CHRP benefits from a diverse Board of Directors who are committed to the establishment of the American Rhythm Center as a sustainable institution dedicated to building community through the shared practice, appreciation and creation of American tap and contemporary percussive arts. CHRP also benefits from a favorable environment in Chicago related to attendance/participation at tap performances/education events similar to its devotion to jazz music. However, the organization also faces capacity building challenges – particularly related to long term sustainability – such as leadership transition, diversification of revenue and need for a permanent physical space.

Over the course of the next three years, 2010-12, the organization has identified four strategic priorities that both leverage the strengths of the organization as well as address potential issues. These priorities include:

   1. Maximize support for year round performance, education and community outreach programs by developing a larger individual donor base, launching a targeted 20th Anniversary Founders’ Circle Campaign and returning to focused presentations of Chicago based artists.
   2. Increase board size and capacity to fundraise and self-govern in order to transition from a founder driven organization into a more stable, permanent institution.
   3. Increase staff capacity by hiring a managing/development director.
   4. Expand fee based tap classes for children, teens, professionals, educators and adult practitioners to create additional earned revenue streams to support the development of a discrete CHRP education/performance facility (American Rhythm Center).

Taken together, these priorities will lay the foundation for CHRP’s third decade and on the path towards realizing its vision of establishing the first cultural center in the world dedicated to American tap and contemporary percussive arts.

Campaign Donors

Leader ($50,000 and up)
Boeing Company

Sustainer ($20,000 - $29,999)
Pamela Crutchfield
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

Builder ($10,000 - $19,999)
Arts Work Fund
Elaine Cohen* & Arlen Rubin

Benefactor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Charles Gardner & Patti Eylar
Susan & Ted Oppenheimer
Lane Alexander*
Richard & Diane Weinberg

Sponsor ($2,500 - $4,999)

Partner ($1,500 - $2,499)
Paul Boulis
Terry* and Carol Coakley
Kate C. Froeberg
John & Dee Grein
Nick King
Claudette Smith*
Amy* & Tony Volpe
Dona Williams

Subscriber ($1,000 - $1,499)
Anida "Cookie" Cohen
Sharon Cyr*
Carol Efron-Flier
Charles & Tracy Lanham
Beatrice Mayor
James Mitchell

Patron ($500 - $999)
Ann & Robert Avery
Deborah Benzing
Sandra Berg
Judith Blank*
Suellen Burns & Weston Morris
Judy & Rolf Bruns
Maria Diecidue
Mary Lou Haddad
Bud & Mimi Frankel
Amy Granat
Nick Lanham- L & L Hardwood Floors
Donna LaPietra & Bill Kurtis
Jamal Malone*
Todd D. Milligan
Cindy & Stephen Mitchell
Cynthia Mitchell
Michael Perlstein
Timo* & Astrid Rehbock
Sharon Rossmark
Danny Schmid
Richard Sharftein
Andrea Shindler
Walter Stearns
Northern Trust
The Boston Consulting Group Inc.

Friend ($250-499)
Ralph W. Applegate Jr.
Fred Bates & Ellen Benjamin
Heather Bushong
Diana & Shelvin Ciral
Jennifer Edgcomb
Gail Seeger & Richard George
Joe & Madeleine Glossberg
Ethel & Bill Gofen
Mike & Joan Gumbel
Irena & Waiter Kaiser
Keith & Cynthia Krohe
Diana E. Harris*
Shelley Hoselton
Cathy Lazaroff
Rick & Terry Lesser
Paul Levy
Marilyn Miglin
Jeffery Mono
Sandra Oldham
Jack Parker
Rebecca Pavlatos
Elizabeth Price
Phil & Teresa Rosansky
Brad Rosen
Lori & Don Schroud
Donald Turner
Charlotte & Jeffrey Wagner
Nancy & Cliff Weber
Dori Wilson
Joanie Winter
Patrick M. Woods
Ellen & Albert Zickman

Contributor ($100 - $249)
Debi Aston
Carol Alexander
Bridget Barham
Robert B. Berger
Linda Bierig
Sharon Burge
Bruce Cain
Pat Carlson
Carol Coletta
Idella Reed-Davis
Dede DeCamp
Dot Press
D.R. Edwards
Connie Foster
Muriel Foster
Patricia Finnegan
Regina & Thomas Fraser
Pat Friedlander
Kevin & Julie Garren
John Gingell
Dena Gordon
Cynthia & Barry Greenberg
Kathie Greenberg
Fran Gilbert
Linnea Hadlock
James Harvitt
David & Lisa Heinze
Manny & Judith Hoffman
Vida Hotchkiss
Arnette Hubbard
Sandra L. Johnson
Gail Kalver
Ellen Keane
Lonnie Keeler*
Rhonda Kodjayan
Arthur & Valerie Kovitz
Peter Kuntz
Barbara Landis-Seld
Joe Lauck
Gloria Lehr
Robin Litman
Darlene Little
J. Michael Loganbill
Corey Lozier
Keith & Corinne Marks
Suzanne Martineau
Sue McCandless
Walker & Alice McLear
Gene Medler
Gayle Mindes
Lauren Moltz
Jeffry Moy
John & Barbara Noonan
Mark Norby
Gregory & Jaqueline Packard
Julie Paradise
Kathy & Duane Peiffer
Jorge Perez
Marge Pickering
Madeline Rabb
Jacqueline Record
Dana Rich
Jim & Kathleen Richmond
Bridget Rodgers
James Roche
Jeannette Samo
Kristin & Rhett Schrock
Louis & Judy Schutz
Douglas Scherer
Ron Schmidt
Mike Sheridan
Joyce Selander
Austin Shank
Dorothy & Theodore Shaw
Veronica Siegel
Billy Siegenfeld
Jeff Smith
John Smith
Alice Snyder
Alan Stengel
The Time Steppers
Andy & Nancy Tecson
Leanne Vondran
Jill Wachholz
Dorothy Whealan
C. Brian Williams
Audra Williams
Eric & Dorothy Wolff

