It is only through the generosity of our supporters that Young Artists of America is able to continue its high quality artistic programming, provide unique educational experiences for our students, attract the highest caliber of mentors possible for our students, and provide need-based scholarships to students who would not otherwise be able to participate.

We hope you will consider joining our list of incredible supporters below by donating or volunteering today.

Benefactors ($10,000+)

• Anonymous    

• Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County    

• Arts Forward Fund    

• Ed Grossman, Rochelle Stanfield, & the Bill Grossman Fund of the Grossman Family Charitable Funds    

• Ollen & Julia Douglass    

• Jack Kent Cooke Foundation    

• Maryland State Arts Council    

• Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation     

• The Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation    

• Small Business Administration    

• Strathmore Hall Foundation 

Directors ($5,000-$9,999)

• Liliane & Bernard Eckstein    

• Jamillia P. Ferris & Joshua Harrison    

• The Horwitz Family Foundation

• KPMG LLP

• David & Alex Robbins

• Bruce Rosenblum & Lori Laitman

Diamond Members ($2,500-$4,999)

• Edelman Financial Engines

• The Percival Stern Family Foundation    

• John & Meg Hauge

• David & Lindsey Heinemann

• David & Heidi Onkst

• McCarthy Wilson LLP

• G. Hunt Mitchell    

• Shorb Fafoglia Group of Compass—Ellie Shorb, Realtor

Platinum Members ($1,000-$2,499)

• Alissa Anderson*

• Anonymous (3)

• Judy Bailey

• Alexandra Bely

• Cathy Bernard

• Barbara & Jeff Brown

• Raina Brubaker & Jessica Hough 

• Sam Cortigo*

• Nancy-Ann DeParle    

• Thomas DiGiovanni    

• Ganzi Family Foundation

• Richard Gervase & Stuart Delery    

• Randee, David & Rachel Hahn    

• Allison Leader & Andrew Aurbach 

• Patricia Lopez Fahey & Pat Fahey

• Seth Goldman & Julie Farkas

• Susan & Arnie Lutzker    

• Eliot Pfanstiehl    

• Isaiah Shim*

• Polton Simon Fund    

• Wendy & Don Susswein

Gold Members ($500-$999)

• Anonymous

• Frederick Bader

• Karen & David Baratz    

• Kerry and Geoffrey Bloom

• Jennifer Boudrye

• Patricia Broullire

• Marilyn & Perry Brown

• Jennifer Coulson

• Margaret Davies

• Mary Gottlieb

• G.F. Hardin

• Jong-on Hahm & N.M. Wereley

• Jill Herzog Phillips***

• Greta Holtz

• Hugh Hurwitz

• Sarah Jackson Han

• Judy Jaskolski

• Jamie Joeyen-Waldorf

• Peter Kosterich

• Elaine McCarthy

• Stefanie Morgan-Davis    

• Carol Mysel***

• Jayani Perera

• The Savada-Stevenson Family   

• Alison and Josh Siegel

• Signature Theatre

• Village Settlements

• Meredith & Lance Wade    

• Resa Walinsky Levy    

• Xi Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

• Miriam Teitel Zarin & Jason Zarin

Silver Members ($250-$499)

• Anonymous

• Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza

• Lauren Aronson

• David & Karen Baratz

• Bryan Brook

• Stephanie Brun de Pontet & Jim Kurtz

• Paul Buckley

• Dorinda Capole

• Francisco Cosio-Marron

• Jordan Feinstein

• Kari Fisher

• Clarinda Giddings

• Paul & Jessica Heinemann

• Tom Kohn & Lisa Larragoite

• Robert Lutzker

• Lori Ann Madhok    

• Gina Marrazza

• Carolyn Martin

• Virginia McMurtry

• Tim Myers

• Andre, Evelyn, Brennan, & Evan Nicholas

• David Parker

• Teresa Plotkin

• Elaine Rahbar & Patrick McCarthy  

• Sonya Sbar

• Lois & Neil Sbar

• The Schechter Family

• Stacey Shenker

• Jeffery Siedow

• Melissa Vigues Van Herksen

• Marta Viegas

• Grace Yang

Bronze Members ($100-$249)

