Our Supporters

“Mahalo” is the Hawaiian word for “thank you.” We could not have arrived at this point without the tremendous offerings from the following individuals, businesses, companies and foundations.


FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT

Grants of $50,000 and above

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Grants of $25,000 and above

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Grants of $10,000 and above

The Durst Family Foundation
Citizens Committee for New York City

 
 
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Grants and Donations of $1000 and above

Compass Foundation
Kilohana e Kavika Fund
Open Society Institute’s Matching Gifts Program

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Grants and Donations up to $1000

The K Foundation
Pacific Life Foundation
Facebook Giving Tuesday Match

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INDIVIDUAL AND BUSINESS SUPPORT

Individual Donations of $1000 and above
Anonymous
Anonymous
Peter Arniotis and Barbara
Jon E. Burseth and Catherine Lehua Chun-Burseth
Jo-Anne Chasnow
Paul Keoni Chun
Bernard Kuokoa Chun
James and Carol Dillon
Charlotte Giblin
Rainer Perry / Destination Blend New York
Amanda Joy Ryles
Sclafani Weisgerber Family
Lotus Wailana Wong
Jen Yip
Laura Young

Individual Donations of $500 – $999
Laurie Abramowitz
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous from Kailua, Hawaii, with Aloha
Doug and Susan Bell
Jennifer W. Blood
James. M. Byerley
Pamela Ching
Francis Chun
Sylvia Jean Chun
T. Kamuela Chun
Jonathan Elliot Cohen
Adam Roper and Erik Cummings, Owners of Bikram Yoga Harlem,
and their students
Judith Delgado
James A. (Kimo) Gerald
Kathryn (Kate) Grant
Eli and Natalie Greenberg Charitable Fund
Arasu Jambukeswaran
Keith Jurosko and Omar Prince
Peter Patrick in honor of Keith Jurosko
Deborah J. Pickles for David K. Chun
Marilyn B. Sloane

Individual Donations of $100 – $499
Steven Adams
Anonymous
Anonymous
Roken Ahmed
Melissa Avildsen
Susan Baldomar
Vassiliki C. Bitas
Mark Bleier
Jan Buttram
Pio Joe Cabada
Christopher R. Caile and Jacqueline G. Veit
Spencer D. Chandler and Diana E. Windhors
Kitty Chen
Donna Ching, in honor of Dr. Pamela Ching (KS-77)
James No’eau Chun
Rebecca Ciletti
Jacqueline Colliton
Stuart Coon
Deborah M. Dang, M.D. and David J. Campbell
Shawn DeCoster's FaceBook Friends
Kate Deshmukh
Jami English
Susan Foster
Janie Fox
Julie and Scott Frew
Al Furumoto
Terri Genin
Lara Gerstein-Hairston
Jacqueline C. Grey
Ruth Grobe
Gladymar Guzman
Alan D. Haehnel
Rosalyn Hochberg
Beatrice Y. M. Kane
Norman W. Kauahi
Mark Karpe
Sherry Kawabe
Alexa Kelly and Brian Richardson
Sanghee Kim
Katie Kohlbeck
Catherine Labarre
Yuk Yan Katty Lau
Bruno & Mary Lemieux-Ruibal
Lisa T Komatsu-Liu and Clement K Liu
Robert J. Love
Jacqueline Lu
John Lyons
Gail MacKinnon
Rosanne Ma
Lester J. N. Mau
Richard Maxwell and Tory Vazquez
Deborah Mayer
Judy McCann
Sharon L. McGruder
Laurisa Milici
Bessy Morales
Kevin M. O’Donnell
Isabelle Orlansky
Jean Ng Pack
Geraldine M. Parker
Linda D. Past Pehrson
Anthony D. Potenza
Ellen Potenza
Liz and Tony Potenza
Judy Rivera
Francesca Romanos
Sandra Diane Scott
David Setiadi and Lucha Alforque
Thomas Shanahan
Janine Steely
Melinda Tanner
Emily Taylor
Aubrie Therrien
Laurine Towler
Kathleen and Martin Treat
Constance von Collande
Ching Valdes
Beth Whitaker
Andrea Wolff

