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 January 1, 2025 and December 31, 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.

Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life is presented in partnership with the Missouri Humanities with support from the Missouri Humanities Trust Fund. Additional support is provided, in part, by the Dr. Mary E. Brothers Resident Artist Performance Fund and Ellen & Irv Hockaday.

Lyric Opera Underwriters ($100,000+)
Lyric Opera Circle Lyric Opera of Kansas City - Our Next Act Endowment Lyric
Opera of Kansas City Endowment Fund 
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 
William T. Kemper Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee

Maestro's Circle ($25,000-$49,999)
MB Bank, n.a., Trustee City of Kansas City, Missouri 
Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund 
Hallmark Corporate Foundation 
John W. and Effie E. Speas 
Memorial Trust, Bank of America, N.A. Trustee 
Lyric Opera of Kansas City - William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund 
Mark Edelman Theater Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City 
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 
Dr. Gary Grunewald Charitable Fund 
Lyric Opera of Kansas City - Polsky Fund
Mdivani Corporate Immigration Law Firm 
Northern Trust Company The Sosland Foundation

Impresario ($5,000-$9,999)
The DeBruce Foundation 
High Touch Inc
Missouri Humanities, Missouri Humanities Trust

Corporate & Community Council ($3,000-$4,999)
Commerce Bank, n.a.
Halls KC
JE Dunn Construction Company 
Orpheus KC
R.A. Long Foundation 
RubinBrown LLP

Corporate & Community Sponsors ($250-$2,999)
Aristocrat Motors* 
Global Tax Management, Inc.* 
Kansas City Museum* 
JoAnn Meierhoff Charitable Foundation 
Louis and Frances Swinken Supporting Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City 
The Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund 
TruPay