About Us
Supporters
Thank you to the individuals, corporations, foundations, government agencies, and community organizations that provide financial support to Sitar Arts Center’s annual programs and operations. The donors listed below generously gave or pledged $500 or more between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.
Thank you also to the generous supporters of Sitar’s Building the Next Stage multiyear capital campaign, who are listed here.
We are deeply grateful to the volunteers and leaders whose generous contributions of time and effort make Sitar Arts Center’s work possible. And we thank the donors of in-kind goods and services, and supporters at all levels who are not named on this page.
With each of you, Sitar engages DC youth, from early childhood to young adulthood, in building a creative community of learning and belonging that removes financial and cultural barriers.
If you notice an error in a listing or would like to learn more about supporting the youth at Sitar, please contact Essence Newhoff, Chief Development Officer, at essence@sitarartscenter.org or (202) 797-2145 ext. 101.
$100,000+
Bloomberg Philanthropies
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Learn24
$50,000 – $99,999
deLaski Family Foundation
Dweck Philanthropies
Genesis Inspiration Foundation
Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation
Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program (21st CCLC)
The Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation
The Morningstar Foundation
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
$25,000 – $49,999
Anonymous
Greg Albright and Wes Combs
Capital for Children
England Family Foundation
Harman Family Foundation
Lainoff Family Foundation
Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation
Jill Minneman and Thomas Fulcher
National Endowment for the Arts
Share Fund
The George Preston Marshall Foundation
$15,000 – $24,999
Scott Spector and Sandra Masur
The Richard E. & Nancy P. Marriott Foundation
$10,000 – $14,999
Corcoran Women’s Committee
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts
Dan Cameron Family Foundation, Inc.
David S. Shrager Foundation
Harman Cain Family Foundation
Joseph E. Robert Jr. Charitable Trust
Judy Family Foundation
Jill Lesser and Jonathan Diesenhaus
Mars Foundation
Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Marla and Peter Schnall
The Kogan Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
V&S Foundation
$5,000 – $9,999
Bernstein Management Corporation
Rhonda Buckley-Bishop and Kelley Bishop
Moyra Byrne
Kenton Campbell and Susan Wooddell-Campbell
CIBC Private Wealth
Crescent Communities
Jessica Denson
Dimick Foundation
Khaled and Laura Farhang
Ellen Fern and Brett O’Brien
Nancy “Bitsey” Folger
Dan and Jacki Fox
Chris Hanes and Zack Wisniewski
Jill Herscot
Lynne Horning
Patricia Howell
JBG Smith
Ameya Kulkarni and Aliya Jiwani
Kevin and Mora Lavin
Lavin Family Foundation
Make It Better Fund
Mohini Malhotra and Tilman Ehrbeck
Mortgage Hall Estate
Thomas Nichols and Daniel Chadburn
Michael and Neela Nilsson
Isabel Reiff and Lee Pasarew
Edwin Sequeira
Ruth Sorenson
Truist
$2,500 – $4,999
Atlantic Union Bank
Michelle and Travis Austin
Melissa and Jason Burnett
Gregg Busch and Brook Rose
Christ Church, Georgetown
CohnReznick Foundation
Crowell & Moring Foundation
Sally Davis
DC Department of Parks and Recreation
Samantha L. Dean
Holly and Todd Deckelbaum
Charles DeSantis and David McDermott
David DeSantis and Todd Malan
Events DC
Jean-Marie and Raul Fernandez
Jade Floyd and Charles Small
Foundation of the Federal Bar Association
Jeanne and James Gilroy
Harkins Builders, Inc.
HRGM Corporation
Ileann Jimenez-Sepulveda and Hector Sepulveda
Andrea Kirstein
Anita Kulkarni and Amol Rangnekar
Eve A. Lilley
Jody Manor and Mario Diaz
Markel
Mazda North American Operations
McKinsey & Co.
