Thank You
2020-2021 Donor Listing
Thank you for your generous support of Step Afrika!
Donor listing from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021. Step Afrika! makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of this list. If we have missed you or you prefer to be listed differently, please accept our apologies and contact us at 202.399.7993, ext. 145 so that we can make the correction. Thank you for your support!
*Board of Directors
$50,000 and above
National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts





Step Afrika! is supported through the Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative (COHI) | Managing Organizational Vitality and Endurance, a program of The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) in partnership with the Nonprofit Finance Fund with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
$15,000 to $49,999






The Howell Foundation*
Share Fund
$5,000 to $14,999
Anonymous (2)
AARP
Beverly Burke*
Boeing
Capital One
Corina Higginson Trust
Daimler
Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts
DC Lottery
Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation
The Menkiti Group*
The Nora Roberts Foundation
The Spera Group TTR Sotheby’s International Realty*
United Way of the National Capital Region
The Venable Foundation
Verizon
Washington Gas
$2,500 to $4,999
Ben’s Chili Bowl Foundation
Brady Birdsong*
Capitol Hill Community Foundation
Downtown Business Improvement District
Jacqueline N. Francis, MD
John W. Hill*
Christie Johnson
Jeffery Kennerly and Erica Green*
Katherine Kane
Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington, DC
Phillip Randall
Vanguard
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin O. Watkins III*
C. Brian Williams*
$1,000 to $2,499
Anonymous
Yvette Murphy Aidara
Neil Albert
Lynn Arnaiz and David Watts
Ann Belkov*
Ran Borgersen*
Reginald Brown and Tiffeny Sanchez
City First Bank of DC
Comcast
John Davis
Dimick Foundation
Jendayi E. Frazer
Freddie Mac
Naomi and Teddy Drew Gill
Corey Griffin
Kay Kendall and Jack Davies
The Kennedy Center
Ed and Ann Lorson
Mayor Bowser Constituent Service Fund
Sean J. McIntosh and Alandra N. Ellington-McIntosh
Christopher Montgomery*
Tom Mounteer and Bobby Zeliger
Stefanie J. Reiser
Kaiti Saunders and Rob Colenso
Kebharu and Mignon Smith*
Kym Taylor*
Melanie Trottman*
Angela Wiggins
Mr. and Mrs. Connie B. Williams
$500 to $999
Anonymous (2)
Mandie Aubrey
Cristal Baron and Carey McKenzie
Linda Baum and Leland Powell
Andrew Clarke
Maria Corrales
Michael Deal
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
Richard Gardner and Sheila Gardner
Cisselon Nichols Hurd
Tyra Mariani
Brian McCollum
Laura W. Muhammad
Constance Povich
Felicia Sanders
Emmy Shacter
Martin Skea
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Teresa Washington, Ph.D.
Tamarie Watson
$250 to $499
Anonymous (6)
Jacquelyn Alton
Jesse Barba
Leanna Beaber
David C. Bowers
Judith Bunnell and Joseph Olchefske
Alix Burns
David Canada*
Wendy and Ralph Carter
Jean Cibuzar
Rose Ann Cleveland
Bernadette Duffy
Tanya and Jay Emmanuel
Karen Facen
Renee Kurimski Favo
Harriet Moncure Fellows
Leila and Benjamin Fitzpatrick
N. Elois Burrell Frederick
Annie Goshay
Lorraine Green
Linnea Hegarty
Debbie M. Jackson
Leah Kaplan
Robert Kapp
Kimberly Katzenbarger
Scott Kenison
Anita Laury
Leadership Greater Washington
Katherine and Alexander Macleod
Sarah McLain
Microsoft
Claudia J. Morris
Sandra Moscoso
Patrick Moulding and Jessica Kronstadt
The Nicholson Project
Alexia Peebles
Angela Pratt
Janis Reed and Jack Requa
Michael Rosenberg
Dr. Aisha Lord Ryan
Trista Wagoner
George B. Walker Jr.
