Our deepest thanks to the following donors who supported Folk Alliance International this fiscal year (July 1 , 2020 – June 30, 2021). Updated August 11, 2021.
All of FAI’s staff and board members make an annual donation, demonstrating our internal support and belief in the organization. Recurring donors are recognized at the total amount of their donation for the year.
Legacy (donations over $100,000)
Anonymous
Benefactor (donations up $10,000)
Anonymous
Dan and Kathy Tappan – The Tappan Family Fund
Patrons (donations up to $5,000)
Anonymous
Pete B. Browne and Julie Walker Browne
CCS Family Fund – Topeka Community Foundation
David Francis – The Francis Family Foundation
Woody Guthrie Publications
Bebe and Crosby Kemper Foundation
Tracy Newman in honor of Clark Weissman
J.B. Reynolds Foundation
Leaders (donations up to $2,500)
Anonymous
Donald Cohen and Madeline Janis
Aengus Finnan
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation
Jeff and Carol Lowe
Steve and Polly Revare
Keli Wenzel
Partners (donations up to $1,000)
Anonymous
Donald Cohen and Madeline Janis
Aengus Finnan
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation
Jeff and Carol Lowe
Steve and Polly Revare
Keli Wenzel
Advocates (donations up to $500)
Airshow Mastering
Anonymous (2)
Viva & Neil Araki
Rebecca Bortak In Memory of Jim Bortak
Gene Bowlen, BeARcade Music & Cross Keys Studio
Taylor Caffery
Nancy Clark
Rose Cousins
Loraine Fusco and lou DeMarco
Organic Arts
Fox Run Concerts and Studio
Kari Estrin Management & Consulting
Mark Franzke
Friend
Susie Giang In Memory of George Floyd / Breonna Taylor and so many other Black people killed by police.
Trish Henderson
Brigid Greene In Memory of Mike Greene
Kyongmee Kim
Treasa Levasseur
Janet Lewis
Alex and Sammi Mallett
Grant and Nancy Mallett
Art Menius
Cydney and Keith Perske
Precision Printing
Jeff & Katie Reece
Jennifer Roe
Jim Rooney
Kendra Terry in Memory of In Michael Terry
Laura Thomas
Shawn Underwood
Allen Reynolds
Mike Warren
Supporters (donations up to $250)
Mary Katherine Aldin
Anonymous (2)
Phyllis Barney
Jim Bizer
Jeremy Butler
Nancy Chase
Lynn Cingari
Nancy K. Dillon
Jeff Donahue
Nancy Emrich Freeman of LilFest
Jack & Karen Finkenberg
Jana M Fisher
Folk Alley
Foundation for Independent Media Arts
Chloe East Goodyear
Karen Haggman
Rick Hesch
Hound Dog House Concerts
Bud Johnson
Mark Kaufman
Jess Klein
MellowPhobia
Monica Mansfield
Kim McDowell
Tim McFadden
Nancy Meis
Crista Munro in memory of Dan Appenzeller
Julie Nelson Meers & Sam Meers
Michael Olsen In honor of Jack Sundrud, singer/songwriter/humanitarian
Kathy Peters
Amy Reitnouer Jacobs
Rick Robinson In gratitude to Aengus and Mae
Nicole Rochefort (Artists in Motion)
Bob Rose in memory of Gene Shay
