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Thank You To Our Supporters
Kaufman Music Center receives institutional support from: Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, The Alphadyne Foundation, The Amphion Foundation, Inc., The Anderson-Rogers Foundation, The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, BNP Paribas, Barbara and Gary Brandt Family Foundation, Capital Counsel LLC, The Edwin Caplin Foundation and Mr. Chretien Risley, Trustee, 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, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., E.H.A. Foundation, Inc., Ether Advisory Partners, Inc., The Ferriday Fund Charitable Trust, The Gage Fund, 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, The Les Paul Foundation, Harold I. and Faye B. Liss Foundation, The Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc., Macquarie, 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, The Laura B. Vogler Foundation, Inc., Wafra Inc., 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 good offices of State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
The Ronnie and Lawrence Ackman Scholars Program is made possible thanks to support from Pershing Square Philanthropies.
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, 2024 and January 15, 2026. 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.
The Estate of Deborah Holtz
Howard Gilman Foundation
The Hearst Foundations, Inc.
Macquarie
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
The Pershing Square Foundation
The Reich Fund
$50,000 to $99,999
The Alphadyne Foundation
Judy Hart Angelo
The Edwin Caplin Foundation and Mr. Chretien Risley, Trustee
Ray and Vera Conniff Foundation
Sally Cummins
Rosalind Devon
Danielle Dimston and Raffi Momjian
E.H.A. Foundation, Inc.
Fidelity Brokerage Services
Estelle Greco
Jewish Communal Fund
Judith and Robert Hall
Rose Hirschel
Daniel Kaufman and Timothy Beaver
Philippe Khuong-Huu
Solange Landau
The Frederick Loewe Foundation
The Johnny Mercer Foundation
Wendy and Bruce Mosler
The Mystery Lady of Santa Fe
National Endowment for the Arts
The Estate of Janet Neiman
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Division of Homeland Security
Schwab Charitable
$25,000 to $49,999
Joel and Tracy Beckerman
Bloomberg L.P.
Barbara and Gary Brandt Family Foundation
Kevin Cho
The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust
Phyllis and Sam Feder
The Ferriday Fund
Goldman Sachs Gives Philanthropy Fund
George Han and Julia Wu
Mary Lynn Hanley
Keith Haring Foundation
The Estate of Marie Lewis
Made Music Studio
Neuberger Berman, LLC
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Marjorie Penrod and Eric Wallar
Sal Piscopo
PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Rea Charitable Trust
Orli Shaham and David Robertson
Chris and Christa Somers
Janet and Gil Spitzer
Simon and Diane Tom
Kara Unterberg
Vanguard Charitable
$10,000 to $24,999
Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation
Zoe and Christopher Allen
American Endowment Foundation
The ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation
Justin Berrie and Margaret Lu
Leo Berwick
Capital Counsel LLC
Charities Aid Foundation of America
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music
Marielle and Jacques Julien Corcos
Michael Davidson
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
Con Edison
Evelyn Erskine
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
Franklin Philanthropic Foundation
The Gage Fund
Anna and Mark Gurevich
Kara Hammond
L3 Harris Technologies Foundation
Lillie, Nathan and Sally Helfman Charitable Trust
The Libby Holman Foundation
Maurice Horwitz
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
Justin Kalifowitz
Mika Kato and Boyan Jovanovic
Migene Kim and Dennis Lee
Jennifer and Tim Kingston
David Klafter and Nancy Kestenbaum
Nikki Daniels Kready and Jeff Kready
Eileen Lach
Harold I. and Faye B. Liss Foundation
Solomon and Sharon Merkin
Danica Mills and Frederick Fortmiller
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust
New York State Senate District 47
Tatiana Piankova Foundation
Shahriar and Noa Rafimayeri
Jessica Rothstein and Kurt Lageschulte
Mrs. Rita Fredricks Salzman
Beth and David E. Shaw
Eileen Shin and Roger Chen
Paul Sipio
The Ted Snowdon Foundation
Dimitri and Nataly Sogoloff
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Jason Subotky and Anne Akiko Meyers
Michael Tuch Foundation
The Wu and Yan Family Foundation
$5,000 to $9,999
AMG Charitable Gift Foundation
The Amphion Foundation
Ares Management
Anush Avetiysan
Rachel Bennett and Alex Vourlidis
Eleanor and Fred Braid
Michael Bretholz and Sarah Wesley
Olga and Ruvim Breydo
Liza Bychkov-Suloti and Liri Suloti
Dorothy Erickson
David Fellah and Ayse Porter
Lidia and Ken Feyder
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Joyce Elsa Goodman
Laura and Lawrence Hurvich
Mintao Ju
Jane Klein
Sidney Kohl Family Foundation |Lisa J. Kohl and Ricardo Hornos
Lydia and John Kontos
Ken and Elaine Langone
Latham and Watkins LLP
Christopher Lees
Ann R. Loeb
Vincent and Anne Mai
Christina M. Mason
Anthony Mazzocchi
Anton Moldan
Morgan Stanley Greystone Consulting
Melissa Munoz
National Financial Services, LLC
Olga Nekrasova and Andy Arluk
Daniel Paik
Proskauer Rose LLP
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Alfred and Jane Ross
The S & J Tom Family Foundation
S&P Global Foundation
Ralph Schlosstein and Jane Hartley
Steven and Donna Schragis
Sybil Shainwald*
Joanne L. Shrontz Family Foundation
Irving Sitnick
Roni Tamari and Shai Wosner
TIAA Charitable Inc.