• Robert Alter

• Veronica Ampey

• Monica Barion

• Trudi Benford

• Robin & Jay Blackman    

• Jon Booth

• Audre Bredhoff

• Scott Brown

• Jamie Brown

• Darlene Capone

• Peter Cherukuri

• Christopher Cole

• Kevin Cummings*

• Elizabeth Daly*    

• Robert Darnell & Christine Greenlees

• James Dausch*    

• Janet Delery

• Maria Della Rocca 

• Marsha Dimitoglou

• Christine Dixon

• Kerry Edwards

• Aketa Emptage

• Ryan Erath

• Karleen Escobar

• Kari, Karli, and Zack Fisher****

• Christopher Fox*

• Kathy Fremuth*

• Jessica Gingrich

• Selva Gunenc

• Adrianne Hamilton

• Anne & Scott Hefter

• Rachel Jackson*

• Wesley Johnson

• Zoe Kanter*

• Dana Keane*

• JoAnn Kulesza*    

• The Kulps

• Claudio & Valentine Larragoite

• Alan & Jean Leberknight

• Emily Lenzner

• Cynthia Lohmeier

• Lori Ann Madhok

• Nancie Marzulla

• Margaret McNulty

• George Melendez

• Laura Mercado-Wright*

• David Mied

• Carole Miller*

• Lyn Moriarity

• Satyajit Naik

• Monica Outlaw

• Mary Ellen Pastorkovich**

• Kristin Ramm

• The Rhodes Family    

• Morissa Rice, PhD

• Monika Rhodes

• Marilyn Rogers

• Jill Rosenzweig

• Margaret Rosser

• Nancy & Ned Rubenstein

• Kamalaseeli Sadeghi

• Madeleine & Jim Schaller*

• Sandra Schulman

• Ann Schwarz*

• Dana Scott

• Julie Skvarla

• Doris B Stanley Memorial Fund

• Karen Tate

• Adriana Teitel

• Deborah Topol

• Rebecca Troth

• Andrew Walters**

• Sara B Watson

• Wanhong Wen

• Barbara Wing

• Julie Wray*

• Jennifer Yang*    

• Liqiang Zhang

Friends (up to $100)

