June 2025- June 2026
For 35 years, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet has nurtured a love of dance for the cultural enrichment of two arts-minded cities in the American West. Believing that dance is for everyone, the organization manifests its passion across a multifaceted spectrum of community offerings. A newly launched structure is designed to facilitate the nimble execution of our mission while protecting our longtime programs. We thank the following foundations, individuals, businesses and government agency whose trust, friendship and generosity helped us navigate through these unprecedented times, giving us hope for a brighter future.
We offer our sincere thanks to the following donors for their generous contributions to Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s community-based programs. We are grateful for the loyal support of these donors who have helped breathe life into our programs while the organization found ways forward. Includes donations over the past year as of June 6, 2026.
ANGEL ($100,000 AND ABOVE)
- Hankins Foundation
BENEFACTOR ($50,000 – $99,999)
- Jessica and John Fullerton
- The estate of Barbara Gold
- Melony and Adam Lewis Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- López Love: Nance & Ramón José
- Bebe and David Schweppe Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
LEADER ($25,000 – $49,999)
- City of Aspen
- Mary Ann Frenzel
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Melinda and Norm Payson
- Kelley and Mark Purnell
- Elisha and Jeff Zander
PLATINUM ($15,000 – $24,999)
- Gina Browning and Joe Illick
- City of Santa Fe Arts Commission
- A. Charles Forte
- Esther Pearlstone Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
GOLD ($10,000 – $14,999)
- Alpine Bank
- Americans for the Arts
- The Nancy Magoon Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
SILVER ($5,000 – $9,999)
- Sallie Golden and James Aresty
- Barbara and Franklin Carson
- Tony DiLucia
- Larry Gilbert
- Connie and David Girard-diCarlo
- Pamela and Richard Hanlon
- Cindi and Dan Hart
- John Hart and Carol Prins
- Michael A. Hauger
- The Hire Family Foundation
- The Mike and Laura Kaplan Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- Sarah Kennedy Flug
- Rosemarie and Ray Lavender
- Les Dames d’Aspen
- Leigh Moiola and Charles Dale
- Laurie Michaels Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- Nicole and Allan Mutchnik
- David Vogel and Larry Fulton
- Joyce Weidenaar
BRONZE ($2,500 – $4,999)
- Barbara and Bruce Berger
- Jacolyn and John Bucksbaum
- Veronica and Jason FranquezOn & Upward, LLC,
- Barry Friedberg and Charlotte Moss Family Foundation
- Keith Gorges
- Jessica Hite
- Gayle and Woody Hunt
- Carolyn Landis
- Mary Anne and Bruce Larsen
- Mona Look-Mazza and Tony Mazza
- The McBride Family/Aspen Business Center Foundation
- New Mexico Arts
- Susan and John Shaffer
- Harriet Silverman and Honorable Paul Smelkinson
- Marianna and Mark Tanguay
- Patti and Jay Webster
- Amy K. Weiss
- ZG-Chicks Advised Fund at Aspen Community FoundationThe McBride Family/Aspen Business Center Fo
PATRON ($1,200 – $2,499)
- Rod Boren Family Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
- Sistie Fischer
- Margot Hampleman
- Andrew Hoffman
- Lynni Hutton
- Sandy and Peter Johnson
- Glenwood Springs Kiwanis Club
- Ruthie Getz-Koval
- Bobette and Jay R. Lerner
- Marci and Ronnie Morgan
- Mary Munger
- Nancy and Joe Nevin
- Jan and Jim Patterson
- Constructors & Associates, Inc.
- Claire and Jim Rhotenberry
- Margaret and John Shaffer
- Krystyna Swirydczuk and Steven Henry
- Virginia and Richard Wiseman
- Sandy and Gary Wright
SUPPORTER ($600 – $1,199)
- Anonymous
- Aspen Community Foundation
- Paul Barnes and Vernon James
- The Buettner Family Foundation for Leigh and Al Buettner
- Robin and Alan Cole
- Bunni and Paul Copaken
- Mona and Rick Crandall
- Susan Crown Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- Krys and Philip Custer
- Davis-Gibbon Family
- Golda and Sheldon Friedstein
- Andrea and Jim Gordon
- Debra Hart and Leslie Roundstream
- Barbara Klein
- Julie M. Lampton
- Bruce Lee for the Rockwood Trust
- Paula and Monty Loud
- Susan and Dan Luedke
- Janette and Robert Macaulay, MD
- Joan and Michael Marek
- Christopher McCoy
- Katherine McLellan
- Jane and Ambassador Marc Nathanson
- Jane and Ambassador Marc Nathanson
- Sara and Don Nelson
- David Newberger
- The Podhurst, Dern, Koffsky, Weinberg Foundation
- Nancy Stevens
- Joan H. Vernick
- Kay and Bill Whitman
- Victoria and Brian Windle
- Nancy Zeckendorf
CONTRIBUTOR ($250 – $599)
- Joel Aalberts
- Sarah C. Brett-Smith and Stephen L. Adler
- Susan Bell and Peter Ogilvie
- Catherine M. Bergman
- Gina Berko
- Shawn and Daniel Blackwood
- Jill Boyette
- Samantha and Nick Campanile
- Amy and Tom Carr
- Susan Cedar and Gary Lowenthal
- Melissa Collom
- Tori Adams and James DuBose
- Two Leaves and a Bud
- Fowler-Meligeni Charitable Trust, a Donor Advised Fund of U.S. Charitable Gift Trust
- Thorey and Barry Goldstein
- Bunny and John Harrison
- Bobbie and Tat Hillman
- Sandy and George Kahle / The Kahle Foundation
- Irena Boguslawskia Landman
- Ali MacGraw
- The Sara J. McKenzie Charitable Fund
- Marjory Musgrave and Frank Peters
- Tracy Nichols and Melanie Muss
- George Newell
- Ricki and Kerry Newman
- The Brooke A. and Carol Peterson Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
- Judith J. Schramm
- Joan and Larry Shandler
- Sandy and Stephen Stay
DONOR ($1 – $249)
- Janie and John Bennett
- Jenn and Jeremy Best
- Nancy Bobrow
- Lori and Robert Brandon
- Katherine and James Cochran
- Carolyn Crone
- Jim D’Agostino
- Karen and Stephen Durkovich
- Lynne Dyson
- Linda Eccard
- Jill Fink
- Jo Fisher
- Christy and Nathan Garfield
- Mari Gold
- Peter Goldfarb
- Marilyn and Dean Greenberg
- Byron Gross
- Gubelmann Family Foundation
- Barbara Hadley and John Burke
- Judy and Gordon Hambrick
- Dusty Hamrick
- Julia Hansen
- Janine J. Hill
- Shirley N. Holst
- Katrina and Greg Huffaker
- Norm Kaczmarek
- Susan and Albert Kern
- Andrew Keyes
- Mary Jo Kimbrough and Jim Harrison
- Dorothy Julia Lebach
- Lynne and Dan Levinson
- Lucy and J. David Levy
- L.A. Loeschen
- Joan Lombardi and Lee J. Nash
- Claire E. McKnight
- Lora Morton
- Sam Novgorodoff
- Maya Page and Michael Pearce
- Adelaide and Steve Prudden
- Ruth and Mel Ronick
- Connie Schaekel
- Emi and Lawrence Slater
- Lori and Roy Snable
- Laura Dunlop Sowa
- Jenny Tempest
- Laura Thielen and George Eldred
- Baylor H. Trapnell
- Donna and Tom Ward
- Suzanne Wolff
- Carmen Lopez and Daniel Yohalem
- Janet and Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky