Season & Institutional Donors
ASCENDANCE ENDOWMENTS
Anonymous
Dallas Black Dance Theatre Board of Directors
Fidelity Foundation
Hersh Fund for Summer Programs
Perot Foundation
LKS Fund for Executive Excellence
Norma & Don Stone Legacy Fund
Gail Warrior
Corporate & Institutional Donors
$400,000 & Above
Mellon Foundation ~
Ford Foundation ~
$200,000 - $399,999
Anonymous
Harold Simmons Foundation
$100,000 – $199,999
Anonymous ~
$50,000 – $99,999
Anonymous
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Texas Commission on the Arts
$25,000 – $49,999
Anonymous
Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District
Every Page Foundation
Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust
National Endowment for the Arts
$15,000 – $24,999
H-E-B/Central Market
Lexus
The Rea Charitable Trust
$10,000 – $14,999
Holloway Family Foundation
$5,000 – $9,999
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas
Frost Bank
Rosemary Haggar Vaughan Family Foundation
$1,000 - $4,999
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – Alpha Xi Omega Chapter
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – Omicron Mu Omega Chapter / Legacy of Service Foundation
Ben E. Keith Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. – Dallas Alumnae Chapter
The Links, Inc. – Trinity Chapter
$100 – $999
Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor
Louise W. Kahn Endowment Fund of The Dallas Foundation
In-Kind & Media Donors
$100,000 & Above
Oversee My IT, LLC
$50,000 – $99,999
American Airlines
Texas Metro News
$25,000 – $49,999
Black Business Directory
FYI50+
$10,000 – $24,999
Dallas Examiner
The Dallas Morning News
GracePoint Media
$5,000 – $9,999
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Dallas Post Tribune
Trendy Africa
$2,500 – $4,999
Arts+Culture Magazine
ROXOR Artisan Gin
September 1, 2024 – September 1, 2025
Ensemble | $500 – $1,249
Anonymous (3)
Kenya Barry
Kimberly Aldrich-Bickham
Shelby J. Brown
Amy Carenza
Natasha Clark
Bonnie E. Cobb
Mark Cooks +
Carol Crowe
Ann E. Dudley
Zenetta S. Drew **
Farrah Fitzpatrick +
Ebonie + & Richard Jackson
Rosalyn Jackson
Vernita Kelley
Sarah & Alan Losinger
Clem Maddox +
Sandra & Joseph Malone
Gwyn & Wilson Mason
Shelia McAfee +
DeDe McGuire +
Amenemopé McKinney +
Lee McKinney +
Judith S. Merrill
Heidi K. Murray +
Kimberlie Page**
Teresa Pottorff
Carisma Ramsey Fields
Geralyn Richard +
Jennifer Anne Richie
Tanya Rodgers, MD +
Frank Samuels +
Georgia Scaife +
Boski Sharma + & Sharad Gupta
Michelle Simpkins
Stephanie Swan
Kyle Talkington
Linda Todd +
Kristen Y. Vogel **
Eloise Vogel
Zannie & Glenn Voss
Keith Webb +
Ann Williams +
Jennifer E. Yorek **
Dancer | $250 – $499
Darryl Atwaters
Robert Book
Mary S. Boyd
Jamika Doakes
Katricia ** & Von Eaglin
Richard A. Freeman, Jr. **
Glendora and Calvin Hilton
Willie May Hughey
Erica Givens-Moore
Keira Scanks
Bettie Scott
Ronnie Shade
Melissa & Paul Stewart
Rickey Williams
John Zaccardo
Apprentice | $100 – $249
Josefina Arellano
AnneMarie Blaney
Sonya Braddy
Robert Bucker
Mildred Carrethers
Ronnie Carter
Yevette & Grover Carter
Tori Carter
Kitty Case
Carli Conner
Adrienne Cowan
Dr. Florence Cox
Carol Croft
Betty Culbreath
Larned Louise Delano
Kara Driver
Phyllis Everette
Ophelia Greene
Marcie Guidry
Casey Gutenberger **
Steven Harlos
Barbara Hartman
Rue and Gray Henry
Marcus Hill
Leigh Hopkins **
Carole Brown Household
Jacquelyn M. Houston
Cathy Jackson
Rev. Lelious A Johnson
Lola Johnson
Dahlia Kang
Cynthia Lloyd
Melvin Logan
Cheryl Long
Robin Martin
Shelia Cheatham-Martin
Conchetta Mason
Kelly Merrick
Judith S. Merrill
Ulivia Gilbert
Deborah & Jim Nugent
Cheryl Orr
Nicole Payseur
Jan Pierce
Aleah & Kayla Pilot
Beverly Pitchford
Derek Gerome Pullins
Tammy Rahmani
Lisa Mesa-Rogers
Samantha Rokkett
Melanie Guthrie Sanders +
Diane Stephenson
Kyle C. Talkington
Taylor ** & Paul Tindol
John Trimble **
Kimberly Vaughn
Linda Vorhies
Bart Wade
Wilton White
Diondria Williams
Dr. Tracey Wilson
Michael Wilson
Legacy | $100,000 & Above
LKS Foundation
Visionary | $25,000 -$99,999
Holly + & Tom Mayer +
Donald Stone
Choreographer | $10,000 -$24,999
Carol & Don Glendenning
