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Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals

Recognizing Our Friends

The Crystal Angel Award

The Crystal Angel Award is the Madonna Foundation’s highest honor. It is presented to individuals who have provided outstanding service or contributions to the field of medical rehabilitation, or Madonna, in particular.

1983 -- Helen Hayes
1985 -- Gordon MacRae
1986 -- Governor Bob Kerrey
1988 -- Jacqueline Meyer Townsend
1989 -- Dr. Tom Osborne
1991 -- Dr. Howard Dinsdale
1992 -- Joe R. Seacrest
1993 -- James E. Ryan
1995 -- Mary D. Hillegass
1996 -- Robert E. Campbell, II
1996 -- The Most Reverend Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz
1998 -- Sister Phyllis Hunhoff, OSB
2000 -- Dr. Tom and Nancy Heiser
2001 -- James Stuart, Sr. and Helen Catherine (H.K.) Stuart   
2002 -- Richard and Eloise Agee
2003 -- Dr. Donald O. Clifton
2007 -- Margaret Lincoln Donlan
2008 -- Angie Muhleisen
2010 -- Dan & Cara Whitney
2014 -- Glenn Korff (posthumously)
2015 -- Marsha A. Lommel
2018 -- Tom and Lisa Smith

The Vision Award

The Vision Award is presented to individuals who challenge, lead and elevate Madonna to greater heights to assure a brighter future for children and adults with disabilities.

2000 -- Dan & Judi Scully
2001 -- Dan Hergert, Jr.
2002 -- Brad Korell
2002 -- Anne Kinder Porter
2003 -- James P. Abel
2005 -- U.S. Senator Ben Nelson
2014 -- David Sundberg
2015 -- Robert J. Buchman
2017 -- Anthony B. Acone
2018 -- William M. Kubly

The Innovation Award

The Innovation Award honors an individual or organization that creatively merges knowledge with imagination to improve the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities.

2014 -- Dr. Judith M. Burnfield
2015 -- Richard W. Chapin
2017 -- Goldwin Foundation
2018 -- Ronald L. Harris
2019 -- The Cintani Family Foundation

Giving Societies

Lifetime gifts with an accumulation of $500,000 or more

Lifetime gifts with an accumulation of $100,000 to $499,999

Lifetime gifts with an accumulation of $50,000 to $99,999

Lifetime gifts with an accumulation of $25,000 to $49,999

Lifetime gifts with an accumulation of $10,000 to $24,999

Donors who have made a gift for at least five consecutive years are members of the 1958 Society. The longest giving member, Willie Gilmore, has donated to Madonna for more than 40 years.

Donors who have made a planned gift to Madonna are members of the Sr. Phyllis Hunhoff Society.

Donors who give to Madonna on a monthly basis.

Honoring those who give unrestricted gifts of $1,000 in a given year. 

This giving society is made up of Madonna employee donors. Last year, 668 employees joined GenerosiTEAM through their workplace giving. Collectively, the employees donated $167,216 last year.