Funders

Our work is generously supported by the following funders.

Photo: Creative City grantee Yara Liceaga and guests, by Luis Cotto

Since June 2025, NEFA has been generously supported by the following:

$2,000,000 +
Barr Foundation*
Doris Duke Foundation*
Mellon Foundation*
U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs*
The Wallace Foundation*
$1,000,000 +
National Endowment for the Arts
$100,000 +
 
$50,000 +
Massachusetts Cultural Council
 
$25,000 +
Aliad Fund at The Boston Foundation
$10,000 +
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
Maine Arts Commission
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Vermont Arts Council
$5,000 +
 

$2,500 +

 

$1,000 +
 
$500 +
 

$250+
 

 

Up to $249

 
Gifts In Kind
Asana
Salesforce
 
* represents full amount of multi-year grant(s)
** includes a donation to the Rebecca Blunk Fund

From June 2024 through May 2025, NEFA was generously supported by the following:

$2,000,000 +
Barr Foundation*
Doris Duke Foundation*
Mellon Foundation*
U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs*
The Wallace Foundation*
$1,000,000 +
National Endowment for the Arts
$100,000 +
 
$50,000 +
Massachusetts Cultural Council
 
$25,000 +
Aliad Fund at The Boston Foundation
$10,000 +
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
John and Mary-Beth Henry
Maine Arts Commission
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Vermont Arts Council
$5,000 +
Erinn King
David Snyder
Mary and Ted Wendell 
 
$2,500 +
The James E. Robison Foundation
$1,000 +
Dr. Kamesh Ramakrishna Aiyer and Ms. Geeta Bhide Aiyer
Cozen O'Connor
Amy and Lee Ellsworth
Iván Espinoza-Madrigal
Kate Flather
Flather Family Fund
Robert and Kristine Higgins
Income Research + Management
Liana Krupp
Steps and Stages Coaching, Facilitation, and Consulting
Westminster Barrington Foundation
$500 +
Adobe Systems Inc.
Anonymous
Jane Arabian
Margaret Byer and Alesdair Ittelson
Amy Cassello
CreativeStudy
Pamela Diamantis**
Chris Dwyer**
Dawn Gibson-Brehon
Marc Harpin and Garo Toomajanian
Marcie Hershman**
Michael Jordan
New England Arts Presenters
Chip Newell
Laura Paul and Paul Messier**
Steward Cultural Development Group
Trillium Asset Management
Deirdre Valente**
Zevin Asset Management
 

$250+
Anonymous
Cathy Baird**
Samuel Blumenstiel
Joan Brodsky
Michael and Kimberly Cayer
Joyce Collier and Jennifer Potter**
Donald Cornuet and Stephen Weiner
Cathy Edwards and Mike Wishnie**
Patricia Fontaine
Amy and Matt Hausmann
Jane James**
Angie Lane
Michele Long and Margaret Keenan**
Frank Mitchell
Keith and Elizabeth Morgan
Merry Morse and Janet Hood**
Chris Newell
Max Nibert
Cheri Opperman and Maure Aronson**
Jane Preston and Michael Muller**
Larry Rosenberg
Linda Shelton**
Carol Zell

 

Up to $249
Tony and Dolores Abbott
Aldrin Agas & Celia Ho
Anonymous (3)
Barbara Schaffer Bacon**
Bergmeyer Associates
Elizabeth Bouchard and Eric Hofbauer
Bill Botzow**
Roger and Carol Brooks
Janet Buchwald and Joel Moskowitz
Lev Camara
Cameron Caroom
Michelle Coe
Lisa Crowley
Blakely Cummings
Leonard P. Davis Sr.
Carla Delgado
Carolyn Deuel
Ellen and John
Emma Fang
David Fanger & Martin Wechsler**
Ellie Feeley
Kate Flather
Phyllis & David Fitzpatrick
The Gizzi Family
Leo Gordon Family
Rick Hanauer and Mary Wells
Jean Hey and Shelley Brauer**
Cheryl Ikemiya**
James Isaacson
Selena Juneau-Vogel
Stacy Klein and Carlos Uriona**
Laura Klippert
Sophia Kolodney
Milton Kornfeld**
Maya Krattli
Ali, Jen, and Whitney Lynch
Cecily MacDougall
Mary McLaughlan
Susan McClure
Alyssa McGraw
The McMahon Family
Karole Mendelsohn
Scot Miller
Jay and Dawn Millstone
Carlos Montano and Jennifer Bacevich
Drs. Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter and Dennis L. Slaughter
Paige Nunes
Sofía Nunez
Jordan Oshlag and Susan Tohn
Jacob Padrón
Ameeka Patel
Max Ponticelli
TJ Posillico
Carol L Potter
Michael Reed**
Elizabeth Corpt. Michael Reison
Melissa Richmond
Gloria Riley
Susan Rubio and Paul Williamson
Nancy Salmon
Elizabeth Shapiro
Adele Sicilia
Joseph Silvi
Nicholas MI Slie
Sol y Canto
Savitha Srinivasan, Soyun Lee, Alisa Strom, Juliana Tong, Lynn El Abayad, Sarah Tepe
Quita and Mark Sullivan**
Pamela Tatge & Jerry Zinser**
Sharon and Chris Timmel
Ellen and John Tohn
Todd Trebour
Amy and Joe Versaggi
Mai-Anh Vu and Brinia Colbert
Z Weber
Wendell - Fishman Family Fund
Emma Wong
Carrie Zaslow
 
Gifts In Kind
Asana
Salesforce
 
* represents full amount of multi-year grant(s)
** includes a donation to the Rebecca Blunk Fund

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