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DESA ELLINGTON FUND  |  SUPPORTERS 

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

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

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

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

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 Mohr
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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

District 1006, LLC
Lee's Flowers & Cards Shop Inc.

Miller-Muro Consulting

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS!

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