Our Supporters
Founding Benefactor
Esther Honens⁺
Honens Legacy Partners
Honens Legacy Partners support the ongoing growth and development of Esther Honens’ vision by securing the organization’s future. The Legacy Partners Endowment Fund enables Honens to provide wide-reaching programming through its annual festival, and other enriching community education and outreach initiatives. All gifts received to date have been eligible for matching contributions from the Government of Canada.
Ian and Heather Bourne
F. Richard Matthews⁺ CM QC
Percy and Lois Cole Foundation
John and Sheilagh Langille
Lifetime Benefactors
Lifetime Benefactors donate $100,000 or more to Honens over a lifetime.
Esther Honens⁺
Deborah and Thomas⁺ Ambrose
Jenny Belzberg CM AOE
Ian and Heather Bourne
Percy⁺ and Lois Cole
Harvey* and Sherry Doerr
Arthur⁺ and Bonnie Dumont
Heather Edwards
Larry and Jan Fichtner
Annie Freeze
Tony and Liz Fricke
Helen Graham
Richard and Lois Haskayne
John and Sheilagh Langille
F. Richard Matthews⁺ CM QC
Eleanor McCain
Ted⁺ and Margaret Newall
Ted Rozsa⁺ OC and Lola Rozsa⁺
Clarice Evans Siebens
James M. Stanford OC
Anonymous
2024 / 2025 Donors
The following individuals generously donated cash, product, or services to Honens this year.
$10,000 to $24,999
$10,000 to $24,999
Deborah and Thomas+ Ambrose
Ann Burnard Crawford
Heather and Ian Bourne
Harvey* and Sherry Doerr
Ferrier Charitable Trust
Annie Freeze
Tony and Liz Fricke
Helen Graham
Ryan Green
Sharie Hunter
Donna Johnson Foundation
John Kieser
F.E. Kitchenham+
Janet Poyen
Siân Matthews
David and Jenny McDermid Family Fund
Carl+ and Lesley Millar
Mary Rozsa de Coquet
$5,000 to $9,999
$5,000 to $9,999
Shannon Day-Newman* and Don Newman OC LLD
Jeremy E. Clark
Gertrude Cohos
Ellen and Allen Borak
Gordon & Diane Buchanan Family Foundation
Dancyger (Morris and Ann) Philanthropy Fund
William Hogg
Donna and Greg Horton
Steve Kennedy in honour of Paula Kennedy
Heather Kazakoff
Brenda Marshall
The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundation
Letha MacLachlan KC
Carmen Morin*
Palmer Family Foundation
Craig Senyk
James M. Stanford OC
Daisy Williams and Daniyal Zafar
Sandra and Glenn Woolsey
$2,500 to $4,999
$2,500 to $4,999
Doug and Charlotte Annable
Lisa Buck
Adrian Burns
Margaret Campbell
Ann Calvert
Mavis Clark
Contemporary Calgary
Karol Dabbs
John and Marilynne Gillespie
Erika Hargesheimer
Patrick and Sharie Hunter
Lynne Kearns
Corinna Lee*
Devtex Limited
Wendy Liu
Heather* and Peter Marreck
Rick and Janet Matthews
Roxanne McCaig
Russell and Vickie McKinnon
Private Giving Foundation
Hugh McPhail* and Yolanda van Wachem
Norm and Ann Miller
Alan and Geri Moon
Joe* and Trudy Moreau
Richard and Mary Shaw
Lowell and Amanda Smith
Kimberley Sundell* and Karl Taylor
Anonymous (1)
$1,500 to $2,499
$1,500 to $2,499
Steve and Klementina Angyalfi
Babette Blindert
Allan Dick in memory of Susan Dick
Jim and Allison Dingle
Tibor Fekete
Stephanie and Brian Felesky
Jane Francis
Donald and Janet Hatch
Dan and Kathy Hays
Connie Hunt and Ron Holdsworth
Satwant Lota
M. Ann McCaig
Dale and Joan Meister
Louise Moore
Faiz Nadir
John and Jean Partridge
Katherine Perez
John and Phyllis Peters
Kelly Pitaoulis and Zack Laurent
Rabinovitz Family Community Fund
E & M Rewucki Foundation
Michéle Stanners
Ken and Stephanie Wilson
Shirley Zielsdorf and Ed Letkeman
