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Leadership Gifts
$1,000,000+

Cleveland Foundation
Char^‡ & Chuck Fowler

The George Gund Foundation
The Siddiq Family ^^†‡

Leadership Gifts
$500,000 - $999,999

Haslam 3 Foundation
KeyBank Foundation
Thomas F. Peterson, Jr. Charitable Trust

Leadership Gifts
$250,000 - $499,999

Anonymous
Jones Day
Dick^{‡ ^} & Pat^* Pogue

Leadership Gifts
$100,000 - $249,999

Abington Foundation
BakerHostetler
Bruening Foundation
The George W. Codrington Foundation
Ron Cohen & The Cohen Community Foundation
Tom & Anita Cook
Cuyahoga County Council
Dominion Energy
Falls & Co.
FirstEnergy Foundation
Sally & Bob^‡* Gries^{^}
Paul^†‡& Michelle Harris

Jane & Michael Horvitz
The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation
Kulas Foundation
Beth E. Mooney
The John P. Murphy Foundation
Nordson Corporation Foundation
PNC
Mark D. Ross^†
Thompson Hine LLP
Margaret W. Wong & Associates LLC

Major Gifts
$50,000-$99,999

50 Black Women Fund
Steven & Elise Auvil
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Laura & Jon Bloomberg
Ellen Witt Botnick
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Charlie & Grosvie Cooley
Sally & Dick Hollington
Julie & Pat Kelly
The Payne Fund
Porter Wright

The Raskind Family
Judy & Robert Rawson, Jr.
Barbara S. Robinson*
RPM International
Ashok & Rajanee Shendure
Robyn Minter Smyers^†‡ & Bert Smyers
Walter & Jerry Sue Thornton
Molly^†‡ & Daniel Walsh
Doug & Holly Wang
William M. Weiss Foundation

Major Gifts
$25,000-$49,999

Anonymous
Jules & Fran Belkin
Jeanette Grasselli Brown
Louis^† & Cindy Chaiten^‡
Christopher M. Connor^
DLR Group
Henry C. Doll
Judi Magid Feniger^†‡
Friends of Ron Cohen
Fiona & Matt Green
Huntington Bank
Areli & Michael^ Jeans^‡
Anju & Sanjiv Kapur
Stewart Kohl
Longview Foundation^†
Brian & Mary Marita
John J. McGuire^† & Elisha A. Dumser
Stephen J. McHale^{^} Family Foundation

Rebecca Morgan^‡ & James Juknialis
Mario Morino
Katie & Ken Outcalt
Playhouse Square
Clay & Beth Rankin
The Albert B. and Audrey G. Ratner Family Foundation
Alan & Barbara Rosskamm
Shelly & Mark Saltzman
Patricia Shlonsky^† & Steven Hinkle^‡
Robert C. Smith^‡& Susan Ferraro
Squire Patton Boggs
Michelle Tomallo^‡
Turner Construction Company
Unger Family Foundation
Robert B. & Brenda Weltman
Margie & John Wheeler
Jill & Jeffrey Zimon and Family

Advance Gifts
$10,000-$24,999

Kristen Baird Adams^†‡ & Dave Legeay
Anonymous
Attila & Borbala Banto
Terry Brennan^†‡
In honor of Dagmar Braun Celeste
Richard Celeste^
Joanne & Richard Clark
Paul^{^‡} & Karen Dolan
Diane Downing^ & Tom Corrigan
Rob Falls^†‡
Scott & Ann Garson
Barbara Hawley & David Goodman
Jerry Gootee
Pete & Megan Granson
Carole F. Hoover^{‡^}
Horowitz Ratner Family Foundation
iVideo
Helen Jarem & Taras Szmagala, Jr.
David Kall^†
Ethan^{^} & Michelle Karp

Marcia W. Levine
Robert^† & Leslie Littman
Alex Machaskee^‡
McDonald Hopkins LLC
Hugh^† & Sue McKay^‡
Randell McShepard^{‡^}
George A. Misencik Living Trust
Mont Surfaces by Mont Granite, Inc.
August Napoli^{†^} & Joan Katz Napoli^‡
Leta^† and Mike Obertacz^
The Steve and Loree Potash Family Foundation
Kaye^† & Phil Ridolfi
Jan Roller^‡& Dave Abbott^{^}
Joyce M. Stielau and Herbert W. Stielau Foundation
Marty & Laura Uhle
Kittie Warshawsky & Tim Tibbitts
Andrew^{^} & Randy Watterson^‡
Vanessa Whiting

Community Gifts
$5,000 - $9,999

Harold V. Anderson^†
Artis A. Arnold III^†
Citizens Bank
Emily Drake
Fifth Third Bank
David & Brenda Goldberg
Kevin^‡ & Connie Johnson^{^}
Mark A. Jones
Sharon Sobol Jordan^†‡ & Dave Wallace
Andrew & Joan Kohn
Steve & Sandra Laserson
Jazmin Long^
Bob & Joan Lustig

Dan & Dorothy Moulthrop
Lisa Mullin & Paul^† Federico^‡
Salvatore Russo
Marjorie Simon
Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP
Betsy & Fred Stueber
The Taft Family in honor of Seth Taft
Tucker Ellis LLP
Visible Voice Charitable Fund
Morris Wheeler & Joanne Cohen
Bradley Whitehead
Nancy Wolpe

Community Gifts
$2,500 - $4,999

Jamie and Akhil Bindra
Kip & Allison Clarke
Matthew Cox
Dean Lee Fisher^{^} & Peggy Zone Fisher

Jewel Moulthrop
Nirvana Analytics
Alex Schmitt^†
Two Dads Who Care

Community Gifts
$1,000 - $2,499

Bruce Akers^
Karen & William Allport
Michael R. Anderson MD
Nicholas Barendt & Dr. Robin Jump
Len & Dotti Calabrese
Capitol Partners
Carrie Carpenter
Noelle Celeste & Jon Benedict
Dennis J. Dooley
Eric Fiala^†
James H. Foster
Maria & J. Michael Gerstenberger
John B. Gest Jr. & Michelle deBock
Goldfarb Weber Creative Media, Inc.
Joyce Goldstein
David & Nancy Hooker

Bill Hughes & Paulette Hervi Hughes
Wendy & Tom Kulick
Shana Marbury^†
Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD
Barbara R. Miller
Michelle M. Najda^†
Larry Norton
Tom & Lynne Nowel
Alyssa* & William Raybuck
Joy Roller
Lisa Russo
Divya & Nigamanth^† Sridhar
Heather E. Torok
Brian & Janet Tucker
Dr. Christina & Luke Vincer
Meredith & Michael Weil
Zach Wemple
Sheila Wright^†

Community Gifts
Up to $999

Recognizing gifts received as of 1/05/2024

^{^} Past City Club Speaker
^† Board Member
^‡ Guardians Campaign Committee Member
^* Deceased

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Friends of Ron Cohen
 • The George W. Codrington Foundation
 • Sally & Bob Gries
Rebecca Morgan & James Juknialis
 • JonesDay
 • William M. Weiss Foundation
Tom & Anita Cook
 • Charlie & Grosvie Cooley
 • Steve McHale