Many thanks to…

Thank you for all of the support you’ve provided us. 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 2024-2025 season (between July 1, 2024 and June 9, 2025).

CJO Founder’s  Circle ($10,000+)

  • Chaffee Family Foundation

  • Cleveland Foundation

  • The Anna Greenfield Charitable Fund, in memory of Anna Greenfield

  • George Gund Foundation

  • Kulas Foundation

  • John P. Murphy Foundation

  • Ohio Arts Council

Composer’s Circle ($5000-9999)

  • Doug Bletcher

  • Cuyahoga Arts & Culture

  • Jones Day

  • Dan Montgomery, Ohio Basement Authority

Producer’s Circle ($2500-4999)

  • Melodie Grable & Thomas Coffey

  • Sherry & Calvin Griffith, the Calvin P. Griffith Charitable Foundation

Director’s Circle ($1000-2499)

  • Elizabeth & Jonathan Augustine

  • Pat & Chas Baker

  • Cavitch Familio & Durkin

  • Eleanor & Robert Dreshfield

  • Sarah & David Gedeon

  • Joan Gelb, the Victor & Joan M. Gelb Philanthropic Fund

  • Gary Guhde

  • Stewart A. Kohl

  • Patrick Coyne, Laoban

  • Jeanne May Lyons, in honor of Holly's High Notes

  • Alexandra Magearu & George Blake^

  • Kevin Martin

  • Lolita McDavid

  • Carole & George Morris

  • Anthony Oliverio, the Oliverio Family Charitable Fund

  • Marcia Snavely Polyak & Gregory Polyak^

  • Leonard, Lillian, Faye, Albert B. & Audrey G. Ratner

  • AJ & Nancy Stokes

  • Stokes Sound, Inc.^

  • Daniel Tilles Weidenthal, MD

Arranger ($500-999)

  • Lynne & Sam Gerace

  • Ashley & Aaron Hoschar

  • Susan Kaeser & Gerald Blake^

  • Deborah Neale, the Deborah Neale Foundation

  • Norma McLaughlin Nelson^

  • Margaret Robinson

  • Louis & Sylvia Rosenblum Memorial Philanthropic Fund, a donor advised fund of Jewish Federation of Cleveland^

  • Teresa & Edward Ruch

  • Brenda Kim, Sasa

  • Schantz Organ Company^

  • Gary Scott

  • James Szabo

  • Thompson Hine

  • Kimberley & Matthew Traum

  • Robert Walser

  • Anne Carolyn Wilson

Soloist ($250-499)

  • Anonymous

  • Vivienne* & Joel Brotman

  • Lidia & George Carr

  • Jacquelyn & Eric Daniel

  • Emily & Scott Garlock^

  • Thomas Goots

  • Linda Grandstaff & Tim Clarke

  • Rebecca Hoyt & Robert Luce

  • John Hibshman

  • Nathan Holaway

  • Mr. & Mrs. Mark L Hoffman, Louis & Sylvia Rosenblum Memorial Philanthropic Fund

  • Janet Kramer

  • Scott Marsh

  • Ann & Shane Millette

  • Audra & Patrick Norton

  • Raytheon Technologies

  • Kevin Roach

  • Vince Robinson

  • Blanche & Jack Valancy, Cedars Legacy Fund

  • Musette Vincent & Jim Chandler

  • Anne Marie & Renny Wolfson

Lead Chair ($100-249)

  • Dolores Adler

  • Judie & Bruce Amsel, in honor of David Isaacs’ 100th birthday

  • Anonymous

  • Anonymous

  • Brett Baker^

  • Barbara Barstow & Ralph Bertonaschi

  • Cheryl & Fred Billock

  • Judith & Robert Charlick

  • Keith D. Chelm

  • Beth Cooper & Paul Herrgesell

  • Timothy Croll, in honor of Rich Croll & Nancy Neylon

  • Richard F. Dacek

  • Gaylen Emond

  • Jay Epstein

Lead Chair (cont.)

  • Susan Falkman

  • Judith Ryder Frumker

  • Susan Gerber & Kevin Markert

  • Maribeth & Christopher Gibbon

  • Peter Hess^

  • Karen & Marc Jaffe

  • Stephen L. Kadish, Esq., Stephen L. Kadish Family Philanthropic Fund

  • George Kiteley

  • Stanley Kline

  • Staci Lowell & Joe Sweeney

  • Cameron Maneese & Christopher Buchanan

  • Andrea Jo Martin

  • Paula Mattis, in honor of Holly’s High Notes

  • Cathy & Jay McKelvey, the Cathy & Jay McKelvey Giving Fund

  • Carol & Ralph Meyer

  • Richard Moore

  • Nancy Neylon & Richard Croll

  • James Nousek

  • Sue Pejeau

  • Edmund Round

  • Betsy Sampliner

  • Marcy & Dennis Schwartz

  • Beth Sersig & Christopher Brandt

  • Zelda Toby Siegel

  • Steve Spackey

  • Benjamin Sperry, in honor of George Blake

  • Jeri Stewart, in memory of Gene Stewart

  • Mary Ann & Richard G. Stuhan

  • Two Sigma

  • Kurt Updegraff

  • Kenneth Vinciquerra

  • Robert Zollars

Sideman ($1-99)

  • Anonymous

  • Anonymous^

  • Sarah Blake

  • Dottie Borer

  • John Hall^

Sideman (cont.)

  • Gail & Kenneth Hayden

  • Noreen Hernan

  • Key Bank Foundation

  • Lynn & Ira Krumholz, in honor of Don Bercu

  • Linda Kimmy

  • Traci Kristalalkis

  • Robert Kronenberg

  • Scott M. Lewis

  • Steve Maroti

  • Robert Norwick

  • Matt Omelsky

  • Daniel Petricig

  • Charlotte & Aidan Plank

  • Jonathan Reischl

  • Valerie Takacs, in memory of my father Frank Takacs^

  • James Traxler

  • Don Turoso

  • Patricia Williams

Instrument Donations

  • Judie & Bruce Amsel

  • Liz Beck

  • Lisa Lefstein Berusch

  • Jacob Bodnar

  • Lori Eichmuller

  • Mike Fox

  • Kirk Jaeger

  • Kevin Kelly

  • Ryan McRaild

  • Mark Meckes

  • Brian Nowak

  • Terance Owens

  • James Pexa

  • Emily Garr Pacetti

  • Emily Raymond

  • Jeff Spada

  • Kimberley & Matt Traum

(Gifts received as of 6.9.2025)
*deceased
^donated to Jack Schantz Chair in Trumpet Fund

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!