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Thanks to Our Supporters
The Silk Road Project is grateful to the many individuals, corporations and foundations whose generous contributions have provided vital support throughout the history of the Project.


Supporters of the Silk Road Project

Donations July 1, 2006 – November 14, 2008


Global Corporate Partner

Ford Motor Company


Corporate & Foundation Sponsors

($500,000 – $1,499,999)
Mikimoto


Global Sponsors

($500,000 – $1,499,999)
Yo-Yo Ma and Jill Hornor


Distinguished Sponsors

($250,000 – $499,999)
American Express
Richard Li
Morgan Stanley
Octavian Society


Sponsors

($100,000 – $249,999)
Alphawood Foundation
Ford Foundation
Pershing Square Foundation
RJG Foundation


Guarantor Patrons

($50,000 – $99,999)
Matthew & Carolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation
Marshall Eisenberg
The Irving Harris Foundation
Jeryl and Stephen M. Oristaglio
The Albert Pick Jr. Fund
Margot and Thomas Pritzker Family Foundation


Sustaining Patrons

($25,000 – $49,999)
William Ackman
Ivan Boesky
The Chicago Community Trust
Anne Peretz
Martin Peretz
The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation
Helen Zell


Contributing Patrons

($10,000 - $24,999)
Bank RI
Drs. Peter B. and Anna L. Davol
The Debs Foundation
Michael and Diane Gorfaine
Barbara and Amos Hostetter, Jr.
Istock Family Foundation
Jena King
The Klarman Family Foundation
Dorothy Lemelson Trust
Ms. Elizabeth Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Meyer
Polk Bros. Foundation
Prince Charitable Trusts
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shang
Mr. and Mrs. James Wolfensohn


Patrons

($5,000 - $9,999)
Milo C. and Robin Beach
Catherine and Paul Buttenweiser Foundation
Dr. Merton C. Flemings and Dr. Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis
Jocelin G. Hamblett
Judith and Douglas Krupp
Ofer and Shelly Nemirovsky
Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Pearl
Charles and Patricia Ribakoff
Jane Roy
Matthew and Lori Sidman


Supporters

($2,500 - $4,999)
Nancy W. Adams
Anonymous
Ernest Chung
Mr. and Mrs. Joel E. Cutler
Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge
Rachael and Andy Goldfarb
Roy and Myra Gordon
Richard and Mary Gray
Constance L. Sargent
James Stern


Fellows

($1,000 – $2,499)
Lawrence D. Ackman
Leslie and Thomas Anderson
Cristin Canterbury Bagnall and Alex Bagnall
Norton Belknap
Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Carter
Christy Cashman
Dr. Joseph A. Chazan
Rex and Jeena Chung
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cucchiaro
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Deely
Ann Diebold
Janet Duchossois
Joseph C. Farina and Angela Koutoulakis
Hart and Nancy Fessenden
Nancy Fitzpatrick and Lincoln Russell
Dr. Laura Freid and Dr. David Gottesman
Catherine Gevers and John Fernandez
Paul S. Goodof
John and Catherine Hornor
Liz Hume and Jay Jacobs
John and Pam Humphrey
William and Janet Jentes
Barbara and Jon Lee
William and Marcia Levy
Roger Mandle
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morse
Isaac and Victoria Oberfeld
Charles and Danica Perez
Lia and William Poorvu
Jeffrey and Sonia Sachs
Sid and Lorraine Sheinberg
The Slovin Foundation
Karla Todd


Associates

($500 - $999)
Rosamond Allen
Ruth Bowman and George Bookman
Michael A. Burns
Michael Dadap and Yeou-Cheng Ma
Roger C. Davidson
Jane C. Dudley
Ann V. Dulye
Holly and Ed Eger
Lilian and Oscar Handlin
Gou Young and Seung Hee Koh
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lad
Theodore Levin
Adam and Amanda Quinton
Gazel Tan and Lew Thorson
Barbara Wiseley
Peggy and Richard Wolman


Friends

($1 – $499)
Anonymous
Roger and Whitney Bagnall
Robert S. Bennett
Arthur and Camilla Blackman
Richard and Rebecca Bryant
Meschelle Casciotta
Jerome Cohen and Joan Lebold Cohen
Rhea Graffman Cohen
Allen Conaway
Doris B. DeSarno
Howard Gardner
Madeline Goldberg
Paul and Cathy Goldberg
Donald Gonson
Paul S. Goodof
Vartan and Clare R. Gregorian
Holly and Alexander Grinnell
Mr. and Mrs. W. Norton Grubb
Elizabeth C. Huidekoper
Maria Rebekah Hunter
Edward C. Johnson III and Elizabeth B. Johnson
Alexandra Kaufmann
William and Yvette Kirby
Ruth G. Kurtz
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lamb
John and Nancy LeGates
Jack and Marilynn Lifsitz
Richard T. McGuire
Veronique Peck
Nancy Pinn
Eleanor Radin
Barbara and Mike Richmond
J. Francesca and Edwards Rullman
Rachael Silverman
Diana Sorensen
Shamim and Iqbal Talib
W. McIlwaine and Elsie Thompson
Patrick Wachsberger
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Whitcomb
Kitty Winter


In-Kind Support

Carnegie Hall
The Confucius Institute at Bryant University
Edwards, Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP
Harvard University
Jill Horner and Yo-Yo Ma
Parent, McLaughlin & Nangle
Martin Peretz
Rhode Island School of Design
Tanglewood Music Center


“It’s indefinable, yet deeply rooted with a sense of belonging and culture. It’s the Silk Road Ensemble helmed by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.”
– THE KOREA TIMES