our funders

2009 Grants, Contributions and Sponsors

The National Guild expresses its sincere appreciation to all those who supported our programs and operations in 2009.  Our continued success and the strength of the community arts education movement reflect their kind patronage.  Following is a list of contributions received during 2009*:

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$400,000 and above

MetLife Foundation

$200,000 - $399,999

The Kresge Foundation

$100,000 - $199,999

American Express Foundation

Popplestone Foundation

$50,000 - $99,999

National Endowment for the Arts

$25,000 - $49,999
The Bay and Paul Foundations

Emilie Roy Corey

NAMM Foundation

Carol F. Ross

 

$10,000 - $24,999

Barthelmes Foundation

Jim & Dottie Currie

Ed Farmilant

The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation

Robyn A. Newhouse

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

 

$5,000 - $9,999

Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation

Terry Hueneke

The Hyde and Watson Foundation

Minnesota State Arts Board

National Music Certificate Program

Gayle Morgan

Lowell & Sonja Noteboom

SmartMusic

 

$1,000 - $4,999

ActiveEducate

Duffie A. Adelson

Art Center Canvas

Rhonda Buckley

Flint School of Performing Arts

Barry Goldberg

Lydia Kontos

Jeff Melanson

Brian Miron

Music Together

G. David Peters

John C. Sutherland

Taconic Charitable Foundation

Theory in a Box

Katherine Smythe Thinnes

Jeffry Walker

The Wallace Foundation

 

$500 - $999

The Diller-Quaile School of Music

Thora Jacobson

John Martin

Kirsten Morgan

Margaret Perry

Margaret Quackenbush

Davin Pierson Torre

Laurence Weiss

 

$100 - $499

Carl Atkins

Eric Bachrach

Susanne Baker

Jane C. Ballard

Amy F. Dennison

Jo Ellen DeVilbiss

Rosalind Devon

Aaron Dworkin

Edwina D. French

Daniel Herman

Jonathan Herman

Pauline K. Herman

IBM Matching Grants Program

David Lapin

Stephen McCurry

Donna Merris

Elizabeth Messinger

Cynthia A. Miller

Nancy Morgan

José Ochoa

Ellen H. Powers

Susan Randazzo

Stephanie Riven

Hedda Rubenstein

Raymond Rusnak, Jr.

Susan J. Scanlon

Katherine T. Schumacher

Stephen L. Shiman

Robert J. von Gutfeld

Judith G. & Dr. Lennard Wharton

Patrick Widhalm

Lawrence Zukof

 

Up to $99

Anonymous

Katherine Bestwick

Joyce Bonomini

Tom DeCaigny

Jordan DeGree

Beth Dowd, OSU

Greg & Janet Dubay

Mr. & Mrs. David Ehrlich

William Fickes

Robert D. Fitzgerald

Carol Freundlich

Jayne Gill

Claudia Horn

Howard & Frances Kellogg

Igal Kesselman

Julia Wilkinson Manley

Azim & Lolita Mayadas

Cynthia McClintock

Kathleen R. McEntee

Marilyn Merrigan

Kristen Murphy

Leah Saukkonen

Stephen R. Shapiro

Sarah & Joseph Smongeski

Beth Vogel

Michael Walsh

Jane Weaver-Sobel

 

In-Kind Donors

Community School of Music and Arts

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Leonard, Street and Deinard

MacPhail Center for Music

Lowell & Sonja Noteboom

Settlement Music School

 

*Current as of January 20, 2010.  We regret any omissions or errors.  Please report any corrections to Hanna Gyory at Hannagyory@nationalguild.org.

 

See acknowledgments for 2006 Leadership Campaign


 

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