Kemper Museum gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support in 2022.

Gifts received January 1–December 31, 2022

Generous contributions from the public are essential to the exhibitions and programs that keep Kansas City connected to visionary contemporary artists from across the world.

 $1.664 million

 

William T. Kemper Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee

 

 $130,000 +

 

Bebe and Crosby Kemper Foundation, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee

Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee

 

 $50,000 +

 

R. Crosby Kemper Jr. Exhibition Fund

Missouri Arts Council, a state agency

Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee *

 

$40,000

 

The Family of Mary Beth Smith

 

 $30,000

 

Christy and Bill Gautreaux

Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation

Matt Smith and Lindsey Patterson Smith

 

$25,000 to $29,999

 

Stanley J. Bushman and Ann Canfield

Charles M. Helzberg and Sandra Baer

Jack and Karen Holland

Bebe and Graham Hunt

Murphy-Hoffman Company

SpecChem / Liz and Greg Maday

Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts, Commerce Bank, Trustee

Jo Ann and William Sullivan

Jane Voorhees

 

$15,000 to $24,999

 

Francis Family Foundation

Spencer Fane LLP

Todd and Emily Voth, in Memory of Mary O’Dell Swett

Thomas and Sally Wood Family Foundation

 

$10,000 to $14,999

 

The Copaken Family Foundation *

JE Dunn Construction

Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation

Bradley W. and Linda J. Nicholson Foundation

Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee

 

$5,000 to $9,999

 

American Century Investments

Richard Anderson and Gloria Delich Anderson Family Foundation

Hugh and Cynthia Andrews

ArtsKC - Regional Arts Council

Kenneth and Lisa Block / Block Real Estate Services

Burns & McDonnell Foundation

Lynn & Lance Carlton / Burns & McDonnell

Colleen Dougherty and Joe Euteneuer

ECCO Select

Evergy

Andrea and David Feinberg

J. Scott Francis, Francis Family Foundation, and Susan Gordon

Halls Kansas City

Harry Portman Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee

Hebenstreit Family Foundation

Sharon and John Hoffman *

Cliff and Bonne Illig Family Foundation

Kauffman Foundation Matching Gifts Program

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Judy O. Kirk

Kirk Foundation

Linda Lighton and Lynn Adkins *

Marshall and Nora Lockton

Michael and Linda Lyon

Mark One Electric Company, Inc.

McCown Family Foundation

The McDonnell Foundation, Inc.

Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund

Matthew Peddie and Jessica Heimes

RLS Illumination Fund

J. B. Reynolds Foundation

Dennis and Palle Rilinger

John and Marny Sherman

The Sosland Foundation

Chasitie and Michael Walden

Mary and Gary Wolf

 

$2,000 to $4,999

 

Barkley

Elizabeth Bennett and Brendan Franzoni

Diane Botwin and Mike Vessels

Brian and Francie Bradley

Ellen and Jamie Copaken

Lucy and Fred Coulson

Creative Planning Property & Casualty

Joe and Diana Eisenach

Emily and Wes Fehsenfeld

Michael D. Fields

Bradley and Theresa Freilich

Norm Fretwell and Bev Haskins

Pam and Gary Gradinger

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation

John and Ellen Goheen

Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein and Kim Klein Goldstein 

Robert M. Guezuraga

Donald J. and Adele C. Hall *

Hickok Family Foundation

Amy and Paul Holewinski

Hufft

International Architects Atelier

Jane and Brad Kleindl

Linda and William Kornitzer

Jan Kyle Design and Dr. Wayne Hunthausen, Westwood Animal Hospital

Adam and Sarah LaBoda

Damian Lair

Jim and Stephanie Lawrence

LMG Construction

Lindsay and Lee Major

C. Stephen Metzler and Brian D. Williams Fund

Katherine and Jason Norris

Michael and Kathleen Rainen

Cathy and Geoff Smith

Kent Sunderland and Hannah Snider

UCM Alumni Foundation

Toma and Andy Wolff

Patty and Tom Wood

 

$1,000 to $1,999

 

Anonymous

Nancy Adams

AIGA KC

Linda Albani

Perry and Kathryn Atha

Melinda and Tom E. Beal Charitable Fund

Dr. Irene E. Bettinger

BioNexus KC

Patricia Burroughs-Bishop

CBIZ, Inc.