Charles A Schmitz
Lisa Schwartz
Allen Stiegemeyer
MarySue Twohy
Michael Varner
Volume.com
Benjamin Weigand
Gary Whitmer & Margaret Smith
Reid Wick
Clyde Tyndale & Deborah Winograd
Friends (donations up to $100)
Michael Alvarez
Forrest W. Anderson
Anonymous (5)
Carl Apter in Memory of Gene Shay
Lee and Claudia Barewin
Dave Bartlow
Terry Becker in honor of Howard Dolginoff
Marian & Dennis Bires
Rachel Bishop
Renee Bodie
Sharon Bowman
Laurie Brown
Scott and Rhonda Burnett
Barney Byard
Don Cavers
Enrique Chi
Michelle Conceison in Memory of Gene Shay
Gayle Cupit
James Curley
Theresa Curtin
Tom Cutts
Haley K Turner
Tracy Dejarnett
Amy DeMarco
Momentary Love Management
Michelle Demers Shaevitz
Regina Derzon
John Dull
D Scott Duncan
Raleigh Duncan
Josh Dunson
Laurie and Neale at Fox Run
Dana Estep
Michael Fasano
Mark Finnan
Wanda Fischer
Lona Fox
Carol Gard
Gregg Gehrig
Renee Gentry
Theresa Georgia In memory of David Glaser
Richard Gillmann
Dani Goodband
Dennis Gredell
Worldstrings Promotion
Kelly and Robyn Hart
Jean Hatfield
Kira Florita Hilley
Matthew Hughes
Dave Hundelt
Richard Jay
Bailey Jones & Allyson Comstock
John Keck
Marisa Kolka
Michael Kornfeld
Kristina Latino
Sara Leishman
Mark Levine in Honor of Lula Wiles
Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch
Peter Macdonald
Gordon Mallett
Susan Martinez
Lauren RZ Martino
Brian Maruca
Deana McCloud
John McCutcheon
Art Menius Radio in Memory of Mitch Podolak & Gene Shay
Kurt Moberg
Terry Mutchler
Robert O
Sonny Ochs
Elke Pacholl
Gary Paczosa
Clay Pasternack
John E. Patterson
Steve Paul
Alan Perry
Cydney and Keith Perske
Kathy Peters
Margaret Pigman
John Platt
Chris Porter
Danny Powell
Dr. Hollie and Mr. Tracy Resseguie
Jerod Rivers
Patricia Roach
Alan Jay Rom
Alan Jay Rom
Bob Rose
Mary Sack Management In Memory of David Olney
Chuck Schmitz
Robert W. Schuck
Jim Schultz
Odessa Settles in memory of Darlene Hill
Alka Sharma
Toni Shumate
T Ann Smiley
Darlene Raven
Soona Songs
Alinda Stanley
Ellen Stanley In Memory of Bob Feldman
Jill Stargardt
David Starr
Nancy Stier
Dianne Tankle
Joel Tepp
Dorothy Thomas
Liz Thomson
Gerald Trimble
Grace Tsao
Clyde Tyndale & Deborah Winograd
Tom Upshaw
David Warm
Thom Wolke
Bob Wright
Bill in memory of Shelli
Fans (donations up to $50)
Meg Adam
Julie Adams
Cindy Adams
Nick Adde
Joshua Aguilar
Mary Ahern
Greg Aiken
Matt Akins
Brigitte Albert
William Alford
Terry Allan
Karen Allen
Bruce Alpert
Clint Alphin
Abby Altman
Joni Altner
Rosi Amador
Kelly Ambrose
Jane Amro
Mohan Ananthakrishnan
Greg Anderson
Danielle Anderson
Carolyn Andre
Pete Angwin
Anonymous (19)
Bruce Ansley
Mark Aquilla
Jennifer Arndt
Valerie Arnett
Morris Arnold
Lois Aroian
Dena Aronson
Liz Asphodel
Susan P Athens
Emily Aumann
Meg Aumann
