500 FESTIVAL FOUNDATION

 

Fueling the Community Campaign SUPPORTERS

The 500 Festival Foundation gratefully acknowledges the generosity of our volunteers and donors who have rallied together in Fueling the Community. Your support is enriching lives and positively impacting the community through meaningful celebrations of the Indianapolis 500 well into the future.    

campaign leadership

Honorary Chairs: Mark Miles, Cindy Simon Skjodt

Campaign Co-Chairs: Ted and Kim Dickman, Nadine and Alvin Gilvens

Campaign Cabinet: John Ackerman, Gary Aletto, Bob Brody, Doug Brown, Melissa Proffitt, Jerry Semler, Al Smith Jr., Betty Stilwell, Scott Thiems, Steve Walker

Campaign Donors

  • $250,000+

    FORVIS (formerly BKD LLP)
    Marlyne Sexton
    Cindy Simon Skjodt*

  • $100,000 - $249-999

    John and Kathy Ackerman
    Ted and Kim Dickman*
    Michael F. and Jody J. Petrie
    Herbert Simon Family Foundation
    Maribeth and Al Smith*

  • $50,000-$99,999

    AAA Hoosier Motor Club
    Hulman and George Company Foundation
    Indianapolis Colts
    Robert and Julie Pruitt*
    Walker Corporate Foundation*
    Al Wurster Family*

  • $25,000-$49,000

    Gary S. Aletto*
    Mary Clare and George Broadbent*
    Bob and Helen Brody
    Patricio M. Daneri
    Ted Engel*
    Troy and Brittany Gilstorf
    Robert and Melissa Hillman*
    The Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF affiliate
    David and Anna Ross Kosene
    Dale Ellen Leff
    Molendorp Family Foundation
    Syam and Savita Nair
    James and Pamela Poore
    Jerry and Rosie Semler*

  • $10,000 - $24,999

    Mike and Amy Alley
    Mary Jo and Steven Alonso
    Mike and Suzanne Boatright
    Bob and Brandee Bryant
    The Crisp Family*
    Estes Family Foundation
    John F. Gause
    Nadine and Alvin Givens
    Frank and Linda Hancock
    Lacy Foundation*
    Jim and Connie Lund*
    Patty and Kevin Martin*
    Tom McGowan*
    Mark and Helen Miles
    Charlie Morgan and Kelly Smith*
    Christina and Jeremy Moungey
    Jonathan Nalli
    Dick and Mary Beth Oakes
    The Prall Family
    Michelle and Doug Rose Family
    Zack and Jennil Scott
    The Riad Shaheen Family
    Betty Stilwell*
    Michael and Valerie Strohl*
    Scott and Sharon Thiems*

  • $5,000-$9,999

    Vicky Bailey
    David Bratton
    Douglas and Constance Brown
    Rob and Debra Bush
    Dennis and Ginny Casey
    Don and Kathryn Densborn
    Todd and Carie Fancher
    Greg & Donna Fennig
    Bill and Kim French
    Tony and Laura George
    Gregory and Elizabeth Hahn
    Hamilton County Community Foundation, a CICF affiliate
    Michael and Susie Harmless
    Jeffrey A. Harrison
    Roger Harvey
    Jeff and Terri Holley
    John and Cindy Hulen
    David and Lynn Lewis
    Cindy and Gino Lucchese
    Erik Miner and Jennifer Mathews-Miner and Family
    Jim Morris
    Tim and Melissa Oliver
    Nicole and Richard Paulk
    Chris and Brenda Rehme
    Eric and Sally Rowland
    Tanya Searcy
    STAR Financial Bank

  • $2,500 - $4,999

    Kris and Bob Altice
    David Amick
    Joe Barnette
    Dennis Dawes
    Jim and Dori Dodson
    Christopher LaMothe
    Dennis and Kristy Murphy
    JJ Nelson
    Scott and Katie Nichols
    Ellen and Vince Saul
    Dr. and Mrs. Gene Sease
    Kennedy Tank and Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Thrivent
    Herb Treen
    Mark Wetzel and Jenny Holland
    Van Riper Woodard Family Foundation

