann Quinn Ponce
Mark & Claire Purdy Fund
Dr. Diana C. Reep
Michael & Dawn Rickman
Margaret Robinson
Phillip Rowland-Seymour
Joan Safford
Mary Schafer
Betty & Dave Schneider
Janet & Larry Sheir
Mr. & Mrs. James Simler
David Simmons
Jane Peterson & Phil Star
Jeffrey Talbert
Rebecca & Jeffrey Talbert
Helena Torres-Trejo
Donald Treap
Susan & Dave Turner
Hon. & Mrs. William F. B. Vodrey
Sarah Vradenburg
Anne & Ed Wardwell
Michael Warner
Mr. & Mrs. Larry S. Weiss
Alan Wilde & Stephanie Switzer
Buckingham Circle ($250-499)
Anonymous
Atty. LuWayne Annos
Patricia Ashton
Julianna Baillis
Andrew & Ilze Bekeny
Victoria & James Bell
Roger Bielefeld
Robert & Susan Boltz
The Echle-Walters Family Fund
Terry & Christine Bowman
Gisela Brodin-Brosnan
Tom & Mary Brooks
Bill & Carol Bruml
James & Judy Burghart
James Burke
Ruth Cantleberry & Bud Stern
Michael & Kareen Caputo
Cindy & Tim Carr
Jim & Berni Cockey
Mrs. Betty Dalzell
Barbara Ann Davis
Patricia Deems
James Denton
Amy & Michael Diamant
Duesenberg Family Charitable Fund
Elinore Evans & John N. Rampe
George Faddoul
Robert & Marcia Fein
Thomas Frattare
Ann Gillespie
Daniel & Kathleen Gisser
Susan & Jeffrey Gumbiner
John Gundy
Peter & Lee Haas
Louise E. Hamel
Michael Hayes
James & Ina Heup
John Hibshman
Gary & Anne Hinton
Edith F. Hirsch
Carole F. Hoover
Stephen Hotchkiss
Hope Hungerford
Anne Hunter
Byron H. & Diane F. Jackson
Delia Johnson
Catherine Keating & Charles King
Joseph & Nancy Keithley
Charles Keller & Gayle Comstock
Eric & Sue Kisch
Karen Knobloch
Lisa Kohn
Robert I. Kohn Family Giving Fund
Melodee Kornacker
Jim & Rhonda Kroeger
Carolyn & Steve Kuerbitz
Richard Kus
Martha Jane Lavelle
Alan Lettofsky
Richard Lilley & Carmen Letelier
Richelle Lincoln
Sandy Lindahl
Elona K. Lucas, PhD
Jimmy Madsen
Elizabeth K. Mann
Tony Marini
Frederic Markowitz
Timothy Minnis
Carole & George Morris
Ken Mountcastle
John Mroczka
Laszlo & Jenn Nagy
Florence Nelson
Charlene & Marv Nevans
Judith & Alfred Nicely
Richard & Joanne Prober
Bill & Jan Resseger
Dr. Clare M. Rimnac & Dr. Thomas M. Hering
Rees Taylor Roberts
Bobbie Rudnick
Bryan & Sarah Salisbury
Martin I. Saltzman, M.D.
Jeffrey & Marilyn Sands
Suzanne Maris Santos
Monica & Mark Schie
Dr. Adrian M. Schnall
Barbara Schwaderer & Craig McGirr
David Sinclair
Mike Slattery
Leslie Smith
Juan Solana
Mr. & Mrs. William Spatz
Linda Sperry
Kathleen St. John
Mickey Stefanik
Alan Steffen
Eileen Stork
Susan Subak
Richard Sullivan
Dave & Reanetta Taylor
Karen Trinkle
Kok-Chi Tsim
Richard Uza
Susan H. Vonnegut
Evelyn & Churchill Ward
Ms. Jacqueline Weiner
Lois S. Wolf
Laura & Danno Wolkoff
Sharon K. Yarnell
Mary & Carl Yost
John & Jane Zuzek
† in memoriam