Musical Leaders
$50K and up
- MetLife Foundation
- Midler Family Foundation
- New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
- New York City Department of Education
- The New York Community Trust - Dewitt Wallace Fund for Youth
- Sidney E. Frank Foundation
Musical Benefactors
$25K – 49,999
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- The Ford Foundation - Good Neighbor Grant
- John and Joan D’Addario Foundation Inc.
- JPMorgan Chase Foundation
- Music for Youth/UJA Federation
- The Starr Foundation
- United States - Japan Foundation
Musical Sponsors
$10K – 24,999
- The Billy Rose Foundation
- Bloomberg L.P.
- Marilyn and Robert Cohen
- Con Edison
- Lori Anne Czepiel
- Alan and Laraine Fischer
- Katya Gorbatiouk
- Michael and Sally Gordon
- Jill Klinow Jaffe and Robert L. Jaffe
- NAMM Foundation
- New York State Council on the Arts
- Heather Randall/The Tony Randall Theatrical Fund
- Geeta Sharma and Rajeev Narang
- Sony Corporation of America
- Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation, Inc.
- Tanaka Memorial Foundation
- Nozomi Terao and Joshua Levine
Musical Donors
$5K – 9,999
- Anonymous (2)
- Alan and Arlene Alda
- The ASCAP Foundation
- The Bay and Paul Foundations
- C.F. Martin & Co.
- Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
- Peter and Suzanne Glaser
- Byron Gustafson/Opus 3 Artists
- Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York, Inc.
- Gertrude Jeckyl Foundation
- Deanna Landivar-Ruiz and Carlos Ruiz
- Jay and Marilyn Lubell
- The Mitsui USA Foundation
- Thomas A. and Georgina T. Russo
- Tateuchi Foundation
- The Hyde and Watson Foundation
- Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Musical Supporters
$1,500 – 4,999
- Assurant Foundation
- Emanuel and Yoko Ax
- Alvin Begleiter and Binnette Lipper
- The Bernstein Family Foundation, Inc.
- Gail Binderman
- The Brodsky Family Foundation
- Suzanne D'Addario Brouder and Michael Brouder
- Elizabeth and Jay Chandler
- Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- Setsu Goto
- Amy and Kevin Gould
- Priscilla H. Heublein
- Paul Huang and Daniel Stroup
- Peter and Yuriko Lederer
- Valery and Joseph Levy
- Jarrett and Maria T. Lilien
- Judi and Jay Linden
- Victor and Tara Menezes
- Clara G. Onishi
- Lemont K. Richardson Foundation
- Jack and Anita Saltz Foundation
- Roger and Jerry Tilles
- Jill and Roger Witten
Musical Friends
$500 – 1,499
- Takeo and Etsuyo Akiyama
- K. Tucker and Karen Andersen
- Gerald Appelstein
- Bruce and Mary Ann Bozzi
- Louis and Ruth Brause
- Ahmet and Noriko Cakmak
- Elizabeth and David Chandler
- David and So Hyan Choe
- Jonathan and Melissa Dorfman
- Herbert and Cynthia Fields
- Steven and Mie Frautschi
- Gary Freilich and Katie Workman
- Barbara N. Gerson
- Ava Seave and Bruce Greenwald
- Richard and Mica Hadar Foundation
- Andrew and Phyllis Herz
- Ron Insana
- Lola Jaffe
- Jamaica Center Improvement Association
- Peter Kellner
- Calvin and Hiroko Kiiffner
- Hiroshi Kimura, DMD
- Stephen J. King and Jane M. Power-King
- Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation
- Marie Langlois
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
- Susan M. Neisloss
- Frederick Noonan
- Bonnie and Richard Reiss
- Sandra and Richard Rippe
- Motoatsu and Nobuko Sakurai
- Suki Sandler
- Dian and Ian Smith
- Yvette Austin Smith
- Nancy and David Solomon
- Vera Stern
- The Streisand Foundation
- Sumitomo Corporation of America Foundation
- Barbara Vranick
- Jane and Ian Warburg
- Mr. and Mrs. Saul Waring
- Ronan and Martine Wicks
- The Wolfensohn Family Foundation
- Peter and Carolan Workman
- June Wu
- Katsura Yamaguchi
- Yamaha Corporation of America
- The Zankel Fund
Musical Associates
$499 and below
- Anonymous
- Duffie Adelson
- Norman Adler
