Giving to Eastern Connecticut Ballet
Do you believe that...
- - young people thrive by learning new skills and challenging themselves?
- - the arts bring people together and make our community a better place?
- - school children and low-income families should enjoy performances at no cost?
If you love ballet as much as we do and believe in these goals, please become A FRIEND TO THE BALLET. You can do this by donating to the Annual Fund or becoming a Nutcracker Sponsor.
The Annual Fund
Our Annual Fund donors share the spotlight for all of ECB's programs and achievements year-round. They help us meet expenses from studio to stage, ensuring that our 300 students have the most distinguished faculty and the best facilities to help them reach their full potential as dancers. Dozens of talented students with financial need benefit from full or partial scholarships from ECB.
Nutcracker Sponsorship
Many of our donors like the option of designating exactly where their gift will go. Becoming a sponsor of our annual performances of THE NUTCRACKER will give you the opportunity to support our most popular program in one of three ways:
- Presenting two free matinee performances for 2,700 local school children
- Distrubuting up to 500 tickets to low income families through 20 local social service agencies, or
- Helping ECB to meet all expenses of a beloved tradition, from hiring guest artists to renting the theater.
Benefits include everything from free tickets to advertising in the program book and other recognition, corresponding to the level of your tax-deductible donation.
We appreciate the support of our Nutcracker sponsors and Annual Fund donors.
Nutcracker Corporate Foundations, Grants, and Sponsors
Whaling Agent $10,000+
*Dept. of Economic & Community Development
Captain $5,000-$9,999
Atlantic Broadband
The Day
The Kitchings Family Foundation
The Community Foundation of
Eastern Connecticut
First Mate $3,000-$4,999
The Reardon Law Firm
Second Mate $2,500-$2,999
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
Hoffman Auto Group
Third Mate $1,500-$2,499
Chelsea Groton Foundation
The Bulletin
The Canning Bergendahl Group
Danaher Lagnese, PC
The George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation
Henry Hall Charitable Trust
Fluoropolymer Resources, Inc.
The Wickersham Fund
Pfizer
Navigator $1,000-$1,499
WNLC 98.7 & 100.9 K-HITS
Bodenwein Public Benevolent Foundation
Dime Bank Foundation
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital
The Reardon Agency, Inc.
Waterford Group Charitable Foundation
Essex Family Dentistry
Harpooner Mate $500-$999
Charter Oak Federal Credit Union
Essex Dermatology
Catherine Kirk & James McWilliams
Webster Bank
John & Kelly Hartman Foundation
Steward $250-$499
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England
Gales Ferry Pediatrics
John & Diane Wolff
TriTown Foods
Trumpf, Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Cherry, Jr.
Flander's Donut & Bake Shop
M.J. Sullivan Automotive Corner
People's United Bank
Cooper $150-$249
Atty. Jay B. Levin
George S. Ouellette, MD
Shoreline Periodontics
Paul Burdick Oil Co.
The Plant Group
Ms. Robyn Wolman
Famiglietti Eye Associates LLC
Linda Korsko
Cabin Boy $1-$149
Advanced Family Dentistry of OL
A.S.P. Security Systems
Guy’s Oil Inc.
Flander’s Pediatrics
Kathy & David DeAntonis
Pennywise Oil Company, Inc.
Saybrook Point Inn & Spa
Children's Tree Montessori
Luigi's Restaurant
Yankee Remodeler
Old Lyme Veterinary Hospital
In Kind Donation of Services
Blum, Shapiro & Company - Accounting Services
The Reardon Law Firm – Legal Services
Beers Septic Tank Service
*with support from the Dept. of Economic and Community Dev., CT Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Annual Fund Donors
Golden Benefactor $10,000 & above
Founder’s Circle $5,000-$9,999
Atty. Robert & Lise Reardon
The Griffis Foundation
Ballet Benefactors $1,500-$4,999
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Ballet Patrons $500-$1,499
Peter Bergendahl
Kelly Reardon & Craig Smith
Martin & Angela Hausberger
Diana Campbell
Kenneth Donovan
Dudley & Liliane Smith
Sriram Krishnaswami & Annemarie Graebe
Regan & Christine Seymour
Norman Needleman
William Canning
Dance Sponsor $250-$499
Chris McWilliams & Michele Kirk
Barbara Aiudi
Mark Plummer
Charlotte Kenney
Gretchen Edstrom
Philip & Melissa Monte
Tom & Diana Spranklin
Michael & Marilyn Shay
Paul & Judy Burdick
Len & Robyn Wolman
Mark & Bonnie Kramm
Friends & Family $1-$249
Tina Rupp
Elizabeth & Katherine Whitfield
Ed & Laura Vescovi
Jennifer Lindenmayer
Jason & Krystin Dixon
Dominick & Carolyn Demasi
Brian & Laura Nichols
Ted & Laura Barnard
Elizabeth DeCastro
Robert O'Toole
Rhoda McClure
Friends and Family
Shirley Barber
Hamilton & Laura Moore
Dawn King
Ken & Carol Meade
Romana & Charles Primus
Mark & Alexandra Rosenthal
David & Kathryn DeAtonis
Jim & Lisa Cantey
Carolyn Lally
John & Catherine Christiano
Barry & Cecile Feldman
Jay Levin
Andre Tourgee
Kevin & Dr. Colleen Shay
Remi Patz
Renee Smith
Joseph & Julie Wright
Kathleen Patterson
Marine Coscia
Erin Corbett
Mandy Pease
Todd Archer
Christopher & Nancy Patz
Andrew & Pamela Russell
Anne Santoro
Christian & Melissa Whitney
Tobias Myers & Ms. Nina Papathanasopoulou
Chris & Amy Brady
Melissa Beebe Roberts
Elizabeth Read
Claire Iannelli
James & Kathleen Belisle
Bigi Ebbin
Gillian Fattal
Diane Lepkowski
Marie Simon
Natalie Barron
Joanna Negri
Luis Rodriguez Torres & Mrs. Rebecca McCue