Director | $5,000 - $9,999
Suzanne & Enrico Bartolucci
Dr. Arlene Ford & Christopher Reynolds
Monte Ford
Veronica & William Frazier
Rozene Pride
September 1, 2024 – September 1, 2025
Principal | $2,500 – $4,999
Gwen & Arthur George
Kim Noltemy
JeAnna Parker +
Chelsea & Jack Skinner +
Paulette+ & Herb Turner
Corey Wickersham
Lisa + & Stuart Young
Soloist | $1,250 – $2,499
Anonymous
Linda Allen
Kenya Barry
Joleen & Jim Chambers
Stephanie Hawthorne **
Cynthia Hayes
Anne Holcomb
Quodesia Johnson
Stephanie L. Johnson +
Ramona Logan
Steven & Nycole Ray
Kim + & Thomas Whitaker
Associate| $40 – $99
Stella & James Allen
Thomas Balcom
Adrian Barfield
Richard B. Battle **
Lew Blackburn
Sharon L. Blackman
Eric Brenham
Cindy Bryant
Audra & Ronald Chavis
DeAngela Christian **
Blanca Crawford
Esinam Davis
Machell Denson
James Earl Estes
Jean & Nathan Eudaly
Odett Goer
Colleen Gould
Star Grieve
Jonathan Harlos **
Clarence Hawkins
Frank Johnson, Jr
Melinda & James Johnson
Peggy & Ronald Jones
Susan Lewis
Jorone Lightfoot
Gena Loe **
LaVada Lusk
A'Isha Malone
Marypaz Marypaz
Connie McDonald
Shirley McGhee
Sara & Korey Miller
Wanda Ndimbie
Dario Nappa
Hattie Marie Newhouse
Tegwin & David Pulley
Yolanda Collier-Ransom
Linda Roach
Kate & Ivan Rovner
Loretta & Thomas Simon
Oracle Batie-Smith
Stacey Souther
Kendrick Terry
Tori Thompson
Diccy & James Thurman
Corlis Lyons Vance
Joy Wallace
Joey Whaley
Dorothy Whaley
Shamonn Wise **
Arlene Wilson
Gifts Made in Honor/Memory of
Ann M. Williams
By Dr. and Mrs. William J. Frazier
Reverends Claude and Patricia Maples
Twyla & James Whitby
Marlee Lambert
Anonymous
Neo Black Society (NBS) Dance Troupe of UNC-G
Cynthia Lloyd
John Trimble
Carli Conner
NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY
James Allen
Dawn Alsvary
Anonymous (6)
Genevieve Percelle
James Banks
In Memory of John Trimble
Gerald & Debbie-Anne Belcher
Llewellyn Blackburn
Dr. Sharon L. Blackman
Joyce Brooks
Carole Brown
Mark Brumsey
Debra Butler
J. R. Callender
Amy Carenza
Arilyn Carter
Grover & Yevette Carter
Angela Chapman +
E. Terrence Chavis
DeAngela Christian **
Florence Cox
Joan A. Cox
Scott & Vicky Daneman
In honor of Teresa Coleman Walsh
Zenetta S. Drew **
Kara Driver
Lawanda Dunwell +
Katricia Eaglin **
James Earl Estes
Jean & Nate Eudaly
Dr. Alexis Ewah
Patricia Ewert
Rudolph & Karana Fairley
Kristy Finley
Melissa Fleming
Nancy Franks
Dr. & Mrs. William J. Frazier
Richard A. Freeman, Jr. **
Dawn Funches Allen
HattieMarie & Lucious Newhouse
Art & Gwen George
Cassandra Graham
Geoff Graham
In Memory of John Trimble
Tershea Green
Ophelia Greene
Marcie Guidry
Melanie Guthrie Sanders +
Melanie Hafford
Jonathan Harlos **
In Memory of John Trimble
Jill & Todd Hawkins
Stephanie Ferguson Hawthorne
Dedicated to Millie & Floyd
Ferguson
Cherry & David Haymes
Rue Henry
Holland Family
Leigh Hopkins **
Jackie Houston McNeal
Ebonie Jackson +
Mark Jacobs
Armetrice Johnson
Rev. & Mrs. Lelious A. Johnson
James Johnson
Peggy Jones
Allison V. Knott
Susan Lewis
Cynthia D. Lloyd
Tricia & Steve Loe
Gena Loe **
Ramona Logan
Cheryl Long
Kathy Luster
Lenroy & A'Isha Malone
Sandra Malone
Dr. Thalia F. Matherson
Holly Mayer +
Shelia M. McAfee +
Connie McDonald
Shirley McGhee
DeDe McGuire +
Amenemope McKinney +
Lee McKinney +
Meza Family
Dedicated to Natalie Meza
Valerie Mosley
Heidi K. Murray +
Jim Nugent
Nikki Oliphant
Kimberlie Page **
In Memory of John Trimble
JeAnna Parker, Andersen Tax LLC
Yvette Payseur
Jan Pierce
Christopher Plumlee +
Dedicated to Odessa & Frank
Plumlee
Teresa Pottorff
Harper-Price, Inc.
Tegwin Pulley
Liza & Brett Raynor
Linda Roach
Pierre Rodriguez
Frank Samuels +
Georgia Scaife +
Sheila Scullock
Jack Skinner - Oversee My IT +
Janice & Bobby Smith
Diane Stephenson
Paul Stewart
Taylor S. Tindol **
In Memory of John Trimble
Linda McIntosh Todd +
Paulette Reddick Turner +
Wawen Villamin **
Kristen Y. Vogel **
In Memory of John Trimble
Eloise Vogel
Linda Vorhies
Dorothy Whaley
Kim Whitaker +
Karen Wiese
Ann Williams +
Albert Williams
Michael Wilson
Arlene Wilson
Jim & Hon. Carolyn Wright Sanders
Jennifer Yorek **
Rhonda Young
Lisa + & Stuart Young
John Zaccardo