- Michael and Abby Auerbach
- Franklin and Phyllis Bass
- S. Beckerman
- Margaret Beissinger*
- Carolyn Bess
- Charles and Brenda Block
- Kate and Don Boyle
- Fredda Herz Brown
- Camella Carillo
- Joseph H. Dash
- Owen and Marianne Davis
- Astrid Delafield
- Emme and Jonathan Deland
- Marie and Robert Delaney
- Fumiko Eda
- George M. Elvin
- Arline and Joel Epstein
- Darwin Fields
- Carmen E. Findlay
- Jay and Teresa Fischler
- Marla Frankel
- Jack and Anne Fried
- Daniel C. Goldhagen
- May Gruber
- Mary G. Gurney
- Matthew and Maureen Hart
- Ian Hoenisch
- Dr. Paul W. Husted
- Etsuko F. Jennings
- Patti Kenner
- Elizabeth Koniuszkow*
- Georgette Leblanc
- Honorable Jeffrey D. Lebowitz
- Martin Leroy
- Jessica Linden
- Kanji Miyao
- Charles and Carol Mutterperl
- Jeremy and Katherine Nahum
- Alan and Barbara Nicoll
- Nihon Club, Fujin-bu
- Ichiro and Fusako Ohta
- Paula Oreck
- E. Jewell Papowitz
- Gregory Pine and Rachel Barton Pine
- Suzanne and Christopher Ponsot
- Clayton Rose and Alessandra Rose
- Janet Rosenberg*
- Sylvia Rosenberg
- Victoria F. Roth
- Arrien and Robin Schiltkamp
- David Segal Violins
- Robert and Mary Sena
- Nancy Sherman
- Mr. and Mrs. Demetrios Siatos
- Marte Siebenhar
- Yumiko and Tadashi Soutome
- Toke Takeuchi
- Alfred and Ann Teichmeier
- Helen and Paul Tennenbaum
- The Ungar Family Foundation
- Susan Walters and Jeff Moore
- Douglas and Catherine Wheeler
- Micky and Jerry Wolf
- Millicent E. Wong**
- Serinity Young
- Richard Zinar
In-Kind Contributions
- Apple & Eve
- Bentcils
- Butter Lane Cupcakes
- D’Addario and Company, Inc.
- Gristedes
- Stewart Pollens
- Herr’s Pretzels/Chips
- SUBWAY
- Time Out NY Kids
- Vita-Coco
Partners
- Jazz at Lincoln Center
- The Juilliard School
- Mark O’Connor String Camp
- Sony Wonder Technology Lab
- Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation
- Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts
- YM & YWCA of Washington Heights and Inwood
- Young Concert Artists
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*Denotes gifts in honor of Noah Rosenberg
**Denotes gift in honor of Jolie Marie
This list reflects donations and pledges starting July 1, 2009 through May 3, 2010.
Government Funding
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of NYC Council Speaker Christine
Quinn and the Members of the NYC Council, as well as select Council Members and Members of the
New York State Assembly and Senate who appropriated their own discretionary funding to
Midori & Friends. These public funds have enabled Midori & Friends to provide New York City
school children with musical services that otherwise would not have been possible. Special thanks
also to Commissioner Kate D. Levin, Department of Cultural Affairs, Honorable Domenic Recchia,
Cultural Affairs Committee Chair, and Honorable David Weprin, Finance Committee Chair, for their
leadership in championing the arts in New York City. To these public funders, our legislative
champions, we extend our heartfelt thanks:
The New York City Council
- Maria Baez, 14th C.D.
- Inez E. Dickens, 9th C.D.
- Erik Martin Dilan, 37th C.D.
- Lewis A. Fidler, Youth Services Chair, 46th C.D.
- Vincent J. Gentile, 43rd C.D.
- Alan J. Gerson, 1st C.D.
- Melinda R. Katz, 29th C.D.
- Helen Sears, 25th C.D.
- Eric Ulrich, 32nd C.D.
The New York State Assembly
- Jonathan L. Bing, 73rd A.D.
- Michael DenDekker, 34th A.D.
- Richard Gottfried, 75th A.D.
- Rhoda S. Jacobs, 42nd A.D.
- Margaret M. Markey, 30th A.D.
- Catherine T. Nolan, 37th A.D.
The New York State Senate
- George Onorato, 12th S.D.
- John Sampson, 19th S.D.
- Eric Schneiderman, 31st S.D.
- Ruth Hassell Thompson, 36th S.D.
Midori & Friends
352 Seventh Avenue, Suite #301 | New York, NY 10001
212-767-1300
music@midoriandfriends.org
