The Miami City Ballet Jewels Society honors the extraordinary individuals, families, foundations, and organizations whose cumulative generosity of $100,000 or more has helped shape the future of Miami City Ballet. Through their visionary philanthropy, these distinguished supporters make possible world-class performances, exceptional artistic training, and meaningful education and community engagement programs that inspire audiences and enrich our community.
PRICELESS JEWELS
$5,000,000 and above
Arison Arts Foundation
City of Miami Beach
Jeffrey Davis and Michael T. Miller
Florida Division of Arts and Culture
Ford Foundation
Kristi and Dean Jernigan
The Kirk Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council
The Miami Foundation
DIAMONDS
$1,000,000 to $4,999,999
Deborah and Charles Adelman
Anonymous
Ansin Family Foundation
Edmund N. Ansin*
Andrew Lerner Ansin
James Lerner Ansin
Stephanie Lerner Ansin
Toby Lerner Ansin
B Carlin Foundation, Inc.
Robert Breier
Gary Dix
Chris Landon
Judy Werner, Trustee
Bob Benson
Daniel L. Nir and Jill E. Braufman Family Foundation, Inc.
Broward Cultural Council
City of Miami Beach
Ana-Marie Codina
Margarita and Armando Codina
Cultural Council for Palm Beach County
Nancy Jean Davis
Dr. Margaret and Mike Eidson
Charlene and Ron* Esserman
Ethel & W. George Kennedy Family Foundation
Griffin Catalyst
Kathy and Steven Guttman
Dr. Bruce M. Halpryn and Mr. Chas Riebe
Lawrence Herbert
David Herro and Jay Franke
IRS
Darla and *John Karlton
Jacqueline and Irwin E. Kott*
Lisa Kott Massirman
Susan D. Kronick and Edward Manno Shumsky
Gerri* and Bennet LeBow
Elaine and I. Stanley Levine*
The Louis B. Mayer Foundation
Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council
Miami-Dade County OMB
National Endowment for the Arts
Claudia Perles
Thomas Rodgers
SBA, Inc.
Maria and David Schwedel
Mary and Saul Sanders
Self-Help
The Shubert Foundation
Jean and Eugene Stark
Barbara and John Vogelstein
Lynn* and Louis* Wolfson, II Family Foundation, Inc.
RUBIES
$500,000 to $999,999
Ella Riley Adler Foundation
Matthew and Amanda Adler
Sara and Robb Allan
Stephen* and Madeline Anbinder
Anonymous (2)
Audrey Love Charitable Foundation
Bank of America
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Trish and Dan Bell
Susan Z. Bloom*
Richard Bronson
Carnival Corporation
Martha and Bruce Clinton, The Clinton Family Fund
Swanee and Paul* DiMare
Bobi and Jim Eroncig
William Fox Jr. Foundation
Susan Fox Rosellini, Trustee
Freed of London, Ltd.
Robert Gottlieb*
Francinelee Hand and David Lincoln Siegel
The Heckscher Foundation for Children
Jerome Robbins Foundation
Miami Herald
Rose Miniaci*
Eleanor and Frank Pao
Harriet and Henry A. Pownall
Hazel and Michael Schultz
Diane and Irving* Siegel
Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler,
Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
Robert Kofman
Lisa Berg
Surdna Foundation
Suzy and Sadek Wahba
Charmaine and J. Randall Waterfield
EMERALDS
$250,000 to $499,999
The Herman Abbott Family Foundation, Inc.
Nancy Abbott
Alamo Tower Advertising
Altria Client Services, Inc.
American Express
Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation
AT&T
The Batchelor Foundation
Penny and Harold Blumenstein
Jane Carroll and Leo Arnoboldi
Catherine Filene Shouse Foundation
Anne R. Chamberlin*
Cordero & Associates
Reva and Edward Dauer*
Richard and Rosalee Davison*
Carl DeSantis
Neil S. Devlin
Do Unto Others Trust, Inc.
Alicia Celorio
Lora and Fred Drasner
Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Inc.
Millie I. Figueredo and Zeke Delgado
Norma and Simon Fireman*
First Union National Bank of Florida
Miriam Flamm
Florman Family Foundation, Inc.
Marvin Ross Friedman and Adrienne bon Haes
A grant in memory of Sheila Natasha Simrod Friedman
Gillian Spreckels Fuller
Funding Arts Broward
Funding Arts Network
Barbara Horgan
Bruce Horten and Aaron* Lieber
IPFone
Roni and Samuel Jacobson
Melanie and Martin Kirschner
Tyby* and Gerry Klein
Dr. Robert and Mrs. Miriam* Knapp
Elissa Kramer and Jay Newman
The Krause Family Foundation
Karen L. Krause
Kresge Foundation
Leo Goodwin Foundation
Rhoda and Morris* Levitt
Frayda Lindemann, Lindemann Charitable Foundation II
Margot* and Allen London
Lourdes Lopez and George Skouras
Pat Lowry and Jim Hopkins
Mellon Foundation
Morphoses
Movado Group, Inc
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Northern Trust
Sheila O’Malley Fuchs and Joe Fuchs
Peacock Foundation, Inc.
