Current Supporters

Weeksville Heritage Center is a not-for-profit corporation whose Trustees operate the Museum in a building owned by the City of New York. The People of the City of New York provide major funding for WHC’s operations through the City’s Department of Cultural Affairs. The combined generosity of WHC’s Members, Trustees, and visitors, as well as that of corporate, foundation, government, and individual donors, underwrites WHC’s programs and activities each year.

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Institutional Funders

Special thanks to the following elected officials and government bodies:

Brooklyn Borough President
Governor of the State of New York
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Mayor of the City of New York
National Endowment for the Arts
New York City Council and its Brooklyn Delegation
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council

New York City Department of Youth & Community Development
New York State Council for the Arts
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
New York State Senate and its Brooklyn Delegation
State of New York

Special thanks to the following institutional funders:

Altschul Foundation
Association for a Better New York
Brooklyn Community Foundation
Booth Ferris Foundation
Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust
Ford Foundation
Howard Gilman Foundation
Humanities New York

Hyde and Watson Foundation
Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation Social Justice Fund
L. Violano Charitable Fund
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation
Mellon Foundation 
Mosaic Network & Fund in The New York Community Trust

New York Jets Foundation, Inc
Tiger Baron Foundation
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
William C. Bullitt Foundation
William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust
Yield Giving Open Call Fund

Special thanks to the following corporate donors:

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
COOKFOX Architects
Eve’s 3 LLC
Event Strategies for Success
Hiker
Landair, Inc.
National Grid Corporation 

The New School
Prospect Park Track Club
Riverdale Country School
Second Bolt
Schwab Charitable
Sussman Education Company
Wells Fargo Cleaning Services, LLC

Individual Donors

Joan Maynard Circle ($10,000+)

Jorge & Deborah Juantorena
Jessica Lee
Lauren Glant
Sharon Volckhausen
Timothy Simons
Anonymous Donor

James Weeks Circle ($5,000-$9,999)

Edward Weil
Forethought Advisors, LLC
Mister Sunday

Visionaries ($2,500 – $4,999)

Jacqueline Woodson
Henry Schwartz
Clotilde Simons
Susan Deutsch
Anonymous Donor
Margaret Morton

Leaders ($1,000-$2,499)

Ainka Shackleford
Arlette Ferguson Mathis
Blair Duncan
Carolyn Franklin
Charles White
Christopher Owens
Constance Mortell
Davita Scarlett
Elizabeth Pillsbury
Eric Deutsch
Evan Kingsley

Hyatt Anne Bass
Ian Hollender
Jessica Saratovsky
John Hardwick
Jonelle Rocke
Justin Rodgers
Justin Moore
Kevin Kelly
Liz Koch
Michael Williams
Nneka Udoh

Rachel Knapp
Robert Buckholz
Robert M. Schiffman Foundation
Robin Ottaway
Sean Spear
Shani Boone
Sharon Myrie
Steiner Studios
Steven Eisenstadt
Susan and Peter Restler

Creators ($500-$999)

Adrian Mair
Alan Fishman
Allen Finkelstein
Amy Shearn
Andrew Rosen
Andrew and Blake Foote
Blythe Terrell
Brian Steinwurtzel
Brian Lockner
Brian Cohen
Cobble Hill Preschool
David Lowin
Deborah Schwartz
Delrita Abercrombie
Depelsha McGruder
Dominic Williams
Don Simons
Eliza Rossman
Elizabeth Indek
Ellen Broude
Erika Brown
Ernie Jarvis

Geoffrey Rockhill
Glenda Mason
Glynis Mason
Janine Scott
Jeffrey Grossman
Jessie Kelly
Jim Rossman
Joy Bailey-Bryant
Julie Just
Kathleen Quarto
Kathy Franklin
Kevin G. Chavers
Laci Chisholm
Lester Young
Liam Kavanagh
Lisa Love
Lovelle Parsi
Lucy Baumrind
Margaret Poxon
Maria Carrasco
Marilyn Gelber
Mark Luebbers
Megan Shand

Michael Liburd
Mike Haynes
Mintzer Mauch PLLC
Monica Hammond
Nyisha Howell
Pamela Green
Patrick Jenkins
Randy Peers
Raquel Malmberg
Rhonda Greene
Richard J Moylan
Ronelle C. Porter
Sara Caples
Sheryl Davis
Sonya Pollard
Sophia Rennie
Susan Rifkin
Terry Kung
Theresa Gurl
Wendy Doremus
Zakiyyah Mohamed-Stevens