Peter Aumann
Theadocia Austen
Jerry Austen
Perel Hana B.Sessler
Arah Bahn
Samir Baijal
Curtis Ball
Claudia Balladelli
Cindy Bandula-Yates in memory of Dolly Bandula
Chelsea Arts Media Group
Brittany Bannish Laverty
Nadia Bardack
Carmen Barnes
Rich Barnett
Rachel Barreca
Sarah Barrentine
Marnie Barrett
Heather Barron
Jeremy Bass
Jeanne Bassis
Stephanie Batcheller
John Bath
Stephen Batsche
Adam Bauer
Joanne Bauman
Brenda Beard
Peter Beaven
Carol Beaven
Steve Beeler
Gwynn Beeler
Kim Beggs
Caroline Beischer
Claudette Beitel
Michael Bellmont
Barbara Bellows-Terranova
Michael Benghiat
William Bennett
Jude Bennett
Sharon Bennett
Lizzie Bennett
Cherylynne Berger
Ken Berger
Shari Berman
Evert Berndt
Craig Bernhardt
LIT33 Mgmt
Jane Biekens
Mark Bischel
Emily Bloudek
J Blouin
Richard Blumenthal
Stephen Blyskal
Phyllis Boger
David Bortlik
Elizabeth Boswell
Claire Bourret
Melissa Bouvier
Cathy Bovitz
Cord Bowen
Aurora Bowers
Joan Bowlen
Erin Bramstadt
Adam Braun
Neal Braverman
Jeudi Brealey
James Bredeson
Randall Briley
Thomas Briner
Meg Brosnan
D.B.Brown, Americana/Folk Director, WVKR
Joanne Brown
Laurie Brown
Felicity Buckell
Bonnie Burkert
Julia Burns
Meg Burns
David Burr
Dianna Burrup
Bob Burton
Lisa Buscho
Margo Bynon
Matt Byrd
Johnny Byrne
Aaron Cabbage
Keith Caceres
Katheryne Cahill
Pedro Calderon
Mike Callaghan
Catie Calnan
Paul Campbell
Maureen Campbell
Judith Cangialosi
Shelley Caplan
George Carvill
Beth Cawein
Laura Layla Centorrino
Julia Chacon
Lee Ann Chancellor
Sigrid Christiansen
Stewart Chyz
Michael Clabby
Stephen Clair
Karen Clark
Sharon Clark
Kerry Clarke
Dallas Clem
Judith Coates
Pam Cocke
Dermot Coffey
Cynthia Cohen
Stephen Cohen
Denise Coker
Paul Colbert
Mary Cole
Cassidy Coles
William Collen
Erin Collins
Ronan Collins
Annie Colonna
Chip Colvin
Carolyn Connors
William Cook
John Cook
Catherine Cooksley
Kirsten Corbett
Susan Cordova
Kevin Corrigan
Linda Cortese
Michael Cowen
Donna Crozier
Dawn Cruickshank
Vern Culp
Jennifer Cutting
Margaret Dagon
Heather Daley
Leon Davidowitz
Cindy Davis
Kimberly Dawson
Peter Dayton
Margaret Dean
Patrick Deeney
Anne Del Vecchio
Robert Del Vecchio
Arden Delacey
Tammy Delfun
72 Music Management
Rosalyn Dennett
David Dennison
Cathy Derksen
Chris Detmer
Danielle Devlin
Teghan Devon
Cheryl DietmeyerJoan Dickerson
Maryellen DiSilvio
Cindy Doire
Jeff Donahue
Frank Doucette
Kelly Dougherty
Karen Douglas
David Downman
Susan Downman
Bob Drake
George Drew
Sherry Dudinsky
Saul Duffin
Steve Dulson
Nancy Duncan
Allison Duncan
Duncan House Concerts
Laurie Dunn
Josh Dunson in memory of Bob Segal
Amy Dusseau
Dana Dwire
Chris Eakin
Caroline Earl
Tanya Earle
Rochelle Easton
Lisa Eckstein
Gary Eisenhammer
Lila Elie
Melissa Elischer
Iris Elko
Ivan Emke
Gerald Englebretsen
