2020- 2021

Corporate Sponsors:

  • Accion Chicago- $5000

  • Illinois Humanities- $4000

Members- Donors:      

  • Charis Railey- $250

  • Christina Beale  $20

Sustaining Members: 

  • Vershawn Ward- $20 (monthly) 

  • Herbert and Alice Beck- $500  (annual)

  • Lowell & Majorie Owens Trust - $185 (monthly)

  • Mrs. Joel Doelger- $50 (monthly)

  • Mrs. Lois Denzmore- $75 (monthly)

  • Bobbie Lott- $25 (monthly)

  • CEBEN Dance- $10 (monthly)

  • Brooke Wheeler- $5 (monthly)

2019- 2020

CORPORATE SPONSORS:     

  • Illinois State Legislature- $250,000

  • Sunday Jams- $500

  • East Saint Louis Park District- $200

MEMBERS- DONORS: 

  • Mobile Fitness Unit - $10

  • Mrs. Bessie Peabody- $25

  • Ms. Melissa Eagan- $50

  • Ms. Caitlin Hacker- $150

  • Ms. Shirley Felton- $25

  • Spirit Wing Dance Ensemble- $25

  • Ms. Mary Carter- $20

  • Ms. Elizabeth Austin- $250.00

  • Ms. Ledora Williams- $500

  • Ms. Alberta B. Campbell- $25

  • Mr. Alan & Mrs. Lee Ola Johnson- $500

  • Ms. Odessa M. Backstrom- $100

  • Ms. Phyllis J. Robinson- $100.00

  • The Kenneth M Reardon family- $500

  • Mr. Carl E. Officer- $40

  • Mrs. Edith Laktzian- $25

  • Mrs. Priscilla Holliway- $20

  • Leverne E. Backstrom- $250

  • Audrey Brazier- $500     

SUSTAINING MEMBERS:         

  • Mrs. Joel A Doelger- $50 (Monthly)

  • Mrs. Lois Denzmore- $75 (monthly)

  • Ms. Bobi Lott- $25 (monthly)

  • Ms. Celia Benevenutti (CEBEN Dance)- $10 (monthly)

  • Ms. Brooke Wheeler- $5 (monthly)

2018- 2019                    

CORPORATE SPONSORS:              

  • Officer Funeral Home, P. C.- $500

  • Sieron and Associates, Inc.- $100

  • Jack and Jill of Belleville- $1000

  • Security Alarm Company- $1000

  • Casino Queen- $500


MEMBERS:                             

  • Audrey Brazier- $500

  • Theodore "Ted" Wofford- $1000

  • Gordon and Brenda Bush- $1000                                              

  • Laurie Goux of Spiritwing Dance Ensemble- $25

  • Reginald Hudlin- $25 

  • Christopher L. Hudlin- $25

  • Johanna De Das- $100

  • Dr. Anne D. Craver- $25

  • M. Bernadette Officer- $200

  • Professor and Mrs. Ken Reardon- $1250

  • Leander and Patricia Brockman- $500

  • Leverne E. Backstrom- $500


SUSTAINING MEMBERS:     

Lowell and Marjorie Owens - $180- monthly

  • Lois Denzmore - $70- monthly

  • Cheryl E. McKinney - $25- monthly

  • Mrs. Joel A. Doelger - $50- monthly

  • Bobi Green  - $25- monthly



2019 DONATIONS                      

  • Ernestine Mosley- $100

  • Phyllis J. Robinson- $150

  • Andrew Theising- $30

  • Alan and Lee Ola Johnson- $500

  • John and Lisa Brooks- $140

  • Mike Jones & Golden Fellowship Class of Wash U- $110

  • James Love- $60

  • Network For Good- $234.32

  • Paypal Charitable Giving Fund- $266

  • Percy and Joyce McKinney - $125

  • I Am ESL Foundation - $250

  • Ms. Virginia M. Jackson - $200

  • Ms. Fazio Beverly - $100

  • Mr. Robert Haynes - $20

  • 2017- 18 Memberships: 

  • Gordon and Brenda Bush - $2,000

  • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Reardon - $1,200

  • Leander and Patricia Brockman $1,000

  • Leverne Backstrom - $500

  • Casino Queen - $500

  • Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House - $500

  • National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice - $500

  • Officer Funeral Home - $500

  • Mixon Insurance Company - $400

  • St. Clair County Volleyball Club - $400

  • Lonnie Mosley - $300

  • M. Bernadette Officer - $300

  • Alvin S. Griggs - $250

  • Missouri History Museum - $250

  • Ernestine Mosley - $250

  • Riley L. Owens, III - $250

  • Patricia D. Parker - $250

  • Phyllis Robinson - $250

  • Lorenzo and Charmaine Savage - $250

  • Patti Mountain - $150

  • Attorney John Barecivic - $100

  • Betty J. Bussey - $100

  • Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson (Botanical Gardens) - $100