Charles and Virginia Clark

Mark Cordes and Sara Engber

Consuelo Cruz

The DeBruce Foundation

Michael and Kathy Dodd

Karen and Larry Dunn

Terrence and Peggy Dunn

Darren Klish and Laura Cea-Klish

Rudolf and Deborah Herrmann

Edward and Kim Higgins

Thomas and Paget Higgins

John and Elizabeth Hjalmarson

Jacqueline and Robert Epsten Foundation

Jeff Evrard

G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund

Cheryl and Robert Goodwillie

Jean McGreevy Green

Hargroves Family Foundation

Neil and Lona Harris

Michael and Karen Herman

Jager Family Foundation

Ken and Chrystal Johnson

McGregor and Lindsay Johnson

Pamela and Mark Johnson

Topper and Linda Johntz

Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc.

Allan King and Nancy Bean

Suzanne Frisse Lathrop

William and Peggy Lyons

Mutual of America Financial Group / Legal Aid of Western Missouri

Netsmart

Seán Hoàng O'Harrow, Ph.D.

Petrovic Financial Services

DJ and Megan Pierre

Brian and Anne Scharf

Charles and Elizabeth Schellhorn

Don Schreiner and John Escalada

Linda Shipp

Scott Smith and Kathy Surber

Spaulding Family Foundation

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Tavolo Vigneto

Elizabeth and Paul Uhlmann III

Frank and Helen Wewers

Fred and Helen Wooster

John and Barbara Yeast

 

$500 to $999

 

Steve and Barbara Abend

Mark Alford, Jr.

Lowry Anderson

Richard and Barbara Atlas

Jonathan and Sarah Baum

Lynne and David Bock

Mark J. Brodkey, MD

Thomas Cohen

Lorin and Erica Crenshaw

Courtney R. Earnest

David and Amy Embry

Ron and Arlene Finney

Carolyn Gentile

Helen Gregory Henry

Mr. George Helmkamp Jr.

Dr. Adrienne Walker Hoard

Mr. John E. Hoffman, Jr.

Joan J. Horan

Martha and Richard Katz

Tara LaCoe

Lisa Lala and Robert Harris

William and Irma Lou Hirsch

Don Lambert

Mrs. Adele Levi

Kenneth Mikos

Lisa Miller

Patricia Cleary Miller and James Miller

Mary Ann Morley and Dennis L. Smith

David and Sara O'Connell

Alejandro and Mary Ogata

Leslie Pfriem

James Polsinelli

Ms. Martha Reno

Katrina and Ken Revenaugh

Joel Schmidt

Patricia Shipp and Dan Peterson

Utah Division of Arts and Museums

Katie Van Luchene and Jerry Foulds

Frank and Helen Wewers

Vanessa Williams

Brent and Jennifer Wilson

 

$250 to $499

 

Ms. Martha Atlas

George and Jane Cornwell

Mr. James Corrick and Mr. Newton W. Jones

Sherry Cromwell-Lacy and James W. Lacy

Ann and Michael DeFeo

Claude and Rachel Einstein

Janice Fortney

Jeff Foster

Darrell and Laurie Franklin

Linn and Kurt Gretzinger

Anita Grow and Jon Scheinman

Bill and Maggie Haw

George and Carolyn Kroh

Dr. Samantha Krukowski

Mary Betsy Lummis and Phoebe Lummis

Mr. Aaron G. March

F. Peter and Wendy Newcomer

Sasipen Nott

Patricia O'Dell

Charles and Pamela Peffer

Thomas and Vicki Smith

Christina Snyder and Marc Seltzer

Steven and Evelina Swartzman

Mrs. Mary A. Vandekauter

Alan and Laura Voss

Andrew Watel

Kim Weinberger

Dean and Karen Whipple

Ms. Lela Williams

Shari Wilson and Chris Steineger

Mark and Pam Woodard

Eric C Youngberg and Gary Krogh

 

$100 to $249

 

Lisa Alpert

Mark and Karen Bailey

Lee and Claudia Barewin

Brooke Barrier

Dr. Robert and Mary Lou Battmer

Jonathan Beck

Ms. and Mrs. Joanie and Bart Bergman

Bill Dickinson and Barbara Loots

Suzi and Bruce Blackman

Michael and Peggy Borkon

Brucie and William Hopkins, Jr.

