Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
What we do together, makes a difference
Preview 0f: Annual Report 2024
October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024
OLD - From the President and the Executive Director
Dear Friends,
Our motto for decades has been “what we do together makes a difference.” But perhaps, in these eventful and unprecedented times, this mantra rings more true than ever before. It’s our collective humanity – from Broadway Cares donors, theater artists and folks working behind-the-scenes alike – that allows Broadway Cares to continue providing vital help to those who need it most, even during turbulent times.
Because of your continued support and generosity, in fiscal year 2023 we sent support to 452 HIV/AIDS and family service organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., providing meals and medication, health care and hope to those facing critical illnesses or personal crises. These grants also included humanitarian aid in response to Hurricane Ian’s devastation in Florida, California and Hawaii wildfires and Turkey’s catastrophic earthquake, continuing our decades-long commitment to providing critical aid across the US and around the world.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS continues to offer a safety net to our friends and colleagues in the performing arts through the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund). We support the Fund’s essential programs including The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts, the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative, the Artists Health Insurance Resource Center, Senior Services, Addiction and Recovery Services and more.
In total, Broadway Cares’ support for the programs of the Entertainment Community Fund reached $7.6 million in fiscal year 2023, while our National Grants Program awarded $9.1 million to AIDS and family service organizations nationwide.
This lifesaving grant-making wouldn’t have been possible without your stalwart support and enthusiasm for our mission. Thank you for your continued commitment, and for proving that what we do together makes a difference.
Sincerely,
Tom Viola
Executive Director
Robert E. Wankel
President
Where Does All That Money Go?
Financial Statements Fiscal Year 2024 (PDF)
IRS Form 990 Fiscal Year 2023 (PDF)
Entertainment Community Fund
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the single largest financial supporter of the Entertainment Community Fund, which provides a safety net of supportive services to all in entertainment and the performing arts. Broadway Cares provided $6.5 million to the Fund in fiscal year 2024.
For more than a decade, Traci DiGesu has been compassionately supporting seniors as they navigate the later stages of life. But it was her two decades as a costume designer that drew her attention to the unique challenges older populations face in the entertainment industry.
“I knew a lot of folks in the theater who had long careers, and I saw firsthand the challenges they faced in the latter parts of their careers,” DiGesu said. “I saw what it was like to be an older person in New York, and how hard it was. I thought, this is a population that is really vulnerable and we need to be doing more work here. So I went back to school specifically to work with older adults.”
Now, DiGesu leads the senior services program at the Entertainment Community Fund, part of the safety net of services helping those in entertainment and the performing arts. Broadway Cares awarded the Fund’s programs $6.5 million in 2024.
Through DiGesu’s work as a licensed social worker, she has come to understand how the difficulties for seniors are exacerbated by the loss of community after a career in the arts.
“One of the biggest issues everybody faces as they age is role loss,” DiGesu said. “As we age, we lose friends, we may lose a partner. We retire, whether we want to retire or not. It’s particularly dangerous and difficult for entertainment professionals, because when they lose touch with their work life, they lose touch with their community.”
Rebuilding that sense of togetherness is at the heart of DiGesu’s work in the Entertainment Community Fund’s Senior Services program. Supported by a dedicated team of social workers and sustained through continued support from Broadway Cares’ donors, the program offers a broad range of life-affirming services for seniors.
“We are a continuum of services,” DiGesu said. “People often come in because of an incident, like they’re in the hospital and need help with discharge. And while we’re helping with that, we get the full picture of what the difficulties are. Then our social workers may help them gain entry into our assisted living facility in Englewood, NJ, or connect them with our Artists Health Insurance Resource Center to understand what’s available to them with Medicare, or a multitude of other programs.”
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has a long-standing connection with the Entertainment Community Fund, going back more than 30 years to the creation of the HIV/AIDS Initiative in 1988. Broadway Cares provided the initial funding for the initiative and continues to support the majority of its annual budget.
In 1996, Broadway Cares expanded its contributions to launch the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative. Since then, it has championed a full range of social services, including Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC), Addiction and Recovery Services, The Dancers’ Resource and Broadway Flu Shot Initiative. In 2017, it began supporting the Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts, which provides specialized care for Broadway and performing arts professionals.
Senior Services is an essential component of The Fund’s broader offerings, addressing the individual needs of older adults within this community.
DiGesu shared the story of a particularly sociable client who regularly attended weekly coffee hour chats at The Waldman Living Room, The Fund’s Manhattan center aimed at combating social isolation. This outgoing client was a key figure in keeping the group connected beyond these gatherings. It was only after a fall and subsequent hospitalization that DiGesu and her team discovered the extent of the client’s needs.
“She was showing us her resilience and coping skills, but wasn’t showing us the problems that she was facing yet, because it’s really hard to admit when you need help,” DiGesu said. “You’re independent and feeling embarrassed.”
The social workers found that the client’s apartment had become unmanageable, prompting them to create a personalized support plan.
“We worked with the client to restore her apartment, and got her the help she needed so she could return home with an aide,” DiGesu said. “We connected her with services to rehabilitate her physically, and had her attend our Grief Group so she could start working through some other issues. And when she ultimately decided to be in community in a different way, we assisted her with the application to live in our home in Englewood.”
Armed with the full breadth of services at The Fund, and the expertise of its case managers, DiGesu is able to reconnect these clients to what makes the entertainment industry so special: a profound sense of belonging.
“That client still joins our coffee chat group by Zoom,” DiGesu said, with a smile. “The most rewarding part of my job is seeing how people connect to services and get the help they need.”
Support for the Entertainment Community Fund
| The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts | $2,000,000 |
| HIV/AIDS Initiative | $1,000,000 |
| Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative | $800,000 |
| SAG-AFTRA Emergency Assistance | $1,000,000 |
| Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) | $500,000 |
| The Dancers Resource | $250,000 |
| Senior Services | $200,000 |
| The Career Center | $100,000 |
| Safety Net for All Campaign | $200,000 |
| Broadway Flu Shot Initiative | $100,000 |
| Safe Workplace Initiative | $100,000 |
| Stage Managers Project | $50,000 |
| Paul Libin Center – Looking Ahead | $50,000 |
| Miscellaneous Special event sponsorship, memorial donations | $50,000 |
| Total: $6,500,000 |
National Grants
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ National Grants Program awarded $8.76 million in fiscal year 2024 to 466 social service organizations in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. This is one of their stories.
At 58, Linda’s life took a surprising turn when a mysterious illness led to an unexpected diagnosis: she was HIV positive.
Living quietly as an empty nester in Nashville, those were words she never imagined hearing, let alone at this stage in her life.
“I was in and out of the hospital, and no one knew what was wrong with me until I tested positive,” Linda said. “I didn’t get COVID, I’m not a sickly person. How did I get HIV at 58 years old?”
Unsure of where to turn, she was introduced to Nashville CARES, a grantee of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS since 1988.
“I know now that I have the virus, but I don’t have to think about dying every day, like I used to,” Linda said. “I’ll die one day, but not from this. I know now that I can live a healthy, normal life because of the services provided by Nashville CARES.”
Nashville CARES received a $10,000 grant in 2024 from Broadway Cares’ National Grants Program, one of the 466 social service organizations in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico to be awarded grants in 2024.
These grants are distributed in four rounds annually. The final round in the summer, which included Nashville CARES, provided $2 million in support to organizations offering direct client services, emergency assistance, harm reduction and quality of life programs. A committee of 18 actors and stage managers who led their shows’ Spring Fundraising Campaign efforts awarded the grants.
A record $2.83 million was awarded to 146 food service and meal delivery programs in January and $985,000 to 44 of the largest AIDS service and nationally recognized advocacy organizations in April.
These grants ensure warm meals continue to be served at places like Aliveness Project in Minneapolis, emergency financial assistance continues to be provided by South Central Education Development in Bluefield, WV, the pantry shelves remain full at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan; clients will still make it to vital doctor appointments with transportation provided by Blue Mountain Heart to Heart in Walla Walla, WA.
And in Nashville, the grants help people like Linda get access to the depth of services they need to manage their diagnosis. The first hurdle for Linda was affording the prohibitively expensive medication that she needed to get and stay healthy.
“I’m working a full-time job I’ve had for 10 years, but insurance doesn’t cover a lot of the medications for HIV/AIDS,” Linda said. “Every day, just to live, people are put in the position of, ‘Do I buy food or do I buy medicine?’ You got your bills on the table and you try to figure out which is a priority, which can wait, what can I do today and what can I do next week.”
