First Night is grateful for support received from a broad range of public and private sources. These contributions support our annual celebration on December 31 as well as the outreach and education programs we conduct all year long.

This list reflects gifts received during the 14 months prior to October 3, 2008.

EVENT SPONSORS
Au Bon Pain
Boston 4 Productions
The Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers
FedEx
Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
Mayor Thomas M. Menino, City of Boston
Metro Boston
The Mugar Foundation
Shaw’s Supermarkets/Star Market
Tedeschi Food Shops/Store 24
WBZ - TV

EVENT SUPPORTERS
AAA Southern New England
AirAd, Inc.
ArtsBoston/Bostix
Borders
Highland Street Foundation
Old South Church
State Street Corporation
Wall USA
Wilder Companies/CityPlace

LEADERSHIP DONORS
$50,000 +
Anonymous
The Boston Foundation
Jane’s Trust
MassachusettsConvention Center Authority
Mayor Thomas M. Menino, City of Boston
The Mugar Foundation
Frank Ward and Cape Dairy

$20,000–$49,999
Alice W. Dorr Foundation
Boston 4 Productions
Nonnie and Rick Burnes
Fleetwing Charitable Foundation Trust
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Noonan Memorial Fund, Bank of America, Trustee Council

$10,000–$19,999
Anonymous
Charles Ansbacher and Swanee Hunt
Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Linde Family Foundation
The Lynch Foundation
State Street Corporation

$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous
Ted and Joan Cutler
Sally Geaney and Aidan McAvinchey
Liberty Mutual Foundation
Laura Roberts and Ed Belove
Schrafft Charitable Trust
Ed and Joan Tiffany
Lisa Tung and Spencer Glendon
Clara and Bill Wainwright

$2,500-$4,999
Jan and Doug Beaven
Amy d’Ablemont and Ethan Burnes
Suzie Tapson and Gordon Burnes
Susan Gifford Fay
Fuller Foundation, Inc.
Marion L. Decrow Foundation
Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events
Sidney and Esther Rabb Charitable Foundation
Deborah Smith
Donald and Jeanne Stanton

$1,000-$2,499
A.W. Perry, Inc.
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Brilliant Ice Sculpture
The Colonnade Hotel
Faneuil Hall Marketplace
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Jeannette Gerald and Arnold Henderson
Legal Sea Foods, Inc.
Michele and Andrew Levy
Renne Chen Lu
Mandarin Oriental, Boston
Marriott Long Wharf
Beth K. Pfeiffer
Frederick and Susan Putnam
Red Sox Foundation
Allison Ryder and David Jones
Eric Schwarz and Maureen Coffey
Wendy Shattuck and Samuel Plimpton
Sheraton Boston Hotel
Thomas and Katherine Stemberg
Target
Ben and Kate Taylor

SUPPORTERS
$500-$999

The Back Bay Hotel
George W.W. Brewster III
CambridgeSoft Corporation
Harron Ellenson
Newell Flather
Mags Harries and Lajos Heder
Elizabeth B. Johnson
Karmaloop, Inc.
Neil and Jane Pappalardo
Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common
Frederick and Kathleen Schultz
Rachael Solem
Henry D. Tiffany III
Rosamond Vaule

$250-$499
Robert and Edythe Baker
Jonathan and Renee Brant
Copley Square Hotel
John and Kathleen Drew
Maurice N. Finegold
Dorrie King and Jerry Flannelly
Laurel Friedman
Daniel and Madeline Gregory
Charlotte Harrison
Dimitry and Stacey Herman
Beth and Seth Klarman
George and Ann Macomber
Harold I. Pratt
Rob Radloff and Ann Macy Beha
John and Dorothy Remondi
R. Pito Salas
Dola H. Stemberg
Myles and Lise Striar
Summer Shack
Theatre X Productions, LLC
Tillinger’s Concierge, Inc.
Westin Hotel Copley Place

$100-$249
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
Karen Aqua
Carol S. Ball and James B. Re
Judith Black
Debra Brucato
Burke & Comany LLC
Elizabeth Cabot
Nino Catalano
Frederick and Beatrice Childs
Jeff and Catherine Coburn
Katherine DeMarco
Katherine and Charles Durfee
Audrey Entin
J. Walter Freiberg and Helena K. Evans
Roberta Ferriani
George and Lynne Fifield
Gill Fishman
Joan Goody
Elin and John Harris
Jill Herold and Jim McSherry
James and Bess Hughes
Patricia Jehlen
John and Judy Knutson
Patricia Latimore
Stephen and Sandra Levy
Maryel Locke
Donald and Glenda Mattes
Sally Mayer
Jean and Kyra Montagu
Cecily and Alan Morse
Donna Diodati and
Walter J. Mozdzierz
Kathryn and Glenn Murphy
Jeffrey and Toni Musser
Peter and Beatrice Nessen
Charles and Diane Norris
The Olive Group
David Osler
Robert and Mary Ellen Otto
Norman and Suzanne Priebatsch
Leo and Eda Rabinovitz
Elisabeth Raleigh
David and Fiona Roman
Michael and Karen Rotenberg
Marcus Santos
David and Marie Louise Scudder
Heidi Sheputa
Carol Trager and Matthew Carrano
R.D. Treadwell
Katherine B. Winter
Sara Wheeler

