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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Locations
St. Luke's UMC
East Elementary
Sedalia Elementary
Field Elementary
Mountain Vista HS
Rock Canyon HS
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.
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 theater classes and these companies and foundations make that possible.
FOUNDATION GRANTS
Bowen Family Performing Arts Fund/The Denver Foundation
Virginia W. Hill Trust Foundation
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 August 21, 2021 – February 21, 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 - $150,000
Ken Fong and Betsy Keyack
Tony and Amber Grebmeier
SCFD- Arapahoe County
SCFD- Douglas County
Patron Sponsor $10,000 - $24,999
AGS Construction
Tracy and Jeff Baumgartner
Elaine and George Carlstrom
Mary Maiers and Craig Christensen
Galena Foundation Inc
Grace George
Mike and Linda Hollyman
Stifel Charitable Inc
Scott and Karin Wesson
Sponsor $5,000 - $9,999
Benevity
Colorado Creative Industries
Comcast
Holly Coors
Marty and Melinda Davidson
Edward Jones Charitable Gift Fund
William and Teresa Elder
EOG Resources Inc
LARRK Foundation
Gerald and Linda McLeland
Stanton and Tricia Meyer
James and Leigh Ramsey
Jen and Jon Schmidt
Sheila Fortune Foundation
Robert and Mary Jane Smith Foundation
Douglas Stimpson
Virginia Hill Trust
WaterStone Giving Strategies
Producer $2,500 - $4,999
Charities Aid Foundation of America
Baxter Fain
Fidelity Charitable
Carl and Laura Fitch
Rick and Robin Fort
Dyani Galligan
Debbie and Steve Gampp
John and Marge Harper
Bryan Hutchinson
Jill and Jay Lee
Amy and Brian McDowell
Danny and Susan McIntosh
The Perfect Home Group
The Phyllis M Coors Foundation
Erynn and Nick Shryack
Verisign
Director $1,000 - $2,499
Chris and Karen Amack
Anonymous
Charles Ash
Banyan Real Estate, LLC
Bauer Studios
Greg and Nancy Boyer
John and Terri Church
Stephen and Cathy Collins
Ken and Sarah Eder
Lisa and James Hajek
JK Group Inc
Bruce and Andrea Kirchhoff
Margaret Kirkpatrick
Sandy and Randy Larson
Suzanne Lustie
Dotti and John Mann
Linda and Kent Osborn
Kevin and Taletha Pogge
Porter Properties
Mary and Jerry Schade
Beth and Austin Simmons
Jane and Josh Staller
Daneen and Rick Stang
Thomas and Sallie Suby-Long
John Thomas
Designer $500 - $999
Karan Ahluwalia
Robert Athey
Catherine Azcarate
Cindy and Jeff Barlow
Terri Beecher
Katie Bellon
Berenz Wealth Management LLC
The Blackbaud Giving Fund - Boeing
Adoree and Jim Blair
Kam Boles
Chris Brendlinger
Brookfield (Colorado) Management LLC
Teri and Sam Burget
David Cates
Jessica Sookyong Cho
COBANK, ACB
Elisabeth Collins
Kay and Ed Coryell
Robert Davis and Janet Forbes
Luke and Colleen DeWitt
Douglas County Gives-Mike Waid
Dee and Jean Ann Duncan
Rebecca Givens
Lisa Hazelrigs
Erin Hutchison
Nancy Lataitis
Greg and Nancy Plamp
Jordan Price
Craig and Marilyn Ramsey
John and Nancy Rawls
Stephen Shryack
Amy Slade
Patti and Mark Speedy
Jeff Suntken
Lise and Jon Takayama
Guillermo and Amie Velasco
Zachary Watts
YourCause, LLC Trustee for Century Link Employee Giving
Actor $100-$499
Jamie Adams
Angela Alderson
Courtney Almy
Amazon Smile
Kristi and Andy Amick
Amy and Bryon Antinoro
Kristin Lamendola-Armistead and Mark Armistead
Maria Baca
Jenny Bachelder
Natalie Barnard
Carol Baumgartner
Scott and Kerith Beaumont
Torin and Elisa Blair
Michelle Brokx
Julie and Michael Buckman
Alice Burson
Sara Buys
Rob and Bronwen Chaney
Cathy Christian
ColoradoGives Community First Foundation
Comm Shares of Colorado
Sylvia Cordy
Eileen and Vern Coy
Sean Creeden
Frank & Katherine Debacker
Robin DeLuca
Kathy Doyle
Lynda Drake
Karen Dyckes
Jenny and John Eschelbacher
Christina and Michael Follett
Summer Forgie
Josh Gampp
Gia Gibbons-Philippon
Sandy and Mark Gibbons
Tammy and Chris Gould
Helen Gray
King Harris
Julie Hartsfield
Gordon and Lisa Heaton
Rowena Helman
Ruby and William Hershberger
Colleen Herskovits
Suzanne Heskin
John and Carol Hollingsworth
Lynn Honderd
Ronald and Suzanne Humphreys
Mark Johnson
Janet Johnston
Melanie Kirkpatrick and Peter Jonnard
Michele and Steve Kaminsky
David Kates
Mike Kelley
Mary Kennedy
Erin King
Brenda and Barry Kooser
Matt and Dana Loose
Chris and Kim LaMee
Lisa and Cory Larson
Sam Leahy
Leslie Lilly
Actor Continued
Lindley McCrary
Joely Maddux
Linda Malone
Brad Membel
Mici Handcrafted Italian
Alison Miller
Modmarket LLC
Justin and Andrea New
Rick Newell
Theresa North
Rob O'Haire
Amy and John Olaechea
Ashley and Mike Osborne
Brian Owens
Cindy and Jack Parsons
Lindsay Pimental
Matt and Caitlin Plamp
Leslie Porter
Deborah Ransick
Dave and Jenita Rhodes
Brian Rice
Jessica Riescher
Christine Samsel
Patricia Shaffer
Suzanne Sharpe
Rosemary Sietsema
Collin Sloan
Richard Spong
Heather Sporrer
Liza Stoltz-Hanson
Jan Sutcliffe
Siobhan Syu
Carla Tapia
Karen and David Tepoorten
Roseanne and Chuck Thenell
Thrivent Financial
Maggie Tisdale
Nicolette Vander Velde
Jay Van Hoosen
Verizon Foundation
Andrea Walker
Jana Wesson
Crystal and Brian Wood
Supporter Up to $99
Melissa Ahluwalia
Steve Anderson
Casey Baldwin
Sarah Barnes
Michelle & Frankie Barrett
Maja and Alex Buck
Amanda Burget
Sally Clark
Chevron Corporation
Tobi Compton
Elaine Derbenwick
Julie Fisher
Cynthia Gulde
Bonnie Harms
Erika Heiken
Keith Hershman
Jessica Hesselberg
Joyce Rich Horan
Debra Jackson
Sarah Jacquin
Stef Jeffries
Sheri Larsen
Tom and Audrey Leydon
Supporter Continued
Lindsay Loose
Piper McTaggart
Ann Metz
Lauren Mueller
Margaret Ann Newton
Kay Oscai
Ann Pounds
Amanda Rabito
Nichole Rairigh
Salad Collective
Karen Schwerdt
Beth and Steve Shryack
Jennifer Smith
Jamie Sporrer
Robin Streeter
Judy and Walt Weiler
Mary Wenkheimer
Katie Williams
Matthew Wolf
Mark Wurst
“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