Thank you to all 2021 Donors!
Special thanks to all of you who have made a donation, participated in a fundraising event, or volunteered. We count on the financial and in-kind support of individuals, businesses, and charitable foundations to grow to meet the ever-changing needs in Johnson County.
In 2021, the Johnson County Library Foundation provided $355,952 of support to the Library. Below is a list of the individuals and organizations who have made generous contributions in 2021. See the impact your gift can make. Thank you!
$40,000+
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
$30,000
Black & Veatch Foundation
$25,000+
Rick and Denise Mills
$20,000
Regnier Family Foundation
$15,000+
Angelia Deberry
Carol and Fred Logan
$10,000
Christine O’Brien Estate
$6,000+
Vickie and Dale Trott
Tyler and Hope Harms/Garmin International Matching Gift
$5,000+
Anne and Bill Blessing
CBIZ Inc.
R.A. Long Foundation
Howard Rothwell and Kathy Stepp
Susanne Shutz
Stinson LLP
$3,000+
Chris Anderson and Lyn Buckley
Campbell Family Foundation
Ava and Mike Christie
Friends of the Johnson County Library
Mark and Nancy Gilman
Henderson Engineers, Inc.
J.E. Dunn Construction Company
Royceann Mather and Andy Prosser
Village Presbyterian Church
$2,000+
Juanita and James Cannon
Karmel and Michael Carothers
Paula Frankel
Bryan and Linda Johnson
Michael C. Kirk Foundation
Audrey Pollard
Raffaele and Christina Sadun
Burton and Barbara Smoliar
Jan and Keith Stanley
$1,500+
Sarah and Jon Baum
Clark & Enerson
Jim and Enid Dickson
Joan and Bert Berkley Blue Heron Foundation
Johnson County Community College Foundation
Coco Johnston
Bonnie and Chris Limbird
PGAV Architects
Marjorie Sams
Shawnee Mission Post
Stepp & Rothwell, Inc.
Stephanie and Greg Stollsteimer
Cindy Wallis-Lage and Kent Lage
$1,000+
Anonymous gifts
Catherine and Jame Brazeal
John and Kay Callison
Charles and Virginia Clark
James and Carolyn Clemons
Richard and Morgan Cook
Fred DeSieghardt
Randall and Helen Duncan
Peter Eisenberg and Elizabeth Shortino
Janet Filkel
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation gifts
Hart Family Fund
Michelle and Brett Horton
Joanie and Evan James
Kansas Gas Service
Asher and Audrey Langworthy
Maureen McGinty
Leigh Anne and Bill Neal
Marcia Rinehart
Angel Tucker
Amanda Vega-Mavec and Ethan Mavec
Jason and Susan Wollum
Jami and Colin Woods
$750+
Erwin and Phyllis Abrams
Baker & Taylor
Brad Korris Painting
Gary & Lynne Brown
Country Club Bank
Dake Wells Architecture, Inc.
Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Brumitt, P.C
Josephine Foote
Zack and Susan Hangauer
Paul and Suzanne Koontz
Shamita and Rajiv Mahajan
Richard E. Moore
Olathe Public Schools
Carolyn Pitts
Doris and Robin Royals
Tuck and Susan Spaulding
Julie Steiner
Titan Built, LLC
Turner Construction Co.