Supporter ($50 - $99)
Omid Akhavan
David R. Askew, Esq.
Jean Benedict
Larry & Deborah Buchweitz
Tim & Christine Carrigan
Debbie & Glen Chapuis
Ann Cole
William & Kelly Dennehy
Susan Downing
Helen Dumas
Susan Filipiak
Stacy & Jay Frank
Sanford & Holly Gail
Harris & Patricia Goldenberg
Debi & Thomas Grudichak
Susan Atwood Jardin
Judy Kiehm
Linda Lenz & Marshall Foker
Kathleen Mackay
Donna Perlisse Macfarlene
Jim McBride & Mary Morse
Margaret Nelson - In Memorium of Brownie Brown
Tiffany Fairchild-Schlater
LeaAnn Voges Schwartz
James Schipp
Kathryn Simon
Lena Solow
Barbara & Edwin Swanson
Kathy Velasco
Karen Waldman
Lisa & Eric Yondorf
Elizabeth & Albert Zupon

Donor ($1 - $49)
Hiroshi Abe
Penelope Anderson
Florence Arnow
Charlotte Baker
Pat Balderas
Marcelene Barrett
Paul Bateman
Janet Becker
 Kathy Bernstein
Shadoe Brandt
Johnathon Briggs
Kathleen J. Brown
Judy Boloton
Betty Casey
Mary Ann Catuara
Celia Cheung
Charlotte Crane & Eric Fox
Doug Corella
Amy Dombrower
Mary Lou Donovan
Rita Dragonette
Alexis Driscoll
Cameron Erens
Stacy Falagkas
Kathleen Ficke
Deborah Flemister
LeQuiette Folk & DJ Folk
Nancy Fontana
Lorraine Freund
Maria Freyberg
Joanna Garand
Deborah Granite
Sheila Gillis
Darren Grady
Kathleen Grosch
Josh Hale
Neil & Leila Handelman
Brend J. Harris
Sue Carol Hayslett
Lauren Hearter
Linda Hinckley
Felicia Son Hing
Mary Pat Hinton
Ruth Ann Houston
Jean Howard
Joyce Kahn
Carol Kaiser
Gladys Kane
Rhonda Kantor
Mary Lou Kroll
Jazlyn Lauster
Sharon Leibach
Gilda Lesser
Sonia & Ronald Levitsky
Elizabeth & Brian Lewis
Ruthe Liametz
Eleanor Lindskoog
Judith Lynn
Katherine Magluilo
Linda Maley
Corinne Malpede
Marie Marino
Paula Marks
Niki Metropoulos
Lynn Meyer
Ursina Meyer
Matt Miazga
Courtney Milligan
Deborah Murphy
Dr. Sue Mool
Marlene Morton
Carol Noonan
Elaine Opsithik
David Osborn
Judith Ostling
Kasia Pabrowska
Joan Pajak
Ginny Pappaianou
Tara Parker & Carly Parker
Anastasia Platt
Lexie Rhem
Thomas F. Reis
Judith M. Rissley
Cuyler Robinson
Natalie Robinson
David Rodriquez
Sarah Roegner
Lois Roeward
Raqual Romero
Natalie Ross
Karen Rubio
Shota Saki
Floyd Sales
Sean Schilawski
Roni Schmdit
Donna Schnepff
Frances Seminara
Bonnie Sherman
Robert & Cathy Shulkin
Kenneth Siegal
Marci Simmons
Nicole Smith
Elissa Sutherland
Margie Swanson
Sydney-Symone Tate
Frances Teschka
Judith A. Thierer
Nicki Thomas
Barbara Thompson
Sandra Tomaino
Mary Tromanhauser
Gerald A. Ullman
Julie Vasquez
Judith Verschoor
Kate Walker
Kent & Charlotte Wegrzyn
Sean Whaley
Robert Whitney
Mary Wickersham
Helen Wiederkehr
Neida Witherspoon
Lucio Zapata
Nancy Zunker


*Current Chicago Human Rhythm Project board member