These tough financial choices mirror concerns being shared by clients at Broadway Cares grantees across the country. In Linda’s case, Nashville CARES was able to step in with compassionate case management and provide her the lifesaving medication she needed. Equipped with their full suite of life-affirming care – beyond just the medication that drove her to seek out the organization – Linda has the tools to not just survive, but thrive.
“With Nashville CARES’ support, I was able to become undetectable in six months,” Linda said. “I can get the medication that I need, the therapy, whatever I need to deal with this and live with this. It’s so important to us that these services are there, because you can’t just turn people away from medication that we need every day for the rest of our lives.”
Once Linda utilized this full range of services to gain control of her own diagnosis, she felt empowered to give back to others living with HIV. Just a year-and-a-half later, she serves on Tennessee’s Ryan White Planning Council, which ensures people living with HIV/AIDS across the state have access to quality care.
“Even if it’s just one person that I helped, put them on the right path of services, I’ll feel good,” Linda said. “I want to get them in touch with people who can help them, just like they did for me. Just paying it forward.”
Those services, powered by the generosity of Broadway Cares supporters, assure that Linda, and people like Linda across the country, will continue to stay healthy, today and well into the future.
“You are saving lives every day,” Linda said. “Thank you so much for saving mine.”
2024 National Grants
| Food Service and Meal Delivery Programs | $2,830,000 |
| Local AIDS Service Organizations | $2,990,000 |
| Emergency Grants | $691,400 |
| Supplemental Grants – Shared Support | $759,000 |
| National Grants Program Grantees – Additional Support | $449,500 |
| Theater Social Service and Advocacy Organizations | $597,500 |
| Broadway Community Humanitarian Grants | $900,000 |
| Total: $8,767,900 |
2024 National Grantees by State
Please use the drop-down box below to view all the agencies Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS funded in fiscal year 2024 by state.
South African Grants
One in 300 young people in KwaZulu-Natal, a coastal South African province, are infected with HIV each week. In KwaMashu, a township on the outskirts of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, Intuthuko Yabantu Community Project is doing critical work in creating safe and empowering programs that support children directly and indirectly affected by the virus.
The project was added this year to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ South African grants efforts. Since The Lion King opened 26 years ago, a portion of the proceeds the show raises for Broadway Cares has been shared with local social service organizations identified by the South African cast members. In fiscal year 2024, Broadway Cares sent $210,000 to 16 organizations across South Africa, including health clinics, food pantries, orphanages and jobs programs.
The 2024 awards pushed Broadway Cares’ all-time total in South African grants to more than $6.1 million.
The services offered to underprivileged children and their families at Intuthuko Yabantu Community Project include academic and artistic after-school programs, warm meals and community engagement campaigns around HIV/AIDS. And, connecting back to their friends in the Pride Lands on Broadway, the project offers resources and space for children to explore their passions for the performing arts, visual arts and costume design.
Organizations like Intuthuko Yabantu are introduced to Broadway Cares by The Lion King’s South African cast members themselves, supporting the urgent needs of their hometowns. Company members also serve on the grant-making committee, playing a first-hand role in providing meals, medication and more lifesaving support back home.
Visionary Circle and Angels Circle
The following are members of the Visionary Circle and Angels Circle as of September 30, 2024. Names in bold indicate Premier Visionaries and Archangels, donors who increased their gift by 25 percent or more over the previous year. Contributions are not related to event ticket or merchandise purchases.
We thank these Visionaries and Angels who provide essential support for those affected by HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses, and for members of the entertainment and performing arts community in times of challenge or crisis, across the country. For more information about the benefits of the Visionary Circle or Angels Circle visit broadwaycares.org/angels or contact Sarah Cardillo at cardillo@broadwaycares.org or 212.840.0770, ext. 275.
Visionary Circle
Luminary
gifts of $100,000 and above
Elizabeth Armstrong
Craig Newmark Philanthropies
The Dream Alliance
The Fred Ebb Foundation
The Shubert Organization
Peg & Gary Wendlandt
Beacon
gifts from $50,000 to $99,999
Jerry & Terri Kohl
Hugh Jackman
Lee Perlman & Linda Riefberg
Thomas Schumacher & Matthew White
The Ted Snowdon Foundation
Brian S. Snyder
Hollis Stern
Jodi & Howard Tenenbaum
Lizzie & Jonathan M. Tisch
Anonymous
Trailblazer
gifts from $25,000 to $49,999
Laura M. Boedeker
The Crimson Lion / Lavine Family Foundation
James & Debbie Burrows
Gavin Corcoran in memory of Charles Wallace Collier
William W. Donnell
Toni Downey
Mary D. Fisher
Myrna & Freddie Gershon in memory of Steve Sondheim
Joy Henshel
Judi Krupp in memory of Rebecca Luker
Larry L. Luing Family Foundation
Judith Light & Robert Desiderio
Richard Lin & Evan Zazula
Mary Lea Johnson Richards 1997 Charitable Trust in memory of Mary Lea Johnson Richards & Martin Richards
James L. Nederlander & Margo M. Nederlander
Mary C. & Richard J. Parrish
The Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation, San Francisco
Spencer Ross
Jeffrey Seller
Jayne Baron Sherman
The Terrence McNally Foundation and Tom Kirdahy
The Zarley Family Foundation
Anonymous (2)
Innovator
gifts from $10,000 to $24,999
Whitney Arcaro
Ward Auerbach & Andy Baker*
Bainbridge Foundation
The Barbara Epstein Foundation Inc.
Walter Bobbie & David Frye
Roy Brayton & Mickey Sullivan
Barbara Broccoli
Butkiewicz Family Foundation in honor of Judy Wheeler & Tim Regan
The Calamus Foundation
The Carl Jacobs Foundation
Jill & John Chalsty in heartfelt gratitude to Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli
Deborah Dakin
Scott Dainton in memory of Andy Zerman
Charles Deull
The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation
Frank Duff & John Okuloski
Robert Evers
Jules Fisher & Graciela Daniele
Ronald Flesch
The Fosdick Fund
Keith Fox & Tom Keyes
Ronald & Susan Frankel
Kenneth R. Fulton
Rick Garman and the Savannah Cabaret
Emmanuelle Gattuso
Thomas Gentile in honor of James Raper
George & Irina Schaeffer Foundation
Valerie Gordon-Johnson & Doug Johnson
Megan Haller & Peter Rice
Harriett D. Kittner Foundation
Alan Hassell* in loving memory of H. Thomas Axt
Larry Hirschhorn & Melissa Posen
Jeffrey L. Jackman
The John D. Evans Foundation
Ilana Kameros
Greg Kammerer & Frederick M. White
Henry L. Kimelman Family Foundation
Arabella Langhorne
Joe Lanteri*
Deirdre & Mark LeMire
Joseph Levi
Paul & Florence Rowe Libin
Leslie Lyles
Leslie & Jordan Mayer
Irene Mecchi
William Megevick in memory of Larz Anderson
Stephanie & Carter McClelland
Kati Meister
Abigail Merrill
Marianne McGrath Mills
Miranda Family Fund
Javier Morgado in memory of Eddie Sweetnam
Stanley Newman & Dr. Brian Rosenthal
Nathan Noh
The Oliver Fund: in loving memory of Babe and Sonny Scott
Stephen Paine
Michael Perez & Jason Lane
Vaso Petsagourakis
Michael C. Ray
Michael Raymond & Andrew Moyer
Barbara Rohdie*
Mickey Rolfe & Bruce Tracy
The Rosenbloom Family
Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman*
The Ross Foundation
Wendy B. Samuel
Scarlet Feather Fund
John E Schumacher in honor of Joan Johns Schumacher
Isabelle Searle
Amy Sherman-Palladino
Beth Siegelman
Paula L. Sindlinger
Margaret L. Stern
Rob Stoll
Jules, Kate and Elliott Styles
Steve Sweet
Lynn & Bruce Surry
Steve Symonds
The Tapper Gorevic Family
Theatrical Stage Employees Local One/IATSE
The Venable Foundation
Tom Viola in happy memory of Scott Barnes
John Voege & Geoffrey Paul
David Wackman & Jason Rardin
The Waldman Foundation
Barbara Whitman
The Winston Foundation
Terrence J. Witter & Artie de la Cruz
Diane M. & Kevin Wilshere
Alicia & Bob Wyckoff
John Yonover
Doc Zorthian in honor of Ben Lipitz
Anonymous (9)
Anonymous*
As of September 30, 2024
Angels Circle
Guardian
gifts from $5,000 to $9,999
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation
The Alpuche Family
The Alice Ghostley Foundation
Richard Ambrose
Sarah Ashman & Ron Gillespie in memory of Howard Ashman
Barbara Baekgaard
Bardo Arts (Alex Pearlman)