Lisa and Laurence Woodruff
$500+
Erik and Heather Anderson
Emily Berkley
John Dawkins
John and Ruby Foret
Cathi Halberstadt
Nancy Hupp
Adrienne Kilbride
Rachel Krantz and Edward Goldstein
Tom Kreiser
Ruth Leiter
Lowenstein Family Supporting Foundation
Mary Maughn
Fiske Miles
Chris and Barbara Nichols
Charles and Jane Olsen
Mike and Janice Perkins
Samantha Reinert
Ann Renne
John and Fern Rosenberg
David and Jane Ross
Warren Samms
Joyce Suellentrop
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Patrick and Kathy Townsend
$250+
Shirley Allenbrand
Mary Annelle Baker
William and Maureen Berkley
Margarea Briggs
Amber Bourek Slater and Jeremiah Slater
Gary and Kathy Bussing
Canvas Wealth
Diane Carlisle
Larry and Sandra Engelkemier
Harold and Judy Godwin
John and Kristin Goodwin
Hall Family Foundation
Mel and Alice Hawk
Russell and Susan Johnson
Nancy Kenner
Kelly Kilgore
James and Jennifer Lane
Lathrop GPM
Andy and Erica Logan
John and Ellen Miller
Don and Norma Moeller
Nicholas and Mary Ann Powell
Karen Ristau
Jackie Rudolph
Amy and John Ruo
Randell Sedlacek
Leonard and Jill Singer
Chuck and Kay Sipple
Robin Sterneck
Connie Strand
Super Family Foundation
Roger and Mitra Templin
Janice Vartuli
Steven and Kathy Waldman
What Matters 2 Us Fund
$150+
Charlotte Barksdale
Tom and Trici Bath
Rachel Berbiglia and Geoff Allison
Michael and Boehm
Julie Brewer
Frank Cockrell
Jay and Kit Culver
Jennifer and Matthew Curtiss
Marsha Daley
David and Karin Dembinski
Eileen Duggan
Ed and Janice Eilert
Linda Filby-Fisher
Shirley and Barnett Helzberg
Jean Hiersteiner
Charles Huette
Jen and James Jordan
Nancy Kalikow Maxwell
Kansas City Sports Commission & Foundation
Jennifer and Jamie Kappeler
Kenton Brothers Inc. & Save My Stuff Online
Barbara Lisher
Mary and John Lynam
Christopher Mantei
Mary McCoy
Caroline and Rob McKnight
Susan and Grant Mong
Erin and Jim Murray
Gretchen Rein
Cynthia Robinson
Jeanne Rooney
Susan Seidler
Michelle Serra and Brad Tompkins
Stephanie Smith
Bob and Marilyn Spies
Katie Studt
Tricia Suellentrop and Shaun Gregory
Ben and Shannon Sunds
Ann Thomas and Roger Lambson
Bryan and Erica Voell
David Vratny
Ken Werne
Mike and Candy Yakimo
Keith and Beccy Yocham
$100+
Rita Abernethy
Ernest Adelman
Virgil and Delores Albertini
Thomas and Theresa Allen
Walter Aucott
Marsha Ayres
Richard and Cathleen Baier
Erin Billingsley
Fred and Cynthia Bodker
Harry and Mary Bognich
Dorothy and Kevin Boyer
Cathy Boyer-Shesol and Ronald Shesol
Caroline Braley
Peter Broll
Phil and Barbara Brown
Jacqueline Burns
Marilyn Calovich
Richard and Rebecca Carlson
Thad and Jane Carver
Stone and Melissa Cheatham
Cohen Esrey LLC
Linda Cole
Sidney and Catherine Collins
John and Deidre Conley
Rachel Cornejo
Robert and Ellen Cromley
Mary and Gary Dalsing
Jodie Dietz and Shawn Hoffart
Eileen Dunnell
Jeff and Carol Lynn Ellis
Marshall Ellis
Ellen and Brian Fairchild
Helen Fisher
Katie Fitzgerald
Kathy Fitzpatrick
Jane and John Garrison
John and Tara Gatti
George and Frances Gerritz
Joe and Betsy Gillespie
B. William and Cheryl Ginsberg
