Anne Parsons Leadership Fund

What Community-Supporting Sounds Like…

Your support through the Anne Parsons Leadership Fund (APLF) is helping bring music, education, and opportunity to communities across Detroit. Established in 2022, the fund advances the vision of former DSO President and CEO Anne Parsons, whose leadership redefined the orchestra’s role as a vital, community-connected institution. Learn more about Anne here. 

Vision & Purpose 

• Provide affordable and/or free opportunities in Orchestra Hall and throughout neighborhoods and communities in Southeast Michigan  
• Offer state-of-the-art digital access in Detroit classrooms and around the globe 

As a supporter of the Anne Parsons Leadership Fund, you not only join us in honoring Anne’s impactful legacy and forward-thinking action, but you help achieve the goal of raising endowment to ensure stability that transcends economic or political crises. Together, we can sustain the DSO as a prominent cultural entity in Detroit and beyond.  

Join us in this arts-forward movement to secure a legacy of artistic excellence, creative innovation, and connection.  

Interested in learning more? Contact us. 

Alex Kapordelis
Vice President, Strategic Philanthropy
akapordelis@dso.org, (313) 576-5198

APLF Donors
Julie & Peter Cummings
Mort & Brigitte Harris Foundation
Linda Dresner◊ & Ed Levy, Jr.
James B. & Ann V. Nicholson and PVS Chemicals, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs.◊ Richard L. Alonzo
Penny & Harold Blumenstein
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher
Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation
Mrs. Bonnie Larson
Nancy Schlichting & Pamela Theisen
Family of Clyde & Helen Wu
Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation
Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin
W. Harold & Chacona W. Baugh
Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff
The Glancy Foundation, Inc.
Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters
◊ Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly
Mr. Frederick Morsches & Mr. Kareem George
Roger & Kathy Penske
Mr. & Mrs. Arn Tellem   

◊ deceased