BSO 2025-26 Sep Oct Overture

JANUARY 1, 2024 – JULY 31, 2025

SYMPHONY FUND HONOR ROLL

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra deeply appreciates the extraordinary generosity of donors who give to create inspiring, exciting, and enriching music and experiences for everyone.

The following list recognizes contributors who supported one or more BSO funds and projects between January 1, 2024 and July 31, 2025. Support includes critical annual funds for artistic, education, and outreach initiatives; the BSO’ s work at Strathmore and in schools and community centers across the DMV region; Gala sponsorship; Transformation and Endowment funding; Realized estate gifts; and OrchKids. OrchKids contributors are designated with a +; donors who support OrchKids and another BSO fund are designated with a(+). Friends of the BSYO are designated with a ^.

To donate, please contact BSO Patron Support at 410.783.8000 or visit BSOmusic. org / Donate.

$ 1,000,000 + Anonymous(+)( 2) Mary Catherine Bunting(+) Ruth Carol Fund Maryland State Arts Council(+) Betsy Sherman \| The Sherman Family Foundation(+) The State of Maryland Dr. Solomon H. Snyder Whiting-Turner Contracting Company $ 500,000 – $ 999,999 Anonymous(+) The City of Baltimore Eddie & Sylvia Brown \| The Brown Family Foundation Bunting Family Foundation(+) BJ Cowie(+) Patricia and Mark Joseph Foundation(+) Mr. Richard W. Ley ^ Mark and Kathryn Vaselkiv(+) $ 250,000 –$ 499,999 The Citizens of Baltimore County The Estate of Ron Dencker Sandra Levi Gerstung \| The Hecht-Levi Foundation ^ Mrs. Benjamin H. Griswold IV \| The Fancy Hill Foundation Nancy Hackerman \| The Hackerman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Earl L. Linehan Robert A. Waidner Foundation $ 100,000 –$ 249,999 Diane Abeloff and Dr. Emile A. Bendit(+) ^ Paul and Donna Amico(+) Paul M. Angell Family Foundation + The Angelos Family Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County The Charles T. Bauer Foundation \| Andrew and Janet Hartman + BGE, an Exelon Company(+) Bloomberg Philanthropies(+) Barbara and Tom Bozzuto \| Bozzuto Family Charitable Fund ^	The Estate of Richard and Rosalee Davision The Judi and Steven Fader Family Foundation Mr. Gary C. Harn Marshall and Sarellen Levine ^ Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation(+) Scott Phares and Judy Witt Phares(+) PNC Financial Services Group and the PNC Foundation(+) Arnold and Alison Richman \| The Richman Family Foundation Bruce Rosenblum and Lori Laitman David and Alena Schwaber(+) Stephen and Gail Shawe \| The Earle And Annette Shawe Family Foundation The Sheridan Foundation Susan Dishler Shubin(+) Dr. Paul Sponseller(+) Thalheimer-Eurich Charitable Fund, Inc. $ 50,000 –$ 99,999 The Aaron & Lillie Straus Fdt Inc + Anonymous( 2) Chris and Joanne Bartlett Rick Berndt(+) Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation and the Estate of Ruth Marder Brown Advisory(+) Nelson & Sara Fishman Family Foundation(+) ^ Beverly Penn and Lowell Glazer(+) Gordon Feinblatt LLC David Imre and Thomas Crusse(+) Johns Hopkins University The Kenneth S. Battye Charitable Trust(+) M & T Bank Sheila J. Meyers	Maryland State Department of Education National Endowment for the Arts William Nerenberg and Dorothy Rosenthal(+) ^ Ted Niederman and Ricka Neuman Joanne M. Gold and Andrew A. Stern The Philanthropic Initiative + Ms. Ellen W. P. Wasserman William Randolph Hearst Foundation(+) $ 25,000 –$ 49,999 William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Portfolios Baltimore City Council + Ed and Ellen Bernard Richard and Carol Bernstein \| The Bernstein Family Foundation(+) The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Brown Capital Management LLC The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation G. Vincent Castellano Kathleen Chagnon and Randy Metcalfe Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire(+) Mr. Hosea T. Chew + Ms. Susan Chouinard(+) Clayton Baker Trust + David and Vivien Coombs(+) Robert and Ingrid Coutts The Charles Crane Family Foundation + Curio Wellness Walter B. Doggett III and Joanne Frantz Doggett Michael and Miriam Forster Gallagher, Evelius & Jones LLP Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc.	Peggy & Yale Gordon Trust(+) Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hamilton Jr. Douglas and Angela Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Haywood + The Herbert Bearman Foundation + Herbert N. Gundersheimer Foundation + Sandra Dalsheimer Hess Gwynne Horwits Howard County & the Howard County Arts Council Allan and Claire Jensen Nancy Kohn Rabin John J. Leidy Foundation, Inc. Marie Lerch and Jeff Kolb The Letaw Family Foundation, Inc. + Reginald F. Lewis Foundation, Inc. + Lockhart Vaughan Foundation + Lord Baltimore Capital Partners, LLC Catherine and George McClelland \| The Huether- McClelland Foundation(+) Christine Morgan and David Wallace Drs. Erol and Julianne Oktay William and Kathleen Pence(+) Thomas and Rosemary Pozefsky Rifkin Weiner Livingston, LLC Rosemore and The Rosenberg Family Barry and Susan Rosen ^ Ben & Esther Rosenbloom Foundation \| Michelle and Howard Rosenbloom Schuh Family Foundation James and Sandy Smith(+) Stella May Contracting \| Christian and Lacey Johansson(+) Thomas Wilson Foundation + Total Wine & More Transamerica Foundation Venable LLP Susan Wolman(+) Xfinity Ellen Yankellow and William Chapman