Jackye Goldberg
Melissa and Chase Grafton
Shaun Gregory
Anita Grow
Janee’ and David Hanzlick
Gerald and Wendy Hardy
Barbara Head
Carl and Lauren Helmstetter
Kathleen and Michael Hess
Stacy Higgins
Michael and Kathryn Hockley
Brenda and Patrick Hoff
Barbara Hurst
Robert Jochem
Joseph and Kristin Johnson
Kelsey and Harrison Jones
Katherine Kaltenbach
Kansas City Chiropractic, P.C,
KC Testing and Engineering LLC
John and Ann Kenney
James Killion
Julie Stofer Klima
Rae Ann and Edmund Kobylinski
Paul and Lyla Krcina
Kenneth and Nancy Kruse
Jacqueline and Jon Landahl and Jon Jackson
Leaderfuelnow
Christopher Leitch
Mark and Patricia Lester
David Lewis
Deanna Lutz
Shirley Lytle
Jennifer and Doug Mahnken
Chris and Amber Manning
Graham and Helen Marcott
Christine and Ford Maurer
Missy McCluskey
Sam and Billie McCormick
Roger McMahan
Donna and Tom Mertz
Peggy Miles and Phill Fry
Virginia Miller
Diane Mora
Jennifer and David Morris
Christopher Muir
Jason and Colette Murphy
Bruce and Shirley Musgrave
Michael and Catherine Nazar
Vickie Neff
Franklin Neff
Marianne Notley and Robert McAnany
William and Ruth Nowack
Robert Omer
Eugene and Jane O’Neil
Bernard and Marion O’Neill
Manuel Pardo and Lillian Gonzalez-Pardo
Elinore Penner
Kathryn P. Peters
Petrovic Financial Solutions LLC
Joseph and Wanda Porter
Michael Rebne and Kristi Meyer
Elizabeth Reeves
Stan Ricketts
Kathleen and Michael Riordan
Polly and Jon Robertus
Rosin Preservation
Ethan Roth
Nancy Sandoval
Mike Schaadt and Brenda Edwards
Robert & Patricia Schroeder
Don Schultz
John and Helen Shackelford
Warren and Cristie Sims
Melinda Speak
Byron Spencer
Daniel and Lara Steinel
Shannon Stites
Jane Stotts
Mary Lynn Swafford
Terracon Consultants
Margaret Thomas
Wyatt and Roderick Townley
Craig and Elizabeth Wakeman
Julie and Douglas Welch
Carol Whelan
Matthew Wiesenberg
Robert and Janice Woods
Karen Wulfkuhle
Up to $99
Gary and Mary Adams
Jacqueline Allyn
Amazon Smile Foundation
D. Janice Angers
Lucas Arcos
Kimberly Baker
Megan Bannen
Rynekah and Clyde Barbour
Amy Barclay
Jack and Carolyn Baumgartner
Liza Bautista
Annette and David Becker
Carlton and Karen Beckstrom
Kim Beets
Dee Bell
Meredith and Michael Bell
John and Patricia Bertsche
Toni Blackwood
Barbara and Stephen Bodanske
Rene and Barbara Bollier
Jeff Bond
Cindy Booth
Jackie and Donald Borge
Jeanie Botkin
Joy Bowen
Jessica Bowman
Nancy Bramley
Barbara Brand
Martha Breckenridge
Suzanne Bremser
Angie Brickson
Lynn Bruner and William Head
Ariel Buback
Harvey and Cathy Buckley
Kellie Burdg
Amanda Bussone
Haotian Cai
Valerie Campbell
Alice J. Capson
Mollie Carty
Sean and Susie Casserley
Betty R. Caton
Mary Ann Caulfield
Ian Cavanaugh
Elyse Cody
Deborah Collins
Marcy Conley
Bryn Conley
Mary Conrad
Staci Cook
Jami Craig
Mary Cummings
Elaine Dale
Shae Delancy
Vicki and Anthony Denk
Adrianne DeWeese
Olivia Dicavolo
Shanta Dickerson
Paul and Sherry Diederich
Marjorie Dillon
Daniel and Janet Dubrava
Barb Dukes
Rupert Duane Dunn
Linda Eagleton
Shanna Eiklenborg
Rita Einspahr
Henry and Mary Elder
Nadene Eller
