Donors from Past Seasons

2023 – 2024 Season

$50,000+
Baisley Powell Elebash Fund
Howard Gilman Foundation
New York Community Trust
New York State Council on the Arts

$25,000 – $49,999
Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund
Emma Scheafer Fund
Mosaic Network & Fund
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
West Harlem Development Corporation

$10,000 – $24,999
Anonymous
Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Lynne Foote
Dr. Nancy Maruyama & Charles Cahn
National Endowment for the Arts
Estelle Parsons
In memory of Peter Zimroth
Sandra Billingslea
In honor of John & Vivian Billingslea

$5,000 – $9,999
Aaron Copland Fund for Music
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Columbia Community Service
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
M&T Charitable Foundation
National Philanthropic Trust
Turrell Fund
Anonymous

$1,000 – $4,999
Amphion Foundation
Deneen Donnley-Evans
Rodrigo García de León Ferrer
Thelma Golden
Marsha Gray
Mizuho Bank
Nancy Hager
Susan Hall Harrison
Heckman-Takahara Family Foundation
Deirdre Howley
Liz Player
In memory of William & Rose Player
Richenthal Foundation
Colleen Sandor
Doris Ullendorff
Abigail Young

$100 – $999
Arts FMS LLC
Katrina Adams
Jennifer Allen
Mary Armstrong
Katherine Austin
Carrie Bacon
Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts
Cynthia D. Barnes, M.D.
Robin D. Beckhard
David Berry
Renate Bridenthal
Janna Bilski
James Blachly
Laura Blanco
Andrea Bradford
Celia Braxton
James and Ieda Britton
Amy Brown
Carol Brown
Deborah E. Brown
In honor of Stanley Heckman
Norma Kerlin Buchman
Sydney Butts
Leon Bynum
Katherine Careddu
Elizabeth Carton
Armando Castellano
Claire Chan
Yuien Chin
Bill and Marcia Clarkson
Jenny Cline
Nancy L. Clipper
Timmy Coleman
In memory of Lee & Priscilla Coleman
Clare Coss
Joanne Hubbard Cossa
Lauren Cowles
Michael A. Cummings
In honor of Betty Blayton Taylor
Erna Weber Daniel
David Schneider & Klara Moricz Fund
Barbara Divver
Jonathan Dworkin
Monica Ellis
Gail Ferrero
Todd Gordon & Susan Feder
Barbara J. Fields
Malva Filer
Jocelline Finley
Ford Foundation
Cheryl F. Murray Francis
Amy Fraser
Louis Gaetjens
James Gara
Yin Yin Gene
Give Lively Foundation, Inc.
Bettina Gold
Barbara Good
Ashleigh Gordon
Robert Gore Jr.
Jo-Ann Graham
Patti Hagan
Adolphus C. Hailstork III
Carolyn Happy
Harlem Arts Alliance
Harlem Opera Theater
Matthew Harris
Seanjeannetta Harris
Richard Healy
Thomas Heebner
Doria Hillsman
Gail Nelson Holgate
Garry Ianco
Martin Jeiven
Roderick Jenkins
Kirsten Jermé
Susie Johnson
Richard W. Johnston
Leslie Wright Jones
Fern Khan
Joanna M. Kapner
Shane and Jee-Hoon Krska
Alexander Laing
Amy Laskey
Jennifer B. Lee
Jeffrey A. Leib
Joseph Lelyveld
Tania León
Christiana Leonard
Brian Long
Bevis Longstreth
Clara Longstreth
David L. Lewis
Edwina Meyers-Lynch
James McCrory
Jean McCurry
Patricia McDaniel
Karen McLaughlin
Donald Meeker
Risa Mickenberg
Agnes Molnar
Justin G. Moore
Emly Nammacher
Barbara Oldham
Ursula Oppens
Terrance Patterson
Elodie Phounsombat
Terry Pierce
A. Robert Pietrzak

 In honor of New Amsterdam Singers
Russell Player
In memory of William & Rose Player
Annette Purnell
Daniel Rembert
Peggy Reynolds
In honor of Ashley Horne
Nechari Riley
Prof. Morey Ritt
Voza Rivers
Kay Roberts
Robyn Robinson
In honor of Mother
Verdery Roosevelt
Ariel Rudiakov
Joana Genova-Rudiakov
Melissa Sandor
Scherzo Cultural Journeys LLC
David Schilling
Linda Schmidt
Greg Scholl
In honor of Liz Player
Ellen Schorr
In honor of Amy Brown
Louis Schwartz
Robert J. Schwarz
William Schwartz
In honor of Ashley Horne
Joyce Seltzer
John D. Smith
Anthony R. Smith
Mary Sobel & Ted Sobel
Navin Sivakumar
Karan Spanard
Joan Spivak
Philip B. Spivey, Ph.D
In memory of Sidney S. Blake
Howard Stein
Cathy Taylor
Barron Tenny
Ricardo Tessarotto
Michael Thaddeus
Jerry Thompkins
Pam Tillis
Deirdre Towers
Andrea Vásquez
Steve Vavagiakis
Erasmia Voukelatos
Marshall Wace
Christiana Walford
Linda Weaver
Norman Weiss
Joy Wellington
Delora Williams
E. Sharon Williams
Freager S. Williams
Janet L. Wolfe, Ph.D.
Erika Wood
Yolanda Wyns
Zalichin-Kramer Family Fund
Donna W. Zalichin