And 1 Anonymous Donor

Sustainers ($100-$499)

Abigail Sine
Ada Potter
AKRF
Alex Eaton
Alice Griffiths
Allegra Kapovich
Amanda Cordell
Amanda Leake Lewis
Amy DeHuff
Andrea Moore
Andrew Bailey
Angela Lattibeaudiere
Ani Schaeffer
Anne Delaney
Anne and Mark Townsend
Anne Schwartz
Asheba Edghill
Ashley Evans
Ashley Mathis
Bahia Ramos
Barbara Futter
Benton Brown
Bert Johnson
Blondel Pinnock
Brenda Boyd Bell
Brian Saunders
Brightstar Ohlson
Brownsville Think Tank Matters, Inc. (D.R.U.M.)
Caitlin Henningsen
Carin Kuoni
Carla Freyvogel
Cathleen Snyder
Cheri Hawkins
Cherrie Felisbret
Chloe LaBorde
Christian Manganelli
Christie Peale
Christina Jorge
Clare Bruff
Coco Killingsworth
Consuelo Celestine
Courtney McDowell
Dana Simmons-Greco
Damali Robinson
Daphna Gutman
Daria Hall
David Brown
David Hochman

Davida Davis
Dawn Walker
Debra-Ellen Glickstein
Denise Christian
Ebonie Jackson
Edisa Weeks
Edward Golebiewski
Eileen Ragone
Elizabeth Kingsley
Elizabeth Way
Elizabeth Thabet
Elke Dehner
Elwanda Young
Erica Ress
Erica Davis
Erum Jaffer
Ethan Weinstock
Farrah Lafontant
Fern Khan
Frances and Ronald Green
Gabrielle Mathis
Geoffrey Roehm
George Petras
Gina Frazier
Greg Pfadenhauer
Gregory Anderson
Gwendolyn Walker
Hilary Appelman
Howard Katzman
Hurman Nicholson
Jacqueline Smalls
James Basili
Jamie Bennett
Jeffery Gleaves
Jenna Rogers-Rafferty
Jennella Young
Jennifer Way
Jennifer Just
Jermaine Smith
Jill Levinson
Jo Ann Benoit
Joan Tropnas
JoAnne Meyers
John Felder
Jonathan Marable
Joyce Brayboy
Kangela Moore
Kate Donahue
Kathryn McNulty

Katherine Schoonover
Katherine Sorresso
Kathleen Kearns
Kathleen Meyer
Keri Butler
Kristen Sensenig
Kyla Marshell
Laura Myers
Laura Phipps
Laura Smith
Laurette Evora
Laurie Cumbo
Leslie-Ann Bolden
Lila Carpenter
Lillian Risbrook
Lily Paulina
Lisa Smith
Louis Shaff
Loyi Malu
Lucy Joffe
Margaret Harding
Margot Brooks
Marguerita Fletcher
Maria Towe
Marjorie Cadogan
Mark Foggin
Mary Alice Robertson
Mary Mann
Meg Fellerath
Megan Reid
Melanie Bush
Melanie Eckner
Melissa Sandor
Michael Massiah
Michael Donnay
Michelle Henry
Mirielle Clifford
Mitra Kaboli
Monica Richardson Pride
Monique Nelson-Nwachuku
Natalie Reid
Natalie Williams
Nora Daniel
Nora Lyons
Onyekachi Akoma

Paula Fendall
Paulette Washington
Pearl John
Quincy and Steffani Flowers and Jemison
Rachel Bonsignore
Rachel Ehrlich
Rashida Boyd
Regina Myer
Renata de Carvalho Gaui
Renee Chu
Rick Estiverne
Robert Cornegy
Rose Fox
Rosemarie DaCosta
Roxanne Fagan
Sandra Goodridge
Sara Frazier
Scott Irwin
Selena James
Shanna Sabio
Shari Pascarosa
Sheila Katzman
Stephanie Smith
Stephen Bellino
Stewart Eisenberg
Susan Sharer
Susan Clayton
Susan Olupitan
Susan Kurz
Susan Boyle
Susannah Everett
Sylvia Kinard
Tonya Gayle
Valerie Lewis
Valerie Rosenberg
Walis Johnson
Wayne Forde
Wesley Jackson
Whitney Hunter
Willy Schwenzfeier
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Yolaine Menyardt
Yuval Ortiz-Quiroga
Anonymous Donor

*Indicates a Weeksville Ambassador
List in formation as of September 29, 2023