SUPPORTERS
$500–$999
George W. Brewster III
Harron Ellenson
Newell Flather
Mags Harries and Lajos S. Heder
Dimitry and Stacey Herman
Houghton Chemical Corporation
Elizabeth and Edward Johnson
Jurys Boston Hotel
Neil and Jane Pappalardo
The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common
Debra Rollins
Frederick and Kathleen Schultz
Henry D. Tiffany III
Rosamond Vaule

$250–$499
Robert and Edythe Baker
Bear, Strearns & Co. Inc.
Jonathan and Renee Brant
Copley Square Hotel
Larry DiCara
John and Kathleen Drew
The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel
Maurice N. Finegold
Gill and Margolis Fishman
Jerry Flannelly and Dorrie King
Nelson S. Gifford
Daniel and Madeline Gregory
Louisa Kasdon and Michael Hynes
Seth and Beth Klarman
George and Ann Macomber
Kenneth and Marianne Novack
Harold I. Pratt
Rob Radloff and Ann Macy Beha
Jim Recht and Nina Dillon
John and Dorothy Remondi
Michael and Karen Rotenberg
Carolyn C. Rowland
R. Pito and Chris Salas
J. Mark Schuster
Helen B. Spaulding
Myles and Lise Striar
Summer Shack
The Westin Hotel Copley Place
Katherine B. Winter

$100–$249
David Abrams
Richard H. Bailey
Janet Berkeley and Robert Duboff
Judith A. Brodkin
Debra Brucato
Frederick Casselman and Susan Ashbrook
Nino Catalano
Edmund and Betsy Cabot
Frederick and Beatrice Childs
Anne and Donald Clinton
Devon L. Davidson
Michael and Katherine DeMarco
Robert B. Dimmick
Joel and Diane Feldman
Helena K. Evans and J. Walter Freiberg
Orrie and Laurel Friedman
Sarah M. Gallivan and Gopal Kadagathur
GE Foundation
Elin and John Harris
Jill Herold and Jim McSherry
Karen Hu
James and Bess Hughes
Marjorie Javan
C. Bruce and Helen Johnstone
Patricia Latimore
Stephen and Sandra Levy
Maryel Locke
Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education
Donald and Glenda Mattes
Sally Mayer
Franklin B. Mead III
Jean and Kyra Montagu
Cecily and Alan Morse
Donna Diodati and Walter J. Mozdzierz
Peter and Beatrice Nessen
Charles and Diane Norris
Norman and Suzanne Priebatsch
Leo and Eda Rabinovitz
Elisabeth Raleigh
David M. Roman
Michael and Ellen Sandler
David and Marie Louise Scudder
Steven and Margaret Smith
Stephanie's on Newbury
Richard and Ruth Stuart
R.D. Treadwell
Sarah Wentworth

$25–$99
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
Fred and Lynn Basch
Eugenie Beal
Eric and Robin Blank
Stephen and Nancy Calderwood
H. Theodore and Cynthia Cohen
Caroline and Jerry Cohen
Frances H. Colburn
Harold S. Crowley, Jr.
William and Melissa Curry
Charlotte Dewitt
Elise and Jeff Eckelkamp
Kristin C. Field
Christopher and Blanca Fincham
Douglas and Mary Fitzsimmons
Nanci Gelb
Anna L. Goldsmith
Liz Griffin
John A. Grimshaw
Andrew and Judith Hall
Wesley L. Harris
Douglas and Pamela Haslam
John and Hilary Hopkins
Sandra W. Jones
Cynthia Lovell
Brenda P. Luquer
Richard Macchi
Katherine Mangle
Barbara Martin
Beth Maynard and Mark Dirksen
Danielle McCarthy
Kathryn and Glenn Murphy
Cristina Nelson
Richard Pepp
Suzanne Pucker
Penny Sander and Rufus Seder
Ben Selling and Barbara Kovar
Michael and Rena Silevitch
Scott H. Sughrue
David Ticchi
Robert and Jane Weiss
Nan Tull Wezniak
Mead and Ann Wyman