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 Community Foundation
Edison International

Sunshine Sponsor: ($2,500+)
Mike & Gigi Kan
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Los Angeles County Arts Commission-API/2
Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
Northrop Grumman
Ford Foundation - Leadership for A Changing World

Rainmaker Sponsor: (1,000+)
Ando Family & Ito Farms
George & Sakaye Aratani
Gregory & Yvonne Brown
Donna Ebata
Yoko Fujimoto
Shabaka Henley
Ikuko Kobayashi
Jennifer Kuida & Tony Osumi
Meissner Mfg. Co., Inc.
October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality
Michael & Lilly Yanagita

Golden Seeds Sponsor: (500+)
Tom & Dorothy Chin
Patty Hirota & Lewis Cohen
Thomas Connelly & Paige Ichimura
Leonard R. Garner
Grancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Barnes and Reubens
Larry Iba
Masumi Izumi
Thomas Main
Charles McClung
Arlene Malinowski & Dan Clark
Tomei Tachibe

Silver Leaper: ($200-499)
Joni Byun
Air Products & Chemicals
Norin & Nora Grancell
Ruben Guevara/Arts 4 City Youth
Fred & Irene Hoshiyama
Sayoko Inoue
Dolly Shimizu & Paul Kaplan
Phillip Komai
Walt Louie
Charles Malinowski
Kathy & Mark Masaoka
Janet, Roger and Tani Mitsui Brown/Tani B Productions
Yoko Miyagawa/Dzn Studio
Cecilia Nakamura
Diana Piasecki
Janet Saito-Furukawa
Harry & Nell Sawada
Christine Schaeffer
Ayako Hagihara Tanaka
Karren Tsutsui
Audrey Wells

Bronze Leaper: ($100-199)
Amgen Foundation
Betto Arcos & Josephine Ramirez
Boeing Gift Matching Fund
James & Kerry Clark
Jean Chung/Better Communications
Tanya Faltens
Warren & Lisa Furutani
Guido Girardi
Timothy Gosch
Amy Hill
Kiyome Hirayama
Leonard Hoshijo
Robert & Lucy Ito
Karen Kimura Joo & John Joo
Janis Kajita
Mary Kasakove
Ken & Bonnie Kasamatsu
Gail Kennard
Reverend Masao Kodani
Richard & Denise Kodani
Neil & JoAnn Yamada Komai
Keiko Kuida
Walt & Machi Kuida
Maryann LeClair
Mark Malinowski
Gary Mayeda
Kathleen McGovern
Isa-Kae Meksin
Eric Mikkelson
Louise Mita
Taiji Miyagawa
Kari Miyamoto
David Monkawa & Kimi Maru
Patricia Ngano
Alan & Yvonne Nishio
Linda Oku
William Osumi
Judith Teitelman & Aaron Paley
Dena Paponis/Arts In Action
Luke Patterson
Patricia Pratt
Daniel Printz
Carol Ann Saito
Joh Sekiguchi
Kay Sera
Lily Siao & Kent Sugino
Howard Swerdloff
Randi Tahara
Tom Takenouchi
Wes Tanaka
Keith Umemoto
Terry Wolverton
Chris Komai & Qris Yamashita
Sharon Kumagai & Bill Yamane
Noel Kinoshita & Glen Yamashita
Richard & Joyce Yamashita
George Yoshida

Bamboo Leaper: ($5-99)
Karin Aguilar San Juan
Gengo Akiba
Michael Alexander
Eiko Amano
Sherry Anapol
Aurora Anaya Cerda
Shirley Arceo
Dennis Arguelles
Robert Berryman
Grace Lee Boggs
Vince Brook
Rob Chiarelli/Final Mix
Clara Chiu
John & Patty Chung
Dini Clarke
Richard Easterlin & Eileen Crimmins
Roselyn Crissey
Gisele Fong
Nina Galin
Emma Gee
Katherine Griff
Akemi Hamai
James & Kathy Hansen
Betty Gonzalez & John Heathcliff
Don Heitzer
Kevin Higa & Julia Carnahan
Christine Hill
Tatsuo Hirano
Ray Hongo
Amir Hussain
Masaji Inoshita
Evelyn Yoshimura & Bruce Iwasaki
Frank Janda
Traci Kato Kiriyama
Richard Katsuda
Suzy Katsuda
Anne Kaufman
Masaru Kent Kawai
Lisa Kelly
Nancy Wang & Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo
June Kizu
Eileen Kurahashi
Haru Kuromiya
Momo Nagano Kwong
Ashley Kyber
Rachel Lee
Raymond Leong
Adrienne Levin
Shirley Lim
Catherine Luijt
Tim Manaka
Amy Mass
Daniel Mayeda
John Mayeda
Carol Miura
Nobuko Miyamoto
Momoko Murakami
George & Helen Nakano
Jennifer Ng
Adrienne & Jim Nishimoto
Azusa Oda
Lily Okamoto
Shinya Ono
Megumi Osumi
Patsy & Arnold Palmer Foundation
Lori Schena
Martin Cohen & Robyn Shimizu
Joseph Shuldiner
Taylor Smith
Don & Fran Snavely
Joe Soong
Dennis Streppa
Ken & Lily Sugino
Aki & Martha Suzuki
Robert Toji
Carole Tokudomi
Minoru and Mary Tonai
George & May Toya
Isami Tsuji
James & Nancy Usui
Gary Uyekawa
Kenneth Wada
Norma Weir
Delbert & Delores Wong
Gail & Craig Wong
Takenori Yamamoto
Akemi Kikumura Yano & Gary Yano
Diane Young
Liz Young
Joan Zieker

In Kind Donations:
Phillip Komai
Charles McClung, Jr.