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!
Supporters
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$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
Herb Kohl Philanthropies
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 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
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
Peter Goldberg
Leslie Hayes
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
Mary Ann LaBahn
Kate and Ken Muth
Anne and Mark Plichta
Gene & Ruth Posner Foundation
Stephen and Susan Ragatz
Joan and Kevin Schultz
Priyesh Shah
Leonard Sobczak and Dave Pionke
Dave Stamm
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
Karen and Glen Scott Copper
Joanne L Doehler
Mark Filla
Mark and Laurie Foote
Lynn Fraser
Robert Gardenier and Lori Morse
Eileen Gorman
Green Bay Packers Foundation
Lisa Groskopf-Gleason
Jill Haas
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
Ken Krei
Christie and Bill Krugler
Jeff Kurz and Jim Mortell
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
Sarah and Joseph Rock
Michael Rutkowski
Curt Sather
Janet and Gregory Schmeling
Thomas Schmit
Bevin and William Setliff
Lynn Sprangers and Mike Gousha
Angela and Douglas Storm
Gil Southwell and Tracy Luber
Mark and Wanda Staples
Cynthia and James E Stoll, MD
Richard Stone and Susan T Smith
Gloria Tracy and Susan Trubiano
Ellen and Bob Venable
Cynthia Vian and Kathie Eilers
Kyle Walker
Aliza and Nick Werner
Jonathan Wertz and Tam Miller
David Wiener and Jessica Swearingen
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
Artie 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
Catherine and Mario Costantini
William Curley
Amy Daniels
Heather Deaton and Eric Oquist
Margaret and Michael DeMichele
Jon and Suellen Domencich
Taylor Dutmer
Susan Ela
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
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
Dylan Levy
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
Sarah and David Ray
Anne and Tom Reed
Catherine Reeves
Janet Rakowski
David Roberts and Gary Kampe
Rachel Rohr and Michael Moser
Stephen and Elizabeth Rolfs
Colleen Reilly and Dan Ryan
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
Elizabeth Vogt
Laura and Scott Vuchetich
Bruce and Joan Aguado-Ware
Sue Weinlein and Burton Davis
Kristen and Steven Weisman
Deborah Wente
Carolyn Wood
Lindy Yeager and John Florsheim
And thousands more at various membership levels!
— Kristopher PollardYour generosity keeps our screens lit and our stories alive. Every ticket sold, every program offered, and every artist supported is possible because of you
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