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Acknowledgements
The following individuals and organizations have very generously provided gifts and services in support of Lyric Opera’s efforts:
Special Thanks
• American Airlines for its 36 year partnership as the Official Airline of Lyric Opera of Chicago.
• Boston Consulting Group and Dan Grossman, Partner and Managing Director, for the firm’s pro bono services to help Lyric to better understand
our financial model, and to identify creative and promising paths to growth.
• 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
Calihan Catering
Coco Pazzo
HMS Media, Inc.
Notable Gifts
Artists Frame Service
Cochon Volant
Pearl Brasserie
Lloyd’s Chicago
Martha Nussbaum
Vision Wine and Spirits
Glo Rolighed
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.
SILVER GRAND BENEFACTOR
$10,000 to $24,999
Alexander & Alexander, Attorneys at Law
Baird
BNY Mellon
Chicago Title and Trust Company Foundation
CNA
Evans Food Group
First Midwest Bank
Molex
Morgan Stanley
OPERA America
Quarles & Brady LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Wintrust Community Banks
PREMIER BENEFACTOR
$7,500 to $9,999
Amsted Industries Foundation
Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation
Envestnet
William Blair & Company
BENEFACTOR
$5,000 to $7,499
Italian Village Restaurants
Sahara Enterprises, Inc.
Shure Incorporated
BRAVO CIRCLE
$3,500 to $4,999
Corporate Suites Network
Old Republic International Corporation
IMPRESARIO
$2,000 to $3,499
American Agricultural Insurance Company
BNSF Foundation
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
MWM Consulting
Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd.
FRIEND
$1,000 to $1,999
Cartier
Concierge Unlimited International
Draper and Kramer, Incorporated
Kinder Morgan Foundation
Michuda Construction, Inc.
Midwest Cargo Systems, Inc.
MUFG
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
Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust
Network for Good
Rooney Rippie & Ratnaswamy LLP
Matching Gifts
Anonymous
Allstate Giving Program
Aon 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
CNA Foundation
ConAgra
Doing Good LLC
Emerson Electric
General Mills Foundation
Graham Holdings
Grenzebach, Glier, and Associates
HSBC-North America
IBM Corporation
Ingredion Incorporated
ITW Foundation
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson Controls Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation
Kimberly Clark Foundation
Morgan Stanley
Nuveen Investments
Pfizer Foundation
Polk Bros. Foundation
The Retirement Research Foundation
The Rhoades Foundation
The Warranty Group
United Technologies Corporation
W. W. Grainger Inc.
William Harris Investors
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.