Enkhnasan Enkhbold
Quin Etheridge-Pedden
Marty Evans
Tonya Evans
Kay Fackler
Gerald Falchook
Jo Fayan
Lynn Feasey
Lynne Fees In honor of Brian Fees
Lisa Feldberg
Nancy Felixson
Richard Feller
David Fiely
Graeme Findlay
Jeanne Finley
Deirdre Finnan
Holly Fischer
Erin Fitzgerald
Janice Fleming
Nicole Flores
John Foley
Larry Folk
Tara Fortin
Jonathan Fowler
Ron French
Lucille Frey
Howard Friedman
John Friedrich
Teresa Frost
Emmett Fruin
Joanne Clapp Fullagar
William Fullard
Barbara Fulton
Tom Funk
Ann Furdock
Pam Gaines
Catherine Gamber
Helen Garber
Nathan Garber
Denise Garcia
Melissa Gardner
Rene Garzoria Alcocer
Carlos Gaudreault
Greg Geissbuhler
Laura Gibbons
Marilyn Gilbert
Lisa Gilbert
Jay Gilman
Etienne Gingras-Gaudreault
Sandy Goldfarb
Joanne Goldsworthy
Claudia Gomez
Jaclyn Goodrich
Mary Goree
Jeff Gotellitonthemt
Rebecca Gouge
Rick Graft
Susan Graves
Leu Anne Greco
Sally Greenberg
Elise Greene
Ryan Greenwood
Cathy Grier
Tom Griffith
Nancy Groce
Jennifer Grove
Charly Gullett
Greg Hack
Tammy Hadfield
Chris Haghirian
Joni Halabi
Joe Haldeman
Caroline Hale
Cynthia Hallett in honor of Laura Thomas
Marion Halliday
Kelly Halloran
John Hamilton
Janet Hamlett
Carol Hammerberg
Barbara Hammerman
Sherry Hammond
Susan Hancock
Rich & Hanson
Kim Hardie
Joe Harris
K and R Hart
John Harvey
Beth Hatch
Frank Hawthorne
Wilburn Hayden
Kiho Hazelton-Cook
Hajnal Hegedus
Mara Hellman
Sara Henderson
Thomas Hendricks
Anita Herrick
Christi Herrick
Edie Herrold
Henry Herzog
Elizabeth Hicks
Kathy Hilliker
Marianne Hines
Shawn Hinnant
Kenneth Hirsch
Jana Hirsch
Jen Hitt
Michael Hobig
Graham Hodder
Kathryn Hoffman
Andy Hollander
Gloria Holloway
Deborah Holmes
Linda Holt
Kacie Holt
John Hone
Jim Houston
Bill Houston
Robin Howson
Michael Huber
John Hughes
James Hull
Michael Huntzinger
Christian Hurst
Kate Hyman
Sean Hynes
Edward Ingber
Jacqueline Innocenzi
Lori Isberg
Shannon Jaax
Veda Jackson
Phil Jaggard
Carol Stewart James
Spencer Jarrett
Emily Jasmer
John Jewell
Sujeevan Jeyarajah
Penny Pullus
Theodore John
Merryn Johns
Jim Johnson
Pam Johnson
Gloria Jones
Lawrence Jordan
Elizabeth Joyce
Gabor Jozsa
Ian Judd
Nick Justice
Gregory Kalkanis
Jon Kaplan
parpar
Tom Kasper
Cheryl Keffer
Carol Kelly
Janet Kerr
Sue Kessell
Thelma Kidd
Chuck Kieffer
Ken Kimura
Annette Kindred
Shawn King
Beverly Klatt
Nancy Koehler
Harmon Koeltz
Dana Kolka
David Koloff
June Komisar
Angie Konstantaras
Florence Kontos
Ania Kopczynski
Joan Kornblith
Ellen Koronet
David Koronet
Kimm Kozera
Katie Kramer
Derek Kraneveldt
Noel Kropf
Nancy Krupiarz
Holly Kunkle
Ronald Lafave
Roberta Lamb
Kylee Lambert
Dave Lang
Susan Lang In Memory of Bill Wisnowski
Chloe Langham
Joanne Lasnier
Kristina Latino
Emily Lau
Ericka Lavalley
Sam Lee
Carolyn Leeson
Augusta Lehman
