
Our Supporters
Community Partners
Thank you to our supporters!
A 501(c)(3) non-profit service organization, the DC Jazz Festival® and its 2021 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:


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 help us keep jazz thriving in the District.
Arena Stage
Anacostia Business Improvement District
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Bishop Walker School
Capital Community News
CapitalBop
Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation
Destination DC
District Wharf Association
DownBeat
Downtown Business Improvement District
Embassy of Canada
Embassy of Finland
Embassy of France
Embassy of Germany
Embassy of Japan
Embassy of Sweden
Embassy of Switzerland
Events DC
The Georgetowner
Georgetown Law Center
Howard University
Italian Cultural Institute
JazzCorner
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
KIPP DC
Kreeger Museum
Library of Congress
Live From Our Living Rooms
National Gallery of Art
The Phillips Collection
SHADD Pianos
Sitar Arts Center
Transparent Productions
The Washington Informer
The Washington Post
University of the District of Columbia
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
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
Deborah Veney and Heather Hiles
D'Qwell Jackson
Destination DC
Gillon Family Charitable Fund
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
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, San Francisco, California
The Leonard and Elaine Silverstein Family Foundation
The Venable Foundation
The Venable Foundation
The Yards
Artistic Director Circle ($5,000 - $9,999)
Kevin Eubanks
Stephanie Peters and Charles Fishman
Ovation Society Circle ($2,500 - $4,999)
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Geoffrey Moorer
Meryl Chertoff
Terence Culler
William Jordan, Jr.
Benefactors Circle ($1,000 - $2,499)
Andrew Jacobson
Bobby Bloch
Carla Labat and George Dines, Jr.
Carmencita Whonder
Craig Williams
Derrick Mashore
Douglas Allen
Freund Family Charitable Fund
Gloria Grandolini
JazzCorner
Jeffrey Freund
Joyce Brayboy
Network for Good
Patricia Sarcone
Richard Wilkof
Stephen Riddick
Terry Sneed
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Learners Lab Foundation
The Washington City Paper
Thomas Gallagher
Washington Parent
Wilbur Gary Nelson
William and Denise Riley
Patron ($350 - $999)
Carolyn Davis
Chuck and Nita Goodgal
Darlene Rogers
David Connick
Diane Hausman
Elliott Ferguson
Heather Dilatush
Jay and Kelly Wickliff
Joanne Nabors
Karen Marangi
Michal Fishman and David Sheon
Rick Messick
The Guy R.X. Middleton Charitable Fund
Thomas St. Hilaire
Traci Reid
Tracie Coleman
Ensemble ($10 - $349)
Alane Allman Dent
Bruce D. Carlson
Carolyn Davis
Candace Lewis
Charles McCardell
Chris Tawa
Cynthia Farrell Johnson
Daniel Sparell
Danna Reynolds
David Rosenblatt
Douglas Allen
Eryl Wentworth
Eugene and Dale Kenney
Gail Boyd Artist Management
Harriet Sanford
Jessica Osborne
John and Saveria Donnelly
John Orrick
Josette Shelton
June D. Bland
Karl F. Brower
Kathy F. Frye
Kenneth R. Despertt Jr.
Kevin Prue
Kimberly L. Fogg
Lynette Mitchelle
Mark O'Reilly
Miodrag Kukrika
Murray and Lisa Horwitz
Natasha Shields
Pamela Alexis Nelson
Patrice S. Hunter
Paul Rosenzweig
Randall Connell
Randy Bayers
Sarah Sloan
Stan Myck
Stephanie Kiah
Steven Katz
Steven M Brown
Stuart Moss
Susan Bookbinder
Takyiah Stevenson
Tracie Coleman
Ward Wilson
Yvette Alexander