Opera for the Young thanks the following generous businesses, foundations, government agencies, and individuals who support our work and help us keep our programs affordable to schools and accessible to all children.

Donations listed here were received between June 1, 2007-June 1, 2008. Donor listings on the OFY website are updated three times annually at the end of October, March, and June. We strive to maintain accurate contribution records. Please help us correct any inadvertent errors by contacting Development Director Dan Plummer at (608) 277-9560 or dplummer@operafortheyoung.org.


BENEFACTOR - $10,000+
Anonymous
American Girl Fund for Children
Mead Witter Foundation

GUARANTOR - $5,000-9,999
Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission
National Endowment for the Arts
Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation
W. Stuart & Elizabeth Sykes
Terry Family Foundation
Twin Cities Opera Guild
William & Joyce Wartmann Fund for OFY**
Wisconsin Arts Board

PATRON - $2,500-4,999
Alliant Energy Foundation
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Evjue Foundation, Inc.
Illinois Arts Council
Microsoft Corporation
Gregory Schmidt & Hanna Cook-Wallace^
Mary Ellyn & Joseph Sensenbrenner
Studio Jewelers

DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE - $1,000-2,499
Charles & Mary Anderson
Karen & Charles Bishop^
Robert & Diane Bless
Rimas P. Buinevicius & Jan Moen^
Martha & Chuck Casey^
Kathryn Curtis
W. Jerome Frautschi
Green Bay Packers Foundation
Karen Hiles
Madison Arts Commission
Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP
J. Marshall & Millie Osborn
Jan & Tom Plumb
Dan Plummer & Mark Koehn
David Z. Rice^
John C. Scheller^
Jason & Ana Stephens^
Arthur W. Strelow Charitable Trust
Tom & Eileen Sutula
Tom Terry
U.S. Bank/U.S. Bancorp Foundation
The Wallace Family Charitable Trust

SPONSOR - $500-999
James Crow
Carl de Boor
Barbara & Dan Garton
Deirdre Garton
Amy Gilliland
Ruth Kearl
Madison Community Foundation
Catherine & Todd McKenzie
Donna & Larry Peters
Daniel & Selma Van Eyck^
Alexa & Nathan Wautier^
Paul Wertsch & Kay Heggestad

CONTRIBUTOR - $250-499
Rose Barroilhet
Helen Bee
Pat Brady & Bob Smith
Rich & Angie Brown
David & Wendy Coe
Polly & Dave Duchow
Sherry Fitzmorris & Doug Morris
Cheryl & Timothy Frazier^
Mary & Carl Gulbrandsen
Terry Haller
Don & Mary Harkness
Roger & Ann Hauck
Jim & Gina Kauer
Herb H. Kohl Charities, Inc.
David & Paula Kraemer
John & Ginny Kruse
JoAnn Lampman
Chun C. Lin
Helen H. Madsen
Dr. Willis & Mary McMillan
Virginia Pickerell^
Kathy Pyeatt & Dan Kerkman
Orange & Dean Schroeder - Orange Tree Imports
Mario & Georgia Shambes
Victoria Vollrath & Steve Schumacher
WisBusiness.com