Lisa and Donald Pliner
Sonia Puopolo*
Rockefeller Foundation
Ryder Charitable Foundation
Sara and Martin* L. Solomon
SunTrust Bank Miami, N.A.
Van Cleef & Arpels Jewelers
The Gail Wasserman Family Foundation
Gail Wasserman
Diana Zeydel
SAPPHIRES
$100,000 to $249,999
Nina* and William Albert
Stephanie* and Dr. Norman Altman
Edith Andre-Bjork
Anonymous
Sarah Arison
Gabriele and Frank Armstrong
Adrienne Arsht
Bob Avian* and Peter Pileski
Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.
Baptist Health South Florida
BBX Capital Foundation
BellSouth Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Black
Alex Blavatnik
Olga Blavatnik
Betty Madigan Brandt
Robert Breier and Judy Werner
Dr. Amy Buchman and Vicki Haupt
Audre Carlin*
Dr. Robert and Karen Chaikin
Chastain Foundation
Jacqueline and Jerome Chaves
Mary Cirillo-Goldberg
Claudia Cisneros Macaya
Ella Cisneros
Citadel Enterprise
Citigroup Private Bank
Coca-Cola Company
Rita* and Jerome J. Cohen
Pamela and Todd* Cole
Stuart H. Coleman and Meryl Rosofsky
Colson Hicks Eidson
Community Foundation of Broward
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Helen and John Cornell
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Wileen T. Coyne*
Douglas Cramer* and Hubert Bush
George Crowley
Karen Mitchell Curran and Daniel Curran
Arlyn Cypen
George Dandridge and *Marcos Tychbrojcher
Philip DeBoer
Alexander DiLeonardo
Valerie Dillon, Dillon Gallery
Ann Drake
Janice Feirstein
Malka Fingold
Max M and Marjorie S Fisher Foundation
Arts & Culture Fund of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties
Kira and Neil Flanzraich
FPL Group Foundation, Inc.
James Freeze
Friends of the Cultural Arts
Cindy and Rob Friezo
Ann and Robert Fromer
Carole Gigliotti
Dini Albert and Michael Golden
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Susan R. Goldstein, Sunny & Abe Rosenberg Foundation, Inc.
GRAFF Diamonds Bal Harbour
Green Family Foundation
Greenberg Traurig
Rose Ellen and Gerald* Greene
The Hearst Foundations
Lisa Heller Green and *Diane Star Heller
Fran and Paul Heller
Betty and Rodger Hess
Lisa Huertas
Jenny’s Flowers - Jenny Kallert
J.M. Family Enterprises
Gretchen “Pearl” Johnson
Jane and Gerald Katcher
Leslie and Jack Kavanaugh
Stephen A. and Ethel L. Keller Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward
Amy and Rich Kohan
Mimi and Larry Kuppin
Kinga and Edward Lampert
The Lampert Foundation
Sondra and Martin* Landes
Isabel and Marvin* H. Leibowitz
Dr. Henry H. Lerner*
Dr. Arthur Litowitz
Martaligia and Carlos Lopez-Cantera
Beth and Jay* Lotspeich
Juan Loumiet
Sondra and David Mack
Nancy and Robert Magoon*
Magic City Casino
Florence Hecht*
Isabelle and Neal* Amdur
Barbara and Fred* Havenick
Boris Marchegiani
Ana Martin-Lavielle
Olga and *David Melin
Dr. Lewis and Pamela Michaels
Maria Michaels
Meike and Dominick Miniaci
Joanne Mercurio*
Murray and Sylvana Klein Family Foundation, Inc.
Neiman Marcus
Northern Trust Company
Ocean Drive Magazine
Oceania Cruises
Phillis Oeters
David Parker and Marian Davis
Nancy and Ellis Parker
Norma and Jack Parker*
Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Claudia and Alan Potamkin
Princess Grace Foundation
Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.
Lewis Ranieri
Raymond James
Jack Reed
Chandler Reedy and Oana Ciorbea
Rosalind and Daniel* Richter
Jacquelyn and Bruce Rogow
Helene* and Seymour Rosenblatt
Eve and Jonathan Rounds
Royal Caribbean International
Rundgren Foundation
Frances Sevilla-Sacasa and Eugenio
Sacasa
Samuel I. Adler Foundation
Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation
Gloria Scharlin*
The School Board of Broward County
The School Board of Miami-Dade County
Hon. Pat Seitz and Mr. Alan* Greer
SHS Foundation - Richard Feldman
Jana Sigars-Malina
Lois H. Siegel
Joan Smith and *William Karatz
Toni and Martin Sosnoff
Southern Glazer’s Wine
Kendall and Gilbert Spencer
Spirit Airlines
Stamps Family Charitable Foundation
Mark Steinberg* and Dennis Edwards
Isobel and Roger Sturgeon
Rosalind and Charles Stuzin
Peace Sullivan
Alexander Tachmes, Shutts & Bowen
Target
Joni and *Stanley G. Tate
Texaco Latin America West Africa
Janet Traeger Salz Charitable Trust
Turbulence Advertising
Union Planters Bank
United Airlines
Aimee Van de Maele*
Ver Ploeg & Marino, P.A.
Warburg Pincus
Joanne Warshaver Pinciss, Eric & David in memory of Barry Pinciss
* In Memoriam