List of Supporters
We are grateful for these generous gifts that make our work possible.
This listing recognizes contributions made between 9/1/22 – 8/31/23.
Click here to see a list of supporters who have made contributions in honor or memory of a friend or loved one.
*Denotes a Storycatchers Board Member.
**Denotes a Storycatchers Emeritus Board Member.
If an entry is incorrect or we have inadvertently omitted anyone, please email Rachel.
Institutional Supporters
$50,000 – $1,000,000
Anonymous (1)
Builders Initiative
Caerus Foundation
Chicago Office of Cultural Affairs & Special Events
Cook County Justice Advisory Council
Crown Family Philanthropies
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
National Endowment for the Arts
Reva and David Logan Foundation
$25,000 – $49,999
Albert Pick, Jr. Fund
Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation
MacArthur Fund for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at Prince
Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation
$25,000 – $49,999
Albert Pick, Jr. Fund
Innovation 80
Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation
Mark Morton Memorial Fund
Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
$10,000 – $24,99
Anonymous (1)
Illinois Arts Council Agency
Innovation 80
Luther I. Replogle Foundation
Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc
$5,000 – $9,999
BMO
Farny R Wurlitzer Foundation Fund
Judy Family Foundation
Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation
$1000 – $4999
Benevolence Committee of Christ Church
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Town and Country Arts Club
William M Weiss Foundation
$500 – $999
Antares Capital LP
Leo & Rhea Fay Fruhman Foundation
$100 – $499
Allstate Insurance Company
Amazon.Smile
American Online Giving
Henry Crown and Company
Shy City House
Individual Supporters
$25,000+
Iris Witkowsky**
$10,000 – $24,999
Leslie Buchbinder
Eugenie Johnson
Yvonne Lange* & Ted Steck
W. Keren Vishny
$5,000 – $9,999
Jason & Andi Ingram
Janet Myers*
Jan Petry
Walter Stearns & Eugene Dizon
Stephanie Sweitzer *
$1,000 – $4,999
Anonymous (1)
Michael & Helen Arkes
Stan Barrish** & Claire Odland
Individual Supporters (cont.)
$1,000 – $4,999 (cont.)
Marty Behn* & Diana Paserba
Ron & Barbara* Blumenthal
Steve Carroll & Kelly O’Leary
Joyce Chelberg
Alyssa Cox* & Aubrey Louw
David & Constance Davidson
Dan & Elsa Distelhorst
Phillip & Marsha Dowd
Kendra J. Freeman*
Carla Goldstein*
Dean Grosshandler & Susan Weiss
Jennifer Hockema*
Linda Kenny
Melissa Kronthal & Aaron Salsbury
Gerald E. Lewis*
Andrew Markey
Erica Meyer
Mary A. Mills
Robert Nelson Jr.
Tim Nickerson & Mike Stent
William & Penny Obenshain
Meade Palidofsky & Alan Neff
James Pellegrino & Susan Goldman
Allison Powers
Nancy Robinson
Patrick & Kim Ronan
Tamara Schiller & Charles Hoffman
Priya Shah & Rajeev Arora
David Sowinski*
Robert and Mary Sowinski
Lisbeth Stiffel
Richard Sullivan
Adrian Waller
Tova Wolff
Patricia Zeglen
$100 – $499
Anonymous Via Fidelity Charitable
Anonymous Via PayPal Giving Fund
Anonymous via TisBest
Michael Ahern & Karen Coppa
Fernando & Patricia Arena
John Armstrong & Elise LaBarge
Susan & Stephen Baird
Connie Barkley
Steve & Aliza Baron
Marysue Barrett
Ed Barrish & Sharon Schneider
Stephen & Sherry Barrish
Eloise Barron
Susan Bass Noel
Ronald & Queta Bauer
Nancy Bentley
Bruce & Susan Berger
David & Nicole Berger
George & Karen Bergstrom
Erin & Gordon Blair
Joan & Hank Bliss
Greg Block & Karen Hoffman
James Block & Ruth Fuerst
Richard Block & Marcia Horan
David & Linda Blumberg
Michael Braun
Ann Brody
Carol Brook & Thomas Corfman
Edmund* & Dori Buck
Justice Anne M. Burke
Marilyn Cahill
Rebecca Campoverde
Jonathan & Michelle Caplan
Paul Chapman
Peter D. Clarke
Patricia Cleveland
David Cohen
Natalie Cone
Mary Kay Conley
Judy Cottle
Sarah Coury
Tory Davidson & Toufik Simo
Sally Dempsey
Maria Dimond
Lilly Eng
Amy S. Feder
Individual Supporters (cont.)
$100 – $499 (cont.)
