A once in a lifetime opportunity.
Your chance to restore and revitalize a treasured icon, and to ensure future generations can experience exceptional live entertainment locally.
Ways to Give
Name Your Seat!
Leave your legacy at The Grand by naming a seat!
Starting at the $1,000 level. Contact us for details!
Click here to name your seat today!
Join the Second Century Founders Club
SECOND CENTURY LEADERS: $100K+
The Leaders of the Second Century Founders Club are offered specific additional recognition for particular portions of the project at the $100,000 level and above.
Founders Club Recognition Levels
SECOND CENTURY PATRONS: $1K+
Patrons are gratefully recognized in program books, and may select from available seats to commemorate their gift.
SECOND CENTURY DONORS: $100+
Donors are gratefully recognized online, and in the final published listing of campaign donors.
Make a donation today!
Gifts can be sent to:
Performing Arts Foundation
401 N Fourth St, Wausau WI 54403
Memo: Second Century Campaign
Contact us for questions or more info.
Campaign Committee
Pictured left to right: Shanna Fink, Jordan Baker, Peter Gaffaney, Kay Gruling, Ridhwi Mukerji, Michael Loy, Todd Nicklaus, Rick Beese, Tracy Hougum, Sean Wright, Kandace Elmergreen
Founders Club Members
As of March 31, 2026
Leaders
($100,000+)
Judd S. Alexander Foundation
Walter Alexander Foundation
Anonymous
Aspirus Health
Anthony P. Brzezinski Foundation
Chadwell Family Trust
John and Nina Clark
Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation
Dudley Foundation, Inc.
Laura Fitzsimmons
Greenheck Group
B.A. and Esther Greenheck Foundation
Mark and Debra Hadley Family Fund
IncredibleBank Foundation
Art and Barb Juedes
Jim Kemerling
Ron and Jan Klimisch
Bill and Kathy LaBrake
The Macdonald Foundation
Marathon Cheese Corporation/
Raymond and Marie Goldbach Foundation
Miron Construction
William and Mary Nell Reif
Todd and Camille Nicklaus*
Ruth Schuette
Seramur Family Foundation
John and Nancy Skoug
The Snoeyenbos Family Foundation
Linda Ware
Wisconsin Public Service Foundation
Bob and Peg Wolff
George D. and Estelle B. Wolff Family Fund
WoodTrust Bank/
Bell Family Charitable Foundation
Patrons
($1,000 - $99,999)
$50,000 - $99,999
Dennis and Bonnie Mealy
Jeff and Becky Stubbe
Tony and Jenny Sweeney
Bill and Jean Tehan
David and Lorri Wanserski
Wipfli
Dr. Earl and Kathy Zabel
$25,000- $49,999
Ginger and Charlie Alden
Associated Bank
Baird
The Darryl and Karen Barton Family
Carolyn Bronston
David and Marie Eisenreich Family Fund
William and Juliana Franzen
Don and Karen Grade
Mike and Candy Hesch
Peter and Nancy Hessert
Alan and Tracy Hougum*
Judy E. Howard
Tom Lella
Murco Foundation, Inc.
Peoples State Bank
Jeffrey and Amy Plier
Rocket Industrial
Mark and Paula Voss Family
Sandra L. Weiland
Sean Wright and Heather Meggers-Wright*
$10,000 - $24,999
Robert and Kim Christensen
Alexander and Jennifer Coffin
Drs. Steve Dahm and Laurie Wolf-Dahm
Dennis and Roberta DeVetter
Carl and Barbara Drake
Drs. Dennis and Kandace Elmergreen*
Stewart and Tracy Etten
Conan and Shanna Fink*
Peter and Jessica Gaffaney*
Kay Gruling and Tim Buttke*
Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C.
Todd and Mary Hagedorn
Robert and Mary Jo Hartwig Foundation
Greg Huber
Mary Jo Johnson and Bruce Lamont
Bonnie Kraft
Drs. Christian and Evelyn Lee
Lewitzke Foundation
Cari and Tim Logemann
Michael and Emily Loy*
Ann Therese Lucas
John and Lynn Meyer
Ron and Caryn Miles
Drs. Ridhwi and Laura Mukerji*
Todd W. Nagel
Kevin and Diane O'Connell
Kent and Kim Olson
The Pepowski Family, in memory of Mary B. Pepowski
Steve and Jenni Phillipson
Susan Ramey
Tom and Phyllis Riiser
Joseph and Cathleen Rohling
Sid and Andrea Sczygelski
Drs. Greg and Sarah Sewall
Jann and Jim Slayton
Sulzer Machine & Manufacturing Inc.
