Last year, the Dinner-Less Dinner raised more than $1.5 million to transform lives, and our entire community. Thank you to the nearly 1,500 donors whose contributions helped The Ark care for more than 5,000 individuals and families across our community in 2024.
The 2025 Dinner-Less Dinner will be announced in January, and we can’t wait for you to join us. Interested in being recognized as a member of this year’s Host Committee? Join us with a gift or pledge of $1,800 or more by December 31, 2024. Give online anytime, or contact Adam Parker, Director of Development, with questions at 773-973-0090 or [email protected].
We recognize with gratitude the following donors of $1,800 or more to The Ark’s 2024 Dinner-Less Dinner.
Give online to join the 2025 Dinner-Less Dinner Host Committee today.
*Board of Directors **Board of Trustees
Francine** and Dr. Anthony Brown**
Jill** and Douglas A. Hirsh
Dina Isaacs*
Harriette and Ted Perlman
Karyn* and Bill Silverstein
Paul & Pearl Caslow Foundation
Robert Cheifetz and Sandra Raitt
Steven* and Pamela Handmaker
Robert and Debbie Hartman**
Jacob and Edy Kupietzky*
Adam and Lindsey Labkon
Michael Lewis Company
Susan and Leonard Rubin*
Art and Jackie Schneider
Kimberly** and Perry Shwachman
Taxman Family Foundation
Walt and Ruth Weissman
Barb and Michael Zaransky**
Associated Agencies
Klaff Family Foundation
Mark and Marilyn Labkon
Peter Levy** and Jill LeBoyer
Missy* and Allan Malmed**
David Shmikler** and Elizabeth Stein
Anonymous
Sarah and Gabor Balassa
Robert and Beverly Berman
Vivian and Nathan Bloch**
Fogelson Family Foundation
Stuart and Dafna Gabel
Jeffrey Harris
Micky Hervitz and Leeatt Rothschild
JBS Foundation
Michelle and Ben Klein
Debra Korman
Will Lennon* and Shari Helft Lennon
Max and Sondra Lorig
Andrew and Jennifer Lucas
Lauren and Todd Lustbader
Hella and Eli Okman
Jeffrey* and Hilda Piell
Richard and Linda Price
Elliott and Ronni Robinson, Freda Robinson
Dr. Randy and Gila Robinson
Burton and Sheli Rosenberg
Schorr-Lieberman Family Foundation
Abraham J. and Suri Stern
Barbara and Steve Wolf
Debra Wrobel
Robert Wrobel
Matthew Zell Family Foundation
Anonymous
Ariel Investments
Michael and Helen Arkes
Alexis and Jerry Bednyak Foundation
David and Ruth Binter
Dr. Irving* and Eleanor Birnbaum
Zivit and Steven Blonder*
Lena and Jonathan Brodsky
Matthew and Rada Burdeen*
Compass Health Center
Carey and Dr. Cheryl Cooper
Stan* and Sasha Diskin
Ms. Alexandra Dunietz
Dr. Naomi and Jeremy Fogel
Glenn* and Donna Garfinkel
Jacqueline Gilbert
Larry and Marla Gilbert
Arnold and Ilea Goldberg
Jonathan Hanus
Jeremy and Vered Kaufman
Sue and Jordan Klein
Josh* and Elana Lipman
George and Sarah Ohlhausen Foundation
Ronald and Linda Rashkow
Eric Rothner
Jeffrey C. Rubenstein
David and Aviva Rubin
Saul and Gail Rudo
Steven Rukin
Senser Foundation
Valerie and Lee Shapiro Family
Stephen Yelderman and Alexandra Levy
Anonymous (7)
Paula Barnett and Gary Ruben
Bellows Family Foundation
David and Nicole Berger
Alissa Berman
Margie Breyer and Glen Marder