Douglas Bella & David Hunt
Kristin & Jim Bender
Bendit Family Foundation
Nancy Duggan Benson
Mark Bergamini & Christopher Oates*
Lynn A. Booth
John Bowab
Bruce Burg
Patricia & Carroll Cathey
Cathy Chernoff
Mitchell & Christine Clarfield
Samantha & Drew Cohen in memory of Richard Salfas and Michael Friedman
Paul & Kelly Cole
Dr. Mitchell A. Combs & Frank C. Druse III
James E. Conte
Gavin Creel
E. Gerald Dabbs, M.D.
Mike DelBene
Drew Desky & Dane Levens
David DeSocio
Val DiFebo & J Dixon Byrne in honor of Gavin Creel
Linda Duncombe
Doug Eichman & Michael C. Yount
Ellen Esposito
Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin
Lauren Foley
Joanna Gleason & Chris Sarandon
Judy Gluckstern*
Dan Goggin
Jan & Steven Golann
Peter & Roberta Gottlieb
Amanda Green & Jeffrey Kaplan
Leslie G. Gutierrez
Paul Guyardo & Victoria Perla
James F. Haag
The Herb Ritts, Jr. Foundation
Theresa D. Herman
Susan R. Hoffman
Kathy Inch
The Joe & Hellen Darion Foundation, Inc.
John L. McHugh Foundation
Cherry Jones in memory of Roscoe Gilliam
Kelly Karavites in memory of my loving spouse Francis P. King
Karma Foundation
David Kernahan**
Gary & Jane Klopfer
LaFountaine Family Foundation**
Kelly Lake
Carol Leif
Randy K. & Stephen P. Liken
Tom Lombardi
Jennifer Manocherian
Tom Marshall & Kathy Keneally
Elizabeth Martinez & Nicholas Baldick
Heather J. McDonald
Jacque & Charles McLaughlin
Jennifer Melin Miller & David Miller
Miriam Schaeffer Family Foundation
Jerry Mitchell & Ricky Schroeder
Ira Mont & Jill Cordle Mont in memory of Annette & Stuart Mont, Dan Cordle and in honor of Joan Cordle
William Morey in memory of Christopher Tisone
Janissa Muller
Sarah Anne Munson
Judith A. Nelson** in memory of Wayne McCarthy
Nora Roberts Foundation
Lisa Orberg
Tony Origlio & Kip Vanderbilt
The PATH Fund/Rockers on Broadway
Christina Pena
Randall A. Shields & Harrison Yeoh
Susan Cohen Rebell
Monica & Greg Reid
Stephen Kroll Reidy* in memory of Carolyn Kroll Reidy
Bob Rhodehamel & Dana Snyder
Richard and Diane Weinberg Family Foundation
Richenthal Foundation
Jose Rojas, Jr. & Nina Cavalli in memory of Austin Rojas
Norman Rubenstein
Paul Russell & Beryl Raff
Megan M. Savage
Ryan Schultz – Cherry City Metals
Barbara Schrader
Barry Skovgaard & Marc Wolinsky
Robin Skye
Eileen R. Stein
Abbie Strassler
John Tartaglia
Theatrical Wardrobe Union Local 764 IATSE
Seth Tribble & David Vansuch
Glenn M. Troost & Brett D. Gilbert
Michael Tsapakos
Rose Turner
Robert Tyrer
Richard J. Underwood
Judy Vincent
David J Wermuth & Jennifer Kroman
Jayne Williams
Russ Woolley
Robert E. Zimmerman
William P Zanetis in memory of Christopher Tripp Zanetis
David Zippel & Michael Johnston
Anonymous (6)
Anonymous (4)
Champion
gifts from $2,500 to $4,999
Kathleen Aber
Randy Adams
Amy Abrams
David Alperson
Gerry & Hank Alpert*
George Annarella in memory of his wife Corinne Guttman and his brother-in-law Les Guttman
Maryann F. Antell
Gerald M. Appelstein*
Kathleen E. Bandhu
Anne Banfield
Catherine Bannister
Jordan Barbakoff & Philip Jeffery in loving memory of Rob Sinacore
Bob Barrack & Barbara Leistner in honor of John Schumacher
Kari Bassett
Jack W. Batman & Sidney J. Burgoyne
Gary Belis
Benjamin & Seema Pulier Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Benton & Rachel Brown
Andrew Berdon*
Elaine D. Berger
Mark Bernhardt*
Amy Bermudez
Claude Bernstein & Melody Wang
Phillip Bettencourt
Patricia T. Bisesto
Casey Blass & Lee Manford
The Blythe-Kristiansen Family
Ann Marie & Robert Borsdorf
Kenneth Brendlinger & Paul Inver
Carol Bresler & Carolyn Billinghurst
Scott Brittingham in memory of Christopher Caruso
The Broadway Cruise in Honor of Amelia Freeman
Thomas W. Brock
Tracy A. Cameron
Howard Camhi
Andrew Caravella
Cristina Carlson
David Cartee
Cunningham Escott Slevin & Doherty
Marc Chalet & James Ting
Girlie Chang & Michael Vermut
The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation, Inc. in memory of Bob & Muriel Kennedy
Michael & Diane Christian*
Neel Chopdekar & Thom Allcock
Michelle Ciccarello
Alissa Cipriano
Gloria & Charles I. Clough Jr.
Clinton A. Cobb
Ricky Coombs & Seth Stuhl
Francois Conradie & Nick Smit
Robert N. Cory & Shuichiro Takeda*
Susan & Andrew Cott
Thomas Cott* in memory of Philip Carlson
Karen & James Courtney
Michael David & Lauren Mitchell
Jeffrey De Korte
Maria Di Dia in loving memory of Doug Salmon
Joe Dimino
Salvatore E. Dirschberger
Andrew S. Dolkart
Mark Donofrio & Alexander Lach*
Judy & Tim Dove*
Thomas Dwyer
Thor Eckert
Anthony & Kristina Ellenbogen
Theo Elliman*
Deborah & Matt Ellis
Sam Ellis in honor of Valarie Silver Ellis
Peter Entin & Barbara Janowitz
James T. Evans, PhD, JD
Craig Faircloth
John & Margaret Falk*
James & Anna Fantaci
Robert Faust & Roger Kluge*
James Fedigan
Daniel Feinstein
Camden & Debra Fine
Ken Finkelstein
Kelly Finzer in honor of Michael DelBene
Larry Fischer & Joseph Rispo
Melina Fisher*
Kevin & Helen Flanagan*
Charles Flateman & Gail Goldstein
Dr. Jonathan Foster
Dale J. Fournier & Michael R. Wellington*
Sean Free
Jennifer Futch
The Gelfand Family Foundation
Darrell M.W. George & Scott Turner*
Richard Gerrig & Timothy Peterson
John Paul Geurts & Robert W. Stolt
Roger Gindi & Gregory Victor
Dale Glasser in memory of Steven Glasser
Hanna & Mark Gleiberman
Justin Gleiberman
Sherri Goldberg
Gramercy Park Foundation
Howard Grossman, M.D.
Guimarin Family
Glenn Gundersen
Addie Guttag
Diann Hall in memory of John Rainwater
John F. Hart & Chuck R. Miller
Tom Harvey & Manny Correia
Gail L. Heinemeyer
Kurt F. & Margaret Webb Heyssel
Alma M. Hirsch in memory of Judi Hirsch
Susan & Neal Hirsch
William S. Hoover, M.D.
