Supporters

Supporters

We gratefully acknowledge the many individuals, institutions, corporations, and government agencies whose support is critical to our continued work.
The following contributors made gifts over the last year through May 1, 2024.

Official Sponsor

Major support for the Mark Morris Dance Group is provided by members of the GRAND DUO CIRCLE
with annual gifts of $12,000 or more. HERO $500,000+ Elizabeth Amy Liebman. LEADER $125,000-
$249,999, The Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, Vanguard Charitable. STAR
COLLABORATOR $50,000-$124,999 Anonymous, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Dance/NYC’s New York
City Dance Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program, made possible by The Mellon Foundation, The Fan
Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Fidelity Charitable Foundation, Judith R. and Alan H. Fishman, ,
Mrs. Candace and Dr. Vincent Gaudiani, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Sully Bonnelly and Robert
Littman, PARC Foundation, The Shelby and Frederick Gans Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The
Stars of New York Dance. STAR SPONSOR $25,000-$49,999 Jody and John Arnhold, Eliot Nolen and
Timothy Bradley, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Bernice Greene, John and Tommye Ireland (in
memoriam), Suzy Kellems Dominik, Mark Morris, Schwab Charitable, Jolie Curtsinger and Gabriel
Schwartz, The SHS Foundation, David Resnicow and Diane Solway, Jamie Gorelick and Richard
Waldhorn, Mary Ann Casavant and Scott Wilson. STAR SUPPORTER $12,000-$24,999 Anonymous,
Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation, Wally and Roz Bernheimer, Billy Rose Foundation, Lucy
Bowen McCauley, Con Edison, Susan DeLong, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, Neil Ericsson and
Karen Florini, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, York-Chi and Stephen Harder, The Honorable
Crystal Hudson, Impact Assets, Leatherwood Foundation, Manson Family and Stanley J. Wertheimer
Fund Donors, National Endowment for the Arts, Sarabeth Berman and Evan Osnos, Parkinson’s
Foundation, Onay Payne, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Nancy Umanoff, June and Jeffrey Wolf.

 

The Mark Morris Dance Group annual programs and Subsidized Rehearsal Space Program are made
possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and
the New York State Legislature.

 

Additional support provided by Mark Morris Dance Group PARTNERS contributing $1,500-$11,999
annually. LEADING PARTNER $6,000-$11,999 Anonymous, American Parkinson Disease Association,
Inc., Beyer Blinder Belle, Frederick and Morley Bland, Terry Boyer, Jeffery and Tina Budge,
Chervanak-Nunelle Foundation, Harold Clinton, Carol Ann Dyer, Paul and Sherry Fetterman, Google
Matching Gift Program, Lynn and Brian Grant Family, Jeanne D. Fisher, Lori Raphael and J. Michael
Hemmer, Macduff and Twyla Hughes, Melissa and Marc James, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Jewish
Communal Fund, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Kenneth Aidekman Family
Foundation, Fanny van Kwawegen, William W. Lockwood, Jr., The Lotos Foundation, Kristine Morris,
Janet and David Offensend, Steve Offutt, Antony Peattie, PNC Bank, Linda Johnson and Bruce Ratner,
Cecilia Paul and Harry Reinert, Sills Family Foundation, Grace and John Timberlake, Mark Horowitz
and Dorrine Veca. COLLABORATING PARTNER $3,000-$5,999 Anonymous (2), Bank of America
Charitable Fund, Katherine and Gary Bartholomaus, Kate Weil and Stuart Bauchner, Bloomberg LP,
Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation, Neal Brilliant, Carmie and Merv Budge, Charney Companies,
Mark Selinger and Iris Cohen, Carol Yorke and Gerard Conn, Della Rosa Family Foundation, Estela
Díaz, Gale Epstein, The Evelyn Sharp Foundation, John and Margaret Falk, Ann and Richard Feldman,
Michael and Nancy Feller, Stephen M. Foster, Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation, Goldman Sachs
Philanthropy Fund, Insperity, Sharon Gurwitz, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Herman
Liebmann Foundation, Kate Bernheimer and Xia Hendricks, Deborah Karl, Kate and Tom Kush,
Manson Family and Stanley J. Wertheimer Fund Donors Mrs. Fields Literary Club, National
Philanthropic Trust, The New York Community Trust, Emily Omura, Patrick Ravey, Mikhail Baryshnikov
and Lisa Rinehart, Toby E. and Robert Rubin, Cindy Sherman, Douglas Dockery Thomas, Mary
Waters, Zeitz Foundation. SPONSORING PARTNER $1,500-$2,999 Anonymous (8), Jane E. Aaron,
Alexis Adler, Lane Heard and Margaret Bauer, Beetlejuice Tour Cast/Crew, Steven Berger, Thérèse D.
Bernbach, Stephanie Boye, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Mary Darmstaetter, Ed and Edie
Drcar, Jean Fuller Farrington, Carolyn George, Elisa and Kenneth Glazer, The Greater Cincinnati
Foundation, Elizabeth Lovett Grover, Thomas Shapiro and Madeleine Grynsztejn, Alice Hofheimer, Frances Ingebritson, Dave Iverson, Jewish Community Foundation. Mary Neal Jones, Mollie Katzen,
Lucille Kurian, Nancy Langsan, Fred and Jean Leventhal, Laurence and Jane Levine, Elizabeth Levy,
Adrianne Lobel, Manulife, Diane L. Max, Suzanne Berman and Timothy J. McClimon, Medtronic,
Jennifer Melby, Judith Scofield Miller and David Miller, Ben Munisteri, Claire Munzenrider, Emanuel Ax
and Yoko Nazaki, Jill and Geoffrey Parker, Drs. Jocelynne and Perry Rainey, The Fein/Remnick/Litman
Family, Mary Kathryn and Richard Roelofs, Richard Rubinstein, Catherine de Saint Aignan, Carissa
and Jack Schlosser, David Stang, Jeffrey and Kim Brown Seely, James and Colleen Seely, Katy
Homans and Patterson Sims, Elizabeth Rose Sledge, Emmanuel Torrijos and Jing Shang Tan, Bob
Turner and Paula Togawa, Jay and Elaine Unkeless, Joan Waricha, Gretchen Wold, Robert and
Sharon Yoerg, Leslie Ziff, and the more than 3,000 contributions from people giving $1-1,499 annually.

