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 errors or omissions.
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
Ohio Arts Council
Herb & Jody Wainer
Conductor’s Circle ($25,000-$49,999)
Anonymous
Jeff & Jamie Barnett
Fred & Mary Behm
The William Bingham Foundation
Chuck & Christy Bittenbender
Cleveland Foundation
Michael Frank & Pat Snyder* (*dec’d)
Kulas Foundation
William Lawlor
John P. Murphy Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
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
Douglas Bletcher
The Costante-Champi Family Giving Fund
Joyce Chelberg
Michael & Susan Delahanty
Ann Fairhurst & Mark Cipra
Malcolm & Vivian Henoch
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.
Illinois Arts Council
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Cynthia Knight
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
Alexander & Jennifer Ogan
Peg’s Foundation
Dale Perram
Bruce Raymer
Drs. Jonathan & Elisa Ross
Dr. Michael J. Seider
Dr. & Mrs. James & Rita Sheinin
The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation
Sonjia Smith
Karen & Richard Spector
Elizabeth Walder
Ed & Ellen Weber
Versailles Circle ($5,000-$9,999)
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
The Hankins Foundation
Jane Hubben
Stephen & Maria Lans
Dr. Miloslava Mervart
Northern Trust
Lori & Dan Nelson
John & Linda Olejko
Gertrude F. Orr Trust Advised Fund of the Akron Community Foundation
Bill & Sandra Powel
Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin†
Noha & Phil Ryder
Kenneth E. Shafer, M.D.
Ryan Siebel
The Sisler McFawn Foundation
Sandra Smith
Dr. Jeanne Sorrell
Michael Taylor
Esterhazy Circle ($2,500-$4,999)
Anonymous
Peter & Jane Anagnostos
Ric & Kate Asbeck
Baker Hostetler
Donna Batson
Karl & Amanda Bekeny
Frances S. Buchholzer
Cerity Partners LLC
Chengelis Scientific Services LLC
Michael & Susan Clark
Bill Conway
Douglas Cooper
Patricia Costante & Stephanie Champi
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
Drs. Ka-Pi Hoh & Brian Perry
Erin Horan
Robert† & Donna Jackson
KPMG
The Lehner Family Foundation
Meng “Locky” Liu
Fred & Pearl Livingstone
Annette Lowe & Doug Dolch
Lubrizol
Patti & Hadley Morgenstern-Clarren
Gary & Shay Olson
Brendan & Elizabeth Patterson
Peggy M. Porter
David Reimer & Raffaele DiLallo
Phil & Noha Ryder
Richard & Deborah Schroeder
Alice S. Sherman
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
Carol Vandenberg
Gregory Videtic, M.D.
The Welty Family Foundation
David & Judy Young
Medici Circle ($1,000-$2,499)
Anonymous
Michael Angell
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†
Stephen & Jeanne Bucchieri
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Buss II
James Calhoun
Claudia Cash
Judy & Bob Ciulla
Herb & Ursula Cohrs
Harry Core
Thomas M. & Janet S. Daniel
The Deveny Family
Henry C. Doll
Dorris Donnelly
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
William Gaskill & Kathleen Burke
Margerita Gerborg
Barbara Hawley & David Goodman
Andrew Gordon-Seifert
Samuel & Kimberly Hartwell
Sandra V. Hazra, M.D.
Peter & Sunnie Hellman
Paul Herman
Martin & Maria Hoke
Mr. Richard R. Hollington, Jr.
Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.