Bill Hutton in memory of Dr. Joel D. Weisman
Rach Ireland
Jimmy Jackson
Jerome S. Glazer Foundation
Gina Purlia Johnson & Kent Johnson
Joe & Jill Kale
Howard & Debby Kaminsky
Mark Kaplan
Milly & Robert Kayyem
Karen E. Kennedy in memory of Muriel & Bob Kennedy
Samantha S. Kennedy
Emily J. Klopfer
Dawn Landino
Bishop Alexis Larue
William Lauch
Lisa K. Lawler
Christopher Leary*
Sunhee Lee & Laird Zacheis
Larry & Beth Lenke
The Lenore & Howard Klein Foundation
Ronald Lieberman & Lauren Schwartz
William Ludel & Tracy Cohen
Eric Luftig
Steve Lukens
Kevin R. Lyle & Renee Chatelain
Mark & William Macatee
Fran Macferran
John J. Mackerey
Barbara Manocherian
John Mansell & Tim House
Nina Matis & Alan Gosule*
Max and Bella Stein Charitable Trust
Jennifer Mayer
The McCabe Family Foundation
Patrick McCarthy
Richard McCune & Brian Carroll
Mary Beth & Dave McDonough in memory of Eileen Deehan & Emily McDonough
Peter McKown & Kenneth Heng*
Drew & Danyel McLellan
Svend Mejdal
Jeff Meleski & Steve Markov
Elliott & Cathy Masie
Eli Milbaur*
Katherine N. Miller
Michael Mills & Mark McGrath
Dr. James J. Mohr
Art Moore
Joe P & Edna B Moore Jr
William Moore
Jason & Debbie Moss
Nao Murakami
Nelco Foundation
Bebe Neuwirth & Chris Calkins*
Tony Napoli & Gary Newman
Mr. & Mrs. Frank P. Nocco
Sandy & Ellen Nusbaum
Joseph Obermayer
Paul Oppedisano
Michael Paleos
Gregg Passin
Greg & Tracey Petersen
Amy Peterson
Erik Piecuch & Alex Wright
The Pietenpol Family
Kat Pinheiro & John Merenda
Gloria Piraino
Adam Potter & Tom Wallace
Dr. Judith Quick
Ron Rafay
Ray Wetmore Productions
Jonathan Rebell & Noah Levine
Scott & Suzie Rehl
Jana Rich & Jill Nash
Richard F. Walsh/Alfred W. Di Tolla/Harold P. Spivak Foundation
Carol Risher
Sharon Marsh Roberts
Rose Brand
Harry B. Rosenberg in loving memory of Adrienne Rosenberg
Paul Rossi
Moe & Jack Rouse
Michael J. Rutkowski & Timothy W. Harper
Lief Sannen in memory of Michael Schilke
The Sartain and Tamez Family Trust Fund
Nick Scandalios
Schaffer Family Foundation
Matthew Schermerhorn & Andy Rice
The Schroeder Family in memory of John T. Schroeder
Will Schwalbe & David Cheng
Adam Schwab
Jennifer Scott
Jim Scully
John Eric Sebesta & William Tomai
Frank Selvaggi & Bill Shea
Elliott R. Sernel
Ali Sher
Dan Silver & Doug Martino
John Smith & Edward Escoto
Bill & Larry Tabbit-Humphrey
Carol & Bill Gross
Josh Taylor & Joseph Grossmann
Carol Terry
Peter M. Thomas in memory of Lori Black Thomas
Amy F. Thompson
Anthony Thompson*
Jeffrey Trachtman & Peter Chao
Frances & Paul Turner
Mark Tynan
Beth M. Uffner
Robert Viggiano & The Spectrum Charitable Foundation
Carol Waaser
Alice Wang & Peter Spiegelman
Dr. Robert Warner in honor of Eli Faber
Cindy Weil
Todd M. Whitley & Gary O. Holder* in loving memory of James Roe
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Wiggers in memory of T. Thorne Wiggers
Scott Wilcox
Jeff Woodman in memory of Melvin Bernhardt
Christian Zimmermann* in loving memory of my beloved husband Richard M. Kielar
Anonymous (4)
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous*
Ambassador
gifts from $1,000 to $2,499
Scott & Paula Aaronson in honor of Zach Aaronson
Actors’ Equity Foundation
Charles & Deborah Adelman*
Carol Aebersold
Richard Ahrens in loving memory of Gloria Rosenthal
Susan M. Allardice
Matthew Amsterdam
Mark Andrews
Lee R. Anisman M.D.
The Apatow-Mann Family Foundation
Scott Archimbaud & Patrick Douglass
Charles Ardai
Michael Arellano & Tom Burley
Joan Arenstein
David Glenn Armstrong in joyful memory of Peter Frame
Jonathan Aronowitz & Bradley Scalise*
Scott D. Arsham
Austin Community Foundation
Jay Axelrod
Dr. Don Bacigalupi & Daniel Feder
Jon Robin Baitz
Cornelius Baker
Cristina & Wassim Ballout
Ian & Kim Band
Tobias Banks & Matthew Villegas
Marie E. Barbieri
John Barnes & Charles Champagne
Sena Baron*
The Barrington Foundation Inc.
Christopher Barth
Scott Bartolf, CPA
Elizabeth Bawden
Beech Street Foundation
Neil E. Beecher in loving memory of Vern Richards
Nan & Joe Benincasa
Kevin Berg
Karen Bergreen
Carol & Walter Berman
Joni Bessler & Casey Baum
Shaul Betesh
Phil & Mary Beuth
Jon Bierman
Robert Billig & Richard Vida
Joseph Billone
Michael Birbiglia
Mark Black & Glen Leiner
Blitzer Family Foundation
Jeff Blumenkrantz & Jeffrey Kwong
David Boger in memory of Terry Brenneis
Matthew Bonilla
Miranda Book & Linda Dingler
BOOM ~ Broadway Official Online Masterclass ~ Rory Hughes
Susan Bowman
Bob Boyett
Loraine Alterman Boyle
Linda Pritz Boynton
Shirley Brandman & Howard Shapiro
Kevin Breen in memory of Harry Gold
Hilde Breitbart
Nyle Brenner
Betty Broadhurst
Terri Brody
J. Arthur Brost
Barry Brown & Douglas Cohn, D.V.M.
Jeffrey Brown & Anthony Tan
Loren B. Brown
Daniel & Rhonda Bruening
Corey Brunish & Jessica Rose Brunish
Karen & David Brush
Michael Buchanan
Buchwald
Gregg & Christine Buckbinder
Diana Buckhantz/Vladimir & Araxia Buckhantz Foundation
David Burke
Fern & Thomas S. Burr
Michelle L. Butler
Mr. Lem Byers & Mr. Derek Kuhl
Gary Bynum
Jeffrey D. Byrne*
Michael-Demby Cain*
Kathleen Campbell & William Reed
CD&R Foundation in honor of Jennifer Kozumplik
Christopher Cara
Sarah & Frank Cardillo
Len Cariou & Heather Summerhayes
Debra & Kim Carmichael
The Carol Moss Foundation in honor of Kathryn Gallagher & The Gallagher Family
Frank Carucci & David Diamond celebrating LaMaMa’s 62nd Anniversary
Donna B. Case
James Cassaro
Ronald Casty
Deborah & Steven Cavalier
Beth & George Caviness
Christine R. Cerabone
Ken Cerniglia & Adrien Lanusse in memory of Richard Parker
Helen Davis Chaitman
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Chalfant, Jr.
Stockard Channing
David Charak
Charles & Margaret Levin Family Foundation
Michael & Karen Charlton
David & Paula Leggett Chase
Chasin/Gilden Family Fund, at the Boston Foundation
Jeffrey Chelesvig
Cheryl Wiesenfeld Productions LLC
James & Susan Clarke
Joseph M. Clement
Edith Dee Cofrin
Evan Cohen
Brad & Kyong Coleman*
Mary & Michael Conklin
Frank Conway*
Casey Cook & Gary Steinkohl
Kenneth E. Cooke* in honor of Leslie Cooke
Wayne & Lisa Cooper*
Adam Coppoletti
Jeffrey Corbin & Massimo Pacilli
William Corsello
Frederick L. Corte Jr
Bronwen Cound & William Brody
Olivia and Grace Cowie
William Cox
Heather Creel
George Crow
Rob Crudden
The Cunin Family
Wojciech L. Czoch, M.D.
Richard Dabbs
Duke Dang & Charles Rosen* in loving memory of David Panzer
Scott & Tonya Daniels
Leonard & Catherine Darby
Ann M. Darmstaetter
Heather Davies
Camden Davis & Gregory McKnight
Clive Davis in honor of Richard Weitz
Paula Kaminsky Davis
Miguel De Los Reyes
Louis J. Denkovic
Jamie deRoy in memory of Clovis Ruffin and Bradshaw Smith
John P. DeWitt & Ghim Lay Yeo
James Digan
Suzi Dietz
Matt Donaldson & Steve Kyriakis
Edward R. Donovan
Susan & Robert Doran
David & Shari Dreier
Linda Doyle
Chelsea Dunlap
Rachel Dvorken & Harry B. Rosenberg, Jr.
