September 1, 2022 -November 20, 2023
For 30 years, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet has nurtured a love of dance for the cultural enrichment of two arts-minded cities in the American West. Believing that dance is for everyone, the organization manifests its passion across a multifaceted spectrum of community offerings. A newly launched structure is designed to facilitate the nimble execution of our mission while protecting our longtime programs. We thank the following foundations, individuals, businesses and government agency whose trust, friendship and generosity helped us navigate through these unprecedented times, giving us hope for a brighter future.
We offer our sincere thanks to the following donors for their generous contributions to Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s community-based programs. We are grateful for the loyal support of these donors who have helped breathe life into our programs while the organization found ways forward. Includes donations from September 1, 2022 – November 20, 2023.
ANGEL ($100,000 AND ABOVE)
- Hankins Foundation
BENEFACTOR ($50,000 – $99,999)
- City of Aspen
- Jessica and John Fullerton
- Lugano Diamonds
- Melony and Adam Lewis Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- Kelley and Mark Purnell
- Bebe and David Schweppe Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
LEADER ($25,000 – $49,999)
- Barbara Gold
- Ramon Jose and Nance Lopez
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Melinda and Norman Payson
- Esther Pearlstone Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- Elisha and Jeff Zander
PLATINUM ($15,000 – $24,999)
- Alpine Bank
- A. Charles Forte
- Mary Ann Frenzel
- Janie Hire
- The Hire Family Foundation
- Laurie Michaels Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
GOLD ($10,000 – $14,999)
- Barbara and Bruce Berger
- Colorado Creative Industries
- Pamela and Richard Hanlon
- Carl W. Hardin, M.D.Cindi and Dan Hart
- Denise Jurgens and Kevin Messerschmidt
SILVER ($5,000 – $9,999)
- Aspen Community Foundation
- Ruth Carver
- Tony DiLucia
- Maja and Nicholas DuBru
- Sallie Golden and James Aresty
- Keith Gorges
- Michael A. Hauger
- Soledad and Bob Hurst
- The Mike and Laura Kaplan Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- Sarah Kennedy Flug
- Rosemarie and Ray Lavender
- Bobette and Jay R. Lerner
- Les Dames d’Aspen
- Barbara and Pat McMahon
- Leigh Moiola and Charles Dale
- New Mexico Arts
- Harriet Silverman and The Honorable Paul Smelkinson
BRONZE ($2,500 – $4,999)
- Aspen Thrift Shop
- Rod Boren Family Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
- Sarah Broughton and John Rowland
- Kay Bucksbaum
- Jacolyn and John Bucksbaum
- Barbara and Franklin Carson
- Barry Friedberg and Charlotte Moss Family Foundation
- John Hart and Carol Prins
- Jessica Hite
- Carolyn Landis
- Mary Anne and Bruce Larsen
- Mona Look-Mazza and Tony Mazza
- Amy and John Phelan
- Lorraine and Mark Schapiro
- Marianna and Mark Tanguay
- Jamie Tisch
- Patti and Jay Webster
- Amy K. Weiss
- Joseph and Carrie Wells Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
PATRON ($1,200 – $2,499)
- The Buettner Family Foundation for Leigh and Al Buettner
- Gena T. Buhler
- Zoe Eskin
- Connie and David Girard-diCarlo
- Roberta Golub
- Gayle and Woody Hunt
- Lynni Hutton
- Laura and Gary Lauder Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- The Long Family
- Ruth Owens, ZG-Chicks Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- The Podhurst, Dern, Koffsky, Weinberg Foundation
- Dana and Andrew Stone
SUPPORTER ($600 – $1,199)
- Anonymous
- Susan Bell and Peter Ogilvie
- Amy and Rick Carr
- Robin and Alan Cole
- Constructors & Associates, Inc.
