| Maestro | $10000 + |
| Grand Benefactor | $5000 – $9999 |
| President’s Circle | $2500 – $4999 |
| Benefactor | $1500 – $2499 |
| Patron | $500 – $1499 |
| Friend | $250 – $499 |
| Supporter | $100 – $249 |
Individual Donor Levels for April 1, 2021 – March 31, 2022
Greensboro Opera, Tax ID Number 58-1379465, is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. Donor will be notified of the value of goods or services in consideration for this contribution.
2021-22 Individual Donor Benefits
| 2021-22 Individual Donor Benefits | Maestro $10000+ |
Grand Benefactor $5000-$9999 |
President’s Circle $2500-$4999 |
Benfactor $1500-$2499 |
Patron $500-$1499 |
Friend $250-$499 |
Supporter $100-$249 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal backstage tour of Porgy and Bess with David Holley and Elvira Green | · | ||||||
| Reservation for six to Benefactors’ Cocktail Reception | · | ||||||
| Recognition on signage displayed at all Greensboro Opera performances throughout the season | · | · | |||||
| Invitation for two to Porgy and Bess dress rehearsal | · | · | |||||
| Invitation for six to Meet The Artists reception | · | · | |||||
| Recognition on Porgy and Bess supertitles before curtain and during intermission | · | · | · | ||||
| Reservation for four to Benefactors’ Cocktail Reception | · | · | |||||
| Invitation for four to Meet The Artists reception | · | ||||||
| Greensboro Opera 2022 Calendar | · | · | · | · | |||
| Reservation for two to Benefactors’ Cocktail Reception before Friday evening’s Porgy and Bess | · | ||||||
| Invitation for two to Meet The Artists reception during January rehearsals of Porgy and Bess | · | · | |||||
| Recognition in Playbills | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
Greensboro Opera reserves the right to make substitutions to any and all donor benefits if circumstances such as, but not limited to, weather or COVID make them impossible or unsafe.
Sincere Thanks to our Donors!
In its 40th anniversary year Greensboro Opera is thriving, thanks to the generosity of our donors. You continued to make contributions, even when the Covid pandemic prevented us from offering you music and other benefits in return. The opera’s Board of Trustees is sincerely grateful for your loyal support and extends profound thanks to all of you.
Gold Sponsors ($50,000)
Joseph M. Bryan, Jr.
Kathy Manning & Randall Kaplan (underwriting Rhiannon Giddens)
North Carolina A&T State University
Sponsors ($5,000 – $25,000)
Well-Spring, A Life Plan Community
University of North Carolina Greensboro
JOLO Winery & Vineyards
Corporate, Foundation and Government Gifts
ArtsGreensboro
The Cemala Foundation
Cone Mills Charitable Foundation
Guilford County Schools
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Rotary Club of Greensboro Foundation
Shuttered Venue Operators Grant
VF Foundation
Truist
2021-2022 Donors
Gifts from March 1, 2021 through January 6, 2022
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our Donor List. However, if you notice an error, please let us know so that we may correctly recognize your support.
Maestro ($10,000 and above)
Porter Aichele
Janet Hendley
Claire Kelleher Estate
Susan Petty
Rene Moore Estate
Grand Benefactor ($5,000 – $9,999)
Anonymous
Frank & Susan Dickerson
Bill & Susan Fraser
Jane & Richard Levy (underwriting Sidney Outlaw)
Mary & Gustav Magrinat
Mary Miller
Tom & Linda Sloan (underwriting Lighting Designer)
President’s Circle ($2,500 – $4,999)
Bill & Alicia Allred
Anonymous
Barbara Cone
Sue French & Bob Dixon
James Exum, Jr.
Ben McIndoe
Marnie & Jerry Ruskin
Nancy Sanquist
Kathryn & Chris Troxler
Tom & Sarah Wright
Benefactor ($1,500 – $2,499)
David & Nancy Bray
Myrna Carlock
Pam Cash
Keith Cushman & Deb Bell
Katherine Davey
Laura Deane Gresham
David Holley
William & Louise Latture
Barbara & Bill Moran
John & Paschelle Palmer
Maurice & Eugenia Schwartz
Norman & Carolyn Smith
Pam & David Sprinkle (underwriting archival video)
Suzanne Tritch
Nancy Walker & Tim Lindeman
Patron ($500 – $1,499)
Anna Clare Allen
Anonymous
Anonymous
Adair & Eric Bolton
Dixie & Joseph M. Brantley, III
Harriet Canter
Next Ascent, LLC
Susan & Fred Chappell
Helen Chason
Odell Cleveland
Sallie & Jim Clotfelter
Bert Davis, Jr.
Penny Demetriades
John & Joan Dilworth
Jennie & Rick Gingher
Lori Haddock
Carolyn & Steven Hall
Hallie Hogan
Kathie & John Huff
Gerald Knight
Rascha & Robert Kriegsman
Bobbie & Bernard Mann
Rodney & Linda Mortenson
Pamela Murphy
Judy B. Piper
Lane & Karen Ridenhour
Susan & Jerry Schwartz
Mrs. Phyllis Shavitz
Mark Smith-Soto & Beth Adamour
Michiko Stavert
Laura & Christopher Tew
Friend ($250 – $499)
Robert Capen
Clem & Hayes Clement
Betty & Benjamin Cone, Jr.
Diane Conrad
Margot Cunningham
Jim & Karen Evans
Marion & Peggy Follin
Gloria Fuller
Kenneth Garner
Marilyn & Edward Gideon
Andrea & Cooper Harrell
A. Robinson & Eloise Hassell
Charlene Marchant
Clyde Nolan & Patricia Maine
Robert & Dorothy Peters
Beatrice O. Schall
Virginia Vanstory
Lollie White
Judy & Bob Wicker
Supporter ($100 – $249)
Cynthia & Jerry Anthony
Kate R. Barrett
June & Vance Barron
Thomas & Nancy Beard
Jane & Joe Beatty
Sylvia A. Beck
Ann Berdahl
Mary Berkelhammer
Suzan E. Bly
Paula Stober & Willard Bucklen
William P. Carroll
Micheline Chalhoub-Deville
Debra W. Champagne
Linda & Stephen Danford
Lucia De Ratmiroff
Sheila Duell
Pam & Alan Duncan
James & Jane Ericksen
William O. Goode
Elvira O. Green
Marlene Nielson & James Gwatkin
Philip & Margaret Johnson
Afrique Kilimanjaro
Priscilla Knox
Joanne Koehler
Susan & Peter Kuveke
Catherine Lafarge
Bonnie Lasky
Bill & Ellen Linton
MaryAnn Luedtke
Nancy Madden
Susan McMullen
Katharine M. Pearce & Paul Wetenhall
Roger & Nan Poplin
Katie & John Redhead
Ellen Redmond
Betty B. Rowe
Stephen Russell
Samantha & Garrett Saake
Jim & Cindi Schrum
Lisa J. Simpson
Katherine K. Sohn
Cameron & Gus Speth
Jeanne Tannenbaum
Stuart & Barbara Teichman
Robert & Nancy Thurston
Dave Turnage
Diana Wallace
Fred Wilson & Jennifer Schaal
Mary Nelle Smith & Kyle Woosley
Other
Susan & Dan Acker
Marion Adams
Anonymous
Mary Anne Carter
Judie Davie-Wright
John Emrich
Rebecca Floyd
Leslie Gains
Michael & Lisa Hale
Heather & David Holian
Laurie E. McCollum
Gail McDonald
Delina & Tom Miller
Linda Nelson
Floyd & Joann Nesbitt
Donna & Pasquale Piegari
Scott Romine
James This
Matching Gifts
IBM
Legacy Society
The following have included Greensboro Opera in their estate plans:
Janet Hendley
Marnie & Jerry Ruskin
Honor and Memory Gifts
In Honor of Porter Aichele
Susan & Fred Chappell
Keith Cushman & Deb Bell
Penny Demetriades
Mary & Gustav Magrinat
Beatrice O. Schall
In Honor of Porter Aichele & Jim Exum, Jr.
Heather & David Holian
In Honor of Andrea Allen
James Exum, Jr.
Barbara & Bill Moran
In Honor of David and Abby Holley
William & Louise Latture
In Honor of David Holley
Adair & Eric Bolton
Barbara & Bill Moran
Rodney & Linda Mortenson
Jeanne Tannenbaum
In Memory of Walter Beale
Porter Aichele
Cynthia & Jerry Anthony
Suzan E. Bly
Mary Anne Carter
Keith Cushman & Deb Bell
Linda & Stephen Danford
Sheila Duell
Jim & Karen Evans
Jennie & Rick Gingher
William O. Goode
Marlene Nielsen & Jay Gwatkin
Janet Hendley
William & Louise Latture
Jane & Richard Levy
Gail McDonald
Barbara & Bill Moran
Katharine M. Pearce & Paul Wetenhall
Judy B. Piper
Ellen Redmond
Scott Romine
Maurice & Eugenia Schwartz
Mary Nelle Smith & Kyle Woosley
Michiko Stavert
James This
UNCG Department of English
In Memory of Lawrence “Larry” H. Gains
Rachel & Leslie Gains
In Memory of Gregor De Ratmiroff
Lucia De Ratmiroff
In Memory of Abby Holley
Porter Aichele
David & Nancy Bray
Keith Cushman & Deb Bell
Rob Guttentag
Janet Hendley
Jane & Richard Levy
Barbara & Bill Moran
Marnie & Jerry Ruskin
In Memory of Jacob Kato
Anonymous
In Memory of Woody Pearce
Susan & Dan Acker
David & Nancy Bray
Helen Chason
Janet Hendley
Marnie & Jerry Ruskin
In Memory of Charles Tisdale
Porter Aichele
Allan Christensen
Keith Cushman & Deb Bell
Jim & Karen Evans
William O. Goode
Michael & Lisa Hale
Hope & Christopher Hodgkins
Laurie E. McCollum
Scott Romine
Beth Adamour & Mark Smith-Soto
Cameron & Gus Speth
UNCG Department of English
2020-2021 Donors
Gifts from April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our Donor List. However, if you notice an error, please let us know so that we may correctly recognize your support.