Anne Leighton
Barry Lempe
Korby Lenker
Nancy Leslie
Sandy Lewis
Woody Lewis
Cathryn Lewis
Don Lewis
Kandee Lewter
Alex Libbus
Fawn Lies
Cassidy Linder
Diane Litke
Lin Lobue
Richard Lockwood
Karen Logan
Jane Lombard
Michele Longo
Kathryn Lorenzen
Nicholas Loss-Eaton (Leland Sundries)
Adam Louderback
Debra Lovendusky
Dennis Low
Michael Luce
Jennifer Luft
Jeanette Lundgren
Karin Lundgren
Luminous Lupe
John Luth
James Lynch
Geoff Lynn
Corbie Lynn
Allison MacCalder
Raymond MacDonald
Peter MacDonald
Gael MacGregor
Ann MacKeigan
Caroline MacMillan
Murdell MacNeil
Amelia Mallett-Kass
Pam Malt
Phil Maq
Beth Marlin Lichter
Joseph Marrella
Johannes Marstad
Kristen Martell
Howard Martin
John Martin
Jack Martin
Susan Maxwell
Rex Mayreis
Evie McLoughlin
Patricia Mcaulay
Rodger McBride
Erin McCabe
Jennifer McCann
Kathie McCarthy
John McCarver
Marada McClintock
Steven McColley
Christina McCormick
Matthew McDonald
Rebecca McFee
Suzanne McGillicuddy
Robert McGrath
Jon McGraw
Arthur McGregor
No Name Given McGuire
Kathy & Steve McHugh
Jack McKenzie
Leigh Mclachlan
Joe McLaughlin
Richard McManus
Bruce McRitchie
Ted McVay
Amy Meadows
Thomas Megli
Jacqueline Meier
Donna Lynn Melvin
Sandie Menmuir
Scott Merrifield
Jan Meslin
Marcia Meyer
Carolyn Miller
Harold Miller
Cecily Mills
Brenda Milne
Chris Milsom in honor of Robert Bobby
Elaine Minahan
Bob Mingie
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Chuck Mitchell
Phyllis Mize
Fred Moffitt
Andrea Mollura
Brian Moon
Jeff Moore
Kelly Morelli
Bernadette Morris Mccann
Lori Mozilo
Agnieszka Mucha
Kerry Mulcahy
Virginia Murphy-Berman
Richard Mushlin
Music To Life In Honor of the diverse & enduring craft of folk music
Mae Myers
Matthew Myers
Mystic
Christine Nakashima
Martha Nangalama
Zack Nash
Jimmy Natoli
Lori Nelo
Holly Nelson
Esha Neogy
Reed Neuman
Alison Newell
David Newland
Payton Newton
Elizabeth Nichols
LeeAnn Nichols
Janice Nicholson
Ingrid Nicklason
Cheryl Nickurak
Lisa Nisenson
Charles Nolan
Jodi Norman
Laura Norwitz
Robert Nowak
Kelsey Nussbaum
Alex Nyandoro
Jane Ollendorff
Marty Olson
Roger Omeagher
Stephen Orr
Peter Owsianowski
Nancy Owsianowski
Nancy Paddock
Tom Padula
Susan Paikin
Peg Parham
Robert Parker
Sandra Parks
Harry Patterson
Ken Paulson
Kathleen Paulson
Steffen Paulus
Tracy Pawlik
Dennis Pearne
John Pearo
Diana Penn
Lea Pennock
Kimberly Penrose
Alex Pepper
Chere Pereira
Tamara Perkuhn
Mary Peterson
Jessica Phaneuf
Lynn Pinder
Holly Plotner
Steve Pollitt
Joel Pomerantz
Samantha Pomroy
John Porter
Fred Posine
Kathleen Pothier
Tracie Potochnik
Mark Potts
John Powers
Donna Probes
Gary Proctor
Paul Pynkoski
John Rae
Elizabeth Rajkovich
Janda and Lyle Raker
Rhonda Ratty
Kasey Rausch
Suzi Redlich
Mary Redus
Dawn Reel
Elisabeth Relin
