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 September 13, 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, Fidelity Charitable Foundation, Judith R. and Alan H. Fishman, Howard Gilman Foundation, 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, Shelby and Frederick Gans, Mrs. Candace and Dr. Vincent Gaudiani, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Sully Bonnelly and Robert Littman, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, PARC Foundation, Antony Peattie, The Shubert Foundation. STAR SPONSOR $25,000-$49,999 Anonymous, Jody and John Arnhold, Billy Rose Foundation, Lucy Bowen McCauley, Eliot Nolen and Timothy Bradley, Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, Bernice Greene, John and Tommye Ireland (in memoriam), Suzy Kellems Dominik, Mark Morris, Schwab Charitable, The SHS Foundation, Jamie Gorelick and Richard Waldhorn. STAR SUPPORTER $12,000-$24,999 Anonymous, Con Edison, Susan DeLong, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, York-Chi and Stephen Harder, Jewish Communal Fund, Amanda Gluibizzi and Christian Kleinbub, Leatherwood Foundation, Manson Family and Stanley J. Wertheimer Fund Donors, National Endowment for the Arts, Sarabeth Berman and Evan Osnos, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Jolie Curtsinger Schwartz and Gabriel Schwartz, David Resnicow and Diane Solway, Nancy Umanoff, Mary Ann Casavant and Scott Wilson, June and Jeffrey Wolf.
Additional support provided by Mark Morris Dance Group PARTNERS contributing $1,500-$11,999 annually. LEADING PARTNER $6,000-$11,999 Anonymous (3), American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc., Wally and Roz Bernheimer, Beyer Blinder Belle, Terry Boyer, Jeffery and Tina Budge, Harold Clinton, Carol Ann Dyer, Neil Ericsson and Karen Florini, Google Matching Gift Program, Lynn and Brian Grant Family, Lori Raphael and J. Michael Hemmer, Macduff and Twyla Hughes, Impact Assets, Marc and Melissa James, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Kenneth Aidekman Family Foundation, The Lupin Foundation, Jill Horner and Yo-Yo Ma, Marta Heflin Foundation, Kristine Morris, National Philanthropic Trust, Parkinson’s Foundation, Onay Payne, Linda Johnson and Bruce Ratner, Cecilia Paul and Harry Reinert, Sills Family Foundation, Grace and John Timberlake, Fanny van Kwawegen, Mark Horowitz and Dorrine Veca. COLLABORATING PARTNER $3,000-$5,999 Anonymous (2), Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund, Kate Weil and Stuart Bauchner, Bloomberg LP, Carmie and Merv Budge, Hon. Steven Berk and Jennifer Chandler Hauge, Charney Companies, Mark Selinger and Iris Cohen, Caroline and Paul Cronson, Della Rosa Family Foundation, Catherine de Saint Aignan, Ann and Richard Feldman, Michael and Nancy Feller, Stephen M. Foster, Frank and Deenie Brosens Foundation, Sharon Gurwitz, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, Kate Bernheimer and Xia Hendricks, The Herman Liebmann Foundation, Penn and Diane Holsenbeck, Insperity, Deborah Karl, Kate and Tom Kush, Judy Lichterman, William W. Lockwood, Jr., Medtronic, The New York Community Trust, Janet and David Offensend, PNC Bank, Princeton Area Community Foundation, Patrick Ravey, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lisa Rinehart, Toby E. and Robert Rubin, Cindy Sherman, Paul Di Vito and John Silvia, Mary Waters, Zeitz Foundation. SPONSORING PARTNER $1,500-$2,999 Anonymous (8), Jane E. Aaron, Alexis Adler, Eve Auchincloss Lilley, Katherine and Gary Bartholomaus, Lane Heard and Margaret Bauer, Thérèse D. Bernbach, Frederick and Morley Bland, Stephanie Boye, Gabriel Boyers, Circles for Change, Carol Yorke and Gerard Conn, Jean and Wayne Cunningham, Belden and Pamela Daniels, Mary Darmstaetter, Jane Rush Davenport, Estela Díaz, John and Linda Donovan, John and Margaret Falk, Jean