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Become a valued member of Kansas City PBS and help us uphold the belief that a vibrant city deserves exceptional public television. By joining our ranks as a part of the Producers Society as a Visionary Producer, Directing Producer, Leadership Producer, Executive Producer, or Producer, your individual contribution plays a crucial role in ensuring that trusted journalism, vital educational content, and rich cultural storytelling remain accessible to all. Together, we make a meaningful difference in our community and beyond.

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MEMBERSHIP LEVELS AND BENEFITS

Patrons $1,000 – $2,499

  • Quarterly recognition in the Kansas City PBS Member Guide
  • Exclusive invitations to private events, including member events, VIP seating (as applicable) behind-the-scenes gatherings with PBS personalities, producers, and station leadership
  • Bi-monthly insider updates from our CEO on station initiatives and upcoming projects
  • Personalized station tour for you, your family and friends
  • Access to Kansas City PBS Passport for extended on-demand viewing of PBS programs

Benefactors $2,500 to $9,999

All benefits of Producers, plus:

  • On-air recognition as a leader in supporting public media
  • Monthly recognition in the Kansas City PBS Member Guide
  • VIP access to special partner events and premiere screenings
  • Dedicated Station Liaison to assist with any questions and keep you informed of your philanthropic impact

Leaders $10,000 to $24,999

All benefits of Executive Producers, plus:

  • Exclusive invitations to intimate gatherings over coffee, breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Champions $25,000 to $49,999

All benefits of Leadership Producers plus:

  • Direct giving to a personal passion or program area at Kansas City PBS supporting Content Excellence

Visionaries $50,000+

All the benefits of Directing Producers plus:

  • CEO portfolio

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Kansas City PBS's legal name is Public Television 19, Inc. and Federal Tax ID: 23-7114952

MEMBERS

We are grateful for our Producers Society members, community visionaries whose dedication and generosity ensure Kansas City PBS remains a vibrant public media resource, available to all. Thanks to the following members for their generous support.

Visionaries $50,000+

Anonymous
Dave & Jamie Cummings
Jo Anna Dale
Francis Family Foundation
Fred & Lou Hartwig Family Fund
Health Forward Foundation
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation
Clayton & Odessa Lang Ofstad Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee

Champions $25,000+

Web & Tracy Bixby
Lorry Chapman & Nancy Patchak
Bradley & Linda Finkle Foundation
Gattermeir Family Foundation
R. C. Kemper Charitable Trust - UMB Bank, Trustee
Cecelia Ismert Kissick Family, in memory of Jim Kissick
Dennis Marker & Susan Lordi Marker
Joe & Judy Moody
Leslie Pfriem
Regnier Family Foundation
J.B. Reynolds Foundation
John W. & Effie E. Speas Memorial Trust
Mary & Russell Vandekauter

Leaders $10,000+

John & Ellen Aisenbrey
Anonymous (3)
Bud & Jennifer Bacon
Dan & Nancy Blackwell
Joe Blount
David & Cathi Brain
Herb & Bonnie Buchbinder
Curtis and Lillian Cooper
Dr. Perry and Mrs. Kathryn Culver
Cunningham Family Fund
Gregory Gille
James & Rebecca Graham
Kelly & Robyn Hart
Michael and Marlys Haverty
Michael & Jill Johnston

Edward & Ann Matheny
Tom & Jean McDonnell
Virginia Merrill
Sondra Sue Metcalf, in memory of Sharon Kay Metcalf
Lewis Nerman & Susan Seidler-Nerman
Carla & Danny O'Neill
Allan & Debra Parmet
Craig & Anne Patterson
Betsy Piebenga
Terry & Susie Reardon
Margaret A. Redmond
Walter & Gayle Richardson
George & Linda Robbins
Sandra Steelman
Stueck Family Foundation
Thomas & Sally Wood Family Foundation

