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.
Albertsons
Anacostia Business
Improvement District
Arena Stage
ASCAP Foundation
Berklee Institute of Jazz
and Gender Justice
Bishop Walker School for Boys
Blue House Productions
Brooks Harrison
Brown Strategy
Capital Community News
CapitalBop
Capitol Percussion
The Carr Center
Destination DC
District Fray
District Wharf Association
District of Columbia
Public Schools
DownBeat
DowntownDC Business
Improvement District
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Eaton DC
EcoCaters
EIS Group
Embassy of Australia
Embassy of Canada
Embassy of the Republic of Cuba
Embassy of Finland
Embassy of France
Embassy of Germany
Embassy of Iceland
Embassy of Japan
Embassy of Switzerland
Events DC
The Georgetowner
Georgetown Law Center
Hamilton Live
Hot House
Howard Theatre
Howard University
House of Sweden
Italian Cultural Institute
Jazz Academy of Music, Inc.
Jazz Kitchen Productions
JazzCorner
KIPP DC
Kreeger Museum
Lee’s Flower Shop
Levine Music
Library of Congress
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
MECCA Filmworks
NBC4 and Telemundo 44
National Landing Business
Improvement District
The Parks at Walter Reed
Passion for Parties
The Phillips Collection
Reid Rodell, LLC
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, 2022 to the present.
Click here to learn how to join our Circle of Friends.
Chairman's Circle ($25,000 - $49,999)
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Destination DC
Events DC
The Galena-Yorktown Foundation
The Gillon Family Charitable Trust
The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Government of the District of Columbia
HumanitiesDC
The Leonard and Elaine Silverstein Family Foundation
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
National Landing Business
Improvement District
US Commission of Fine Arts
Producer's Circle ($10,000 - $24,999)
Carmencita Whonder
Deborah Veney and
Heather Hiles
Derrick B. Mashore
D’Qwell Jackson
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Leslie Whipkey and Lee Hoffman
Linda and Michael Sonnenreich
Peter M. Gillon
Stephanie Peters and Charles Fishman
Tanner Powell
The Venable Foundation
Artistic Director Circle ($5,000 - $9,999)
Allen Kronstadt
The Bethesda Foundation
Chamber Music America
The Dallas Morse
Coors Foundation
David Ehrenfest Steinglass
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
Geoffrey Moorer
K&L Gates
Kevin Eubanks
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
Meryl Chertoff
New Music USA
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Haft
Peter Bell & Sharon Dworkin Bell
The Honorable William Lacy Clay, Jr.
Ovation Society Circle ($2,500 - $4,999)
The ASCAP Foundation
Ebrahim Maghsoud
Erik Moses
Jeffrey Freund
The Les Paul Foundation
Mid Atlantic Arts
The M.V. Mayo Charitable Foundation
Roger Schagrin
Stephen Riddick
Terence Culler
Wendy Goldberg
William Jordan, Jr.
Benefactors Circle ($1,000 - $2,499)
Alev Sezer-Jacobs
Allan McKelvie
Andrew Jacobson
Anne Selee
Bernard Whitsett II
The Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation
Brad and Cathy Neilley
Carla Labat
The Cheswatyr Foundation
Clifford Barnes
Cynthia Bunton
Dave Steadman
David Hoff
David Klein
Deborah Johnson
Domonique Foxworth
Donna Limerick
Edward Blum
Elizabeth Engel
Ethan Shenkman
Gloria Grandolini
The Greater Washington Community Foundation
Jacob Choe
Janet Nash
The John F. Kennedy Center
John McKoy
Jonathan Mariner
Joyce Brayboy
Karen Marangi
Kevin Merida
Kevin Wright
The Learners Lab Foundation
Leonard J. Kennedy
Lita Scott
Lola Reinsch
Mark Plumer
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
Melanie Nussdorf
Michael Robinson
Michal Fishman
Michelle Galler
Nancy and Robert Carr
Nicole Y. Venable
Norma Justin
Patricia Sarcone
Paul Lawrence
Richard Wilkof
Richmond Berko
Rick Schifter
Robert Weinberg
Robert Z. Bloch
Roger Pollak
Ronald Ashford
Rustom Desai
Suribabu Thummala
Susan Irwin
Suzan Jenkins
Sydney Avent
Terry Sneed
Thomas Gallagher
Timothy Green
Timothy Horn
Warren Kohlman
Wilbur Gary Nelson
William A. Kirk
William and Denise Riley
Patron ($350 - $999)
Alex Littlefield
Allied Global Marketing
American Gas Association
Angie M. Gates
Anthony Shopp and
Thomas Sanchez
Bernice Harleston
Brenda P. Lee
Bruce Carlson
Carolyn Davis
Chris Hebert
Craig Williams
Darlene Rogers
David Youngblood
Debbie Silverstein
Diane Hausman
Elizabeth Karcher
Eunice Reddick
Erik Pages
Fred Weisberg
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Harry Knight
Jacqueline Glass-Bolling
Jay and Kelly Wickliff
Jeffrey Toretsky
Joanne Nabors
Joe Davidson
Joshua and Micaela Pond
Julian A. Haywood
Kathy Enright
Kathy Krieger
Kevin Mills
Laine Shakerdge
LaKeitha Anderson
Lauren Dugas Glover
Loide Jorge
Maria Denise Coutlakis
Mark G. Pearce
Marshall Keys
Maurice Montoya
Michael Andrews
Michael Newman
Michael Wolfson
Michele Collison
Natasha Coulouris
Nina Rees
Oliver Johnson
Pamela Frazier
Pandit Wright
Rita McWilliams
Sally Sloan
The Sami and Annie Totah Family Foundation
Sid Chowdhary
Sunny Sumter
The Guy R.X. Middleton Charitable Fund
Thomas J. St Hilaire
Traci M. Reid
Tracie Coleman