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Your generosity helps DESA to offer a life-changing arts education to all of the District’s talented youth, regardless of background or ability to pay. For that, the entire DESA team is forever grateful.

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SUPPORTERS 2022-23*

$250K+

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

Eugene B. Casey Foundation Endowment Fund

$100K+

Estate of Susan R. Campbell

George Manos Trust

Alisa Rogers

$50K-$99K

Denyce Graves Endowment Fund

Sacks Family Foundation

$15K-$30K

Ari Q. Fitzgerald and Maria Carmona

—

DC Mayor’s Office

Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation, Inc.

Richard Eaton Foundation

$10K+

Cornelius James Coakley

Brenda G. Morris

Sylvia Davis White

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Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

T-Mobile

$5K+

Tina and Bruce Blake

Sherri Blount Gray

Jonathan Levy Elizabeth Libow

Daniel and Jacquelyn Serwer

Princess W. Taylor

Mary and Jeff Zients

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Clarke & Associates, LLC

Hogan Lovells LLP

Phillipps-Murray Foundation

$1K+

​Kathryn Aleda Alex Atkins Stacie L. Banks Charles Barber Dr. Eliot & Sally Battle (Cultura Dermatology) Ron Baygents and Nancy Donaldson Lisa & Josh Bernstein Jack Blake Ian Cameron Lorraine Riffle Caron James W. & Renata Kendrick Cooper Peter Dagher Lt. Col. Gary D. and Eileen L. Eckhardt Dan Edelman Sherry Harrison Sally Hunsberger and Michael Fay Amy Kauffman and Ken Weinstein Eileen T. Leahy Robert Palacios Michelle Persaud Edward Rehfeld Dustin Richards Judge Ricky Roberts & Vonya McCann

​LaMann Rucker Susan E. Ruffini Michael Sabel Adam Serwer Thomas J. Sugrue W. Reid Thompson Frank White Alwynne Wilbur Annie P. Whatley Davey Yarborough — Anthony and Anna L. Carozza Foundation Burleith Citizens Association Carl Freeman Foundation DC Music Summit Davey Yurman Flachs Family Foundation Kimberly Clark Phillipps-Murray Foundation Spriggs Law Firm, PC The George Washington University

$500+

​Leah Aden Anna Aurilio Nan P. Bell Linda Y. Cureton Bruce A. Finzen Anne Habberton Robin Y. Harris Allison Hooker & Jim Gillis Tisha & Michael Hyter Valerie Jablow Greg Jean-Baptiste Kimberly Jones Josie Josiah Meg Keeley Jane Khoury Rebecca Lissner Suzanne & Daryl Malloy Anissa Mcunu Patsy Meier Ruth M. Milkman Layli Miller-Muro Lawrence Miller Shannon Miller Sabrina Minor ​Andrew Milisits Julia Moe

Sandra Mohr Kara and Gerald Morrissey Laurie Moskowitz and Steve Rabinowitz William L. Naser Alyse Nelson Wendy Nilsen Stephanie Phillips Tiffany Plater Francene Shelton Mary Raiser Kimberly Richards Laura Roberts Linda Roth Andre a Russell Beneva Schulte Kathryn Schwartz Dr. Peter Starr and Alice Hill Claire Straw Nader Tamadon Darnese Wilkerson Brian Williams Eleanor Winston Melissa Wyers — District 1006, LLC Lee's Flowers & Cards Shop Inc. Miller-Muro Consulting

*Please note that our fiscal year is October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023; if your donation was made toward the end of the fiscal year, it might be listed in the FY23-24 year. Check here. If your name is omitted/incorrect or you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Jackie Love-Baker, Director of Development.

The Ellington Fund is the charitable arm of DESA and is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your contribution is deductible to the full extent of the law.