Benefactors $2,500+

John & Dena Adams
Janet Agron
Patricia Andrews
John & Renee Arnett
Anonymous (19)
Danny Baker & Michelle Cone
Bruce & Gerry Barker
Carol & Patrick Bartko
Ivan & Karla Batlle
Bob Batterson & Todd Green
George K. Baum Family Foundation
Jack & Carol Baumgartner
James and Susan Beanland
Terry Besser
Walter & Pam Blood
Brad Bradley & Robbie Harding
Ellen Brand & Darwin Rold
James and Catherine Brazeal
The Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation
Lanny D. Brewer
Pete B. Browne & Julie Walker Browne
Carl & Mary Buchman
Ann Canfield & Stanley Bushman
Gary & Kathryn Bussing
Conan Castle
Rachel & Kevin Chevalier
Karen & Stephen Clegg
Jane Ratcliffe Coakley
Gene & Joy Cota
Jill & Bill Coughlin
Country Club Bank
Beverly Cunningham
Kenneth & Dee Davis
Larry Davis & P.J. Quell
Larry Dieker
Kathleen and Michael Dodd
Jacqueline Dunbar
Bill & Madeline Engelbrecht
Jerome & Rayla Erding
Susie Evans
Sandra Eveloff
Dick & Sue Ann Fagerberg
Joerg Finger
Kathleen Fliehler
Gary Foutch & Gaye McCarty Stevick
David and Janis Francis
Cynthia & David Frensley
Charles & Sharon Gaynor
Carolyn Gentile
Cathy Goering
Bettina & Robert Groh
Haas & Wilkerson Insurance
Greg Hall & Judy Sims
Allan & Carol Hallquist
Don & Linda Harkins
John & Gale Haslam
Katrina & Thomas Henke
Barbara Hoffman
Janet Hoffman & Kenneth McGregor
Joan Horan
Rocky & Susan Horowitz
Pegge Hudgins
Dennis & Carol Hudson Family Foundation
Duane Huizenga
Kendall & Sharen Hunt
Sue Hunter
Roger & Sandra Jackson
MaryLou James
Jewish Community Foundation of Kansas City 

Glenn & Sheila Jones
Mike & Jerilyn Jones 
Nancy Kain
Jonathan & Nancy Lee Kemper
Kathleen King-Masten & Randy Masten
Billie Kingsolver
Bill & Regina Kort
Margaret LaMothe
Sandra A. J. Lawrence and Willie E. Lawrence, Jr., M.D.
Linda Marcusen
Michele Markham
Thomas & Adriana Mathews
Ford & Christine Maurer
Bill & Ann McCort
Duane McDonald
Larry & Priscilla McKeaigg
Marti & C. Patrick McLarney
Barbara McMahon & Dennis Varble
Dwight Medbery
Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation
Betty & Jim Miller
John & Ellen Miller
Diana and Tim Moormeier
Susan Morgenthaler
Martha Moroney
Linda Neal
Barbara Koval Nelson
Fred & Paula Neuer
Steve & Marianne Noll
Daniel & Wanda O'Dell
Carolyn O'Malley
Karen Orrill
Janice Pearson
Vivian Pendergrass
Nancy Peterson
Carolyn Phelps
Edith Pulsak
Kirk & Rita Putman
Michael & Usha Rafferty
Richard D. Ralls & Anne Henry Ralls
Priscilla Reckling
Celeste & Brian Roggy
Terry Rusconi
Kim Sayles
Alvin Schneider
Steven & Teresa Schulte
Alice Scott
Mike & Margie Sheppard
Susanne Shutz
Fred & Sharon Simpson
Charlie & Jeanne Sosland
Mary & Michael Sparks
Kathleen Starr & Paul Tymosko
Bonnie Taylor & Ron Barnhart
Curt Thomas & Pete Sunderman
Mark & Amy Thompson
James & Rebecca Tilden
Patrick & Kathy Townsend
Tania Van Dyk & Greg Gibson
Randy & Jona Vance
Kathleen Vedder
Todd & Emily Voth
Richard Wallace
Lawrence H. Ward
William & Judith Webb
Sarah & Jim Weitzel
Russ & Debbie Welsh
Tom & Karenbeth Zacharias

