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SUPPORTERS
Thank You to Our Supporters!
Your generosity helps us to offer a life-changing arts education to all of the District’s talented youth, regardless of background. We appreciate you!
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2024 / 25 SUPPORTERS
$250K+
Eugene B. Casey Foundation Endowment Fund
$500K+
$150K+
DC Commission on Arts & Humanities
Eugene B. Casey Foundation Matching Gift (Pledge)
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
$50K+
​Sacks Family Foundation
$25K+
​S & R Foundation
$10K+
$5K+
Steven & Hilary Anthony
Zach & Nora Cafritz
Zach Gillis & Kelsey Woolcott
Sherri Blount Gray
Beth Libow
Joele & Fred C. Michaud
(Lauren Michaud Scholarship Endowment)
Stephanie Phillipps & George Murray
Linda Roth & Jonathan Kahan
Clyde L. Williams II
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Bay Atlantic University
Cultura Dermatology & Plastic Surgery
(Dr. Eliot & Sally Battle)
Industrial Bank
Northern Trust
Ari Q. Fitzgerald & Maria Carmona
Jonathan Levy
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The Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Foundation & Lerner-Cohen-Tanenbaum Families
The Cornelius J. & Ellen P. Coakley Family Foundation, Inc.
The DePasquale Family
The George Washington University
The Richard Eaton Foundation
T-Mobile, U.S.
$2.5K+
$1K+
Hilary Anthony
Krais Henkel
Amy Kauffman & Ken Weinstein
Prue Larocca
Meridith Moldenhauer
Edward Rehfeld
Teri & Lloyd Trotter
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AITHERAS LLC
B&D Brailsford & Dunleavy, Inc.
Blank Rome
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington DC
DC Jazz Festival
George Wasserman Family Foundation, Inc.
KI Concerts powered by Headfirst
Me to Us Health
Properties on the Potomac, Inc.
Washington Printmakers Gallery
Anonymous
Steven Anthony
Lakeisha Byrd
Dr. Michaele C. Christian
Francesca Craig
Sharyn Danch, Esq.
Lt. Col. Gary D. Eckhardt, USAF Ret. & Eileen Eckhardt
(Todd Eckhardt Scholarship Fund)
Daniel Edelman
Sasha Goecke
Carolyn Gorman
Sharra Greer
Ginny Greham
Alison Hooker
Tasha & Imar Hutchins
Paul Keoki Beckett & Heather Timmons
Tom & Susie Kahn
Professor Emeritus Vera J. Katz
Mitzi Yates Lizarraga & Rafael Lizarraga
Laurie Moskowitz
Jim Moss
Caroline & Steve Pierson
Judge Richard Roberts
Naomi Rothwell
Lenore Rubino
Albert Sam II
Genevieve Sapir
Bonnie Semilof
Neb Sertsu
Adam Serwer
Raphael Statfeld Recanati & Ira Statfeld
Thomas J. Sugrue
Annie P. Whatley
Margaret Whitehead
Jamie & Jessica Wickett
Davey & Ester Yarborough
Kathleen Zook
Kathryn Zyla
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D. H. Gould Company
Lee's Flowers & Cards (Stacie Lee Banks)
Me to Us Health
MilesDevonMusic.LLC
PRM Consulting
Swingers Dupont
$500-$999
Anonymous
Aileen Agricola
Ashley Atwood
Mathew Bright
Bobby & Shirley Buchanan
Taina Caragol
Kara Cumberland
Nelson Cunningham
Lisa & Rob Edwards
Maria Garcia
Carolyn Gorman Sharra Greer
Laura Fox Richard & Linda Hall
Stephanie Harrison
Alison Hooker
Carroll Johnson-Welsh
Mary S. Lapinski
John McIntire
Ann Morris
John Muleta
Brad Neilly
Roberta Sam
Marc Stern
Christopher H. Stiles
Gantuya Tumurbaatar
Annie P. Whatley
John & Susan Wodatch
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Bourelly George and Brodey PLLC
CGS Architects
Silver Diner (Ype Von Hengst)
Swingers Dupont Circle
2023 / 24 SUPPORTERS
$500K+
Eugene B. Casey Foundation for the Denyce Graves Endowment Fund
Eugene B. Casey Foundation Endowment Fund
$250K+
DC Commission on Arts & Humanities
$25-50K
GEICO: Government Employees Insurance Co.