$1 – $99
Anonymous
Deena Abulughod
Barrie Adedeji
Jessica Adler
Orren J. Alperstein
Virginia Arnold
Matthew Baker
Barbara Barron
In honor of Ieda Fuller-Britton
Linda Blacken
Vincent Brancato
Kathy Bryan
Robin Berson
Andrea Brecker
H. Brenda Brookes
Geneva Butts
Kim Campi
Barbara Carlsen
S.C. Carothers
Donna Chandler
Bernadette Chapman
Colin T. Connor
Daniel Correa
Brenda Couch
Leslie G. Cox III
Anne Cushman
Neena Das
Osceola Davis-Smith
Marjorie Desir
Roxanne F. Edwards
Carol Eisenberg
Damon Evans
Elton Estime
Andrew Feuerstein
Malva E. Filer
Judy Freeman
John Frisch
Diana Solomon-Glover
Arlene Goldberg
Stephanie Golob
Michelle Grady
Dr. Henry Greenberg
Suki Guerrier
Mary Guillory
Ella Harris
Matthew Harris
Linda Ewool-Heman
Dorothea Herreiner
Andrea Hollandt
Clarence Horne III
Briana Horton
Ellie Hisama
Clarissa Davis Igle
Vito Interrante
Ritone Ivaska
Rhonda Jeffrey
Barbara Jones
Glendoria Jones
Leslie Wright Jones
Jill Keith
In memory of Arnold Keith
Geoffrey Kiorpes
Janet Koenig
Anah Klate
Norman Lane
Catherine Lang
Susan Lardner
Julie Lawrence
Andrew M. Lee
Gail Lerner
Bruce Lincoln
George Lopez
Rita J. Louard
George Lucas
Sylvia Ann Lutterloh
Dr. Herbert W. Martin
Alisa & Deborah Matlovsky
In memory of Janet Wolfe
Patricia McDaniel
Allen Mellen
Leon Merrick
Aundrey Mitchell
Scarlett Lee Moore
Andrea Morris
Stephanie Mylenski
Amy Nathan
In honor of Tania León
Stephanie Ogden
Barbara Okishoff
Elisabeth Oliu
In memory of Ian Oliu
Maria Garcia Otero
Natalie Paschell
Sylvia Pirani
Sandra Player
Robert M. Pollock
Susan Wolf Post
Anna Purves
Ann Ranniar
Akia Robinson-Reed
Douglas Reed
Mary Richman
Carol Robbins
Katelin Roberts
Paul Robinson
Jean Michael Selany
Lory Skwerer
In memory of Betty G. Skwerer
Juanita R. Smith
Abraham Soto
Deb Spohnheimer
Howard Stein
Leslie Swanson
In memory of Annette Daly
Suzanne Taylor
Eric Thomas
Susan Timmins
Eva Kobus-Webb
TJ Webster
In honor of JASA
Daniel Wood
Ruth C. Wright
Marguerite Zeigler
Daniel Zweig


2021 – 2022 Season

$50,000+
Baisley Powell Elebash Fund
Howard Gilman Foundation
New York Community Trust
Upper Manhattan Empowerment
Zone - Catalyst Grant

$25,000 - $49,999
Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund
Emma Scheafer Charitable Trust
Ford Foundation matching gifts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts

$10,000 - $24,999
J.P. Morgan Securities Charitable Gift Fund (via American Cultural and Historical Equity Fund)
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
Liz Player
Lynne Foote
M&T Charitable Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
New Music USA
West Harlem Development Corporation

$5,000 - $9,999
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Columbia Community Service
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
The Turrell Fund
Anonymous

$1,000 - $4,999
Sandra Billingslea
Dr. Sydney Butts
Norbert Gasser and Felix E. Santiago
Nancy Hager
Stanley Heckman
Estelle Parsons in memory of Peter Zimroth
Prospect Hill Foundation
Richenthal Foundation
Colleen Sandor
Target Circle Giving Program

$100 - $999
Jennifer Allen
Mary Armstrong
Arts FMS LLC
Carrie Bacon
John Banks
David Berry
Laura Blanco
Arlene Boop
Celia Braxton
Sue Bremner
Amy Brown & Arturo Hale
Carol Brown
Leon Bynum
Jill Cashman
Yuien Chin
Bill and Marcia Clarkson
Effie Cochran
Lauren Cowles
Michael Cummings
Barbara Divver
Jonathan Dworkin
Patricia Eaton
Monica Ellis
Gail Ferrero
Barbara J. Fields
Nancy Francis
James Gara
Yin Yin Gene & Mark Schmitz
Ashleigh Gordon
Jo-Ann Graham
Adolphus Hailstork III
Patti Hagan
Susan Harrison
Richard Healy
Doria Hillsman
Deirdre Howley
Karen Hurley
Garry Ianco
Duane James
Leah C. Johnson
Penelope Johnston-Foote
Joanna M. Kapner
Fern Khan
KM Kraimer
Alexander Laing
Jennifer Lee
Tania León
Christiana Leonard
J.P. Leventhal
Doris Lipski
Jack Maisel
Margaret P. Mautner
Charlotte Mayerson
James McCrory
Mary McCune
Jean McCurry
Jacqueline McMickens
Marlene McMillan
Donald Meeker
Edwina Meyers
Vera Mshana
Doreen T. Murakami
Gail Nelson-Holgate
Melissa Ngan
Nkeiru Okoye
Barbara Oldham
Chauncey Packer
Marjorie Pawling
Russell Player
Sandra Player
Amy Pollack
Betty Reardon
Daniel Rembert
Peggy Reynolds
Mary E. Riley
Nechari Riley
Morey Ritt
Kay Roberts
Robyn Robinson
Verdery Roosevelt
Tesha Rose
Martha (Rosie) Rounds
Rashleigh Sampson
William Schwartz
John D. Smith
Richard Smith
Mary and Ted Sobel
Philip B. Spivey
Howard and Jill Comins Stein
Cathy Taylor
Forrest Taylor
Michael Thaddeus
Jerry Thompkins
Suzanne Urich
Gilberte Vansintejan
Steve Vavagiakis
Erasmia Voukelatos
Joan Warren
Kathleen Watson
Linda Weaver
Norman Weiss
Blanche Wiesen Cook & Clare Coss
Delora Williams
E. Sharon Williams
Michael Wojciechowicz
Dr. Janet L. Wolfe
Erika Wood
Leslie Wright Jones
Yolanda Wyns
Gay Young
Joanna Zhang