Briena Carlson

Susan and Gerald Carlson

Charles R. and Jane F. Olsen Fund

Donna and Robert Clark

Beverly Conklin

Brenda and William Conner

Barry and Suzanne Cooper

Thomas and Karren Crouch

Maria Cuevas

Peggy Cullen Reese and Stephen Cullen

Brett Daniel Currier and Michael Evans

Marilyn K. Curtis

William C. Cutler and Elisabeth Suter

Dale and Diane Wassergord Charitable Fund

Leo and N. June Davis

Joan Diehl Kennedy

Andrew Dietrich

Mark and Carol Dirkes

Ms. Erica Dobreff

Claire Donawa

Ellen and Robert Duckworth

Thomas Durst and Sheryl Nance-Durst

Edward and Kathryn Ellerbeck

Brendan Farley

W. and Carol Feiock

Ms. Sally A. Firestone

Brian Firkins and Sue Mosby

Josephine Foote

Mrs. SuEllen Fried

Curtis Fritzel

Andrew Fuiks

Dawn Gale

Alfredo Garcia

Gary Susott and Barbara Michaels

Liz George

Carol and James Getty

Douglas and Ann Ghertner

James and Roberta Gillilan

Merrily and Lew Goetz

Silvia and Larry Goldman

Ms. Sharon Goldstein

Charles and Barbara Gorodetzky

Kathryn Harris Graham

Raymond Grieshaber

Bryan Grigsby and Anne Dougherty

Garry R. Hanna

Benjamin Hansen and Tonya C. Witmer

Lewis A Heaven Jr. and Paula B. Heaven

William and Sarah Herster

Joseph and Cathy Hiersteiner

Harold C. Hill Jr. and Francile Hill

Ryan Hiser and David Tran

Mary C. Hood

Lara Houseman

Lindsay Hummer

James Paul Uhlmann Philanthropic Fund

Kenneth Joaquin

John & Jennifer Isenberg Philanthropic Fund

Kay Eileen Johnson and William Koenigsdorf

Gina Kaiser and David Gale

Braden and Caitlin Katz

Emma Kemper

Mark Kenneally and Elizabeth Rosin

John D. Kenney III and Ann Kenney

Howard and Susan Kilbride

Herbert and Nancy Kohn

Susan and Doug Krebs

Alan and Joanne Lachowitz

Art Lafex

Sarah Lanzer

Nancy LaSala

Les Letulle

Mark B. Levin and Frances Feinberg

Tina Lewandowski

Blake Lostal

Jack and Ann Mahurin

John and Rudena Mallory

Donna Mandelbaum

Scout Marshall

Thomas and Maria Martin

Kirk and Diane Marty

Darlene M. McCluskey

Robert McDonald and Ashley Muddiman

Matthew Mellor

Jay and Symie Menitove

John Metzler

Sally Milgram and Saul Honigberg

Mindy and Eric McEwen

Alton A. Morey and Craig A. Morey

Joe R. Moody Jr. and Judy Moody

Jhulan and Jyoti Mukharji

Nancy Panzer-Howell

Nancy Tilson-Mallett and Grant Mallett

Heidi and Nelson Nast

Ali Nilsen

Jason and Kathryn Ruth Orr

Sue Patterson

Wendy and George Powell

Stacy Davis Pratt

John Rensenhouse

Rosetta and Wayne Robins

Ms. Jeanne M. Rooney

Eliza Samuelson

Alexa Scharig and Jeffrey Calovich

Sandra Schermerhorn

Lee Smalter

Paul and Deborah Sokoloff

J. Michael and Lyn Speakman

John Spertus and Sarah Hoffmann

Stanley and Carolyn Goldman

Stanley L. & Geraldine Goldberg

Ms. Doris H. Strong

Jonathan Sturm

Susan and Robert Taylor

Nancy Tonkins

Trevor and Amy Hoiland

Anna Marie Tutera and Caleb Bowman

Jenny Vaupel

Ms. Bridget Vezendan

Don and Audrey Walsworth

Ms. Sonia Warshawski

Samantha Wassenaar

AnnaHelen Weber

Jack and Marie Whitacre

Don and Michelle Wolfe

Teresa Woody and Rik Siro

Mary Wurtz and Robert Thompson

John and Karen Yungmeyer

Jana and Sean Zaudke

Valarie and David Zeeck

 

$75 to $99

 

