Kaufman Music Center receives institutional support from: The Alphadyne Foundation, The Amphion Foundation, Inc., The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation, BNP Paribas, Capital Counsel LLC, The Edwin Caplin Foundation and Mr. Chretien Risley, Trustee, Con Edison, The Ray and Vera Conniff Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust, D’Addario Foundation, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, E.H.A. Foundation, Inc., Ether Advisory Partners, Inc., The Ferriday Fund Charitable Trust, Find Your Light Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Jerome L. Greene Foundation, The Keith Haring Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Inc., The Libby Holman Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, The Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation, Harold I. and Faye B. Liss Foundation, Linden Arts Fund for Children, The Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc., Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc., Neuberger Berman, LLC, Tatiana Piankova Foundation, PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc., The Rea Charitable Trust, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund, The Ted Snowdon Foundation, The S & J Tom Family Foundation, Michael Tuch Foundation, and The Weininger Foundation, Inc.
Kaufman Music Center programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York City Council through the good offices of Council Member Gale Brewer, the good offices of Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, the National Endowment for the Arts, and are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS
Kaufman Music Center is grateful to the following supporters, who have provided leadership gifts of $1,000 or more to the annual fund between August 31st, 2023 and September 15, 2024. Their generous contributions play a critical role in advancing the Center’s mission to stimulate appreciation of and participation in music through music performance and education.
$500,000 and above
Jerome L. Greene Foundation
The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund
$250,000 to $499,999
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
The Peter Michael Gray Fund
Elaine and Henry Kaufman
Roz Lasker
Bethany and Robert B. Millard
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.
Cathy and John O’Rourke
$100,000 to $249,999
The Estate of Charles Dimston
Ether Advisory Partners, Inc.
Howard Gilman Foundation
The Hearst Foundations, Inc.
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
$50,000 to $99,999
The Alphadyne Foundation
The Edwin Caplin Foundation and Mr. Chretien Risley, Trustee
Ray and Vera Conniff Foundation
Rosalind Devon
Danielle Dimston and Raffi Momjian
E.H.A. Foundation, Inc.
Fidelity Brokerage Services
Jewish Communal Fund
Judith and Robert Hall
Rose Hirschel
Daniel Kaufman and Timothy Beaver
Philippe Khuong-Huu
Solange Landau
Macquarie Group Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
The Reich Fund
$25,000 to $49,999
Joel and Tracy Beckerman
Bloomberg L.P.
The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust
Sally Cummins
Phyllis and Sam Feder
Goldman Sachs Gives Philanthropy Fund
Estelle Greco
Mary Lynn Hanley
Keith Haring Foundation
Made Music Studio
Wendy and Bruce Mosler
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Marjorie Penrod and Eric Wallar
Sal Piscopo
PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Rea Charitable Trust
Schwab Charitable
Orli Shaham and David Robertson
Janet and Gil Spitzer
$10,000 to $24,999
Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation
Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation
Justin Berrie and Margaret Lu
Kevin Cho
Con Edison
Evelyn Erskine
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
The Ferriday Fund
Franklin Philanthropic Foundation
Anna and Mark Gurevich
Kara Hammond
George Han and Julia Wu
L3 Harris Technologies Foundation
Lillie, Nathan and Sally Helfman Charitable Trust
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
Justin Kalifowitz
Migene Kim and Dennis Lee
Jennifer and Tim Kingston
Kristina Kingston
David Klafter and Nancy Kestenbaum
Nikki Daniels Kready and Jeff Kready
Harold I. and Faye B. Liss Foundation
The Frederick Loewe Foundation
Solomon and Sharon Merkin
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust
The Mystery Lady of Santa Fe
Tatiana Piankova Foundation
Shahriar and Noa Rafimayeri
Hon. Linda Rosenthal, New York State Assemblymember, 67th District
Jessica Rothstein and Kurt Lageschulte
The Rubin-Ladd Foundation
