2020 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 2020, the Johnson County Library Foundation provided $175,312 of support to the Library.

Below is a list of the individuals and organizations who have made generous contributions in 2020.  See the impact your gift has made. Thank you!

$400,000+
Jeanette Tavella*

$160,000+
Warren Robinson*

$70,000+
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

$30,000
Black & Veatch Foundation

$20,000
Carol and Fred Logan

$10,000
Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable Foundation
Christine O’Brien*

$6,000+
Tyler and Hope Harms
Vickie and Dale Trott

$5,000+
Allred Inc.
Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission
Regnier Family Foundation
Cindy Wallis-Lage and Kent Lage

$3,000+
Anne and Bill Blessing
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Friends of the Johnson County Library
Henderson Engineers, Inc.
Stinson LLP
Village Presbyterian Church

$2,000+
Anonymous- Foundation
Angelia Deberry
Joan and Bert Berkley Blue Heron Foundation
Michael C. Kirk Foundation
Denise and Rick Mills
Audrey Pollard
Scheels
Susanne Shutz

$1,500
The Clark Enersen Partners
Cosentino Food Store
Creative Planning, Inc.
Mark and Nancy Gilman
Royceann Mather and Andy Prosser
McCown Gordon Construction
PGAV Architects
Sapp Design Associates Architects, P.C.
Shawnee Mission Post
Turner Construction Co.

$1,000+
Chris Anderson and Lyn Buckley
Judie Becker
Gary and Lynne Brown
James and Carolyn Clemons
Fred DeSieghardt
Sandra Eveloff
Janet Filkel
Kansas Gas Service
Maureen McGinty
Eric Nygaard
Carolyn Pitts
Mike Schaadt and Brenda Edwards
Stephanie and Greg Stollsteimer
Walmart Neighborhood Market #5180
Walmart Neighborhood Market #5207

$750+
Erwin and Phyllis Abrams
Baker and Taylor
Sarah and Jon Baum
Brad Korris Painting
Charles and Virginia Clark Fund
Rich and Morgan Cook
Country Club Bank
Zack and Susan Hangauer
Nancy Hupp
iBossWell, Inc.
J.E. Dunn Construction Company
Johnson County Community College Foundation
Paul and Suzanne Koontz
Asher and Audrey Langworthy
Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle and Montemore, P.C.
Ruth Leiter
Shamita and Rajiv Mahajan
Leigh Anne and Bill Neal
Olathe Public Schools
Park University-Lenexa Campus
Robert and Beverly Potty
Amy and John Ruo
Titan Built, LLC
West Star Development

$500+
Emily D. Berkley
Rene and Barbara Bollier
Cynthia Chandler
Crane Brewing
Rachel Krantz and Edward Goldstein
Lowenstein Family Supporting Foundation
Mary Maughn
Christine and Ford Maurer
Tom and Donna Mertz
Mike and Janice Perkins
John and Fern Rosenberg
David and Jane Ross
Ryan Family Charitable Fund
Warren Samms
Ellen Schwartze and Britton Lutz
Sierra Winter Jewelry
Amanda Vega-Mavec
Eric Wallisch
Ann and Bryce Walter

$250+
William and Maureen Berkley
Chip and Deb Buckner
Sean and Susie Casserley
Randall and Helen Duncan
Dolores Furtado
Jennifer Graham
Robyn and Kelly Hart
Jason and Jenny Hascall
Kathleen and Michael Hess
Les Hinmon
David and Paulette Kessler
James and Jennifer Lane
Dennis and Carol Lawlor
Chris and Bonnie Limbird
Mary and John Lynam
Corey Matzat
Rob and Caroline McKnight
Janis McMillen
Fiske Miles
Don and Norma Moeller
Bruce and Shirley Musgrave
Chris and Barbara Nichols
Charles and Jane Olsen
Mitchell Plummer
Pretzel Boys
Michael and Usha Rafferty
Raffaele and Christina Sadun
Randell L. Sedlacek
Senia and Will Shields
William and Charlotte Simmons
Leonard and Jill Singer
Amber Bourek Slater
Laura Smith
Julie Steiner
Patricia Suellentrop
Bryan and Erica Voell
Joe and Nancy Waters
Ken Werne
Carina White
Mike and Candy Yakimo