Patrons $1,000+

Joan and Earl Adam
Sam and Carol Adams
Maryanna Adelman
David & Lynda Fay Alderman
Richard G. Alexander
James Amato
Kelly Lynn Anders
John & Cathy Anderson
Anonymous (105)
Ray & Kimberly Ansari
Don & Rebecca Aripoli
Suzanne Aron & Joseph Levin
Laurie and Trent Austin
Linda Bailey
Phil & Ruth Bain
Gail & John Balling
Balocca-Clemens Family Fund
Greg & Jan Barger
Alan and Judi Barkema
Jack & Carolyn Baumgartner
Nancy Simons Bean
Kathleen & Robert Bender
Gary & Kay Bennett
Nancy Bethke
Daniel Beyer, In memory of Henry Beyer
John Beyer
Larry & Patricia Bishop
Daphne Bitters
Lynn Blixrud & Doug Kallenberger
Jay & Mary Bodney
Gwendolyn Boone
Mark Box
Barrett & Cheryl Brady
Marguerite Braun
Vicki Bronson
Patricia Brooks
Douglas Brothers
Dick & Mary Loy Brown
Jack & Sharon Brunjes
James Budnick
Barbara Buehrer
Gerry & Judith Bukowski
Deanna and Jeff Burns
Derek Butler & Stacy Rhodes Butler
Joyce Callahan
John and Largo Callenbach
Suzi Cammon
Daniel & Susan Carlson
Kirk Carpenter
Cynthia Chandler
Barbara Chaplin
Gay Clemenson
Robert Cody
Donna Gould Cohen
John & Janette Coil
Andrew Collinsworth
Mike Congdon
Paul & Bunni Copaken
Mildred Copeland
Catherine Corral
Thomas Coulter
Glenn Courtney
Bruce Culley & Linda Larkins
Tom & Janet Curtis
Marty & Teal Dakan
James & Janet Daley
Lydia Davis
Jennifer Day
Sarah Derks & Thomas Teller
Francisco & Mary Larson Diaz
Donald Dick
Tracie Dittemore
Rhonda Douglas
David and Kathy Dowell
Thomas & Lauren Dowling
Jill & Harold Draper
Karen Dummermuth
James & Sue Duncan
Terry & Peggy Dunn
Sue D. Durrett
Mark & Linda Eagleton
Mary & George Edwards
Melissa Eichman
Ron Einbender & Dr. Ann Smith
Raymond & Nancy Elder
James & Janet Elkan
Bonnie Ellington
Shirley & Rex English
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
William Federhofer
Carol & W.A. Feiock
Ellen Feldhausen
Lawrence & Sherrill Ferree
Greg Field & Maryfrances Wagner
Kenneth & Virginia Filardo
Joseph Finch
Richard and Linda Finger
Marjorie Finley
John Flaherty & Marnie Hammer
Paula Frankel
SuEllen Fried
Bernie Fromm
Carolyn and David Fulk
Jane Garrison
Judith Lee & Wesley Geer
Margy & Gregg Gehrig
Wayne and Sue Giles
Frederic & Carolyn Gilhousen
David & Harriett Goettel
Ron & Susan Goldsmith
Elliott & Linda Goldstein
Barbara Goodrick
Laura Lee Grace
Vicki & Michael Graft
Eileen Grebowiec
Gary & Lorraine Green
John & Carolin Green
Mary Grimes
Allen & Gail Gutovitz
Megan Haave
Kenneth & Marilyn Hager
Jenny Haile
Denise Hamm
Ronald & Theresa Hammond
Pamela Hancock
Sandra & Gerald Handley
Gerald and Wendy Hardy
Jane Harrell
Roger & Jana Harrison
Charlotte R. Hatfield, Ph.D.
Raymond & Kristen Hawley
Belinda Hayden and Steven Nelson
Tim and Susan Hayden
Liza Healey & Richard Ward
Susie & Spence Heddens
Jerry Heidrick
George Helmkamp
Barnett & Shirley Helzberg
Jonathan & Allyson Hile
William & Irma Lou Hirsch
Brent & Bonnie Hodges
Marc & Nina Hollabaugh
Ralph & Elizabeth Holliday
Kathleen & Richard Honan
Steve & Natalie Howell
Sharon Hudson
Scott & Molly Hughes
Connie Hull
David Hustead & Maureen Purcell
Steven Irwin
Joe & Corliss Jacobs
Robert & Sheryl Jacobs
William & Alicia Jennings
Cheryl Jernigan
Arlen & Patricia Johnson
Kay Johnson & Bill Koenigsdorf
Jan Johnson
Courtney & Peggy Jones
V.A. Jones
Robert Josephs & Mary Ellen Holt
Carolyn Kadel & Charles Bishop
James & Lydia Kanki
Pam & Bill Kanter
Ellen Karp
Gordon Kauffman
Helen C. Kiefer
Allan King
Mike & Julie Kirk
Jeff Kirkland
Alice Kitchen
Lynn & Richard Klein
Michael Knotts
Burton & Sandra Koelkebeck
John & Carol Kornitzer
The Bernice Cole Kramer Family
Kliff & Sherry Kuehl
Anne Kyle
J. Richard Lake
Fred & Karen Lambert

 