The Eagle
Christopher & Candace Edelmann in memory of Mark McClary
Mark Edwards
Felice Ehrlich
Valerie Eigner
Eric Emeric
Encore Engagement Solutions
Anne & Aaron Epstein
Sabin Epstein
Lori & Mickey Etkin
Joe Evall & Richard Lynn
Bonnie Pfeifer Evans*
Shane Ewen
Katie & Reade Fahs
Laura G. Fahsbender
Ken Fakler & Luc Bouchard-Fakler
David Fanger & Martin Wechsler*
Peter Farrell*
T.A. Fassburg
Richard Fatzinger & Ramon Contreras
Sarah Jo Fazio
Vicky Feather
Douglas A. Fellman
Kenneth & Caryl Field
Elaine Fieldman
The Figtree Family Foundation
Steven Filenbaum & Matthew Woolf, CFP
Donald M. Filicetti
Finke Family
Barry M. Fisher
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Joal Fischer & Debbie Langsam
Elliot Fishman & Dale Abrams
Megan P. Fitzgerald
Maggie Flanigan & Richard Dow
Doug Fogel
Scott Wells Ford
Edward & Lori Forstein
Mark Fortier & Jay Pagano*
David Foster
Sara & Michael Frank
Douglas Frantz
Avram & Rhoda Freedberg in honor of Steve & Debbie Faber, Meir & Karen Brunelle, Judith Ehrenshaft, Jules Haimovitz, and Michael & Sandra Kamen
Jon Freedberg & Maren Roccamonte
Jonathan Freeman
Barbara H. Freitag
Alison & Jim French*
James B. Freydberg
Corey Friedlander*
David Friedman & Shawn Moninger in memory of Shirley Friedman
Judith Z. Friedman
Merle Frimark in memory of James Rado
Pierre Frinault
David M. Fromm in memory of my partner Robert Motley
Sue Frost
Jill Furman
Nancy Gallt
Tom & Judy Garey
Thomas Garner*
Brad Garrett
David Gaudette & David Maue
Danni Gee* in memory of Alvin Ailey
Bruce & Alice Geismar
Barry Gelda in memory of Irene Lucille Bunis
Matt Geltmaker & Rod Dayley
George Zuber & Anthony Snyder Charitable Fund at Our Fund Inc.
Todd Geringswald
Amy Gewirtz
Kimberly & Ed Gibbons
Denise & Keith Gillen
Bruce & Suzanne Glassman
Joan Glatman
Marcia Goldberg & Paul Garrity
Barbara Golden
Robyn Goodman
Gina & Kevin Gore
Neal Gorman & David Mann
Stefanie M. Gorman
Jennifer & Mark Greenberg
Douglas Greene
Janet Greene & Chap Chapman
Mr. & Mrs. Ira Greenstein
Mark Greenwald
Emily Greer
Lisa & Joshua Greer
Emily Grishman & Susan Sampliner
Grossman Family Charitable Funds
Barry & Maggie Grove
Jane Groveman & Cathy Tanelli*
Chris Guimarin
The Gunter Family Fund
Steven Guy
John Hadity
Cheryl & Fred Halpern
John Halpin in honor of the Leadership Council
Elizabeth Halverstam
Christina & Jerry Hamilton
Katie Hangley & Howard Simon
David G. Hanna* in memory of George & Norma Jane Hanna
Harbert Family Trust
Rachel Harley in honor of Mark Stine
Carrie Anne K. Harrell
Michael P. Harrell
Harris Family Foundation in honor of Michael Riedel
Geri & Rich Hastings
Jeffrey Hayenga & Michael Belanger
Heather Hayes
Matthew Helmerich in honor of Douglas Ward
Matty Helton
Stephen Henry
Donna Heppermann
Richard Hester & Michael Mastro in memory of Helen Hester
Jerry Hirsch
Lisa Hobbs
Jim Hoelz & William Welsh
Eileen S. Hoffman
Craig J. Horsley
Daphne Hsu & Jeff Rosen*
Bob & Tim Huber-Fischer
Dr. Jaime S. Huertas & Kenneth A. O’Brien*
Lyn Hughes & Arthur Ferrara
Moon Hui Kim
The Human Fund/Mr. Denivaldo G. Dasilva & Ms. Sabrina Vasquenz-Dasilva
Sally Huxley
Roger Hyde & Mark Gibson*
Nicole Hyland
Peter L. Ianniello, PhD
Waldo & Jeanne Jackson
Tracy Jamar in loving memory of Monty Silver
Keith & Patti James
Thai Jason in honor of Tom Viola
Jerl Machine Inc.
Jon & Kim Jodka
Stephanie Joel
Earl Johnson & Douglas Ward
Kemarie Jorgensen
Sachin & Suzanne Joshi
Barbara Josso & Liz Miloscia
Stacie Julian
Jessica Kahn & Scott Bieker
David A. Karlson
Mary Kaslick
Tom Kazmark
Shoshannah & Kevin Schraven
Judith E. Karp, MD & Stanley Freedman
Karin & Greg Kayne
Paul & LeeAundra Keany
Kerry A. Keenan
Celia Keenan-Bolger & John Ellison Conlee
Maureen Keller & David L. Feinberg
James Kelliher
Jason Kelliher & Brian Rice
Max Kellogg
Mitchell & Julie Kertzman
Richard Kind
Jerianne S. Kladder
Virginia Klunder
F. Gary Knapp
Kathrin Knauf
David & Jennifer Knickel
Ann-Marie & John Knight
David J Knight
Chris & Kelly Koenig
Brian Koll, MD & David Altarac, MD
Konigsberg Family Fund
Dr. Ram Koppaka
Sarah Korda
Alix Korey & Randy Hansen
Steve Krause
David & Helen Kultgen
Robert J. Kunikoff
Richard & Dawn Kurth
Michael Kuzma
Phil Laduca
Craig & Sherri Landauer
Deborah & Rocco Landesman
Stephen & Kristina Lang
Jay Laudato & Thomas Watson
Brian Lawlor
Winston Bernard Layne*
Ginna Le Vine
Victoria McNeil Le Vine
Aster Leach & Family
Sandy & Michael Leahy
Michael & Jenna Lebowich
Stephanie Lee/Group Sales Box Office
Hal & Jill Leibowitz
Justin Lehmann
Abbe Levin
Phyllis Levinthal in memory of Ruth & Sheldon Levinthal
Brian Levy & John Duff
Bjorn Liencres
Jeff Lindsay
Mark D. Lingenfelter
Rosalind Lippel*
Stuart Lippner in memory of Roberta Romano
Kris Lockley
Ann & Bruce Loeb
David & Angelica Longo
John T Love & Jeni Love
Lucy Simon Levine Trust
Donna & Larry Ludwig
Daniel Lundberg
Steven F. Lutz
Kelly McCormick & Jonathan Blake
Jonna Mackin*
Tony Maida & Tony Volpe
Scott Mallalieu & Nat Fuchs
Robin & Stewart Mann
Barbara Brooke Manning
Jesse Manocherian
Judith Manocherian
Barbara & Jeffrey Marcus
Charles & Diane Marino
Thomas Marino
Barbara Marshall
Paul Martecchini & Michael Wlodkowski
Knox Martin*
Amanda Martocchio
John & Michelle Matteson*
Scott & Harriet Mauro
Gail Mautner and Mario Shaunette
Heather McAdam
Kerry McCormick
Kevin B. McGowan
Lori McNamara
David Mednikov
Meltsner Strategies
Kim Memeger
Janis & Alan Menken
Michael Halebian & Co. Inc.
Nancy Milasnovich Sympson
Cassandra M. Milbury in honor of E. Van Milbury
Gail Miller in celebration of Sophia Smith
Richard Miller & Roberto Konishi
David Miner
Lisa Mitchell
Kathleen Moloney
Mary Ann Moore
Rex Morgan
Elizabeth Morton in memory of Elizabeth Wilson
Adele Mouzon & Mark Perry
Scott & Holley Mosley
Sandy Mulligan in memory of Harvey Evans and Kenneth Bennett
Murray Family Foundation
Ruth Nerken
Maury Newburger
Barbara Newman
Paula Wagner & Rick Nicita
Albert Nocciolino
David OíBrien
Janice Oresman
Gabrielle & Michael Palitz
Michael Palm & Cameron Adams
Todd Palmer
Philip Paroian
Trish Parsons
The Paul & Emily Singer Family Foundation
Ralph L. Pellecchio & James C. Wernz, M.D.