  • $1,000 - $2,499

    Anonymous (3)
    Amy Carroll Balcius
    Bill and Erin Beck
    Jeffrey and Debra Belskus
    Scott and Aly Bove
    Dr. James Callaghan
    William and Angela Corley
    CSO
    Adam Downey-Barefoot
    Therese A. and Mark L. Eutsler
    Phyllis and David Ferrell
    The Kilian Family Foundation, a fund of Hamilton County Community Foundation
    Juan Gonzalez
    Doug Heath
    Alane Helmer
    Marty and Angela Hill
    Dr. Aleesia Johnson
    Bob McElwain
    Scott and Carolyn Molander
    Dennis Norman
    Sandy and Pete Obremskey
    Kevin Pastoor
    Melissa Proffitt
    Natalie and Brad Roberts
    Howard and May Shearon
    Leah Stark
    Sara and Matt Tait
    Roger VanDerSnick
    Pat Walsh
    Brian Williams and Susan Brock Williams

  • $999 & below

    Heriberto Acosta
    Maria Aguilera
    Joanne Allee
    Heidi Amstutz
    Cindy Anderson
    Terry Angstadt
    Tracy Asher
    Richard Aton
    Arturo Avila
    Matt Ayres
    Jennifer Bailey
    Tim Balz
    Rob Banayote
    Barry Barker
    Jonathon Begala
    Haley Begay
    Mike Benton
    Lisa Bernet
    Jeanine Berry
    Rick Bliss
    Shauna Boatright
    Samantha Bock
    Cynthia Bodkin
    J. Douglas Boles
    Amanda Booher
    Anaise Bowen
    Anne Bowen
    Kori Bowen
    Dianna Boyer
    Lisa Brashares
    Natalie Brenneman
    Kelly Brown
    Randy Brown
    Dubbie Buckler
    David Burkhardt
    Eddy and Kathy Cabello
    Maya Cameron
    Sonya Chandler
    Deborah Clausen
    Robert Clausen
    Susan Conrad
    David Cook
    Nathan Cooper
    Marjorie Courtney
    Chris Cowan
    Madeline Cramer
    Karen Crawford
    John Crawford
    Tome Crowe
    Megan Cuvelier
    Hannah Darr
    Joe Dascoli
    Chris Daugherty
    John Davis
    Jennifer Davis
    Pam Delk
    Kacy Desmonds
    Jennifer DeWeese
    Jennifer DeWeiss
    Jeffrey DiCera
    Jamie Dodd
    John Donna
    Nathaniel Draine
    Atina Drake
    Kim Dulaney
    Julie Dutrieux
    Alana Eatinger
    Theresa Ebbs
    Donna Edgar
    Kyle Edington
    Randall Emmmert
    William Allen Engle
    Carol Ertl
    Andres Fajardo
    Terry Farias
    Becki Farley
    Greg and Donna Fennig
    Marcia Ferry
    Philip Fetro
    Carmen Files
    Elissa Findling
    Andrew Fisher
    Sarah Fisher O'Gara
    Lecia Floyd
    Mark Fogle
    Mark Fortner
    Melinda Fox
    Taylor Foytich
    Bob Frist
    Haley Fuller
    Donnie Geel
    Sondra Geiger
    Gurjant Gill
    Zach Goedde
    Joanna Goldman
    Arnold Gonzales
    Jennifer Goodspeed
    Jerome Gotway
    Jennifer Grainger
    Makayla Granger-Young
    Jenny Gump
    Mary Gumz
    Jerry Gutierrez
    Laurie Gutmann
    Susan Hale
    Stephen Haley
    Jeffrey Hammerstein
    Matthew Hauck
    Josie Henneke
    KARL Henry
    Victoria Herring
    Kurt Hershberger
    Erin Hiday
    Sheri Hiestand
    Sherrill Hofer
    Robin Hoff
    Josh Hoptry
    Casey Horoho
    Lukas Howell
    Elyse Hoy
    Michael Huff
    Kendra Hunnicutt
    Tommy Hunt
    Dawn Hunter
    Carmen Inquilla
    Becca Irvin
    Lauren Peterson James
    Robert Johnson
    Max and Jan Kendall
    Linda Kenney
    Jennifer Kimmell
    Jason King
    Ebenezer Kio
    Robert E. Kirsch Jr.
    Terry Kochersperger
    Karen Korn
    Patrick Kreuzman
    Emily Kriech
    Marcie Krop
    Mary LaBuz
