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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, 2009 – December 31, 2010



Distinguished Sponsors

($250,000 - $499,999)

Mr. Richard Li
Pershing Square Foundation*



Sponsors

($100,000 - $249,000)

American Express
Anonymous*
Ford Foundation
Ms. Judith Goldberg*
Hyosung Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Hassan Khosrowshahi*
National Endowment for the Arts



Guarantor Patrons

($50,000 - $99,999)

Mr. Gerry Cardinale*
Evelyn Stefansson Nef Foundation
Diann Kim and John Frank*
New York Community Trust
Mr. Daniel Ng*
Anne Peretz
Mr. and Mrs. John Sargent
Union Square Fund



Sustaining Patrons

($25,000 - $49,999)

Prince Amyn Aga Khan
Anonymous
Klarman Family Foundation
Martin Peretz



Contributing Patrons

($10,000 - $24,999)

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Alda
Mr. Avi Arad
Bank Rhode Island
Katie and Paul Buttenwieser
Con Edison of New York City
Drs. Peter B. and Anna L. Davol
Richard and Barbara Debs
Hart and Nancy Fessenden
Michael and Diane Gorfaine
Hunt Alternatives Fund
Michael and Jena King
Dorothy Lemelson Trust
Elizabeth Meyer
Jack and Beth Meyer
Opus 3 Artists
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shang



Patrons

($5,000 - $9,999)

Ernest Chung
Ms. Gwenn Earl Evitts
Dr. Merton C. Flemings and
Dr. Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis
Harman Family Foundation
Joseph Koerner and Meg Koster
The Frank B. Mazer Foundation
Mr. Norman E.W. McCulloch
Garrett and Mary Moran
Vicki and Roger Sant
Harry and Florence Sloan Foundation
Wolfensohn Family Foundation



Supporters

($2,500 - $4,999)

Alexander Bagnall and
Cristin Canterbury Bagnall
Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum
Jon Eager and Nancy Klehr
David and Carol Richards
Mr. James Stern
Mortimer Zuckerman



 

Fellows

($1,000 - $2,499)

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Ackman
Ms. Rosamond Allen
Anonymous
Mary Pat Buerkle
Milo C. and Robin Beach
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Carter
Dr. Joseph A. Chazan
Britt D’Arbeloff
Nancy Dersofi
Jane C. Dudley
Nancy Fitzpatrick
Laura Freid and David Gottesman
Catherine Gevers and John Fernandez
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gordon
The Irving Harris Foundation
Liz Hume and Jay Jacobs
Mr. Chris Hyman
Theodore Levin
Bill and Marcia Levy
The Honorable Jan Lodal and
Elizabeth V. Lodal
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Oberfeld
Neil and Jane Pappalardo
Charles and Danica Perez
Mr. David Perlman
Mr. William Poorvu
Ms. Lorraine Sheinberg
Deming and Jane Sherman
Kenneth and Jean Telljohann



Associates

($500 - $999)

Anonymous
Robert Arbeit and Susan Abelson
Roger and Whitney Bagnall
Philip and Hillary Deely
Deborah Del Prete and T.J. O’Brien
Ann V. Dulye
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Emmett
Morton and Normalee Funger
Hallberg-Wiseley Designers
Mr. Paul Hilal
Ann and Michael Loeb
Michael Dadap and Yeou-Cheng Ma
Ms. Laura Pittman
Adam and Amanda Quinton



Friends

($1 - $499)

William Alford
Ms. Dede Bartlett
Thomas and Jeanne Baur
Norton Belknap
Christine Brown
Ms. Mechelle Casciotta
Jerome Cohen and Joan Lebold Cohen
Ms. Janice Cook Roberts
Ms. Suzanne Dworsky
Pat Elvin
Dr. Howard Gardner
Marji Gere
Ray and Thelma Goldberg
Gary Graham
Ms. Megan M. Gregory
Mr. Wallace Higgins
John and Catherine Hornor
Isabelle Hunter
Maria Hunter
William and Yvette Kirby
Rick and Nancy Lamb
John and Nancy LeGates
Craig Mar-Chun
Ms. Kristen Marchesano
Mr. John McGarry
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Morse
Ms. Veronique Peck
Nancy E. Pinn
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pratt
Barbara and Mike Richmond
Dorothy Shattuck
Ms. Rachael Silverman
Mr. Jim Smith
Dr. Diana Sorensen
Shamim and Iqbal Talib
Elsie Wilson Thompson
Mr. Patrick Wachsberger
Jay Werb and Ellen Katz Werb
Dr. Alan C. Winfield
Ms. Kitty Winter
Raymond and Teresa Wise
Peggy and Richard Wolman
Richard and Sally Zeckhauser

     

* Inner Circle

The Inner Circle was established in 2009 to recognize the generous individuals who have made significant multi-year commitments supporting all aspects of the Silk Road Project's mission. Members of the Inner Circle are marked with an asterisk in the list above.



Founding Supporters

We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals and organizations as Founding Supporters for their extraordinary generosity during our first decade.

Aga Khan Trust for Culture
American Express
Anonymous
Ford Motor Company
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kravis
Mr. Richard Li
  Mr. Daniel Ng
Pershing Square Foundation
Mr. William Rondina
Siemens AG
Starr Foundation
Sony Classical Development Fund

“It’s a marvel to create something new out of a meeting of cultures, which is what cellist Yo-Yo Ma has done with his Silk Road Ensemble."
– TORONTO STAR