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DONOR LISTINGS

OUR DONORS

Over 25 years ago the Endowment Foundation was created to help ensure the Stratford Festival's financial stability "For All Time".  We take this opportunity to express our sincerest gratitude to our generous donors for their commitment to the Festival - now and well into the future.

For more information about the Festival's endowment, contact Christine Seip, Director, Major Gifts & US Outreach at cseip@stratfordfestival.ca or 1.800.561.1233 extension 5630.

The list below reflects cumulative gifts made up to February 28. 2025.

* Gifts made through the Stratford Festival of America 
^ Stratford Festival Board and Senate members 
+Stratford Festival Staff/Company members

ETERNITY LEVEL | $5M+

Bruce & Betty Birmingham
Department of Canadian Heritage
Hon. Michael A. Meighen & Kelly Meighen
The late Dr. Robert G. E. Murray & the late Marion I. N. Murray Fund
Sandra & Jim Pitblado^
Province of Ontario - Arts Endowment Fund Program
The Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada

EPOCH LEVEL | $2M to $4,999,999

The Marilyn & Charles Baillie Fund
Estate of Mrs. Estelle H. Cohen*
David Green & Mary Winton Green*
Robert & Jacqueline Sperandio*

LEGACY LEVEL | $1M to $1,999,999

Rita & Rudy Koehler
The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
Education Initiatives Fund, in honour of Richard Monette
The George & Nancy Taylor Fund^

MILLENNIUM LEVEL | $500,000 to $999,999

Estate of Dr. Viera Barta
Frederick & Stephanie Bishop*
In memory of Susan Harkins
Estate of Barbara Jo-Anne Heggie
Beryl Ivey & Richard Ivey
The Richard Ivey Foundation
The Elizabeth Lang Fund
Janet & Richard Lint^
The late Frank & Nancy Moore*
Michael V. & Wanda Plachta Fund
Deirdre Stevenson

CENTURY LEVEL | $250,000 to $499,999

Karon C. Bales & Charles E. Beall Family Fund^
Elaine & the late Michael Davies^
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation*
Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin*^
Estate of Marjorie Elizabeth Hamilton
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Hurckes*^
Lawrence & Margaret Marsland^
The Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation
Estate of Marion Isabelle North Murray
The Geoff & Marion Neigh Fund
Parnassus Foundation, courtesy of Jane & Raphael Bernstein*^
Richard Rooney & Laura Dinner^
Cecil & Linda Rorabeck^
Estate of Cairine Elizabeth Scott
Estate of J. M. B. Smith*
The John & Renata Walker Fund
The Watson/Osborn Fund*
The Helen & Joseph Weinberger Fund*
Anonymous (2)

DYNASTY LEVEL | $100,000 to $249,999

Mr. & Mrs. G. John Adamson
The Avalon Fund
The Nicholas Barakett Fund
Margret A. Beekel*
The Loris & Theodore Birnkrant Fund*
Estate of Helen N. Bradburn*
The Fred C. & Eileen F. Calabrese Fund*
Cathy & Paul Cotton
Barbara M. & Fred A. Erb*
Gatfield Family Foundation
Heather Gibson & the late Allan Massingham
Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation
Estate of Joan Ferriss Hatch
Carol & Ronald Horowitz*
David Horowitz*
Estate of Dr. Mary Beth Jennings
The John & Verla Killer Fund
Margaret D. King
Jane Fryman Laird*
Estate of Richard Lee*
John & Arlene Lewis*^
Estate of M. Lenore Mackie
Marcia Matsui & Roger Cotton^
Dr. Ross & Fran McElroy Fund
Dr. E. Duncan McEwan & Dr. Joan C. McEwan
Dr. Murlene McKinnon Fund, dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Massey*
The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation
Hymie & Roslyn Mida
Eugene A. & Lois A. Miller*
The Mosaic Foundation (of the late Rita & Peter Heydon)*
Estate of Michael Murray
Edwin A. Parsons
Kayla & Richard Pechter*
Dr. Emma Plattor
The Florence Richler Education Fund
Martie & Bob Sachs*^
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Saunderson
Estate of Cairine Scott
Estate of Mary Campbell Smith
Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Sokol*
William H. Somerville Theatre Artisans' Apprenticeship Fund, funded by J.P. Bickell Foundation
Andy & Helen Spriet^
The Summertime Fund*
Estate of Caroline Hamilton Tate*
Mary & George Turnbull
William George Vivian Fund
The John & Renata Walker Fund
Leslie Clare Whitfield*
Estate of Marian Wilkinson
Matilda R. Wilson Fund*
Janice & the late Donald Woodley^
George & Pearl Zeltzer Family*
The David Zussman & Sheridan Scott Educational Fund^

LIFETIME LEVEL | $50,000 to $99,999

The late Hope Abelson*
J.P. Bickell Foundation
In memory of Frances Wells Biddinger & Gretchen A. Gentile*
Butch Blake Fund
Estate of William Earl Boettger
Estate of Charlotte Maud Brown
The late M. Joan Chalmers, C.C., O. Ont.^
Estate of Molly Copus Christie^
The Eve Cork Fund
The Tom & Joanne Cowan Fund
Bob & Jan Daniels*^
Charles & Margaret Dingman^
La & Philip Engel*^
James & Florence Gibson Fund
Estate of Mary-Jane D. Givens*
Muriel Goodbrand
The late Wilfrid P. Gregory^
The Dr. Dennis & Dorothea Hacker Fund
The Hay Foundation
Desmond Heeley Design Internship
The Martha Henry Fund
Michael Homer & Ann Hébert^
Wayne & Leslie Ingram
Estate of Peter Kilburn
Raj & Shaila Kothari^
Shraddha, Akshara & Shruti Kothari
Beth L. Kronfeld*^
Janet & the late Ellsworth Levine*
The Anne Linden Fund
Sandy Linver & Buddy Kornman*
Estate of Mary Kathleen Lyle Mathers
The Michael Mawson Fund
Marg Misener
Drs. M. L. Myers & the late W. P. Hayman^
Thomas & Ellen O'Flaherty*
Connie & the late Tom Orr^
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd.
Laura Pogson Fund
Cecil & Robert Rabinovitch^
Estate of Helen Leonore Roszell
Estate of Patricia R. Russell
Carolyn Schiff & Noah Millman*
The Jack Segal Memorial Archival Fund
Estate of B. Julian Sibold
John & Jill Skinner
The Marcia Katz Slotnick Fund*
Gordon & Elaine Steed
Estate of Nancy G. Steen*
The Mary Helen Stoetzner Fund*
Robert Summers-Gill
Estate of Dr. Clarke Dewey Wells*
John H. Whiteside Fund
Max & Mary Wisgerhof*
The late Norton & Lucille Wolf
Anonymous