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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 – April 2, 2009


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


Sponsors

($100,000 – $249,999)
Alphawood Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Ford Foundation
Pershing Square Foundation
RJG Foundation


Guarantor Patrons

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


Sustaining Patrons

($25,000 – $49,999)
William Ackman
Bank RI
Ivan Boesky
The Chicago Community Trust
National Endowment for the Arts
The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation
Helen Zell


Contributing Patrons

($10,000 - $24,999)
Prince Amyn Aga Khan
Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Foundation
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
Ernest Chung
Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge
Dr. Merton C. Flemings and Dr. Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis
Jocelin G. Hamblett
Joseph Koerner and Meg Koster
Judith and Douglas Krupp
Ofer and Shelly Nemirovsky
Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Pearl
Charles and Patricia Ribakoff
Jane Roy
Vicki and Roger Sant
John and Constance Sargent
Matthew and Lori Sidman


Supporters

($2,500 - $4,999)
Nancy W. Adams
Anonymous
Cristin Canterbury Bagnall and Alex Bagnall
Dr. Joseph A. Chazan
Mr. and Mrs. Joel E. Cutler
Laura Freid and David Gottesman
Rachael and Andy Goldfarb
Roy and Myra Gordon
Richard and Mary Gray
James Stern


Fellows

($1,000 – $2,499)
Lawrence D. Ackman
Leslie and Thomas Anderson
Norton Belknap
Noreen and Kenneth Buckfire
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Carter
Christy Cashman
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
Catherine Gevers and John Fernandez
Paul S. Goodof
John and Catherine Hornor
Liz Hume and Jay Jacobs
John and Pam Humphrey
Chris Hyman
William and Janet Jentes
Barbara and Jon Lee
Theodore Levin
William and Marcia Levy
The Honorable Jan Lodal and Elizabeth V. Lodal
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
Gazel Tan and Lew Thorson
Karla Todd


Associates

($500 - $999)
Rosamond Allen
Roger and Whitney Bagnall
Ruth Bowman and George Bookman
Michael A. Burns
Michael Dadap and Yeou-Cheng Ma
Britt D'Arbeloff
Roger C. Davidson
Deborah Del Prete
Jane C. Dudley
Ann V. Dulye
Holly and Ed Eger
Lilian and Oscar Handlin
Gou Young and Seung Hee Koh
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Ladd
Adam and Amanda Quinton
Deming Sherman
Barbara Wiseley
Peggy and Richard Wolman


Friends

($1 – $499)
Anonymous
Susan Abelson and Robert Arbeit
Thomas and Jeanne Baur
Robert S. Bennett
Arthur and Camilla Blackman
Christine Brown
Richard and Rebecca Bryant
Meschelle Casciotta
Jerome Cohen and Joan Lebold Cohen
Rhea Graffman Cohen
Allen Conaway
Doris B. DeSarno
Suzanne Dworsky
Steve and Debbie Emmett
Howard Gardner
Marji Gere
Madeline Goldberg
Paul and Cathy Goldberg
Donald Gonson
Paul S. Goodof
Gary Graham
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
Craig Mar-Chun
Richard T. McGuire
Mary K. Miller
Veronique Peck
Nancy Pinn
Harold I. and Frances G. Pratt
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
Raymond and Teresa Wise


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


Founding Partners

Ab Initio Software Corporation
Jun Arii
Peter Asada
Asian Cultural Council
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kraft
Barry Lam
L'Academie musicale de Villecroze
William Rondina
Siemens
Sony Classical
The Starr Foundation
U.S. Department of State
Tanglewood Music Center
Trust for Mutual Understanding
Yamaha


“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