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Contributors

Capital Contributors

Donors to the Capital Campaign have made possible the renovation of the theatres and establishment of endowment funds to support operations, Wall to Wall, Curriculum Arts Project, and the Isaiah Sheffer Fund for New Initiatives. Our thanks to everyone who has contributed to these funds.  This list includes gifts made as of February 7, 2011.

$5,000,000

  • Peter Norton Family Foundation

$1,000,000 & above

  • New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
  • Leonard and Susan Bay Nimoy and The Nimoy Family Foundation
  • Walter* and Marge Scheuer
  • Peter Seidler
  • The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation

$250,000 to $999,999

  • Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
  • Kay and Elliot Cattarulla
  • Horace Goldsmith Foundation
  • William and Angela Haines
  • The Kresge Foundation
  • Eugene M. Lang Foundation
  • Pyewacket Foundation

$100,000 to $249,999

  • Steven and Sheila Aresty Foundation
  • The Bay and Paul Foundations
  • Booth Ferris Foundation
  • The Hayes Family Fund
  • William Randolph Hearst Foundation
  • JP Morgan Chase Foundation
  • Clara and Bevis Longstreth
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Stanley and Judith Zabar
  • Zabar’s

$50,000 to $99,999

  • Steven M. and Evelyn Alden
  • The Bodman Foundation
  • Melvin and Carole Cohen
  • The Family of Alphonse and Bettye Fletcher
  • Mary Rodgers and Henry Guettel
  • The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
  • The New York State Assembly, courtesy of Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal
  • The New York State Assembly, courtesy of Assemblymember Scott Stringer
  • Leonard and Louise Riggio
  • Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
  • The Evelyn Sharp Foundation

$25,000 to $49,999

  • Vincent Astor Foundation
  • Charles Dimston
  • Mary Weitzel Gibbons
  • Emily and David Ginsberg
  • Thomas M. Kelly
  • Richard Mittenthal and Patsy Glazer
  • Mina Samuels and David Foster
  • Sandra and John H.T. Wilson

$10,000 to $24,999

  • The Bydale Foundation
  • Christopher and Barbara Dixon
  • Cynthia Elliott and R. Douglass Rice
  • George* and Cecily Fox
  • Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Goodman
  • The Grodzins Fund
  • The Mark and Marcelle Halpern Foundation
  • Frank* and Ellen Frey McCourt
  • Allan Miller and Marie Winn
  • Elizabeth Richebourg Rea and the Dungannon Foundation
  • Angela and Joel Solomon
  • Joan M. Warburg
$5,000 to $9,999
  • Eleanor C. Devens
  • Benjamin Fried and Noreen Wu
  • Samuel L. Guillory, M.D.                              
  • Tess O'Dwyer
  • Jane Pollock and Philip Berney
  • Judith M. Saffer
  • Steven Schrader and Lucy Kostelanetz
  • Anonymous
$1,000 to $4,999

 

  • ASCAP
  • Claudia Adams
  • Stephanie Altman-Dominus and Andrew Dominus
  • Marc J. Apfelbaum
  • The Arthur Foundation
  • Susan Beckerman
  • Gina and David Boonshoft
  • Virginia Brody
  • Joanne Hubbard Cossa
  • Jean Donovan Fisher
  • The Friars Foundation
  • Helmut N. Friedlaender
  • Thomas Gibson
  • Edmund G. Glass
  • Ellen R. Goldman
  • Alan Golub
  • Carolyn Goodman*
  • David R. Goodman
  • Carol Green, Jewish Communal Fund
  • Ronald and Priscilla Hoffman
  • Cynthia Joyce
  • Susan Kaplan and David Friedson
  • Judith and Nathan Kase
  • Stephen L. and Joan Kass
  • Susan Lockwood
  • Arthur and Judith Lichtendorf
  • Jean M. McCarroll
  • Leslie M. McKinley
  • Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Meiklejohn
  • Lynn Minton and Edward T. Buhl
  • Mark Mitchell
  • Christine and Michael O'Neal
  • Plant Shed: New York Flowers
  • James and Ellyn Polshek
  • Hector and Erica Prud'Homme
  • Beth Rosenthal
  • Judith M. Saffer
  • Raphael Samuel
  • Marcia Santoni and John Morris
  • The Scherman Foundation, Inc.
  • Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr. & Dr. Ricki Perrera
  • Isaiah and Ethel Sheffer
  • Daniel and Toby Talbot
  • The Teagle Foundation
  • David Teiger
  • Anthony and Margo Viscusi
  • Ken and Marilyn Weissman
  • Amy Wilson and David Flannery
  • Mary A. Wong
  • Peg Wreen and David Stirk
  • Anonymous (2)

 

$500 to $999

 

  • Noel and Claire Berman
  • Peter V. Z. and Nina K. Cobb
  • Susan Dresner
  • Peter L. and Joan Faber
  • Katherine C. Foster
  • Edith F. Fried
  • William S. Friedman
  • Mr. & Ms. Harold N. Graham
  • Dana Ivey
  • Lee Lamont
  • Richard C. Ledes
  • Sonia Manzano and Richard Reagan
  • Norman and Cynthia Nadel
  • Sandra Silverman
  • Stephen Tobias
  • Cecille Wasserman

 

*Deceased

 

Symphony Space Annual Contributors

Symphony Space thanks the following individuals and institutional donors whose support makes our performing arts and educational programming possible. Although space does not permit us to list donors whose annual fund gifts are less than $500, we gratefully acknowledge their generosity.  This list includes gifts made as of August 1, 2010.

