My Fair Lady

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SILVER GRAND BENEFACTOR $10,000 to $24,999 Alexander & Alexander, Attorneys at Law Baird BNY Mellon The Chicago Group at Morgan Stanley Chicago Title and Trust Company Foundation

BENEFACTOR $5,000 to $7,499

KD Mailing Service MWM Consulting Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd. TAYLAR FRIEND $1,000 to $1,999

General Mills Foundation Italian Village Restaurants Molex Sahara Enterprises, Inc.

Shure Incorporated BRAVO CIRCLE $3,500 to $4,999 Corporate Suites Network Invesco Lazard Asset Management Old Republic International Corporation IMPRESARIO $2,000 to $3,499 American Agricultural Insurance Company BBJ Linen BNSF Foundation Enterprise Holdings Foundation Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

Concierge Unlimited International Draper and Kramer, Incorporated Kinder Morgan Foundation Michuda Construction, Inc. Midwest Cargo Systems, Inc. S&C Foundation Turks’ Greenhouses SUSTAINER $500 to $999 Law Office of Phillip Brigham LLC Children’s Law Group LLC Carl Johnson’s Gallery in Galena Rooney Rippie & Ratnaswamy LLP

Evans Food Group First Midwest Bank OPERA America The PrivateBank Quarles & Brady LLP Reed Smith LLP

Matching Gifts Starshak Winzenburg & Co. Wintrust Community Banks PREMIER BENEFACTOR $7,500 to $9,999 Amsted Industries Foundation Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation Thermos LLC Envestnet Ropes & Gray LLP William Blair & Company

A special thank you to the following companies for matching their employees’ gifts to Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Anonymous (2) Allstate Giving Program Aon Foundation ArcelorMittal AT&T Foundation Bank of America Foundation Baxter International Foundation Benevity Community Impact Fund BMO Harris Bank Foundation Helen Brach Foundation Caterpillar Foundation Inc. Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation

CME Foundation CNA Foundation ConAgra

JPMorgan Chase Foundation Kirkland & Ellis Lannan Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Macy’s/Bloomingdale’s Morgan Stanley Motorola Foundation Northern Trust Company Peak6 Peoples Gas PepsiCo Foundation

Pfizer Foundation PNC Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation The Retirement Research Foundation The Rhoades Foundation Skadden UBS Foundation

Emerson Electric GE Foundation General Mills Foundation Goldman Sachs Graham Holdings IBM Corporation ITW Foundation Johnson & Johnson Johnson Controls Foundation

U.S. Bank Foundation The Warranty Group W. K. Kellogg Foundation W. W. Grainger Inc.

For purposes of recognition, we are pleased to combine matching gifts with an individual’s personal gift. If your employer has a matching gift program, please request a matching gift form through your Human Resources or Community Affairs office, and send it to us along with your contribution.

Special Thanks

• American Airlines for its 35 year partnership as the Official Airline of Lyric Opera of Chicago. • Jenner & Block and Craig C. Martin, Partner, for the firm’s pro bono legal services throughout the year. • Strategy& and Vinay Couto, Principal, as well as PwC and John Oleniczak, Midwest Region Assurance Managing Partner, and Paul Anderson, Retired Senior Advisor, for their firm’s pro bono consulting services on our organizational assessment. • Warner Classics as the Official Education and Promotion Music Provider.

Acknowledgements The following individuals and organizations have very generously provided gifts and services in support of Lyric Opera’s efforts:

Cantor David Berger Cochon Volant KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation Calo Ristorante Einstein’s Bagels Food and Paper Supply Company Hall’s Rental Insomnia Cookies KD Mailing & Fulfillment

Marc Lacher Wayne and Kristine Lueders Lloyd’s Chicago Martha Nussbaum Ingrid Peters Todd Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stark Thomas Terry Vision Wine and Spirits

Generous Gifts Art Institute of Chicago Calihan Catering Classic Color Mr. and Mrs. Philip Friedmann Coco Pazzo HMS Media, Inc. Seth and Susan Mason The Estate of Gerald Ritholz

Special Gifts BBJ Linen Cru Café Jewell Events Catering Notable Gifts John and Linda Anderson Artists Frame Service Marlys Beider

This performance is partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Lyric Opera of Chicago is a member of OPERA America.

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