$150+
Mary Annelle Baker
Tom and Tricia Bath
Jeanie Botkin
Margaret Briggs
Jacqueline Burns
Jay and Kit Culver
Ed and Janice Eilert
Peter Eisenberg and Elizabeth Shortino
Jeff Ellis
Paula Frankel
Dave and Kerry Gordon
Steve and Kristin Hansen
Jean Hiersteiner
Russell and Susan Johnson
Pat and Rhonda Johnston
Katherine Kaltenbach
Frank and Aimee Lenhausen
Jennie Lichtenauer
Barbara Lisher
John and Dinah McClymonds
Mary McCoy
Eugene and Jane O’Neil
Jay and Ellen Portnoy
Dan and Sherri Robeson
Kristopher Rochelle
Jeanne M. Rooney
Michael and Cynthia Sabatini
Paula Schwach
Bob and Marilyn Spies
Joyce Suellentrop
Ben and Shannon Sunds
Patrick and Kathy Townsend
Janice Vartuli
Rocke and Joan Weaver

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$100+
Virgil and Delores Albertini
Thomas and Theresa Allen
Lauren Anderson
Andrews McMeel Universal
Marsha Ayres
Scott and Ginny Beall Fund
Robert Becker and Melinda Heaton
Rachel Berbiglia and Geoff Allison
Harry and Mary Bognich
Tom Borthwick and Jennifer Martin
Michael Brown
Tom and Kathy Busch
Marilyn Calovich
Diane Carlisle
Dave and Staci Carson
Thad and Jane Carver
Angela Cervantes
Ava and Mike Christie
Garrett Clark
Doug and Dorothy Clopton
Frank Cockrell
Linda Cole
Scott Collins
Sidney and Catherine Collins
Devan Colman
John and Deidre Conley
John and Carol Cowden
Sheldon Culver
Jennifer and Matthew Curtiss
Marsha Daley
Kerry Damas
Maureen Davis
Rupert Duane Dunn
Eileen H. Dunnell
Linda Eagleton
Rick and Becky Epperson
Lorhett Finch
Helen Fisher
Tim and Diana Fitzpatrick
Peggy Miles and Phill Fry
Braxton Fuller
John and Tara Gatti
George and Frances R. Gerritz
Christopher and Carrie Ginn
B. William and Cheryl Ginsberg
Mike and Jennifer Gunter
Christi Haines
Kim Hamlin
Janee’ and David Hanzlick
Gerald and Wendy Hardy
Jane Hart
Mel and Alice Hawk
Ehren Hertel
Thomas and Ashley Huber
Melissa Huenefeldt
Charlie Huette
HyVee
Rebecca James
Narayanasamy Jayaprakash
Darlene Jerome
Skip and Saundra Johnson
Susan Johnson
Harrison and Kelsey Jones
Shane and Theresa Jones
Nancy Kalikow Maxwell
Jennifer and Jamie Kappeler
Emily Keatley
Joseph Keehn II
John and Ann Kenney
Rae Ann Kobylinski
Thomas H. Kokjer
Amy Landreth
Russell and Donna Lauffer
Christopher Leitch
Library Journals LLC
Andy and Erica Logan
Graham and Helen Marcott
Julie Mayfield
Missy McCluskey
Roger McMahan
Andrea Munger
Erin Murray
Leonard and Brenda Nicoski
Steve and Angela O’Kane
Bernard and Marion O’Neill
Barry Oppenheimer
Scott and Carla Oppenheimer
Elinore Penner
Thomas Platt
Joseph and Wanda Porter
Mary and Dave Rack
Gretchen Rein
Ann Renne
Karen Ristau
Christine Robertsen
Polly and Jon Robertus
Kat Sauceda
Angela Schafer
Beatrice and Jon Schillie
Don Schultz
John and Helen Shackelford
Arlene & Leo Shalinsky Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Kari Sime
Abigail Singleton
Chuck and Kay Sipple
Jeff Skillman
Carol and Wayne Smith
Elizabeth Sosland
Byron Spencer
Connie Strand
Super Family Foundation
Gavin Szudajsk
Tom Thorp
David Vratny
Nicole Walters
Samuel and Ruth Wellman
Haley Williams
Jean Wise
Sarah Woolsey
Keith and Beccy Yocham

