Our Supporters
Thank you to our supporters!
A 501(c)(3) non-profit service organization, the DC Jazz Festival® and its 2022 programs are made possible, in part, with major funding from the Government of the District of Columbia, Muriel Bowser, Mayor; the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities; with major grants and awards from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Galena-Yorktown Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, HumanitiesDC, Wells Fargo Foundation, the Gillon Family Charitable Fund, the Venable Foundation, The Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation, and The Leonard and Elaine Silverstein Family Foundation.
We are grateful for our 2021 and 2022 major corporate and media funders who help us make the magic!
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Media Partners
Community Partners
We are grateful to the following 2021 and 2022 Community Partners who help us advance our mission and goals, celebrate all things jazz citywide, provide music education for all ages and backgrounds, and partner with us to keep jazz thriving in the District.
All Souls Church
Albertsons
Aqmeri Wint Events
Arena Stage
Anacostia Business Improvement District
Black Broadway Tour
Bishop Walker School
Capital Community News
CapitalBop
Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation
Capitol Percussion
City-State Brewing Co
Corcoran Caterers
Destination DC
District Wharf Association
District of Columbia Public Schools
DownBeat
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Eaton DC
EIS Group
Embassy of Australia
Embassy of Canada
Embassy of Chile
Embassy of Finland
Embassy of France
Embassy of Germany
Embassy of Iceland
Embassy of Japan
Embassy of the Republic of Cuba
Embassy of Sweden
Embassy of Switzerland
Events DC
The Georgetowner
Georgetown Law Center
The Hamilton DC
Howard Theatre
Howard University
Italian Cultural Institute
Jazz Academy of Music, Inc.
Jazz Kitchen Productions
JazzCorner
JazzTimes
KIPP DC
KreegerMuseum
Lee’s Flower Shop
Levine Music
Library of Congress
NBC4 and Telemundo 44
National Gallery of Art
Nordic Jazz Festival
The Phillips Collection
Sarah’s Foods
SHADD Pianos
Shine on Me Productions
Squire Patton Boggs
Sitar Arts Center
Takoma Station
Transparent Productions
The Washington City Paper
The Washington Informer
The Washington Post
Union Stage
University of the District of Columbia
Villa Albertine
Westminster Church
Whitman Walker Health
WHUR
WPFW
The Yards
Circle of Friends
Many thanks to our Circle of Friends! Through generous donations, grants, awards, sponsorship, matching gfits, and in-kind support, YOU make it possible for us to advance our signature events: the annual DC JazzFest, DCJF Education, and the Fishman Embassy Series. (Donors listed contributed January 1, 2020 to the present)
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Executive Producer Circle ($25,000 - $49,999)
Arts Forward Fund, a component fund of the Greater Washington Community Foundation
Conrad Kenley
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Events DC
Galena-Yorktown Foundation
HumanitiesDC
LCG, INC
Leslie Whipkey
Linda and Michael Sonnenreich
National Endowment for the Arts
Roger Schagrin
Sage Communications
The District Wharf
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
The Washington Post
US Commission of Fine Arts
Chairman's Circle ($10,000 - $24,999)
Brookfield Properties
Carmencita Whonder
Compass Greater Washington
Crosswalk Communications
Deborah Veney and Heather Hiles
D'Qwell Jackson
Destination DC
Gillon Family Charitable Fund
Jennifer Currie
Kevin Merida and Donna Britt
Leslie Whipkey and Lee Hoffman
Manatt, Phelps and Phillips
Maya Robinson
Microsoft Corporation
Peter M. Gillon
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Roger Schagrin
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher Flom
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, San Francisco, California
The Leonard and Elaine Silverstein Family Foundation
The Venable Foundation
The Yards
Wharf Community Association
Artistic Director Circle ($5,000 - $9,999)
Allen Kronstadt
The Bethesda Foundation
David and Elizabeth Steinglass
Deborah Veney
D'Qwell Jackson
Geoffrey Moorer
Kevin Eubanks
Levine Music
Meryl and Michael Chertoff
Michal Fishman and David Schoen
Reingold, Inc
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Haft
Stephanie Peters and Charles Fishman
Ovation Society Circle ($2,500 - $4,999)
Anne Selee
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Jeffrey and Maxine Freund
Terence Culler
William Jordan, Jr.
Benefactors Circle ($1,000 - $2,499)
Allan McKelvie
Andrew Jacobson
Bobby Bloch
Brad Neilley
Carla Labat and George Dines, Jr.
Carmencita Whonder
Clifford Barnes
Craig Williams
Cynthia Bunton
David Klein
Derrick Mashore
Denise Riley
Domonique Foxworth
Douglas Allen
Freund Family Charitable Fund
Gloria Grandolini
Janet Nash
JazzCorner
Jeffrey Freund
Joyce Brayboy
Leonard Kennedy
Mark Plumer
Michelle Galler
Network for Good
Nicole Venable
Patricia Sarcone
Peter Bell
Richard Wilkof
Stephanie Peters
Stephen Riddick
Suzan Jenkins
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Learners Lab Foundation
The Washington City Paper
Thomas Gallagher
Tim Horn
Washington Parent
Wilbur Gary Nelson
William and Denise Riley
Patron ($350 - $999)
American Gas Association
Alex Littlefield
Brooke Clagett
Carolyn Davis
Chuck and Nita Goodgal
Craig Williams
David Connick
Diane Hausman
Douglas Allen
E. Darlene Rogers
Elliott Ferguson
Erik Pages
Harry Knight
Heather Dilatush
Jay and Kelly Wickliff
Joanne Nabors
Joe Davidson
Julian Haywood
Karen Marangi
Mark Pearce
Michael Andrews
Michael Fishman
Michael Newman
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Natasha Coulouris
Nina Rees
Rick Messick
Rita McWilliams
Sally Sloan
Susan Irwin
Todd Marcus
The Guy R.X. Middleton Charitable Fund
Thomas St. Hilaire
Traci Reid
Tracie Coleman
Ensemble ($10 - $349)
Alane Allman Dent
Antonio Parker
Bernadette Connell
Bruce D. Carlson
Carolyn Davis
Camilla Day
Candace Lewis
Charles McCardell
Charles Woods
Chris Tawa
Cynthia Farrell Johnson
Daniel Sparell
Dana Tignor
Danna Reynolds
David Rosenblatt
Douglas Allen
Elliot Rosen
Eryl Wentworth
Eugene and Dale Kenney
Gail Boyd Artist Management
Gina Smallwood
Harriet Sanford
Jessica Osborne
John Hass
John and Saveria Donnelly
John Orrick
Jordan Baker
Josette Shelton
June D. Bland
Julian Latoni
Karl F. Brower
Kathy F. Frye
Karen Marangi
Kenneth R. Despertt Jr.
Kevin Prue
Kimberly L. Fogg
Lily Davidson
Lynette Mitchelle
Mark O'Reilly
Mary Louise
Miodrag Kukrika
Murray and Lisa Horwitz
Natasha Shields
Pamela Alexis Nelson
Patrice S. Hunter
Patricia Sarcone
Paul Rosenzweig
Randall Connell
Randy Bayers
Sara Donnelly
Sarah Sloan
Stan Myck
Stephanie Kiah
Steven Katz
Steven M Brown
Stuart Moss
Susan Bookbinder
Takyiah Stevenson
Terry Sneed
Tracie Coleman
Ward Wilson
William Covington
Yvette Alexander