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DESA ELLINGTON FUND  |  SUPPORTERS 

SUPPORTERS

Thank You to Our Supporters!

Your generosity helps us to offer a life-changing arts education to all of the District’s talented youth, regardless of background. We appreciate you!

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23 - 24 SUPPORTERS

$500K+

Eugene B. Casey Foundation for the Denyce Graves Endowment Fund

Eugene B. Casey Foundation Endowment Fund

$250K+

DC Commission on Arts & Humanities

$25-50K

GEICO: Government Employees Insurance Co.

Sacks Family Foundation

SR Foundation

$11K-24K

Richard Eaton Foundation
Ari Q. Fitzgerald & Maria Carmona

$5K-$10K

Cornelius and Ellen Coakley Family Foundation
Zach Gillis
Sherri Blount Gray
Porter Family Charitable Foundation

$2.5K-$4K

$1K-$2.4K

Blank Rome LLP
Mills Family Foundation
Neb & Nikki Sertsu
George Wasserman Family Foundation, Inc.

Apolgee Executive Coaching
LInda Y. Cureton
Thomas A. Depasquale

Gary & Eileen Eckhardt
Alison Hooker

Amy Kauffman & Ken Weinstein

Brenda Morris
Michelle Persaud
Edward Rehfeld
Lenore Rubino
Alnwynne Wilbur

$500-$999

Caroline Alder

James W. & Renata Kendrick K. Cooper
Daniel  & Toby Edelman
Carolyn Gorman | Andrew Gunther
Darlene W. Ford | Robyn Y. Harris
 

Christian Jackson | Melissa Jackson
Kendra Scott LLC | Laurie Moskowitz
Connie Razza | Deborah R. Salzberg
Adam Serwer | George Shashaty
John & Susan Wodatch

22 - 23 SUPPORTERS

$250K+

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Eugene B. Casey Foundation Endowment Fund

$50K-$99K

Sacks Family Foundation

$100K+

Estate of Susan R. Campbell

Alisa Rogers

George Manos Trust

$15K-$30K

$10K-$14.9K

Ari Q. Fitzgerald and Maria Carmona
Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation, Inc.
DC Mayor’s Office
Richard Eaton Foundation
Denyce Graves Endowment Fund

Cornelius James Coakley

Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
Brenda G. Morris
Sylvia Davis White
T-Mobile

$5K-$9.9K

$1K-$4.9K

Kathryn Aleda

Ron Baygents and Nancy Donaldson
Stacie L. Banks | Charles Barber
Dr. Eliot & Sally Battle
Lisa & Josh Bernstein  |  Jack Blake

Ian Cameron
James W. & Renata Kendrick Cooper

Peter Dagher
Ron Baygents & Nancy Donaldson
Lt. Col. Gary D. and Eileen L. Eckhardt
Dan Edelman  |  Flachs Family Foundation
Sherry Harrison
Sally Hunsberger and Michael Fay
Eileen T. Leahy
Amy Kauffman and Ken Weinstein
Lamann Rucker
Michelle Persaud  |  Edward Rehfeld
Judge Ricky Roberts & Vonya McCann

LaMann Rucker

Susan E. Ruffini 
Adam Serwer  |  Thomas J. Sugrue

W. Reid Thompson
Frank White  |  Alwynne Wilbur
Annie P. Whatley
Davey Yarborough

Burleith Citizens Association
Anthony and Anna L. Carozza Foundation
Carl Freeman Foundation
DC Music Summit

George Washington University
Kimberly Clark

Phililip Murphy Foundation
Spriggs Law Firm, PC

The George Washington University

Davey Yurman

Tina Blake 

Sherri Blount Gray
Elizabeth Libow
Jonathan Levy
Daniel and Jacquelyn Serwer
Princess W. Taylor
Mary and Jeff Zients

Clarke & Associates, LLC
Hogan Lovells LLP

Phillipps-Murray Foundation

$500-$999

Leah Aden
Anna Aurilio  |  Nan P. Bell
Linda Y. Cureton  |  Bruce A. Finzen
Anne Habberton
Robin Y. Harris   |  Allison Hooker & Jim Gillis
Tisha & Michael Hyter

Valerie Jablow  |  Greg Jean-Baptiste 
Kimberly Jones  |  Josie Josiah 
Meg Keeley  |  Jane Khoury

Rebecca Lissner 

Suzanne & Daryl Malloy | Anissa Mcunu
Patsy Meier  |  Ruth M. Milkman

Layli Miller-Muro 

Lawrence Miller  |  Shannon Miller
Sabrina Minor  |   Andrew Milisits
Julia Moe  |  Sandra Mohr
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Laurie Moskowitz and Steve Rabinowitz
Kara and Gerald Morrissey
William L. Naser  |  Alyse Nelson

Wendy Nilsen
Stephanie Phillips  |  Tiffany Plater

Francene Shelton  | Mary Raiser
Kimberly Richards

Laura Roberts  |  Linda Roth
Andre a Russell

Beneva Schulte  |  Kathryn Schwartz  

Claire Straw  |  Nader Tamadon
Darnese Wilkerson

Eleanor Winston
Brian Williams  |  Melissa Wyers

District 1006, LLC
Lee's Flowers & Cards Shop Inc.

Miller-Muro Consulting

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS!

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