Our Supporters

The board of directors, staff, students, artists and everyone at Cleveland Play House express our deepest gratitude to the thousands of supporters who made a gift to CPH.  The donors listed below made gifts between July 1, 2024 – October 13, 2025

Every effort has been made to ensure names are listed correctly.  We apologize for any errors or omissions. Please email donate@clevelandplayhouse.com to make a change in your listing. Thank you again!

Institutional Donors

Gifts made by Corporations, Foundations, and Government

$100,000+

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
The Cleveland Foundation
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture
The Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
The Shubert Foundation
U.S. Department of Education

$50,000+

The George Gund Foundation
KeyBank

$25,000+

Abington Foundation
The Cullen Foundation of Western New York
The Hankins Foundation
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Kulas Foundation
John P. Murphy Foundation
David & Inez Myers Foundation
The Nord Family Foundation
RPM International, Inc

$15,000+

Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
Stanley & Barbara Meisel Fund at Jewish Federation of Cleveland
The PNC Charitable Trusts
The Reinberger Foundation
Thomas H. White Foundation
George Garretson Wade Charitable Trust

$10,000+

Arter Family Charitable Fund
The Frank Hadley and Cordelia Root Ginn Foundation
The Anna Greenfield Charitable Foundation
Dorothea Wright Hamilton Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
The Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
The Galen Miller Fund of The Cleveland Foundation

$5,000+

Bank of America
Benesch
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
The Harry K. Fox & Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation
Jones Day
O’Neill Brothers Foundation
PNC Bank
The Harold L. & Patricia D. Williams Charitable Fund of the Cleveland Foundation

$2,500+

Cleveland State University
College Now Greater Cleveland
Cuyahoga Community College
Dodero Foundation for the Arts and Sciences
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Eaton Corporation
The Giant Eagle Foundation
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund for Cleveland Play House at The Cleveland Foundation
The Laub Foundation
McDonald Hopkins, LLC
The Murch Foundation
The Crispin and Kate Olglebay Trust of the Cleveland Foundation
Saint Luke’s Foundation
Turner Construction
S.K. Wellman Foundation

$1,000+

Phyllis H. & William H. Evans Charitable Foundation
Gould Inc Foundation
The Gries Family Foundation
Mitchell’s Ice Cream
Music & Drama Club
National Arts Club
Caroline Brown Prescott Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
Shifrin Family Foundation
John A. Wiegman Fund

Individual Donors                               

$200,000+ 

Estate of Betty Fredman
The Roe Green Foundation
Milton & Tamar Maltz

$50,000+

Kathleen E. Hancock
Alan M. & Betty Ruben

$25,000+

David & Kathy Bronson
Ellen & Mike Meehan
Jane & Jon Outcalt
Robert Paul & Margaret Kennedy
Robert Salomon, in memory of Mary Salomon
Paul Siemborski

$15,000+

Arthur Clements & Marianne Crosley
Chuck & Char Fowler
Dr. David Gerdes
Dr. Ethan Karp
Janet Kramer
Kim & Paul Pesses
Mark Plush & Venera Foti
Catherine Suever & David Martin
Joseph Tetlak
Stephen Thome & Andrea Kerr Thome

$10,000+

Carol Barnak
Jon & Laura Bloomberg
Andrea Kanter Grodin & William Grodin
Lynn Iams
Bernadine Kaniecki
Jeffrey & Lisa Kapp
Dinah Kolesar
Susan Lacey
Nancy-Clay Marsteller
Deborah Neale
Laura Paszt
Richard W. Pogue
Alan Rauss
Daria Roebuck
Sally & Larry Sears
Louise Warner
Chuck & Ann Zellmer

$5,000+

Fred G. & Mary W. Behm
Maria Cashy
Carolyn D. Cole
Barbara Cook
Jim Dickey
Cheryl Drake
Thomas Dudick
Mark & Evelyn Duffy
Paul Eberl
Trina Evans
Brian Grady
Brian & Krisia Harte
Kathy & Jamie Hogg
Andrew & Katherine Kartalis
Kevin & Sheila Margolis
Holley Martens
Mary McGraw
Peter Meisel
Julie & Peter Raskind
Mark & Shelly Saltzman
Sam & Susan Steinhouse
William Summers
Robert C. & Emily Williams
Amy & Thomas Willey

$2,500+

Roland & Dale Anglin
Juan & Stephanie Antunez
Ed & Connie Babcock
George Beckman
Margo & Tom Bertin
Robert Brandon
Nikki Byrd
Natalie Cipriano
Ryan Cross
Janice Focke
Traci Forrester & Sven Nielsen
Lawrence & Bonnie Frankel
Walter Ginn
Sally Gries
Akil Hameed
Richard Horvitz & Erica Hartman Horvitz
Donna Koler
John & JoAnn Lane
Sherry Mazzola

Megan Mehalko
August Napoli
Anthony M. Panzica
Scott & Judy Pendergast
Anne Polkinghorn
Denise Reading
Rosemary & Dale Rehner
William & Christine Robertson
Griselda Rondon
David Rosenberg
Kyla Schneider
Karen Skunta
Sally & Terry Stewart
Roger & Joan Synenberg
Jim & Jean Triner
Robert Vagi
Anne Marie Warren
Ruth Wasem
Karen A. White

$1,800+

Sherri Appleton
Anthony Barabani
Carolyn Cheverine
Pete Clapham & Anita Stoll
Richard Figge
Scott L. Hamilton
David Rosenberg
Joseph Stanforth
Robert & Marti Vagi

$1,200+

Charles M. Balin & Linda Myers
Daniel & Shelley Boyle
R. Bruce and Beverly Cameron
Carolyn Cheverine
Marilyn Elk
David & Eileen Fink
Greg & Susan Griffith
Michael J. & Jane Horvitz
Ursula Korneitchouk
Nathan Lilly
Linda M. Rich
Susan Oguche
John Onysko
Michael & Shari Permuter
John Primm
Linda Rae
Sethu & Lalitha Reddy
Robin Richmond
Mark Ross
Martin I. Saltzman, MD
Alan & Debbie Shubert
Linda Springer
Arthur Thomas
Gregory Videtic
Martha H. Zlotnik