Ty Geri
The Laura B. Vogler Foundation
Wafra Inc.
Walkers LLP
Christopher Wilks
Graham and Joy Wyatt
Stephanie Yoshida
$1,000 to $4,999
Christopher Adams
Margo Alexander
Dr. Vivette Ancona
Jason and Lori Arkin
Jody and John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation
Jamie Brickhouse
Evan Axelrad and Tiffany Clarke
Ayco Charitable Foundation
Laura Bardash
Jeff Baron and Gary Carlisle
Matt A. Beck and Barbara Rocha-Beck
Elaine S. Bernstein
Charlene Bishop and Jeankarlos Cruz
BNP Paribas Philanthropy
Rachel and Greg Bovitz
Neal Brilliant
Simeon Brinberg
The Brownington Foundation
Brooke Bryant
Faith Burton
Martine and Ralph Calder
Joseph and Jane Chang
Helen Charash
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP
Bootsie Cohen and Lewis Bernstein
John Colella
Patricia Connell and Martin Schwarz
Robin and Todd Copeland
John Courtney
D'Addario Foundation
Manuel De La Nuez
Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University
DLA Piper LLP
Susan and Jonas Ellenberg
Joan Ellis
Jennie Emil
Frederick Faveluke
Lois Feigen
Fiona Morgan Fein
Ivy Feng
Harvey and Audrey Feuerstein
Susan Fischer
Bernice Fleischer
Martin Fridson and Elaine R. Sisman
Matthew Friedman
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Peter Geller
Judy Gettelfinger
Matthew Gline and Laura Ridge
Global Atlantic Financial
Connie* and Leonard Goodman*
Google Matching Gifts Program
Daniel Gordon
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Ana and Evan Greenfield
Glenn Gundersen
Sharon Gurwitz
Mariel Harris and Dan Cooperman
Theresa Harris and Paul Morris
Sean Hartley
Adriana Herrera
Joseph Hirsch
Rochelle and David Hirsch
Leah and Harrison Hollingsworth
Helen Hovdesven
Kathy Hubbard
Sophia C. Hughes
Nathan P. Jacobs Foundation
Nathalie Joachim
Greg Kammerer and Fred White
David and Clara Kalhous
Ryan and Hailey Kang
Gene Kaufman
Patricia Kenner
Gerald and Louise Kerner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Annette and Alex Kogan
The Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation
Robin and Laurent Landau
Adeline and Gerard Lapadula
Alan and Erica Lasker
David and Marcia Lavipour
Carol Ann Leibner
Les Paul Foundation
Linden Arts Fund for Children
Cathy Lu and Michael Mikleus
Verna MacCornack
Lila and Ron March
Alexander Margo
Antonella Marini
Hugh and Camilla McFadden
Duncan McKay
Clare and Howard McMorris
Melio
Therese Mendoza
Janis & Alan Menken Charity Fund
Moneta Group Charitable Foundation
Patricia Morrill and Sherwood Waldron
Music Investor Conferences
Deepti Nayak and Siddarth Ramkumar
Hope and Joshua Newman
Albert Nichols
Ian Nyi and Grace Fu
Robin O’Brien
Morris and Nancy Offit
Lena Park and Ben Grenier
Sarah Paley and Robert Kerrey
Mariela Pellegrini and Stefan Zylik
Lesley Peng and Hank Liao
Shellie R. Peters
Marguerite O. Pitts
Timothy Porter
Raftas Foundation
Susan Ramer and Mark Coleman
April Renae and Evan Christopher
Renaissance Society of America
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation
Michelle Ryang and David Frost
Jonathan and Bette Scarlet
Katherine Schlatter and Joseph Mauro
Faye Menken Schneier and Roger Schneier
Meira Shaham
Larissa Shahmatova and Ashok Subramanian
Kate Sheeran
Dusik Shin
Jennifer Shotwell
Raheel and Violetta Siddiqui
Aneta Sieminski
Andrea and Charles Simon
Kasandra Stark and Doug Fitch
Steinway & Sons
Sydney and Jon Stern
Vernon and Susanne Steward
Phyllis and Bernard Sussman
David and Marcy Tannenbaum
Smitha Thomas and Ashley Fernandes
Magdalena Topalovic and Dean Richardson
Darwin Vargas
Voya Foundation
Charles and Marian Wade
Barbara Walkowski
Ann Walzer
Sally Davis and Greg Wasserman
Webster Bank
Patricia Weinbach
Hadassah R. Weiner | In memory of Margaret Evans
The Weininger Foundation, Inc.
Margot Witty
Barbara Brizzi Wynne
Qian Xue and Kailuo Wang
Rick Yuan and Liang-Ying Tan
Jenny Zhou and James Chen
Pauline Zwaans and Simeon Wallace
*deceased
(As of January 15, 2026)
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
Susan D. Fischer
Emanuel and Ellen Genauer
Estate of Anna Gold
Morris Goodman
Estelle Greco
Rose Hirschel
Deborah Holtz
Adele D. Kapp
Carole A. Kemack
Solange Landau
Steven Lane
Roz Lasker
Marie Lewis
Christina M. Mason
Clarice Mertzel
Janet Neiman
Cathy White O’Rourke
Johanna Roman Barish
Evelyn Ronell
Rita Fredricks Salzman
Blanche Shapiro
Dorothy Silverstein