Scott and Janet Williams
Duane and Linda Zaborowski
$5,000 - $9,999
AbbyBank Foundation
Mary Sue Anderson
Steve Anderson
David and Mary Aughenbaugh
Jordan and Leigh Baker*
Dr. Vicky Baker
Ken and Diane Becher
Rick and Melissa Beese*
Amit and Swati Biswas
Jack Bliss
Mark and Ann Bradley
Brickners of Wausau
Mike and Carol Dahm
Gilbert and Charlene Dering
Dean and C. Ann Dietrich
Rick and Kathy Drury
Keith and Janis Ellison
Kingsley and Sharyn Forbes
Gary and Gina Freels
Mary Jo Freeman and David Tange
Tom and Debra Garton
Sheldon and Connie Geiger
Robert and Jayne Germinaro
Susan H Gingrasso and Douglas B Henderson
Linda and Ron Grilley
Steve and Maryann Gullihur
Gary and Sandy Hanke
Fred and Erin Heider
Mark and Kerry Hoffmann
Intercity State Bank/One Community Bank
Geoff and Karen Krause
Steven Ludy
Michael and Kira McGinnity
Suzan E. Miller
Keith and Michele Montgomery
NorthStar Environmental Testing LLC
Fred and Carroll Peterson
Glendon Peterson*
Louis and Sandra Pradt
Richard and Sharon Rayborn
Rob and Kris Rybarczyk
Amanda Sahr
Tracy Scheel
Steve and Donna Schmidt
James and Karen Sislo
David and Beverley Smith
Paul and Joan Steinlage
Timothy and Kathy Strasser
Gary M. and Mary K. Sulzer
Jeremy and Jan Thompson
Steven and Marcie Wermund
Jim and Sharon West
Louise and Kevin Wolf
Mark and Rita Yaeger
$1,000 - $4,999
John and Reese Aarthun
Beverly and Bruce Abbott
Anonymous
Brenda Banaszynski
David and Michelle Barrett
James Peter Bartelme
Donald and Gladys Beese
Mary Bethke
Barb Breese
Joan Burk-Miller
Terrance and Rosalind Charles
Evonna M. Cheetham
Shirley and Larry Clark
Rita Crooks
Dr. Douglas and Joan Cybela
Cheryl Davis
Curtis and Lisa Day
Peter and Lisa Dodson
Mark and Nancy Dolenshek
Patrick and Margaret Donnelly
Pierce Dopp
Carol and Al Drechsler
Kris Eisele
Dan and Lori Evans
Jill and Randy Falstad
W.C. Fields
Jessica Fleischman
Pamela and Gary J Frary
Abe Gabor
Suzanne Gallant
Victor and Helen Geisel Foundation
Michael Gliniecki
Scott and Sue Graf
Harlan and Elaine Grinde
Thomas and Ruth Griswold
Linda and Don Haney
Guy and Carole Hansen
John and Sally Hattenhauer
Sheryl Hemp
Kirk Howard
Megan Hull
Scott and Ann Hunger
Kira James
William and Teri Jenkins
John and Tammy Johnkoski
Craig and Jessica Kelman
KerberRose, S.C.
John and Diane Knauf
Brian and Sandy Knoll
Jeannine Krause
Jeffrey and Janet Lamont
Barbara Lattimer
Paula and Michael Loomis
Carol Malmberg
$1,000 - $4,999 (cont.)