$1 - $99
Kathleen Bell
Jamie Bennett
Robin Berson
Suzanne C. Carothers
Jill Cashman
Bernadette D. Chapman
Ginnine Cocuzza
Leslie G. and Conchita Cox
Andrew Davidow
Eric Davis
William Davis
Osceola Davis-Smith
Dennis Derryck
Bill Doggett
Barbara J. Dunlap
Carol Eisenberg
Everett Enterprises
Malva Filer
Rev. Dr. Mary Foulke
John Frisch
Give Lively Foundation Inc.
Arlene Goldberg
Ellen Gronningen
Matthew Harris
Andrew Hatcher
Valerie Hird
Ellie Hisama
Clarence Horne III
MYS Humphreys
Ritone Ivaska
Virginia Johnson
Susie Johnson
Anona Joseph
Claudia Kulesh
Sarah Lang
Susan Lardner
Joan Levine
Linda Lopez
Daphne Mack
Herbert Woodward Martin
Thapelo Masita
Alisa Matlovsky
James McCrory
Patricia McDaniel
Liz and Allen Mellen
Aundrey Mitchell
Scarlett Lee Moore
Beth Morris
Selina Morris
Jerome B. Moss
Ngqibeko Ncanywa
Siphiwinhlanhla Nene
Ademola Olugebefola
Akisa Omulepu
Sonia Omulepu
Jocelyn Paine
Christina Peter
Janet and Terry Pierce
Sandra Player
Amy Pollack
Robert Pollock
Ann Ranniar
Peggy Reynolds
Mary Richman
Robyn Robinson
Eugene Rodriguez
Janet Rodriguez
William and Aishah Sales
Valdave Sawyer
Gloria Seward
Irene Silverblatt
Constance Simmons
Juanita Smith
Myrna Stephens
Susan Tatum
Vicente Velasco
Linda Weaver
Joy Wellington
Chris Williams
Henry Williams
Rosalyn Graves Wilson
Doreen Wohl
Dan Wood
Ruth C. Wright
Carol Yost
Ellen Zaltzberg

2020 – 2021 Season

$50,000+
Baisley Powell Elebash Fund
Ford Foundation matching gifts
Howard Gilman Foundation

$25,000 – $49,999
New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs

$10,000 – $24,999
The Cultural Immigrant Initiative via
Councilmember Bill Perkins
New York State Council on the Arts
Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
Arts Engagement via the Lower
Manhattan Cultural Council
West Harlem Development Corporation
Anonymous

$5,000 – $9,999
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Columbia Community Service
Ford Foundation matching gifts
Jim Neuberger and Helen Stambler
Neuberger Foundation
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
M&T Charitable Foundation
Music Performance Trust Fund
The Turrell Fund

$1,000 – $4,999
Gaily Beinecke
John Beinecke
Sandra Billingslea
Jon Coppola
Lynne Foote
Norbert Gasser and Felix E. Santiago
Jo Ann Graham
The Heckman-Takahara Family
Foundation
Roderick Jenkins
Joanna M. Kapner
Jennifer Lee
New York Community Trust
Estelle Parsons and Peter Zimroth
Richenthal Foundation
Edwin Shirley
Susan Stevens
Deirdre Towers
Abigail Young

$100 – $999
Jennifer Allen
Carrie Bacon
The Bagby Foundation
Janna Bilski
Laura Blanco
Arlene Boop
Viengpasone Bounma
Andréa Bradford
Celia Braxton
Sue Bremner
James & Ida Britton
Amy Brown & Arturo Hale
Carol Brown
Deborah E. Brown
Norma K. Buchman
Melissa Caldwell
Alfonso L. Carney, Jr.
Bill and Marcia Clarkson
Columbia University - The Tamer
Center for Social Enterprise
Howard and Jill Comins Stein
J. Patrick Cooney & Karl Buchberg
Anna Cronin
Kayo Der Sarkissian
Barbara Divver
Barbara J. Dunlap
Jonathan Dworkin
Monica Ellis
Gail Ferrero
Fidelity Charitable
Barbara J. Fields
Norbert Gasser
Yin Yin Gene and Mark Schmitz
GlaxoSmithKline
Kim S. Griswold
Patti Hagan
Nancy Hager
Adolphus C. Hailstork III
Sanjeanetta Harris
Susan Harrison
Thomas Heebner
Robert Hill
Valerie Hird
Deirdre Howley
Garry Ianco
Virginia Johnson
Richard Wise Johnston
Fern Khan
Amy Laskey
Tania León
Christiana Leonard
J.P. Leventhal
Sylvia Lewis
Verna and Hy Livingston
Susan Macaluso
Jack Maisel
Charlotte Mayerson
James McCrory
Mary McCune
Jean McCurry
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McGuire
Marlene McMillan
Donald Meeker
Edwina Meyers
Karen Milne
Brian Mori
Pamela T. Morton
Vera Mshana
Doreen T. Murakami
NYSE Foundation
Patricia Pates
Thomas Pellaton
Amy Pollack
Susan and Robert Post
Annette Purnell
Betty Reardon
Daniel Rembert
Peggy Reynolds
Mary Riley
Nechari Riley
Robyn Robinson
Verdery Roosevelt
Martha (Rosie) Rounds
Colleen Sandor
Juanita Smith
John D. Smith
Mary and Ted Sobel
Philip B. Spivey
Forrest Taylor
Marilyn Taylor
Michael Thaddeus
Tonja Ward
Joan Warren
Blanche Wiesen Cook & Clare Coss
Norman Weiss
Joy Wellington
Delora Williams
E. Sharon Williams
Dr. Janet Wolfe
Leslie Wright Jones
Gay Young

