ANN ARBOR, Mich., - KeyBank last night presented a $5,000 check to renowned jazz artist and New Orleans native, Wynton Marsalis, during his performance with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at the University of Michigan's Hill Auditorium. Marsalis accepted the donation on behalf of the Higher Ground Relief Fund which, administered by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, benefits New Orleans musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina and offers general hurricane assistance to the region.

"We all saw the devastation Hurricane Katrina brought to New Orleans and the surrounding areas," says Kirk Albert, SVP, commercial banking at KeyBank, who presented the check to Marsalis. "New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz - an original American art form - and we look forward to hearing that city swing again."

Key's support for hurricane relief last year totaled $211,516 through the company's corporate matching gifts program and a $100,000 Key Foundation grant benefiting efforts in Key communities from Maine to Alaska. Additionally, KeyBank customers and communities supported relief efforts by donating $370,000 to the American Red Cross through Key's 946 KeyCenters (branches) nationwide.

Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to jazz. With the world-renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra and a comprehensive array of guest artists, Jazz at Lincoln Center advances a unique vision for the continued development of the art of jazz by producing a year-round schedule of performance, education, and broadcast events for audiences of all ages. These productions include concerts, national and international tours, residencies, weekly national radio and television programs, recordings, publications, an annual high school jazz band competition and festival, a band director academy, a jazz appreciation curriculum for children, advanced training through the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies, music publishing, children's concerts, lectures, adult education courses and student and educator workshops. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, Chairman of the Board Lisa Schiff, President & CEO Derek E. Gordon, Executive Director Katherine E. Brown and Jazz at Lincoln Center board and staff, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce hundreds of events during its 2005-06 season. In October 2004, Jazz at Lincoln Center opened Frederick P. Rose Hall - the first-ever performance, education, and broadcast facility devoted to jazz. A copy of Jazz at Lincoln Center's latest Form 990 can be obtained from the organization or from the Office of the Attorney General by writing the Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. For more information, visit www.jalc.org.

Baton Rouge Area Foundation
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation is a non-profit organization that forms partnerships with philanthropists, nonprofit organizations and other community leaders to ensure that its community can exceed any challenge, and that its residents have every opportunity to succeed. It helps Fund Donors create a lasting legacy and fulfill their philanthropic goals. The Baton Rouge Area Foundation helps nonprofit organizations succeed with their plans to implement programs that will have positive, lasting impacts in our community. It recognizes opportunities for improvement in the area, raise awareness, and promote long-term solutions. Steady leadership and a flexible strategic plan have helped the Baton Rouge Area Foundation implement and sustain the visions of passionate philanthropists for more than 40 years. For more information about the foundation and its relief funds, go to www.braf.org. A copy of The Baton Rouge Area Foundation's latest annual report can be obtained from the organization or from the Office of the Attorney General by writing the Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.

KeyBank in Michigan
Last year, KeyBank placed its district-based operations within its community bank, a geographically-based organizational structure created to strengthen focus on growing market share, providing exceptional client service and reinforcing its relationship strategy. In Michigan, Key currently operates to 32 branches, with 40 ATMs and 250 employees spanning a five-county area including: Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Wayne and Washtenaw.

KeyCorp
Cleveland-based KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $92 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally. Contact Key Foundation Senior Program Officer Quentin McCorvey at 216.689.5505, or quentin_mccorvey@keybank.com, for more information about corporate grants.

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KeyCorp's roots trace back 190 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $176.2 billion at March 31, 2021. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,100 branches and more than 1,400 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC. 

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