Institutional Partners
The Cleveland Orchestra is deeply grateful for the support of businesses, foundations, and public institutions that make extraordinary musical experiences possible.
Government Support
The Cleveland Orchestra and Musical Arts Association are grateful to these organizations and government agencies for their ongoing support.
The Cleveland Orchestra is proud of its long-term partnership with Kent State University, made possible in part through generous funding from the State of Ohio.
The Cleveland Orchestra is proud to have its home, Severance, located on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, with whom it has a long history of collaboration and partnership.
Business & Corporate Support
Gifts of $300,000 or more
Gifts of $200,000 – $299,999
Blossom Season Sponsor
Gifts of $100,000 to $199,999
Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999
Movie Night Presenter
Gifts of $15,000 to $49,999
Family Engagement Sponsor
Gifts of $2,500 to $14,999
- Blue Technologies, Inc.
- BNY Wealth
- Brothers Printing Company
- The Cedarwood Companies
- The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation
- Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
- Evarts Tremaine
- GPD Foundation
- GPD Group
- Gross Residental
- Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
- Kohrman Jackson & Krantz, LLP
- Nordson Corporation Foundation
- Northern Trust
- Sikich
- Something's Popping
- Ver Ploeg & Marino (Miami)
- Warby Parker
- Welty Enterprises
- Winslow Assets
*List as of October 2026
Foundation Support
The Cleveland Orchestra is grateful to the many private foundations and government agencies at the local, state and federal levels, whose grants sustain the Orchestra as a whole or fund specific projects, such as new artistic, educational, and capacity building initiatives.
Our generous foundation supporters are recognized in a printed listing in our program books, available online here.
Gifts of $1,000,000 and more
- The William Bingham Foundation
- The Brown and Kunze Foundation
- Mary E. & F. Joseph Callahan Foundation
- The Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation
- The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
- David and Inez Myers Foundation
- The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund
- The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation
- Richard & Emily Smucker Family Foundation
Gifts of $500,000 to $999,999
- The Payne Fund
Gifts of $250,000 to $499,999
- Kulas Foundation
- John P. Murphy Foundation
- The Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation, Inc. (Miami)
Gifts of $100,000 to $249,999
- Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
- Wesley Family Foundation
Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999
- The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation
- The Jean, Harry and Brenda Fuchs Family Foundation, in memory of Harry Fuchs
- GAR Foundation
- The George Gund Foundation
- William Randolph Hearst Foundation
- Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
- Myra Tuteur Kahn Memorial Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
Gifts of $15,000 to $49,999
- The Abington Foundation
- Akron Community Foundation
- The Batchelor Foundation, Inc. (Miami)
- The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation
- Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust
- The Sam J. Frankino Foundation
- Dawn M. Full Revocable Trust
- The Gerhard Foundation, Inc.
- The Helen Wade Greene Charitable Trust
- The Catherine L. & Edward A. Lozick Foundation
- The Nord Family Foundation
- Edwin D. Northrup II Fund
- The Reinberger Foundation
- SCH Foundation
- Albert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation
- The Sisler McFawn Foundation
- The Veale Foundation
- The George Garretson Wade Charitable Trust
- The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust
Gifts of $2,500 to $14,999
- The Ruth and Elmer Babin Foundation
- The Bernheimer Family Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
- The Cowles Charitable Trust (Miami)
- James Deering Danielson Foundation
- Dorn Family Foundation
- Fisher-Renkert Foundation
- The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation
- The Hankins Foundation
- George M. and Pamela S. Humphrey Fund
- The Kirk Foundation (Miami)
- The Laub Foundation
- The Lehner Family Foundation
- The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust
- The G. R. Lincoln Family Foundation
- Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather Fund
- With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
- The M. G. O'Neil Foundation
- The O'Neill Brothers Foundation
- Ophthalmology Education Worldwide
- Paintstone Foundation
- The Perkins Charitable Foundation
- Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation
- Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Memorial Foundation
- The South Waite Foundation
- Third Federal Foundation
- Uvas Foundation
- The Welty Family Foundation
- The Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation
- The Wuliger Foundation
*Listing as of October 2026
Contact us
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Julie Caruso
Director of Institutional Giving & Government Relations
216-231-7518 · E-mail
Julie Frey
Corporate Gift Officer
216-231-7562 · E-mail
Teresa Schleicher
Foundation Gift Officer
216-231-7549 · E-mail