Endowment Donors

We are grateful to the following donors whose gifts of $10,000 or more to the Orchestra Iowa Endowment make ongoing music and the education possible.

This list reflects endowment contributions received through April 8, 2025

*Posthumous Recognition
^Orchestra Iowa Board Member
^^Orchestra Iowa Foundation Board Member
•Orchestra Iowa Staff Member
+Orchestra Iowa Musician

$1,000,000+

Leland^ ^^ and Peggy Smithson

$500,000-$999,999

Richard and Candy Altorfer
Joseph M. Kacena*
John^^ and Dyan Smith

$100,000-$499,999

Anonymous
Cedar Memorial Cemetery & Funeral Home
CRST International
Rad and Joyce^ ^^ Finch
Ms. Phyllis J. Fleming*
Ted and Tish Healey*
The Jared* and Carol^^ Hills Foundation
Barbara J. Hughes*
Jerry and Audrey Linge-Ovel*
Dick^ ^^ and Kate Minette
Mrs. Irene Perrine*
Alan and Leonore Richardson Estate
Jack Roland Family*
SCI Financial Group
Margaret* and Tom Sears
Bill* and Teddy Shuttleworth
Oline and Hazel Siem*
Dr. James^^ and Marianna* Stickley
Dorotha Sundquist*
Dr. Robert* and Ann Swaney
Myron and Esther Wilson*

$50,000-$99,999

David and Kay* Basler
John and Mary Ellen Bickel
Thomas and Patrice Carroll
Carl and Jill Henrici*
C. and Ingrid Kolln
Frank and Jill Morriss
Jeff^ and Kris Nielsen
James F. Plumb Jr.* and Jewel M. Plumb*
John M. and Wilma Ann Wallin Sagers*
Stephen^ ^^ and Victoria West

$25,000-$49,999

AEGON Transamerica Foundation
Jon and Deborah Bancks
Peter and Larrayne Bezanson Household*
Betty Debban
DuPont Industrial Biosciences
Leslie and Katrina Garner
Edith C. Glidden*
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
Edna Herbst*
Claire and Vernon Hudek*
Barbara Knapp and Jim Nikrant
The McLeod Charitable Foundation, Inc.
William* and Julianne Thomas

$10,000-$24,999

Ms. Janet D. Blackledge^
Bradley & Riley PC
Mr. James A. Gerk*
Timothy• and Jillien Hankewich
Dennis and Jacqueline Holloway
Katharine Hoyt*
Mr. David N. Knapp
Claudine Linnenkamp*
Helen L. Masha*
Bertha Olin*
Clark Oster*
Sara Peiffer-Sorensen*
Dr. Brian^ and Julie Privett
Robert Rush and Judith Whetstine
Paul and Rebecca F. Shawver*
Rick Stewart
Donald and Mary Thompson
Christian and Patti Tiemeyer