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!