Ms. Deena M. Amont

Ms. Margaret Anderson-Lee

Honore Ashcraft and Lanny D. Brewer

Linda Bailey

Ms. Judith Ballard

Kirk Barnett

Linton Bayless

Robert and Shelley Beatty

Sarah Bent

James and Peg Billick

Naheed Bleecker

William and Anne Blessing

Melinda Buie

Carol Busch

Sandra Castillo Jackson

David Cateforis

Robert Claassen

Johanna and Benjamin Comes

Ms. Jill L. Connors

Mr. Richard Coopersmith

Rachelle Craig

Angela Curran

Kristen Davis

Adrianne DeWeese

John E. Dieter III

William D. Dixon

Susan Dodd

David Donovan

Constance Dugan

Eileen Duggan

Candace Dunbar

Winnie Dunn

Entabank Corporation

Marjorie Falcone

Kelly P. Finn

Terri Floyd

Louise Forster

John C. Francis

Paula and Henry Frankel

Betty Freeman-Boots

Ms. Bette Friedberg

Amy Funk

Toni Gagarin

Gail Gormley

Nell D. Galles

Ms. Linda Gardels

Matethia Gatobu

Tammy Gay

Ms. Beverly Gegen

Nicholas George

Pam Gerould

Cynthia Gibson

Mr. Thomas I. Gill

Alexandra Goddard

Shirley and Kenneth Goetz

Beau Gostomsky

Beth Grillo and Claude Attebury

Allen and Gail Gutovitz

Ms. Rhonda Hardy

Gayle G. Hathorne

Ms. Ann L. Hauschild

Ms. Ellen Woodward Henry

Dr. Maxine Hetherington

Richard Hey

Marilyn Higgins

Emily A. Hill

Barry and Arlene Hirschfeld

Bruce Hoffman and Erin Orth

Michael and Mary Holdgraf

Mary Hopkins

Amanda Houck

Sharon Hunter-Putsch

Mrs. Beth Ingram

Mrs. Yvonne U. Jameson

Janice Jensen

Susan K. Johnson

Jette Jones

Janet Jury

Carolyn Kadel

Carolyn Kanter

Linda Kelly

Julia Kim

Ms. Marta King

Ms. Marcia H. Kirwan

Randy Klein

Linda V. Kline

James and Laura Lloyd

Beth Lucasey

Marjorie G. Lundy

Peter Manion

G. Dale Mathey

Doris Mattingly

Ms. Virginia B. McCoy

Mr. P. Alan McDermott

Carrie McDonald

Nancy McSweeney

William and Mary Jane Mitchell

Catherine and Randall Morris

Jim and Marilyn Murley

Ms. Janice A. Newberry

John Ohmes

Brenda Pallone

Nancy Panzer-Howell and Thomas Howell

Frank Parks

Rod Parks

Ryan Partee

Catherine Pawlicki

Joal and Cheryl Payne

Mr. John M. Pearson

Ms. Elinore A. Penner

Mary Ann Popper

William and Ann Rainey

Kristin and Eric Raven

Ms. Elise Ray

Elizabeth and Harris Rayl

Sean Reynolds

Linden Rhodes

Robin Riat

Anne Riker Powell

Lori Roop

Peter Runyan

Carmen Sabates

Ms. Barbara Salvaggio

Theresa Schekirke

Ellen Schmidt

Barbara and Fred Schoell

Mary K. Schuele

Dudley N. Scoville and Raymond M. Scoville Jr.

Ms. Liz Shattuck

John and Marcia Shaw

Stephen T. Slack

Jean Snider

Bradley Sorenson

Ms. Karlie Speicher

Jennie and Dan Stolper

Matthew Stucki

Ms. Dianne Swann

Jan Talley

Ms. Karen M. Tholen

Mary Turner

Sue Vartuli

Walt and Barbara Vernon

Ms. Mary Vizcarra

Ms. Wendy West Comens

Susan and Turner White

Dr. Wilma B. Wilcox

Kristine Wilfong

Ms. Joyce Williams

Thomas L. Willis III

Paula Winchester

Lisa Woodring

Mr. Don Yaworski

 

$74 and below

 

Jessica Best Stewart

Ms. Belinda Blake

Amber T. Hulet

Thomas C. King, III

Karen Marcia Miller

Cullen Sutherland

Elizabeth Sweeney

Gail Taylor

Kurtis L. Thiel

 

* Charter Members