Funders

Our work is generously supported by the following funders.

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

Since June 2026, NEFA has been generously supported by the following:

$2,000,000 +
Barr Foundation*
Doris Duke Foundation*
Mellon Foundation*
The Wallace Foundation*

 

$1,000,000 +
Anonymous
National Endowment for the Arts
U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs*

 

$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

 

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

From June 2025 through May 2026, NEFA was generously supported by the following:

$5,000,000 +
MacKenzie Scott

$2,000,000 +
Barr Foundation*
Doris Duke Foundation*
Mellon Foundation*
The Wallace Foundation*

 

$1,000,000 +
Anonymous
National Endowment for the Arts
U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs*

 

$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 +
Alan and Saralynn Allaire
Erinn King
Melinda Julbert Charitable Foundation
Andrea Rogers**
Janet and Mike Rogers
David Snyder and Sara Coffey**
Mary M Wendell and Edward E Wendell Jr

 

$2,500 +
Molly Davies, Annabel Davies Moynihan, and April Davies Taylor

 

$1,000 +
Ms. Geeta Bhide Aiyer and Dr. Kamesh Ramakrishna Aiyer
Cozen O'Connor
Iván Espinoza-Madrigal
Flather Family Fund
Income Research + Management
Monica Ann McCarthy
Prime Buchholz

$500 +
Adobe*
Lee Ellenberg**
Marc Harpin and Garo Toomajanian
Amy & Matt Hausmann
Marcie Hershman**
Senator Norm Needleman & Jacqueline Hubbard
Michael A. Jordan*
Jeremy and Margie Klein Ronkin
Virginia and Tim Millhiser
Chip Newell
Cheri Opperman and Maure Aronson**
New England Arts Presenters
Steps and Stages Coaching, Facilitation, and Consulting
Steward Cultural Development Group
Deirdre Valente**
Your Part-Time Controller LLC

 

$250+
Americans for the Arts
Anne Miller**
Anonymous (3)
Stephanie Ancona**
Samuel Blumenstiel
Kimberly and Michael Cayer
Joyce Collier and Jennifer Potter**
Katherine Cornelius
Adele Fleet Bacow
Dawn Gibson-Brehon
Finelli Benefits LLC
Rick Hanauer
Michele Long & Margaret Keenan**
Tom Kuo
Angie Lane
Frank Mitchell and Michael Morand
Keith N. Morgan and Elizabeth C. Morgan
Carol O'Neill
Lawrence G Rosenberg
William Shock
Stephen Weiner and Donald Cornuet
William T. Whelan and Megan N. Gates
Up to $249
Anonymous
Jane Arabian
Alex Barr
Bedford High School National Art Honor Society
Bill and Ruth Botzow**
Roger and Carol Brooks
John Budzyna
Joe Burke
Roberta Cass
Byron O. and Susan Champlin
Anita Chan**
Kyungmee Choi and Sonjae Yoo
Marion Cohen and Milton Kornfeld**
Amberly Collins
Jamilla Deria
Carolyn Deuel
Jean S Dwyer
Cathy Edwards**
Maureen Ellington
Ellis + Phyllis Finger, Friends**
First Parish in Malden
Kelsey Arbona George
Jean Hey and Shelley Brauer**
David Hopkins
Jackelyn Huber
Ted, Emily, Mila, and Kora Hwang-Aronson
Cheryl Ikemia**
Jane James
Aurora Jones
Michael A. Jordan
Stan Karp and Cathy Baird**
Kroger Out of Area Campaign (ArtsWave)
Ann and Richard Lane
Peter Lee
Susan McClure
Mary McLaughlin
Anne B Miller
Dawn & Jay Millstone
Vita Muir
Max Nibert and Jane Staunton
Nick and Paige Nunes
Jessica Ostfeld
Sophie Parker
PayPal Giving Fund    
Gloria Riley
Melissa and Waddy Rowe
Siobhan Senier
Liz Shapiro and Steve Greider
JoAnn Share
Adele Sicilia
Joseph Silvi
Dr. Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter
Susan and Stephen Small
Starbucks Corporation
Quita and Mark Sullivan
Sharon and Chris Timmel
Cassandra Tom**
Todd Trebour
Robert and Leslie Turner
Mai-Anh Vu and Brinia Colbert
Carrie Zaslow*
Matt Zimmermann 
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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