Corporate, Foundation and Government Gifts
ArtsGreensboro
Caplin Foundation
Guilford County
Guilford County Schools
NC Humanities Council
Network for Good
Rotary Club of Greensboro
The Cemala Foundation
Truist
Well-Spring, A Life Plan Community
Grand Benefactor ($5,000 and above)
Porter Aichele
Anonymous
Frank & Susan Dickerson
Bill & Susan Fraser
Janet Hendley
Jane & Richard Levy
Mary Miller
Alice Pearce
President’s Circle ($2,500 – $4,999)
Barbara Cone
Bert Davis, Jr.
Greensboro Opera Companions
Benefactor ($1,500 – $2,499)
David & Nancy Bray
Katherine Davey
Sue French & Bob Dixon
James Exum
Laura Deane Gresham
David Holley
Pamela Murphy
John & Paschelle Palmer
Marnie & Jerry Ruskin
Carolyn & Norman Smith
Nancy Walker
Tom & Sarah Wright
Patron ($500 – $1,499)
Anonymous
H. W. Baird
Dixie & Joseph M. Brantley, III
Harriet Canter
Myrna Carlock
Susan & Fred Chappell
Clem & Hayes Clement
Keith Cushman & Deb Bell
Lori Haddock
John & Kathie Huff
Rascha & Robert Kriegsman
Louise & William Latture
Barbara & Bill Moran
Maurice & Eugenia Schwartz
Susan & Jerry Schwartz
Pam & David Sprinkle
Michiko Stavert
Christopher & Laura Tew
Robert & Nancy Thurston
Kathryn & Chris Troxler
Lollie White
Friend ($250 – $499)
Robert Capen
Pam Cash
Micheline Chalhoub-Deville
Diane Conrad
Margot Cunningham
Jacquelyn Farlow
Peggy & Marion Follin
Gloria Fuller
Kenneth Garner
Marilyn & Edward Gideon, Jr.
J. Glenn Grayson
Carolyn & Steven Hall
Linda & Rodney Mortenson
Clyde Nolan & Patricia Maine
Susan Petty
Phyllis Shavitz
Mark Smith-Soto & Beth Adamour
Gary & Carol Ellen Taft
Judy & Bob Wicker
Supporter ($100 – $249)
Kate R. Barrett
Thomas & Nancy Beard
Marilyn Burris
Debra W. Champagne
Judie Davie-Wright
John & Joan Dilworth
Jane & James Ericksen
Jim & Karen Evans
Rhyan Forman
Pat & Moses Goldberg
William O. Goode
Elvira Green
Phil Griffin & Cathy Wides
Eloise & A. Robinson Hassell
Robert W. Hawkins
Rodna Hurewitz
Judith Hyman & Richard Rosen
Philip & Margaret Johnson
Joanne Koehler
Svetlana Krylova & Alex Plotnikov
Catherine Lafarge
Bill & Ellen Linton
MaryAnn Luedtke
Charlene Marchant
Barbara Ann Peters
Robert & Dorothy Peters
Lawrence Phillips
Judy B. Piper
Joan Poole
Roger & Nan Poplin
Lane & Karen Ridenhour
Kitty & George Robison, III
Scott Romine
Jim & Cindi Schrum
Katherine K. Sohn
Paula Stober & Willard Bucklen
Stuart & Barbara Teichman
Lynette Wrenn
Other
Susan & Dan Acker
Marion Adams
Andrea Allen
Anna Clare Allen
Alicia Armstrong
Cliff & Ann Bridges
Kady Carruthers
Linda & Chuck Coltrane
Nancy Doll
Marjorie Forster
Jack Frost
Ralice Gertz
Patricia & Derek Goldin
Porter Halyburton
Leslie Hill
Hope & Christopher Hodgkins
Margaret Kantlehner
Shirley Leong
Joe Libreri
Nancy Madden
Rebecca Marland
Margaret Murphy
Linda Nelson
Floyd & Joann Nesbitt
Laura Redd
Martha Rierson
David Shelleman
Steve Stonecypher
Colleen Trimble
Fred Wilson & Jennifer Schaal
Matching Gifts
IBM
Legacy Society
The following have included Greensboro Opera in their estate plans:
Janet Hendley
Claire Kelleher
Marnie & Jerry Ruskin
Honor and Memory Gifts
In Honor of Barbara Moran
Cliff & Ann Bridges
In Honor of Abby & David Holley’s Marriage
Marilyn Burris
Bill & Ellen Linton
In Honor of Porter Aichele &
Jim Exum
Keith Cushman & Deb Bell
In Honor of Lollie White & Walter Beale
Keith Cushman & Deb Bell
In Memory of Fritz Janschka
Catherine Lafarge
In Memory of Wray Farlow
Janet Hendley
Wiiliam & Louise Latture
Alice Pearce
In Memory of Claire Kelleher
Porter Aichele
Janet Hendley
In Memory of David Westfall
Janet Hendley
Alice Pearce
Susan Petty
In Memory of Joel Revzen
Porter Aichele
Janet Hendley
Jane & Richard Levy