Becky and Rick Epperson
e-Promotions
Mary Estrada
Christine Evans Hands
Callen Fairchild Zind
Regina Falcetto
Dave and June Farson
Joann and Phil Feehan
David and Jean Fehling
Jonathan Ferrell
Kitty Fowler
Sara Funk
Lauren Gdanski
Elizabeth Gessley
Timothy Gieringer
Rita Glick
Kara Glover Endicott
Kirsten Goodwin
George and Suzanne Gordon
Karen Grantham
Joan Green
Bill and Donna Greer
C. Philip and Mary Griffin
Alton Hagen
Christi Haines
Jane Hart
B. Franklin and Virginia Hawk
Suzanne Heffner
Marissa Danielle Henry
Kim Hightower
Dorothy Hirsch
Susan Hollinger
Priscilla Hopkins
Bill and Marguerite Humenczuk
Laura Hunt
Richard and Anne Huxtable
Domenick Ingolia
Patricia Itaya
Pat Jacobs
Marion Jacques
Rebecca James
Mary Lou Jaramillo
Lisa Jensen
Skip and Saundra Johnson
Arly Kamholtz
Mari Gail and Christopher Keller
Kirstin Kellner
Linda Kemnitzer
Heidi Kessler
James and Laura Knapp
LoRee Knoll
Maryann Korzeniewski
Art Lafex
Eric and Lindsay Lau
Donna and Russell Lauffer
Zach Lawrence
Marianne LeMenager
Kenneth and Sandra Lerner
Lillian Long
Joua Lor
Michael L. and Ann Loren
Mindi Love
Linda Loyd
Marjorie G. Lundy
William and Cynthia Manning
Daniel Markowitz
Penelope Massa
Mary Sue Matter
Ellen McCarthy
Teresa McClain
Deborah and Mark McCurnin
Denise McGough
Kathryn McIntyre
James and Diana McPhail
Diane and John Meek II
Nancy Meeks
Amiee Mehl
Christopher Meier
Karl Menninger
Zoann and Roger Merryfield
Kathryn Mersmann
Gail Meyer
Mike and Margo Mikkelson
Jill Moore
Pamela and William Murdock
Sheree Murphy
Sheila Myers
Nancy and Robert Nelson
Trudy Nepstad
Network for Good
Martha New
Fielding and Janice Norton
Sam and Janice Olsen
Scott and Carla Oppenheimer
Barry Oppenheimer
Maria Cristina Ouano
Sallie Page-Goertz
Richard and Kimberly Perkins
Anil Kumar Pippalapalli
Bill and Allene Plant
Courtney Ramlow
Francis and Lillian Reichart
Robert and Deborah Reiman
Diana Reiter
Pam and Rod Richardson
Aaron and Carrie Roberts
Lynn Rodewald
Lewis and Cheryl Roht
Jeffrey and Rosina Root
Mary Roper
Paul Rose
Dennis Ross
Anabelle and Marlin Rueb
Pamela Rykken
Michael and Cynthia Sabatini
George and Goldie Sakoulas
Paula Schwach
Ruth Sciubba
Myrna Scott
Georganne Senecaut
Barry and Lucinda Shade
Diane Sharber
Donna Sharpnack
Albert and Cecelia Sheeter
Leslie Shevlin
Brian and Anne Shields
Peter Shiliday
Neil and Renee Shortlidge
Marlys Shulda
Wilson Siemens
Susan Sime
Tiffany Simpson
David Sims
Thomas and Barbara Sims
Marcus Snell
Gloria Snowden
Jason and Natalie Spellman
Diana and Donald Spriggs
Stephen and Dolores St. John
Gerald Staab
Mary Beth Stapp
James and Linda Stinnett
Henry and Jane Stoever
Julie Strain
Catherine Strayhall
Paul Suellentrop
Gavin Szudajski
Robert Tait
Fred and Sandy Tebbenkamp
Claude and Bertina Thau
Jo Anne Thomas
Maury Thompson
Vicki Thornton
Tom Thorp
Pamela Treakle
Natasha VanDyke
George Vobejda
William and Linda Warne
Joe and Nancy Waters
David and Diane Weaver
Bernadette Weber
Marge Weimer
Karen Whitlow
Jeanne Williams
Carol Williamson
David and Carol Winans
Carrie Worth
Hannes Zacharias