Our Supporters
Creative Capital Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, gratefully acknowledges the generosity of numerous foundations, corporations, public funders, and individuals who power our grants and services to artists across the country.
Supporters Fiscal Year 2026
Founding Supporter
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
$100,000+
Anonymous
Sarah Arison
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Doris Duke Foundation
Isa Catto and Daniel Shaw, Catto Shaw Foundation in honor of Bailey Shaw
Agnes Gund
The Hearthland Foundation
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
MacArthur Foundation
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council
Thompson Family Foundation
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Paige West
$25,000–$99,000
Anonymous
Bernstein Family Foundation
Reginald M. Browne
Half Barn Fund
Linda Genereux and Timur Galen
Emily and Augusto Giacoman
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack/ASU Gammage
Matthew Keesan
Wanda Kownacki
Joseph V. Melillo
National Endowment for the Arts
Tatiana Nikitina
Deirdre Guice Reese
Michele Tortorelli and Thomas D. Kearns
$10,000–$24,999
Laura Bardier, James Howell Foundation
Mr. Daniel J. and Mrs. Dawna P. Calderone
Channing Dungey and Scott “Sourdough” Power
Lyda Kuth, LEF Foundation
The O’Grady Foundation
Stephen Reily and Emily Bingham
Reily Foundation/Stephen Reily Family Fund
Corey M. Robinson
Katie Adams Schaeffer
Mickalene Thomas*
$5,000–$9,999
Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson
James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach
Elaine Chen-Fernandez
JiaJia Fei
Jody Guralnick and Michael Lipkin Family Fund
Colleen A. Murphy
Grace Oh and John Chan, Formation Association Architecture
Kevin A. Pemberton
Mariko E. Silver
Connie Yang
$1,000–$4,999
Anonymous
Edgar Arceneaux* in memory of Merc and Frank Arceneaux
The Blum Family Charitable Fund
Cary Brown-Epstein
Lee Buck in memory of Chris Doyle
Carla and David Crane
Charlotte Eyerman
Cheryl Finley
Joseph G. Finnerty III
Elaine Goldman and John Benis
Lisa Heller
Gill Holland
Kristina Horn
Nana Lampton
Ruby Lerner
KC Maurer
Microsoft
Muriel Pollia Foundation
Deborah and Andy Rappaport in memory of Chris Doyle
Jon Reiss, 8 Above
Paul Rucker*
Gregory N. Sale
Jill Steinberg
Catharine R. Stimpson
Alice Gray Stites
Sam Van Aken*
Fred Wilson
$250–$999
Anonymous (2)
Alben F. Bates and Clara G. Bates
Foundation in memory of Chris Doyle
Amy Cassello
Etienne Charles*
Catharine Clark Gallery in memory of Chris Doyle
JonMarc Edwards
Hasan Elahi*
Margot Ernst
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Mariam Ghani*
The Goldstone Family Foundation
Nicolas Grabar in memory of Chris Doyle
Lewis Hyde
Olukemi Ilesanmi in memory of Chris Doyle
Allen Kleinman
Margaret Lawrence
Bonnie Levin
Scott Macaulay
Denise Markonish in memory of Chris Doyle
Nancy Martin
Diane L. Max in honor of Joseph V. Melillo
Anne McCollum
Aliza Nisenbaum*
Kristen K. O’Connor
Sheryl Oring*
Anne Patterson*
Renaud Proch
Cindy Rucker and Markus Linnenbrink
James Schamus
Ira Silverberg
Tom and Joan Tropp
Karen Wong
Kristinawong.com*
Conrad Woody
Carol Yorke and Gerard Conn
Marina Zurkow*
$5–$249
Anonymous
Dahlak Brathwaite* in honor of
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack
Liz Cohen in memory of Chris Doyle
James Claiborne
Sarah Duzyk
Katrina Fincher
Cheryl Gackstetter in memory of Paula Freed
Kelley Girod in honor of Eme Udoh
Sarah Haimes in honor of Katie Adams Schaeffer
Rachel Hislop in honor of those who dedicate their lives to art
Michelle Johnson in honor of Colleen Jennings-Roggensack
Sarah Jones
Ann Levy
Rory MacIntyre in honor of Colleen A. Murphy
Robert Moylan in honor of Melanie Moylan
Ranu Mukherjee
Rashaad Newsome*
Marc Pally
Raymond Plaza in honor of Rachel Cerchiari
Rachel Rossin*
Aliza Sena in honor of Julie Saul
Susan Schulman in honor of Linda Schulman
Stephanie Shemin in memory of Chris Doyle, in honor of Ruby Lerner