$1,000 to $1,499
$1,000 to $1,499
Pat Benedict
Barb Atnikov and Albert Rosengarten Foundation
Daryl Banke and Mark Hussey
Neva Bruce and David Cuthbertson
Jill and Kip Cobbett
Josephine Davy-Seetal
James and Allison Dingle
Sarah Jane Dumbrille
Fabbrici Foundation for the Arts
Judy Fairburn
Jane Francis
Richard French and Diane Boivin
Catherine Gunther
Chris Hylton and Barbara Newman
Carolyn and Bill Hyndman
Helen Isaac
Victor and Marilyn Lanctis
Sheila Letkeman-Mehra
Andrew and Bente McAlister
Catherine McClelland
John and Keltie Mierins
John and Jean Partridge
Patricia Prestwich
Eric Saarvala
Don Smith
Susan Swan
Martyn Wesley
Shirley Westeinde
Philippa White
$700 to $999
$700 to $999
Carolyn Hyndman
Marina Jones
Kate MacGregor
Donald MacKimmie
Sharon Martens
Donna Rooney
Hon. Justice Greg P. Shannon
David Thomas
Elaine Wood
$500 to $699
$500 to $699
Claudia Chowaniec
Megan and John Crosland
Dorthea Cutts
Margaret Dickenson
Suzanne Drapeau
Carolyn Hyndman
Sandra Lee
François and Sarie Mai
Barbara and Michael Morin
John and Arlene Nash
Netherlands Investment Company of Canada Limited
Gordon and Wendy Peters
Kinga Petrovai
Ross Petty
Rawji Family Flow Through Fund
Susan Roskey
Gordon Ross
Chad Rowbotham
Susan Scotti
Lillian Thomsen
Jill Wyatt
Brenda Wyne
$20 to $499
$20 to $499
Andrew Azmudeh
Rob Baker and Holly Sykes
Colleen and George Bezaire
Edith Brendel
Rowena Cromwell
Jeptha Davenport
Carol Devenny and Grant McDonald
Jane Ebbern
John Feick
Forte Music Studio
Andrea Gammack
Susan George
Myrna Ghitter
Evelyn Greenberg
Sandy Gunderson
Karin Hagg
Nyna Hill
Wayne and Faye Hleucka
Vivienne Huisman
Jiwon Hwang
Madelainne K. Joss
Paddy Kamen
Vern Kimball
Louis Kruse
Wendy Kunsman
Robert Lesoway
Nancy Lowden
Barbara Luten
Rod Macleod
Aldo and Laverna Marchese
Ian Martin
Nancy Martin
Laurie Matiation
Bruce and Bonnie McMillan
Lachlin and Julianne McKinnon
Allison Moore
John and Arlene Nash
Krissi Pacaud
Lorna Paterson
Marie and Wayne Patton
Ross Petty
Nicholas Polachuk
Oxana Mamontova
Rajiv Ramchandra
Meg Van Rosendaal
Gordon Ross
Rutherford Family
Lorna Paterson and Charles Schneider
Mike Shrimpton
Peter Skirving and Cassie Palamar
Heili Strawbridge+
Jim and Nancy Taipale
Ray Todd
Janet Tse
Frank van der Voet
Jennifer Weihmann
Rena Willson
Jean Wiseman
Jan Wittig
Donna Wood
Jerilyn Wright
Marion S. Wright
May Yeung
Frederick Young
Jennifer Yu
Anonymous (14)
GIFTS IN MEMORY OF CARL MILLAR
GIFTS IN MEMORY OF CARL MILLAR
Ayala Berman
Eloise and Cameron Berry
Brooks Family
Gwen Burrows
Laura Cuthbertson
Michael Durnin
Harvey* and Sherry Doerr
Tibor Fekete
Rosa Fishman
The Jeremy & Judith Freedman Family Foundation
Judy and Mike Gindl
Linda Green
Warren and Didi Hanna
Penny Harris
Ross and Nancy Hayes
Claire Hopkins and Family
Lynne Kearns
Catherine Lajoie and Family
Norman Loberg
Lorne London
Joy and Bill Long
Letha MacLachlan
Ryan and Madlen Margau
Heather* and Peter Marreck
Kelly McMillen and Tim Guernsey
Sonja C. Missio
Joyce Moore
John and Arlene Nash
Judith Pakes
Claudia Pasquini and Jim Mitchell
Bruce and Patricia Petrie
Colin Ross
Richard and Mary Shaw
Amanda Smith
Wendi Van Exan
Jennifer Weihmann
Event Hosts
Laureate Circle Calgary
Lowell and Amanda Smith
Masters Gallery Ltd.
Harvey* and Sherry Doerr
Heather Edwards
Larry and Jan Fichtner
Laureate Circle Ottawa