THANK YOU COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF JAMES SEWELL BALLET
The dancers, board of directors, and staff acknowledge with thanks and appreciation the following agencies and individuals for their financial investment in our work from February 1, 2022 to February 29, 2024. Their passion for ballet and generous gifts to the Annual Fund make james sewell ballet’s artistic and education programs possible.
One Anonymous Gift
Minnesota State Arts Board
Snow Family Foundation
Gifts of $10,000-$20,000
Ecolab Foundation
Bob and Kathie Goodale Legacy Foundation
The Allegro Fund
Ecolab Foundation Matching Gifts Program
The Queenan Foundation
Gifts to $999
3M Community Giving Match Program
Give Lively Foundation
Thrivent Financial Matching Gifts
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
$25,000+
Baltins Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Buuck Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Richard and Sandra Jacobson
Fred and Gloria Sewell
Michael L. Snow
COMMISSIONING CIRCLE
$15,000-$24,999
INVESTOR'S CIRCLE
$10,000-$14,999
John and Joanne Gordon Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Dr. Gerald W. and Susan E. Timm
PRODUCER’S CIRCLE
$5,000-$9,999
Kathryn Hagen and Tom Anderson
Joan R. Duddingston
Martin and Mary Rigney
Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of HRK Foundation
John L. Sullivan Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Joe Tashjian and Kay Savik
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
$2,500-$4,999
Jayne and Bill Emory
Gloria Peterson and Jim McCarthy
Nancy and Dennis Monroe
Paula E. and Kayvon S. Riggi
James Sewell and Ilona Ilvonen on behalf of The Sewell Family Foundation
The Suckow Ziemer Family Fund
Margaret V.B. Wurtele
CHOREOGRAPHER’S CIRCLE
$1,000-$2,499M
Sheila and San Asato
Connie and Alan Beck
Lynne and Bruce Beck
John Shepard and Suzanne Brust
Wendy Dayton
Kathleen Duryea
Kelly Kita Charitable Fund
Clare Kooiman
Monica and Rob Lender
James and Caroline Loken
Elisabeth R. Bennett Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Remele Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Sandy Morris
James Davies Gary Peterson Rainbow Fund
Justina A. Roberts and Jake Heller
Patrick Seeholzer (in honor of Rachel Seeholzer)
Laura Sewell and Peter Freeman
George and Julia Sutton
Beth Swailes
Marcia E. Urban
Kim Witczak
STUDIO CIRCLE
$500–$999
Carla Adams
The Chuck and Fiona Anderson Family Fund
Tamzin Brown
Daniel Pennie and Anne Carayon
Leland and Beverly Gehrke
Anders and Julie Himmelstrup (in honor of James Sewell)
Pam Kaufman and Dennis Keierleber
Koehler Family Charitable Fund
Emily Kosokar
Karla and Peter Myers
Bill and Peggy Roush
Mark and Kristi Specker
DANCER'S CIRCLE
$250–$499
Nicole Behm-Koep
Jennifer Berg
Janis Clay
Janet Conn and Mike Debelak
Catherine Fischer
Bruce Jacobs and Ann Jennen
Sharon and Jim Lewis
Lisa and Meghan Maloney-Vinz
Ed McConaghay and Margaret Telfer
David and Leni Moore Family Foundation
Sonja and Lowell Noteboom
Lucian Panait
Suzanne and Rick Pepin
Lawrence M. Redmond
Susan Schulte
Sue Shepard
Elizabeth Short and Kirk Cozine
William Spring
BALLET CIRCLE
$150–$249
Mark Addicks and Tom Hoch
Cynthia and Woody Andrews
Christine Bleyhl and Thomas DeAngelo
Patricia Farnham (in honor of Sandra Jacobson)
David Hunter
Hugh Huston
David Ingbar
Jeffrey and Caren Martin
Jeffrey Masco
Timothy Mason
Donn and Bonnie McLellan
Laurel and Dave Mech
Gwen Myers (in memory of Augusta Moore)
Georgia O’Brien
McCarthy Opgenorth Family Fund
Mary Jo Peloquin
Cory Pope
Georgia Finnegan Saulitis and Erik Saulitis
Carol B. Schirmers
Louise Ziegler
FRIENDS OF JAMES SEWELL BALLET
$100–$149
One Anonymous donation
Kathy and Dennis Anderson
David and MaryAnn Benditt
Bill and Connie Cameron
Louise Chalfant
Katie Craig
Thomas Nelson and Martha Dayton
David Miller and Mary Dew
Meghan and Sean Elliot
Laura Erickson
Ruthena Fink
Drs. David and Kathleen Gesensway
The Hanold Family
Taylor Huber
Mary Johnson