ASSOCIATE - $100-249
Bert & Diane Adams
Carla & Fernando Alvarado
Doris Anderson
Shelly Armstrong & Jim Lesniak
Marian Ashman
John & Margaret Barker
Laura & Marcus Berghahn
Daniel & Joyce Bromley
Ellen F. Buck
Tom & Martha Carter
Laurits R. Christensen Charitable Foundation
George & Ann Croal
Seth Dailey & Iris Kurman
Linda Dawson & Don Pfahler
Lois Dick
Ralph Ebbott
Lynne & Bill Eich
Stephanie & Roy Elkins
Frances L. Erney
Evelyn & Jim Fleming
Charles Ford & Sharon James
Werner & Jean Frank
Mimmi Fulmer
Pam & Rob Garton
Diane Garton Edie & Dave Edie
Kennedy Gilchrist & Heidi Wilde
Heather Good & Fiona Stoner
Bob & Linda Growney
Anita Gurda
Tom & Bobbie Haig
Marc & Alice Hansen
Karen Hiles
John & Karen Icke
Stanley & Shirley Inhorn
Rosemary Johnson
Esther A. Kaplan
Rebecca & Kyle Ketelsen
Renee Kirch
Barbara & Ronald Klein
Clare & Michael McArdle
Ruth & Mac McCutcheon
Margo & Joe Melli
Sigurd Midelfort
Maureen Murphy & Doug Andrews
Donald & Barbara Nickerson - In memory of Joyce Wartmann
Bhudatt & Michele Paliwal
Hannah Pickett
Ron Raines & Laura Kiessling
Harry & Karen Roth
Cheryl & Paul Rowe
Dolly Schoenberg
Julie & William Segar
Kiki Setterlund & Seth Boffeli
Paul & Suzy Shain
Dan & Gail Shea
Mildred Strother
Sharon Stumbras
Supporters of Opera Singers - Pat & Phil Crump
Donald & Joanna Thompson
Timpano Group
Carol & John Toussaint
Jan & Terry Von Haden
Kenneth West & Lisa Vogel
Eric & Patsy Vollrath
Elyn Williams

FRIEND - $50-99
Anonymous
Tom Akagi
Patti & Richard Atwood
Sally & Tom Basting
Evonna M. Cheetham
Linda Clauder
Rosemary Dorney
Helen Edie
Janet Faulhaber
Glenn & Martha Fuguitt
Michael & Lona George
Thomas & Jo L Greenhalgh
Warren Hagstrom & Doleta Chapru
Tehra Hiolski
Ruth Horrall - In honor of Marja Bennett
Ted & Helen Iltis
Miriam Kerndt
Judith Kimball
Ilona Kombrink
Tim & Sue Koob
B. Kovelan-Hansen
Richard & Carla Love
Maria Moeller
Amy Overby
Joanna Overn
Donna Peterson
Pizza Hut - Cortland Commons
Marvin L Plummer
William Reining
Jeanette Ross
Mike Ross & Kirsten Fruit
Kendall & Mary Rouse
Judi & Bob Rubin
Jeff & Rebecca Schmidt
Melanie Schmidt
Jack & Joan Setterlund
Janette Smart
Harriet Statz
Peg & Ronald Wallace
Mariana Weinhold
Mary Williamson
Helen Wineke
Wendy Wink
Barb Wood
Eva Wright
Richard & Katie Yde
Betty Zeps

SUPPORTER - UP TO $49
Anonymous
Irmgard Andrew
Mary & Robert Bean
Judy Berson & Gerald Boches
Beverly Byington - In loving memory of David Hottmann
Carmel & Christopher Demaioribus
Carole & Dan Doeppers
Ruth Anne Dykman
Miles & Amy Epstein
Jane & Michael Ferris
Margaret Fountain
Peggy Frank
Rosemary Grout
Sally Hollman
Sandra & Paul Jozef
David Karbler
Susan L. Karbler
Maureen Kind
Peggy Kiss
Darrell & Jane Kolstad
Robert Lockhart
R.W. & J.P. Lottridge
Beverly & Chandler McKelvey
Patricia M. Nofzinger
Nancy Nugent
Kathryn Ramberg
Barbara Ryder
Tom & Sandy Solheim
Lee Weiss


^indicates Opera for the Young Board Member

**Join the William and Joyce Wartmann Fund for Opera for the Young

Opera for the Young’s sustaining endowment was founded in 2001 with a generous gift from William and Joyce Wartmann. Additional contributions to the fund are welcome. To learn more about how a major donation can help secure Opera for the Young’s future, contact Development Director Dan Plummer at (608) 277-9560 or dplummer@operafortheyoung.org.



Last Updated: June 10, 2008