Ballet Des Moines is deeply grateful to every donor, partner, and funder for their visionary leadership and generosity. Because of their support, Ballet Des Moines is actively improving quality of life across the state of Iowa, inspiring a diverse audience to reach their potential, find their voice, and thrive.
This list represents gifts and payments above $1,500 between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026, and includes funding for operations, educational programs, and our recent capital campaign: Support What Moves You.
*For a complete listing of donors to the Support What Moves You Capital Campaign, click here.
Thank you to the donors who make our programs possible:
SEASON sponsors
$1,000,000+
Lauridsen family foundation
$100,000+
$20,000+
the BALLETOMANE society
platinum ($10,000+)
Anonymous
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Randy Breese
Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation
Charlotte & Fred Hubbell
Principal Charity Classic
John Ruan Foundation Trust
Nancy Shafer
The Shubert Foundation
Wellmark Foundation
gold ($5,000+)
Pamela Bass-Bookey & Harry Bookey
Roger Brooks & Sunnie Richer
Douglas Dorner & Carole Villeneuve
Denny & Candy Elwell
Jim & Martha Fifield
Fredrikson & Byron
Chuck & Jaina Johnson
Joany & Mic Jurgens
Krause Group Charitable Fund
Amy Kristof-Brown & Ken Brown
Sammons
Christine & Rob Sand
The Seidler Foundation
Connie Wimer
silver ($2,500+)
Kirk & Cathy Besh
Dr. Richard Deming
GreenState Credit Union
Tim & Seth McMillin-Robb
Randy E. McMullin
Sara & Jim Nelson
Joey Patino & Peter Larkin
Agnieszka Pieta & Dak Kaye
Max Puliaiev & Briannie Kraft
Mary Schuchmann
Mike Simonson
Tom Smull & Liz Gilman
Jainen Thayer & Sarah Young
Michael Wallace
William Williams & Amanda Fales-Williams
bronze ($1,500+)
Michaela & Nathan Carhoff
Anne Cooper & Rick Barkosky
Kim & Robert Curran
Deidre DeJear
Tej & Karen Dhawan
Rachel Edge
Jeff & Carrie Fleming
Katherine Harrington & Craig Walter
Nancy & Sue Henderson
Michael Hubbard & Barbara Adams
Trudy Hurd
Daniel Kelly
Jaclyn & Zack Kertzman
Sheena Kim & Jeffrey Kenji Deutchman
Cherry Madole
Anna & Adam Mason
Christina & Sean McAvoy
Sabetha & AJ Mumm
Steven Neville
Leslie Nolte
Nate & Martine Olson-Daniel
Colleen & Jerry Patterson
Bridget Penick
Dianne Riley
Neil & Debra Salowitz
Stephen Sandquist & Marina Jordanova Sandquist
Natasha & Zack Sayles
Shannon Sole & Joseph Moser
William & Ruth Staplin
Natalie & Shane Warehime
Tom & Kyrie Wong
Lisa-Marie & Simon Wright