Chris and Lisa Marquardt
Karl and Rita Marquardt
Charlene Mathiot
Patrick and Kay Meyer
Chris and Shelly Murvine
William and Deb Nietert
Jim O'Connell
Diane O'Mara
Gregory Owens
Colin and Lois Pietz
Kim and John Rhyner
Barbara Ritchie
John and Mary Robinson
Holly Rollo
Don and Patti Sandman
Don Schoonenberg
Kurt and DeAnn Schubring
Alicia Schult
Dona Schwichtenberg
Steve and Tina Seidl
William and Linda Seidl
Dr. Steve and MaryBeth Slezak
Allan and Lavonne Solomonson
Shelley Spooner and Mike Vimmerstedt
Bob and Linda Stasney
Nancy Stengl
Louise Stuedemann
Lon and Ellen Swedberg
Gary and Amy Sweet Family
Lee and Kitty Switlick
Lynne Sydow, in memory of Mike Sydow
Rob and Tammy Szekeress
Pat and Jeanne Wallschlaeger
Wausau Tax and Accounting
Tom and Vicki Weaver
Jeff and Tammy Wickersham
Jeff and Nancy Yaeger
Gary and Susan Zimbric
Donors
($100 - $999)
Steve and Amy Anderson
Erik and Margaret Anderson
Steven and Ellen Anderson
Anonymous
Anonymous
Larry and Ginni Baker
Denise Barker
Mark and Kelly Belke
Lara Beranek
John and Ruthann Breitwisch
Denis Burgess and Linda Kocourek
Steve and Mary Coates
Denis and Susan Crevier
Kim Dahm
W. Jeffrey and Jean Davis
Richard and Deanna Day
Michael and Sandra De Sciscio
Donna Doro
Ron and Lynn Drecktrah
Joe and Kris Eisele
Karyn and Bill Elliott
Amy and Brian Engebretson
Conan and Shanna Fink,
in honor of the marriage of David Ullrich and Julaine Harkema
Tammy Friedrich
Jon and Bonnie Goertz
Kathleen Grell
Bruce and Nancy Hackel
Kathy and Dave Hall
Victoria Hawkins
Steve and Julie Hunsader
Ann Iattoni
Andy and Crystal Jackson
Pamela Jackson
Candice Jacobsen
Eric and Susie Johnson
Lucy Justiniani
Christine Kadonsky
Dahlia Kang
Joshua Kelly
Delores and Jeffrey Kessel
Jim and Mary Kinkel
Rebecca and Travis Knutson
John Kratz and Jacqueline Quade
Angel Kwick
Dale Lang
Keith Laszewski and Diane Peterson
Wayne and Christine Leitermann
Tim and Linda Lemmer
Steve and Nicole Lipowski
Kristen Lonergan
Mike and Joan Mestelle
Brett Miller and Sarah Smith Miller
Mark Munson
Michael Murphy
Andy and Lori Natzke
Pam S. Nikolai
Joseph and Vicki Oboikovitz
Jane Olson
Ben and Melissa Peterson
Diane Peterson and Keith Laszewski
Larry Quam
Barbara Rademaker
Renee Reed
Ben and Amy Reif
Robert Reinertson and Sally Scinto-Reinertson
Sheila Rossmiller
RuderWare
Terence Sauer
Frederick and Michelle Schaefer
James and Joyce Schneider
Mike and Carol Schoenherr
Dave and Ellen Schumann
Elise Sheppard
Michael Shiffler
Karen Singsheim, in honor of Carolyn Bronston
Gail Smith
Tammi L Smith
Tina Spiegel
Matthew and Bernadette Spink
Louise Stuedemann
Ronald and Jenny Stroik
Kathryn Stubbe
Jayne Telschow
John and Cathy Teske
Joan Thompson
Mark and Susan Thompson
Terry and Kathy Thompson
Eric and Sarah Verber
Cindy Voelz and Ed Kemerv
David and Linda Voelz
Mark Walker
Karen Wegge, in memory of Elva Storch
Bob and Mary Weller
Ann Marie Werth
Russell and Kerry Wilson
Renee Wink
Rebecca Zelent
Philip and Adiene Zickerman
Jeffrey L Zriny
Edna Zrucky
Jon and Pauline Zweck
Donations in Memory of Bill Tehan
Steve & Amy Anderson
Steven and Ellen Anderson
Larry & Ginni Baker
W. Jeffrey & Jean Davis
Michael and Sandra De Sciscio
Conan & Shanna Fink
Peter & Nancy Hessert
Pamela Jackson
James Kemerling
Bill and Mary Nell Reif
Robert Reinertson and Sallay Scinto-Reinertson
RuderWare
Jann and Jim Slayton
Gail Smith
Brett Miller and Sarah Smith Miller
Tony and Jennifer Sweeney
Mark and Susan Thompson
Ann Marie Werth
WoodTrust Bank
Jeffrey L Zriny
Bob & Mary Weller
Russell & Kerry Wilson
Jon & Pauline Zweck
