Funders Jan 1, 2024

2023-2024 Season

Beacons ~ $10,000 +
Anonymous
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council for the Arts
NY City Council Member James Gennaro
NY City Council Member Farah Louis
NY City Council Member Kevin Riley
NY City Council Member Carlina Rivera
NY City Council Member Althea Stevens
NY City Council Member Marjorie Velazquez
NY City Council Member Inna Vernikov
O’Donnell Green Music and Dance Foundation
West Harlem Development Corporation

Visionaries ~ $5,000 – $9,999
Mark D. Selwyn and Susan Stayn

Director’s Circle ~ $1,000 – $4,999
Equinox
Harkness Foundation for Dance
Johnson and Johnson Foundation
Manon Hallay
Lynn Modell
Oasis Day Spa
Pejo Glass Art
Steve and Georgianna Roberts
Eric and Fran Rosenfeld

Collaborators ~ $500 – $999
Sara B. Chase
Guardian Service Industry
Sandy Forbes
Lisa and Chris Gibbons
Rachel Marchica
Elizabeth T. Peabody
Paul Sabbatini
Shircara Stewart
Tribeca MedSpa
Wendy Lubin Family Gift Fund

Soloists ~ $250 – $499
Penguin Random House
Cinnamon Chambers
Doug J. Deshong
Danielle Flynn
Nathaniel Frank
Bayo Gbowu
Hillmann Consulting, LLC
Kelly Miller
Andrea Moore
Margo Morrison
One Girl Cookies
Erika Roegies
Min Kim and Chris Reuning
Ann and Peter Seidman
Shircara Stewart
Stephen Ehrenberg and Autumn Terrill
Marcia E. Young
Raychel Wade

Lifters ~ $150 – $249
Anonymous
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Peter Burrows
Marianne and Joseph Cesarotti
Carlos Cuevas
CitiBike
Catau Florent
Grandaisy Bakery
Arielle Katz
Danielle Flynn
Jo Ann Kumins
Wendy and Jeff Lemcke
David Lobenstine
Michael Lockhart
Heidi B. and Matthew S. Meyers
Reed Wellness
Ricardo Rezk
Stembile Sibanda
Jeremy Selwyn
John A. Stayn
Dahlia Boyarsky and Troy Shadian
Billy and Malgorzata Siegenfeld
Chad and Laura Smith
Mehul Trivedi

Movers ~ $75 – $149
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Marianne Cesarotti
Miri Cohen
Katelyn Cummings
Vikesh Dalal
Julie Friedburg
Renee Jarusinsky
Wayne LaFlamboy
Kristine M Logan
Mandel Fund
Priscilla Newell
Jenny and Grant Powell
Yana Rolnik
Billy and Malgorzata Siegenfeld
Chad and Laura Smith
 
Friends ~ $1-$74

Lori Akina
Brad Bond
Caroline Bracey
John and Deborah Barton
Nicole Clark
Michael and Linda Comcowich
Alexander Donovan
Noelle Dubina
John and Elaine Frank
Edward and Julia R. Forhane
Michael Gnat
Patricia Kelley
Rebecca S. Kelly
Andrea Markstrom
Louis Dorley and Nadine Martinez
Meredith McCann
Sarah McQueen
LeeAnn Miller
Amy, Roy, and Alina Oser
Susan and Curt Picunko
Susan Rainey
Jenna Mandel and Marco Ricci
Thomas Richardson
Christina Russo
Deanna Senior
John A. Stayn
Claire Steichen
Shircara Stewart
Miriam Straus
Shirl and Howard Susser
Alana Marie Urda
Deborah Weltsch
Vera Wisniewski

2022-2023 Season
Beacons ~ $10,000 +
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council for the Arts
NY City Council Member James Gennaro
NY City Council Member Farah Louis
NY City Council Member Kevin Riley
NY City Council Member Carlina Rivera
NY City Council Member Althea Stevens
NY City Council Member Marjorie Velazquez
NY City Council Member Inna Vernikov

Visionaries ~ $5,000 – $9,999
West Harlem Development Corporation

Director’s Circle ~ $1,000 – $4,999
Andrea Barragan
Lisa Caldwell
CS Coach House
Marie Etienne
Patrick Forhane
Guardian Service Industry
Harkness Foundation for Dance
Johnson and Johnson Foundation
Manulife Investment Management/John Hancock
Steven and Georgianne Roberts
Eric and Fran Rosenfeld Foundation
Stembile Sibanda
Mark Selwyn and Susan Stayn
Bliss and Joseph Trunfio
Wine and Spirits Magazine