$1 – $99
Ameican Composers Alliance
Karly Anderson
Mary Armstrong
Ann Marie Bermont
Blackbaud Giving Fund
Frances Blaker
Meredith Bocek
A. Bogus
Vinroy Brown
Sydney Butts
Suzanne C. Carothers
Donna Maria Chandler
Henry Chapin
Bernadette D. Chapman
Ginnine Cocuzza
James and Eileen Cohn
Eric Davis
Osceola Davis-Smith
Eleanor Di Palma
Eleanor Renee Evans
Malva Filer
John Frisch
Joana Genova-Rudiakov
Matthew Goeke
Gloria Grayeb and John G. Manning
Ellen Gronningen
Ella Harris
Matthew Harris
Yvonne Hilton
Ellie Hisama
Nabate Isles
Marie Kalson
Drew Kerr
Libby Kessman
Susan Lardner
Bridget Leicester
Arthur Leonard
Gail Lerner
Diana Li
Nadya Lurey
Sylvia Ann Lutterloh
Eileen Mack
Alisa Matlovsky
Ann Mayer
Claire McLeveighn
Liz and Allen Mellen
Meta and Emma Mereday
Aundrey Mitchell
Scarlett Lee Moore
Beth Morris
Selina Morris
Ademola Olugebefola
Sonia Omulepu
Devon Ott
Jocelyn Paine
Robert Pollock
Ann Ranniar
Mary Richman
Morey Ritt
Robyn Robinson
Eugene Rodriguez
Jean Russak
William and Aishah Sales
Valdave Sawyer
Gloria Seward
Bella Sidney Randle Racklin
Constance Simmons
Lynda K. Smith
Matthew Spady
Brendan Speltz
Myrna Stephens
Houston Stevens
Suzanne Fiore Photography
Leslie Swanson
Alice Tait
Joanna Tallantire
Cathy Taylor
Karen Taylor
Farra Trompeter
Gilberte Vansintejan
Sheila Vaughan
Vicente and Marcela Velasco
Debra Vogel
Edward Vogel
Erasmia Voukelatos
Henry Williams
Doreen Wohl
Dan Wood
Ruth Wright
Stefan & Iris Zucker

2019 – 2020 Season

Archangel ($25,000+)
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
West Harlem Development Corporation

Angel ($10,000+)
Ford Foundation matching gifts
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
Elizabeth Player
Anonymous

Benefactor ($5,000 – $9,999)
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Columbia Community Service
Harry T. Burleigh Society
Lower Manhattan Cultural
Council
M&T Bank
New York State Council on the Arts
The Turrell Fund

Patron ($2,000 – $4,999)
Sandra Billingslea
J.P. Morgan Securities Charitable
Giving Fund
Manhattan Community Award via
Manhattan Borough President
Gale A. Brewer
New York Community Trust
Liz Player

Maestro ($1,000 – $1,999)
Gaily Beinecke
Norbert Gasser and Felix E. Santiago
Stanley Heckman and Sone Takahara
Verna and Hy Livingston
Brenda Morgan
John Morning
Estelle Parsons and Peter Zimroth
Susan Stevens and Samuel James
Michael Thaddeus
Anonymous

Concert Master ($500 – $999)
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation matching gifts
Bagby Foundation
Lynne Foote
Bernard J. Fried and Nina Gershon
Jo-Ann Graham, Ph.D.
Nancy Hager
Susan Harrison
Joanna M. Kapner
J.P. Leventhal
Vera Mshana
Thomas Pellaton
Barbara Tarmy
Lis Waterman

First Chair ($250 – $499)
Arlene Boop
Vien Bounma and William Hoch
Ieda and James Britton
Deborah E. Brown
Lee Bynum
Jon Coppola
William Vinton Derby
Gail Ferrero
Andrew Feuerstein
Barbara J. Fields
GlaxoSmithKline matching gift
Patti Hagan
Sally Howell-Rembert
Joanna Kapner
Fern Khan
Lee Koonce
Christiana Leonard
Susan Macaluso
Jacqueline McMickens
Betty Reardon
Verdery Roosevelt
Philip B. Spivey
Michael Thaddeus
Blanch Wiesen Cook & Clare Coss
Erika Wood

Player ($100 – $249)
Jennifer Allen
William Behr
Andréa Bradford
Sue Bremner
Amy Brown
Carl E. Brown
Carol Brown
Robert Bulger
Arlene Bullard
Richard A. Burgheim
Jill Cashman
Bill and Marcia Clarkson
David Cohen
Barbara Cohn
Howard and Jill Comins Stein
J. Patrick Cooney & Karl Buchberg
Barbara Divver
Dr. Onita Estes-Hicks
Fidelity Charitable
Suzanne Fiore
Yin Yin Gene
Kim S. Griswold
Mary Hardin
Thomas Heebner
Deirdre Howley
Leah C. Johnson
Lee Koonce
Linda Lawson
Jennifer Lee
Dr. Julie and Donald Marcuse
Charlotte Mayerson
James T. McCrory
Mary McCune
Jean McCurry
Pamela McGuire
Frosty Montgomery
Pamela T. Morton
Phyllis Murray and Hal Weiner
In celebration of the marriage of
Leslee Sumner and Luciano Barone
Nadya
Gail Nelson-Holgate
NYSE Foundation matching gifts
R. John Pellaton
Russell Player
Dr. Robert and Susan Post
Annette Purnell
Sanjiv Rao
Peggy Reynolds
Kay Roberts
Robyn Robinson
M.B. Roxborough
Mark Schmidt
Schwab Charitable
Christine Scott-Deutsch
Irene Silverblatt
John D. Smith
Mary and Ted Sobel
Leslee Sumner
Forrest Taylor
Steve Vavagiakis
Kathleen Watson
Norman Weiss
Reed Whittemore
Janet L. Wolfe, Ph.D.
Nan E. Woodruff
Ellen Zaltzberg