$100,000 and above

  • Booth Ferris Foundation
  • Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Open Society Foundations' Performing Arts Recovery Initiative/Fund for the City of New York

$50,000 to $99,999

  • William Randolph Hearst Foundation
  • JPMorgan Chase Foundation
  • New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council
  • New York State Council on the Arts
  • Leonard Nimoy and Susan Bay Nimoy 
  • The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
  • Zabar's

$25,000 to $49,999

  • The Bay and Paul Foundations
  • Angela and William Haines
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Elizabeth Richebourg Rea and the Dungannon Foundation, 
    sponsor of the Rea Award for the Short Story
  • Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
  • Marge Scheuer and The Scheuer Family
  • The Shubert Foundation
  • Trust for Mutual Understanding
  • Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund at the New York Community Trust
  • Judith and Stanley Zabar

$10,000 to $24,999

  • Steven M. and Evelyn Alden
  • Steven and Sheila Aresty
  • Audible.com
  • Susan Beckerman
  • Bloomberg 
  • The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
  • Kay and Elliot Cattarulla
  • Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc.
  • Melvin and Carole Cohen
  • Consolidated Edison Company of New York
  • The Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts
  • The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
  • Christopher and Barbara Dixon
  • Benjamin Fried and Noreen Wu
  • Google, Inc.
  • Mertz Gilmore Foundation
  • New York State Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, courtesy of       Senator Eric Schneiderman
  • The Henry Nias Foundation
  • Peter Norton Family Foundation
  • Jane Pollock and Philip Berney
  • Karen Pritzker and Michael Vlock
  • The Reed Foundation
  • The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
  • The Scherman Foundation, Inc.
  • Jeffrey Scheuer
  • Steven Schrader and Lucy Kostelanetz
  • The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
  • Warren and Jane Weiss and The Applebaum Foundation
  • Amy Wilson and David Flannery

$5,000 to $9,999

  • Claire and Larry Aidem
  • Joseph and Catherine Aresty
  • Jody and John Arnhold
  • Lily Auchincloss Foundation
  • Neil S. Barsky and Joan Davidson
  • Ralph and Barbara Binder
  • CEC Artslink
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company
  • Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York
  • Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  • Cynthia Elliott and R. Douglass Rice
  • The Family and Friends of Anna Elman
  • Extell Development Company
  • Flavorpill.com
  • Herman Goldman Foundation
  • The Grodzins Fund
  • Dr. Samuel L. Guillory
  • Pamela Brandt Jackson and Thomas Campbell Jackson
  • Daniel Jacoff
  • Thomas M. Kelly
  • Dr. Coco Lazaroff
  • Likhachev Foundation
  • The Liman Foundation
  • Office of the Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
  • Ellen Frey McCourt
  • Jerome Robbins Foundation
  • Lisa Roberts and David Seltzer
  • Jane and R.L. Stine
  • Cecille Wasserman and The Cheswatyr Foundation

$2,500 to $4,999

  • Anonymous 
  • The Amphion Foundation
  • Axe-Houghton Foundation
  • Louis Bernstein and Barbara Weinstein
  • Broadcast Music, Inc.
  • Pamela and Jon Carter
  • Colbert Family Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation
  • The Aaron Copland Fund for Music
  • Charles Dimston
  • Farrar, Straus & Giroux
  • Jeanne Donovan Fisher
  • The Harkness Foundation for Dance
  • Ronald and Priscilla Hoffman
  • Jewish Communal Fund
  • Cynthia Joyce
  • Leslie Kandell
  • Lisa Kohl and Ricardo Hornos
  • Celia Kupferberg
  • Marjeta and Edward M. Lederman
  • Lemberg Foundation, Inc.
  • Richard Mittenthal and Patsy Glazer
  • New York City Council, Courtesy of Gale Brewer
  • New York Foundation for the Arts
  • Poets & Writers
  • Polish Cultural Institute
  • James and Ellyn Polshek
  • Frances Ashley Rubacha
  • Judith O. and Robert E. Rubin
  • The Rudin Foundation, Inc.
  • Judith M. Saffer
  • Marcia Santoni and John Morris
  • Jeremy Smith
  • Daniel and Toby Talbot
  • George Wein