Collaborators ~ $500 – $999
ABM Industries
Ted Gall and Kelly Carroll
Sandy Forbes
Melin and David Tan-Geller
Manon Hallay
Margo Morrison
One Girl Cookie
Elizabeth T. Peabody
Pure Barre
Min Kim and Chris Reuning
Erika Roegies
Paul Sabbatini
Colleen Kong-Savage
Karen Selwyn
Shircara Stewart
Sleep No More
Wendy Lubin Family Gift Fund

Soloists ~ $250 – $499
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Briteage Consulting Inc.
Michael Brown
Sarah Joy Elliott Burton
Disney Theatrical Productions
Douglas DeShong
Noelle Dubina
East River Pilates
Danielle and Michael Flynn
Nathaniel Frank
Francis Hanson
Hillmann Consulting, LLC
Inspire Innerspace
Kinespirit Riverside Gyrotonic and Pilates Studio
Greg Kachejian
Local Barre Social Club
Dee Dee Lee
Rachel Marchica
Ann Miller
National Grid
Amy Rameau
Laura Rosenblum
Christina Russo
Peter and Ann K. Seidman
Jane and Don Schreck
Tribeca Med Spa
Raychel Wade
Alicia Wargo
Lifters ~ $150 – $249
Saidah Chambers
Sara B. Chase
Greg Kachejian
Nancy Kleaver
Jo Ann Kumins
Wayne LaFlamboy
Ann Miller
Min Kim and Chris Reuning
Christina Russo
Dahlia and Troy Shadian
Chad and Laura Smith

 

Movers ~ $75 – $149
Andrea Andresakis
Chaia Bekefi
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Zoe Bogan
Elisha Boyd
Janis E. Brodie
Joseph Cesarotti
Edward and Myrna Coyle
Lystine Cush
Howard S. and Shirl Davis-Susser
Jonathan Fields
First Aid Beauty
Sandy Forbes
Julie Friedberg
Pam Gelles
Great Jones Spa
Madeline Holder
Brian Holdman
Renee Jarusinsky
Yonghwan Jeun
Greg Kachejian
Craig Brashear and Rebecca S. Kelly
Lifestyle Acupuncture
Mandel Fund
Jenna G. Mandel and Marco Ricci
Heidi B. and Matthew S. Meyers
Priscilla Newell
Janice Pickering
Starla Randolph
Edward Rodriguez
Yana Rolnik
John A. Stayn
Judith Targan
Malecia S Walker

 

Friends ~ $1-$74
Amazon Smile
Judith Banki
Yvette Barth
Brooklyn Bowl
Jill and Rose Cesarotti
Dawn Cieplensky
Facebook
Edward and Julia R. Forhane
Sandra E. Hurst
Yumiko Johnson
James Larkin
Jane Lobbenberg
Darihana Lopex
Beatriz M Martinez
Edward and Jacky McManus
Elaine Mui
Diana Nahim
Sheli Nan
Tamara Toles O’laughlin
Delano Paul
Thomas Larry Reid
Danny Rivera
Christina Russo
Zoya Samoylova
Marius Shanzer
Alissa Stayn
Susan Cary Tenner
2021-2022 Season
Beacons ~ $10,000 +
Anonymous
New York State Council for the Arts
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
City Council Member Carlina Rivera
City Council Member Kevin Riley
City Council Member James Gennaro
Cross River Bank

 

Visionaries ~ $5,000 – $9,999
New York Foundation for the Arts

 

Director’s Circle ~ $1,000 – $4,999
City National Bank
Marie Etienne
Patrick Forhane
Johnson and Johnson Foundation
Wendy Lubin Family Fund
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer
Peter Scardino and Judith Kellman
Elizabeth Peabody
Steven and Georgianna Roberts
Eric and Fran Rosenfeld
Kimberly Senter
Simons Foundation
Bliss and Joseph Trunfio

 

Collaborators ~ $500 – $999
Dance/NYC
Gillian Goddard
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Lynn Modell
Janet Mul
Penguin Random House
Min Kim and Chris Reuning
Paul Sabbatini
Karen Selwyn

 

Soloists ~ $250 – $499
Frances Caldwell
Lisa Caldwell
Danielle and Mike Flynn
Nathaniel Frank
Constanze Gerstner and Michael Haney
Fran and Joan Hanson
Lillith Jacobs
Jill Povol
Chandru Murthi and Elizabeth Reagh
Laura Rosenblum
Peter and Ann Seidman
Shircara Stewart
Howard Susser and Shirl Davis-Susser

 