    Mark Lamb
    Erin Lawler
    Kristen Layman
    Cinnamon Lee
    Michael Lew
    Mac Light
    John Long
    Jackson Loomis
    Michelle Love
    Vanjie Madden
    John T. Martin
    Daniel Mayorga
    Carolene Mays
    Elizabeth McConnell
    Tom McDonough
    Dr. Patrick McGill
    Mike McGlothlin
    Allison Melangton
    April Milner
    Lauren Montgomery
    Eryn Morrow
    Heidi Moss
    Jeremy Moungey
    Stephanie Moynihan
    Judy Murry
    Julie Myers
    Ken Narva
    Joseph Natalie
    Scott Netherton
    Ryan Newton
    Herb Nicolo
    Jenna Nosek
    Joe Nycum
    Ashley O’Brien
    Tera O’Malley
    Eric Olson
    Edgar Osiris
    Nancy Packovski
    Patty Palencer
    Emily Parker
    Noel Paul
    Jesse Perkins
    Daniel Phair
    Ron Pirau
    Christina Pirrello
    Mark Pitts
    Milton Plummer
    Macy Pohl
    Kayla Pollock
    Joel Putnam
    James Rankin
    Pete Rans
    Jeanette Ray
    Lisa Reed
    Matthew Renninger
    Michael Ricafort
    Scott Riddell
    Jeannette Rider
    Gloria Riggs
    Wendy Robinson
    M. Kay Roeth
    Stephanie Routh
    Gerald Rush
    Summer Samuels
    Kaelie Sands
    Madison Sanneman
    Derek Savick-Hesser
    Shalina Schaefer
    Greg Schahet
    Kelly Schneider
    Megan Schrock
    John Schueth
    Tim Schuster
    Scott Schwartz
    Tayler Seymour
    Tara Shaw
    Sarah Shields
    Benjamin Shook
    April Sims
    Jennifer Skene-Alberson
    Bryan Sloan
    Ainjel Smith
    Shea Smock
    Gretchen Snelling
    Kathryn Snyder
    Kimly Som
    Aditi Sood
    Christy Sparks
    Spencer Stevens
    Kimberly Stewart McNevin
    Geraldine Straber
    J. Sulek
    Attaya Suvannasankha
    Christopher Swan
    Christine and Grant Swarm
    Paul Sweeney
    Peyton Sweet
    Tom Swenson
    Geoffrey Tanner
    Richard Taylor
    Jacqueline Taylor
    Rhonda Teague
    Eric Thaman
    Ron Thieme
    Jennifer Thompson
    Mark Thorn
    Laurie Thornton
    Deb Torrance
    Jessi Trinh
    Sharon Van Dam
    Mike Vanderpool
    Nathan VanSell
    Aurora Verkamp
    Melissa Vigil
    Jeffrey Wagner
    Cycle Wagoner
    Jennifer Walde
    Trevor Wallace
    Ramatou Warou
    Betsy Weatherly
    Jacqueline Weber
    Kathy Wert
    Kathleen West
    Gary West
    Tim Whicker
    Tina White Eagle
    Tiffany Whitehead
    Mark Willis
    Katie Wilson
    Karen Woods
    Lance Woods
    Ken Woodworth
    David Wooldridge
    Harumitsu Yamamoto
    Benito Yamazaki
    Kyle Yoder
    David Zbieszkowski
    Troy Zerbe

TRIBUTE GIFTS

We gratefully acknowledge the generous donors who contributed gifts as a tribute to someone special.

In Memory of Aldo & John Andretti

Scott and Carolyn Molander

In Honor of Executive Directors Over the Years

Jerry and Rosie Semler

In Honor of Sarah Ferry

Fitzgerald Marcia Ferry

In Memory of James Hart

William Allan Engle

In Memory of Jo Hauck

Jim and Dori Dodson

In Memory of Pat Kennedy 

Brian Williams and Susan Brock Williams

In Memory of Andre B. Lacy 

Lacy Foundation

In Honor of Maribeth and Al Smith 

Ellen and Vince Saul

 

Donor listing includes verbal and written campaign commitments as of May 17, 2023.

*Designates a Chairman’s Circle Donor (past 500 Festival board presidents/chairs who have given $10,000+)

 

Questions?

Contact Christine Swarm at cswarm@500festival.com