Up to $99
Alice Algie
AmazonSmile Foundation
Nicole Arnell
Becky Atkinson
Jim and Ann Balquist
Patrick Beesley
Kim Beets
Dee Bell
Meredith and Michael Bell
Caroline Betzler
Janice Blansit
Donald and Jackie Borge
Joy Bowen
Dorothy Boyer
Virginia and Edmund Brackett
Bonnie Bradley Warner
Caroline Braley
Nancy Bramley
Martha Breckenridge
John and Diane Brent
Andrea Broomfield
Charlotte Brotherson
Lynn Bruner and William Head
John and Stacey Bruntzel
Harvey and Cathy Buckley
Jane Burns
Alice J. Capson
Richard and Donna Childs
Jonathan Clark and Lynn LeCount
Virginia Clune
Deborah Collins
Donald and Mary Copson
William H. Coughlin
Julie Cross
Stanley and Elizabeth Cullen
Mary Cummings
Brian Daldorph
Elaine Dale
Mary and Gary Dalsing
Bradley Debrick
Adrianne DeWeese
Jim and Enid Dickson
Ellen Dicus
Martha Dowell
Daniel and Janet Dubrava
Dave and Barb Dukes
Henry and Mary Elder
Stephanie Elliott
David Emley Jr.
EPromotions
Mary Estrada
Christine Evans Hands
Susan Fischer
Dwayne Fuhlhage
Jean Fuller
Jan Gavilanes
Elizabeth Gessley
Tracy Gibson
Joanna and Larry Glaze
Kara Glover Endicott
Alan and Jackye Goldberg
George and Suzanne Gordon
Karen Grantham
Timothy and Johna Grayson
Wilma Guilbeau
Arlene Hagensicker
B. Franklin and Virginia Hawk
John Headrick
Donald and Sally Henderson
Judy Henry
Marissa Danielle Henry
Stacy Higgins
Ralph and Mary Anne Hile
Dorothy Hirsch
Susan Hollinger
Priscilla Hopkins
Melissa Horak- Hern
Bill and Marguerite Humenczuk
Heather Hussey
Pat Jacobs
Mary Lou Jaramillo
Jen and James Jordan
Mickey and Karen Karr
Linda Kemnitzer
Naomi Kloeppersmith
James and Laura Knapp
Christopher Kober
Tom Kreiser
Kenneth and Nancy Kruse
Art and Marianne Lafex
Eric and Lindsay Lau
Bryan and Chris LeBeau
Heather Lee
Kelly Grace Loeb
Jack and Ellie Logan
Lillian Long
Michael L. Loren
Shirley Lytle
Doug and Jennifer Mahnken
Gary and Deborah Mance
Patricia Martin
Lauren Martin
Jeannine Matthews
Ellen McCarthy
Susan McKnight
James and Diana McPhail
Karl Menninger
Stephanie Meyer
Heather Miller
John and Ellen Miller
Ryan Moore
Diane Mora
Terry and Margaret Mullett
Carson Nancy
Mindy Nelson
Suzanne and Alexa Newsom
James and Linda Overbay
Deven Patel
Glenn and Karen Poe
Mary Porto
Mary Jo Powell
Bruce Reed
Kathleen Riordan
Lynn Rodewald
Lewis and Cheryl Roht
Jessie Rose
Dennis Ross
Adam Rouse
Anabelle and Marlin Rueb
Ken and Carolyn Sabatini
Shawn Sanem
Michael Schultz
Ruth Sciubba
Geri Seavey
Diane Sharber
Neil and Renee Shortlidge
Jayne Siemens
Teresea Simpson
Lara Slaman
Diana and Donald Spriggs
Carrie Stanley
Caroline Steele
Mina Steen
James and Linda Stinnett
Megan Stollsteimer
Sandra Stoner
Mary Lynn Swafford
Fred and Sandy Tebbenkamp
Dennis Ureche
Natasha VanDyke
Lisa Veglahn
George Vobejda
Craig and Elizabeth Wakeman
Pat Walk
Bradley and Barbara Warady
Linda Warne
Jack Warner
Adam Wathen
Paula Weisberger
Will and Kristin Weyhrauch
Mary Whitaker
Jim and Karen Whitehead
Stephen and Natalie Wilks
Lisa Woodruff
Robert and Janice Woods
Carrie Worth
Kent and Elizabeth Yanders







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