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 made between March 10, 2024 and March 10, 2025. Every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. Please email rdowney@apollosfire.org with any errors or omissions.

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Apollo’s Circle ($100,000 & above)

Anonymous
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture
Janice L. Greene†

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)

Jeff & Jamie Barnett
Chuck & Christy Bittenbender
Cleveland Foundation
Michael Frank & Pat Snyder* (*dec’d)
Kulas Foundation
John P. Murphy Foundation
Marie Rowley
Astri Seidenfeld
Tim & Jennifer Smucker

Mount Olympus Circle ($10,000-$24,999)

Anonymous
Akron Community Foundation
Bonnie M. Baker
Fred & Mary Behm
Douglas Bletcher
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
Stephen & Maria Lans
William Lawlor
Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Lederman
Gina Leonetti
George I. Litman, M.D.
Marilyn & Tom McLaughlin
Ellen & Mike Meehan
Alexander & Jennifer Ogan
Peg’s Foundation
Bruce Raymer
Drs. Jonathan & Elisa Ross
Dr. Michael J. Seider
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
Homer Chisholm & Gertrude Kalnow Chisholm Fund
Tom & Karen Clark
The Mary S. & David C. Corbin Foundation
Mrs. Mary & Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust
Ralph Deskin
The Hankins Foundation
Jane Hubben
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†
Albert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation
Kenneth E. Shafer, M.D.
Ryan Siebel
The Sisler McFawn Foundation
Sandra Smith
Dr. Jeanne Sorrell

Esterhazy Circle ($2,500-$4,999)

Anonymous
Peter & Jane Anagnostos
BakerHostetler
Donna Batson
Karl & Amanda Bekeny
Frances S. Buchholzer
Amy & Eric Carlson
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
Barbara & Denis Feld
Feth Family Foundation
Harry K. & Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation
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
David Reimer & Raffaele DiLallo
Phil & Noha Ryder
Richard & Deborah Schroeder
Dr. & Mrs. James & Rita Sheinin
Alice S. Sherman
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
Gregory Videtic, M.D.
The Welty Family Foundation

Medici Circle ($1,000-$2,499)

Michael Angell
Dave Mulligan & Kim Arnowitt
Richard & Eleanor Aron
Ric & Kate Asbeck
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
Stephen & Jeanne Bucchieri
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Buss II
James Calhoun
Judy & Bob Ciulla
Herb & Ursula Cohrs
Harry Core
Thomas M. & Janet S. Daniel
The Deveny Family
Henry C. Doll
John J. Dyer, Jr.
Keith Eggeman
David & Marilyn Elk
Diane & Michael Ellis
Lilly Eng
John & Lee Ann Eyre
Susan P. Flowers
Casey Forbes & Signe Wrolstad-Forbes
Bonnie Forkosh
William Gaskill & Kathleen Burke
Margerita Gerborg
Barbara Hawley & David Goodman
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
Walter Keith
John & Linda Kelly
Thomas Forrest Kelly, Ph.D.
Ilona Kisis
Rabbi Roger C. Klein & Jacqueline Loewy
Rick & Ellen Knapp, in honor of Ed & Ellen Weber
Ursula Korneitchouk
Rodger Kowall
Marlene Krause
Manning & John Kundtz
Joan C. Long
Karl Losely
Rev. Richard Lutz
Mary Ann Mahoney†
Robert Toma & Christine Marsick
Kevin Martin
Douglas Miller & Ellen Burke
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Edward J. Olszewski
Marilyn Orr
Elizabeth Osborne
Don & Anne Palmer
Tom & Deborah Park
Jim & Kathy Pender
Melodie Phillips
James & Leslie Pickard
Katrina Pipasts
Thomas & Kate Pitrone
William Plesec & Susan Stechschulte
Sally & Derek Rance
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
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
Drs. Frederick & Elizabeth Specht
Jane Peterson & Phil Star
Allyson Stewart
Terry & Jamie Stoller
Susan Troia
Anne Unverzagt
Carol Vandenberg
John P. & Verna Vanderkooi
Sam Wainer
Anne & Ed Wardwell
Mary Warren
Lucy & Chuck Weller
Robert C. & Emily C. Williams
David & Kathleen Yonto
David & Judy Young
Richard & Mary Zigmond

Brandenburg Circle ($500-$999)

