Donors (2024-2025)

We are deeply grateful for support from the following donors

$50,000 and above

• Elizabeth Bohart and Stuart Henry Bohart 

• Ellen Philips Kat

• Est. Eugene E. Myers*
• Christine Olson Robb and William John Robb III 

$25,000–$49,999

• Tara M. Peters and Michael Alexander Peterson 
• Craig Ponzio 
• Sandra L. Riggs 
• Est. Dorothy J. Speidel 

$10,000–$24,999

• Kim Allen-Niesen and Keith Allen-Niesen 
• Mary L. Baglivo and James Meguerian 
• Anne DeNaut and James A. DeNaut 
• Dianne Dardes Loeb and Stephen B. Loeb 
• Andra S. Press and Irwin Press 
• Eden Salenger Romick and Steven T. Romick 
• Nicole E. Siskind and Kenneth M. Siskind 
• Martha P. Tedeschi and Michael Lukasiewicz 

$5,000–$9,999

• Fabiola Delgado and Kenneth N. Thompson 
• Nicole E. Rubens Druckman and James N. Druckman 
• Barbara Nitchie Fuldner 
• Amy O. Geier and James Geier 
• Lynn E. Hauser and Neil L. Ross 
• Steven P. Henry 
• Lynne Jacobs and Avery Scheiner 
• Susan Johnson and Henry Johnson 
• Cheryl Johnson-Odim 
• Sari Klein and James A. Klein 
• Katherine Laun Olson 
• Susan Gecht Rieser and Richard M. Rieser 
• Mary Lu R. Roffe and Kenneth Roffe 
• Susan B. Rubnitz 
• Tina Ruttenberg and David W. Ruttenberg

$1,000–$4,999

• Nancy A. Abshire 
• Katherine Best and Robert J. Best 
• Nancy Elizabeth DaSilva 
• Kay Kujala Deaux 
• Sally Dumas 
• Dora Eang 
• Mary Eisner Eccles and Robert N. Eccles 
• Kristin Peterson Edwards 
• Judith Rachel Freeman 
• Carol Ginsburg and Jerome J. Ginsburg 
• Denise Jennings Gunter 
• Jennifer Heller and Brian L. Heller 
• Karen Zak Kent and Evan M. Kent 
• JoAnn Kruger and Bernard Kruger 
• Rosalyn M. Laudati and James B. Pick 
• Jane Houston Peterson  
• Sarah M. Pritchard and Neal E. Blair 
• Jessica Rothstein and Kurt G. Lageschulte 
• Nicholas Rubnitz 
• Jean E. Shedd 
• Pin P. Tan 
• Margaux Tarantino and Thomas F. Lesinski 

$500-$999

• Christine Meleo Bernstein and Armyan Bernstein 
• Kate Ezra 
• Cynthia Kop and Philip Yau 
• Susan Wascher-Kumar and Prem Kumar 
• Maria Nardelli and William R. Levin 
• Vicki L. Sauter and Joseph S. Martinich 
• James R. Shaeffer 
• Marissa Solomon Sutker and Jake Sutker 
• Leslie A. Wiley and Larry Irving 
• David H. Zarefsky, PhD 
• Ellen Soo Hoo Zurfluh and Thomas O. Zurfluh 

$250-$499

• Delphine Huisinga and Christopher P. Huisinga 
• Josiah Richard Jenkins 
• Matthew Alan Kluk 
• Jan Soffen Mishel 

Gifts of Art 

• Kader Attia 
• Linda Blackwell Bentley 
• Pamela S. Boneham and Paul A. Boneham 
• Anne DeNaut and James A. Denaut 
• Ellen Philips Katz 
• Sara Kirkpatrick and Kip Kirkpatrick 
• Edward Charles Kokkelenberg 
• Christine Olson Robb and William John Robb III 
• Caroline Shapiro and Peter Frey 
• Sherry Siegel and Robert Alter 
• T. Paul Young

*Deceased

Support from Foundations and Organizations

$50,000+

• Illinois Arts Council Agency 

$25,000 - $49,999

• Myers Foundations 

$10,000 - $24,999

• Alumnae of Northwestern University 
• Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund 
• Jewish Communal Fund 
• Loeb Family Charitable Foundation 
• Terra Foundation for American Art 
• The Joyce Foundation 

$5,000 - $9,999

• Hulda B. & Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation 
• JP Morgan Charitable Giving Fund 
• Kaplan Humanities Institute 
• Katherine L. Olson Charitable Foundation 
• National Film Preservation Foundation 
• Rubens Family Foundation 
• Schwab Charitable Fund 
• The Ruttenberg Foundation 

Up to $4,999

• American Online Giving Foundation, Inc. 
• Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.