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Fall and Next Wave 2025 Season Supporters
Fall and Next Wave 2025 Season Supporters
Season Sponsor:
Leadership support for BAM’s strategic initiatives provided by:
Leadership support for BAM Access Programs provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for BAM programming provided by:
Leadership support for theater and dance at BAM and BAM Education programs provided by:
The SHS Foundation
Leadership support for theater at BAM provided by The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Leadership support for poetry at BAM provided by Hawthornden Foundation
Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by:
Steinberg Screen at the Harvey Theater made possible by:
Leadership support for virtual programming at BAM provided by the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
Leadership support for Next Wave 2025 provided by National Endowment for the Arts
Leadership support for the BAM Hamm Archives, BAM Film, and Community programs provided by The Thompson Family Foundation
Leadership support for the BAM Hamm Archives provided by Charles J. & Irene F. Hamm
Leadership support for the Shelby White & Leon Levy BAM Digital Archive, a program of the BAM Hamm Archives, provided by:
Major support for Arts & Justice, Word. Sound. Power. in the Classroom, (Re)Centering Theater, and BAM Education programs provided by The Emily Davie & Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation
Major support for BAM Education programs provided by: Epstein Teicher Philanthropies; The FAR Fund; and The Joseph LeRoy and Ann C. Warner Fund
Major support for Brooklyn Interns for Arts & Culture and BAM Education programs provided by Constans Culver Foundation
Major support for The Met: Live in HD provided in memory of Joan Kronick
Major support for programs in the Lepercq Cinema is provided by The Lepercq Charitable Foundation
Support for theater at BAM provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
Support for BAM Education programs provided by: Anne-Victoire Auriault; Jennifer Kopylov; Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund; and The Wasily Family Foundation, Inc.
Support for senior programming is provided by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York City Department for the Aging
Additional support for theater at BAM provided by:
The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust
Additional support for theater at BAM provided by David L. Klein, Jr. Foundation
Additional support for BAM Education programs provided by Jody & John Arnhold and Joseph and Sarah I. Schieffelin Residuary Trust
Additional support for Brooklyn Interns for Arts & Culture provided by The Krumholz Foundation
Leadership support for every season provided by the BAM Board of Trustees, led by Diane L. Max, Chair & Vice Chairs Juliet Moser and Tim Sebunya
Leadership support for BAM’s programming and initiatives provided by: brigittenyc; William I. Campbell & Christine Wächter-Campbell; Jeanne Donovan Fisher; Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman; The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.; Alex Katz Foundation; Robin & Edgar Lampert; Adam E. Max (in memoriam) & Diane L. Max; Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust; Axel Stawski & Galia Meiri Stawski; John L. & Eva Usdan; Anonymous
Major support for BAM’s programming and initiatives provided by: Andrea Bozzo & John Martinez; Cheryl & Joe Della Rosa; Aashish & Dinyar Devitre; Mark Diker & Deborah Colson; Barry M. Fox; Roberta Garza & Roberto Mendoza; Gotham Organization, Inc.; Anne Hubbard; Scott C. McDonald; The Ambrose Monell Foundation; Barbara & Richard Moore; Darnell-Moser Charitable Fund; Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.; Eri Nishikawa; PM The Przymusinski Fund; The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc.; The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund; Dr. Sheila A. Cain & Bart Sheehan; Jennifer Small & Adam Wolfensohn; Edward & Virginia Spilka; Starry Night Fund; Doug C. Steiner; Joseph A. Stern
Additional support for BAM’s programming and initiatives provided by: Anne H. Bass Foundation; Constance Christensen; Steven & Susan Felsher; Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts; Barbara Haws & William Josephson; The Bertha and Isaac Liberman Foundation; James I. McLaren & Lawton W. Fitt; Laura Taft and the Paulsen Family Foundation; Gabriel & Lindsay Pizzi; The Scherman Foundation, Inc.; Edward & Virginia Spilka; Anonymous
Your tax dollars make BAM programs possible through funding from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
The BAM facilities are owned by the City of New York and benefit from public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Mayor Eric Adams; the New York City Council including Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams, Councilmember Crystal Hudson, and the Brooklyn Delegation of the Council; and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. BAM would also like to thank the Brooklyn Delegations of the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate, Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest, and Senator Andrew Gounardes. BAM is also grateful for the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Charles D. Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Representative Nydia M. Velazquez, and Representative Daniel S. Goldman.
