Supporters

2026 will be our 18th Milwaukee Film Festival! We’re all grown up!

Individual donors and members are at the heart of our work. Your support fuels our programs, sustains our mission, and makes lasting impact possible. A huge THANK YOU to our members and philanthropic partners who go above and beyond in support of Milwaukee Film’s mission and believe in the transformative power of cinema!

$100,000+

Chris and Jennifer Abele 

Donna and Donald Baumgartner

Herzfeld Foundation

Lacey Sadoff Foundation

$50,000+

Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Mary L. Nohl Fund

Heil Family Foundation 

David and Julia Uihlein

The Yabuki Family Foundation

$20,000+

Bader Philanthropies, Inc

Brico Fund

Herb Kohl Philanthropies 

Ken Krei

Joan Lubar and John Crouch

Marianne and Sheldon Lubar

Susan and Robert Mikulay

National Endowment for the Arts

Thomas A. Plein Foundation

Christine Symchych and Jim McNulty 

Tracey B. Thomas

Laurie and Byron Vielehr

$10,000+

Anonymous

Linda and Daniel Bader

Brewers Community Foundation

Robb and MP Fischer 

Jude Ford

Patti Keating Kahn and Chuck Kahn

Madeleine and David Lubar

Susan A Lubar

Carolyn and Jay Scott

Victoria Teerlink and Jeff Drope

We Energies Foundation

Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee

Zilber Family Foundation

$5,000+

Anonymous

Sandi Anderson Adams and Joshua Adams

Mary and Tom Avery

Brett Bellmore

Cheryl Brickman

Ericka and Mike Burzynski

David Cooley

Jean and John DiMotto

Mel Eslyn

Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc

Keller and Jeff Fitzsimmons

Jennifer and Tom Florsheim Jr 

Kristin and Alexander P Fraser

Lorna Granger and William Soderstrom

Matthew Helmerich and Jeffrey Harwell

Julia Ihlenfeldt

Beth Jaworski and Mark Blumenberg

Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Richard M. Kaul LGBT Arts Endowment Fund