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
Susan McClary
Douglas Miller & Ellen Burke
Dave Nash
Deborah L. Neale
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Edward J. Olszewski
Marilyn Orr
Elizabeth Osborne
Don & Anne Palmer
Tom & Deborah Park
Jim & Kathy Pender
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
Chuck & Ilana Horowitz Ratner
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
William Watterson & Melissa Richmond
Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation
Christine & Bill Robertson Margaret Robinson
Rick & Alita Rogers
Alan Rocke & Cristine Rom
James Rosenthal & Annie Fullard
Kasia G. & Douglas Rothenberg
Nan & Peter Ryerson
Richard & Tamara Rynearson
Anthony Salem
Lynne F. & Ralph Schatz
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
Sam Wainer
Anne & Ed Wardwell
Mary Warren
Lucy & Chuck Weller
Robert C. & Emily C. Williams
David & Kathleen Yonto
Richard & Mary Zigmond
Brandenburg Circle ($500-$999)
Anonymous (3)
Susan Armstrong
Cynthia Ball
Bruce Baumberger & Ann Weatherhead
Andrew & Patricia Bazar
Dolores Bielecki & Stephen Lorton
Henry Billingsley & Karen Kidwell
Robin Dunn Blossom
Richard & Mary Bole
Robert & Susan Boltz
Paul Bontrager
Michael Breen
Leslie S. Brown
Michael & Kareen Caputo
Patricia Carlson
Kathleen Cerveny
Jim & Berni Cockey
James Collins & Patricia Brownell
Derek Cottier & Laura Tilly
Susan V. Curtis
William D’Agostino
W. Dean Dabson
Gary Davis & Jane Cooper
Michael & Jan Devereaux
Patricia Dorner
Martha Anne Driscoll
Brian & Carol Duffy
Elinore Evans & John N. Rampe
Betsy Fallon
Linzey Forshey
Debra & Gary Franke
Robert Galivan & Myriam Ribenboim
Daniel & Kathleen Gisser
Peter & Francine Gray
Richard & Ann Gridley
Thomas Hoyt and Katharine Brooks Jones Family Fund
Kurt Haas & Dierdre Pim
Curt Hancock & Michael Horwath
Jan Harding
Holly J. Harris & James W. Bane
Iris & Tom Harvie
Beth Hauser
Richard & Laurette Hershey
Edith F. Hirsch
Derf Hopsecger
Sabrina Inkley
Joan C. Ishibashi
Gale & Jim Jacobsohn
Sharon Jenkins
Joan Kavanaugh
Jim, Sherry, & Ricky Kitchell
Peggy Koblenzer
David Kotte
Adrian & Margaret Krudy
Ed Larson & Janice Radak
Jody Lefort & Ken Gober
Pam LeRose & Tim Nichols
David & Carolyn Lincoln
Kathryn Machado
Elizabeth K. Mann
Theresa Manzell
Roey & Jeff Margulies
Elizabeth Mease, M.D.
James & Virginia Meil
David Michel
The Laura Runyon Moffit & Lucian Q. Moffitt Foundation
Marjorie Moskovitz
Deb Nash
Ronald Neill
Charlene & Marv Nevans
Carole & Steve Ochs
Patrick & Judith O’Hara
Kim Parry
Mr. Franklyn Perry
Sophia Perry
Barbara Peskin
Roland Philip & Linda Sandhaus
Len & JoAnne Podis
Richard & Joanne Prober
Mark Purdy
Michael & Zoya Reyzis
Michael & Dawn Rickman
Kenneth Robinson
Todd & Diane Rosenberg
Patricia Rubin
Joan Safford
Paula Salerno
Paul Secunde
Rev. Sandra Selby
David Simmons
Michael Star & Debra Golden
Cynthia Struk
Tayba Tahir
Esther R. Talbert
Dave & Reanetta Taylor
United Way of Greater Cleveland
Felix & Inna Vilinsky
John & Jeanette Walton
Michael Warner
Audrey Weaver
Jeffrey Wisnieski
André Witt
Lucas Witters
Buckingham Circle ($250-499)
Anonymous (4)
Atty. LuWayne Annos
Cheryl & Robert Barsan
Charles Behrens
Andrew & Ilze Bekeny
Vicki & Jim Bell
Margie & Jeff Biggar
Dennis & Madeline Block
Terry & Christine Bowman
John & Mary Boyle
Michael & Jacklyn Brennan
Tom & Mary Brooks
Gisela Brodin-Brosnan
Christopher Brown
Nancy E. Brown
John & Mimi Brulia
Bill & Carol Bruml
James & Judy Burghart
Ruth Cantleberry & Bud Stern
Cindy & Tim Carr
Roderick & Catherine Case
Claudia Cash
Michael Coleman
Roger Creps
Cassandra Crowley
Barbara Ann Davis
Patricia Deems
James Denton
Amy & Michael Diamant
William & Suzanne Doggett
Margaret Dorner
Sue Dreitzler
Duesenberg Family Charitable Fund
Barbara Eaton
Eaton Corporation
The Echle-Walters Family Fund
Brian Edelstein, in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Edward C. Weber
Robert Fabien
George Faddoul
Robert F. Fay, CPA
Robert & Marcia Fein
Patty Flauto
Dave & Binney Fouts
Richard & Judy Fox
Timothy Fox
David & Claudia Fulton
Alexander & Carol Garklavs
John & Pam Gibbon
Bob & Ann Gillespie
Michelle Graf
Jeffrey L. Green
Charlie Grode and Heidi Lukas
Marcie Groesbeck
Susan & Jeffrey Gumbiner
Louise E. Hamel
Mohamed & Fadia Hamid
John Hancock
Ron & Chris Hawes
Betty Hess
James & Ina Heup
Fred Heupler, M.D.
John Hibshman
Dr. Christine A. Hudak & Mr. Marc F. Cymes
Hope Hungerford
Sabrina Inkley
Byron H. & Diane F. Jackson
Mark Jones & Linda Johnson
Gail Juanoquez
Jodi Kanter & Steve Szilagyi
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph & Nancy Keithley
Charles Keller
Michael & Melissa Kelly
Geraldine Kiefer
Ryan Kin
Maryanne King
Karen Knobloch
Nancy & Rik Kohn
Larry Korland
Melodee Kornacker
Jim & Rhonda Kroeger
Stacey Lawler
Karen Lefton
Madeline Lepidi-Carino
Alan Lettofsky
Richard Lilley & Carmen Letelier
Louella Levey
Richard Lynde
Dr. Kandice Marchant
Sheila Markowitz, in memory of Frederic Markowitz
Charles & Susan Marston
Susan McGill
Robert McInnes
Kevin McLaughlin
B. J. Miller & Marty Katz
Timothy & Marjorie Minnis
John & Janet Mitchell
Carole & George Morris
John Mroczka
Hugh Muller & Paul Seeley
Don Nash
Florence Nelson
David & Sarah Nix
David O’Callaghan
Nicholas & Anne Ogan
Ann Otto
Janice Patterson
Marianne S. Paul
Karen & Dave Paulin
John S. Perko
Elisabeth C. Plax*
Virginia Poirier
Stacy Ratner
Bill & Jan Resseger
Dr. Thomas Riis
John & Jackie Roberts
Rees Taylor Roberts
Donald Rosenberg
Anthony & Denise Ross
Phillip Rowland-Seymour
Michael & Lynn Saddleton
Bryan & Sarah Salisbury
Martin I. Saltzman, M.D.
Dr. Adrian M. Schnall
Richard Shirey
William Silver
Leslie Smith
Christine & Bill Snyder
Mr. & Mrs. William Spatz
Linda Sperry & Linda Chopra
Mickey Stefanik
Eileen & John Stenerson
Larry E. Stewart
Susan Subak
Donald Treap
Karen Trinkle
Pathfinder Wealth Advisors
Cynthia & Harvey Tucker
Richard Uza
Hon. & Mrs. William F. B. Vodrey
Sarah Vradenburg
Leslie & Mark Walker
Jim & Chris Wamsley
Mary Wehrle
Ms. Jacqueline Weiner
Barbara Weiss
Dorothy Whittenberger
Mr. & Mrs. David Wildermuth
Lois S. Wolf
John & Jane Zuzek
† in memoriam