Lifters ~ $150 – $249
Monica Burnette
Sarah B. Chase
Giada Ferrone
Jon Fields
Kurt Gosselin
Patricia Kelley
Wayne LaFlamboy
Ricardo Rezk
Billy and Malgorzata Siegenfeld
Dahlia Boyarsky and Troy Shadian
Laura Smith
Movers ~ $75 – $149
Appleby Foundation
Chaia Bekefi
Roger F. Blood
Janis Brodie
Joseph Cesarotti
Marianne Cesarotti
Julie Friedberg
Louise and Seymour Friedman
Pam Gelles
Elaine Hochberg
Susan Home
Greg Kachejian
Bridgette Lin
The Mandel Fund
Marisa Panzani
Jenny R. Powell
Jenna Mandel-Ricci and Marco Ricci
Yana Rolnik
Christina Russo
Jane and Don Schreck
Anna Senter
Tembi Simbanda
Alvin and Susan Stauber
Alissa Stayn
John Stayn
Allen and Judith Susser
Mila Thigpen
Anthony Trunfio and Nana Treise
Betsy Vorce

Friends ~ $1-$74
Michelle Aulik
Brianna Baker
Judith Banki
Nicole Clark
Michelle and Linda Comcowich
Edward and Myrna Coyle
Douglas DeShong
Edward and Julia Forhane
Diane Forman-Berg
Clifford Frasier
Zoe Friedberg
Katherine Furber
David and Melin Tan Geller
Jazelynn Goudy
Brittany Grier
David Hochberg
Sandy Hurst
Nadia Hussey
Lorena Jaramillo
Yumiko Johnson
Benjamin Katzen
Min Kim
Emily Laochua
Jessica Lee
Natalie L’Etoile
Monica Lloret
Anna Lovett
Jacky and Edward McManus
Anne Miller
Michael Mitas
Sheli Nan
Dionne Nicholls
Robin and Walter Orcutt
Vera Paganin
Susan and Curt Picunko
Emily Riddell
Danny Rivera
Angela Rojas
Liz Schropp
Elsa Semeco
Anna Senter
Brenda Moore Senter
Jonathan Shafter
Marius Shanzer
Chloe Sica
Zoya Somoylova
Susan Cary Tenner
Alana Marie Urda
Raychel Wade
Suzanne Welsh
2020-2021 Season

Beacons ~ $10,000 +
Anonymous
City Council Member Kevin Riley
City Council Member Carlina Rivera
Metropolitan Commercial Bank
New York State Council for The Arts
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
SBA Shuttered Venues Operating Grant

 

Visionaries ~ $5,000 – $9,999

City National Bank
Dance/NYC
Met Life Foundation Volunteer Ventures Program
Mark D. Selwyn and Susan Stayn
Craig Thompson, CS Coach House


Director’s Circle ~ $1,000 – $4,999

Marie Etienne
Patrick Forhane
Constanze Gerstner
Gillian Goddard
Kathryn Kessel
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Wendy Lubin
Andrea and Charles Moore
Eric and Fran Rosenfeld TRS FBO Rosenfeld
Kimberly Senter

Collaborators ~ $500 – $999
Robert and Lindley Devereux
Ethan Ganc
Joan Hornig
Johnson and Johnson Foundation
Min Kim and Chris Reuning
Caitlin Comba, Nest
Paul Sabbatini
Karen Silvera
The Samuel and Barbara Sternberg Charitable Foundation


Soloists ~ $250 – $499

Deborah Carpenter
Sara B. Chase
Noelle Dubina
Danielle B. and Michael D. Flynn
Juliet Gal
Melissa Gritman
Kurt Gosselin
Lynn Kelly
Annalisa Ledson
Cara Lipshie
Network for Good
Peter T. Scardino and Judith Kellman
Peter and Ann K. Seidman
Kimberly Senter
Howard S. and Shirl Davis-Susser


Lifters ~ $150 – $249
Mark Barone
Jennifer Deare
Julie Friedberg
Kurt Gosselin
Melissa Gritman
Francis V Hanson
Lauren LoCascio
Mark Lubin
Scott Payant and Lauren Urich
Jill Povol
Christina Russo
Keisha Senter
Dahlia and Troy Shadian
Carrie Shapiro
Billy and Malgorzata Siegenfeld


