Make a Difference
PAA relies on donations from from individuals, foundations and sponsors to transform the lives of students through performing arts.
Donations, private foundation grants and government grant awards support 45% of our general programming and 100% of our Outreach Program.
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Performing Arts Academy Mission:
Creating community, building character, and inspiring excellence through performing arts education.
Performing Arts Academy Vision:
To bring the transformative power of the performing arts to all.
Your gift to PAA today will help change lives and further advance our mission to create community, build character and inspire excellence through the performing arts.
“We had the best experience. My daughter has been anxious and not wanting to get on stage for the past several years. This was her first time in years and PAA made it a fantastic experience. She felt loved and comfortable. She was pushed gently out of her comfort zone while feeling valued and successful. Whatever you are doing its working!
~Parent
our sponsors
THANK YOU
We are grateful to have the support of these sponsors. They give back to their community in a big way, and understand the value that performing arts, and arts education brings to students of all ages.
We believe that all students should have access to childrens theatre classes and these companies and foundations make that possible.
FOUNDATION GRANTS
Bowen Family Performing Arts Fund/The Denver Foundation
Virginia W. Hill Trust Foundation
“My daughter expressed that she felt safe to make mistakes at PAA. This is huge coming from a kid who is extremely hard on herself. She also told me that it was such a positive and supportive environment compared to the high school drama programs she has worked with. She felt loved and valued by the directors, staff and fellow students.
~Parent
Our Donors
Thank you to our donors for helping PAA transform the lives of so many students through the performing arts!
The journey to build character, create community and inspire excellence for all students would not be possible without our giving community!
If you would like to be part of our amazing community of donors below, please donate now or contact Dr. James Ramsey, Executive Director at drjim@paacolorado.org or call 303-900-7041 x1.
Donations received from May 1, 2022- Oct 30, 2023
Donation Levels:
Benefactor: $25,000 - $150,000
Patron Sponsor: $10,000 – $24,999
Sponsor: $5,000 – $9,999
Producer: $2,500 – $4,999
Director: $1,000 – $2,499
Designer: $500 – $999
Actor: $100 – $499
Supporter: Up to $99
Benefactor $25,000 and above
Ken Fong and Betsy Keyack
Tony and Amber Grebmeier
Scientific Cultural Facilities District (SCFD)
Patron Sponsor $10,000 - $24,999
AGS Construction
Elaine and George Carlstrom
EOG Resources Inc.
Galena Foundation Inc.
Mike and Linda Hollyman
Edward Jones Charitable Gift Fund
Jen and Jon Schmidt
Stifel Charitable Inc.
Sponsor $5,000 - $9,999
Tracy and Jeff Baumgartner
Benevity
Mary Maiers and Craig Christensen
Holly Coors
The Phyllis M Coors
Foundation
Marty and Melinda Davidson
William and Teresa Elder
Sheila Fortune Foundation
Virginia W Hill Foundation
Stanton and Tricia Meyer
MDC / Richmond American Homes Foundation
The Perfect Home Group
Robert and Mary Jane Smith Foundation
Douglas Stimpson
Scott and Karin Wesson
Producer $2,500 - $4,999
John and Terri Church
Comcast
Fidelity Charitable
Carl and Laura Fitch
Dyani Galligan
Debbie and Steve Gampp
Grace George
John and Marge Harper
Bryan Hutchinson
Suzanne Lustie
Danny and Susan McIntosh
Gerald and Linda McLeland
James and Leigh Ramsey
Erynn and Nick Shryack
Daneen and Rick Stang
Verisign
Director $1,000 - $2,499
Chris and Karen Amack
Gina Armstrong
Charles Ash
Banyan Real Estate, LLC
Bauer Studios
Bob and Cindy Beaty
Berenz Wealth Management LLC
Kam Boles