Michelle M. Peters
Theresa & Pete Piliero
Joshua Plant
Charles Potts & Barron Segar
Arabella S. Powell in memory of Darius Barnes
Melody A. Powell in honor of John Michael Schott
Belinda Presser
Stephen R. Prest
Paige Price & Nevin Steinberg
Frances Pu
QINK
Christopher Ranous
Eddie Redmayne
Rosalind Reed*
Dr. Eric Reiner*
Norman & Sandy Reisman in loving memory of Artie Gaffin
Teresa Reyes & Martin Monas*
Mark & Andrea Richard
Michelle & Dyson Richards
Dr. Jeffrey Rinkoff & Ms. Janis Rosenthal
Michael Risinger
Rita & Jeffrey Adler Family Foundation
Janet Robusto
Jonathan Rock & Patrick DelaCruz
Rodger Hess Productions
David Romero & David Greiss
Rosalind Productions
Rick Rosemarin
Kim & Ralph Rosenberg in honor of Sally Rosenberg
Sally Rosenberg & Bruce Charendoff
Mica Ross
Karen M. Roth*
Randolph & Diane Rowe
Phil & Dawn Rudolph
Michael Ruppal & Jim Roth
Ron Rydarowicz & Bill Figner
S & B Fisher Family Foundation
TJ Saad
Wynn J. Salisch
Rina L. Saltzman
Calvin Sanchez in memory of Nick Cordero
Aaron Sanko: The Cruxory Group
Eddie Sarfaty & Court Stroud
Kat Saunders
Nina F. Sax, MD
Charles Scatamacchia*
Susan & Stephen Scherr in honor of Ellen Greenwald
Valeria & William Schiemann
Carolyn Schiff & Noah Millman
Steven J. Schimmel
Michael Schober & Don Harrison
Allison Schultz
Jeanne Schultz
Laurie & Owen Schwartz
Lisa Dawn & Joe Schwarz
Paul & Kate Seavey
Katie & Jim Sebastian
Richard Seer & Doug Wallingford
Debra & Michael Segal
Heidi Seizinger
Scott S. Semester
Seniel Ostrow Foundation, Sara, Samantha Widzer and Family
Jeannette Sessing
Lee Seymour
David Maurice Sharp
Desta & Roland Shaw
Eric Shearin
Dr. E.C. Sheeley
Irene Shen*
David Shmerler
Marilyn Shoemaker
Mary & Bennett Shuldman
Richard Siegmeister
Eliana Silbert
Jesus & Rebecca Tamez
Silva Theatrical Group
Nancy L. Simon
Ed Simonelli*
Charles & Pat Haynes Sislen
Cathy & Bob Smith
Clark Smith
Michael Smith
Peggy & Stan Smith
Matthew Smyth & Christina Engelbrecht
James K. Sokol
Talya Sokoll
Geula Solomon
Nick & Barrie Somers
Jeff Soref & Paul Lombardi
Gregory Sparapani
Jai Srinivasan
Irwin Srob
Matthew Staman & Marin Quezada
The Stanton Family
Walter Stearns
Ruth Stevens & David Olson
Robert Stewart in loving honor of his mother and best friend Betty Stewart
Eric Stine
Joyce Storey*
David Strassler
Meryl Streep & Don Gummer
Stuart S. Applebaum Giving Foundation in memory of Mr. Vincent Virda
Jill Stute
Rachel Sussman
Stephen L. Sweet
Ronald J. Szabo
Christopher Taggart & Tim Roberts
John Taylor
Hal Tepfer & Stacie Simon
Stephen Thayer & Howard Terry
James & Eileen Thomas
Neal Thomas
Teresa Throenle-Somaini in honor of Javier Munoz
Natalie Tierney
Aaron Tievsky
Henry Tisch
Keith S. Tobin, M.D.
Lila & George Todd
Matthew Tumminello & Dominick Marangi
David Umbach
Robert M. Unger & Pamela Singer
William and Jo Vanderbeek
Verna Vanis
Greg Vargas & Daniel Crisafulli
Dr. Anthony F. Verdi & Mr. Mark A. Mainville
Marcie Vort
Lynn & John Vottero
Suzyn Waldman
Lucy R. Waletzky, MD
Allen Walker
Bethe Ward
Timothy Warmath & Edward Comber*
Dawn & Jim Watson
Marcia Weber & James Flaws
Arthur E. Webster, Esq.
Sandra Wegman
Marjorie Weinman
Linda Wellendorf
John Weltman & Cliff Atkins in honor of David Kuehn & Tedi Marsh
Lucille Werlinich
Sheri West
WeTwoKings
Carol & Tom Wheeler
Nancy A. Wheeler
Steven Kaplan & Court Whisman
Gina White in honor of James Davis
Kat White
Danny Whitman & Robert Bartley in memory of Francine Whitman and Robert J. Bartley
Lois Whitman
Cliff & Carrie Woolley
Channing Wickham
Miles Wilkin in memory of Stuart Thompson
Lisa Williamson
Skye Wilson
Jacqueline Wladis
Peter Wright
Supriya Wronkiewicz
Joshua Yankovic
Wil Yates & Andreas Dirnagl
Stuart Yothers
Llewellyn Young & Terence Law*
Jean M. Zajac
Lara Zibners
David Ziff & Alan Bell
Jennifer Zonis
Alan Zucker
Zufall Family Foundation*
Anonymous (34)
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous in honor of Liz Armstrong
Anonymous in honor of Quinto Ott
Anonymous*
As of September 30, 2024
DRA Angels Circle
Guardian
gifts of $5,000 to $9,999
Mark Bergamini & Christopher Oates
Michael & Diane Christian
Judy Gluckstern
David Kernahan
LaFountaine Family Foundation
Judith A. Nelson in memory of Wayne McCarthy
Stephen Kroll Reidy in memory of Carolyn Kroll Reidy
Anonymous
Champion
gifts from $2,500 to $4,999
Gerry & Hank Alpert
Gerald M. Appelstein
Andrew Berdon
Mark Bernhardt
Robert N. Cory & Shuichiro Takeda
Thomas Cott in memory of Philip Carlson
Mark Donofrio & Alexander Lach
Judy & Tim Dove
Theo Elliman
John & Margaret Falk
Robert Faust & Roger Kluge
Melina Fisher
Kevin & Helen Flanagan
Dale J. Fournier & Michael R. Wellington
Darrell M.W. George & Scott Turner
Christopher Leary
Nina Matis & Alan Gosule
Peter McKown & Kenneth Heng
Eli Milbaur
Bebe Neuwirth & Chris Calkins
Anthony Thompson
Todd Whitley & Gary Holder in loving memory of James Roe
Christian Zimmermann in loving memory of my beloved husband Richard M. Kielar
Anonymous (2)
Ambassador
gifts from $1,000 to $2,499
Charles & Deborah Adelman
Jonathan Aronowitz & Bradley Scalise
Sena Baron
Jeffrey D. Byrne
Michael-Demby Cain
Brad & Kyong Coleman
Frank Conway
Kenneth E. Cooke in honor of Leslie Cooke
Wayne & Lisa Cooper
Duke Dang & Charles Rosen in loving memory of David Panzer
Bonnie Pfeifer Evans
David Fanger & Martin Wechsler
Peter Farrell
Alison & Jim French
Corey Friedlander
Mark Fortier & Jay Pagano
Thomas Garner
Danni Gee in memory of Alvin Ailey
Jane Groveman & Cathy Tanelli
David G. Hanna in memory of George & Norma Jane Hanna
Daphne Hsu & Jeff Rosen
Dr. Jaime Huertas & Mr. Kenneth A. O’Brien
Roger Hyde & Mark Gibson
Winston Bernard Layne
Rosalind Lippel
Jonna Mackin
Knox Martin
John & Michelle Matteson
Rosalind Reed
Dr. Eric Reiner
Teresa Reyes & Martin Monas
Karen M. Roth
Charles Scatamacchia
Irene Shen
Ed Simonelli
Joyce Storey
Timothy Warmath & Edward Comber
Llewellyn Young & Terence Law
Zufall Family Foundation
Anonymous
As of September 30, 2024
DRA Visionary Circle
Innovator
gifts of $10,000 to $24,999
Ward Auerbach & Andy Baker
Alan Hassell in loving memory of H. Thomas Axt
Joe Lanteri
Barbara Rohdie
Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman
As of September 30, 2024
NextGen Network
Members of the NextGen Network are young professionals who provide essential support for those affected by HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses across the country.
