Sponsors

CURRENT SPONSORS

ACADEMY AWARD/OSCAR SPONSORS:

($8,001 – $10,000)

  • Joy Ann Woodland Butler, (MOTHER OF SELAH), Lutcher, LA
  • Stephanie R. Hollins – Maringouin, LA
  • Louise T. Hollins – Maringouin, LA
  • Hugh Caffery, Valentine Chemicals – Lockport, LA

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD SPONSORS:

($5,001 – $8,000)

SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD SPONSORS:

($3,501 – $5,000)

  • Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge/Charles Lamar Family Foundation
  • The Late Jackie Wesley, A. Wesley’s Funeral Home – Maringouin, LA
  • The Late Brother James Fluence – Lutcher, LA
  • Bayou Regional Arts Council – Houma, LA
  • John Hudson, Sr. Vice President of External Affairs & Entergy Charitable Foundation President – New Orleans, LA
  • Anne E. Raymond, James P. Raymond, Jr. Charitable Foundation – New Orleans, LA

DOVE AWARD SPONSORS:

($2,501 – $3,500)

  • Joseph Robins, J. Robins CPA, LLC – Baton Rouge, LA

HUMANITARIAN AWARD SPONSORS:

($1,501 – $2,500)

  • Paul Rainwater, Rainwater Consulting President – Baton Rouge, LA
  • New Orleans Toursim & Culture Fund – New Orleans, LA

DIRECTOR’S GUILD SPONSORS:

($501 – $1,500)

  • Dr. Vellanki, St. James Primary Care – Gramercy, LA
  • Pearl Turner
  • Guitar Center #711, Bryan Kerlec, Store Manager – Harahan, LA
  • The Krewe of Muses, c/o Katherine Conklin, Chairwoman – New Orleans, LA
  • Edward J. Robinson, L&R Security – New Orleans, LA  
  • Bryon Garrety, Garrety & Associates – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Hugh “Skip” Lambert, Lambert Zainey, Founding Partner – New Orleans, LA
  • Ryan Rayburn, State Farm Insurance Agent – Prairieville, LA
  • The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation – New Orleans, LA
  • Tessa & Derrick Holloway, Kids Karousel – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Shuntel Hasten, A.N.T. Services LA – St. Gabriel, LA

CONTRIBUTORS:

($250 – $500)

    • Kristina Collins-Harrison, DSCC Member – 81st Representative District Office “A” – Paulina, LA
    • Dwight Fitch, Fitchfield Productions – New Orleans, LA
    • Rev. Dr. Gordon J. Taylor – New Sarpy, LA
    • The Baton Rouge Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Foundation, Clay Young Chairman & Lt. L’Jean McKneely – Baton Rouge, LA
    • Greg Veron, Veron’s Supermarket – Lutcher, LA
    • C. Diane Fluker – Bloomington, IL
    • Leandre Millet, Millet Law Office, LLC – LaPlace, LA
    • Law Offices of Rosalyn Ruffin-Duley – LaPlace, LA
    • Allen V. Davis, Allen V. Davis & Associates – Gonzales, LA  
    • John Gray, Continuum Music & Jazz Musician – Baton Rouge, LA  
    • Rhett Spano, esq., Law Office of Attorney Rhett Spano – Baton Rouge, LA  
    • Dr. Kinesha Harris, PhD, Southern University Asst. Professor of Chemistry – Baton Rouge, LA  
    • Dr. Christopher Butler, Lit Smiles Pediatric Dentistry – Baton Rouge, LA  
    • Terry Everson – Baton Rouge, LA
    • B & B Enterprises, Brock Taylor, Owner – Gonzales, LA
    • Stephen Alexander, Alexander Law Firm – Baton Rouge, LA
    • Vernon Thomas, esq., Candidate for EBR 19th District Judge 19th – Baton Rouge, LA
    • Rufus H. Craig, Jr., Rufus H. Craig & Associates – Baton Rouge, LA
    • Todd Comeaux, Comeaux Law Firm – Baton Rouge, LA
    • Mark Grant – Port Allen, LA
    • Clyde Cooper, Cooper’s A/C & Heating – St. James, LA
    • Derroclecia Dunn, D’Agency Real Estate – Baton Rouge, LA 
    • Carlar Alexander-Smith, esq., Attorney at Hammonds, Sills, Adkins, Guice, Noah, & Perkins, LLP & Notary – Baton Rouge, LA
    • Jamillia Stevenson, esq., Attorney-at-Law – Chandler, TX
    • Stan Adkins, Stan’s Tax Service –  Baton Rouge, LA  
    • Eugene  Priestley, Le Petit Theatre Board Member – New Orleans, LA
    • Stephen Sterling, III, Sterling Law Firm – Baton Rouge, LA  
    • J. Huntington Odom, esq., Attorney-at-Law – Baton Rouge, LA
    • Alesia Ardoin, esq., Attorney-at-Law – Baton Rouge, LA
    • Dr. Christopher Williams, Author & Associate Professor of Criminal Justice – New Orleans, LA
    • Ryant D. Price, 4 Price Enterprises, LLC – St. Rose, LA
    • Joey Louque, Louque’s Automotive – Hester, LA
    • Tameira “TC” Nash, Twenty-Four Nineteen, LLC – Baton Rouge, LA
    • Nathaniel Jones – Lutcher, LA
    • Maggie Anne Broussard, Attorney, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC – New Orleans, LA
    • Ricky C. Roussel, AOA Services, Inc. – Paulina, LA
    • John T. Fuller, esq., Fuller Keelen Law Firm – New Orleans, LA
    • Joseph Bikulege – New Orleans, LA
    • Robert W. Tucker, Jr., R. W. Tucker & Associates – Baton Rouge, LA
    • Shannon L. Battiste, The Law Office of Shannon Battiste, LLC – Baton Rouge, LA
    • Michael Merideth, VPG Enterprises, CEO – New Orleans, LA
    • Winston DeCuir, Jr., Candidate for District Judge 19th Judicial District Court, Division B – Baton Rouge, LA