Heather Strickland in honor of Brunch Bunch
Anton Stuebner in memory of Chris Doyle
Johnny Symons in honor of Zachary Symons-Rogers
Thanh Tran*
Anton Warendh
Deke Weaver*
Brian Westbrook in honor of
Caped Crusaders
Pioneer Winter* in honor of Susan Winter
July 1, 2025 to April 2, 2026
*Creative Capital Awardee
Supporters Fiscal Year 2025
Founding Supporter
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Institutional Supporters
Alexandre Gallery
Bank of America
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Doris Duke Foundation
Kresge Arts in Detroit
Lambent Foundation Fund, a fund of Tides Foundation
Public Funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council
The Muriel Pollia Foundation
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Thompson Family Foundation
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Waterson Garner
Individual Supporters
Denisse Acha
Anonymous (6)
Edgar Arceneaux*
Sarah Arison
Theresa Carpenter Beames and Roger Beames in honor of Barbara Simms Carpenter
Nancy Breslin
Jane Brown and Neil Didriksen
Reginald M. Browne
Isa Catto and Daniel Shaw, Catto Shaw Foundation in honor of Bailey Shaw
Raven Chacon*
Cézanne Charles*
Elaine Chen-Fernandez
Julia Christensen*
Christina Daniels
Neil de Crescenzo
Simone DiLaura
Catherine Carver Dunn
Sarah Duzyk
Cathy Edwards*
Hasan Elahi*
JiaJia Fei
Avram Finkelstein*
Karl Fowlkes, Esq.
Gibson Frazier
Linda Genereux and Timur Galen
Emily and Augusto Giacoman
Elaine Goldman and John Benis
Liz and Steven Goldstone
Alejandro González in memory of Lizzie Orizondo
Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Deirdre Guice
Agnes Gund
Jody Guralnick and Michael Lipkin Family Fund
Carina Hahn
Carol Hallock
Bang Geul Han*
Brian Harnetty*
Lisa Heller
Shue Her-Sturm
Augusta Brown Holland
Gill Holland
Kristina Horn
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Elizabeth Howard
Lewis Hyde
Cristina Ibarra*
Jess Jacobs and Bryan Keller
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack/ASU Gammage
Sarah Jones
Lisa Kim
KJB Images
Allen Kleinman
Emi Kolawole
Wanda Kownacki
Christine Kuan
Lyda Kuth, LEF Foundation
Ruby Lerner
Ann Levy
Melony and Adam Lewis Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation
Scott Macaulay
Jim Walker and Shauta Marsh
Yukari Matsuzawa
KC Maurer
Diane L. Max
Joseph V. Melillo
Ceci Moss
Colleen A. Murphy
Mark Newport*
Tatiana Nikitina
Kristen K. O’Connor
Kathleen O’Grady
Grace Oh, Formation Association
Count Omega and Evangeline Pontefract
Sheryl Oring*
Yukari and Greg Pass
Anne Patterson*
Deep Penesetti MD
Lisa Philp
Scott “Sourdough” Power, Founder, Arterial.org
David L. Ramsay and Richard E. Stewart
In Memory of Henry Leplin Rasof and Bernard Rasof
Jon Reiss, 8 Above
Corey M. Robinson
Andrew Sabl/Chiwoniso Kaitano Family Fund
Ope Sangosanya
James Schamus
Daphne Seybold
Margaret Silva
Ken Soehner
Paul Song
John D. Spiak
Catharine R. Stimpson
Alice Gray Stites
Meredith Talusan*
Michele Tortorelli and Thomas D. Kearns
Tom and Joan Tropp
Romy Vreeland and Sam Teigen
Gretchen Wagner
Laura Waller
Paige West
Fred Wilson
Kristinawong.com*
Carol Yorke and Gerard Conn
Marina Zurkow*
List includes supporters who donated $100 or more from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
*Creative Capital Grantee
Margaret Silva, Christine Kuan, and Ruby Lerner at the 2025 Creative Capital Artist Dinner.
Board and council members at June 2024 Creative Capital Carnival.
Creative Capital patrons visited the Venice Biennale in September 2024 to see the work of Jeffrey Gibson (2005 Awardee), the first Indigenous artist to represent the US.
Alton Murray, Charmaine Warren, Tony Turner. Deonté Lee/BFA.com
Nicole Fleetwood, Shelly Aarons, Philip Aarons, Emily Gerard. Credit: BFA/Madison McGaw
Chris Doyle and Isa Catto at Creative Capital Artist Benefit 2022.
We are tremendously grateful to all of the generous people and institutions whose support helps to maintain the vitality, renown, and success of future generations of Creative Capital Awardees.