Many thanks to…
Thank you for all of the support you’ve provided over the last 38 years. Your donations and legacy gifts enable the CJO to keep jazz alive in Northeast Ohio, inspiring future generations of jazz lovers, for years to come.
Our Donors
The donors listed below made gifts during our 2022-2023 season (between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023)
CJO Founder’s Circle ($10,000+)
Chaffee Family Foundation
Cleveland Foundation
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
George Gund Foundation
Nance Hikes & Michael Melampy
John P. Murphy Foundation
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
Composer’s Circle ($5000-9999)
Kulas Foundation
Producer’s Circle ($2500-4999)
Charles & Charlotte Fowler Foundation
Hershey Foundation
Director’s Circle ($1000-2499)
Eleanor Dreshfield
Sarah & David Gedeon
Victor & Joan M. Gelb Philanthropic Fund
Anna Greenfield
Gary Guhde
Robin Hughes
Mar-Bal Inc.
Albert B. & Audrey G. Ratner Family Foundation
AJ & Nancy Stokes
Arranger ($500-999)
Anonymous
Jeannette Grasselli Brown
Christian Chasmer
Jacquelyn & Eric Daniel
Gloria Fine
Emily & Scott Garlock
Lynne & Sam Gerace
The Deborah Neale Foundation
Linda & Bob Sebo
James Szabo
Soloist ($250-499)
Bruce Bartter
George Blake
Vivienne* & Joel Brotman
Caterpillar Foundation
Ciaran Flanagan
John Freeman, in memory of Victor Gelb
Linda Grandstaff & Tim Clarke
Jane & Thomas Healy
John Hibshman Donor Advised Fund
Stanley Kline
Janet L. Kramer
Carole & George Morris
Jason Nedley
Gregory Pickett
Larry Pope
Sandra & Robert Reynolds
Sarah & Bryan Salisbury, a Donor Advised Fund of Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Blanche & Jack Valancy
Steven Williams
Musette Vincent & Jim Chandler
Daniel Tilles Weidenthal MD
Anne Marie & Warren Wolfson Family Philanthropic Fund, in honor of Rose & Paul Ferguson
Lead Chair ($100-249)
Judie & Bruce Amsel
Anonymous
Lou Armagno
Pat & Chas Baker
Martin Berger
Judith & Robert Charlick
Nancy Collier & Lawrence Blase, in memory of Alfred C. Blase
Beth Cooper & Paul Herrgesell
Richard F. Dacek
Rebecca Hoyt & Robert Luce
KeyBank Foundation
George Kiteley
Andrea Martin
Cathy & Jay Mckelvey Giving Fund
Julie Micheletti & James Gray
Julie & Mark Molitoris
Norma McLaughlin Nelson
Shirley Morgenstern & Carl Topilow
Nancy Neylon & Richard Croll
Edward J. Olszewski
Susan Pejeau
Judie & David* Perelman
Sonja Rajki & Michael Lyford
Raytheon Technologies
Kevin Roach
Pat & Thomas Schinabeck
Marcy & Dennis Schwartz
Beth Sersig & Christopher Brandt
Toby & Jay Siegel
Phil Stella
Lorraine Szabo
Kurt Updegraff
Ken & Kay Welsh Charitable Fund
Anne Wilson
Sideman ($1-99)
Dolores Adler
Anonymous
Ralph Bertonaschi
Cheryl & Fred Billock
Patricia Cangelosi-Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Chaka
Caren Dalton
Delann Dempsey
Paul D. Dietz
John Edwards
Michael D. Fox, in memory of Roland Paolucci
Joel Genuth
Maribeth & Christopher Gibbon
Janet Henning
Noreen Hernan
John Hibshman
Char Jackson
Lucia Jarvis & Tyler Woodley
Rochelle D. Jones
Scott M. Lewis
Cynthia McGunia
Ryan Pitasky
James Poole
Richard Powidel
Progressive Insurance Foundation
Margaret Robinson
Judith Ryder
Richard Shirey
Howie Smith
Linda & Jonathan Sobel
Germaine Spencer
Lucinda Stevens & Carl Goldstein
Valerie Takacs, in memory of my father, Frank Takacs
Kenneth Vinciquerra
Lorraine Wagner
Jeannette Wright
Instrument Donations
Robert Huszar
Paulette Jackson
Susan Murnane
Beth & Richard Schiemer, Brighton Music
AJ & Nancy Stokes
*deceased
Every effort has been made to ensure names are listed correctly. We apologize for any errors or omissions. Please email Theresa@clevelandjazz.org to make a change in your listing. Thank you again!