Supporter ($1 – $99)
Harvey Altman
Winifred Armstrong
Robert and Muriel Berger
Kristin P. Bergfeld
Linda Blacken
Robert Bulger and Richard Lejarso
Virginia Calderon
Suzanne C. Carothers
Bernadette D. Chapman
Dawn P. Chesney
James and Eileen Cohn
Osceola Davis-Smith
Iris DeJesus-Perry
The Domangue Look
Cynthia Doty
Jonathan Dworkin
James Eason
Negar Esfandiari
Hedda L. Fields
Janet Flory
Mary Foulke
Linda N. Freeman
Joana Genova
Charles Gerard
Mark C. Graham
Ellen Gronningen
Matthew Harris
Yvonne Hilton
Valerie Hird
Ellie Hisama
K.M. Kraimer and Angus Pierre
Beverly Johnstone
Susan Lardner
Gail Lerner
Joan Levine
Marlene McMillan
Paula Mlyn
Gregory Moore
Brian Mori
Elizabeth Oakes
Ademola Olugebefola
Chauncey Packer
McDonald Payne, Jr.
Sandra Player
Amy Pollack
Robert M. Pollock
Marsha Ra
Mary Richman
Morey Ritt
Carol Robbins
Eugene Rodriguez
Judith Rudiakov
Clay Ruede
Linda A. Schreiber
Francine Schutzman
Gloria Seward
Juanita Smith
Curtis Stewart
Anne Stribling
Cathy Taylor
Sheila D. Van Diver
Gilberte Vansintejan
Sheila Vaughan
Vicente Velasco
Debra Vogel
E. Sharon Williams
Ruth Wright
Melvin and Deirdre Wulf
Ellen Zaltzberg

2018 – 2019 Season

$10,000+
Ford Foundation matching gifts
Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone via
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
West Harlem Development Corporation of Tides Foundation
Anonymous

$5,000 – $9,999
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation matching gift
Columbia Community Service
Ford Foundation Matching Gifts
New York State Council on the Arts
The Turrell Fund

$1,000 – $4,999
Sandra Billingslea
Norbert Gasser and Felix E. Santiago
Stanley D. Heckman
Manhattan Community Award via
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer
Brenda D. Morgan
New York Community Trust
Liz Player
Susan Stevens and Samuel James

$100 – $999
Jennifer Allen
Bagby Foundation
Andréa Bradford
Ieda and James Britton
Carol Brown
Bill and Marcia Clarkson
Uldine Collins
Jonathan Dworkin
Jane J. Emery
Gail Ferrero
Barbara J. Fields
Yin Yin Gene and Mark Schmitz
GlaxoSmithKline matching gift
Jo-Ann Graham
Patti Hagan
Nancy Hager
Armando Howard
Joanna M. Kapner
Fern Khan
Lee Koonce
Christiana Leonard
Susan Macaluso and Rafael Rivera
Jack W. Maisel
Charlotte Mayerson
Mary McCune
Jean McCurry
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McGuire
James and Pamela Morton
Michael Cummings
Doreen T. Murakami
Gail Nelson-Holgate
Patricia Pates
Thomas Pellaton
Betty Reardon
Kay Roberts
Clay Ruede
Schwab Charitable matching gift
Christine Scott-Deutsch
Robert G. Seeman
Juanita Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Ted and Mary Sobel
Forrest Taylor
Michael Thaddeus
Deirdre Towers
Steve Vavagiakis
Norman Weiss
Delora Williams
Erika Wood and Clayton Harding

$1 – $99
Ruth Anderson
Sue Bremner
Naomi and Arlene Bullard
Geneva Butts
S.C. Carothers
Dawn P. Chesney
Ginnine Cocuzza
William Davis
Barbara J. Dunlap
Rochelle Emmer
Malva Filer
Charles Gerard
Kenneth Grinspoon and Selina Morris
Ella Harris
Matthew Harris
Virginia Johnson
Libby Kessman
Paula Kimper
Susan Lardner
Linda Beth Lawson
Jennifer Lee
Gail Lerner
Liz and Allen Mellen
Carole O'Connor Edwards
Sandra Player
Amy Pollack
Robert M. Pollock
Annette Purnell
Ann Ranniar
Mary Richman
Sharon Richter
Morey Ritt
Robyn Robinson
Verdery Roosevelt
Rosie M. Rounds
Gloria Seward
Barbara Stark
Leslie Swanson
Cathy Taylor
Ms. Gilberte Vansintejan
E. Sharon Williams
Peter L. Zimroth
Stefan & Iris Zucker

2017 – 2018 Season

$10,000+
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Council Member Bill Perkins, 9th Council District
West Harlem Development Corporation of Tides Foundation

$5,000 – $9,999
Columbia Community Service
Ford Foundation Matching Gifts
Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.
New York State Council on the Arts
The Turrell Fund