- Bunni and Paul Copaken
- Susan Crown Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- Krys and Philip Custer
- Davis-Gibbon Family
- Mary and Sven Dominick-Coomer
- Sistie FischerJo Fisher
- Daryl and Henry Gelender
- Babs Gerber
- Robert Glickman
- Andrea and Jim Gordon
- Bunny and John Harrison
- Jana Hazelbaker
- Bobbie and Tat Hillman
- Sandy and Peter Johnson
- Juliet and Martin Jones
- Marilyn Lowey and Pamela Rosenau
- Ali MacGraw
- Sara J. McKenzie
- Katherine McLellan
- Sara and Don Nelson
- David Newberger
- Jan and Jim Patterson
- Hensley and James Peterson
- Claire and Jim Rhotenberry
- Judith J. Schramm
- Susan Sparks
- Jill and Tim Wayne
- Victoria and Brian Windle
- Nancy Zeckendorf
CONTRIBUTOR ($250 – $599)
- Aspen Skiig Company Family Fund
- Paul Barnes and Vernon James
- Town of Basalt
- Linda Bedell
- Michael Behrendt and Ivan Cassar
- Catherine M. Bergman
- Jim Bianca
- Jill Boyette
- Karen Louise Brettschneider
- Samantha and Nick Campanile
- Mary and Jolene Altwies
- CCY Architects
- Susan Cedar and Gary Lowenthal
- Judy and Tom Christopher
- Tori Adams and James Dubose
- Fowler-Meligeni Charitable Trust, a Donor AdvisedFund of U.S. Charitable Gift Trust
- Golda and Sheldon Friedstein
- Ginni Galicinao
- Thorey and Barry Goldstein
- Enrica and Tiziano Gortan
- Julia Hansen
- Richard Hertz and Doris Meyer Fund
- Debbie and Richard Jelinek
- Sandy and George Kahle / The Kahle Foundation
- Annie and Michael Katz
- Adriann Kelly
- Barbara Klein
- Mona and Chad Klinger
- Julie M. Lampton
- Irena Boguslawskia Landman
- Bruce Lee for the Rockwood Trust
- Joan and Michael Marek
- Carol Moder and Fitz Brewster
- Marjory Musgrave and Frank PetersNetwork for Good, Anonymous donation
- Jean and Allen Parelman
- The Brooke A. and Carol Peterson Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- Anders Richter
- The Ridings Family
- Susan and John Shaffer
- Sandy and Stephen Stay
- Tamara and Scott Stuart
- Joan H. Vernick
DONOR ($1 – $249)
- Anonymous (3)
- Lorin Abbey
- Jacki Judd and Lawrence Allen
- Sam R. Bacon
- Janie and John Bennett
- Michele Bodner
- Lauren Bowen
- Megan and Lorraina Boyette
- Ruth and Tom Buhl
- Lisa and David Caldwell
- Barbara and Herschel Cravitz
- Suzanne Denning
- Marci and Joe DiSalvo
- Brandy Drake
- Cynthia Dunlop
- Gail and Douglas FineJill Fink
- Karen and Marc Friedberg
- John Giovando and Oscar Ardila
- Barbara and Gary Goldstein
- Diane Gonzales
- Gubelmann Family Foundation
- Barbara Hadley and John Burke
- Judy and Gordon Hambrick
- Sue and Bob Hess
- Ann and Bob Hite
- Mitzi and Bernard Hlavac
- Wendy and Brian Hoffman
- Shirley N. Holst
- Deirdre Howley
- Katrina and Greg Huffaker
- Rusty and John Jaggers
- Jacqueline Kasabach
- Susan Kayser
- Pam Kelly
- Mary Jo Kimbrough and Jim Harrison
- Regina and Jules Klapper
- Maggie Kromer
- Marilyn S. Latterman
- Dorothy Julia Lebach
- Lynne and Dan Levinson
- Lucy and J. David Levy
- Glenn Lewis
- Janet Sabel and Jim Liebman
- Joan Lombardi and Lee J. Nash
- Nova Loverro
- Elizabeth Maclaren
- Tina Ludutsky-Taylor and Allen Taylor
- Claire E. McKnight
- Gail Kempler and Miles Merritt
- Ricki and Kerry Newman
- Sam Novgorodoff
- Maya Page and Michael Pearce
- Joanne and Kurt Papenfus
- Paige Price
- Adelaide and Steve Prudden
- Heather and Paulino Rivera-Torres
- Kristin Rowley
- Joan and Larry Shandler
- Trinette Singleton
- Brenda Cruz and Michael Roybal
- Susan and Sheldon Schneider
- Shipp Law, Carolyn and Dan Shipp
- Emi and Lawrence Slater
- Robin Smith
- Lori and Roy Snable
- Laura Dunlop Sowa
- Barbara Stirling
- Jenny Tempest
- Baylor H. Trapnell
- Laura Thielen and George Eldred
- Donna and Tom Ward
- Sue and Elliott Weinstein
- Suzanne Wolff
- Margot and Steve Wynkoop
- Jane and Daniel Yohalem
- Janet and Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky
- Carolyn Zuccareno