2026 Donors (April - June)

We wish to express our deepest thanks to the following individuals and organizations who made donations to Glessner House during the second quarter of 2026, including all of the support for our gala. Thank you one and all, we couldn’t do it without you!

$250,000 and above
Anonymous

$50,000 - $99,999
Estate of Elliott N. Otis

$25,000 - $24,999

$10,000 - $9,999
Anonymous
Friedman Family Foundation
John A. Hug & Maria Corpuz
Robert Novak

$5,000 - $9,999
David Martland
Mary & Michael Woolever

$1,000 - $4,999
Mary Aronin
Francis Beidler Foundation
Elizabeth Beidler Tisdahl Foundation
Berglund Construction
John C. & Joan Blew
Norma Bramsen
Susan Burian
William & Holly Charles
Eric & Jill Dexter
Karen Dimond
Thomas E. II & Barbara C. Donnelley Family Fund -
The Donnelley Foundation
Matthew & Taryn Giniat, in honor of the Giniat Family
Donald W. & Lisa Jaburek Jr., in honor of Marilyn & Steve Scott
Lisa Koenigsberg
Kathryn Korn
Pat Kosmerl
Arthur W. Kruski & Priscilla N. Russell
Anne & Zachary Lazar
Allegra & John Nethery
Michael Payette
Cynthia Phillips
Michele Rudnick & Oren Sreebny
Tanya Silvio
Howard & Jane Tiffen
Jack & Susan Tribbia
William H. Tyre
Allan B. & Angela C. Vagner

$250 - $999
Mary Jo Abrahamson
Anne Hill Bird
Robert & Laura Chen
Carla Clayman
John Cramer & Nate Lielasus
JoAnn Faulhaber
Jennifer Goldman, in honor of Erica C. Meyer
Thomas Gotlund & Terry Anderson
Kevin S. Hall
Ray Hofmann & Tori Simms,
in memory of Robert Schrade
Ronald & Kathleen Loch
Susan Payne, in honor of Barry Sears & Kathy Rice
Jim Peters & Pat Casler
Alice Schreyer
David Shepherd & Lisa Montelpasse
Linda K. Smith
Jennifer Macbeth Stackpole

UP TO $249
Drew Ahrens
Melissa Allsop
Snezana Andric
Anne Hill Bird
Julia Bachrach
James Badali
Pamela Pierrepont Bardo
Cynthia Bates
Michael A. & Ann Belletire
Jan Bentley
Daniela Blanco
Evelyn Bray
Claire Broadhead
Judy Bross
Deneen Marie Bryce
Jeff & Carol Burgan
Gwendolyn Carrion
Carla Carstens
Elizabeth Hamlin Carter
Harry & Joyce Carter
Veronica Carter
Katharine Adelaide Carter
Theodore Macbeth Carter
James & Jennie Caulfield
Carol Christine
Madelyn Chromy
Susan Cipriano Slad
Scott Clark & Kathy Bernard
Pam Coghill
Amy Cole
Lilia Corpuz
Kathy Cunningham
Brian De Vinck
Maryellen Dillon
Debbie Dodge
Susan Duda
Logan & Kathleen Ebeling
Pamela & Keith Eiten
Sean Eshaghy
Darcy Evon
Debra Jean Frels
Glenn L. & Donna L. Gabanski
Allisa Gam
Cathy Garra
Janet Gates & Jeff Owen
Martha Geppert
Vicki Giles
Laura & Kathleen Girardi
Richard Glessner
Ms. & Dr. Goldstein
Eleanor Gorski
Sharon Green
Heather Haberaecker
Karen Hale
Jonathan Hall
Ken & Kay Hamel
Julie Hamos
Joan M. Hansen
Siobhan Hartsell
Winifred Hayes
Frank Heitzman
Charles Henderson
Carol Hensel
MaryKay Holmes
Rich Jentzen
Laurel Johnson
Thomas Keith, in memory of Elbridge Gerry Keith
Thomas, Nancy, & Carl Klein
Marie Kruse
Karen Lamb
Kathleen Lamb
Ed & Mary Jean Larson, in honor of the Larson Family
John & Elisabeth Lenckos
Jacob Leskovar
Jeff Liskar
Kathy & Gerard Maynard
James McKee
Erica C. Meyer
Jeffrey C. & Linda P. Miller
Ward Miller
Stuart W. Miller
Timothy Monahan
Anne Morse
Deborah Newman
Frank Nibouar
Larry Lesperance & Thomas Nickel
Barbara Norrish & Terrill L Stumpf
Stephen & Cynthia Nowka
Joy Peters
Matina Pilati
Donna Primas
David Prindable
Bernadine Randle
Sue Recht
Susan E. Robertson & Brent Hoffmann
Linda Rogers
Lawrence & Marcia Ross, in honor of Nancy Hornak
John & Darlene Ruh
Kathy Sargent
Kyle Siegrist
Peggy Snorf
Paula Spizziri, in honor of Tori Simms & Ray Hofmann
Nicole Stapel
Joan Stinton
Jim & Barb Svarz
Sharon Sylvester
Ryan Taylor
Bill & Jenny Theisen
Laurie J. Toth
Kathleen Treptow
Jennifer Trotoux
Eunice Valdivia
Sherry Vale
Susan VanderMeulen
Frank Villella, in honor of Bill Tyre
John Wagner
John Walcher
Carolyn Calhoun Walter
Dinah Wayne
Kim Weis
Shelley Wells
Brian Wells
Jessica Williams
Charles K. Wittenberg
Linda Wolfe
Bryan Wunar
Stephen & MaryKay Wysham

IN-KIND
Deneen Marie Bryce
Paul N. Garcy
James R. Glessner
Paul A. Kobasa
Mitsubishi
Melinda Ness
Francesca R. Peppiatt
William Tyre

GALA AUCTION
American Blues Theatre
American Writers Museum
Madeleine Belden
Anne Hill Bird
Bradford Portrature
Deneen Marie Bryce
Bill Charles
Charles Ifergan Salon
Charnley-Persky House
Chicago Firehouse Restaurant
Chicago From the Lake, Ltd
Chicago History Museum 
Chicago White Sox
Edith Farnsworth House
Evanston History Center
Field Museum
Nancy Hornak
John Hug & Maria Corpuz
International Museum of Surgical Science
The Joffrey Ballet
Lou Malnati's
National Hellenic Museum
Navy Pier
Allegra Nethery
Newberry Library
Christina Ochs
Francesca Peppiatt
Donna Primas
PRP Wine Tasting
Emily Sajdak
Barry Sears
The Second City
Spirits & Spice
Walt Disney Birthplace
Wines for Humanity
Mary Woolever