Lyric Opera of Kansas City extends its deepest appreciation to the foundations, corporations, organizations, and government entities that help support the Company’s productions and programs.
We recognize annual giving to the Company and Lyric Opera Ball of $250 or more received between March 1, 2024 and March 15, 2025.
*Includes contributions to Lyric Opera Ball
+Includes giving to the Special Gifts Campaign
Opera Presenting Sponsors:
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation*+
Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts*+
Financial assistance has also been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
Maya and the Magic Ring is supported, in part, by the Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation.
Additional support is generously provided by J. Scott Francis, the Francis Family Foundation; the Lyric Opera of Kansas City Foundation – Hearst Fund; the R.A. Long Foundation; and the Sherman Family Foundation.
Lyric Opera Underwriters ($100,000+)
R.C. Kemper, Jr. Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee
Lyric Opera Circle
Lyric Opera of Kansas City Endowment Fund
Lyric Opera of Kansas City - Our Next Act Endowment
Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation
Muriel I. Kauffman Fund for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Sherman Family Foundation
The State of Missouri
The Sunderland Foundation
Maestro's Circle ($25,000-$49,999)
Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee
City of Kansas City, Missouri Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund
E. Kemper Carter & Ann Curry Community Memorial Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee
Francis Family Foundation
Hallmark Corporate Foundation
J.B. Reynolds Foundation*
Kearney Wornall Foundation, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee
Lyric Opera of Kansas City - William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund
National Endowment for the Arts
Pemberton Family Charitable Foundation
William T. Kemper Foundation - Commerce Bank Trust
Bel Canto ($10,000-$24,999)
Cyr Family Charitable Remainder Trust
Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation
H & R Block Foundation
Lyric Opera of Kansas City - Polsky Fund
Mdivani Corporate Immigration Law Firm
The Sosland Foundation
Impresario ($5,000-$9,999)
The DeBruce Foundation*
FCS Family Office, Molly & Tom Freeman+
High Touch Inc*
Jack F. & Glenna Y. Wylie Charitable Foundation - Midwest Trust*
Orpheus KC*
Thomas and Sally Wood Family Foundation
Corporate & Community Council ($3,000-$4,999)
Arvest Bank
Commerce Bank, n.a.*
Halls KC*
Husch Blackwell LLP*
JE Dunn Construction Company
R.A. Long Foundation
RubinBrown LLP*
Corporate & Community Sponsors ($250-$2,999)
Aristocrat Motors*
EPR Properties
JoAnn Meierhoff Charitable Foundation
John and Bernice Hamra Foundation*
Louis and Frances Swinken Supporting Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
The Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund
Missouri Humanities, Missouri Humanities Trust
TruPay
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