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 15, 2025.

Official Sponsor

Major support for the Mark Morris Dance Group is provided by members of the GRAND DUO CIRCLE:

HERO $500,000+ Elizabeth Amy Liebman. LEADER $125,000-$249,999 The Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation, Judith R. and Alan H. Fishman, Howard Gilman Foundation, PARC Foundation. STAR COLLABORATOR $50,000-$124,999 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, Shelby and Frederick Gans, Mrs. Candace and Dr. Vincent Gaudiani, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Sully Bonnelly and Robert Littman, MacMillan Family Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, The New York Community Trust, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Antony Peattie, The Shubert Foundation, Vanguard Charitable. STAR SPONSOR $25,000-$49,999 Anonymous (3), Billy Rose Foundation, Eliot Nolen and Timothy Bradley, The Breukelein Institute, DAFgiving360, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health, Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, Bernice Greene, John and Tommye Ireland (in memoriam), Suzy Kellems Dominik, Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc., Mark Morris, The SHS Foundation, Jamie Gorelick and Richard Waldhorn. STAR SUPPORTER $12,000-$24,999 Anonymous (2), Lucy Bowen McCauley, Susan DeLong, Doris Duke Foundation, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, York-Chi and Stephen Harder, Jewish Communal Fund, Amanda Gluibizzi and Christian Kleinbub, Leatherwood Foundation, Susan Jacobson and David Moskovitz, National Philanthropic Trust, Sarabeth Berman and Evan Osnos, Jolie Curtsinger Schwartz and Gabriel Schwartz, David Resnicow and Diane Solway, Mary Ann Casavant and Scott Wilson, June and Jeffrey Wolf.

Additional support is provided by Mark Morris Dance Group PARTNERS:

LEADING PARTNER $6,000-$11,999 Anonymous (2), American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc., Wally and Roz Bernheimer, Harold Clinton, Con Edison, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Carol Ann Dyer, Neil Ericsson and Karen Florini, Stephen M. Foster, Gillett Gilbert, Sharon Gurwitz, Lori Raphael and J. Michael Hemmer, Macduff and Twyla Hughes, Impact Assets, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Kenneth Aidekman Family Foundation, The Lupin Foundation, Jill Horner and Yo-Yo Ma, Manson Family and Stanley J. Wertheimer Fund Donors, Marta Heflin Foundation, Kristine Morris, Parkinson’s Foundation, Onay Payne, Lizz Pimentel, Princeton Area Community Foundation, Patrick Ravey, Cecilia Paul and Harry Reinert, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lisa Rinehart, Sills Family Foundation, Cori E. Uccello, Nancy Umanoff, Zeitz Foundation. COLLABORATING PARTNER $3,000-$5,999 Anonymous (4), Ginger Geoffrey and John Andelin, Paul Appeldoorn, Eve Auchincloss Lilley, Janice Bares White, Kate Weil and Stuart Bauchner, Brooklyn Org, Jeffery and Tina Budge, Carmie and Merv Budge, Hon. Steven Berk and Jennifer Chandler Hauge, Charney Companies, Chefer Tompkins Family Fund, Mark Selinger and Iris Cohen, Carol Yorke and Gerard Conn, Caroline and Paul Cronson, Belden and Pamela Daniels, Katherine and Peter Darrow, Ann and Richard Feldman, Michael and Nancy Feller, Lynn and Brian Grant Family, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, Kate Bernheimer and Xia Hendricks, The Herman Liebmann Foundation, Jock Ireland, Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund, Kate and Tom Kush, Judy Lichterman, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, William W. Lockwood, Jr., Manulife, Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation, Gabriel Nussbaum, Emily Omura, David Pomerantz, Marjorie Randolph, Toby E. and Robert Rubin, Cindy Sherman, Paul Di Vito and John Silvia, Emmanuel Torrijos and Jing Shang Tan. SPONSORING PARTNER $1,500-$2,999 Anonymous (9), Jane E. Aaron, American Endowment Foundation, The Amphion Foundation, Inc., Ayco Charitable Foundation, Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund, Frederick and Morley Bland, Stephanie Boye, Gabriel Boyers, Robert Buckholz, Circles for Change, Cynthia A. Clegg, Jean and Wayne Cunningham, Mary Darmstaetter, Catherine de Saint Aignan, Estela Díaz, Bob Dixon, John and Linda Donovan, Maura Dougherty, Ed and Edie Drcar, Jean Fuller Farrington, Katharine Ferguson Roberts, Carolyn George, Arline T. Geronimus , Elisa B. and Kenneth Glazer, Rebecca Glen, Robert Goldberg, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Elizabeth Lovett Grover, Thomas Shapiro and Madeleine Grynsztejn, Hank and Karoly Gutman, Alice Hofheimer, Jewish Community Foundation, Mary Neal Jones, Fred and Jean Leventhal, Gretchen Wold and Thomas Martin, Diane L. Max, Suzanne Berman and Timothy J. McClimon, Medtronic, Jennifer Melby, Liza Velazquez and Timothy Milford, Judith Scofield Miller and David Miller, Claire Munzenrider, Emanuel Ax and Yoko Nozaki, Steve Offutt, Claire E. Pensyl, Drs. Jocelynne and Perry Rainey, Mary-Kathryn and Richard Roelofs, Constance and Theodore Roosevelt, James and Colleen Seely, Carole Segal, Jeff Seroy, Esther Shapiro, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, David Stang, Susan K. Freedman & Rabbi Richard Jacobs Family Fund, Jennifer Thienes Dixon, Grace and John Timberlake, Charlie and Judy Tobey, Bob Turner and Paula Togawa, Kirsti Aho and Dale Underwood, Jay and Elaine Unkeless, Joel Bluestein and Michal Warshow, Mary Waters, and the more than 1,900 supporters not listed here whose support has been crucial to our operations.

