Carnegie Hall was born of the vision of a great philanthropist, and to this day the generosity of our donors is the bedrock of its continued Donors success. We thank our generous Trustees and the nearly 11,000 donors who contributed more than $27 million for the Annual Fund during the 2016–2017 season, enabling Carnegie Hall to continue the expansion of its artistic and education programs and strengthen its capacity to serve broad new audiences for years to come. Lee Chris Notables post-concert event 54 55 Platinum Circle ($50,000 to $99,999) E. H. A. Foundation Enoch Foundation Estate of Roger Abelson The Jack Benny Family Foundation Estate of Philip Chaves Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Daniel Clay Houghton Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Lundgren Rockefeller Brothers Fund Mr. Jay B. Rosenberg Suki Sandler Mrs. Henry T. Segerstrom Shubert Foundation Mr. and Mrs. A. J. C. Smith Anonymous (2) Hope and Robert F. Smith, Emily and Len Blavatnik, Sanford I. Weill, Mercedes T. Bass, and Clive Gillinson Beatrice Santo Domingo Golden Circle ($25,000 to $49,999) Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Benenson Donors Bialkin Family Foundation Ronald E. Blaylock The Edwin Caplin Foundation Platinum Circle Leslie and Tom Maheras The Ralph M. Cestone Foundation ($100,000 or more) Andrew J. Martin-Weber Mrs. Judith Chasanof Leni and Peter May Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Crawford Linda and Earle S. Altman The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Debs Estate of Brooke Astor The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education in The New York Community Trust Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse Jr. EGL Charitable Foundation Mrs. Mercedes T. Bass Whitney and Clarke Murphy Jean-Marie and Elizabeth Eveillard Luciano and Giancarla Berti Estate of Doris M. Ohlsen Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fried Blavatnik Family Foundation Estate of Benjamin F. Phillips Rosalind and Eugene J. Glaser Beatrice and Nicola Bulgari The Joe Plumeri Foundation Estate of Lillian Grifel Carnegie Corporation of New York Annette de la Renta Skarratt. Julie by Kovners and Bulgaris, Domingo, Lee; Chris by Gillinson and Bass, Weill, Blavatniks, Smiths, Photos: Mr. and Mrs. H. Dale Hemmerdinger Estate of Joy Craft Judith and Burton P. Resnick Hire Digital Media Learning Fund in New York Community Trust Nicola and Beatrice Bulgari Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Evnin Robertson Foundation Mrs. Klaus Jacobs Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation Stella and Robert Jones Ford Foundation Phyllis and Charles Rosenthal Lena Kaplan Susan and Edward C. Forst and Goldman Sachs Gives The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations Mrs. Andrea Klepetar-Fallek Marina Kellen French and the Anna-Maria and Ms. Sana Sabbagh (Member, Explorers) Stephen Kellen Foundation The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation Fund II Foundation Mrs. Julio Mario Santo Domingo A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation Howard Gilman Foundation The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund The Ambrose Monell Foundation Max H. Gluck Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stanley S. Shuman Mr. and Mrs. Lester Morse Jr. The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation David M. Siegel and Dana Matsushita Linda and Stuart Nelson Joan Harris, The Irving Harris Foundation Mr. Robert F. Smith Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joseph Neubauer Mr. Frederick J. Iseman Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon The Oni Zazen Collection JJR Foundation Sir Martin Sorrell and Lady Cristiana Falcone, Milton and Dorothy Sarnof Raymond Foundation Estate of Joanie Jones JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Resnick Estate of Doris Kass S. Donald Sussman Richard Roth Foundation Leona Kern Mr. Richard Tsai and Ms. Maggie Ueung Tsai Mr. and Mrs. Gregg L. Schenker The Kovner Foundation Justin Turkat Marge Scheuer and Family Bruce and Suzie Kovner Robert L. Turner Mr. Peter William Schweitzer Estate of Shirley W. Liebowitz Estate of Eva Vida Drs. Thomas and Cynthia Sculco Martha and Bob Lipp Joan and Sanford I. Weill Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Seidler Bruce and Suzie Kovner Audrey Love Charitable Foundation Paul Sekhri and Mark Gude 56 2016 | 2017 Annual Report Donors 57 Jeanne and Herbert Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Silverstein Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Smith James Thurmond Smithgall Mr. Jolyon F. Stern and Mrs. Nelle Nugent Vital Projects Fund Mary Ellen and Karl von der Heyden Mary J. Wallach Opening The Weiler Fund Night Gala George and Joyce Wein Foundation Wells College Trust Mr. and Mrs. David S. Winter Mr. Simon D. Yates Judy Francis Zankel Anonymous (2) Silver Circle Carnegie Hall launched Lester S. and Dinny Morse, Judy Francis Zankel, and its 2016–2017 season on ($20,000 to $24,999) Annette de la Renta Robert F. Smith and Burton P. and Judith Resnick Norman Benzaquen October 6, 2016 with a Estate of Elliott C. Carter concert featuring the Aaron