• Meredith Adams

• Heather Adelsberger*

• Abra Alahouzos

• Anne Albertine*

• Natalya Alekseyeva

• Briana Allen

• Jacqueline Amthor

• Timothy Anastasi

• Sokha Ang

• Melissa Arkin

• Zaven Arzoumanian

• Steven Ashman

• Leslie Ashman

• Judy Bailey

• Jennifer Barrett

• Jose Bautista

• Laurie Bautista

• Jason Beall

• Jessie Beals

• Mark & Sharon Beck

• Connor Beck

• Cathleen Becker

• Patricia Beder

• Susan Berger

• Karalyn Berman

• Danielle Berman

• Karyn Berry

• Jennifer Bester

• Eileen Bila

• Joanne Birsh*

• Lynne Bivona

• Mia Blackman

• Debbie Blum*

• Cristen Boarman

• Caroline Bock

• Harold Bock

• Monica Boddie

• Janet Bowen

• Marina Bowsher

• Christina Brown

• Stewart Brown III

• Jennifer Buchwald

• Bonnie Buckhalt

• Nhat-Han Bui

• Catherine Bullis

• Judith Bullis

• Monique Burke

• Nehal Bussey

• Jeffrey Butvinik

• Jennifer Buzzell

• Mona Calhoun

• Gloria Cammarata

• William Cammarata

• Natalie Carlyle

• Cassandra Carr

• Daniel Carr

• Jane Carstea

• Joanne Casey*

• Candace Cato

• Marina Cecchini

• Emilio Cerci

• Molly Chambers

• Beth Charbonneau

• Kate Cherichello

• Jodi Chernoff

• Michael Chernoff

• Alexandra Christoforakis*

• Lisa Christopher-Stine

• Elizabeth Clements

• Joan Coffey

• Anne & Matt Coffey

• Oliver Cole

• Amy Comberiate*

• Maura Conley*

• Martina Conroy

• Bonnie Cook

• Steve Corlew

• Ian Coursey

• Andrea Crabb

• Emily Craven

• William Crawford

• Christina Cray

• Lori Crook

• Stacey Curtiss

• Nancy Czarnecki*

• Hannatu Dantata

• Jillian Darefsky

• Neal Davidson

• Rosalba Davis

• Elizabeth Dayton*

• Tucker DeGregory

• Michael Del Principe

• Angela Deleon

• Janet Delery

• Jennifer Della'Zanna

• Marcia Dellarocca

• Leayne Dempsey

• Carin Dessauer

• Marisa Diaz Etchevehere*

• Helena Dimitriou

• Chrissy Dodson

• Nicholas Dogas

• Michael Donahue

• Kevin Donnelly

• Kelly Donohue

• Farah Downing

• David Drasin

• Jennie Drasin

• Richard Dreger

• Karen Eader

  Colleen & Terry Eberhardt

• Molly Echols

• Tanisha Edmonds

• Mia Ehrlich

• Roberta Eisen

• Maria Engelbrecht

• Simone Engram

• Sheila Enright

• John Escario

• Amanda Evans

• Thalia Eyles

• Doreen Falby*

• Sylvia Faul

• Guy Felix

• Claudia Fennell

• Ashley Fleming*

• Vanessa Flowers

• Kevin Flowers

• Jeanne Marie Ford

• Sydney Fouch

• Diane Franetzki

• Lindsay Freishtat

• Kristina Friedgen

• Anita García*

• Julie Garvey

• Mason Geisendaffer

• Mary Geraci

• Daniel Gibson

• Diana Gilmer

• Philip Goldberg

• Abby Goldbloom-Helzner

• Dina Goldman

• Kirstin Goldston

• Patrick Gover*

• William Graham

• Hope Grandel

• Laura Green

• Geraldine K Green*

• Brad Greenfield

• Mona Guha

• Elaine Guha

• Girin Guha

• Lois Hackerman

• Brett Hadlock

• Tracy Hagan

• Nathaniel Hager

• Jessica Hager

• Raili Haimila*

• Carrie Hall

• John Halvorsen

• Lesley Hanes

• Rebekah Hardeson

• Thomas Harman

• Connor Harman

• Laura Harney

• Patricia Hart

• Megan Hartten

• Vicki Harvey

• Virginia Hasseltine

• Lisa Hathaway

• Dorota Hawksworth

• Yiwen He

• The Healey Family

• Patricia Heiber

• Karen Heighton

• Leah Heim

• Charles Heinemann

• Lindsey Heinemann

• Marilyn Heinemann

• Mary Helfrich*

• Gretchen Helgeson

• Megan Henderson

• Susan Heney

• Yvonne Brown Herbert

• Jan Jelle van Herksen

• Andrea Herman

• Judy Herrmann

• Leora Herrmann

• Marjorie Hirsch

• Lynn Holland

• Helen Hooper

• Ann Horvath-Rose

• Jamaal Howard

• Susanna Hubacker

• Shannon Ingram

• Deborah Irvin

• Murray Iseman

• Kristina Ivanova

• Kimberly Jackson

• Mollie Jackowski

• Robyn James

• Jennifer Joeyen-Waldorf

• Ashyia Johnson

• Erin Johnston

• David Jones

• Fred Jorgensen

• Mary Jorgensen

• Marcia Kaspark

• Andrea Katkow

• Jennifer Kavounas

• Thomas Keane

• Mary Kelly

• Jadyn Kelly

• Kimberly Kepner

• Allison Kern

• Kevin Key*

• Livia Klein

• Alex Klugerman

• Selene Knoll

• Aruna Koka

• Marina Kokkinos

• Milena Kornyl

• Andrew Korsak

• Casey Korsak

• Elizabeth Kosterich

• Alanna Kotler

• Jared Kotler

• Theodore Krug

• Catherine LaFerriere*

• Jeanetta Lambkin

• Jesse Lang

• Mark Langdon

• Thomas Lantz

• Elisabeth Layton

• Jon Leberknight

• Elizabeth Leung

• Andrew Levin

• Jason Levy

• Yingsheng Li

• Aiyun Li

• Christopher Lidard

• Caroline Lifchez

• Anita Lingan

• The Lingan Family

• Thomas Liniak

• Miriam Arnold Lippe

• Jade Liu

• Greg Lobring

• Lindsay Long

• Rocio A Lopez

• Martha Love

• Brendan Lyn

• Julieta Macias

• Yvonne Y Mah

• Philip Mainwaring

• Thomas Mallan*

• Fred Mandir

• Premkumar Mani

• Katharine Manning

• Nina Markey

• Fiorella Martinez

• Heather Maurano

