
Starlight Donors
We appreciate our donors’ generosity and dedication to world-class performing arts at an iconic Kansas City venue. This list reflects donations to Starlight made in the previous 12 months.
This list is inclusive of gifts made to Starlight’s Annual Fund, Community Engagement Fund, and special events. Capital campaign donors can be found on Starlight’s Uniquely KC page.
To let us know about corrections or omissions, please contact Cody Walls at cody.walls@kcstarlight.com or (816) 997-1126.
Current as of July 9, 2026.
Christine & Don Alexander
Anonymous
Anonymous
Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation
Ash Grove Charitable Foundation
Bill & Denise Bade
Cathy Baier
Rick Baier and Family Foundation
Rich & Peggy Baker
June Beaver
Matt & Kate Beem
Daniel & Janelle Benninghoff
Robert & Dr. Phyliss Bernstein
Anonymous
Bill & Terry Biggins
Marion & Henry Bloch Family Foundation
William & Ann Briggs
E. Kemper Carter & Anna Curry Carter Community Memorial
Al & Sharon Cinelli
Eric Ryan & Janet Cinelli
Howard & Debbie Cohen
Pat & Don Dagenais
The Ronald D. Deffenbaugh Foundation
The Deramus Foundation
Ann & Gary Dickinson
Steve & Sue Dietze
Roshann Parris & Jeff Dobbs
Steve & Cathy Doyal
Peggy & Terry Dunn
The Elsberry Family Foundation
Brett & Nikki Emison
Edward L. Enyeart
Sarah & Ray Evans
Jill Farrell
Gary & Sherry Forsee
Mark & Sarah Fortino
David Frantze
The Fried Family
Gregg & Cheryl Givens
Goppert Foundation
Haas & Wilkerson Insurance Co.
Hall Family Foundation
David & Laura Hall
Shirley & Barnett Helzberg Jr. Donor Advisory Fund of the Jewish Commnity Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Mike O’Connell & Sara Hicks Family Foundation
Joan Horan
Laura & August L. Huber III
Howard & Ro Jacobson
Jeannette & Jerome Cohen Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Kaufman Family
Kevin & Dianne Kelly
Tony & Teresa Kempf
William T. Kemper Foundation
Mary Lockton & Michael Murphy
Harry Wilson Loose Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Tod & Liz Lucas
Tondee & Shawn Lutterman
Pat & Beth McCown
McCown Family Foundation
The McDonnell Foundation
McLaughlin Family Charitable Fund
The Morgan Charitable Foundation, in loving memory of Sandi Morgan
Morgan Family Legacy Foundation
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation
John & Bridget Murphy
William & Jeri Murphy
George & Wendy Powell
Regnier Family Foundation
Greg & Rebecca Reid
Jim & Sharon Reinert
Vicki & Bill Reisler
J. B. Reynolds Foundation
Ora Reynolds & Curt Roberts
Elaine & Arlen Rubin
Charles & Elizabeth Schellhorn
Schreiber Charitable Trust
Daniel & Mary Schulte Charitable Fund
Victor & Caroline E. Schutte Foundation
The Sharma Family
Sherman Family Foundation
The Sosland Foundation
State of Missouri
Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts – Commerce Bank, Trustee
The Patrick & Janna Stueve Family Foundation
Sunderland Foundation
Trent & Katelyn Thurmon
UMB Financial Services
Don & Jean Wagner Charitable Foundation
Debbie & Russell Welsh
Ted & Molly Wiedman
Matt & Sabrina Wiewel
Cary & Tom Wilkins
Rob & Amy Wolf
Kearney Wornall Foundation
Cynthia Wymore
Anonymous
Jeff & Susan Anthony
Nancy Whitworth & Doug Ballou
Barnes-Bisset Family Foundation
Bart & Joanie Bergman
Becky Blades
Lusha Bodie
Ruth J. Brackney
Michelle & Robert Bratcher
Wendy & Troy Burgess
Jeff Carson Family & Enterprise Bank
Lindsey Rood-Clifford & Chris Clifford
Michael & Carrie Condon
David R. Morris
Eddy Whitley & Tracie Dittemore
Bruce & Linda Enright
Everhance
Leah & Matt FitzGerald
Estelle S. & Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation
Fowler Family Foundation
Frank & Sondra Friedman
Dennis Todd Gochenour
Gordon Family Foundation
Amy Guerich/Stepp and Rothwell
Michael & Marlys Haverty
Tom & Katrina Henke
Robert & Melissa Hingula
Allan & Margot Huber Charitable Fund
Stacey Janssen/Janssen Estate Probate and Elder Law
Castetter Johnson Family Foundation
Mark & Mary Cook Jorgenson
Kevin & Dianne Kelly
Kemper Family Foundation
Tom and Nancy Lauerman
Bruce & Priscilla Long
Heather Jones & Bryan Long
Chuck & Wendy Maggiorotto
McDonnell Foundation
Cara McLaughlin
Susan Mills
Ramsey & Alison Mohsen
Lee & Jan Morevitska
Keith & Gloria Mueller
Diane & Rob O’Byrne
Terry & Barbie O’Toole
Drs. Susan & Charles Porter
Jeanette Prenger
Lisa Rohlf
Anna C MacAskill Schwab & Dwight L Schwab Sr Foundation