$1,000 – $4,999
Sandra Billingslea
Norbert Gasser and Felix E. Santiago
Jo-Ann Graham
Stanley D. Heckman
Manhattan Community Award via
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer
Brenda D. Morgan
Liz Player
William and Rose Player
Puffin Foundation Ltd.
Susan Stevens and Samuel James

$100 – $999
Jennifer Allen
Ameriprise Financial
Carol Arroyo
Bagby Foundation
Doria Ball
Melissa Caldwell and Sean Gumbs
Vien Bounma and William Hoch
Andréa Bradford
James and Ida Britton
Carol Brown
Leon Bynum
Jeffrey Carney
Jill Cashman
Yuien Chin
Bill and Marcia Clarkson
Jenny Cline
James and Eileen Cohn
Uldine Collins
Michael Cummings
Kayo Der Sarkissian
Jonathan Dworkin
Freya Ellingwood
Barbara J. Fields
Ieda Fuller and James Britton
Yin Yin Gene and Mark Schmitz
Nancy Hager
Sanjeanetta Harris
Thomas Heebner
Deirdre Howley
Joanna M. Kapner
Fern Khan
Amy Laskey
Jennifer Lee
Mary Lee Leggett
Christiana Leonard
Sylvia Ann Lutterloh
Susan Macaluso
Margaret P. Mautner
Charlotte Mayerson
Jean McCurry
James and Pamela Morton
Doreen T. Murakami
Barbara and David Oldham
Thomas Pellaton
William and Aishah Sales
Philip B. Spivey
Leslee Sumner
Forrest Taylor
Michael Thaddeus
Susan Wolf Post
Dr. Janet Wolfe
Anonymous

$1 – $99
Linda Blacken
Valerie Boushell
Anstice Carroll
Bernadette D. Chapman
Yuien Chin
Angela and William Barbosa
Ginnine Cocuzza
Barbara J. Dunlap
Malva Filer
Joana Genova-Rudiakov
Ella Harris
Els Heber
Marie Kalson
GlaxoSmithKline
Kima Kraimer
Indie Opera Podcast
Karen Hurley
Virginia Johnson
Paula Kimper
John L. Kolp
Susan Lardner
Jack W. Maisel
Alisa Matlovsky
Liz and Allen Mellen
Nessa Obten
NYSE Foundation
Gihan Perera
Sandra Player
Amy Pollack
Ann Ranniar
Betty Reardon
Mary Richman
Sharon Richter
Morey Ritt
Robyn Robinson
Janet Rodriguez
Robert G. Rollerson
Martha (Rosie) Rounds
Judith Rudiakov
Schwab Charitable Trust Fund
Gloria Seward
Juanita Smith
Ann Sullivan
Vicente and Marcela Velasco
Debra Vogel
Norman Weiss
Stefan & Iris Zucker
Anonymous

2016 – 2017 Season

$10,000+
Former Council Member Inez E. Dickens, 9th Council District
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York City Regional Economic Development Council
New York State Council on the Arts
West Harlem Development Corporation of Tides Foundation

$5,000 – $9,999
Columbia Community Service
Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.
The Turrell Fund

$1,000 – $4,999
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Stanley Heckman
Manhattan Community Award (via Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer)
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Brenda D. Morgan
New York Community Trust/Charles E. Culpeper Fund
Anonymous

$100 – $999
Jennifer Allen
Carol Arroyo
Bagby Foundation
Doria Ball
Ieda Fuller and James Britton
Melissa Caldwell and Sean Gumbs
Yuien Chin
Bill and Marcia Clarkson
Jenny Cline
James and Eileen Cohn
Kayo Der Sarkissian
Jonathan Dworkin
Barbara Fields
Norbert Gasser
Yin Yin Gene and Mark Schmitz
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Jo-Ann Graham
Winona Green
Guideposts
Nancy Hager
William Hoch and Vien Bounma
Deirdre Howley
Kenneth Jenkins
Fern Kahn
Mary Lee Leggett
IDT Corporation
Kenneth Jenkins
Fern Kahn
Jennifer Lee
Lee Leggett
Christiana Leonard
Susan Macaluso
Charlotte Mayerson
Ann and Jim McCrory
Jean McCurry
Pamela Morton
Doreen Murakami
NYSE Foundation
Estelle Parsons and Peter L. Zimroth
Thomas Pellaton
Amy Pollack
Betty Reardon
Robyn Robinson
Sapphire Hill Global Holdings, LLC
Christine Scott-Deutsch
Susan Stevens and Samuel James
Leslee Sumner
Forrest R. Taylor
Elizabeth Voight
Kathleen Watson
Janet L. Wolfe

$1 – $99
Linda Blacken
Leon Bynum
Bernadette Chapman
Uldine Collins
Jocelyn Dueck
Maureen Friar
John Frisch
Ken Grinspoon and Selina Morris
Sanjeanette Harris
Yvonne Hilton
Deirdre Howley
Marie Kalson
Beatrice Klier
Gail Lerner
Ann Mayer
Mary McCune
Gloria McMillan
Patricia Pates
Sandra Player
Betty Reardon
Mary Richman
Sharon Richter
Morey Ritt
Robyn Robinson
Judith Rudiakov
Alan and Elizabeth Ann Sperber
Juanita R. Smith
Philip B. Spivey
Cathy Taylor
Yolanda Wyns
Kara Yeargans
Stefan and Iris Zucker

2015 – 2016 Season

$10,000+
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts
West Harlem Development Corporation of Tides Foundation

$5,000 – $9,999
John Bender, Esq.
Columbia Community Service
Council Member Inez E. Dickens, 9th Council District
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
The Turrell Fund