  • Percy and Joyce McKinney - $100

  • Mary Blackmon - $50

  • Fay Furniture - $50

  • Walgreen's - $20

  • Ulysses Little - $10



SUSTAINING MEMBERS:    

  • Lowell and Marjorie Owens - $135 a month

  • Lois Denzmore - $60 a month

  • Cheryl E. McKinney - $25 a month

  • Patricia Parker Brown $25- monthly

  • Mrs. Joel A. Doelger - $10- monthly


ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Alan and Lee Ola Johnson- $1000

  • Patti Mountain - $50

  • Int'l. Brotherhood of Electrical Worker's Local 309 - $100

  • Money Guiden  - $45


2016-17 MEMBERS:

  • Gordon and Brenda Bush - $2,000

  • Leverne Backstrom - $1,000

  • Leander and Patricia Brockman - $1,000

  • Casino Queen - $500

  • Lorenzo and Charmaine Savage $500

  • Officer Funeral Home - $300

  • Ernest R. Mercer - $200

  • Dr. Kenneth M. Reardon, Ph.D. - $200

  • Phyllis Robinson - $150

  • Barbara J. Bolden - $100

  • Kevin Boyne, P.C., Attorney at Law - $100

  • Betty Bussey - $100

  • The Colony Cleaners of Champaign, IL - $100

  • Kim J. Fort - $100

  • Brady Hoover - $100

  • Mary L. Hunt - $100

  • Jack and Jill of America, Dr. Lillian A. Parks - $100

  • Alan and Lee Ola Johnson - $100

  • Elizabeth Lewin - $100

  • Percy and Joyce McKinney - $100

  • Mixon Insurance Company - $100

  • Ernestine Mosley - $100

  • Riley L. Owens, III - $100

  • Phyllis Robinson - $100

  • Faye B. Tharp - $100

  • Dr. Peter S. Wyse Jackson - $100

  • Kathleen Sykes - $60

  • Mary Bobbitt - $50

  • JoAnn S. Martin - $50

  • Devonna Trammell - $50

  • Mary Blackmon - $25

  • Lindia Brison - $25

  • Edyth L. Cole - $25

  • Zenique E. Gardner - $25

  • Kenya Leonard - $25

  • Wendy Palmer - $25

  • Ni’mat Laila Shabazz - $25

  • Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hood - $20

  • Scott Myers - $20

  • Mary S. Floyd - $10

  • Marge Houston - $10

  • Bessie and Gregory Lewis - $10

  • Ulysses Little - $10

  • Jeanne R. Speier - $10

  • Anonymous - $7


SUSTAINING MEMBERS: 

  • Marjorie Owens - $200 a month

  • Lois Denzmore - $60 a month

  • John Aasmunstad - $15 a month

  • Jeanne Muhammed - $10 a month


ADDITIONAL MEMBERS: 

  • Zenique Gardner - $350

  • Gordon D. and Brenda Bush - $100

  • Anonymous - $10


2015-16 MEMBERSHIPS: 

  • Gordon and Brenda Bush - $1,000

  • Leverne E. Backstrom - $500

  • Daisy D. Denzmore - $500

  • Patricia and Leander Brockman - $250

  • Officer Funeral Home - $250

  • Dr. Stephanie Carpenter - $100

  • Irma G. Golliday - $100

2014-15 MEMBERSHIPS: 

  • Gordon and Brenda Bush - $1,000

  • Ellen C. Eccher-Stumpp - $1,000

  • Leverne E. Backstrom - $250

  • Patricia & Leander Brockman - $250

  • Officer Funeral Home - $250

  • Deletra Hudson - $200

  • Dr. Stephanie Carpenter - $100

  • Lois Denzmore - $100

  • Michael Green - $100

  • Candace Ruocco Valentine - $100

  • Danielle Hall- $25

  • Jr. Black Chamber of Commerce-StL - $25

  • Dr. Marcheta McCoy - $25


2013-14 MEMBERSHIPS:  

