Supporters of Great Leap, Inc.
2002
Garden Reception
Keiko Matsui Concert

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Great Leap would not be where it is today without the generous support of its funders and friends, folks who believe in our mission and give from their hearts. We would like to thank the following contributors for their present and past support of Great Leap.

Harvest Sponsor: ($5,000+)

National Endowment for the Arts

California Arts Council
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Theatre Communications Group
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
Sappi Fine Paper
Mathew St. Patrick

Sunshine Sponsor: ($2,500+)

The Entertainment Industry Foundation
Japanese American Community Services
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Rainmaker Sponsor: ($1,000+)

Aaroe Associates Charitable Foundation
The Gas Company
Meissner Mfg. Co., Inc. dba Unicel Filters
JACTCO Group LLC
Eugene Ahn
Mr. George T. Aratani
Mathew St. Patrick
Target - Eagle Rock
Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Golden Seeds Sponsor: ($500+)

Hitachi, Ltd.
Grancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Barnes and Reubens
Arlene Malinowski and Dan Clark
Donna Ebata
Tony Osumi
Christine M. Schaeffer

Friends of Great Leap 2002:

($200 - $499)

Ford Foundation Matching Gift Program
Warren and Lisa Abe Furutani
Lyn Goines and Janis Kajita
Ayako Hagihara Tanaka
Herb Holman/Holman Financial Services
Walt and Machi Kuida
Gary Mayeda
Meibao D. Nee
William Osumi
Janet C. Saito-Furukawa
James Seligman
Lily Siao and Kent Sugino
Wayne and Ann Tsuda

($100-$199)

Karin Aguilar-San Juan
Doug and Chris Aihara
Gregory Brown
Roger Brown and Janet Mitsui Brown
Rob Chiarelli
Regina L. Darby
Maria Funk
Debbie Giunta
Donald E. Heitzer
Patty Hirota and Lewis Cohen
Leonard P. Hoshijo
Hiroshi Ito
Lloyd Kajikawa
Paul and Dolly Kaplan
Neil Komai and JoAnn Yamada
Sharon Kumagai
Ray Leong
George Lipsitz
Aileen Louie
Arlene Malinowski
Diane M. Mark
Taiji Miyagawa
David Monkawa
Galen and Phyllis Murakawa
Don, Marsha and Tom Nakanishi
George Nakano
Jude Narita
Alan and Yvonne Nishio
Asta and Arni Osvaldsson
Arts in Action / Dena Paponis
Karin A. San Juan
Lisa Sugino
Randi S. Tahara
Keiko Takemoto
Richard Yamashita
George Yoshida
Evelyn Yoshimura and Bruce Iwasaki
Liz Young

($5 - $99)

Chris and Keiko Akiyoshi
Susan Almazol
Norman Arikawa
Hector Ayala
Andy Cheah
Roger and Mariko Chouinard
Cara Chow
Marty Cohen
Jo Anne Combs, Ph.D.
Wendy Cutler
Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber
Arleen de Vera
Dale and Doris Davis
Mai Diep
Sue Embrey
Bobby Farlice
Gisele Fong and Dean Toji
Jack and Grace Fujimoto
James and Katherine Hansen
Kevin and Cheryl Hasegawa
Eileen Higa
Arthur and Kiyome Hirayama
Alice Y. Hom
Lynne Hayashi/Buddhayashi Designs
Kimiyo and Paul Ige
Mr. and Mrs. Nobo Ikuta
Lloyd Inui
Kenwood Jung and Sandy Maeshiro
Betty Kano
Ken and Bonnie Kasamatsu
Mary Katayama and Doug Ping
Richard Katsuda
Glenn Kawafuchi
George and Iku Kiriyama
June Kizu
Dick J. Kobashigawa
Tommy and Julie Kochiyama
Elizabeth Kronbeck
Gayle Kuida Spindler
Keiko Kuida
Shag Kuida and Judy Nakamoto
Jennifer Kuo
Eric Kurimura
Haru Kuromiya
Yosh Kuromiya
Ping and Christine Lee
Mark and Kathy Masaoka
Amy Iwasaki Mass
Donna Mori
Johnny and Wendy Mori
Momoko Murakami
Steve and Patty Nagano
Martha Nakagawa
Terry Nakawatase
Nancy Nix
Lily T. Okamoto
Jayne Okazaki
Rei Osaki
Janice and Megumi Osumi
Christine Otani
Quynh-Anh Pham
Laura Pulido and Michael Murashige
Richard and Merilynne Quon
Carol Saito
Kitty Sankey
Wilbur Sato
Joh Sekiguchi
Don and Fran Snavely
Chic Street Man
Ken and Lily Sugino
Akira and Martha Suzuki
Stuart Tamaru
Daniel P. Tokaji
Carole Tokudomi
Janet Tom
Ken Toma
Minoru and Mary Tonai
George and May Toya
Jim and Nancy Usui
Sabina Virgo
Ken Wada
Judge and Mrs. Delbert Wong
Mark and Ailene Yamaka
Michael Yanagita
Akemi Kikumura Yano and Gary Yano
Diane Young

Annual Circle of Supporters

Patty Hirota and Lewis Cohen
Wendy Cutler
Dale and Doris Davis
Donna Ebata
Sue Kunitomi Embrey
Herb Holman/Holman Financial Services
Paul and Dolly Kaplan
Yoko Miyagawa
Rod and Elsie Nakamoto
Don, Marsha and Tom Nakanishi
Alan and Yvonne Nishio
Carole Tokudomi

Fundraiser 2002

Garden Reception Supporters

Keiko Matsui Concert Supporters

Updated: 11/19/03
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