Thank You
The Knights are deeply grateful for the generosity of the following individuals and organizations, whose support enables us to pursue our mission in New York City and around the world.
The following reflects contributors to our 2024-2025 season.
Founders Circle
Members of the Founders Circle are lead benefactors of The Knights whose foundational support forms the bedrock of the organization's sustainability, resilience, and innovation.
Guillaume & Andrea Cuvelier
Mela & Paul Haklisch
Naomi Wolfensohn & Jascha Preuss
Visionaries
Mimi & Barry Alperin
James Attwood & Leslie Williams
Deanna Bittker
Jun & Matt Brumberg
Mary & Brad Burnham
Hugo Cassirer & Sarah Buttrick
Judy & Tony Evnin
David Hung
Mark Jackson & Karen Hagberg
Debra & Dale Lewis
Linda Nelson
Steven Perles
Joseph Rose
Susan & Elihu Rose
Gary L. Wasserman & Charlie Kashner
Sustainers
Amy Adams
Lora Aroyo & Chris Welty
Robert & Jane Barkei
Graham Parker & Adam Benson
Anna Clyne
Randall Frank
Robert Graziano & Diana Graziano
Edmund Jacobsen & Susan Bloom
Mark Ptashne & Lucy Gordon
Connie Steensma & Rick Prins
Hannelore Wilfert
Arshad Zakaria
partners
Olivier Berggruen & Desiree Hayford-Welsing
Robert & Carol Braun
Nick Britell
Jody Elff
Katherine Elliott
Audrey Francis & John Hodges
Paul Sekhri & Mark Gude
Tom Roush & LaVon Kellner
Michael & Jamie Lynton
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
Jason Price
Melanie A. Shorin & Greg S. Feldman
Eliot & Lori Tawil
Roger Tilles
Phyllis & Bud Wulliman
SUPPORTERS
Henri Axel & Sara Lee Schupf
Saar Banin
Barbara Brailowsky
Chris Bratton & John Barnard
Susan & Duncan Brown
Joan Benjamin & Larry Cherkis
Emily Berger
Noreen & Ken Buckfire
Mary Pat Buerkle & Rob Wachs
Veronica Bulgari
Paul & Katie Buttenwieser
Sophie Christman
Allen Clark
Dick Connette
Linda G. Conway
Larry & Sue Costin
Karin Day & Paul Kingsley
Melissa Eisenstat & Jonathan Blau
Peter Faber
Victoria Ferenbach
Fred Friedman & Cathy Demain Mann
Susan & Tony Gilroy
Mort & Judy Goldfein
Julianna Goodman
George & Laurence Gorayeb
Augusta Gross & Leslie Samuels
Brian & Amy Haklisch
Sylvia Hemingway
Alex Hemmer & Bridget Fahey
James & Edwina Hunt
Joan & James Hunter
Eric Jacobsen & Aoife O’Donovan
Anita & Robert Jacobson
Colin Jacobsen & Maile Okamura
Stephen Judson
Amos & Floy Kaminski
Andee Kay
Stephen & Belinda Kaye
Peter & Kate Kend
Carole & Henry Klyce
Joanne Lipman & Tom Distler
Mary Lockhart
Lowell & Sonja Noteboom
Rajika & Anupam Puri
Libellule & Russell Sarachek
Len & Louise Schaper
Richard Scordato & Susan Cox
Irene Rothschild & Daniel Rothschild
Christopher Rothko & Lori Cohen
Jack & Brenda Sielaff
Annaliese Soros
David & Sarah Stack
James & Caroline Tripp
Jack & Susy Wadsworth
Paul & Lisa Welch
Michelle Young & Augustin Pasquet
Friends
Pete & Anne Angevine
Jeff & Joan Beal
Elizabeth Beier
Ennius & Judy Bergsma
Jamie Bernstein
Bridget Mundy Budish & Sam Budish
Andrew Copper & Dr. Lucas Welter
Robert Croonquist
Corinne Dixon
ETHEL Quartet
Josh Frank & Nanae Mameuda-Frank
Ruth Gastel
Tina Gentzkow
Maria Gotsch
Sharon Gurwitz
Emily & James Holdstein
Michael Holley
Jin Hu
Miriam Katowitz
Victoria Li
Ricky & Bobbi Litt
Scott & Jane Macdonald
Angelique Mango
Joanna Maravel
Judith Margulies
David & Jeanne Martowski
Dianne McKeever
Ray & Katherine Mendez
JB Michel
Paula Michtom
Jane & Saleem Muqaddam
Julia Murphy
Paul Neely
Heather Noonan
Dorothy Pacella
Carol & Steven Parker
Libbie & David Poppick
Guillaume Pirard & Ali Jones
Quent Capital
Amy Rosen & Arthur Weisberg
Lauren Brandt Schloss & Jonathan Schloss
Robert & Gail Seiden
Susan & David Shapiro
Suzanne Spinrad & Edward Geffner
Jacqueline Taylor & Steven Sobol
Michelle White
Public
National Endowment for the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts
Foundations
Aaron Copland Fund for Music
Alice M. Ditson Fund
The Amphion Foundation
The Clinton Family Fund
Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Howard Gilman Foundation
The Scout Fund
The Knights’ New York performances are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. Project support has been provided by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts-Art Works and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.