Our Funders - 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 July 1, 2023 to February 28, 2025. Their passion for ballet and generous gifts to the Annual Fund make James Sewell Ballet’s artistic and education programs possible.

Gifts of $30,000+
One Anonymous Gift
Minnesota State Arts Board

Gifts of $10,000-$20,000
The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Fund at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
Ecolab Foundation
Bob and Kathie Goodale Legacy Foundation

Gifts of $1,000-$5,000
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
U.S. Charitable Gift Trust

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
$25,000+
Baltins Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Buuck Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Richard and Sandra Jacobson
Gloria Sewell
Michael L. Snow

COMMISSIONING CIRCLE
$15,000-$24,999
Martin and Mary Rigney

INVESTOR'S CIRCLE
$10,000-$14,999
Linda Hoeschler and Peter Blyberg (in honor of Gloria Sewell and the late Fred Sewell)
Clare Kooiman (in memory of good friend, Fred Sewell)
Dr. Gerald W. and Susan E. Timm

PRODUCER’S CIRCLE
$5,000-$9,999
Kathryn Hagen and Tom Anderson
Joan R. Duddingston
John and Ruth Huss
Paula E. and Kayvon S. Riggi
Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of HRK Foundation
John L. Sullivan
Joe Tashjian and Kay Savik
Elizabeth Swailes (in memory of Fred Sewell)
Margaret V.B. Wurtele

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
$2,500-$4,999
Jayne and Bill Emory
Karen and John Larsen
Gloria Peterson and Jim McCarthy
Elisabeth R. Bennett Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
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

CHOREOGRAPHER’S CIRCLE
$1,000-$2,499M
The Chuck and Fiona Anderson Family Fund
Sheila and San Asato
Connie and Alan Beck
Lynne and Bruce Beck
Wendy Dayton
Kathleen Duryea
Leland and Beverly Gehrke
Kelly Kita Charitable Fund
Koehler Family Charitable Fund (in memory of Fred Sewell)
Monica and Rob Lender
James and Caroline Loken
John and Joanne Gordon Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
David and Leni Moore Family 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
Shepard Brust Family Fund
George and Julia Sutton
Marcia E. Urban
Kim Witczak

STUDIO CIRCLE
$500–$999
Carla Adams
Nicole Behm-Koep
Tamzin Brown
Daniel Pennie and Anne Carayon
Janis Clay
Thomas Nelson and Martha Dayton
Pam Kaufman and Dennis Keierleber
Emily Kosokar
Donn and Bonnie McLellan
Lisa and Meghan Maloney-Vinz
Karla and Peter Myers
Lewis and Connie Remele
Bill and Peggy Roush
Mary Ellen and Michael Schrauth
Susan Schulte
Chuck Ullery and Elsa Nillson
Louise Ziegler

DANCER'S CIRCLE
$250–$499
Jennifer Berg
Janet Conn and Mike Debelak
Catherine Fischer
Deirdre Howley and Ira Eisenstadt
Bruce Jacobs and Ann Jennen (in honor of Ramona Jacobs)
Eydie Kooiman and William Kooiman Charitable Fund (in memory of Fred Sewell)
Sharon and Jim Lewis
Ed McConaghay and Margaret Telfer
Sonja and Lowell Noteboom
Lucian Panait
Suzanne and Rick Pepin
Lawrence M. Redmond
Paul & Mary Johnson Fund at Schwab Charitable
Sue Shepard
Elizabeth Short and Kirk Cozine

BALLET CIRCLE
$150–$249
Mark Addicks and Tom Hoch
Cynthia and Woody Andrews
Christine Bleyhl and Thomas DeAngelo
Meghan and Sean Elliot
Patricia Farnham (in honor of Sandra Jacobson)
Anders and Julie Himmelstrup (in memory of Fred Sewell)
David Hunter
Hugh Huston
David Ingbar
Jeffrey and Caren Martin
Jeffrey Masco
Timothy Mason
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
William Spring

FRIENDS OF JAMES SEWELL BALLET
$100–$149
One Anonymous donation
David and MaryAnn Benditt
Bill and Connie Cameron
Louise Chalfant
Katie Craig
David Miller and Mary Dew
Laura Erickson
Ruthena Fink
Drs. David and Kathleen Gesensway
The Hanold Family
Taylor Huber
Mary Johnson
Kitty Warner and Chas. Jensen (in memory of the Marinacci Family)
Karen Koepp
Jennifer Labovitz (in honor of Sally Rousse and James Sewell)
Dave Larson
Betsy Lawrence
Cindy Lindau
Kelley Lindquist
Michael Luxenberg and Joan Garfield
Laurel and Dave Mech
Gordon Mosser
John and Amy O’Neil
Claude Riedel
Patrick Riley and Natalie Roholt
Ralph Schnorr
Kim A. Severson
Sue Specker
Michael and Sherry Spence
Marcia and John Stout (in memory of Carter Fairfield)
John and Ann Trapnell
Colleen Tyson
Lynn and Chuck Wallin
David Warner
Dennis Yelkin
Claire Zophy (in memory of Jane Zophy)

DONOR GIFTS TO $99
Sue Abderholden
Gregory E. Allen
Kathy and Dennis Anderson
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
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

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

THANK YOU COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF JAMES SEWELL BALLET