Bulley & Andrews
Dr. Barry and Dr. Carmel Chiswick
Gidon and Hilary Cohen
Mariya* and Max Dayan
Anschel Eilian Family Charitable Foundation
Dan and Debbie Eisenstein
Gerald Elbin
Beverly Fishman
Wendy Fox* and Jon Schneider
Samuel and Linda Frank
Ari* and Michael Goldsmith
Janice Halpern
Jeffrey Jones and Rabbi Sarah Rosenbaum-Jones
Dr. Daniel* and Sharon Katz
Dr. and Mrs. Steven Katz
Kaufman Family Foundation
Craig and Carol Levin
Josh and Claudine Liss
Dr. Jerome and Jan Loew
Donna and Richard Loundy z”l
Judd and Katherine Malkin
Frank and Karen Metzger
Carole and David Perlman
Mike** and Judy Philipp
Alan* and Katie Polansky
Mark Rosen and Dina Warner
Biff Ruttenberg Foundation
The Schnitzer Family Foundation
David Schwartz
Alan* and Janet Sear
Dr. Lewis Seidenberg
Nathan and Randy Shapiro
David and Susan Sherman
Merle and Howard Simon
Jonathan Smith and Nancy Gerstein
Dr. Michael and Donna Socol
Janet Winter
Anonymous (8)
Jeff Aeder and Jennifer Levine
AJ Feldman Financial
Gene and Julie Amromin
Rabbi Daniel and Esther Azulay
Sherwin Begoun
J.R. and Katie Berger
Sharen* and Marc Berman
Rabbi Reuven* and Dr. Nechama Brand
Lynne and Fred Brody
Lawrence and Janice Brown
Mark and Jean Burnstine
Sheila and David Cahnman
Lee and Margaret Cohn
Judge Morton and Reva Denlow
Devon Bank
Dr. Arthur S. Elstein
Burt and Marion Fainman
Linda Fisher
Ronna and David Friedman
Philip Friedmann
Robert and Roberta Goldman
Herbert Goldsmith
Marna and Daniel Goldwin
Ellen Greengoss
Paul and Rose Grossinger Foundation
Meredith Grossman Anders and Darren Anders
Jeffrey and Susan Gumbiner
Mark and Barbara Gutman
Melissa and Kenneth Hoffman
Moshe and Shoshana Kahn
Edward and Carol Kaplan
Sherman and Eileen Kaplan
David Kaplan, Beth Rosenberg
Loraine Kaufman Foundation
Jeffrey and Sandra Kellman
Stephen and Ethel Kikoler
Douglas and Deborah Klein
Pamela Kopelman and Ted Gouwens
Joanie and Richard Leopold
Craig and Monette Leva
Helayna and Jonathan Lewis
William and Wendy Lipsman
Rod and Tracy Loewenthal
Ted Lowitz
Monica and Richard Magid
Barry and Mindy Malkin
Marjorie and Bret Maxwell
Steven Miller
Miramar Capital
Bryan Mittelman and Adrienne Felder
James and Katherine Mutchnik
Bob and Karen Natkin
Aaron and Helene Paris
Adam Parker and Tamar Rubin
Ellen Sue and Jonathan Parker
Cindy and David Pogrund
Edward and Tamra Polen
Bruce and Diana Rauner
David Rebnord and Marilyn Green-Rebnord
David Ross and Linda Chi-Ross
Helen Rozenberg
Ed and Diana Ruthman
Hal and Cindy Schwartz
Mimi and Rabbi Samuel Seleski
Robert and Barbara Shmikler
Ron and Cathy Silver
David and Lauren Silverman
Marc and Arla Silverstein
Irwin Smiley
Adam and Libby Smoler
Ronnie Sokol
David Solow and Erin Yancey
Dr. Stuart and Denise Sprague
Karen and Jason Sussman
Bobette Takiff
Steven and Amy Topel
Steven and Ginny Towbin
Julie Victor and Clyde Partner
Carol Warshawsky
Lennie and Jessica Weiss
Stanley and Linda Weissbrot
Debbie and Heshy Wengrow
Bruce and Tammy Werner
Shabsai and Debra Wolfe
Carol and Irv Yoskowitz
Karen and Sy Zilberstein