“FRIENDS OF DR. JAVON OPHELIA BUTLER”:

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES

 

  • Congressman Troy Carter, U. S. Representative 2nd District – New Orleans, LA

 

LOUISIANA STATE SENATORS

 

  • Senator Gregory Miller Louisiana State Representative, 56th District – Destrehan, LA

 

LOUISIANA STATE REPRESENTATIVES

 

  • Louisiana State Representative Adrian Fisher, District 16 – Monroe, LA
  • Louisiana State Representative Joseph Orgeron, District 54 – Larose, LA
  • Representative Sylvia Taylor, Louisiana State Representative, District 57 – Laplace, LA

 

ASCENSION PARISH

 

  • Louisiana State Representative Jeffrey Fons “Jeff” Wiley, District 81 – Maurepaus, LA
  • Ascension Parish Councilman Joel Robert, District 2 – Gonzales, LA
  • Honorable Judge Keyojuan G. Turner, 23rd JDC, ES , Div. E – Gonzales, LA
  • Christie Mayeux, Justice of the Peace, 2nd Justice Court – Prairieville, LA
  • Chief Sherman Jackson, City of Gonzales Chief of Police – Gonzales, LA
  • Mayor Leroy Sullivan, Sr., City of Donaldsonville – Donaldsonville, LA
  • Councilman Michael Sullivan, Sr., Council Member City of Donaldsonville, District 5 – Donaldsonville, LA

 

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH

 

  • Honorable Judge Gail Grover, Juvenile Court, Election Section 2B – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Late Councilwoman Ronnie Edwards-Baton Rouge Metro Council, District 5
  • Cliff Lewis, East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Member, District 5 – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Honorable Judge Caulette Jackson-Guillard, East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court Judge, Election Section 3, Division A – Baton Rouge, LA

 

IBERVILLE PARISH

 

  • Councilman Steve “Pine” Smith, Iberville Parish Councilman – Plaquemine, LA
  • Amy Matirne-Patin, Iberville Parish Clerk of Court – Plaquemine, LA

 

ORLEANS PARISH

 

  • Councilman Oliver Thomas, Candidate for Mayor City of New Orleans – New Orleans, LA
  • Patricia Boyd-Robertson, Candidate for Louisiana State Representative, District 100 – New Orleans, LA
  • Kenn Barnes, Candidate for Louisiana State Senate District 3, OPDEC Member District D – New Orleans, LA
  • Honorable Judge Candice Bates-Anderson, Orleans Parish Juvenile Judge, Section C – New Orleans, LA

 

ST. JAMES PARISH

 

  • Glenn Waguespack, St. James Parish Assessor, Convent, LA
  • Mayor Patrick St. Pierre, Town of Lutcher – Lutcher, LA
  • Town of Lutcher Alderman Thomas George – Lutcher, LA
  • Sheriff Claude Louis, Jr., St. James Parish Sheriff – Convent, LA

 

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH

 

  • Honorable Judge Vercell Fiffie, District Judge, 40th JDC Section 2 Division A – Edgard, LA
  • Councilman Vernon Bailey, St. John the Baptist Parish Council, District 6 – Laplace, LA
  • Michael Green, Jr., St. John the Baptist Parish Constable District 4 – Laplace, LA  

 

LIVINGSTON PARISH

  • Linday “Rubia” Garcia, Candidate for  U. S. Representative 5th Congressional District – Democratic Party – Walker, LA
TANGIPAHOA PARISH
  • Jessee Fleenor, Candidate for  U. S. Representative 5th Congressional District – Democratic Party / Berry Hill Farm – Loranger, LA

GRANT AWARDS:

  • Bayou Regional Arts Council, Louisiana Division of the Arts & National Endowment of the Arts – Houma, LA
  • Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge/Charles Lamar Family Foundation – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Nalco An Ecolab Company – Garyville, LA
  • Union Pacific Community Ties Giving Program, Drew Tessier – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Wal-Mart Community Impact Grant – 2023 & 2025 Gonzales, LA & 2024 Donaldsonville, LA
  • New Orleans & Company – New Orleans, LA
  • Jazz & Heritage Foundation Grant – New Orleans, LA
  • New Orleans Tourism & Culture Fund – New Orleans, LA
  • Entergy Charitable Foundation – New Orleans, LA