Kristan McMahon
Robert and Joanna McNamara
Tsai Hong Miller
Saree Pitt
Erin and Matt Rizk
Jaya Saxena and Viyas Sundaram
Spa Logic Inc
Vivek Srivastava
Chris Stacey and Sam Stebbins
Standard Title Group, LLC
The Bourbon Concierge
The Fountain Inn
The Merck Foundation
The Stebbins Fund
Briana Thibeau and Joel Weinshank
Todd Travis
United Bank
World Bank
$1,000 – $2,499
Anonymous
Luanne Adams
Albert L. Tucker and Elizabeth T. Tucker Foundation
Altium Wealth
David Amann
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Ann Barnet
Stephen Beaudoin and Joseph Strasser
Malcolm J. Bertoni
Bose Public Affairs Group
George Bren and Denise Schlener
Mark Brennan and Stephen Benedicto
Diane Brenneman
Sarah Bruno
Ken Cluskey and Lisa Yuan
Daron and Lynn Coates
Coldwell Banker – Dupont/Logan Office
Michele de Nevers
Allen Devine and Andy Broadbent
J. Carroll Dey
Pam Dhaliwal
Kate Donatiello and Kyle Sprow
Melanie and James Douglass
Melissa and Ken Doyle
Dr. Bernadette Dunham and Dr. Raymond Petryshyn
Mary Kathleen Ernst and Edmund Spivack
Bertrand and Laura Fote
Zachary and Julie Friedlis
Friedman Capital
Lisa Fuentes and Thomas Cohen
Sara and Josh Gibson
Tom Glass and Phyllis Freedman
Natalie Grandison and Eamon Walsh
Helene M. Grandvoinnet and Nick Moschovakis
Barbara Harman
Heidi Harper
Monica J. Harrington
Leslie Harris
Meredith and David Haussler
Michelle McMurry-Heath and Sebastian Heath
Trent Heminger and Adam Younoszai
Angela Hsu
Brent and Andrea Jackson
Kenneth Jones
Daphne Kiplinger and Dave Steadman
Paula Y. Koda and John B. Trescot
KPMG LLP
Rajiv Lal
Wayne and Debbie Lizama
Akemi Maegawa
Pierre Malko
Clint Mann and Andrew Doster
Archana Mehta and Manu Raju
Robert Mileff
Eric Mitzenmacher and Allison Abayasekara
Jason Najjoum
Jana Nelhybel
Essence Newhoff and Paul Gardullo
Brian Nido
Omidyar Network Fund, Inc.
Rebecca Ravenal and Stephen Costello
Carolyn Roberts and Jim Everett
Barbara Rothkopf
Ian Shuman and Sarah Weiner
Steven Smith
Cora and Richard Stewart
Stephen Tabor
Paul Tetreault
The Carlyle Group
Edward and Venus Tuvin
Kenneth and Heather Voorhees
Evan and Marisa Wechsler
Christopher Wingert
Elizabeth and Rick Witter
Julie and Albert Wood
Melissa Wyers
$500 – $999
Kimberly Adler and Aaron Knight
Nancy Berkowitz
Joe and Sue Bredekamp
Lydians of Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
David Cordell
Della Cronin and Bob Mangum
Erica and Marcel Cummings
Anne Dammarell
Jason Danielson
Anne Di Rosa
David Diemert
Jeffrey Domber and Betty Bird
Ryan Doyle
Mary Beth and Peter Durant
Mario Garcia Durham and Craig Horness
Maureen and Chris Dwyer
Stephen Dwyer and Kate Riley
Julie Egermayer
Gabriel and Mariah Fry
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Fuller
Jonathan and Jodie Gilbert
Trish Glowacki
Linda and William Goldman
Miriam Gonzales and Michael Fitzpatrick
Randi Greenwald and Lowell Turnbull
Camilo Gutierrez
Sarah Guy
Kerry-Ann Hamilton
Kieran Hayes
Alyssa Henderson
Karen and Brendan Herron
Jubilee Jobs
Hugh B. Kaplan and Caroline L. Kaplan
James K. Kearney and Karla J. Letsche
Eugene Kluesner and James Rose
Sophia Krentzman and John Gruener
Laura Lallos and David Harrell
Jeffrey Mason
Nancy and Nicholas McConnell
Gabriella Modan and Susan Fleischmann-Modan
Jennifer Myers
Howard and Dominie Nash
Ellin and Jim Nolan
Dr. Gail Kern Paster
Kayla Payne
Beth Plunkett
Erika Pont and Tom Tynan
Pamela Prather and Dennis Meyers
Anand Rajaram
Sam Roberson and Ted Buckley
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Christopher Rodousakis and R Nathan Hoyt
Carolyn Sappenfield
Harshita Saxena
Wendy and Daniel Shenk-Evans
Karen Spangler and Matthew Yeo
Roberta Spitzberg
Shavak Srivastava
Bettina and Chris Stern
Connie and Joe Tasker
Annie Totah
Boxerman Family
Philip Ward and Claire Cunningham
Adrianne and Dave Wegner
Mary Karen Wills
Bill and Serena Wiltshire
Yield Giving
Mary and Michael Young
Salman Zaheer and Inji Islam