Tina Renschen
Marlene Rhodenizer
Nicole Riendeaucouture
Rachel Ries
Eric Ring
Lowell Rinker
Simon Rioux
Trish Roach
Joy Robertson
Courtney Rodland & Jake Bush
Marci Roe
Dave Rogers
Sally Rogers
PC Rolston
Lee Rosenblum
Rebecca Rosman
Rhiannon Rott
Bronwyn Rowbotham
Michael Rowe
Richard Ruane
Carl Rubino
Gladis Ruiz
Sara Russell
Joan Ruzzo
John Ryan
Pat Santana
Jean Sarfaty
Peter Scheffler
David Schenk
Debra Schenk
Paul Schiminger
Deborah Schmidt
Steve & Elaine Schurr
Susan Scott
Jim Scott
Joanna Joy Seetoo
Len Seligman
Paula Sellers-Ronkin
Joseph Sestili
Matthew Sever
Lisa Shaffer
Patricia Shears
John Shears
Daphne Shears
Jackie Sheaves
Sianne Shepherd
Michael Sheppard
Jeff Sherman
Douglas Shevlin
Albert Shiely
Barbara Shiller
Sean Shipley
John Shockey
Jan Shriner
William Shulman In honor of Carolyn Shulman
David Shulman
Betsy Siggins
Kirsten Sigrist
John Sinkevics
Margaret Skinner
Nola Skipper
Jeff Slattery
Lorain Smalligan and Ted Bergin
Mihaela Smaniotto
Amazon Radio!
Pamela Smith
Kenneth Smith
R Smith
Donna Smith
Tammeryn Smith
Erin Snyder
Vicki Solomon
Mark Solomons
Andy Sookrah
Christine Soule
Mary Spillane
Jack Spring
Kay Stacey
Denny Stanley
Dave Stasiuk
Diane Steele
Perry Stein
Barbara Steinberg
Karen Stemmler
Irwin Stenulson
Larissa Stenzel
James Stevens
Denika Stewart
Henry Stewart
Mairead Stewart
Valeria Stewart
Rebecca Stieg
Holly Stigen
Philip Stoffregen
Patricia Stolzenberg
Eliz Stookey
David Story
Bill Stoughton
Jim Stuckless
Carl Sturgeon
Preston Sullivan
Karen Sullivan
Gary Sullivan
Bill Sundahl
Steve Surdock
Scott Swan
Emma Swift
Robert Synal
Deborah Taggart
Jonathan Takiff
Douglass Taylor
Dulcie Taylor
Louise Taylor
Adam Tebrugge
Rex Tetzlaff
Margaret Thomas
Gregory Thomas
Jennifer Thomas
Neal Thompson
Ian Thomson
Michelle Tiedeken
Marlys Tilley
Sandy Toce
Saskia Tomkins
Ralph Tomlinson
Karell Torres
William Totte
Ami Tran
Dee Vadnais
Frank Van Gaalen
Trae Vedder
Lisa Veglahn
Danielle Vescolani
David Vied
Judy Vitolo
Phillip Vonesh
Claire Von Gahlen
Carla Voss
Louis Wade
Nichole Wagner
Carolyn Wakeham
John Walker
Britton Walker
Scott Walters
Zachary Walton
Phil Ward
Nancy Warden
Kim Ware
Peter Warne
Rob Watson
Dan Watson
Ben Weatherman
Joel Weber
Janet Weber
Sarah Weber
Ronnie Weinberger
Ellen Weinstat
Eric Weinstein
Betty Wells
Margot Wenger
William Wheeler
Andrea Whitefield
Blair Whyte
Fred Wieck
Scott and Rosemary Duncan
Jay Wilensky
Margaret Willett
Matthew Williams
Landa Williams
Denise Williams
Matthew Williams
Rob Woiccak
Joseph Wolfe
Bonnie Wolfe
Catherine & Michael Wood
Jean Woods
Peter Worth
Bob Wright
Patricia Yarrow
Linda Yelnick – in honor of Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies
Nadine Young
Alexandra Zell
Mike Zettler
Irene Zhong
Nancy Ziemelis