Contributors
Kansas City Youth Jazz could not operate without the generous contributions of many foundations, businesses and benefactors. Some of those include:
$20,000 to $5,000
Curry Family Foundation
Francis Family Foundation
Kansas Arts Commission
John Knechtenhofer/Crain Construction
Missouri Arts Council
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation
$4,999 to $500
American Red Cross
Answer Pro Limited
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Atkinson
Stephen Bough
Breidenthal Snyder Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Cain
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Crick
Gary K. Forshee D.C.
Judge Jon Gray
Grundfos Pumps Corp
Junior League of Kansas City Missouri
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lautzenheiser
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Lundgren
Ms. Theresa McEllhiney
Mr. and Mrs. Ross McEllhiney
Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City
Ms. Linda Nottberg
Seaboard Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Seaton
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Sherbondy
Shook Hardy & Bacon
Sprint Foundation
Michael Stallworth
Edora Stell
Dr. and Dr. Steven Stites
Ms. Susan Vicory, Heartland Films
Mr. and Mrs. David Wentz
Mr. Michael White
$499 to $100
Dr. Mark Bagby
Betty Barnett and Glen Haynes
Michael Bates
Ms. Irene Bettinger
Ms. Helen Betts
Carolyn Deverne Bibbs
Blues to Bach Music Center
Joseph Booth and Ginger Breedlove
Law office of Joseph Booth
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Borbeck
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Box
Dr. and Mrs. Tim Brewer
Arthur Brock
Harlan Brownlee and Linda Putthoff
Burris Dental Group
John Bushouse
Ms. Elizabeth Cain
Mr. and Mrs. George Calvert
Cami Cakes
Jack Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Carter
J. Shawn Chalmers
Ms. Lois Cowden
Daniels Security Service, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. David Dees
Dr. and Mrs. Randy Dewar
Donna’s Accounting Service
Dr. William Doyle
Early Childhood Music & Movement Assn.
Mr. and Mrs. Jean Fluevog
Mr. Daniel Fratini
Paul Friedrichs
Mr. Mike Gerken
Mr. and Mrs. Kevan Gibbs
Philip and Leanna Hattaway
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hiersteiner
Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hunt
Ms. Joyce Johnson
Krista Johnson
Dr. and Mrs. Herman Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Jones
Ms. Nancy Kaiser Caplan
Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors, Inc.
Kansas Gas Service
Mr. and Mrs. James Ketter
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kopke
Scott and Jeanne Kuhlman
Lee’s Summit Martial Arts
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lightfoot
Lily Endowment, Inc.
Brett and Baerbl Littrell
Lockton Companies
Elizabeth Logan
Ms. Mona Long
Cathy and Peter Lucas
Ralph Lundgren
Mr. Bill Lyons
Ms. Doreen Maronde
Ms. Kirstin McCudden
Mr. and Mrs. John Mohr
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Moore
Linda Mulvehill
Robert J. Myers
Daniel Nelson
Noah’s Ark Animal Clinic, Inc.
Ms. Millie Edwards Nottingham
Dr. Sara Oliver, DDS
Paul Parsons
Bradley and Mari Peak
Damon Porter
Preservation Housing Management
Ms. Geneva Price
Refreshing Waters Worship Center
Mel and Ellen Richter
Mr. Douglas Rushing
Dr. and Mrs. Roland Sabates
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schroeder
Randell Sedlacek
Sheet Metal Workers Local Union #2
Jeff and Karen Sherbondy
Mr. Antwaun Smith
Frank and Anne Smith
Mr. and Mrs.Gregory Smith
Jacline Smith
Christa Snyder
Paul Soptick
Brian and Leslie Stapinski
State Line Chiropratic
Tenney Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Thompson Properties, LLC
Jean Mohr Tomlinson
Ms. Nancy Trager
Union Station Kansas City, Inc. – KCM Account
The Wally Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Melodie Wendleton
Dr. Ronald Wright
$99 to $10
Gwenda Bennett Hawk
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Boyce
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Brick
Ms. Melva Brownlee
Ms. Dixie Buss
Mr. Richard Call
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Cerovich
Lea Cosentino
Dale Crawford
Dr. Dennis Cromwell
Consuelo Cruz
Judy Dangerfield
Dennis Diederich
Earl Bryant Enterprises, Inc.
Mr. Robert Eller
Mr. and Mrs. John Gampper
Mrs. Jeanne Gregg
Ms. Kathryn Harris
Heeter
Ms. Carole Heizman
Alicia Herald
Robert Hill
Devon Himes
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hofmeister
Mr. Dan Jaffe
Earline James
Mr. Chuck Jarrett
Katherine Jenkins
Ms. Alice Jenkins
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Johnson
Allen Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Jones
Alfred Jordan
Jeffrey Journagan
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kaiser
Kelly H. Toombs, DDS
Ms. Jo Ann Kendall
Mr. Claude Kibble
King Hagen Lawn Care
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Kirkman
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Klockau
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kratchman
Ms. Pam Lander
Terry Levine
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lipsky
Ms. Celeste Lofton-Bagert
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Mathewson
Dr. Janice McIntyre
Nancy Morales Gonzalez
Mr. Chester Moyer
Mrs. Trudy Nepstad
New Hope Counseling Center
Ms. Lisa Parsons
Ms. Helen Prater
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Price
T.M. Remsing
Ms. Nichelle Renaud
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rosen
Tom Ruskin
Lester Sayles
Bill Schmid
Phil and Pat Sedlock
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shedor
Robert Shumate
Michael Smallwood
Nakesia Smith
Ms. Beth Smith
Melissa St. Clair
BJ Stewart
Ms. Myra Taylor
Thomas Drake, D.D.S.
Robert Thompson
Tim Galyean Photography
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Titens
Ms. Diane Uhlig
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Unterman
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Viets
F.R. Von Geyso
Mr. Reginald Watkins
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Weathers
Mr. and Mrs. Hartzell Whyte
Carmen Woods
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wyne
Tracy Zambrano
If you would like to help support Kansas City Youth Jazz, please contact:
Linda Brady
913.424.9903
lindabrady@kcyouthjazz.org
KCYJ is a 501C3. Your support is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
This program is presented in part by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and The National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
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