The following are all individual, corporate and foundation donors over $25,000: Andersen Foundation • Anonymous • Estate of Mrs. Judson Bemis • Julia W. Dayton John and Ruth Huss • Target Foundation Mary W. Vaughan Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation F. R. Bigelow Foundation • Cargill Foundation • General Mills Foundation 3M Foundation • Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison • Estate of Jean Lemberg The Medtronic Foundation • The Saint Paul Foundation • Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota C. Angus and Margaret Wurtele Karen Bachman • Alexandra O. Bjorklund • Mary and Gus Blanchard • Mary Lee Dayton Ecolab Foundation • The William Randolph Hearst Foundation • Lucy Rosenberry Jones Constance and Daniel Kunin • The Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of HRK Foundation Keller Trust • The MAHADH Fund of HRK Foundation • Mardag Foundation John G. Ordway, Jr. • RBC Dain Rauscher Foundation • Saint Paul Travelers The Harriet and Edson Spencer Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation Rebecca Rand and E. Thomas Binger • Ellie and Tom Crosby, Jr. • Heinz and Sisi Hutter Diana and Joe Murphy • Mr. and Mrs. William Phillips • Mr. and Mrs. Steven Rothschild 1997 Irrevocable Trust of Frederick T. Weyerhaeuser Rod and Susan Boren • Mrs. Thomas B. Carpenter • Carolyn Foundation Darlene J. and Richard P. Carroll • Cleveland Foundation • Rusty and Burt Cohen Jane M. and Ogden W. Confer • Sara and Jock Donaldson Dorsey & Whitney Foundation • Vicki and Chip Emery • Brad and Diane England Faegre & Benson • Sharon and Bill Hawkins • Bill and Hella Mears Hueg Connie Fladeland and Steve Fox • Erwin and Miriam Kelen • R. C. Lilly Foundation Mary Bigelow McMillan • Thomas and Barbara McBurney • Stephanie Simon and Craig Bentdahl Kevin and Lynn Smith • Virginia L. and Edward C. Stringer • The Southways Foundation Bernt von Ohlen and Thomas Nichol • Nelson Family Foundation
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As of February 23, 2006, $12.2 million has been raised toward the $20 million Opera at the Ordway Initiative. These funds have already begun to transform the company through new productions, expanded education programs and a momentum that will expand the number of productions. The initiative will also add to The Opera's endowment, ensuring the future of the company performing here, at the Ordway.