SUPPORTERS

Ear Taxi Festival 2021 is supported by a generous gift from Helen Zell, contributing partners Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, WFMT, and StoryCorps, and grants from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, The CliffDwellers Arts Foundation, Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Irving Harris Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, and New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from Helen F. Whitaker Fund and The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. DePaul Art Museum, which champions traditionally marginalized artists’ voices and communities in order to connect people through art and ideas from Chicago and beyond, is a proud supporting partner of Ear Taxi Festival. 

New Music Chicago is supported by the Amphion Foundation, Inc., the Alice M. Ditson Fund, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, and the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

Ear Taxi Festival gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our funders and donors:

Archer
$125,000 and above

Helen Zell

Clark
$50,000 - $124,999

Clybourn
$20,000 - $49,999

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
DePaul Art Museum
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts

Elston
$10,000 - $19,999

Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Irving Harris Foundation

Higgins
$5,000 - $9,999

Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
New Music USA
The Augusta Read Thomas and Bernard Rands Trust

Kingsbury
$2,500 - $4,999

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Loretta Julian

Lincoln
$1,000 - $2,499

John Bierbusse
The CliffDwellers Arts Foundation
Jane Heron
Illinois Arts Council Agency
Gregory Nigosian, in memory of Richard Nigosian

Milwaukee
$500 - $999

Anonymous, in honor of the many artists and administrators who struggled through the last year. May this festival mark a reawakening for each of them and for Chicago's music community.
Timothy J. Lyman, in honor of composer Amos Gillespie
Bruce Oltman and Bonnie McGrath
Mike and Mary Woolever

Ogden
$100 - $499

Xavier Beteta
Reba and Bob Cafarelli, in honor of the 2021 Ear Taxi Festival Leadership Team
Robert Dillon
Amy Iwano
Leah M. Kaiser, in memory of Paul Grigonis
Joseph and Linda LoSchiavo, in memory of Paul Grigonis
Joan Mazzonelli, in memory of Lawrence Klevan
Philip & Patricia Morehead
Marjorie Stinespring
Guy Tourangeau, in memory of Paul Grigonis, a fellow traveller. Rest in power.

Rush
$1 - $99

Aaron and Naomi Alter
Mary Jo Barton
Jon Butcher
Eliza Brown
Mini Bhattacharya
Cheryl Flinn
Christopher Jones
Katinka Kleijn
Patricia Leshuk
Don Macica
Cate Mascari
Erica Miller
Gregory O'Drobinak
Sarah Plum
Vanessa Reed
Wilson Smith
Veljko Trkulja
Chris Wild
Ryan Zerna