$1,000 – $4,999
Lee Leggett
Manhattan Community Award
(via Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer)
New York Community Trust - Charles E. Culpeper Fund
Puffin Foundation Ltd.
Liz Player

$100 – $999
Nancy Alpert and Gwen Marcus (in memory of John Bender)
Kristin Bergfeld
Sandra Billingslea
Carol Brown
Arleen Bullard
Jill Cashman
Bill and Marcia Clarkson
Jenny Cline
James and Eileen Cohn
Norbert Gasser and Felix Santiago
Fidelity Trust Charitable Trust
Yin Yin Gene
Patti Hagan
Nancy Hager
William Hoch
IDT Corporation
Fern Kahn
James Davis Jr.
Jennifer B. Lee
Christiana Leonard
Patmore Lewis
Susan Macaluso
Margaret P. Mautner
Jean McCurry
Edward McGuire
Pamela and Eugene McGuire
Brenda D. Morgan
Pamela Morton
David and Barbara Oldham
Thomas Pellaton
William and Rose Player
Dr. Robert and Mrs. Susan Post (in memory of Janet Wolfe)
Kay Roberts
Robyn Robinson
Christine Scott-Deutsch
Philip B. Spivey and Sidney Blake
Susan Stevens and Samuel James
Leslee Sumner
Forrest R. Taylor
Dr. Janet L. Wolfe
Dan and Wendy Wood
Anonymous (4)

$1 – $99
AmazonSmile Foundation
Linda Blacken
Ieda Fuller and James Britton
Bernadette D. Chapman
Ginnine L. Cocuzza
G. Lucas deVeaux
Leslie L. Eaton (in memory of Clifford A. Eaton, Jr.)
Winona Green
Karen Hurley
Kima M. Kraimer
Charlotte Mayerson
James McCrory
Mary McCune & Miles Beckwith
Edwina Meyers-Lynch
Akisa Omulepu
Sonia Omulepu
Sandra Player
Amy & Robert Pollack
Ann Ranniar
Betty Reardon
Prof. Morey Ritt
Juanita Robinson
Dottie Rudolph
E. Sharon Williams
Anonymous

2014 – 2015 Season

$10,000+
John Bender, Esq.
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts

$5,000 – $9,999
Columbia Community Service
Council Member Inez E. Dickens, 9th Council District
West Harlem Development Corporation
of Tides Corporation

$1,000 – $4,999
New York City Regional Economic Development Council
New York Community Trust - Charles E. Culpeper Fund
Liz Player
Anonymous

$100 – $999
Moshe and Ellen Adler
Carol Brown, Harlem Opera Theater
Jill Cashman
Marcia and William Clarkson
James and Eileen Cohn
Barbara J. Fields
Yin Yin Gene and Mark Schmitt
Nancy Hager
IDT Corporation
Minju Kim
Lee Koonce
Joel Kovel
Christiana Leonard
Susan Macaluso
Margaret P. Mautner
Jean McCurry
The Very Reverend James and Pamela Morton
David Oldham
Rev. Thomas Pellaton
Russell Player
Betty Reardon
Christine Scott-Deutsch
Michael Thaddeus
Norman Weiss
Dr. Janet Wolfe
Dan and Wendy Wood
Mel and Deirdre H. Wulf
Anonymous

$1 – $99
AmazonSmile Foundation
Sandra Billingslea
Jolyn Arisman and Colin T. Connor
Bettina Carbonell
Patricia De Cicco
Janet Dorman
Marisol Espada
Thomas and Augusta Kappner
Dr. Judith Marcus
Emily Margolis
Liz and Allen Mellen
Edwina Meyers-Lynch
Prof. Morey Ritt
Roxane S. Rosario
Jean Russak
Kenneth D. Samuelsen and Marilyn L. Taylor
Juanita Smith
Anonymous

2013 – 2014 Season

$5,000+
Columbia Community Service
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts
NYSE Euronext Foundation
West Harlem Development Corporation
of Tides Corporation

$1,000 – $4,999
John Bender, Esq.
Council Member Inez E. Dickens, 9th Council District
Council Member Robert Jackson, 7th Council District
Liz Player
Puffin Foundation Ltd.

$100 – $999
Carol Brown, Harlem Opera Theater
Jill Cashman
Marcia and William Clarkson
James and Eileen Cohn
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Deutsch
Mareda Gaither-Graves
Yin Yin Gene
IDT Corporation
Joel Kovel
Jennifer Lee
Lee Leggett
Christiana Leonard
Charlotte Mayerson
Jean McCurry
The Very Reverend James and Pamela Morton
The New York Community Trust/
Thomas and Elsie Young Fund
Barbara Oldham
Rev. Thomas Pellaton
Janet Wolfe, NYC Housing Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Janet Wolfe
Anonymous

$1 – $99
Jolyn Arisman and Colin T. Connor
Carol Arroyo
Jong Avallone
Sidney Blake and Philip Spivey
Diane Chehab
William Hoch
Liz and Allen Mellen
Edwina Meyers-Lynch
Bonnie Phelps
Sandra Player
Betty Reardon
Morey Ritt
Juanita Smith
Anonymous

2012 – 2013 Season

$5,000+
Columbia Community Service
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
NYSE Euronext Foundation

$1,000 – $4,999
John Bender, Esq.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Pamela Morton & the Very Reverend James Morton
New York State Council on the Arts
NYC Council Member Inez E. Dickens, 9th Council District
Liz Player, Founder and Artistic Director
West Harlem Development Corporation
of Tides Corporation
Janet Wolfe, NYC Housing Symphony Orchestra