Greg and Nancy Boyer
Chris Brendlinger
Teri and Sam Burget
Jessica Sookyong Cho
CO Bank, ACB
Gail Coors
Elisabeth Collins
Stephen and Cathy Collins
Rebecca Givens
Lisa and James Hajek
Rowena Helman
GeGe Howard
Margaret Kirkpatrick
Sandy and Randy Larson
Jill and Jay Lee
Dotti and John Mann
Linda and Kent Osborn
Steven Petrie
Kevin and Taletha Pogge
Porter Properties
Mary and Jerry Schade
Jane and Josh Staller
Thomas and Sallie Suby-Long
Jan Sutcliffe
Designer $500 - $999
Karan and Melissa Ahluwalia
Robert Athey
Cindy and Jeff Barlow
Terri Beecher
Katie Bellon
Joel and Angie Binfet
The Blackbaud Giving Fund - Boeing
Adoree and Jim Blair
Brookfield Residential CO
David Cates
Colorado Rockies Baseball Club
Darden Coors
Sean Creeden
Luke and Colleen DeWitt
Jeni Drinkwine
Julie and Rick Fisher
Rachel Flesner
Kathy Gallo
Giving Foundation
Lisa Hazelrigs
Gordon and Lisa Heaton
Aimee Jordan
Rob Kawasaki
Bruce and Andrea Kirchhoff
Ed Law
Jennifer Marr
Carol McCraw
Leslie Porter
Craig and Marilyn Ramsey
Deborah Ransick
Dave and Jenita Rhodes
Brian Rice
Stephen Shryack
Beth and Austin Simmons
Amy Slade
Patti and Mark Speedy
Jeff Suntken
Guillermo and Amie Velasco
Mike Waid and Douglas Co Gives
Andrea Walker
Jana Wesson
Moye White LLP
Your Cause, LLC Trustee for Century Link Employee Giving
Actor $100-$499
5280+ Senior Chorales
Angela Alderson
Courtney Almy
Amazon Smile
Kristi and Andy Amick
Steve Anderson
Amy and Bryon Antinoro
Linda and Alan Babcock
Maria Baca
Natalie Barnard
Carol Baumgartner
Scott and Kerith Beaumont
Gwen Benevento
Zig Berzins
Elisa Blair
Jared Brendlinger
Michelle Brokx
Sara Buys
Rob and Bronwen Chaney
Charities Aid Foundation of America
Cathy Christian
ColoradoGives Community First Foundation
Sylvia Cordy
Kay and Ed Coryell
Eileen and Vern Coy
Frank and Katherine Debacker
Lynda Drake
Tom Duggan
Ann Ellis
Jenny and John Eschelbacher
Robert Davis and Janet Forbes
Matthias Frenz
Josh Gampp
Sandy and Mark Gibbons
Gia Gibbons-Philippon
Helen Gray
Patrick Grinage
Roberta Hamilton-Griggs
King Harris
Ruby and William Hershberger
Colleen Herskovits
Suzanne Heskin
Chris Holgard
John and Carol Hollingsworth
Ronald and Suzanne Humphreys
Michele and Steve Kaminsky
David Kates
Mike Kelley
Mary Kennedy
Kate Kiker
Melanie Kirkpatrick and Peter Jonnard
Lisa and Cory Larson
Sam Leahy
Actor Continued
Caroline Lesem
Leslie Lilly
Matt and Dana Loose
Joely Maddux
Lindley McCrary
George and Angela Meyers
Mici Handcrafted Italian
Shayla Mirzakhani
Modmarket LLC
Rick Newell
Theresa North
Rob O'Haire
Amy and John Olaechea
Opening Act
Ashley and Mike Osborne
Kay Oscai
Brian Owens
Joseph Parker
Keara Pawley
Matt and Caitlin Plamp
Nancy Plamp
Cindy and Dan Raap
Jessica Riescher
Christine Samsel
Bill Savier
Mary Schmidt
Patricia Shaffer
Devin Sharpe
Suzanne Sharpe
Collin Sloan
Richard Spong
Heather Starrs
Liza Stoltz-Hanson
Siobhan Syu
Lise and Jon Takayama
Karen and David Tepoorten
Roseanne and Chuck Thenell
Lora Thomas
Maggie Tisdale
Nicolette Vander Velde
Jay Van Hoosen
Zachary Watts
Katie Williams
Supporter Up to $99
Mary Beth Addison
Casey Baldwin
Sarah Barnes
Kierstyn Bristol
Maja and Alex Buck
Amanda Burget
Sally Clark
Comm Shares of Colorado
Tobi Compton
Dee and Jean Ann Duncan
Rick and Robin Fort
Groupraise.com, Inc.
Bonnie Harms
Erika Heiken
Jessica Hesselberg
Keith Hershman
Debra Jackson
Sarah Jacquin
Stef Jeffries
Mark Johnson
Sue and Charles Jude
Katherine Knuesel
Brenda and Barry Kooser
Chris and Kim LaMee
Supporter Continued
Sheri Larsen
Tom and Audrey Leydon
Lindsay Loose
Piper McTaggart
Scott and Karen Meade
Ann Metz
Lauren Mueller
Margaret Ann Newton
On The Border Acquisition LLC
Carolyn Otstott
Ann Pounds
Salad Collective - Mad Greens
Brandon Schleder
Schwab Charitable
Karen Schwerdt
Beth and Steve Shryack
Rosemary Sietsema
Jamie Sporrer
Sonja Taylor
Tokyo Joe's
Judy and Walt Weiler
Mary Wenkheimer
Matthew Wolf
Mark Wurst