Funders

Our work is generously supported by the following funders.

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

Since June 2024, 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 +
Erinn King
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
Kate Flather
Robert and Kristine Higgins
Liana Krupp
Steps and Stages Coaching, Facilitation, and Consulting
Westminster Barrington Foundation
$500 +
Adobe Systems Inc.
Anonymous
Jane Arabian
CreativeStudy
Pamela Diamantis**
Marcie Hershman**
Michael Jordan
Laura Paul and Paul Messier**
New England Arts Presenters
Steward Cultural Development Group
Trillium Asset Management
Deirdre Valente**
Zevin Asset Management
 

$250+
Cathy Baird**
Joan Brodsky
Joyce Collier and Jennifer Potter**
Chris Dwyer**
Angie Lane
Michele Long and Margaret Keenan**
Merry Morse and Janet Hood**
Max Nibert
Cheri Opperman and Maure Aronson**
Larry Rosenberg
Linda Shelton**

 

Up to $249
Aldrin Agas & Celia Ho
Anonymous
Anonymous
Barbara Schaffer Bacon**
Elizabeth Bouchard and Eric Hofbauer
Roger and Carol Brooks
Leonard P. Davis Sr.
Ellie Feeley
Cheryl Ikemiya**
Stacy Klein and Carlos Uriona**
Laura Klippert
Milton Kornfeld**
Susan McClure
The McMahon Family
Jay and Dawn Millstone
Carlos Montano and Jennifer Bacevich
Paige Nunes
Jacob Padrón
Carol L Potter
Gloria Riley
Elizabeth Shapiro
Adele Sicilia 
Nicholas MI Slie
Amy and Joe Versaggi
Mai-Anh Vu and Brinia Colbert
Carrie Zaslow
 
Gifts In Kind
Asana
Salesforce
 
* represents full amount of multi-year grant(s)
** includes a donation to the Rebecca Blunk Fund

From June 2023 through May 2024, 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
$50,000 +
Massachusetts Cultural Council
$25,000 +
Aliad Fund at The Boston Foundation
The Henry Luce Foundation
 
$10,000 +
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
Eastern Bank Foundation
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
Mary and Ted Wendell
$5,000 +
Alan and Saralynn Allaire
Amy and Lee Ellsworth
Iván Espinoza-Madrigal
Erinn King
Stetson Marshall
Medzown
David Snyder
$2,500 +
Anonymous, Vermont Community Foundation**
Marcie Hershman**
The James E. Robinson Foundation
The Michael and Janet Rogers Foundation
 
$1,000 +
Dr. Kamesh Ramakrishna Aiyer and Ms. Geeta Bhide Aiyer
Flather Family Fund
Income Research + Management
Liana Krupp
Alyce Lee
Monica A. McCarthy
The Sholley Foundation
Larry Simpson
Harold Steward
Trillium Asset Management
Zevin Asset Management
$500 +
Adobe Systems Inc.
Anonymous
Anonymous
Michael Bobbitt
Sandra Burton**
Change For Good Coaching and Consulting
Katherine Cornelius
Scott M Delcomyn
Pamela Diamantis**
Chris Dwyer
Cathy Edwards and Michael Wishnie**
Charlie Fenton
Kate Flather
Dawn Gibson-Brehon
Marc Harpin and Garo Toomajanian
Min Jung Kim
Jeremy and Margie Klein Ronkin in memory of Harriet Bograd
Michael Jordan
Michele Long & Margaret Keenan**
Marcum LLP
Frank Mitchell
Chip Newell and Susan Kohler Gray
Jane Preston and Michael Muller**
Pamela Tatge and Jerry Zinser**
Deirdre Valente, LBMI in memory of Lisa Booth**
$250+
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Samuel Blumenstiel
Joan and Howard Brodsky
Dr. Roger and Carol Brooks
Michael and Kimberly Cayer
Joyce Collier and Jenny Potter**
Stephen Duprey
Todd Gordon and Susan Feder
Rick Hanauer
David & Charisse Howse
Mary Kelley
Angie Lane
Sarah McNair and Randal Fippinger
Timothy and Virginia Millhiser
Ken Mitchell and Lee Ellenberg**
Keith and Elizabeth Morgan
Cheri Opperman and Maure Aronson**
Larry Rosenberg
Stephen M. Weiner and Donald G. Cornuet
Bill Whelan and Megan Gates
Sabrina and Robert Williams
 

Up to $249
Beatriz Abascal
Magdalena Abrego
Jan Aceti and Kris Peterson**
Aldrin Agas
Stephanie Ancona and Neal Chalek**
Anonymous
Anonymous
Bill and Ruth Botzow**
Elizabeth Bouchard and Eric Hofbauer**
Christal Brown
Lee Caplan
Brooke B. Collison**
Lisa Crowley
Carolyn Deuel
Charan Devereaux and Andrew Ott
Jason DeYoung
Draper
Natalie English
Lily Euceda
David Fanger & Martin Wechsler**
Eleanor Fraser
Ralph Freidin**
Rebecca Ginsburg
Anna Harris
Anne Hernandez
Jean Hey & Shelley Brauer**
Jennifer Hogan
Cheryl Ikemiya**
Stacy Klein and Carlos Uriona**
Sarah Long Holland and Jonathan Holland**
Marissa
Mai-Anh Vu and Brinia Colbert
Susan Evans McClure
Lynne McCormack
Karole Mendelsohn
Dr. Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter
F. Javier Murcio
Max Nibert
Carol & Jim O'Neill
Dane Ouellette
Tony Pietricola
Eileen Pollack**
Melissa Richmond
Robert A. Richter
Emily Ruddock
Ámbar Ruiz
Nancy Salmon
Steve Scher
Elizabeth G Shapiro
Adele Sicilia
Sarah and Jonathan Silva
Bill Siroty and Bill Stelling
David Slatery
Judith Souweine
Elaine Sullivan
Quita and Mark Sullivan**
Sharon and Chris Timmel
Tufts Jumbo Volleyball
Carrie Zaslow

 

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

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