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
California Community Foundation
Ford Foundation (TAR DVD Project)
Ford Foundation - Leadership for a Changing World
Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
National Endowment for the Arts

Sunshine Sponsor: ($2,500+)
Ando Family & Ito Farms
Cailfornia Council for the Humanities
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Theater Communications Group

Rainmaker Sponsor: (1,000+)
Japanese American Community Services of So. California
Meissner Mfg. Co., Inc
Mathew St. Patrick

Golden Seeds Sponsor: (500+)
Aaroe Associates
Joan Goldsmith
Amy Hill
Hitachi, Ltd. Los Angeles Office
Arlene Malinowski & Dan Clark
Charles McClung, Jr.
Douglas Woo
Michael & Lilly Yanagita

Silver Leaper: ($200-499)
Lou Adler
Amgen Foundation Matching Gifts
Tarabu Betserai
Tom & Dorothy Chin
Hamilton & Fukue Cloud
Meryl Marshall-Daniels & Raymond Daniels
Gisele Fong
Warren & Lisa Furutani
Guido Girardi
Barry Shabaka Henley & Paulina Sahagun
Sayoko Inoue
Dolly and Paul Kaplan
Traci Kato Kiriyama
Neil Komai & JoAnn Yamada
Darin and Saori Kuida
Jennifer Kuida
George Lipsitz
Kathy & Mark Masaoka
Larry McClelland
Kate Meigneux
Bob Miyamoto & Debra Nakatomi
Nobuko Miyamoto
William Osumi
Aaron Paley & Judith Teitelman
Harry and Nell Sawada
Christine Schaeffer
Lily Siao & Kent Sugino
Sondra Stockton & Howard Swerdloff
Minna Tsao
Judge & Mrs. Delbert Wong
Richard & Joyce Yamashita

Bronze Leaper: ($100-199)
Doug & Chris Aihara
Gengo Akiba
Timothy Allen
Leticia Ayala
Penny Bannerman
Cynthia Campoy Brophy & Brian Brophy
Gregory & Yvonne Brown
Joel Citron
Barbara Dane & Irwin Silber
Dale & Doris Davis
Donna Ebata
Enayat Elmakawi
Velma Fletcher
Shari & Richard Foos
Leo & Sherry Frumkin
Debbie Depuy Giunta
Norin & Nora Grancell
James and Kathy Hansen
Eileen Higa
Patty Hirota & Lewis Cohen
Leonard P. Hoshijo
Fred & Irene Hoshiyama
Larry Iba
Lisa C. Ikemoto
Bill Imada
Robert & Lucy Ito
Mary Kasakove
Ken & Bonnie Kasamatsu
Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo
Karen Kimura Joo
Noel Kinoshita & Glen Yamashita
George & Iku Kiriyama
Phillip Komai
Walt & Machi Kuida
Sharon Kumagai & Bill Yamane
Yosh & Irene Kuromiya
Kat Kurimoto
Ann Kusumoto
Edwin Kwoh
Sherri Lee-Lewis
Adrienne Levin
Diane Mark
Amy Mass
Ken & Ruby Maya
Judy Mitoma
Donna D. Mitroff
Yoko Miyagawa / Dzn Studio
Walter & Carrie Morita
George & Helen Nakano
Nakatomi & Associates
Alan & Yvonne Nishio
Lily Okamoto
Linda Oku
Rei K. Osaki
Megumi D. Osumi
Patsy & Arnold Palmer
Patricia Pratt
Carol Ann Saito
Janet Saito-Furukawa
Kay Kazuko Sera, D.C.
Marian Shima
Lisa Sugino
Dixie Swift
Tom Takenouchi
Wes Tanaka
Kathy Tokudomi
Harry Um
Hector Watanabe
Audrey Wells
Western Asset Matching Gift Program
Terry Yagura
Qris Yamashita
James P. & In Ja Yates (Soul 2 Seoul)
George Yoshida

Bamboo Leaper: ($5-99)
Michael Alexander & Victoria Kirsch
Sherry Anapol
Shirley Arceo
Norman Arikawa
Janet Ashikaga
Robert Berryman
Boeing Gift Matching Program
Haqquika Bridges
Vince Brook
Angela Brown
Aurora Cerda
Anna Chiang - The Ink Pad
Cara Chow
Clara Chu
Martin D. Cohen
Thomas Connelly & Paige Ichimura
Nita Corinblit
Elizabeth Donatelli
Leonor Dowling
Richard Easterlin
Sue Embrey
Xochitl Estrada
Anne Etue
Antonia Garcia
Emma Gee
Sherna Gluck
Mike Goldwen
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
Akemi Hamai
Mari Hashimoto
Don Heitzer
June Hibino
Christine Hill
Kiyome Hirayama
Alice Y. Hom
Edna Horiuchi
Amir Hussain
Masaji Inoshita
Lloyd Inui
Miya Iwataki
Masumi Izumi
JP Morgan Matching Fund
Betty Kano
Suzy Katsuda
Krishna Kaur
Robert Kawahara
Douglas Kearney
Akemi Kikumura-Yano & Gary Yano
June Kizu
Dick J. Kobashigawa
Yuri Kochiyama
Kay Koda
Keiko Kuida
Eric Kurimura
Haru Kuromiya
E. Ashley Kyber
Peter Lawrence
Raymond Leong
Shirley Lewis
Leonor Lizardo
Judith Luther Wilder
Jayvee Mai the Hiep
Jon Mayeda
Isa-Kae Meksin
Eric Mikkelson
Daren Mooko
Mariko Motoyama
Momoko Murakami
Patty Nagano
Christina Nagao
Judy Nakamoto
Amy Nakano
Shaun Nethercott
Jennifer Ng
John Nyboer
John & Kay Okazaki
Glenn Omatsu
Tony Osumi
Chris Otani
phloe pontaoe
Merilynne Quon
Josephine Ramirez
Catherine Saine
Abigail Santiago
Joh Sekiguchi
Don & Fran Snavely
Marjorie Sperling
Ken & Lily Sugino
George A. Sunga
Sandra & Kee Suzuki Jr.
Kim Ta
Hisato Takahashi & Takako Naruse
Doug & Lucille Tambara
Linda Tanamachi
Carole Tokudomi
Janet Tom
Ken Toma
Minoru and Mary Tonai
Kay Torres
Isami Tsuji
Randy & Gloria Uchida
Lianne Urada
Jim & Nancy Usui
Susan Whittaker Pitlik
Carole Wilson
Gayle and Craig Wong
Jai Lee Wong
Donald Wrye
Takenori Yamamoto
Roger Yanagita
Janice Yen
Sari Yoshioka & Jacob Wexler
Elizabeth Young

In Kind Donations:
Donna Ebata
Traci Kato Kiriyama
Bob Miyamoto
Ken Mori
James Seligman