Mrs. Rita Fredricks Salzman
Beth and David E. Shaw
Eileen Shin and Roger Chen
The Ted Snowdon Foundation
Chris and Christa Somers
Jason Subotky and Anne Akiko Meyers
Simon and Diane Tom
Michael Tuch Foundation
Kara Unterberg
Vanguard Charitable
The Wu and Yan Family Foundation
$5,000 to $9,999
Dara Altman
Judy Hart Angelo
Ares Management
Anush Avetiysan
Michael Bretholz and Sarah Wesley
Office of District 6 Council Member - Gale Brewer
Capital Counsel LLC
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music
Marielle and Jacques Julien Corcos
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Dorothy Erickson
David Fellah and Ayse Porter
Lidia and Ken Feyder
Find Your Light Foundation
Joyce Elsa Goodman
The Libby Holman Foundation
Maurice Horwitz
Laura and Lawrence Hurvich
Mika Kato and Boyan Jovanovic
Mintao Ju
Jane Klein
Sidney Kohl Family Foundation |Lisa J. Kohl and Ricardo Hornos
Ann R. Loeb
Christina M. Mason
Melissa Munoz
National Financial Services, LLC
Olga Nekrasova and Andy Arluk
Neuberger Berman, LLC
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Alfred and Jane Ross
Ralph Schlosstein and Jane Hartley
Sybil Shainwald
Joanne L. Shrontz Family Foundation
Irving Sitnick
Dimitri and Nataly Sogoloff
Roni Tamari and Shai Wosner
Christopher Wilks
Stephanie Yoshida
$1,000 to $4,999
The Amphion Foundation
Dr. Vivette Ancona
Jody and John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation
The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund
Ayco Charitable Foundation
Elaine S. Bernstein
Rachel Bennett and Alex Vourlidis
BNP Paribas Philanthropy
Eleanor and Fred Braid
Olga and Ruvim Breydo
Neal Brilliant
The Brownington Foundation
Faith Burton
Liza Bychkov-Suloti and Liri Suloti
Martine and Ralph Calder
Joseph and Jane Chang
Bootsie Cohen and Lewis Bernstein
Patricia Connell and Martin Schwarz
D'Addario Foundation
Manuel De La Nuez
Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University
Jennie Emil
Susan Fischer
Bernice Fleischer
Matthew Friedman
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Judy Gettelfinger
Matthew Gline and Laura Ridge
Connie* and Leonard Goodman*
Glenn Gundersen
Sharon Gurwitz
Mariel Harris and Dan Cooperman
Adriana Herrera
Rochelle and David Hirsch
Helen Hovdesven
Kathy Hubbard
Sophia C. Hughes
Nathan P. Jacobs Foundation
Nathalie Joachim
Greg Kammerer and Fred White
Ryan and Hailey Kang
Gene Kaufman
Annette and Alex Kogan
Lydia and John Kontos
The Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation
Eileen Lach
Robin and Laurent Landau
Alan and Erica Lasker
David and Marcia Lavipour
Carol Ann Leibner
Linden Arts Fund for Children
Cathy Lu and Michael Mikleus
Lila and Ron March
Clare and Howard McMorris
Melio
Janis & Alan Menken Charity Fund
Music Investor Conferences
Deepti Nayak and Siddarth Ramkumar
Hope and Joshua Newman
Ian Nyi and Grace Fu
Robin O’Brien
Morris and Nancy Offit
Lena Park and Ben Grenier
Sarah Paley and Robert Kerrey
Lesley Peng and Hank Liao
Shellie R. Peters
Marguerite O. Pitts
Raftas Foundation
April Renae and Evan Christopher
Renaissance Society of America
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation
S&P Global Foundation
Jonathan and Bette Scarlet
Katherine Schlatter and Joseph Mauro
Faye Menken Schneier and Roger Schneier
Meira Shaham
Larissa Shahmatova and Ashok Subramanian
Kate Sheeran
Jennifer Shotwell
Andrea and Charles Simon
Kasandra Stark and Doug Fitch
Steinway & Sons
Sydney and Jon Stern
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Smitha Thomas and Ashley Fernandes
The S & J Tom Family Foundation
Irina Vainberg
The Laura B. Vogler Foundation
Voya Foundation
Barbara Walkowski
Ann Walzer
Sally Davis and Greg Wasserman
Patricia Weinbach
Hadassah R. Weiner | In memory of Margaret Evans
The Weininger Foundation, Inc.
Margot Witty
Qian Xue and Kailuo Wang
Jenny Zhou and James Chen
*deceased
(As of September 15, 2024)
Tzipora H. Jochsberger Society
The Tzipora H. Jochsberger Society was recently renamed in honor of our founder, who passed away at age 96 in late 2017. The Society recognizes the following generous supporters, who have included Kaufman Music Center in their estate plans, making a difference during lifetimes and beyond.
Anne Blatt
Helene Blue
Ilse Blumenfeld
Sidney Bresler
Rosalind Devon
Phyllis and Samuel Feder
Emanuel and Ellen Genauer
Estate of Anna Gold
Estelle Greco
Deborah Holtz
Adele D. Kapp
Carole A. Kemack
Solange Landau
Roz Lasker
Christina M. Mason
Clarice Mertzel
Cathy White O’Rourke
Johanna Roman Barish
Evelyn Ronell
Blanche Shapiro
Dorothy Silverstein