 

LEGACY GIVING Individuals who name the Mark Morris Dance Group in estate plans through
bequests, gift annuities, charitable trusts, and beneficiary designations ensure a strong future for our
organization. MMDG gratefully acknowledges recent living legacy commitments from Anonymous (3),
Joan Acocella, Sandy Hill, Jane F. Troy, and Patrick Leader. If you’re new to legacy planning, please
explore our free tool at freewill.com/mmdg or if you have already planned for MMDG in your will, please
let us know so we can welcome you to our Legacy Society. Contact Michelle Amador, Director of
Development at michelle@mmdg.org. We would be honored to recognize your generosity in future
programs.

 

GIFTS IN MEMORY Howard Abrams, Joan Acocella, Christine Austria, Kitt Barnes-Martone, Bruce
Bennett, PhD, Michael Blackwood, Ben-Carr Blake, Raymond W. Blank, Jr., Warren Brunetti, Gazan
Children, Richard Daubendiek, David Holmes Drennen, Thomas G. Evans, Zoltan David Farkas,
Adolph Fuerst, Steve Grimaldi, Adele Hensley, Stuart Hodes, Kathleen Howard, Lawton Johnson,
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Nathaniel Lee, Laurence Levine, Marshall Marcovitz, , Daniel McGuiness,
Sharon E. McNamara, John O. Miller, Martin Miller, Maxine Morris, Mary Evangeline Munzenrider, Ellen
Offner, Louis Olenick, Pauline Y. Pon, K Robert Reaster, Judy Rosenblatt, Rita Schwartz, Janet
Sherman, Gary Sherwood, Allyne Simmons, Edward Solomon, Michael Tickle, Tommy Vigorita, Stanley
J. Wertheimer, Kevin Wynn, Jim Young. GIFTS IN HONOR Artists Everywhere, Kitt Barnes-Martone,
Amy Jo Bauman, Patricia Beilman, Sarabeth Berman, Larry Biren, Sam Black, Toby Brickner, Susan
Craver, Dance Group Members Past and Present, Judith T. Dean, Bub Dub, Domingo Estrada, Jr.,
Judith R. Fishman, Michael Andrew Fox, Michael J. Fox, Elise Gaugert, Lauren Grant, Nancy Holland,
Mark Horowitz, David Iverson and Family, Maria Portman Kelly, Lana Kelly-Fitzgerald, Barb Kibler,
Carol Krasnow, Anthony Lee, David Leventhal and Family, Jane Levine, Ruth Manson, Jonas
Marcovitz, Barbara Akua McAlister, Dido Mirck, Mark Morris, Gunilla Norris, Misty Owens, Nicole
Pearce, Darryl Pinckney, Anna Rodriquez, Matthew Rutenberg, Chris Savstio, Tara Sherman, Edith
Tinnes, Charlie and Judy Tobey, Manny Torrijos, Nancy Umanoff, Saskia Vroom, Julia Weber.

 

IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS The Celeste Group, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Mark Horowitz, M.D., Howard
Gilman Foundation, Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc.
The Mark Morris Dance Group is a member of the Cultural Solidarity Fund, Dance/USA, the Downtown
Brooklyn Arts Alliance, and Museum Arts and Culture Access Consortium.

Discalced Inc. (dba Mark Morris Dance Group) is a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization and relies
on cash contributions, gifts from donor advised funds, stocks, IRA rollovers, bequests, memberships,
and contributions for its annual programs.

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mark Morris Dance Group (Discalced, Inc.) is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization. All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.

Gifts can also be mailed by check payable to the “Mark Morris Dance Group” to:

Mark Morris Dance Group

3 Lafayette Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11217-1415

For ACH transfers, contact us. 


For more information contact:

Michelle Amador

Director of Development
718.624.8400 x208
michelle@mmdg.org