Marke & Laura Lane
Lloyd & Lucinda Lazarus
Scott and Louise Lee 
Linda Lenza
William & Dee Leon
Marie Lerner-Sexton & Paul Sexton
Sharon Lewis
Georgia Loescherjunge
David and Janet Loftus
Loretta Loftus
Janet Long
Ida Mae Long
Mervin & Anita Lund
Bill & Peggy Lyons
Roger & Kayla Maalouf
Meg Winslow Maffitt
Jo Ann Markham
Wayne & Pat Mathews
Dale & Carol McCaslin
Alan McDermott
Gary McGhee & Willetta Willis-McGhee
Sandra McLarney
Margaret McLaughlin
Donald & Judy Meier
Sharon & Michael Milens
Dana & Jerry Miller
Joan and John Miller
Marshall V. Miller
Pamela Miller & Michael Cummings
Fred & Linda Mitchell
Dr. Linda L. Moore
Martin Moore and Durand Reiber
Celine & William Moran
Morgan Family Foundation
Jhulan and Jyoti Mukharji
Lola Muller
Ramon & Sally Murguia
Beverly Murray
Kala Musick
Jay & Kathy Nadlman
Edward & Carol Nazar
Marcy Nelson
Richard Nixon
Lee Norman
Mark Nottestad & Joan Gaby
Kay Novak
William Oakes
O'Dell Nelson Family Foundation
Michael & Marci O'Grady
Dennis and Tamia O'Rourke
Linda Overton
Marvin & Joann Ozley
Joyce & Dee Pack
Martha Gayle Packer
Nancy Panzer-Howell
John & Susan Parker
Mark E. Patterson
Pat & Mary Peebles
Charles and Pamela Peffer
Margaret & W Keith Pence
Janice & Mike Perkins
Michael & Charlotte Perry
Micah & Ali Pescetto
Carolyn Pitts
James Polsinelli
Jane & Ellis Potter
Shirley Pryor
Kathie and Joe Quinn
Donald and Pamela Raffurty
Willard & Diane Ransom
Ann Redmond
Reene Family
Philip & Nancy Reicher
Todd & Carrie Reiser
Elaine Riggs
Dennis & Palle Rilinger
Kathleen & Mike Riordan
Barbara Roberts-Poole
Roy & Sylvia Robinson
Leonard & Julie Rodman
Constance J. Roeder
Jeffrey and Rosina Root
William Rotert
Phyllis & Shel Roufa
Eric and Rachel Runde
Lucy Rupf & Alan J. Feldmeier
Leni Salkind
Jerome & Marilyn Schieder
Peggy Schmitt
Stephen Schneider
Gloria Schoolman
John Schwartz & Anne Drake
Robert & Martha Schwegler
Gil & Mylinda Scott
William and Claudia Sell
Bette and John Sellars
Jacquelyn Settlage
Stan & Tommye Sexton
Steph Shannon
Stuart & Julie Shaw
John & Marny Sherman
Keith J. Shuttleworth
Collin Shutz
Christine Sill-Rogers and Charles Rogers
Cyprienne Simchowitz & Jerry White
Gary & Leta Simoneau
Steve & Pamela Simpson
Frank Slovick & Susan Mou
Scott & Kathy Smith
Shaina Smith and Ashley Cunningham
Burton & Barbara Smoliar
Dean & Carolyn Sommerfeld
Meyer & Mindy Sosland
Susan Stanton
Robert & Lynne Stark
Dr. Jeffrey Statland
Anne Stauch
Leslie & Greg Stelzer
Mr. Jon Stephens
Linda S. Stevens
Denis & Judy Stewart
John and Annette Stoerman
Philip & Mary Stowe
Bradley & Cynthia Strecker
Stephen and Mary Stringer
Craig Sutherland
Sven & Julie Sykes
William & Marilyn Taylor
Samuel George Terbovich
Ann Victoria Thomas
Barbara Thomas
Joyce & Wayne Thompson
Wayne & Melanie Thompson
Don & Cathy Thomson
Dr. John Thomson
Dennis & Marcia Tighe
Dan & Kathy Tilson
Michael & Elinor Tourtellot
Tim & Betsy Triplett
David & Rita Tripp
Dale & Vickie Trott
Dan Troutz, In memory of Trish Hughes
Renita Ubel
Brian Unger
Colleen Van Nostram
Barbara Van Vleck
Kristi Veitch
Nancy Viets
Mark and Mary Virden
Tim & Wanita Walker
Carol Wall & Leslie Dickson
Victoria Ward
Curt Wardlow
Barbara & James Weaver
Christie & Gerald White
Jim & Val Whiteman
Michael E. Whitsitt
Janet Williams
John & Mary Sue Williams
Michelle Williams
Ronald & Suan Wilson
Nan Wilson
Russell & Claire Wilson
Steve Winkey
Judith Wonn
Marie Woodbury and Dan Claiborn
Dick & Mary Linna Woods
Stan and Nancy Woodworth
Patti & Dan Young
Gerald Zobel
 

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