The 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. The Mark Morris Dance Group gratefully acknowledges recent bequests and living legacy commitments from Anonymous (7), Lucy Bowen McCauley, James and Sheila Foley, Sandy Hill, Patrick Leader, Claire E. Pensyl, 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 the Mark Morris Dance Group in your will, please let us know so we can welcome you to our Legacy Society. Contact Lauren Grant, Major Gifts Officer, at lauren.grant@mmdg.org. We would be honored to recognize your generosity in future programs.

GIFTS IN HONOR All the dancers and staff of the Mark Morris Dance Group, Michelle Amador, Tony Balcena, Patricia Beilman, Sam Black, Ivan Bodis-Wollner, Judy Dean, Glenda Fishman, Judith R. and Alan H. Fishman, Shelby Gans, Elise Gaugert, Adele Goldstein, Jesse Gomer, Leonore Gordon, Lauren Grant, Hon. Steven Berk and Jennifer Chandler Hauge, Johanna Kopp, Dana Kotler, Mireille Lasternas, David B. Leventhal, Zev Leventhal, Susan Betsy Light, Raven Marshall, Lucy Bowen McCauley, Gayle and George Miranda, Mark Morris, Doris Olin, Misty Owens, Nicole Pearce, Michael Vitaly Sazonov, Jolie Curtsinger Schwartz, Tara Sherman, Jane and Robert Stine, Edith Tinnes, Charlie Tobey, D. Gail Uccello, Nancy Umanoff, Barry Walker, Cristobal Williams.

GIFTS IN MEMORY Victoria Alford, Diane Ambrogio, Michael Aron, Christine Austria, Judy Brown, Stanley Bushkoff, Charles Boyd School of the Dance, David Drennen, Adolph Fuerst, Cyndy Gilbertson, Joyce Graber, Edward William Gretton, Cindy Holden, Mark Horowitz, Kathleen Howard, John and Tommye Ireland, Lawton Johnson, Ruben A Kelly, Walter M Kozlowski, Carlos Lemme, John Lindquist, Nicky Lusher, Marshall Marcovitz, Richard Marcus, Lloyd Mast, Rita and Charles Schwartz and Martin Miller, Zoltan David Farkas and John O. Miller, Mary Evangeline Munzenrider, Cindy O’Neill, Mary Cynthia Holden O’Neill, Phyllis Caplan’s parents, James Perham, Mira Popovich, K. Robert Reaster, Judith Rosenblatt, Hy Schechter, Stephen Shapiro, Michael Sheniak, Susan Sills, Diane Smith, Lee Smith, Nancy Giles Snyder, Albert Spielman, Janet Stram, Julia Thomas, Loretta Thomas, Grace Timberlake, Charles Underwood, Danny Uziel, Tommy Vigorita, Helen Waricha, Allen Weiss, Regina Welt, Don Wergeles, Stanley J. Wertheimer, Harold Young, Linda Young, Maureen Zaniel.

IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS Brooklyn Brewery, Jeff Budge, City Winery New York City, Darryl Pinckney and James Fenton, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Mark Horowitz, M.D., Howard Gilman Foundation, Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc., Union Square Hospitality Group, LLC.

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.

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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For more information contact:

Lauren Grant

Major Gifts Officer

718-689-7686

lauren.grant@mmdg.org