Kitty Warner and Chas. Jensen
Karen Koepp
Jennifer Labovitz (in honor of Sally Rousse and James Sewell)
Dave Larson
Betsy Lawrence
Kelley Lindquist
Michael Luxenberg and Joan Garfield
Gordon Mosser
John and Amy O’Neil
Claude Riedel
Patrick Riley and Natalie Roholt
Mary Ellen and Michael Schrauth
Ralph Schnorr
Kim A. Severson
Michael and Sherry Spence
Marcia and John Stout (in memory of Carter Fairfield)
John and Ann Trapnell
Colleen Tyson
David Warner
Dennis Yelkin
Claire Zophy (in memory of Jane Zophy)
DONOR GIFTS TO $99
Gregory E. Allen
Pamela Arnstein
Carol Barnett
Kevin and Martha Beery Milbery
Al and Fern Black
Philip and Ellen Bruner
Karen Ellingson and Graham Butler
Todd Clasen
Linda and Roy Close
Beatrice Collard
Jon and Katherine Cranney
Moria Douma
Keith Duryea
Nina Hagen
Elizabeth Hobbs
Brittany and Matthew Keefe
Glenn Klapperich
Donna Larson
Cindy Lindau
Kimberly MacLennan
Ray and Elsie Martin
Elizabeth McCambridge
Anne McInerney
Brian G. Mierow
Patricia A. Moe
Brendan O’Shea
Mario and Jaya Perez
Deborah Pollak
Jennifer Reilly
Nancy Robillard
Julia W. Robinson
Jacque Rosenau
Elizabeth Talley
Scott Van Wert and Lisa Albrecht
G & E Weyandt Family Giving Fund
Shelley Zucker (in memory of Batya Heller)
DANCING WATERS 2024 DONORS
Carla Adams
Tama and Ashley Almquist
Sheila Asato and Natalie Nugent O’Shea
Helen Baer
Lynne Beck
Dr. Elisabeth Bennett
Gail Buuck
Bill Cameron
Janis Clay
Lee and Bev Gehrke
Frank and Jayne Harris
Julie Himmelstrup
Linda Hoeschler and Peter Blyberg
Nancy Hovanes
John and Ruth Huss
Mary Johnson
Sophie Johnston
Kelly Kita
David and Mary Beth Koehler
Carolyn Kuntz
Ruth Lambach
Karen and John Larsen
Harry and Sandy Lerner
Kelley Lindquist
Jim McCarthy and Gloria Peterson
Walt McCarthy and Clara Ueland
Gay Moldow and Beth Fischer
Nancy and Dennis Monroe
Lowell Noteboom
Georgia O’Brien
Gary Peterson and James Davies
Marisa Plescia
Mia and Ruthie Posada
Kayvon and Paula Riggi
Marty and Mary Rigney
Justina Roberts and Jake Heller
Susan Schulte
Laura Sewell and Peter Freeman
Gloria and Fred Sewell
Sue Shepard
Michael Snow
Sue and Henry Specker
John Sullivan
George and Julia Sutton
Jean Thomson
Marge and Carey Thornton
Gerry and Susan Timm
Ann Trapnell
Chuck Ullery and Elsa Nillson
Holly Ziemer
ROMANCE DANCE 2024 DONORS
ECOLAB – Lead Sponsor
BILLY SUSHI
GLUEK’S
Carla Adams
Kirsten and Reggie Aligada
Tama Almquist
Jeffrey Anderson
Tom Anderson and Kathryn Hagen
Sue Arnold
Sheila and San Asato
Connie and Alan Beck
Lisa Broek
Suzanne Brust and John Shepard
Bill and Connie Cameron
Isabel Chavier
Sandra Demland
Lee and Bev Gehrke
Gordon Geist
Leo Geter
Joanne and John Gordon
Valerie Grand
Justina A. Roberts and Jake Heller
Susan Horowitz
Mary Johnson
Leah and Brett Kondes
Molly Lehman
Michael Luxenberg and Joan Garfield
Scott Lykins and Jacob Sirek
Lisa and Meghan Maloney-Vinz
Elizabeth McCambridge
Jim McCarthy and Gloria Peterson
Ed McConaghay and Margaret Telfer
Marlo and Joseph Miksche
Nancy and Dennis Monroe
Dan Pennie and Anne Carayon
Shawna Persaud
Gary Peterson and James Davies
Rahul Revade
Marty and Mary Rigney
Bill and Peggy Roush
Erik Sandberg
Kyle Schmiel
Betsy and Sumner Schmiesing
Wayne Zink and Christopher Schout
Susan Schulte
Gloria and Fred Sewell
Laura Sewell and Peter Freeman
Sue Shepard
Jessica Siebels
Michael L. Snow
George and Julia Sutton
Joe Tashjian and Kay Savik
Marge Thornton
Dr. Gerald Timm and Susan Timm
Mimi Ficke and Jack Westin
Jennifer Will
Kim Witczak
Gary and Wendy Wold
Holly Ziemer and Steve Suckow
Your tax-deductible annual gifts are always welcome. Cash, stocks and bonds, bequests, real estate holdings, and sponsorship opportunities are great ways to make an investment in programs and communities we serve. To learn more about the tax and philanthropic benefits of giving, please call Tom McNamee, development director, at 612.672.0480 or email at tom@jsballet.org.
JAMES SEWELL BALLET
528 Hennepin Avenue, Suite 215
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403