Here, partnerships are more than just your name on the wall. We’re continually blown away by the brilliance and generosity of our collaborators, sponsors, and donors.
Our corporate sponsors believe in inspiring and building a community of design enthusiasts and professionals who appreciate design’s impact on our lives; educating and engaging audiences with immersive, all-access experiences; and tapping the innovative power of design to impact all industries. Most importantly, they appreciate that design and design thinking is core to every industry.
Sponsorships provide general support, as well as support for specific exhibitions, targeted special projects, and the museum’s thriving internship program. Our programming spans disciplines to showcase design’s critical role in simplifying the complex, driving problem solving, and transforming industries—and our world. Is it time for you to be a part?
Corporate Sponsors
Foundations
Founding Sponsors
Individual Donors
$10,000+
Helyn Goldenberg & Michael Alper
Wendy Manning
The Neisser Family Foundation
Sacks Family Foundation
Helen Zell
$2,500+
Anonymous Advised Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Bill Beach & Carrie Secrist
Classic Color
DMoC Visitors
Ruth Goran
The Holland Family
Scott Hurst
Casey Jones & Reed Kroloff
Anne Kaplan
Rana Komar
Andie Kramer
Sam Landers
Christopher & Cynthia Lanter Charitable Fund
John & Barbara Massey
Margaret McCurry
Gary Metzner & Scott Johnson
Michaels Consulting Ltd
Allan Perales & Vicki Diep
Bud Rodecker
Steve Ryan
David Salkin & Dirk Denison
Lisa Skolnik
Richard Wright & Valerie Carberry
$1,000+
Nick Adam
Anonymous
Jillisa Brittan & Jeffrey Smith
Cindy Coleman
Bess Tremonto Cook
Lois & Steve Eisen
Marilyn & Larry Field
Brian W. Fitzpatrick
Jack & Sandra Guthman
Janis Kanter & Tom McCormick
Carrie Kennedy
Donna La Pietra & Bill Kurtis
Michael Jefferson Inc.
Herbert & Paula Molner
House of Hunt
Oscar Isberian Rugs, Inc.
Ron & Joyce Paprocki
The David L. Pattis Memorial Foundation
Arlene Semel
Ralph Senst & Karen Zelden
Brenda Shapiro
Tom Shapiro & Madeleine Grynsztejn
Dan & Julie Wheeler
YoojDesign
$250+
Zac Bleicher & Jeff Kruse
Glenn Canigiani
Catherine Caravette
Suzanne Faber & Rick Fizdale
Judy & Aaron Gadiel
Virginia Gerst
Christie Hefner
Morven Higgins
Rhona Hoffman
Chris & Erin Huizenga
Debra Kerr
Tom Lee
Steve Liska
Bill Melamed & Jamey Lundblad Charitable Fund
Pranita & Sanjiv Nayar
One Design Company
Kim Perutz
Steve Rokicki
John Terdich
Denis Weil
Up to $250
Joseph Altshuler
Heather Anderson
Celia Bertoia
Jennie Bukowski
Lawrence Bynum
Sam Calero
Red Cummings
Andrew Dembitz
William Drendel
Howard Epstein
Oleg Evdokimov
Grooms Family Donor Advised Fund
Anicea Franklin
Susan Geffen
Mary Haffenberg
Sarah Haque
Cody Hudson
Layne Jackson
Christopher Jobson
Mike Joose
Jonathan Kinkley
Garland Kirkpatrick
Nadine Nakanishi
Deborah Newmark
Kira Novak
Dave Pabellon
Sid Panjwani
Joe Reinstein & Hannah Higgins
Relativity
John Robak
Yumi Ross
Michael Savona
Sandra Stein
Kathryn Swanson
Kelsey Taylor
Olivia Tritschler
Michele Washington
Marcin Wichary