• Katherine Maurano

• Mary C Mays

• Debra McCarron

• Jacqueline McCloskey

• Moira McCudden

• Michael McFarland

• Alyssa McGuigan

• Kimberly McKay*

• Lorri McMann

• Jeffery McMullen

• Alexandre Medina

• Carrie Meeder

• Catherine Mehta

• Nishant Mehta

• Alicia Melendez

• Allison Merten

• Stephan Miller

• Robert Miller*

• Jamie Miller

• Teresa Miller

• Meredith Molinari*

• Jeannie Monroe

• Marielys Montero

• Thea Moore

• Tracey Morgan

• Jennifer Morrissey

• Jocelyn Motley

• Christina Mundy

• Will Vladimir Murray

• Nicholas Muzzatti

• Sophia Myers

• Jean Nagle*

• Hari Nair

• Jessica A Nesterak

• Lucy E Newton

• Wen Chun Ni

• Virginia Nowakowski

• Antonia Nunez Lim

• Anne Jennifer O'Connor

• Holly O’Neill

• Erin Oberuch

• Patrick Okeke

• Andrew Opincar

• LaKeeMora Orphe

• Patricia Ortiz

• Angela Pachucki

• Amy Palacorolla

• Mark Parker

• Mary Parrish*

• Tiffany Patterson

• Breanna Pedreira

• Sarah Peeples

• Meg Peterson

• Shannon Phelan

• Stephanie Phifer

• Carrie Pirie

• Jody Polon

• Meredith Polsky

• Charlene Poon-Konrad

• Isadora Porte

• Monique Pressley

• Michael Primich

• The Primosch Family

• Joyce Putonen

• Rebecca Quintana

• Julia Raab

• Eleanor Raab

• Emily Rachlin

• Harita Raja

• Devi Ramey

• Joanna Ramos Romero

• Louise Ramsay

• Tafaya Ransom

• Kelli Ray

• Teri Reeser

• Mary Reif

• Jennifer Retterer

• Karla Rivera Curtis*

• Andres Felipe Roa

• Brian Roach

• Judy Robertson

• Courtney Robertson

• Linda Roden

• Mary C Roeder

• David Roesler

• Madelyn Rohan

• Sasha Rosenbaum

• Mandee Rosenberg

• Keith Rosti

• Kaelyn Rozgony

• Trisha Rubin

• Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal

• Robert Russell

• James Salt

• Maria Sampogna

• Sarah Sandusky

• Arundhati Sankar

• Geethanjila Sarathchandra

• Jennifer Sarlin

• Catherine Savich

• J & M Schaller

• Anissa Scharborough

• William Schauman

• Edward Schulman

• Jodi Schwartz

• Jane Scibilia

• Teresa A Scott

• Michelle Seelman

• Ginger Segala*

• Anita Segreti*

• Neil Seitchik

• Katie Sheldon

• Rita Sherman

• Jane Shiu

• The Shoemakers

• LaRee Siddiqui*

• Leslie Silverman

• Sharyn Simms

• Lilly Simpson

• Naomi Simwenyi

• Jonathan Sindler*

• Danielle Smallwood

• Emily Smith

• Vanessa Smith-Lang

• Lori Smith-Watson

• Leah Solat*

• Glenn Solomon

• Paula Somma

• Francesca Spano*

• Amanda Speros

• Katherine Spigler

• Michael Spigler

• William Stanley

• Leah Stanton

• Natacha Steimer

• Kathryn Stephens

• Elieen Stickle

• Catherine Stocker

• Brent Stone

• Masami Stratton

• Brooke Supple

• Amelia Svrjcek

• Lisa Swirsky

• Jaimie Taff

• Douglas Taylor

• Adriana Teitel

• Emmanuel Teitelbaum

• Rigeat Teklegorgis

• Gina Tesauro

• Hayley Tevelow*

• Paul Thompson

• Shawneen Thompson

• Alison Thompson

• Daryl Thorne

• Sarah Thornhill

• Elizabeth Toth*

• Angela Townsend

• Nina Tran

• Catherine Ulicny

• Antonina Valenti

• Trisha Vargo

• Annette Varoli

• Anne & Fred Vinson

• Michele Voorhees

• Kathleen Waldner

• Jacqueline Walker

• Steven Walker

• James Walker

• Sara Beth Watson

• Brooke Webster

• Susan Weinhardt

• Stephanie Wendell

• Eleanor Whims

• Kiersten Whitehead*

• Misty Wilson

• Mary Ruta Winpisinger

• Aleta Winters

• Wanna Wood

• Jessica Woofter

• Cynthia Works

• Jennifer Yang

• Rosa Yinug

• LaKisha Yirenkyi

• Margaret Young

• Dariav Zakharova

• Sheila Zellner-Jenkins

• Andrea Zirman

• Phyllis Zisman

• Dorcas Zoller

• Kelly Zoller

• Olivia Zucco*

• Craig Zucker

   

  * = in memory of Lucy Eberhardt

  ** = in memory of Marie Primosch

  *** = in memory of Sue Herzog

  **** = in memory of Marcus L Diersen

Young Artists of America is thrilled to receive support from various foundations that support arts education. Contributions from these valued donors support Young Artists of America’s annual operations, our innovating artistic programming, our educational opportunities for students, as well as our Mentoring Program that brings world-class musicians to work without students.

We are particularly grateful to the following foundations who continue to support our efforts:

• Arts Forward Fund

• Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD

• Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington

• Greater Washington Community Foundation 

• Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

• Maryland State Arts Council

• Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc.

• The Jim & Carol Trawick Foundation

For more information on foundation funding, please email Lisa Larragoite, Executive Director.

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