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L Y R I C O P E R A O F C H I C A G O
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Special Thanks
Acknowledgements
The following individuals and organizations have very generously provided gifts and services in support of Lyric Opera’s efforts:
• American Airlines for its 35 year partnership as the Official Airline of Lyric Opera of Chicago.
• Jenner & Block and Craig C. Martin, Partner, for the firm’s pro bono legal services throughout the year.
• Strategy& and Vinay Couto, Principal, as well as PwC and John Oleniczak, Midwest Region Assurance Managing Partner, and
Paul Anderson, Retired Senior Advisor, for their firm’s pro bono consulting services on our organizational assessment.
• Warner Classics as the Official Education and Promotion Music Provider.
Generous Gifts
Art Institute of Chicago
Calihan Catering
Classic Color
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Friedmann
Coco Pazzo
HMS Media, Inc.
Seth and Susan Mason
The Estate of Gerald Ritholz
Special Gifts
BBJ Linen
Cru Café
Notable Gifts
John and Linda Anderson
Artists Frame Service
Marlys Beider
Cantor David Berger
Cochon Volant
KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation
Calo Ristorante
Einstein’s Bagels
Food and Paper Supply Company
Hall’s Rental
Insomnia Cookies
KD Mailing & Fulfillment
Marc Lacher
Wayne and Kristine Lueders
Lloyd’s Chicago
Martha Nussbaum
Ingrid Peters
Todd Rosenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stark
Thomas Terry
Vision Wine and Spirits
This performance is partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Lyric Opera of Chicago is a member of OPERA America.
Matching Gifts
SILVER GRAND BENEFACTOR
$10,000 to $24,999
Alexander & Alexander, Attorneys at Law
BNY Mellon
The Chicago Group at Morgan Stanley
Chicago Title and Trust Company Foundation
Evans Food Group
First Midwest Bank
OPERA America
The PrivateBank
Quarles & Brady LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Starshak Winzenburg & Co.
Wintrust Community Banks
PREMIER BENEFACTOR
$7,500 to $9,999
Amsted Industries Foundation
Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation
Thermos LLC
Envestnet
Ropes & Gray LLP
William Blair & Company
BENEFACTOR
$5,000 to $7,499
Baird
General Mills Foundation
Italian Village Restaurants
Molex
Sahara Enterprises, Inc.
Shure Incorporated
BRAVO CIRCLE
$3,500 to $4,999
Corporate Suites Network
Invesco
Lazard Asset Management
Old Republic International Corporation
IMPRESARIO
$2,000 to $3,499
American Agricultural Insurance Company
BBJ Linen
BNSF Foundation
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
KD Mailing Service
MWM Consulting
Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd.
TAYLAR
FRIEND
$1,000 to $1,999
Concierge Unlimited International
Draper and Kramer, Incorporated
Kinder Morgan Foundation
Michuda Construction, Inc.
Midwest Cargo Systems, Inc.
S&C Foundation
Turks’ Greenhouses
SUSTAINER
$500 to $999
Law Office of Phillip Brigham LLC
Children’s Law Group LLC
Carl Johnson’s Gallery in Galena
Rooney Rippie & Ratnaswamy LLP
Anonymous (2)
Allstate Giving Program
Aon Foundation
ArcelorMittal
AT&T Foundation
Bank of America Foundation
Baxter International Foundation
Benevity Community Impact Fund
BMO Harris Bank Foundation
Helen Brach Foundation
Caterpillar Foundation Inc.
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
CME Foundation
CNA Foundation
ConAgra
Emerson Electric
GE Foundation
General Mills Foundation
Goldman Sachs
Graham Holdings
IBM Corporation
ITW Foundation
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson Controls Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis
Lannan Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation
Macy’s/Bloomingdale’s
Morgan Stanley
Motorola Foundation
Northern Trust Company
Peak6
Peoples Gas
PepsiCo Foundation
Pfizer Foundation
PNC Foundation
Polk Bros. Foundation
The Retirement Research Foundation
The Rhoades Foundation
Skadden
UBS Foundation
U.S. Bank Foundation
The Warranty Group
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
W. W. Grainger Inc.
For purposes of recognition, we are pleased to combine matching gifts with an individual’s personal gift. If your employer has a matching gift program, please request
a matching gift form through your Human Resources or Community Affairs office, and send it to us along with your contribution.
A special thank you to the following companies for matching their employees’ gifts to Lyric Opera of Chicago.