  • Mary Hoffman Hunt $10,000

  • Carl and Bernadette Officer (Funeral Home) - $2,500

  • Ed Sieron - $2,500

  • Brian Leonard - $2,000

  • Camille Yarbrough - $2,000

  • Ellen C. Eccher Stumpp - $1,250

  • Gordon D. Bush - $1,000

  • Bill Kreeb (Lessie Bates) - $1,000

  • Marguerite Mariama-Moore, Ph.D. - $1,000

  • Phyllis Robinson - $600

  • Leverne E. Backstrom - $500

  • Scooba, Mississippi Reunion (EStL Branch) - $450

  • Daisy Denzmore - $300

  • Delores M. Hudson - $300

  • Lonnie Mosley - $300

  • Odessa Backstrom - $250

  • Patricia and Leander Brockman - $250

  • Gwendolyn Campbell - $250

  • Johnny  E. Campbell - $250

  • Deletra Hudson - $250

  • Ted Wofford - $250

  • Marty Crawford - $100 

  • Mary B. Dixon - $100

  • Irma G. and Eddie Golliday - $100

  • Elbert Owens, Jr. - $100

  • Riley L. Owens, III - $100

  • Alice Traxler - $100

  • James E. Warfield, Sr. - $100

  • Stephanie W. Carpenter, Ph.D. - $50

  • Joanna Das - $50

  • Sabrina Fairfort - $50

  • Lillian A. Parks, Ph.D. - $40

  • D.J. Alexander - $25

  • Lisa Green-Cudex - $25

  • Danielle Hall - $25

  • Karen Kuebler - $25

  • Greg and Bessie Lewis - $25

  • Jeremy, Anne and Ryan Mayes - $25

  • D. Marcheta McCoy - $25

  • Patti L. Mountain - $25

  • Jeanne Trexler - $25

  • Gloria A. Walker - $25


SUSTAINING MEMBERS

  • Donna Conley Haupt - $25 a month

  • Patricia Parker - $25 a month

  • Lamouria Boyd - $10 a month

  • Alicia Goodwin - $10 a month



2011 - 2012 MEMBERSHIPS   

  • Leslie Arbogast - $500

  • Daisy D. Denzmore - $500

  • Ron E. Longley - $250

  • Gordon and Brenda Bush - $100

  • Mary Blackmon - $25

  • Irma G. Golliday - $100

  • Alvin S. Griggs, Sr. - $100

  • Susannah Keita - $100

  • Lonnie Mosley - $100

  • Phyllis J. Robinson - $100

  • Gregory A. Witherspoon - $100

  • Stanley W. Franklin - $50

  • Dr. Halifu Osumare - $50

  • James and Carolyn Stacker - $50

  • Rachel Tavernier - $50

  • Verna L. Tolden - $50

  • Sara Dalton - $25

  • Ellis Conley Davis - $25

  • Penny Godboldo - $25

  • Danielle Hall - $25

  • Vynetta A. Morrow - $25

  • Patti L. Mountain - $25

  • Elizabeth Tolson Nash - $25

  • Audrey D. Reese - $25

  • Roxanne Wallace - $25



2010 - 2011 MEMBERSHIPS   

  • Ron E. Longley - $250

  • Top Ladies of Distinction (Mary Davis) - $200

  • Gordon and Brenda Bush - $100

  • Hannah Brown - $100

  • Darlene Harris - $100

  • Dr. Portia Hunt - $100

  • Alan and Lee Ola Johnson - $100

  • Mixon Insurance Company - $100

  • Myrtha Muse - $100

  • Charles and Anita McDonald - $100

  • M. Bernadette Officer - $100

  • Eugene Redmond - $100  

  • Dorothy Vaughn - $100

  • Jeanne Speier - $100

  • Patricia Wilson - $100

  • Penny Godboldo - $50

  • Susannah Kieta - $50

  • Elizabeth Tolson Nash - $50

  • Phyllis J. Robinson - $50

  • Albirda Rose - $50

  • Rachel Taverneir - $50

  • Rudolph Wilson - $50

  • Jewel Bingham - $25 

  • Mary Blackmon - $25

  • Thelma Bobo - $25

  • Kelvin Cooper - $25

  • Sabrina Fairfort - $25

  • Lonnie S. Grant - $25

  • Mamie Hughes - $25

  • Linda Johnson - $25

  • Patti Mountain - $25

  • Nycole Ray - $25

  • Audrey D. Reese - $25

  • Aldemaro and Ana Romero - $25

  • Winter Schneider - $25

  • Patricia Thornton - $25

  • Vivian Watt - $25

  • Sylvia Yandle - $25

  • Sustaining Friends Circle Members:

  • Majorie Owens - $100 a month

  • Lois Denzmore - $50 a month

  • Edward Brown- Pat Parker - $25 a month

  • Donna Conley Haupt - $25 a month