Your tax dollars make BAM programs possible through funding from:
Annual Supporters
Annual Supporters
BAM is deeply grateful to all the supporters and patrons listed below for their vital gifts to BAM over the last year.
$5,000,000 and above
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
$1,000,000 to $4,999,999
Bloomberg Philanthropies
The City of New York
Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman
Jerome L. Greene Foundation
The New York City Council, Speaker Adrienne E. Adams
The SHS Foundation
$500,000 to $999,999
Howard Gilman Foundation
Mellon Foundation
The Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust
The Thompson Family Foundation
$250,000 to $499,000
Robert & Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
Hawthornden Foundation
Adam E. Max (in memoriam) & Diane L. Max
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Anonymous
$100,000 to $249,999
Valerie Berlin
brigittenyc
Janel Callon
William I. Campbell & Christine Wächter-Campbell
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Gotham Organization, Inc.
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
Alex Katz Foundation
Leon Levy Foundation
Scott C. McDonald
Darnell-Moser Charitable Fund
National Endowment for the Arts
Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust
PM The Przymusinski Fund
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund
Jennifer Small & Adam Wolfensohn
Starry Night Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Axel Stawski & Galia Meiri Stawski
Robert Tichio
Van Cleef & Arpels, Inc.
Nora Ann Wallace
James Wilentz & Robin Maxwell
$50,000 to $99,999
Jody & John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation
Citizens
Constans Culver Foundation
Cheryl & Joe Della Rosa
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Epstein Teicher Philanthropies
The FAR Fund
Steven & Susan Felsher
Barry M. Fox
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
The Emily Davie & Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation
Rick and Sue Kronick, in honor of their mother Joan
Robin & Edgar Lampert
Lawton W. Fitt and James I. McLaren Foundation
Richard & Ronay Menschel
The Ambrose Monell Foundation
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.
Eri Nishikawa
New York State Council on the Arts
Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Sheila A. Cain & Bart Sheehan
Edward & Virginia Spilka
Brian Stafford & Céline Dufétel
Joseph A. Stern
Tiger Baron Foundation
Joseph LeRoy & Ann C. Warner Fund
$25,000 to $49,999
Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation
Altman Foundation
American Express
Anne H. Bass Foundation
Tony Bechara*
Andrea Bozzo & John Martinez
Aashish & Dinyar Devitre
FACE Contemporary Theater Fund
Dalio Philanthropies
MaryAnne Gilmartin
GUCCI
The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund
Wendy vanden Heuvel
Stephanie & Timothy Ingrassia
Jennifer Kopylov
Naida G. McSherry Trust
Barbara & Richard Moore
Edward S. Moore Foundation
National Grid
New York City Department for the Aging
NYC Department of Youth and Community Development
Gabriel & Lindsay Pizzi
Jonathan F.P. & Diana Calthorpe Rose
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
The Wasily Family Foundation, Inc.
Anonymous
$10,000 to $24,999
Ameriprise Financial
Anne-Victoire Auriault
The Howard Bayne Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Tony Bowe
Sandra Brinkert
Brooklyn Borough President—Antonio Reynoso
Con Edison
Constance Christensen
Violet & Christopher Eagan
Ingrid and David Ellen
Lehoczky Escobar Family
Roberta Garza & Roberto Mendoza
Laurie Garrett
Elaine Golin
David & Elaine Gould
The Marc Haas Foundation, Inc.
The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust
Hilary Jager
Susan Kane
Miriam Katowitz
Alexander E. Kipka & Katherine Nintzel
John Lipsky
M&T Bank
David & Susan Marcinek
Rebecca McBride & Ariella Ben-Dov
Louis Mintz & Beverly Crilly
John Morning
Elyse & Michael Newhouse
Carla & Ryan Norris
Pfizer Inc.
William D. & Susan Kahan Rifkin
Graham Russell
The Scherman Foundation, Inc.
Bettina Schneider and Carla Muskat
Tim & Julie Sebunya
Amy Sherman-Palladino
Susan & Larry Sills
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust
Ellen & Sam Sporn
John L. & Eva Usdan
Emma Walton & Jesse Shapell
The Winston Foundation, Inc.
Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn
Matthew Zuckerman and Nicholas Pandolfi
Anonymous
Updated September 2025
*In memoriam
Endowment Supporters
Endowment Supporters
A great institution is built on a secure future. At BAM, a robust endowment is the foundation for our adventurous programming and archival, community, and educational initiatives. BAM sincerely thanks those listed below for their generous support of the BAM Endowment.
$5,000,000 and above
The SHS Foundation
Howard Gilman Foundation
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund for Community, Educational, & Public Affairs Programs
$1,000,000 to $4,999,999
Altria Group, Inc./Next Wave Forward Fund
Brooklyn Community Foundation
The Campbell Family Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman
The Ford Foundation Fund to Support Collaborative Creativity Among U.S. Artists
The Irene Diamond Fund
Adam E. Max (in memoriam) & Diane L. Max
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fund For Opera & Music-Theater
Bruce C. Ratner
Jonathan F.P. & Diana V.C. Rose
Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin
William Boss Sandberg
The Starr Foundation
The Peter Jay Sharp Fund for Opera and Theater
The Thompson Family Foundation
Nora Ann Wallace
$500,000 to $999,999
BAM Fund to Support Emerging and Local Musicians
The Devitre Fund
Charles J. & Irene F. Hamm
Stephanie & Tim Ingrassia
Carole & Irwin Lainoff
Maribelle & Stephen Leavitt
Maxwell Family Fund in Community Funds, Inc.
Mary & Jim Ottaway Jr. in honor of Ruth Blackburne Ottaway
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Anonymous
$250,000 to $499,999
The Bohen Foundation
Neil D. & Kathleen M. Chrisman
The Charles & Valerie Diker Dance Endowment Fund
The Geraldine Stutz Trust, Inc.
William Randolph Hearst Endowment for Education and Humanities Programs
The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Michael Bancroft Goth Endowed Annual Performance Fund
James McLaren & Lawton Fitt
Sarah G. Miller & Frank L. Coulson
The Jessica E. Smith and Kevin R. Brine Charitable Trust
The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation in honor of Madame Lilliana Teruzzi
Anonymous
$100,000 to $249,999
Michael Bailkin, Marvin Levine, Jesse Masyr, David Stadtmauer
Robert & Joan Catell Fund for Education Programs
Charina Endowment Fund
J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Christensen III
Ide & David Dangoor
Thérèse M. Esperdy & Robert G. Neborak
Madison S. Finlay
Emily H. Fisher
Forest City Ratner Companies
The Harkness Foundation for Dance, Inc.
Francena T. Harrison Performance Fund
Rita K. Hillman
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Goldman Sachs Gives at the recommendation of Anne Hubbard
Richard Hulbert
Independence Community Bank
Miriam Katowitz & Arthur Radin
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar A. Lampert
Annie Leibovitz & Studio Leo Burnett, USA
The Morgan Stanley Community and Educational Fund
Nash Family Foundation
The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc.
May & Samuel Rudin Family Foundation
Edward Spilka
Axel Stawski & Galia Meiri
Mr. & Mrs. Ame Vennema
Verizon Communications
The Winston Foundation
Updated August 2024
BAM Angels
BAM Angels
Legacy giving supports BAM programs and initiatives for many years to come. We are deeply grateful to the following supporters who have made planned gifts to BAM.
Denis Azaro
Bettina Bancroft
Peter Berkery
Robert & Joan Catell
Neil D. Chrisman
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Christensen III
Mallory Factor
Seth & Sara Faison
Madison S. Finlay
Richard B. Fisher
Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman
Barry M. Fox
Rita Hillman
Barbara T. Hoffman
Karen Brooks Hopkins
William Josephson
Miriam Katowitz & Arthur Radin
Charlotte & Stanley Kriegel
Edgar A. Lampert
Carol & Joel Levy
Harvey Lichtenstein
Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein
Gene Luntey
William Lynch
Hamish & Georgene M. Maxwell
Scott C. McDonald
Joseph V. Melillo
Evelyn & Everett Ortner
Frank J. & Adeline Pannizzo
William Winthrop Parsons
Howard Pitsch
Marie D. Powers
David L. Ramsay, MD
William Boss Sandberg
Louis Sanders
Katherine Schrier
Harriet L. Senz
Sidney Shanker
Toni Mendez Shapiro
Ellen & Sam Sporn
Lynn M. Stirrup
Bella F. Stoll
Paula Marie Susi
Grace Timberlake
Judge Franklin R. Weissberg
Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn
Anonymous
Updated August 2024
Updated September 2025
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