SUPPORTERS MAKE IT POSSIBLE
The Rabbit hOle is bringing together book lovers, literacy advocates, publishers, award- winning authors and illustrators, educators, artists, community partners, corporations, and leading philanthropists to create a new museum experience around literature, national in scope, that will transform Kansas City’s cultural and educational landscape.
MAJOR DONORS
PUBLISHING
PARTNERS
COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS
CORPORATE
SUPPORT
MAJOR DONORS special thanks to the following & our many other generous supporters!
Marny and John Sherman
The Sunderland Foundation
The Kemper Family Foundations
Jean & Tom McDonnell and the
McDonnell Foundation
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Haggerty Family Foundation
Miller Hammond Charitable Fund
Edward F. Swinney Trust
Finley Family Fund
The Sosland Foundation
The Hulston Family Foundation
Jack F. and Glenna Y. Wylie Charitable Foundation
Hughes Family Foundation
Paul and Jonalee McLaughlin
Jackie and Henry Massman
Bradley W. and Linda J. Nicholson
Ann and Gary Dickinson Family Charitable Foundation
MMKS McDowell Family Donor Advised Fund
National Endowment for the Arts
Constance Cooper Foundation
Morgan Family Fund
J.E. Dunn Construction
Lisa and Charlie Schellhorn
Abe and Anna Bograd Memorial Trust
Capitol Federal Foundation
The Andrews Family Foundation
MacMillan Publishing
Gould Charitable Foundation
Massman Foundation
Terry and Linda Ward
Diane & John Power
Stanley H. Durwood Foundation
Annette & Larry Hancks
Chip and Cindy Luerding
John Black & Darcy Howe
Larry and Trina Taft
Lance & Rania Anderson
Jon Scieszka and Jeri Hansen
Chris and Don Alexander
Anne Bethune
Joan Horan
The Curry Family Foundation
Francis Family Foundation
Missouri Humanities Council
Reisler Family Fund
Kathleen And Tim Fendler
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler
Hayden Harman Foundation
Kaye Summers and Danny Carpenter
Ellen & Irv Hockaday
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler
William Lichtenberger
Gattermeir Family Foundation
Mark Reichle and Nancy Miller
Larry and Kim Kittoe
Dalene Bradford
Steve, Mary Anne, and Kiloh McDowell
Brian Selznick and David Serlin
Mary And Don Newton
Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation
Susan Johnson
Lockton Companies
The Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation
Shumaker Family Foundation
The H&R Block Foundation
Dav and Sayuri Pilkey
Leslie & Forest Swyden
Cloud L. Cray Foundation
CommunityAmerica Foundation
Country Club Bank
Evergy
Paul Critchlow
Laurie Bomba and Andy Fromm
Harley-Davidson Foundation
Liberty Public Schools
Brownstone Family Foundation
Mike & Linda Lyon
Babs & Bill Lowenstein
J.B. Reynolds Foundation
Dick & Gloria Anderson
Sara & David O’Connell
Dianne Shumaker
Neil Karbank
Wendy & Grant Burcham
Seyferth Family Fund
Bill & Kathryn Worley
Elizabeth & Louis Nave Flarsheim Charitable Trust
Sprint
Kim and Ted Higgins Family Charitable Fund
The Rabbit hOle is supported by these and other generous contributors - like you!
PUBLISHING PARTNERS
The Rabbit hOle is working directly with authors, estates, and publishers to realize its vision. Virtually every major publisher in the industry has endorsed the project. Award-winning authors and illustrators from around the world will visit The Rabbit hOle as collaborators, presenters, and mentors.
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
As America’s Creative Crossroads, Kansas City is becoming a leader in the creative placemaking movement. Creative placemaking leverages public and private partnerships to create strong, healthy, and diverse communities through the arts.
The Rabbit hOle has this concept at its very core, as we partnerships with important community partners including the Kansas City Public Library, Coterie Theatre, Mesner Puppet Theater, Kansas City Art Institute, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Turn the Page KC, Lead to Read, and Operation Breakthrough, among others. The Rabbit hOle is already having an impact on the local economy by partnering with the City of North Kansas City and the Missouri Development Finance Board to secure $2 million in state tax credits for the project.
CORPORATE SUPPORT
We are exceedingly grateful for our generous community, especially those organizations who offer their ongoing support. These companies and civic institutions believe in The Rabbit hOle's mission. We invite you to support these community-minded companies.