$1,000 to $2,499

  • Anonymous (3) 
  • Stephanie Altman-Dominus and Andrew Dominus
  • Stuart S. Applebaum Giving Foundation
  • ASCAP
  • Alan and Noni Aufzien
  • Fran Bermanzohn and Alan Roseman
  • The Bernstein Family Foundation, Inc.
  • John Bernstein and Diana Davenport
  • Susan and Matt Blank
  • Edith C. Blum Foundation, Inc.
  • Linda and Arthur Carter
  • Lisa and Dick Cashin
  • Joanne Hubbard Cossa
  • Inger McCabe Elliott
  • Julie Hoesterey Engerran and James Engerran
  • Sandra Fergusson
  • Laura and Robert C. Fleder
  • Emily and David Ginsberg
  • Becky and David Gochman
  • Jean Golden
  • Judith Gordon
  • Nicholas Grabar and Jennifer Sage
  • Carol Green
  • Merrill G. & Emita E. Hastings Foundation
  • Eloise Hirsh and Herb Elish
  • Cathy and Mark Iger
  • Mel and Adele Ilberman
  • Peter and Eileen Jachym
  • David Lang
  • Peter and Lauren Lese
  • Brenda Levin
  • Mike Levine
  • Caroline Levy and Leonard Kady
  • Susan Kaplan and David Friedson
  • Miriam Levy and Paul Epstein
  • Priscilla Lundin and William J. Schwartz, M.D.
  • Marcia and Mickey Lyons
  • Marquis George MacDonald Foundation
  • Joy Marcus and David Rosenberg
  • Richard and Ronay Menschel
  • Laura Michalchyshyn
  • Allan Miller and Marie Winn
  • Irene R. Miller and Anoush Khoshkish
  • Lynn Minton and Edward Buhl
  • Minyanville Media, Inc.
  • Richard and Barbara Moore
  • The Donald R. Mullen Family Foundation, Inc.
  • Randolph and Rona Nelson
  • Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation
  • Maury Newburger Foundation
  • Lois Perelson-Gross and Stewart Gross
  • Pfizer Foundation
  • Bruce and Catharine Polsky
  • Elise and Jerry Pustilnik
  • RD Rice Construction, Inc.
  • Philip and Tracey Riese
  • Carolyn Risoli and Joe Silvestri
  • Romanian Cultural Institute New York
  • John and Shireen Sabat
  • Elizabeth A. Sackler
  • Jacob and Amy Schrader
  • Margaret A. Schuette
  • William Schwartz
  • Isaiah and Ethel Sheffer
  • Randy Sherman and Stephen Epstein
  • Gregory Spano and Laurence Madsen
  • Jonathan Sporn
  • Beth Uffner and Robert Goldfarb
  • Carlos M. Velazquez, Esq.
  • Joan M. Warburg
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • Roger Yaseen and Kimberly Smith
  • Saul and Carole Zabar
  • Gloria Zeche

$500 to $999

  • Anonymous 
  • Amy Ballard
  • Lisa Belzberg
  • Marc and Sandy Bernstein
  • Joshua Block
  • Helene Blue
  • Gina and David Boonshoft
  • Jeffrey Compton
  • Bobby Cramer
  • Dianne J. Daniels
  • Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder
  • James S. Dineen
  • Helen and E.L. Doctorow
  • Barbara Feldon
  • Rory Flanagan
  • Edith F. Fried
  • Linda and Harold Friedman
  • David and Shirley Ginzberg
  • Gordon and Mary Gould
  • Richard and Susan Grausman
  • Nunzio and Dorothy Grella
  • Charles and Joan Gross
  • Rita Grunwald
  • Julie Harris
  • Nicholas L. and Anne Hayes
  • Richard and Barbara Holt
  • Ralph Jackson
  • Andrea Joyce and Harry Smith
  • Dan and Zuzana Justman
  • Laura Kaminsky and Rebecca Allan
  • Paul and Pat Kaplan
  • Burton Kassell
  • The Keimweiss Family
  • Victor and Sarah Kovner
  • Regina Larkin
  • Dino and Rose LaVerghetta
  • Leon Levy Foundation
  • Jeanne Linnes
  • Malachy and Diana McCourt
  • Idith Meshulam and Ben Korman
  • Andrea and George Miller
  • Peter and Cecilia Mullen
  • T. Clark Munnell, Jr. and Esra A. Munnell
  • Music Performance Fund
  • Estelle Parsons
  • Alvin H. Perlmutter and Joan Konner
  • Christina Pickles
  • William Pinzler and Christine Millen
  • Xavier and Penelope Pi-Sunyer
  • Warrie and Jim Price
  • Max Rudin
  • Marie Salerno and Sam Roberts
  • Samuel Schwartz
  • Noah and Kate Scooler
  • Sandra Silverman
  • Baron Silverstein
  • Jonathan A. and Cornelia Small
  • Christine Swann
  • Susan Talbot
  • Randolph and Emilia Taylor
  • Anthony and Margo Viscusi
  • Brian and Linda Watts
  • Whole Foods
  • Michele Willens and Davis Corvo
  • WNYC Radio

*deceased

 

To ensure the accuracy of your listing, please contact Rebecca Ackerman at 212.864.1414 x286 or rebecca.ackerman@symphonyspace.org for any corrections.

 



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