Sacks Family Foundation
SR Foundation
$11K-24K
Richard Eaton Foundation
Ari Q. Fitzgerald & Maria Carmona
$5K-$10K
Cornelius and Ellen Coakley Family Foundation
Zach Gillis
Sherri Blount Gray
Porter Family Charitable Foundation
$2.5K-$4K
$1K-$2.4K
Blank Rome LLP
Mills Family Foundation
Neb & Nikki Sertsu
George Wasserman Family Foundation, Inc.
Apolgee Executive Coaching
LInda Y. Cureton
Thomas A. Depasquale
Gary & Eileen Eckhardt
Alison Hooker
Amy Kauffman & Ken Weinstein
Brenda Morris
Michelle Persaud
Edward Rehfeld
Lenore Rubino
Alnwynne Wilbur
$500-$999
Caroline Alder
James W. & Renata Kendrick K. Cooper
Daniel & Toby Edelman
Carolyn Gorman | Andrew Gunther
Darlene W. Ford | Robyn Y. Harris
Christian Jackson | Melissa Jackson
Kendra Scott LLC | Laurie Moskowitz
Connie Razza | Deborah R. Salzberg
Adam Serwer | George Shashaty
John & Susan Wodatch
2022 / 23 SUPPORTERS
$250K+
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Eugene B. Casey Foundation Endowment Fund
$50K-$99K
Sacks Family Foundation
$100K+
Estate of Susan R. Campbell
Alisa Rogers
George Manos Trust
$15K-$30K
$10K-$14.9K
Ari Q. Fitzgerald and Maria Carmona
Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation, Inc.
DC Mayor’s Office
Richard Eaton Foundation
Denyce Graves Endowment Fund
Cornelius James Coakley
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
Brenda G. Morris
Sylvia Davis White
T-Mobile
$5K-$9.9K
$1K-$4.9K
Kathryn Aleda
Ron Baygents and Nancy Donaldson
Stacie L. Banks | Charles Barber
Dr. Eliot & Sally Battle
Lisa & Josh Bernstein | Jack Blake
Ian Cameron
James W. & Renata Kendrick Cooper
Peter Dagher
Ron Baygents & Nancy Donaldson
Lt. Col. Gary D. and Eileen L. Eckhardt
Dan Edelman | Flachs Family Foundation
Sherry Harrison
Sally Hunsberger and Michael Fay
Eileen T. Leahy
Amy Kauffman and Ken Weinstein
Lamann Rucker
Michelle Persaud | Edward Rehfeld
Judge Ricky Roberts & Vonya McCann
LaMann Rucker
Susan E. Ruffini
Adam Serwer | Thomas J. Sugrue
W. Reid Thompson
Frank White | Alwynne Wilbur
Annie P. Whatley
Davey Yarborough
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Burleith Citizens Association
Anthony and Anna L. Carozza Foundation
Carl Freeman Foundation
DC Music Summit
George Washington University
Kimberly Clark
Phililip Murphy Foundation
Spriggs Law Firm, PC
The George Washington University
Davey Yurman
Tina Blake
Sherri Blount Gray
Elizabeth Libow
Jonathan Levy
Daniel and Jacquelyn Serwer
Princess W. Taylor
Mary and Jeff Zients
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Clarke & Associates, LLC
Hogan Lovells LLP
Phillipps-Murray Foundation
$500-$999
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 Mohrr
Laurie Moskowitz and Steve Rabinowitz
Kara and Gerald Morrissey
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
Claire Straw | Nader Tamadon
Darnese Wilkerson
Eleanor Winston
Brian Williams | Melissa Wyers
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District 1006, LLC
Lee's Flowers & Cards Shop Inc.
Miller-Muro Consulting