Angelo & Elisa Trozzolo
Kasey & Kyle Vena
Joel & Marsha Voran
Joel Voran
Carolyn Watley
Weishar Family Foundation
Sarah & Jim Weitzel
Sandra & Byron Whitaker
In memory of Megan E. Taylor, by Bill & Marilyn Taylor
Connie Wright
$5,000
Vestana & Michael Ahlen
Aviva Ajmera & Wayne Strickland
Janine & Bill Akers
Nancy Buchmann
Carpenter Family Giving Fund
Dan & Leann Carr
Carl & Jean Chinnery
Deb Churchill
Joni Cobb
Commerce Bank
Creative Planning Foundation
Carla & Don Duryee
Elaine Feld Stern Charitable Trust
Brian & Lesley Elwell
FCS Family Office
Kenneth V. & Marilyn J. Hager
Donald Hall
Lisa & Eric Hays
Rick & Chris Heise
Henderson Companies
Joan J. Horan
Jenny Housley
Ingram Family Foundation
Doug Anning & Kirk Isenhour
Catherine & Jerry Jones
JSD Foundation
Kansas City Royals
Alison & Donovan Kidd
Marty & Beth Krebs
Andrew & Katherine Lang
David & Lisa Lang
Michael & Kristin Lanning
Matthew Linnabary
Steven & Anna McKee
Jolene Mead
Edward Milbank
Patricia & Michael Morrissey
Brian & Lisa Osgood
Chuck & Karen Peters
Julie Quirin
Gary & Liz Simons
Bill & Sandra Snyder
Stepp & Rothwell
R. Gordon Tompkins
Mark & LeeAnn Van Dyne
Tom & Eileen Weir
Tom & Loren Whittaker
Mandi & Kevin Wright
$2,000
AAmanda Adkins
AdventHealth
American Century Investments
Peggy Beal
Duane Becker
Brian & Lori Belden
Beth and John Borders
Peggy & Michael Borkon Fund
Jeff & Deanna Burns
JJ Burns & Andrea Boswell-Burns
CBIZ
William Ottens & Nate Chamberlain
Melanie & Russ Cline
Community America Credit Union
Kevin & Anne Connor
Kevin Connor
Ellen & Jamie Copaken
Robert Croskell
DeBruce Foundation
Diane’s School of Dance
Jeremy Didier
Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe Charitable Fund
Dennis & Sandra Donnelly
Mark & Lisa Ebbitts
Fred & Beatrice Eckertson
Marc Enyart & Joe Comer
Buddy & Charlene Foutts
Gartner, Inc.
GastingerWalker&
Glenn & Joyce Goldstein
Anita Gorman
Travis & Maqual Graham
Jon & Barb Haden
Mark & Tandi Hechler
Katrina & Tom Henke
Charles Herbster
Hickok Family Foundation
Ross & Jo Ann Hildebrand
Cheryl Hill
Holladay Distillery
William Hudson
Hula Hoop
Steve & Gayle Jagoda
Jagoda Family Foundation
Richard & Sandy Jones
Margaret Kalal
Joanna & Tim Keeble
Kiewit
Jahala Kinser
Herb & Nancy Kohn
Scott & Lisa Kolbeck
Kristin Fraser
Marilyn Kulmus & John Shoenhair
Lippert Family Donor Advised Fund
Thomas & Sandy Long
Patricia Martin
William McDaniel
Annette McLaughlin
Dennis & Carol Meierotto
Trey & Laurie Meyer
Mitzi Ryburn Agency – State Farm Insurance
Brian Mixon
Jeremiah Moye
Jerry Negus & Rebecca Hierholzer
Daniel & Susan Nenonen
Charles & Kay Newell
Northland Sonic Drive-Ins
Patrick O’Malley
John & Kathy O’Toole
Kevin & Maureen O’Toole
Larry & Ellen Polsky Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Lynn & Joe Poskin
Bob & Sylvia Pullman
Kathleen & Mike Rainen
ReeceNichols Real Estate
William Reed
Timothy & Pamela Ross Household
Johnny & Angela Rowlands
Russ & Melanie Cline
Daniel & Nan Schaper
Sheldon & Megan Sebastian
Craig & Dondee Stearns
David Steinhauser
Sharon Stiner
Jacob Stolz
Ira and Kay Stolzer Household
Matthew & Kristen Stuppy
Ann Swarts
Emily & Rian Tilgner
Maria Timberlake Household
Kevin & Dawn Tubbesing Household
Bob & Kathy Waller
James & Amy West
Adam & Hayley Wisnieski
Brian & Ellen Woltkamp
JW & Bonnie Youngblood
Tributes
In Honor of Vincent Legacy Scholars Chamberlain & Garrett Webster
In Memory of Michael Bradshaw
In Honor of Dr. Durl W. & Cathleen O’Neil
In Memory of Volean Gilmore
In honor of Greg & Donnis Prather
Carol Jones In Honor of Corey Goodburn
In honor of Mary Mobley by Cynthia Kupka
In Memory of James D. Smith
Tracy Simons in Honor of Phill Petrus
In Memory of Charles H. Clay
In Memory of Lucy Goose
Roy & Leslye Werner in Honor of Hazel McCullough
In Honor of Connie & Jim Wilkins
Glenda Wolfe in honor of Bill Wolfe
Endowment Donors
Denise Ayers
In Memory of Robert Lee Daniel, Jr.
Ellen Darling
The Deramus Foundation
John Fierro
David Gibbons
Don & Adele Hall
Helen Harper
Rosalyn & Howard Jacobson Donor Advisory Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Emmy & Michael Morrissey
The Polsky Family Foundation
Elaine & Norman Polsky
Greg & Rebecca Reid
Erin Smith
Suzanne & Gregory Smith
The Trudy Foundation
Russ & Debbie Welsh
Richard Woods
In Remembrance
Bert & Ellen Darling
Adele Hall
Helen Harper
Emmy Morrissey
Joanne Muren
Phillip Petrus
Norman & Elaine Polsky
Dr. John Scowley