In appreciation of an annual contribution of $250 or more, Network members receive exclusive invitations to in-person and virtual events as well as a host of other benefits.
Contributions are unrestricted and not related to event ticket or merchandise purchases.
There are many ways to become a member of the NextGen Network, including contributing on a monthly or quarterly basis. If your employer matches charitable contributions, your gift of $125 or more qualifies you for membership.
For more information about the NextGen Network, contact Jack Noseworthy, individual giving officer, at noseworthy@broadwaycares.org or 212.840.0770, ext. 281.
NextGen Network
Angel
gifts of $1,000 and above
Matthew Amsterdam*
Michelle Ciccarello
Megan P. Fitzgerald*
Justin Gleiberman
Hanna & Mark Gleiberman
Chris Guimarin*
Kemarie Jorgensen
Max Kellogg
David Mednikov
Nathan Noh*
Megan Savage
Lee Seymour
Talya Sokoll
Henry Tisch
Rose Turner
Scott Wilcox*
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous (2)
Leader
gifts from $500 to $999
Tom Blushi
Sam Brahms
Lilly Claar
Christine Fallon
Ben Fisher
David Iwanowski
David Newman
Adriana Nocco
Alison Raisian
Aaron Sanko: The Cruxory Group
Regina Stuzin*
Torchbearer
gifts from $250 to $499
Stephanie Ainbinder
Jaclyn Bares
Mark Brystowski
Lisa Cecchini
Philip Cheng
Nathan Cusson
Matthew DíArrigo
Tommy Doyle
Dr. Hannah Fabiny
Sophie Glassman
Daniel Goldman
Alex Hare
Nicholas G. Hipple
Ben Houghton
Clayton Howe
Michael Hull
Zachary Laks
Carson Lambert
Irene Lazaridis
Phil Makara
Sophia Maoli
Brian Marshall
Stephen Martyak
Stephanie McCabe*
Noah Phillips
Francesca M. Romeo
Jelani Remy*
Jake Romanoski
Ari Rubinstein
Laura Stabbert
Morgan Steward
Victoria Ungvarsky
Madison Wheeler
Pamela Wiznitzer
Hillary Young
As of September 30, 2024
Corporate Partners
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is fortunate to have the continued support of a broad range of corporate partners.
City National Bank, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, is the largest bank headquartered in Los Angeles with $93 billion in assets as of April 30, 2025. Founded in 1954, City National provides personalized banking, investment and trust services in select U.S. markets. In addition, the company and its investment affiliates manage or administer $101 billion in client investment assets. City National is dedicated to strengthening communities and, in 2024 alone, the company made charitable contributions of nearly $10 million to nonprofits that support the communities it serves.
M·A·C Viva Glam is the brand’s philanthropic campaign where 100% of the selling price of Viva Glam lipstick is donated to organizations and programs aimed at creating healthy futures and equal rights for All Ages, All Races, All Genders.
Publishing since 1884, Playbill has become synonymous with the legitimate theater, serving 2.6 million theatergoers monthly with its beloved programs found in Broadway houses, theaters and fine arts venues across the country. Playbill serves an expanded audience through digital and social platforms, reaching the most online readers and social media followers in the industry.
United’s shared purpose “Connecting People. Uniting the World” drives their decision making, supported by their core values: safety, caring, dependability and efficiency. United believes in the transformative power of travel. It can lift economies, advance society, open hearts and expand minds. Millions of passengers and tons of freight rely on United to connect them to the world every year. From their U.S. hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., United operates the most comprehensive global route network among North American carriers, flying each year more than 140 million people to more than 300 destinations across six continents.
ViiV Healthcare is the only pharmaceutical company solely focused on HIV and AIDS and is committed to disrupting disparities in care for those most disproportionately impacted by HIV and AIDS. ViiV Healthcare is proud to support Broadway Cares and all it does to support community organizations in the movement to end the HIV epidemic.
As the philanthropic heart of the Broadway community, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is able to connect major corporate brands with one of the nation’s foremost creative industries and our most loyal supporters. We are also able to ensure that a corporation’s support reaches into nearly every community in the country through our National Grants Program.
Our Corporate Partners are able to build brand loyalty among millions of people associated with Broadway, be it on tour, onstage, backstage or in the audience.
Partner with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on a broad range of projects that could include annual partnership, event sponsorship, customized programming, cash and in-kind donations.
We salute these generous partners for their compassionate commitment to making a difference.
For more information about corporate partnership, event sponsorship or opportunities to bring a bit of Broadway magic to your next corporate or private event, please contact Cydney Regus, senior partnership officer, at regus@broadwaycares.org.
Colleen Dewhurst Legacy Society
The Colleen Dewhurst Legacy Society is the planned giving program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, honoring those who have included Broadway Cares in their estate plan or will.
The society is named for the late Colleen Dewhurst, the Tony Award-winning actor and past president of Actors’ Equity Association. She pioneered the formation of the Equity Fights AIDS Committee, which merged with Broadway Cares in 1992 to become the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS of today.
“I’m so proud of what we do for each other. There are so many people who thought this thing would never go. That it couldn’t be done. But it happened anyway because so many people came forward and, in many different ways, made it happen. And to this very day, I love you all for that.”
– Colleen Dewhurst, June 1991
Joining the Colleen Dewhurst Legacy Society ensures that the values that mean so much to you will extend far into the future.
Please contact Nick Mayo, major gifts and planned giving officer, at mayo@broadwaycares.org for information on how to include Broadway Cares in your estate plan or will.
The following people have provided for an estate or other planned gift to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS:
Edward Davis Abenheim
Beverly Abercrombie
Lee R. Anisman M.D.