Warren Williams
$100 to $249
Anonymous (15)
Corliss V. Adams
Jose and Audrey Albertini
Lisa Alexander
Felicia Allen
Sylvan Alleyne
Kim Alton-Calhoun
Judith Arbacher
Jacqueline M. Baker
Carissa and Rouse Barker
Kenna Baudin
Elena Bell
Deon Woods Bell
Meredith Benedict
Cristi Benefield
Louise Bickman
Nyerere Billups
Michael Bittrick
Catherine Blair
Amanda Boyd
Nicole Boynes
Candice Bryant
Kathryn John Bull
Norma Bullock
Ruth Butler
Amber Cabral
Julia Cain
Sheri Frierson-Chenier
Heide Clark
Susan and Sig Cohen
Charellise Coleman
Linda Coleman
Anne Colligan
Elliott Crigger
Lekisha Daniel-Robinson
Anuja Dass
Mary Pat Dean
Anna Greene Dell’Era
Crystal Derrick
Lia Dorsey
Laura Douglas
Meghan Duffy
Minnettia Durant
Latoya Edwards
Tanille Edwards
Carolyn Ellington
Henri Elliott-Cooper
Sue Keith Elverston
Exelon
Janice Ferebee
Destination DC
William Ferrell
Susan Fetter
Nelly Feze
Shannon Fischer
Amy Fitzgibbons
Michael and Elizabeth Foley
Louise Forte
Dwight Franklin
Julie Furt
Shiron Gaines
Nadia Garnett
Mary Jo Garrett
Sandra Gaston
Michael Green
Daniell Griffin
Carolyn W. Gullatt
Janet Hailes
Laura Hamilton
Kathaleen F. Hempstone
Eve Henderson
Rhonda Henderson
Justin L. Hill
Celestine Hinnant
Alesha Holliday
Candise Holmes
Jack and Jill of America
Carla Jackson
Shawn Jackson
Anna Jacobs
Michelle S. Jacobs
Holly Johnson
Jeffrey Johnson
Karen Johnson
Shannan E. Johnson
Paula Lima Jones
Jennifer A. Kelly
Marlene Kelley
JoAnn Kester
Tijuanna Knox
Lori Krishnan
Claudia Lamphere
Barbara Lang
Andrea LaRue
Sharee Lawler
Persis Levy
George Lewis
Leslie Lewis
Jati and Schwanda Lindsay
Shari Eason Ludlam
Kathy Makos
Audra Marshall
Tuere Anne Marshall
Bernice McIntyre
Heather McPhail
Dorothy McSweeny
Kevin and Julie Meredith
Linda Michel
Afrika Afeni Mills
Melody Johnson Morales, Ph.D.
Rachel Mumford
Cecelia Cooper Nelson
Doris Newton
Peggy O’Brien
Kimberly A. O’Neill
Kupenda I. Olusegun
Lisa M. Ong
Heidi Onkst
Allen Orr*
Latrena Owens*
Bonnie Pabon
Maureen Page
Carla Perlo and Richard Pilkinton
Regina Porter
Stephen Powell
Manon Prevost-Mullane
Elizabeth Prince
Karen Proudford
Zack Ramadan
Gayle C. Rankine
Melissa Rhodes
Eisa Ulen Richardson
Jaret Riddick
Brittney Robinson
Theresa Robinson
Emily Roderer
Jacabed Rodríguez-Coss
Aviva Rosenthal
Marilyn S. Rouvelas
Shannon Ryan
Chase Rynd
Clayton Salter
Patricia Schechter
Betty Scott
Maurice Scott
Carolyn and Jeff Serfass
Curtis B. Shearin
Kathryn Sheehan
Brandon and Janine Slade
Karine Smith
Leila A. Young Smith
Benjamin M. Soto
Thomara Speight
Jill Spiker
Monet Stanford
Kelly Starnes
Anne Stauffer
Will Stephens and Trina Dutta
Linda Klieger Stillman
Susan Strauss
Scott Stroud
Janusz Sulanowski
Cheryl Taylor
Jean Thomas
Pat Thomas
Nneka Ukpai
Kathleen Vijh
Yvonne Wade
Rebecca Wagner
Kiersten Walker
Cheryl Walters
Lauren Watkins
Shayla Weatherby
Ellen Weiss
Barbara Wells
Zakkiyyah White
Terri Wiggins
Melissa Wiley
Lori Wilkerson
Irving Williams
Kimberly Williams
Wydell Williams
L. Marie Wills
Laura Wilson
Norma Wilson
Nancy Wolcott
Harvey R. Yancey
In-Kind Donations
All Stage and Sound
City First Bank
DC Department of Energy and Environment
Dock 5 at Union Market
Occasions Caterers
Gregory Polvere
Trinity Washington University