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$ 1,000,000 + Anonymous(+)( 2) Mary Catherine Bunting(+) Ruth Carol Fund Maryland State Arts Council(+) Betsy Sherman \| The Sherman Family Foundation(+) The State of Maryland Dr. Solomon H. Snyder Whiting-Turner Contracting Company $ 500,000 – $ 999,999 Anonymous(+) The City of Baltimore Eddie & Sylvia Brown \| The Brown Family Foundation Bunting Family Foundation(+) BJ Cowie(+) Patricia and Mark Joseph Foundation(+) Mr. Richard W. Ley ^ Mark and Kathryn Vaselkiv(+) $ 250,000 –$ 499,999 The Citizens of Baltimore County The Estate of Ron Dencker Sandra Levi Gerstung \| The Hecht-Levi Foundation ^ Mrs. Benjamin H. Griswold IV \| The Fancy Hill Foundation Nancy Hackerman \| The Hackerman Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Earl L. Linehan Robert A. Waidner Foundation $ 100,000 –$ 249,999 Diane Abeloff and Dr. Emile A. Bendit(+) ^ Paul and Donna Amico(+) Paul M. Angell Family Foundation + The Angelos Family Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County The Charles T. Bauer Foundation \| Andrew and Janet Hartman + BGE, an Exelon Company(+) Bloomberg Philanthropies(+) Barbara and Tom Bozzuto \| Bozzuto Family Charitable Fund ^	The Estate of Richard and Rosalee Davision The Judi and Steven Fader Family Foundation Mr. Gary C. Harn Marshall and Sarellen Levine ^ Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation(+) Scott Phares and Judy Witt Phares(+) PNC Financial Services Group and the PNC Foundation(+) Arnold and Alison Richman \| The Richman Family Foundation Bruce Rosenblum and Lori Laitman David and Alena Schwaber(+) Stephen and Gail Shawe \| The Earle And Annette Shawe Family Foundation The Sheridan Foundation Susan Dishler Shubin(+) Dr. Paul Sponseller(+) Thalheimer-Eurich Charitable Fund, Inc. $ 50,000 –$ 99,999 The Aaron & Lillie Straus Fdt Inc + Anonymous( 2) Chris and Joanne Bartlett Rick Berndt(+) Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation and the Estate of Ruth Marder Brown Advisory(+) Nelson & Sara Fishman Family Foundation(+) ^ Beverly Penn and Lowell Glazer(+) Gordon Feinblatt LLC David Imre and Thomas Crusse(+) Johns Hopkins University The Kenneth S. Battye Charitable Trust(+) M & T Bank Sheila J. Meyers	Maryland State Department of Education National Endowment for the Arts William Nerenberg and Dorothy Rosenthal(+) ^ Ted Niederman and Ricka Neuman Joanne M. Gold and Andrew A. Stern The Philanthropic Initiative + Ms. Ellen W. P. Wasserman William Randolph Hearst Foundation(+) $ 25,000 –$ 49,999 William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Portfolios Baltimore City Council + Ed and Ellen Bernard Richard and Carol Bernstein \| The Bernstein Family Foundation(+) The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Brown Capital Management LLC The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation G. Vincent Castellano Kathleen Chagnon and Randy Metcalfe Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire(+) Mr. Hosea T. Chew + Ms. Susan Chouinard(+) Clayton Baker Trust + David and Vivien Coombs(+) Robert and Ingrid Coutts The Charles Crane Family Foundation + Curio Wellness Walter B. Doggett III and Joanne Frantz Doggett Michael and Miriam Forster Gallagher, Evelius & Jones LLP Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc.	Peggy & Yale Gordon Trust(+) Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hamilton Jr. Douglas and Angela Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Haywood + The Herbert Bearman Foundation + Herbert N. Gundersheimer Foundation + Sandra Dalsheimer Hess Gwynne Horwits Howard County & the Howard County Arts Council Allan and Claire Jensen Nancy Kohn Rabin John J. Leidy Foundation, Inc. Marie Lerch and Jeff Kolb The Letaw Family Foundation, Inc. + Reginald F. Lewis Foundation, Inc. + Lockhart Vaughan Foundation + Lord Baltimore Capital Partners, LLC Catherine and George McClelland \| The Huether- McClelland Foundation(+) Christine Morgan and David Wallace Drs. Erol and Julianne Oktay William and Kathleen Pence(+) Thomas and Rosemary Pozefsky Rifkin Weiner Livingston, LLC Rosemore and The Rosenberg Family Barry and Susan Rosen ^ Ben & Esther Rosenbloom Foundation \| Michelle and Howard Rosenbloom Schuh Family Foundation James and Sandy Smith(+) Stella May Contracting \| Christian and Lacey Johansson(+) Thomas Wilson Foundation + Total Wine & More Transamerica Foundation Venable LLP Susan Wolman(+) Xfinity Ellen Yankellow and William Chapman
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