Ward Auerbach & Andy Baker
Andrew Austin
Lil Bardon
Bradie Barr & Tollie Miller
Francine Beers
Chad Beguelin & Thomas Sleeman
Georgette Bennett
Elaine Berger
Phil & Mary Beuth
Judith Binus
Walter Bobbie & David Frye
Miranda Book & Linda Dingler
George Boras-Geno Sartori Fund
Ann Marie & Robert Borsdorf
Paul Boskind
John Bowab
Andrew Boyle
Katherine Brader
Roy Bradley
Roy Brayton & Mickey Sullivan
Anita Briggs
Aron Bromberg
Marcie Brooks
Robert L. Bullock
John Burke
Kirsten Burkhart
Priscilla Calder-Spielholz
Robert Callely
Liz Caplan & Doug Maxwell
Christopher Cara
Andrew Caravella
Charles Carpenter
David Cartee
Dr. Oscar Chamudes
Emily Chen
Tiffini Chow
Barbara N. Cohen-Stratyner
Melanie Comeau
John Conrad
James E. Conte
Frank Conway
Hernando Cortez
Larry Cosand & Jaime Lozada
Thomas Cott
Katherine Crimmins
Jamie deRoy
Drew Desky & Dane Levens
Maria Di Dia
Marion Duckworth Smith
Frank Duff & John Okuloski
Danny Duncan
Dennis Dunn
Doug Eichman & Michael C. Yount
Susanna Erdos
Robert Evers
Judith A. Fanelli
Robert Faust & Roger Kluge
Leonard Feigenblatt
Steven Filenbaum & Matthew Woolf, CFP
Ken Finkelstein
Elliot Fishman & Dale Abrams
William Fitzgerald
Doug Fogel
Jon Fraser
Glendon French
Kenneth R. Fulton
Grant Gardner
Raymond L. Gast
Matt Geltmaker & Rod Dayley
Gene & Ward 41
Thomas Gentile
Barry Glatt
John Glover
Kevin Goetz
Dane Grams
Leslie G. Gutierrez
Michael S. Halden
John Halpin
David G. Hanna
Carrie Anne K. Harrell
William Hawkins
Melody Henshaw
Donna Heppermann
Robert Hertzig
Geoffrey Hoefer & Thomas Wei
Eileen Sullivan Hoffman
Blaine Hopkins
Kathy Inch & Steve Simpson
Carol A. Ingram
Jeffrey L. Jackman
Stephanie Joel
Earl Johnson & Douglas Ward
Marjorie K. & Jack S. Solomon, Doreen A. Cohn, Faith L. Solomon Fund
Peter Kaczorowski
Elissa Kartman
Maureen Keller & David L. Feinberg
David Kernahan
Robert W. Kilgore & Edward A. Richmond
Ron Kollen
Belinda J. Kotin
Robert J. Kunikoff
Adam Kurtzman
Arabella Langhorne
Bishop Alexis Larue
Michele LaRue
Jay Laudato & Thomas Watson
Sandy & Michael Leahy
Jay B. Lesiger & Tom Klebba
Phyllis Levinthal
Lou Liberatore
Richard Lin & Evan Zazula
Stuart Lippner
Bruce H. Lipstadt
Steven F. Lutz
Jason P. Ma
Mark & William Macatee
Leslie & Jordan Mayer
Richard McCune & Brian Carroll
Peter McKown & Kenneth Heng
Robert Meier
Bill Melamed Jr. & Jamey Lundblad
The Michael Filerman Revocable Trust
Keith Miller
Terri Miller
Tollie Miller
Jerry Mitchell & Ricky Schroeder
Jane H. Molloy
Ira Mont & Jill Cordle Mont
Oscar E. Moore
William Morey
Michael Morris
Sandy Mulligan
Tony Napoli & Gary Newman
Judith A. Nelson
Nathan Noh
Karen Nothmann
Thompson Patton
Bobby Pearce
Lee Perlman & Linda Riefberg
Alan Petrucelli
The Pietenpol Family
Peter Pileski
John Pollard
Rory Pottruck
Bob Rhodehamel & Dana Snyder
Jana Rich & Jill Nash
Marty Richards & the Mary Lea Johnson Richard Foundation
Michael Risinger
Bob Rizzo
Mark Robinson
Amy Rosenthal
Stuart Ross
Paul Rossi
Moe & Jack Rouse
Kimberly P. Russell
Ben Ryan
Wendy B. Samuel
Ruby Sato
Tina Scaran
Esta Jo Schifter
Thomas Schultheis & Michael Warga
Will Schwalbe & David Cheng
John Eric Sebesta & William Tomai
Brian Semple
Jeremy Sheppe
Jayne Baron Sherman
David Shmerler
Marilyn Shoemaker
Mary & Bennett Shuldman
Joann Skorupski
Margaret (Peg) Small
Leida Snow
Peggy Stamper & Fred Lloyd
Hollis Stern
John Strangi
Mayo Stuntz
Lynn & Bruce Surry
Steve Symonds
Alfred Szymanski
Kieran Turner
Scott Vandermyde
Verna Vanis
Dr. Anthony F. Verdi & Mr. Mark A. Mainville
Greg Vie
Mark Viviano & Randy Triezenberg
Carol Waaser
Douglas J. Ward & Earl Johnson
Arthur E. Webster, Esq.
Peg & Gary Wendlandt
Scott Wilcox
Terrence J. Witter & Artie de la Cruz
Kevin Woodworth
Philip Wright
Alexander Zajac
Carolyn Zaput
Doc Zorthian
We salute our many friends and colleagues who are no longer with us and left planned gifts to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Jack Abrahams
Louise Alexander
Walter Alford
Sam Altman
Florence Anglin
Frank Argiro
Rose Ascenzi
The Estate of Robert Avian
Marle Becker
The Estate of Harry Bennett
Eva Block
Robert L. Borod
Lester Bowman
Monica Boyar
Alice C. Brown
Eugene Bruce
Frances S. Chaiken
Jerome S. Clark
Alvin Colt
Gavin Creel
Dolores Gray Crevolin
Patricia Croft
Alvin C. Davis
Merle Debuskey & Pearl Somner
Erick Devine
Gene Dickey
Elaine D. Dooman
Alan Eisenberg & Claire Copley
Sophie Eisler
Michael Filerman
Murray Fishman
Aaron Frankel
Roger Franklin
The Estate of Artie Gaffin
Dr. Vincent Gambino
The Estate of John Geist
Bruce D. Gittlin
Harry S. Gold
Joyce Golden
Robert D. Gonzales
Christopher Gorman
Andrew J. Greenhut
Michael F. Hartig
The Estate of Charles Hamlen
Joseph R. Heller, Ph.D. & Frank Ptak,II
Jerry Herman
Joan Houseman
The Estate of Annette Janowitz
Barry Allen Johnson
Henry Kaplan
Kenneth Scott Kasman
Milton Kean
The Estate of Neil Lewis Kirsch
Mary L. Laslo
Richard Alan Lerner
Estate of Linda Lipson
Paul R. Lipson
Howard L. Marcou
James S. Marcus
Donald B. Maxwell
The Estate of Elizabeth McCann
David R. McShane & The Samantha Fund
M. Ross Michaels
Reverend Richard Mietzelfeld
Jason J. Moyer
The Estate of James O’Neil Jr
Edward Orgoglioso
Richard D. Overton
Dr. James A. Panowski
Gilbert Parker
Gail Perlman
The Estate of Gary H. Phillipp
Estate of Warren Pincus
Christina Plath
Bernard B. Plotkin
Heinz Poll and Thomas Skelton
Sheila Porter
Abraham Raskin
Gerald L. Ritholz & Ray Jarvis
Paul L. and Marion J. Ross
The Estate of Robert Russell
Gordon T. Salter
Katherine Schrier
Susan Linda Schulman
David Semonin
Eileen R. Shields
Joseph Short
Arthur Siccardi
The Estate of Robert Sinacore
Edward Slater
Frank Spring
Eileen T. Stapleton
Milton J. Tatelman
David Paul Taylor
Peter J. Thomas
Peter Jack Tkatch
Gwen Verdon
Samuel J. Waddell Jr.
Marcella Weinberg
Julius Wittman
Jeff Woodman & Melvin Bernhardt
Board of Trustees
Officers
Robert E. Wankel, President
Thomas Schumacher, Executive Vice President
Ira Mont, First Vice President
Schele Williams, Second Vice President
Tom Kirdahy, Third Vice President
Philip Birsh, Treasurer
Judith Rice, Secretary
Paul Libin, President Emeritus
Trustees
Ted Arthur
Cornelius Baker
Joseph Benincasa
David Binder
Chris Boneau
Barry Brown
Lisa Dawn Cave
Sherry Cohen
Gavin Creel
Alan Cumming
Ariana DeBose
Maria Di Dia
Mandy Gonzalez
Amanda Green
Tom Harris
Richard Hester
Richard Jay-Alexander
Beverly Jenkins
Frances Jue
Adam Krauthamer
Nathan Lane
Peter Lawrence
Joe Machota
Kimberly Marable
Kevin McCollum
Jerry Mitchell
Brian Moreland
Javier Muñoz
John Eric Parker
Bernadette Peters
Billy Porter
Lauren Reid
Cody Renard Richard
Jordan Roth
Nick Scandalios
Mark Shacket
Kate Shindle
Charlotte St. Martin
David Stone
Alvin Vincent Jr.
Tom Viola (ex-officio)
Channing Wickham
As of September 30, 2024
Staff
Tom Viola, Executive Director
Lane Beauchamp, Director of Communications
Larry Cook, Director of Finance & Administration
Ken McGee, Producing Director
Danny Whitman, Director of Development
Production
James Cella
Michael Carmine Di Bianco
Trisha Doss
Nathan Hurlin
Jason Kooistra
Ellen M. Lavaia
Communications
Jennifer Buritica-Lopez
Josh Drake
Jenny Garcia
Dominic Grijalva
Melissa Magliula
Víctor Rodríguez
Desney Scoby
Danielle Stecki
Francesca Toscano
Development
Jenna Adamek
Sarah Cardillo
Kendra Dolton
Cat Domiano
Maureen “Mo” Fenninger
Lori Feren
Brian Marshall
Taylor Mattes
Nick Mayo
Jack Noseworthy
Susan Slotoroff
Finance & Administration
Michelle Abesamis
Ngoc Ha Bui
R. Keith Bullock
Ed Garrison
Donald Huppert
Rose M. James
Michael McLean
Brian O’Donnell
Michael Paulsen
Madeline Reed
Retail Outreach
Bayne Alexander
Peter Borzotta
Feliziano Flores
Dancers Responding to AIDS & Classical Action
Denise Roberts Hurlin
Abigail Richards
As of September 30, 2024
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