Helping Kansas City Ballet Move Into the Future
Endowment Supporters
Kansas City Ballet has embarked on a major campaign to ensure that the joy of dance inspires our community for generations to come.
The Ballet gratefully recognizes the following donors for their generous gifts and pledges to the Moving Into the Future Endowment Campaign. The list below includes donors of $5,000 or more to the Campaign from September 18, 2018 – September 13, 2019.
∞ – Includes Legacy Gift Intention
Richard and Gay Found a Tax-savings Way to Help Kansas City Ballet
Professors Richard Jensen and Gay Dannelly recently moved to Kansas City after retiring from academia at the University of Notre Dame.
For Richard, he was finally returning to his hometown after decades away. For Gay, who grew up in California and spent much of her adult life in the northern Midwest, Kansas City promised a new adventure with exciting new cultural offerings such as a resident ballet company and a symphony.
Gay taught Richard about the importance of ballet. “I love the music and the grace,” she says. “The way it brings everybody in the audience practically into the process.”
Her enthusiasm was contagious.
$1,000,000-$4,999,999
The John Hunkeler Senior Dancer Endowment Fund
Muriel I. Kauffman Endowment Fund
$500,000-$999,999
Greg and Barbara Storm Endowed Dancer Chair
$250,000-$499,999
Mike and Vicki Bray
Bill and Ginny Shackelford III Fund
$100,000-$249,999
Linda Lighton and Lynn Adkins
The Stanley J. Bushman and Ann Canfield Fund for the Reach Out And Dance (R.O.A.D.) Scholarship Program
Dave and Dee Dillon Family Fund
Cathy and Steve Doyal
George Hodges Langworthy, Jr., David Evans Langworthy, and George Hodges Langworthy, Sr. Fund
Wendy and George Powell, III
Howard Rothwell and Kathy Stepp Rothwell Operations Fund
$50,000-$99,999
Brand Family Fund
Sue Ann & Richard E. Fagerberg Ballet Performance Enhancement Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Edward and Kimbrough Higgins
Joan J. Horan Fund
Gay Dannelly and Richard Jensen Fund
Rowe Family (Jack and Paula Rowe) ∞
Suzanne Shank and Martin Smoler
Derek and Linda Shoare
$25,000-$49,999
Don and Pat Dagenais ∞
Susan and Zack Hangauer
Dr. Roger and Sandy Jackson
Gigi and Gary Rose
Christopher and Lisa Sirridge
The John and Angela Walker Fund for Live Music
Thomas F. and Loren Whittaker ∞
$10,000-$24,999
Vince and Julie Clark
Ally, Dr. Jessie Ng, and Dr. Tom Curran Fund
Hank and Mary Beth Hershey
Miller Family Fund in memory of Alan McMillan
Carolyn and Bill Parkerson
Fred and Cindy Rock
The Estate of James E. Taylor
$5,000-$9,999
Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley
Shirley Weaver Trust
Rebecca and Ken Zandarski ∞
$1,000-$4,999
Mr. G. Dale Mathey
Rachel and Matt Merlo
George and Suzy Pagels
Legacy Gift Intention
Wendy and George Powell, III ∞
G. Mark Sappington ∞
The John and Angela Walker Fund for Live Music ∞
How will you be remembered?
Make your passion a vital part of your life story. Through a permanent endowment fund, your gift is an investment that will have the impact and significance to secure the future of Kansas City Ballet.
We would gladly assist you with ways to make a gift that is meaningful to you and has a lasting impact for Kansas City Ballet. Please contact Jennifer Wampler at 816.216.5585 or by email.