Movers ~ $75 – $149
Amazon Smile
Derrick Barnes

Audrey Bedolis
Chaia Bekefi
Mark Brazley
Janis E. Brodie
Sara B. Chase
MJ Choi
Jennifer Covell
Dance Body
Elizabeth Davidson
Ben Feinswog
Nathaniel Frank
Louise and Seymour Friedman
Daniel Ganc
Randi Ginsberg
Jamie Gordon
Arline T. Gulli
Holly Gulli
Chuck Hollingsworth
Lillith Jacobs
Greg Kachejian
Patricia Kibbe
Frank Krug
Colleen Lewis
Lisa Linsky
Ann and Normal Mandel
Alison Marshall
Ted Nadeau
Christina Navarro
Radha Patel
Mary Pino
Jenny and Grant Powell
Peter Gumpel and Marcia Previti
Shuba Satyaprasad
Greg and Elena Sefanov
Anna P Senter
Veronika Sonsev
Alvin and Susan B. Stauber
John A. Stayn
Susan Cary Tenner
Mila Thigpen
Christine Tormey
Anne Vorce
Raychel Wade
Robert Warner

 

Friends ~ $1-$74
Alfredo Alvarez
Jean Amaral
Minetta Archer
Edward Augustine
Michelle Aulik
Lauren Baham
Sarah Balcombe
Lisa Balkiewicz
Judith Bankii
Susan Bankii
Heather Behanna
Anna-Alisa Belous
Kyla Benoit
Tasha Blackman
Brad Bond
Elisha Boyd
Selwena Brewster
Tonya M. Britton

Friends ~ $1-$74
Karl Brosch
Monica Burnette

Sarah Joy Elliott Burton
Sharon Canady

Jason Canales
Charles Signorino and Steve Capling
Deborah Carpenter
Steven Carpenter
Kelly Carrol
Rodeena Stephens Ceaser
Marianne Cesarotti
Janet Cesarotti
Cinnamon Chambers
Dawn Cieplensky
Nicole Clark
Linda Comcowich
Annie Condon
Edward and Myrna Coyle
Lisa Crenshaw
Jane Cuozzo
LP Cush
Delille Cyrus
Douglas DeShong
Robin Dillard
Karla Diserens
Elyse Dubin
Arthur Dunn
Andrea G. Eisenberg
Michelle Eisenberg
Erin Emmett
Carol Esdale
Carrie Essenfeld
Beverly Fainer
Molly Fainer
Christina Faulkner
Jon Fields
Terrence Fister
Michael Flur

Edward and Julia R. Forhane
John and Elaine Frank
Deborah Freund
Rick Garofalo
Bayo Gbowu
Pamela Gelles
George Gellis
Lisa Gibbons
Max Winitzki Walsh Goldvag
Jeff Goodman
Jeffrey Goodman
Richard Gottlieb
Dan Gross
Joanna Grossman

Natasha Harding
Cynthia Herr
Susan Home
Sandy Hurst
Deborah A. Jackson
Rich Jacobson
Renee Jarusinsky
Allen Kadish
Keri Karling
Patricia Kelley
Jihyun Kim
Cece King
Brittney Kleinfelter
Ron Kosinski
Jennifer Kovacs
Jo Ann Kumins
Wayne LaFlamboy
James F Larkin
Susan Laskey
Annalisa Ledson
Lynn Leff
Natalie L’Etoile
Taj Lewis
Virginia Lewis
Donna Lieberman
Bridgette Lin
Quinnie Ma
Jane Manning
Nicole Massimi
Desiree Maurice
Janet McGannon
Joan McGowan
Ashley McQueen
David Merrill

Vincent Moy
Tracy Myers
Farzana Nasser
Joya Nemley
Priscilla Newell
Jon E. Omahen
Giulia Palermo
Josie Carbone and Marisa Panzani
Ellen Kahn Piderit
Jenny and Grant Powell

Yarah Prezeau
Emily Ranieri
Delmer Reed
Robert Reicher
Ricardo Rezk
Jenna G. Mandel and Marco Ricci
Angela Milagros Rojas
Milagros Rojas
L Jermaine Russell
Erika Ryback
Don and Jane Schreck
Laura Sciametta
Karen Selwyn
Brenda Moore Senter
Chaka Serrant
Carrie Shapiro
Katrina Simon

Ector Simpson
Shivika Sinha
Wyndy Wilder Sloan
Susan Smith
Don Spires
Judith and Dick Spurgin
Shatisha Stephens
Shircara Stewart
Stephanie Stuart
Steven Swedler
Bruce Swicker
Larry Talve
Renata Tanaka
Jeff Taylor
Nate Taylor
Constance Thompson
Cheya Thousand
Debra Moss Vollweiler
Elizabeth Vorce
Susan Wahl
Gabrielle Wang
Alicia Wargo
Rhonda White
Constance Wilbanks
Lynette Williams
Cheryl Wilson
Christopher Wimer
Rebecca Yang

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