OUR FRIENDS

FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL

Friends of the Festival donors are the fuel of our creative engine. Their annual support of $1000+ empowers us to use our ingenuity as we design a sustainable organization and festival. The first 25 Founding Member donations also at $1000+ to Sarasota Rising will be matched up to $25k! Donate and be a part of the legacy of this revolutionary event!  ALL donations are welcome!  But for a donation of $1000.00 you will create a rippling impact at this stage in our growth!  

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Thank you to our initial Founders whose generous donations allowed us to RISE!

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Thank you to our Founding Members - Veronica Brady & Keith Mondo, Sandi & Joe Wall, Jonathan & Michelle Mitchell, Ariane Dart, Dr Mark & Irene Kaufmann, Jaime & Julie Didomenico, Margaret Ann Kin in Honor of Robert D Kin, Amy & Steve Weinberger,  Bob & Peggy Marcus, Dick & Deborah Miller, The Remax Team, The Media Roundtable, Walton & Deborah Beacham, Jeffery Kin & Marcos Oliveira,Bruce Ensinger, John & Kathrene Kin

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Thank you to our ANGEL DONORS - The Downtown Improvement District, Jonathan & Michelle Mitchell

Thank you to our Soaring Donors - Jaime & Julie Didomenico

Thank you to our Flourishing Donors - Dr. Mark & Irene Kauffman, Anonymous x2

Thank you to our Escalating Donors - Falk Weinberger Trust/Amy & Steve Weinberger, Dr Jeff Hamblin & Mark-Alan, John & Tana Sandefur Foundation

Thank you to our Ascending Donors - Walton & Deborah Beacham, In Memory of John Kin – Love Katherine, Michelle Bianchi, Sandi & Joe Wall, The Platkin Family Foundation

Thank you to our Friends of the Festival- Jeff Hamblin & Mark Alan, Amy & Steve Weinberger, David Band, Walton & Deborah Beacham, Bob & Peggy Marcus, Mary Lou Winnik, Joan Armour Mendell Foundation,  Ron Kashden & Kelly Franklin, Jennifer Jordan, Duncan & Sally Dickson

Thank you to our Scaling Donors - Mary & Ed Kramer, Suzanne Hudson-Smith, Jackie Rogers, John & Julia Osborne, James Stern & Marco Knapp,  Pam & Lynford Wiley

Thank you to our Lifting Donors - Ohio Ladies On Vacation, Donna Defant, Morgan Gerhart, Anna Lee Ernst, Beth Duda & Bill Wagy, In Honor of Bob & Margaret Ann Kin, Barbara & Dick Johnson, Carole Kleinberg, Stephen Kin & Jan Leiter

Thank you to our Emerging Donors - Linda Carson, Carolina Franco & Elias Verzini, Ken Bailey, Kathryn & Jerome Chesley, Sharon Ricketts, Julie McHugh, Val Hoover, Nellie Obrien, The Literacy Council of Sarasota, Ellen Kramer, Carrie McQueen, Sarah Wertheimer, Shelia Weiss, Samantha Grimm, Kathy Deakins, Dottie Garner, Scott George, Mary Anne Servian, Nancy O’Neil, Frank Mansella, Nicole Nicholson, Richard Foster, Joseph Grano, Sally Dickson, Michael Pasquini, Katherine & Frank Martucci, Vicki Rollo, Kimberly Bleach, Pat Armstrong, Tom Melville, Matt & Michelle McCord, Susan Heator-Kin, Eileen Parkinson, Kathy Fraley, Marcia Taub, Joe Platia, Shanti Kennedy, Willis-Smith Construction, Eileen & Enid Parkinson, Sequel, Irene Falcetti, Cristina Bickerstaff, Ellen Rowe, William Baker, Robyn Faucy

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Thank you to our Pre-Emerging Donors - Laura Courter, Shyrlene Baum, Helen Slemmons, Ty Maxey, Carrie Greenberg, Christine Carey, Jeffry Offenberger, Cintia Elenstar, Alison Cheney, Roberta Fernandez, Katie McCurry, Don & Lois Richter, Jan Wallace, Trish McConnell, Leymis Willmott, Teri Booth, Rennie Carter, Barb Bullock, Julie Planck, Sandra Moulin, Robert Turoff – In Memory of Roberta McDonald, Loretta Zullo, Katie Flowers, Lisa Taylor, Kyle Turoff & Tres Cole, Ann Gundersheimer, Jennifer Weinstein, Monica Gagnier

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We appreciate the combined gift given in memory of:

MARGARET ANN & ROBERT KIN

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IF YOU'D LIKE TO BECOME A FRIEND OF THE FESTIVAL WITH AN ANNUAL GIFT,

HERE ARE THE GIVING LEVELS:

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EMERGING: $100-249, name listed on SRQ Rising Website.

LIFTING: $250-499, all of the above plus name listed in Special Events Programs.

SCALING: $500-999, all of the above plus special invitation and priority seating to annual Kick-off and Closing Event.

ASCENDING: $2500-4999, all of the above plus business card-sized advertisement and/or encouragement note for Special Events Program.

⭐️FRIEND OF THE FESTIVAL: $1000-2499, all of the above plus ANNUAL giving circle custom pin, “early bird” notification for ALL Festival and Special Events ticket purchases, live shout out at SRQ RISING produced Special Events.

ESCALATING: $5000-9,999, all of the above plus annual special ‘behind the scenes’ event invitation.

FLOURISHING: $10,000-24,999, all of the above plus priority table naming at both Kick-off and Closing events, annual Festival Magazine sponsorship highlight.

SOARING: $25,000-49,999, all of the above plus priority parking for SRQ RISING’s Kick-off, Closing and other Special Events.

ANGEL STATUS: $100,000, all of the above plus permanent acknowledgement as an angel to Sarasota Rising and The Living Arts Festival Hall of Angels.