Copland Fund for Music Simón Bolívar Symphony Estate of Leroy Alan Ehrenreich Orchestra of Venezuela Mrs. Sylvia Friedman Richard H. Holzer Memorial Foundation Barbara and Robert Glauber In honor of Ruth Widder Jill and Irwin B. Cohen conducted by Gustavo Mary Jane Wahl Gearns Foundation Florence Kaufman Mr. L. Jay Grossman Jr. Chris and Lonna Yegen Mr. Joseph M. Cohen Dudamel performing Jennifer and Bud Gruenberg Mr. Arthur L. Loeb Jean & Jula Goldwurm Pia and Jimmy Zankel Yvonne Cohen music by Ravel, Stravinsky, GWFF USA, Inc. Mrs. Nancy A. Marks Memorial Foundation Mr. Uzi Zucker Dr. and Mrs. Michael Cohn Brahms, Copland, Johann Sylvia and Leonard Marx Jr. The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation Lee Hallman Anonymous (3) Michele and Terry Cone Strauss Jr., Ginastera, and Trust for Mutual Understanding Ms. Lynn Nesbit Ms. Adriana Herrera Mr. and Mrs. Costa Constantine Bernstein. The jubilant Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Viñoly Mr. and Mrs. William G. Parrett Carl Jacobs Foundation Carnegie Circle Mr. Victor Constantiner musical atmosphere carried The Wallace Foundation Jephson Educational Trusts Robert and Susan Summer ($5,000 to $9,999) Mrs. Nancy Cooper over to the Grand Ballroom The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation Mrs. Douglas D. Thomas Ms. Alexandra Krofta Jones Estate of Charlotte B. Crosby Mr. and Mrs. Riad Abrahams of the Waldorf Astoria Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Fernand Lamesch Svetlana and Herbert Wachtell Foundation (Members, Explorers) Lisa A. and David J. Grais for a post-concert dinner Ms. Solange Landau Jeanette Sarkisian and Paul A. Wagner Arlene and Alan Alda D. Ronald Daniel and Lise Scott and dancing. Carnegie Leon Levy Foundation Chairman’s Circle Neil Westreich Atlas Acon Electric Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Diamond Hall donors showed their Mr. Yo-Yo Ma and Ms. Jill Hornor ($15,000 to $19,999) Ms. Jeanne Atkinson Stephen and Judy Dunn support by raising over Ms. Joyce Menschel Ms. Mariam Azarm (Member, Explorers) Dr. Joan Eliasoph, MD $4.6 million as part of the Ms. Sarah Arison Artist’s Circle Robert B. Menschel and Janet Wallach ($10,000 to $14,999) Babbitt Family Charitable Trust Mr. Otho E. Eskin Opening Night celebration. Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Ax C. Jay Moorhead Foundation Joseph Baio and Anne Grifn Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Fadem We send our deepest Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Marilyn and Robert Abrams Lee. Chris by Resnicks and Smith Skarratt; Julie by Benzaquen and Zankel, Morses, and Renta, la de Photos: Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Charitable Trust (Members, Explorers) Faith Golding Foundation Inc. gratitude to Gala Lead Mrs. Robert Allen In honor of Mr. Dennis M. Nally Mr. Norton Belknap Barbash Family Fund Mr. Giovanni Favretti Chairmen Mercedes T. Mr. and Mrs. Burnside E. Anderson III Beth Goldberg Nash and Joshua Nash Bass and Hope and Robert Ms. Fabiola Beracasa and Mrs. Stephanie Bernheim Margery Feldberg and Jeremy Levin Helen and Robert Appel New York Metropolitan Library Council F. Smith; Gala Chairmen Mr. Jason Beckman Daniel L. and Ann L. Bernstein Mr. Michael Finkelstein The Arnow Family Fund The Lizabeth and Frank Newman Committee Len and Mr. H. S. Beau Bogan and Ms. Elaine S. Bernstein Doucet and Stephen Fischer Mr. Elliot M. Friedman The Barker Welfare Foundation Charitable Foundation Emily Blavatnik, Blavatnik Jane and Raphael Bernstein Mr. Frederick Frank and Ruth and Louis S. Brause Mr. and Mrs. Michael Beaury The Wendy Obernauer Foundation Ms. Mary C. Tanner Family Foundation, Bruce Mr. Murat Beyazit (Member, Explorers) Mr. Michael Bretholz and Mr. Albert Berger and Ms. Carol Auerbach Mr. and Mrs. Leon B. Polsky Mr. and Mrs. John French III and Suzie Kovner, Marie- Mr. Sam Selim Beyda Ms. Sarah Wesley Peggy and Paul Bernstein Jane and Paul Rittmaster Efe and Robert Fribourg Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Ms. Gail Binderman Norman Brinker Fund of the Mr. Kim D. Bleimann Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen Ms. Janet Malcolm Botsford Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gilliam Annette de la Renta, Sana Communities Foundation of Texas Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Burch Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Saper Estate of Samuel Brandt Mr. Alexander Goldberg H. Sabbagh, Beatrice Santo James G. Brooks and Yann Coatanlem Ms. Elizabeth de Cuevas Mrs. Florence L. Seligman Domingo, Margaret and Gary Brewster and Tess Mateo Mr. David M. Goldman and Estate of Loretta Connolly Mr. and Mrs. Charles Diker Jackson E. and Evelyn G. Spears Mr. Mark A. Schafer Ian Smith, and Joan and Mr. William Buice Judith-Ann Corrente and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. DiMenna Foundation Charlotte Gollubier Sanford I. Weill; Corporate Robert and Margaret Burbidge Willem Kooyker Marjorie and Alan F. Doniger Mr. Joseph A. Stern Mr. Jerry Goodall Chairman Dennis M. Nally; Leonard and Heather Cariou Deeds Foundation Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation Mr. and Mrs.