Fuller Farrington, Carolyn George, Elisa B. and Kenneth Glazer, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Elizabeth Lovett Grover, Thomas Shapiro and Madeleine Grynsztejn, Alice Hofheimer, Frances Ingebritson, Jewish Community Foundation, Mary Neal Jones, Lucille Kurian, Nancy Langsan, Fred and Jean Leventhal, Laurence and Jane Levine, Adrianne Lobel, Manulife, Gretchen Wold and Thomas Martin, Diane L. Max, Suzanne Berman and Timothy J. McClimon, Jennifer Melby, Judith Scofield Miller and David Miller, Ben Munisteri, Claire Munzenrider, Emanuel Ax and Yoko Nozaki, Steve Offutt, Jill and Geoffrey Parker, David Pomerantz, Drs. Jocelynne and Perry Rainey, The Fein/Remnick/Litman Family, Mary-Kathryn and Richard Roelofs, Jeffrey and Kim Brown Seely, James and Colleen Seely, Katy Homans and Patterson Sims, David Stang, Susan K. Freedman & Rabbi Richard Jacobs Family Fund, Emmanuel Torrijos and Jing Shang Tan, Jennifer Thienes Dixon, Charlie and Judy Tobey, Bob Turner and Paula Togawa, Kirsti Aho and Dale Underwood, Jay and Elaine Unkeless, Joan Waricha, Joel Bluestein and Michal Warshow, Franklin Stone and David Wenk, Leslie Ziff, and the more than 1,500 supporters not listed here whose support has been crucial to our operations.
Mark Morris Dance Group programs and performances are made possible with funding, in part, from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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 bequests and living legacy commitments from Anonymous (8), Joan Acocella, James and Sheila Foley, Sandy Hill, Patrick Leader, Gregg Rockefeller, Jane Levy Troy, Estate of Kathryn (Nan) Wells Little, J.D. Bruce Wilson. If you are 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 HONOR Amy Jo Bauman, Anna Rodriquez, Anthony Lee, Bub Dub, Carol Krasnow, Charlie and Judy Tobey, Chris Savastio, Cristobal Williams, Dana Kotler, Darryl Pinckney, David B. Leventhal, David Iverson and his family, Dido Mirck, Doris Olin, Edith Tinnes, Elise Gaugert, Gunilla Norris, Jane and Robert Stine, Jane Levine, Jolie Curtsinger Schwartz, Judith R. and Alan H. Fishman, Judith T. Dean, Julia Weber, Lauren Grant, Lloyd Mast, Maria Portman Kelly, Mark Horowitz, Mark Morris, Michael Andrew Fox, Michael J. Fox, Misty Owens, Nancy Holland, Nancy Umanoff, Nicole Pearce, Past and Present Members of the Dance Group, Patricia Beilman, Ruth Manson, Sam Black, Sarabeth Berman, Saskia Vroom, Steven Berk, Susan Craver, Tara Sherman.
GIFTS IN MEMORY Adele Hensley, Adolph Fuerst, Carlos Lemme, Christine Austria, Daniel McGuiness, David Drennen, Edward Solomon, Edward William Gretton, Ellen Offner, Gazan Children, Helen Waricha, Janet Sherman, Jim Young, Joan Acocella, John and Tommye Ireland, Judith Rosenblatt, K Robert Reaster, Kathleen Howard, Kevin Wynn, Laurence Levine, Lawton Johnson, Lloyd Mast, Louis Olenick, M. Evangeline Munzenrider, Mark Horowitz, Marshall Marcovitz, Maureen Zaniel, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Michael Aron, Michael Sheniak, Mira Popovich, Nancy Giles Snyder, Nathaniel Lee, Pauline Pon, Raymond W. Blank, Jr., Regina Welt, Richard Daubendiek, Richard Marcus, Rita Schwartz and Martin Miller, Ruben A. Kelly, Stan Reedy, Stanley Bushkoff, Stanley Wertheimer, Steve Grimaldi, Stuart Hodes, Thomas G Evans, Tommy Vigorita, Walter M Kozlowski, Warren Brunetti, Zoltan David Farkas and John O. Miller.
IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS The Celeste Group, Darryl Pinckney and James Fenton, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Lori Raphael and J. Michael Hemmer, 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 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and relies on cash contributions, gifts from donor advised funds, stocks, IRA rollovers, bequests, memberships, and contributions for its annual programs.