Thank You to our Sponsors and Supporters!

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, BAAY relies on the generosity of our donors and sponsors. These are the heroes behind the scenes, who allow us to offer generous scholarships and continue to expand our program outreach so that all local youth have access to the arts.  A standing ovation to each and every one of you!

BAAY is grateful to be supported, in part, by grant funding from the Washington State Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Thank you Whatcom Community Foundation for grant funding supporting BAAY in 2022! 

“I Belong at BAAY” October 2020 donors:

In addition to business sponsors, individual donors, and our sustaining monthly Encore donors, in October 2020 during the pandemic we also had a major online fundraiser in connection with a documentary we made about our first 15 years of operation called “I Belong at BAAY” (view it online here).

We are deeply grateful to each and every donor – you are truly buoying BAAY’s mission through this storm when children, youth, families, and communities need the arts more than ever.

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Susan Barrett
Kirsten Barron
Jeanie Bellamy
Michelle Bloomquist
Amanda Boyd
Pamela Brady
Samuel Brown
Denilyn Brummett
Susan Buck
Thomas Buczkowski
Sara Burns
Abby Caram
Darcy Carlson
Lindsey Cerise
Ron Chambliss
Amy Chesbrough
Genevieve Cohn
Doris Costley
La Drene Coyne
Dana Crediford
Mary lou Crosbie
Heather Dalberg
Karishma Desai
Cory Downey
Tamara Duplantis
Kimberle Eherenfieldt
Andrea Entz
Rachel Esposito
Anna Evans
Analisa Ficklin
Michelle Ficklin
Sue Fox-Golombek
Stacy Glover
Ilya Gofman
Alison Graves
Michael Hackett

Tina Haegele
Richard Hakim
Shannon Hamilton
Laurel Hammond
Adina Haun
Susan Hemingson
Marid Hendrickson
Kathryn Hertz
Irene Honig-McCarthy
Emily Howard
Michael Ingalls
Ann Knowles
Samantha Konikoff
Monica Kujawa
Nichole Kyle
Sandra Little
Judy Little
Bart Lodder
Anne Marie Long
Candice Lundy
Matthew Luxon
Victoria Machado
Crissy Manhan
Pat and Steve Markowitz
Sheldon Markowitz
Jeffrey Markowitz
Ken Marshall
Lois Massanari
Marian Methner
Will Middlebrooks
Amy Mild
Theresa Morrison
Conor O’Keefe
Stacy Olver
Michelle Ostendorff
Patty Ostendorff

Laura Patterson
Forrest Paull
Patricia Paulson
Patricia Pfaffenbach
Laura Plaut
Eric Plum
Naomi Pomerantz
David Post
Laurie Powers
Nancy Rankin
Kenneth Rehberger
Tara Reiter
Larry Rhodes
Carol Richards
Michelle Riggs
Emily Roe
Dominic Santangelo
Grace Schackel
James Scolaro
Barbara Silverman
Chris Sorich
Allison Swinson
Mikyn Sygitowicz
Bill and Louise Sygitowicz
Jill Taylor
Wendee Theilemann
Nick Theilemann
Mark Thorburn
Colleen van Pelt
Jackson van Pelt
Elias Vignali
Theresa Waters
Lori and Beau Whitehead
Carly Williams
Sara Williams
Akiko Yada

Tax Information:

For the 2021 tax year, people who take the standard deduction (even if you don’t itemize your charitable donations) can deduct up to $300 of cash donations to charity. The $300 amount is per person. So, if you’re married and filing a joint return, you can deduct a total of $600 on your 2021 tax return (which you’ll file in 2022).

BAAY’s is a 501(c)(3) public charity and our EIN is 38-3868071. Your donation is tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. To claim a donation as a deduction on your U.S. taxes, please keep your email donation receipt as your official record. We’ll send it to you upon successful completion of your donation.