Our Sponsors and Funding Partners

Founding Partner

Jazz Awards Founding Partner

Presenting Partners

2026 Festival Sponsors

Diamond

 

Platinum
  • A Friend of The Gilmore, with gratitude to Kalamazoo arts supporters
  • DeNooyer Jaguar
  • Dorothy U. Dalton Foundation
  • Curtis Hall and Susan Houseman
  • Patti and Bob Huiskamp
  • Wally and Becky Knack
  • The Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation
  • Suzanne U. D. Parish Foundation
  • PNC
  • William and Melinda Scott
  • Peter and Elizabeth Seaver
  • Michael and Lindy Storms
  • Stryker
  • Three Rivers Manhattan Club
  • Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation
  • Heinrich von Schreiner in memory of Mary von Schreiner
  • Rosemary Willey

 

Gold
Silver
Bronze
  • A Friend of The Gilmore
  • Elizabeth Burns and Roger Zinser
  • Joanna and Scott Dales
  • Linda and George Dunn
  • Deborah and David Dunstone
  • Don Flesche in memory of Grace Flesche
  • Heritage Community of Kalamazoo
  • Bill and Jeannette Maxey
  • Ed and Jan Sackley
  • Doreen and Ed Thomas
  • John and Linnaea Thomas
  • Tropical Smoothie Cafe
Copper

2025 Rising Stars Sponsors

  • The Wattles Family in memory of Helen Fischer Wattles
  • Robert and Marianne Denes
  • John Stites Jazz Awards
  • Wanda Pagel Herman Estate
  • Three Rivers Manhattan Club
  • Ed and Jan Sackley

Additional Support

This activity is supported in part by the Michigan Arts and Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

Questions About Making A Donation?

To learn more about supporting The Gilmore, contact:

Anne Witherspoon

Director of Development
Phone: 269.342.1166
Contact anne

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