Clifton L. & Judith Wallis Fenton
Barbara Flaxman
Adrian Foster
Marjorie Freed
Cathy & Harvey Friedman
Freda Friedman
Robert & Inna Feldman Gerber
Mark Gewirtz
Carrie Gibson & Jordan Wigton
Nancy Gidwitz
Sharon Gilmore
Debra Gittler
Margaret Glaser
Ira Glass
Dale & Mary Ann Guenther
Chloe Gurin-Sands
Mary E. Hafertepe
Lee Hamilton
Pat & Toni Hanrahan
Brian Heiser
Judith Hill
Katie Hill
Brian Hipp
John Hirsch
Cliff & Sharon Hollander
Stuart & Marcia Hruska
Mary Hungerford
Latrece Hunter
Dawn Irwin
James Jensen
Megan Johns
Carol Johnson
Michael & Marion Johnson
Phyllis Anne Johnson
Connie Jordan
Erin Kaczmarowski
Arnold & Carol Kanter
Pamela Kaul Gresty
Adam & Danielle Klene
Fred & Leslie Knight
Carl Kocmoud & Santiago Moreno
Andrée Laganière
Travis Larson
Alec Lawler
Rebecca Lawson
Jared Lecount
Kari Lehman
Max D Leifer
John Leonard
Ken & Jean Lesser
Stuart & Susan Levin
Loester M Lewis
Michael & Jacqueline Lewis
Linda Loving & Richard Aaronson
Eric & Robin Maddix
Danielle Maihofer
Allan & Melissa Malmed
Kimberly Mann
Chris & Linda Marder
Amy Matthews
Laurie McMichael
Allan & Linda Mellis
Mark & Carol Anne Muller
Luigi Mumford
John Murphy
Sally Myers
Pamela Narins
Jane Nollman
Peter Notier
Paul & Joyce O’Connor
Katherine Ortega
Paul & Becky Paukune
Amy Perkal
Robert & Caryle Perlman
Paulette Petretti
Jerry Peven
Arthur & Anita Polott
Gretchen Prem
Jessica Randel
Rhoda Reeling*
Badonna Reingold
Kristen Rinaker
Leslie Rosen
Joseph Rulli
Jay Safier
Thomas & Victoria Samuels
Pia Sawhney
Individual Supporters (cont.)
$100 – $499 (cont.)
Karen Schneider
Judith Sensibar
Donald & Barbara Sered-Zabelin
Kim Shambrook
Dolores Smith
Carol S. Sonnenschein
Mary Clare Starshak
Sue Susman
Robert & Patricia Sweitzer
Michael & Dorothea Tobin
Parise Tolbert
Stan & Anne Trecker
Mary Ann Tuft
Beth Vinkler
Tatzyana Wachter
Steve & Helene Walsey
Maureen West & Jim Dillon
Daniel & Julia Wheeler
Latienda Williams
Robin Wold
$1 – $99
Anonymous (1)
Denise Adams
Sam Amelio
Crystal Arloff
Melissa Auer & Patrick McGleam
Mark Bacharach
Doris Banks-Harrison
Joni Block
Megan Brand
Cynthia Bridges
Mitzi Brown
Terrence Burrell
Virginia Chang
Dave & Pam Clinefelter
Michael & Mary Combs
Steven & Mary Cox
Eric & Sheila Dantzler
Jackie Egger
Howard Ellison
Carla Feinkind
Mary Fleming
Tasha Fletcher
Greg Freedman
Neal & Deborah Gaebler-Spira
Melissa Garcia
Jessica Gebhard
Lee Glazer
Gary & Carol Hart
Ariya Hawkins
Jerod Haynes
Mike Heyl & Roger DeLaurier
Trina Hill
Audrey Huzenis
Steven Isaacson
Candice Jackson
Emily Jacobson
Sarah Judd
Janice Brand Kaylor
Maxine Kesten
Rhys Lindmark
Johann & Hester Louw
John Luisi
Harry & Marcia Lyons
Linda Maraldo
Janis Mendelsohn
Sue Montgomery
Cliff & Diane Niersbach
Michael Bruce & Sally Odland
Daujuana Paramore
Jay Rehak & Susan Salidor
Kent & Deborah Rinehart
McKinley & Barbara Ross
Matthew Roth
Roberta Salas
Michael & Mary Schoenfeld
David Silver
Wes Smedley
Donna Snethen
Faith Summersett Williams
Mila Tellez & Nile Wendorf
Preeti Veerlapati
Jesus Villegas
Francis Wagner
Ahadi J. White
Zachary Whittenburg
Jim & Cara Chenfeld Wilbat
Reggie Williams
John & Elaine Wray
Tributes
The following donors made contributions in honor or memory of a friend or loved one between 9/1/2022 – 8/31/2023.
If an entry is incorrect or we have inadvertently omitted anyone, please email Rachel.
In Honor of Aaron and Shannon’s Wedding
Rhys Lindmark
In Honor of Andrew & Amy Bluhm
Linda Kenny
In Honor of Andrew Johns
Emily Jacobson
In Honor of Ashley Jones-White
Ahadi J. White
In Honor of Barbara Blumenthal
George and Karen Bergstrom
Myron and Beverly Shapiro
In Honor of Carla Goldstein
Steve and Aliza Baron
Jay Rehak
Carol Brook
In Honor of Ingrid Brauer
Crystal Arloff
In Honor of Iris Witkowsky
Erica Meyer
Phillip and Marsha Dowd
In Honor of Janet Myers
Adrian Bennett
Sally Myers
Danielle Maihofer
Laurie McMichael
In Honor of Jennifer Brown
Mitzi Brown
In Honor of Kendra Freeman
Priya Shah
In Honor of Marty Behn
Gary and Carol Hart
Steven Isaacson
In Honor of Meade Palidofsky
Patricia Zeglen
In Honor of Rachel Combs and Cristina Williams
Marty Behn
In Honor of Rachel Combs and Cydney Cleveland
Janet Myers
In Honor of Rhoda Reeling
Walter Stearns and Eugene Dizon
In Honor of Ron and Barbara Blumenthal
Arthur and Anita Polott
Jonathan and Michelle Caplan
Augusta Read Thomas
In Honor of Stan Barrish
Stan and Anne Trecker
Stuart and Marcia Hruska
Stan and Anne Trecker
In Honor of Stephanie Duloc
Melissa Kronthal & Aaron Salsbury
In Honor of The Chris & Linda Marder Family
Chris & Linda Marder
In Honor of Yvonne Lange
Robert and Caryle Perlman
In Memory of Brian Braun
Marty Behn
In Memory of Daniel E. Markey
Andrew Markey
In Memory of Lael Johnson
Alec Lawler
In Memory of Max Gassman
Joni Block
Richard Block and Marcia Horan