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: ($10,000+)

California Arts Council
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department
Leadership for a Changing World - Ford Foundation
Theatre Communications Group

Sunshine Sponsor: ($2,500+)

National Endowment for the Arts
Sappi Fine Paper

Rainmaker Sponsor: (1,000+)

George and Sakaye Aratani / Aratani Foundation
Arlene Malinowski & Dan Clark
Guido Girardi
The Ito/Ando family and Ito Farms
Meissner Mfg. Co., Inc. dba Unicel Filters
The Malik Sealy Foundation
Don Nakanishi
Christine Schaeffer
So Cal Gas Company

Golden Seeds Sponsor: (500+)

Aaroe Associates
Donna Ebata
FIA Insurance Services
Grancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Barnes, & Reubens
Hitachi, Ltd.
Holman Financial Services
Walter and Carrie Morita / TDK Electronics
Mathew St. Patrick
Warner Bros.

Silver Leaper: ($200-499)

Amgen Matching Foudation
Agape Church of Religious Science
Joni Byun
Richard Chew
Meryl Marshall & Raymond Daniels
Warren & Lisa Furutani
Larry Iba
Chris Iijima/ Lennon Films
Traci Kiriyama; Katalyst Productions and "Women in Movement Show"
Saori Kuida
Kathy & Mark Masaoka
Gary Mayeda
Charlie McClung, Jr.
Taiji Miyagawa
Karen Ishizuka & Robert Nakamura
Lily Siao and Kent Sugino
Western Asset
Douglas Woo

Bronze Leaper: ($100-199)

Doug & Chris Aihara
Letty Ayala
Rocky & May Chin
Hamilton & Fukue Cloud
Paige Ichimura & Thomas Connelly
Lenore Dowling
Louis & Minnie Frayser
Enid Harris
Donald Heitzer
Shabaka Henley
Masato & Margaret Hokoda
Audee Kochiyama & Herb Holman
Kazuko Igawa
Michael & Gigi Kan
Kenneth & Bonnie Kasamatsu
Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo
Dick Kobashigawa
Richard Kodani
Neil & JoAnn Komai
Qris Yamashita & Chris Komai
Adrienne Levin
Catherine Luijt
Dan Mayeda
Cora Mirikitani
Yoko Miyagawa
Bob Miyamoto
David Monkawa
Donna Mori
Dr. Donald Matsumoto - Pacific Eye Care Optometry Center
Christine Murakami
George Nakano
Debra Nakatomi
Lily Okamoto
Linda Oku
William Osumi
Judith Teitelman & Aaron Paley
Patsy Juda-Palmer / The Patsy and Arnold Palmer Foundation
Dena Paponis / Arts in Action
Patricia Pratt
Antonia Ritchie
Neil and Janet C. Saito-Furukawa
Joh Sekiguchi
Don & Fran Snavely
Dixie Swift
Randi Tahara
Kenneth Toma
Hector Watanabe
Donald Wrye
Richard & Joyce Yamashita
James & In Ja Yates
George Yoshida
Elizabeth Young

Bamboo Leaper: ($5-99)

George Abe
Aurora Anaya Cerda
Ron Assaf
Hector Ayala
Gloria & Jose Beltran
Janet Berger
Vincent Brook
Donna Brown-Guillaume
Rob Chiarelli / Final Mix, Inc.
Cara Chow
Marty & Robyn Cohen
Patty Hirota and Lewis Cohen
Nita Corinblit
Richard Easterlin & Eileen Crimmins
Irwin Silber & Barbara Dane
Dale and Doris Davis
Tanya Faltens
Gisele Fong
Emma Gee
Sherna Gluck
Mari Hashimoto
Karin Higa
Arthur & Kiyome Hirayama
Edna Horiuchi
Daniel & Jean Ikemoto
Lisa Ikemoto
Lloyd Inui
Dori Ishiara
Janet Ito
Suzy Katsuda
Daniel Kawahara
Jane and Harry Kawahara
Helen Kim-Nahnuh Clothing
George & Iku Kiriyama
Ruby Kiyohara
June Kizu
Walt & Machi Kuida
Eric Kurimura
Haru Kuromiya
Minoru Kuida
Edwin Kwoh
Maria Kwong
Collin and Susan Lai
Tram Le
Ray Leong
Miriam and Belvin Louie
Judith Luther-Wilder
Diane Mark
Amy Iwasaki Mass
Eric Mikkelson
Kari Miyamoto
Momoko Murakami
Martha Nakagawa
Judy T. Nakamoto
Amy Nakano
Paula Neustadt
Jennifer Ng
Wendy Notsinneh
Sue Oda-Omori
Glenn Omatsu
Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) O’Neill
Diana Ono
Janice & Megumi Dick Osumi
Mike Murashige and Laura Pulido
Merilynne Quon
Wilbur Sato
Marian Shima
Leslie Siegel
Lily and Ken Sugino
Kimberly Ta
Linda Tanamachi
Kathy Tokudomi
Minoru and Mary Tonai
Wayne and Ann Tsuda
Jim and Nancy Usui
Erich Nakano & Sandra Viera
Ken Wada
Tricia Ward
Natalie Wise-Aguilar
Judge Delbert and Dolores Wong
Vicki Takeuchi Wynne
Ted Yamada
Lilly Yanagita
Michael Yanagita
Akemi Kikumura-Yano and Gary Yano
Janice Yen
Evelyn Yoshimura

In Kind Donations:

Joni Byun
Donna Ebata
Japanese American National Museum
Miles Hamada / Little Tokyo Art Workshop
Mac Consultants
Dean Mimura
Mathew St. Patrick
Don Nakanishi
Larry Osumi

25th Anniversary Auction Supporters:

Letty Ayala
Tarabu Betserai
William Brady
Michael Paul Chan
Roland Chow
Hamilton Cloud
Paige Ichimura & Thomas Connelly
Lenore Dowling
Sally Marr & Peter Dudar
Donna Ebata
Gisele Fong
Ruben Guevara
Sara Harris
Bibi & Wayne Healy
Shabaka Henley
Kevin Higa
Amy Hill
Edna Horiuchi
Michael & Gigi Kan
Jenni Kuida & Tony Osumi
Catherine Luijt
Kathy & Mark Masaoka
Gary Mayeda
Daren Mooko
Nobuko Miyamoto
Debra Nakatomi
Dena Paponis
Klea Scott
Kim Tachiki
Qris Yamashita
Lilly Yanagita