The Vera List Center for Art and Politics is a research center and a public forum for art, culture, and politics.
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS
Each year, individuals from around the world make gifts to support the VLC. Their collective investment creates the financial foundation for our work and impact. We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals for their gifts made between July 1, 2022 and August 8, 2024, and we invite you to join them by participating in one of our three giving circles—Vera’s List, The Producers Council, and The New Society:
Vera’s List
Named in honor of our founder, Vera’s List is a dynamic group of individuals who support the VLC with annual gifts at various levels up to $999, anchoring all our work in community. Click here to join Vera’s List. Or, contact Tabor Banquer, Director of Strategy and Advancement, at banquert@newschool.edu or 646.909.3564, for more information.
☨Denotes current and former board members
^Denotes current and former staff
§Denotes monthly donors
Mariana Amatullo☨
John Bacon
Jeff Baysa
Elizabeth Dickey^
Simone Douglas
Linda Dunne
Alan Felsenthal§
Yevgeniy Fiks
Margaret Fiore
Bill Godber
Flurina Graf
Jane Hait
David Herskovits
Daniel Hill
Edwin Huddleson
Germaine Ingram
Amy Jedlicka
Stefanie Johnson§
Nina Katchadourian
Tom Klem
Elisabeth Kostin§
Carin Kuoni☨^§
Gisela Kuoni
Jessica Kwok
Ruby Lerner
Natasha Logan
Lenore Malen
Louis Massiah☨
Fran Ilich Morales Muñoz
Sina Najafi☨
John Oakes
Mendi + Keith Obadike☨
Leyla Öztürk§
Sadaf Padder☨
Nancy Delman Portnoy☨
Cresa Pugh§
Jino Rahimi§
Tatiana Rais§
Silvia Rocciolo☨
Ingrid Schaffner☨
Rich Sheaffer§
Sonam Singh§
Rose Turshen§
Andrew Wiener§
The Producers Council
The Producers Council is a group of individuals whose leadership support ensures the success of the VLC’s dynamic programs. Producers Council members make annual gifts at one of the following levels: $1,000+; $2,500+; $5,000+; $10,000+; or $15,000+. Those members at the $15,000+ level are recognized as the lead sponsors of our Fellowship Program and will be acknowledged on all print and online materials as well as at in-person and online programs related to the fellowships. Click here to join the Producers Council. Or, contact Tabor Banquer, Director of Strategy and Advancement, at banquert@newschool.edu or 646.909.3564, for more information.
☨Denotes current and former board members
^Denotes staff
$15,000+
Lead Sponsors of 2022-2024 Fellowship Program
Danny Altabef☨
Frances F.L. Beatty☨
JK Brown☨ and Eric Diefenbach
Agnes Gund
Jane Lombard☨
$10,000+
Ellen Taubman☨
$5,000+
Michael Cohn
Louise Neri☨
Megan Noh☨
$2,500+
Norman Kleeblatt☨
Susan Meiselas☨
$1,000+
Tabor Banquer^
Gabriella De Ferrari
Beth Rudin DeWoody and Firooz Zahedi
Linda Earle☨
Susan Hapgood☨
Alan Michelson☨
Andrea Woodner
The New Society
The New Society is a group of individuals who have established a planned gift to secure a vibrant future for the VLC.
Click here to join The New Society. Or, contact Tabor Banquer, Director of Strategy and Advancement, at banquert@newschool.edu or 646.909.3564, for more information.
☨Denotes current and former board members
Eleanor Alper
Norman Kleeblatt☨
Carin Kuoni^ and John Oakes
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS
Institutions, especially those from the foundation community, provide essential resources that allow us to support artists, pilot innovative programs, advance and disseminate research, and serve the widest and most diverse possible audiences. We gratefully acknowledge the following institutions for their grants made between July 1, 2022 and August 8, 2024; many grants support activities over multiple years:
$500,000+
Mellon Foundation
$400,000+
Ford Foundation
$300,000+
The Boris Lurie Art Foundation/The Schaina and Josephina Lurje Memorial Foundation
$100,000+
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Less than $100,000
American Chai Trust/Michael Cohn
Dayton Foundation
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature
Terra Foundation for American Art
If you are a grant-making institution interested in supporting the Vera List Center, or would like more information about our work, please contact Tabor Banquer, Director of Strategy & Advancement, at banquert@newschool.edu or 646.909.3564.
IN-KIND SUPPORTERS
We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals and organizations who have provided in-kind support in the form of donated goods and services during our current (2022–2024) and most recently concluded program cycles (2020–2022):
Bridge Philanthropic Consulting
Mendi + Keith Obadike☨
Executive Dean’s Office, Schools of Public Engagement, The New School
The New School
If you are interested in making an in-kind contribution to support the work of the Vera List Center, please contact Tabor Banquer, Director of Strategy and Advancement, at banquert@newschool.edu or 646.909.3564.