$100 – $999
Sidney Blake & Philip Spivey
Kofi Boateng, West Harlem Development Corporation
Vien Bounma & William Hoch
Carol Brown, Harlem Opera Theater
Jill Cashman
James & Eileen Cohn
Colin T. Connor & Jolyn Arisman
Mareda Gaither-Graves, The Performer's Workshop
(In Memory of Stanley G. Hunte)
Yin Yin Gene & Mark Schmitz
Armando Howard
IDT Corporation
Kenneth V. Jenkins
Minju Kim
Mrs. Sam Kim
Lee Koonce
Joel Kovel
Rev. Dr. Earl & Elizabeth Kooperkamp
Christiana Leonard
Dr. Jesse McCarroll
Barbara Oldham
Estelle Parsons
Rev. Thomas Pellaton, St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Betty Reardon
Linda Schreiber
Tetteh Tawiah
Jeff Wilday
Dr. Janet L. Wolfe
Anonymous

$1 – $99
Rona Carr
James DeLorenzo
Janet Dorman
Jeanne Fax
Jo Ann Graham
Muriel Grimmett & Louis Ray
Jack Jeffers
Virginia Johnson, Dance Theatre of Harlem
Susan Lardner
Jean McCurry
Elizabeth & Allen Mellen
Edwina Meyers
David Miller
Morey Ritt
Andrew Romeo
Erasmia Voukelatos & Ashley Horne
Daniel & Wendy Wood

2011 – 2012 Season

$1,000+
John Bender, Esq.
Columbia Community Service
Daniel & Joanna S. Rose Fund
Harlem Arts Alliance
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts
NYSE Foundation
Liz Player, Founder and Artistic Director
Janet Wolfe, NYC Housing Symphony Orchestra

$100 – $999
Jong Avallone
Betty Boatwright
Carol Brown, Harlem Opera Theater
Jill Cashman
Colin T. Connor and Jolyn Arisman
Nancy Dunetz
Yin Yin Gene and Mark Schmitz
Armando Howard
Karen Hurley, Ph.D.
Minju Kim
Sam Soon Kim
Lee Koonce, Third Street Music Settlement
Rev. Dr. Earl and
Elizabeth Kooperkamp
Chung Won Kyu
Alice Matthews
The Very Reverend James Morton and Pamela Morton
Terrance Patterson, Ritz Chamber Music Society, Inc.
Annabelle Prager
Betty Reardon
Linda Schreiber
Tetteh Tawiah
Jeff Wilday
Anonymous

$1 – $99
Rosalind Chia
E.W. and J.M. Cohn
Jo Ann Graham
Muriel Grimmett and Louis Ray
David Miller
Doria Hillsman
Melissa Nieves
Dwight and Iris Raiford
Morey Ritt
Helen Rogers
Andrew Romeo
Gwendolyn A. Simmons
Juanita Smith
Dr. Janet Wolfe
Daniel and Wendy Wood
Anonymous

2010 – 2011 Season

$1,000+
Liz Player
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
NYSE Foundation
William & Rose Player
Laurence Wilson
Janet Wolfe

$500 – $999
Daniel & Joanna S. Rose Fund

$100 – $499
Jong Avallone
Mrs. Betty Boatwright
Carol Brown, Harlem Opera Theater
Jill Cashman
Colin Rishi Connor
Armando Howard
Karen Hurley
Mrs. Sam S. Kim
Rev. Dr. Earl Kooperkamp and Elizabeth Kooperkamp
Betty Reardon
Helen Rogers
Mark Schmitz and Yin Yin Gene
James Steiner
Anonymous (2)

$1 – $99
Ken Adams
Sandra Billingslea
Diane Brody
Laura Calhoun
Gail and William Cohen
Dominique Decock
Janet Dorman
Nancy Dunetz
Doria E. Hillsman
William Hoch
Lajuana Hubner
Cynthia and Jack Jeffers
Christopher and Leslie Wright Jones
Amy Laskey
Mathias and Marlene Moorhead
The Very Reverend James Parks Morton and Pamela Morton
Melissa Nieves
Ingrid Norman
Ann Lynn Miller Oliel
Cynthia Paez
Bonnie Phelps
Sandra Player
Dwight and Iris Raiford
Prof. Morey Ritt
Ann Roggen
Wyonna Rutledge
Anne Savonie
Juanita Smith
Maarten Vandersman
Eric K. Washington

Seasons Before 2010

$1,000+
Liz Player
Laurence Wilson
Janet Wolfe

$500 – $999
Jill Cashman
Madeleine Chapman
The John Rosselli Foundation

$100 – $499
Charles Dalton
Yin Yin Gene and Mark Schmitz
Jaime Joel Gomez
Bill Hoch
Armando Howard
Stanley Hunte
Jane Wilson Marquis, Inc.
Rev. Dr. Earl & Elizabeth Kooperkamp
Trena K. Madison
Theresa Molloy
Alina S. Murphy
Lars R. Nordensten
Alina Pedroso
William and Rose Player
Sally and Daniel Rembert
Maxine Roach
Dennis Rolland
Curtis Stewart
Studio 70 Inc.
Zsilka Consulting of NY Corp.

$1 – $99
Kenth Andersson
Carol Arroyo
John Todd Bishop
Kerry Clyne
Etienne Coffinier
Colin Rishi Connor
Mary Ellen Donlevy
Janet Dorman
Jeanne Golly
Evelyn Golz
Karen Hurley
Jack Jeffers and Cynthia Rogers-Jeffers
Eric G. Leach
D. Lowenberger
Rovenia McGowan
Joyce McNeil
David Miller
R.F. Morin
Kathy Muzinic
Bonnie Phelps
Iris M. and William D. Raiford
Betty Reardon
Wyonna Rutledge
Patty Schmitt