Individual Donations of $50 – $99
Kate Amendola
Lamott Atkins
Steven Arvanites
Susan Benne
Elena Brunn
David Buffam
Patricia Buffam
Jared Burseth
Judy Bureth
Karin Burseth
Kathleen L. Conry
Shawn Decoster Facebook Friends
Roger Anthony Dumadaj
Alexander Durst
Hsiao Yi (Sylvie) Fan and David Ige
Pamela Spira Fishman
Annie Foster
Filipp Fuchs
Cleopatra Georgiou
Professor Ram Kumar Memorial Fund
Minako Hamakawa
Allison M. Harris
Betty Ann Hunt-Strain
Sarah Johnson
Sara Kahn Consulting
Francis Kau
Calvin Liu
Deirdre Long
Katherine Serena Lu
Tanya McCabe with a matching donation from The Prudential Foundation
Diana D. Murray
Lewis Naumchik
Georga Osborne
Andrew Pacho
Sheri Pascua-Bennett
Maria Sheehan
Tom Sheehan
Mark Sikes
Shigeko Suga
Michael Sullivan
Mariko Takai
Sarah Unger
Jen Whinnen
Shao-Ying Wu and Minga Lohman

Individual Donations up to $49
Anonymous
Tomi Ando-Kowalski
Michael Ballard
Sheryl E. Berkowitz
Laurie Boczar
Damaris Bracero
Frank Camacho
Donna McLocklin Cermak
Emma Clarke
Geniva Cora
Katy Cunningham, Song Shop New York, Inc.
Venita DeCoster
Sandra Erlandson
Ariel Estrada
Peter Gallagher
Leslie Hendricks
Shelley Hee
Scott Robert Hoffman
Karel Karpe
Kaira Kristbergs
Annie Lau
Cameron Little
Cynthia McKeague
John Moses
Gilda Mulero
Beverly Myers
Morgan Nelligan
Magdalene Rose Perez
Marleen Poels
Alexa Kelly and Brian Richardson
Rusty Riegelman
Gina Rodriguez
Francisco Silva
Darion Smith
Michele Smith
Heather Stewart
Barbara Teague
Kelly Towry   
Tsui, Kaity
Fredpaul Wandke
Bruce Weekes
Yvette Yasui
Rose Zingale


Building and sustaining a nonprofit requires a collaboration of people from many different backgrounds. We wish to acknowledge the pro bono services and product donations provided by the following people and companies

Steve Adams: KMA logo design, Yoga Instruction
Adobe
Christine Arand
David Buffam: photography, videography, editing
James Michael Byerley
Lisa Carleo, Carleo Hair Salon
Jason Chien, King & Spalding, LLP: incorporation and tax-exemption filings
Paul Keoni Chun
Maria Luisa Cortez, El Maguey y La Tuna
Adeet Deshmukh
DG Insurance Company, Inc.
Disney Theatrical Group
Ed Ehrgott, C.P.A., TekPals: website design and hosting; accounting assistance
Freshmade NYC
June Hong: KMA logo design
James at www.GeneralFuzz.net: music in our KMA Introductory video
Keith Jurosko
Cynthia Kienzle, The Clutter Whisperer: office space design and de-cluttering advice
Katty Lau
Little Pie Company
Kathleen McCarthy, King & Spalding, LLP: legal advice on trademarks and patents
Lululemon Brookfield Place
Ross MacLean
Microsoft
Steve Olson, West Bank Cafe
Nikki Ostrower, NaoNutrition
Rusty Riegelman
Martin Rivera, Highbridge Community Development Corporation
Alex Skucas, Partner, King & Spalding, LLP: legal advice and referrals
Alfred Smouha, A Classic Time Watch Company