James and Santha Kerns

Carrie and Grant Killoran

Pamela and Bob Klein

Jeff Kurz and Jim Mortell 

Mary Ann LaBahn

Anne and Mark Plichta

Gene & Ruth Posner Foundation

Stephen and Susan Ragatz

Joan and Kevin Schultz

Bevin and William Setliff

Priyesh Shah

Dave Stamm

Bert L. & Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable Trust

Cynthia and James E Stoll, MD

Shannon and John Utz

Bernadette Vitola and Tom Kim

Ruthie and Kyle Weatherly

Wisconsin Arts Board

Maxine Wishner

$2,000+

Carmen Aguilar and Russell Cuhel

Gwen and Dan Armbrust

Michael and Katie Belot

Edith Brengel

Cedar Street Charitable Foundation

Maria Cieslik and Bennett Choice

Rita and Brian Clark

Caralyn Court

Joanne L Doehler

Susan Ela

Mark Filla

Mark and Laurie Foote

Lynne Fraser

Robert Gardenier and Lori Morse

Peter Goldberg

Eileen Gorman

Green Bay Packers Foundation

Lisa Groskopf-Gleason

Jill Haas

Leslie Hayes

Amy and Peter Hellman

Sara and Jonathan Jackson

Jacqueline Johnson

Tina and Paul Jones

Maja Jurisic and Don Fraker

Michele Kenner and Barb Schuetz

Margaret and Andrew Krei

Christie and Bill Krugler

Suzanne LaFleur and Dan Sapiro

Danielle Mantyh and Jude Kizenkavich

Heidi Evita Moore and Yvonne Kennedy Harris

Rosie Neufeld and Thomas Bush

Christopher and Chandra Novoa

Anne and Christopher Noyes

Christine Prevetti

Charla Reetz 

Michael Rutkowski

Curt Sather 

Janet and Gregory Schmeling

Thomas Schmit

Leonard Sobczak and Dave Pionke

Angela and Douglas Storm

Gil Southwell and Tracy Luber 

Mark and Wanda Staples

Richard Stone and Susan T Smith

Gloria Tracy and Susan Trubiano

Ellen and Bob Venable

Kyle Walker

Aliza and Nick Werner

Jonathan Wertz and Tam Miller

Sharon Wolf

$1,000+

Tracy Anello

Peggy Ann

Kathryn Bach and Eric Steele

Beth Bakkum and Bubba Nitz 

Michael Baran and Lisa Fohey

Gwenn Barker

Paul Barribeau and Claude Mills

Benny Bishop

Art Blair

Stanley Bowles

Joan and Fred Brengel Family Foundation, Inc.

Tim Brennan and Charlotte Moerman

James Bryce Jr. and Amy Williams

Dara Chappie and Robert Stockinger

Misty Christensen

Sarah and Daniel Cohen

Mary and James Connelly

Karen and Glen Scott Copper

Catherine and Mario Costantini

William Curley

Amy Daniels

Heather Deaton and Eric Oquist

Margaret and Michael DeMichele

Jon and Suellen Domencich 

Taylor Dutmer

Emil Ewald Family Foundation

Al and Sally Ferguson

Moira Fitzgerald and Peter Kammer

Annie and Quentin Forrer

Julia and Joshua Gimbel

Mark Gold

Cecelia Gore and Randy Bryant

Marie Gribbin

Jill Griffee Ross

Dennis Grzezinski and Jane Porath

Judy Segall Guten

Anne Hamilton and Fred Geilfuss

Susan Hansen and Jackie Pinkus

Graham and Marilyn Harrower

Nicole and David Hartmann

Rik Helmerich

Timothy Hoelter

Sarah Hoffmann and Michael Kroeker

Ralph Horner

Debra Johnson

Moshe and Debra Katz

Rebecca Kiefer

Jennifer and Kevin Kloehn

Robert Koebert and Dona Hutson

Adel Korkor and Kathy Sampson

Mike Kotecki

Susan and Park Krausen

Donna Kuchler

Anna and Corey Lardinois

Matt Larson

Jennifer and Dion Lewis

Dylan Ljujic

Sue and Mark Lyday

Lisa and Steve Lyons

Cynthia and Thomas McLinn

Sarah and David Milia

Sue Mrdjenovich

Janan Najeeb

Tim and Allison Nass

Linda Nelson

Zak Nelson

Ryan O’Desky

Jess and Sheldon Oppermann

Suzanne Osetek

Joseph R. Pabst Fund at the Cream City Foundation

Clare M. Peters Charitable Trust

Angela Pinta and Kelly Cushion 

Janet Protaseiwicz

Thomas Quadracci

Lorraine Radtke and Sam Cichanowicz

Anne and Tom Reed

Catherine Reeves

Janet Rakowski

David Roberts and Gary Kampe

Sarah and Joseph Rock

Rachel Rohr and Michael Moser

Stephen and Elizabeth Rolfs

Colleen Reilly and Dan Ryan

Christopher and Stacy Simenz

Lynn Sprangers and Mike Gousha

Rachel Stiles

Margaret Singh and Nathan Schaefer

Stephanie and Christopher Sklba

Jane Somers and Richard Cayo

Sherry and Tyler Harvey Steward

Sheila Taphorn

Jennifer and Joe Teglia

Tracy Thomas and Ron Rodriguez 

Connie Tresch and Kevin Dunn

Mary Tyrrell

Marilka Vélez and David Muehlbauer

Cynthia Vian and Kathie Eilers

Elizabeth Vogt

Laura and Scott Vuchetich

Bruce and Joan Aguado-Ware

Sue Weinlein and Burton Davis

Kristen and Steven Weisman

Deborah Wente

David Wiener and Jessica Swearingen

Carolyn Wood

Lindy Yeager and John Florsheim

And thousands more at various membership levels!

Your generosity keeps our screens lit and our stories alive. Every ticket sold, every program offered, and every artist supported is possible because of you

— Kristopher Pollard Membership & Giving Director
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