Anonymous (3)
Joan Allgood
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
Eric & Sue Kisch
Jim, Sherry, & Ricky Kitchell
Peggy Koblenzer
Raymond & Katharine Kolcaba
David Kotte
Adrian & Margaret Krudy
Ed Larson & Janice Radak
Jody Lefort & Ken Gober
Pam LeRose & Tim Nichols
David & Carolyn Lincoln
Mrs. F. 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
Andrew Gordon-Seifert
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
David E. & Robin A. Nash
Deborah L. Neale
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
Fred Rasio
Stacy Ratner
Bill & Jan Resseger
Dr. Thomas Riis
John & Jackie 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
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

Supporter Circle ($100-$249)

Anonymous (4)
Bonnie Abbey
Baird Allis
Steven Andes
Jay AuWerter
Tom & Chris Babb
Julianna Baillis
Margaret Balewski
John Bankhurst
George D. Banta, DVM
Linda L. Barclay
Stan Barrish
Monica & Ben Bassett
Linda Bednar
Sean Bell
Lisa A. Benedetti
Marjorie Benson
Steve Berlin
Ariana Bernard
Karl Berolzheimer
Tom & Dorothy Bier
Jeffrey & Marjorie Biggar
George E. Blomgren
Marguerite Bookstein
Donna Bowman
Herman & Joyce Bredenbeck
Judy Brody
Jeannette Buerk
Richard & Marilyn Busch
David Byrnes
Dr. Vera Camden
Charles Capwell
Cindy & Tim Carr
Joseph & Helen Cesarik
James Chandler
Sonia Chapnick
Dr. Jim Chapple
David Chinitz
Linda & David Chittock
Robert Chwast
Pedro Ciarlini
Jeremy Cléron
Dr. Anne Clouser
Nathalie-Yael Senamaud
Ann Cole
Marilee Cole
Hilary Coman
Colleen & John Cooney
Esther Cooper
Ian Cooper
Glenn & Alexis Cormack
Hobart Corwin
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Crampton
Thrivent Choice
Paul and Alea Dahnke
Roman & Diana Dale
Mrs. Andrew Dalzell
Barbara & Michael Davis
Sara M. Debanne
Chris & Mary Ann Deibel
Jane Denney
Angelica Dentinger
James Denton
Barry Dijulius
Robert Dirks
Mary Dold
William & Lynne Dowling
Molly Downing
Jane Dreyfuss
Constance Dubick
Gregory Dunham
Virginia Eby
Susanna Epp
Judith Erickson
Andrew & Leigh Fabens
Stanley & Sharon Fairchild
Mr. & Mrs. R. Jeffrey Fast
Marilynne Felderman
Sheldon Firem
Carol & Daniel Fishwick
Scott & Anne Flamm
William Foster
Dianne Fowler
Linda R. Frank
Adam Friedman
Katherine Funkner
Rob & Karen Galloway
Thomas Galvin, in honor of Chuck Bittenbender
Stephen H. Gariepy
John Garafalo & Matt Melton
Irene Georgantas
Elisabeth & Bob Geraghty
Donna Gerber
Suzanne Gibson
Anne & Walter Ginn
Iwanicki Giving Fund
Patricia Goetz, M.D.
Charles Goodwill
Ronald & Marcia Gould
Charlotte Guggenheim
Peter & Lee Haas
Kristen & Thomas Hagesfeld
Janet Halstead
Jeannie Hamilton
Glenn & Barbara Hanniford
Merritt Harbert
Jan Harding
Sam & Lynn Harris
Gary Harris
Michael Hayes
Charles & Elizabeth Hayford
Elizabeth Hecht & Peter Savoy
John & Jill Heese
Robin Herrington-Bowen
Douglas M. & Suzanne R. Hicks
Ronald Hilton
Gary & Anne Hinton
Lynn Hirsch
Mrs. Jann Holzman
Michael Hotz
Joan M. Hull
Hope Hungerford
Joan C. Ishibashi
Byron H. & Diane F. Jackson
Lucy John
Marjorie Johnson
Delia Johnson
Mark Johnson
Robin Kelly & Bruce McCain
Lisa & David Johnson
Steve Johnstonbaugh
Priscilla Kaczuk
Elora Kares
Dr. & Mrs. C. William Keck
Daniel Kearney & Judy Erickson
Kim S. Bres-Kelly
Mary Nell Kennedy
Millie L. Keyser
Dennis & Kathryn Kieta
Mary Klyasheff
Judith Koenig
Martin Kohn
Sue Korosa
Bob & Linda Kuchner
Paul Kuczkowski
Robert Kudder
Rebecca J. Kuzma
Jeff Laird
Donna Lalewicz
Mimi Larsen Becker
William Lavigna
Mary & John Lawlor
William & Pearl Lemmon
Nancy Lerner
Frank Lesko
Kermit & Barbara Lind
John Licastro
Joan H. Lidrbauch
Sandy Lindahl
Dan Littman
Gene Lovasy
Jimmy Madsen
Margaret & Gordon Mallett
Lloyd & Noreen Mazur
Mr. Christopher C. & Dr. Gaylee McCracken
Maureen McGrath
Frederick T. McGuire III
Michael McGuire
Bobby & Kathy Meadows
Katherine Menges
Janet Messmer
Elaine Meyer
Antoinette Miller
Sarah Miller
Ross & Catherine Miller
Bernard Miner
Sharon Miranda
Diane Miskinis
Laura & Charles Monroe
Susan Morstein
Thomas Murphy
Brian F. Murphy
Keith & Maxine Myers
Stephen & Celeste Myers
David Nash
Gay S. Nelson
Nancy Neville
Carol and Kevin Oberholtzer
Thomas P. O’Donnell
Joseph & Maryanna Ogonek
Scot O’Hara
Sarah Opdycke
Patricia Otto
Teresa Panniers
Lou Papes
Leslie Parker Barnes
Dr. Larry Parker & Mrs. Jennifer Johnson
Jean Pasko
Joan Paul
Nick Petrella
Robert L. Petrus
Ellen Picard & Pat Hartman
Barbara Pittman
Ed Ponce & Mary Ann Quinn Ponce
Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Porter
Mary R. Powell
Thomas & Maria Prendergast
John & Norine Prim
Laura & Roger Principe
Bob & Karen Pritchard
Sarojini Rao
William & Arleen Rau
Judy & Clifford Reeves
Marjorie Reimer
Mark Reinbrecht
Dr. Clare M. Rimnac & Dr. Thomas M. Hering
Joseph & Gail Rinderknecht
Nadine Roszko
Marta Roth
Bobbie Rudnick
Sara Rufo
Michael Ruffing
Christine R. Russell
Althea & Raymond Salomone
Nathalie-Yael Senamaud
Ellen & Susan Singerman Saltz
Mrs. Betsy Sampliner
Steve Sanford
Mary Schaap
James & Lenore Schilling
Donald E. Schmid
Linda Schoenberg
Dr. Gary Seng & Mrs. Leslie Greenbauer-Seng
Phyllis Shalowitz
Jean Shedd
Vance & Donna Sherwood
David Shifrin
Jackie Silas-Butler
Mary Silva
Lois Simpson
Deborah Smeiles
Juan Solana
Doris Sopher
Darwin L. Steele
Alan Steffen
Phil & Nonie Stella
Saundra Stemen
Janet Stern
John & Elfriede V. R. Stickney
Gregory Stoup
Jeffrey Strauss
Lorraine Szabo
James Tanzilli
Mattie Terstegge
Eileen Thomas, in memory of Jack Sites
Fred & Mary Jane Thomas
Jeannette Thomas
Joseph Tingley
Barbara Tolliver
Mary Torgerson
Edward & Hildred Tornberg
Linda Townsend & Michael Polzin
Dr. & Mrs. George Trautwein, in honor of Jeannette Sorrell
Richard & Claire Troha
Kok-Chi Tsim
William & Judith Ann Tucholsky
Susan Turner
Laura VanDale
Evangeline Varonis
Chuck Vergon
Susan H. Vonnegut
James & Julie Wallace
Mary Ann Walter
Philip & Margaret Wasserstrom
Sharon Watts
Mark & Barbara Weigand
Paul Weller
Spencer & Janet Wells
John Wert
Chris Werwicki
Marcia Wexberg & Ken Singer
Walter Whitmyer
Alyssa Witters
Virginia Wojno-Forney
Daniel & Laura Orkin Wolkoff
Sharon K. Yarnell
Mary & Carl Yost
Dennis Young
B. Yusim
Jane Zaharias
Chuck & Ann Zellmer
Gregory Zivoder
The Zucker Family

† in memoriam