Our Supporters
Thank you to our supporters!
The DC Jazz Festival®, a 501(c)(3) non-profit service organization, and its programs are made possible, in part, with major grants from the Government of the District of Columbia, Muriel Bowser, Mayor; DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities; National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts; DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development; and with awards from Mellon Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Gillon Family Charitable Fund, Galena-Yorktown Foundation, Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Leonard and Elaine Silverstein Family Foundation, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts, Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts, Venable Foundation, Ella Fitzgerald Foundation, and HumanitiesDC.
We are grateful for our 2025 major corporate and media funders who help us make the magic!
Major Supporters
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Corporate Supporters
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Media Partners
Community Partners
We are grateful to the following Community and Media Partners who help us advance our mission and goals, celebrate all things jazz citywide, provide music education for all ages and backgrounds, and keep jazz thriving in the District.
Agency Works
Albertsons
American University
Anacostia Business Improvement District
Arena Stage
ASCAP Foundation
Blue House Productions
Brooks Harrison
Brown Strategy
Capital Community News
CapitalBop
Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation
Capitol Percussion
DC Youth Orchestra Program
Destination DC
District Fray
District Wharf Association
District of Columbia Public Schools
DownBeat
DowntownDC Business Improvement District
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Dumbarton Concerts
Eaton DC
EcoCaters
EIS Group
Embassy of France
Embassy of Japan
Embassy of Switzerland
Embassy of the Republic of South Korea
Events DC
The Georgetowner
Georgetown Law Center
Global Ties
Golden Triangle Business Improvement District
Hamilton Live
Hot House
Howard University
Italian Cultural Institute
International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers
Jazz Academy of Music, Inc.
Jazz Kitchen Productions
JazzCorner
KIPP DC
Kreeger Museum
Lee’s Flower Shop
Library of Congress
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
MECCA Filmworks
National Landing Business Improvement District
NBC4 and Telemundo 44
North Carolina Central University
Pearl Street Warehouse
The Phillips Collection
Pipkin Creative
Reid Rodell, LLC
Rock Creek Conservancy
Sage Communications
SHADD Pianos
Shine on Me Productions
SiriusXM
Sitar Arts Center
Squire Patton Boggs
Takoma Station
Transparent Productions
Union Stage
University of the District of Columbia
WAMU
Washington City Paper
The Washington Informer
The Washington Post
WBGO
Westminster Church
WHUR
WPFW
Circle of Friends
Many thanks to our Circle of Friends! Our donors make it possible for DC Jazz Festival to advance its signature events: the annual DC JazzFest, DCJF Education, the Charles Fishman Embassy Series, DCJazzPrix and JazzDC year-round programming. Donors listed have contributed from January 1, 2023 to the present.
Click here to learn how to join our Circle of Friends.
Chairman's Circle ($25,000 - $49,999)
The Galena-Yorktown Foundation
The Gillon Family Charitable Trust
The Leonard and Elaine Silverstein Family Foundation
Producer's Circle ($10,000 - $24,999)
Carmencita Whonder
Deborah Veney and Heather Hiles
Derrick B. Mashore
D’Qwell Jackson
Julie Saul
Leslie Whipkey
Maya Robinson
Meryl Chertoff
Michael Sonnenreich
Peter Bell
Peter M. Gillon
Stephanie Peters and Charles Fishman*
Tanner Powell
Artistic Director Circle ($5,000 - $9,999)
Allen Kronstadt
Bob Marshall
David Ehrenfest Steinglass
Geoffrey Moorer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Haft
Thomas and Tracy Cecil
The Honorable William Lacy Clay, Jr.
William A. Kirk
Ovation Society Circle ($2,500 - $4,999)
Brad Neilley
Ebrahim Maghsoud
Erik Moses
Jeffrey Freund
The M.V. Mayo Charitable Foundation
Ole Orset
Roger Schagrin
Rustom Desai
Stephen Riddick
Terence Culler
Wendy Goldberg
William Jordan, Jr.
Benefactors Circle ($1,000 - $2,499)
Alev Sezer-Jacobs
Andrew Jacobson
Anne Selee
Barbara & Elliott Waters
Barbara Hall
Bernard Whitsett II
Carla Labat
Cheryle Adams
Clifford Barnes
Cynthia Bunton
Dave Steadman
David Hoff
David Rubashin
Deborah Johnson
Domonique Foxworth
Donna Limerick
Edward Blum
Elizabeth Engel
Ethan Shenkman
Frank White
Gloria Grandolini
Jacob Choe
John McKoy
Jonathan Mariner
Joyce Brayboy
Karen Marangi
KerryAnn Hamilton
Kevin Mills
Kevin Wright
Lita Scott
Lola Reinsch
Malcolm Lakey
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
Melanie Nussdorf
Michael Robinson
Michal Fishman
Nancy and Robert Carr
Norma Justin
Patricia Sarcone
Paul Lawrence
Ralph & Terri Melian
Richard Wilkof
Richmond Berko
Rick Schifter
Robert Weinberg
Robert Z. Bloch
Roger Pollak
Ronald Ashford
Shaun Bender
Suribabu Thummala
Susan Irwin
Suzan Jenkins
Sydney Avent
Terry Sneed
Thomas Gallagher
Timothy Green
Warren Kohlman
Wilbur Gary Nelson
William and Denise Riley
Patron ($350 - $999)
Andrew Selee
Angela Christopher
Angie M. Gates
Anthony Shopp and
Thomas Sanchez
Bart Sheard
Bernice Harleston
Brenda P. Lee
Bruce Carlson
Carolyn Davis
Cheryl “Sunny” Sumter
Chris Hebert
Craig Williams
Darlene Rogers
Davey Yarborough
David Youngblood
Debbie Silverstein
Dimitri Demekas
Elizabeth Karcher
Erik Pages
E.S. Reddick
Fred Weisberg
Harry Knight
Janet Nash
Jay and Kelly Wickliff
Jeffrey Toretsky
Jewel Williams
Joe Davidson
Joshua and Micaela Pond
Judy Wood
Kathy Enright
Kathy Krieger
Kevin Mills
Laine Shakerdge
Lauren Dugas Glover
Loide Jorge
Lynn Rhinehart
Marcia Jackson
Maria Denise Coutlakis
Marilyn Harris
Mark G. Pearce
Mark Rochon
Mark Sickles
Marshall Keys
Martha Gross
Maurice Montoya
Michael & Margie Bogdanow
Michael Newman
Michael Wolfson
Michele Collison
Michelle Galler
Oliver Johnson
Pamela Frazier
Pandit Wright
Raymond Skinner
The Sami and Annie Totah Family Foundation
Sarah Valente
Sid Chowdhary
Stacee Crittenden
Susan Allen
The Guy R.X. Middleton Charitable Fund
Thomas J. St Hilaire
Traci M. Reid
Tracie Coleman
Wayne Matten