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Announcement, May 5th 2025
HELP Roosevelt Island Concerts RECOVER THE Terminated $20,000 NEA Grant funds
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If you've been following Roosevelt Island Concerts this year, we were recently honored to receive a grant for $20,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts for 2025. This was a significant step forward for Roosevelt Island Concerts, recognition of our growth and expansion.
Unfortunately we were just informed that this grant has been terminated.
We are determined, however, to keep bringing first-rate classical music to Roosevelt Island, and wanted to let you know that you, our loyal audience, matter to us. With your help, we will make every effort to put on the rest of the programs we proposed for this year as planned.
We are asking 200 people to give $100 to help recover the full amount of our recently- canceled NEA grant of $20,000. No amount is too small, however, so please give as much as you are able. Let’s prove together what we know to be true: The arts are kept alive by the community that surrounds them.
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With warmest wishes and gratitude,
The Roosevelt Island Concert Team
Marc, Iris, Ralph, Benjamin, Yi-heng
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Contribute by check payable to R. I. Concerts, and bring it to one of our concerts.
​or mail to RI Concerts, 30 River Road, apt 18C, New York, NY 10044
Contributions are tax-deductible.
Our tax ID number is 27-3152518.
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Friend $50
• recognition in our programs and website
Supporter $100
• two reserved seats to 1 concert
• recognition in our programs and website
Benefactor $250
• signed CD of Mr. Hochman’s 2019 ECO recording*
• two reserved seats to 3 concerts
• recognition in our programs and website
Sustainer $500
• invitations to orchestra dress rehearsals
• two reserved seats to all concerts
• all preceding benefits
Patron $1,000
• invitations to post-concert receptions
• all preceding benefits
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Primary Funders
$5,000
• recognition in our print and online ads
• all preceding benefits
$10,000
• Title Presenter of a chamber concert
• all preceding benefits
$25,000
• Title Presenter of an orchestra concert
• a chamber concert in your home or at your venue
• all preceding benefits
60,000
• Title sponsor of the concert season for a year
• a chamber concert in your home or at your venue
• all preceding benefits
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*A signed, complimentary CD of Benjamin Hochman’s London recording of two Mozart piano concertos, as guest conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra and as pianist
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We thank our generous individual and corporate donors
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We thank our generous individual, government, and corporate donors:
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Primary Funders
$20,000 or more
Musicians Emergency Fund
Roosevelt Island Public Purpose Fund
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$5,000 – $9,999
Judith Pisar
Jane Maxwell
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
National Endowment for the Arts
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$10,000 – $19,999
Martha Lou Henley
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$2,500 – $4,999
Pierre Courmont and Raymond M. Wapner
Michael and Deborah Goldberg
Suzanne Lubell
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Patrons $1,000 – $2,499
​Stephen Blank, in memory of Lenore
Ruth and Steven E. Frieder Manuella Gray
Sandra King
Naomi and John Landau
Isaac Nahem and Erin Feely-Nahem, in memory of Margot Feely
For Munin and Olivier with love
Yiheng Yang and Max Zeugner
TRIBA: Roosevelt Island Business Association
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Sustainers $500 – $999
Rachel N. and James C. Austin
Michael Friedmann
Hana Arie Gaifman
Linda and Donald Hunt
Eileen Kennedy
Carole Kleinknecht
Jacqueline H. Van Gorkom and Marty Kohli
Susan Lees
Albert and Daniele Novikoff
Chung-shu and Shirley Yang
Anonymous
Benefactors $250 – $499
Joan Afferica
Sara Allen
Lorraine Altman
Dmitriy Aronov
Susanna Briselli and Charles Boxenbaum
Joanne De Simone Eichel
Michael J. Rindler and Janet L. Falk
Daniel Gardner and Esther P. Gardner
Susan and Gary Haberman
Laszlo and Zsuzsa Hamos
Matthew M. Katz and Sherie Helstien
Marilyn Schiller
Donald J. Semenza
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Supporters $100 – $249
Lorraine Altman
Alyssa Bautista
Linda Becker
Margaret K. Brooks
Alex Carballo-Dieguez
Fernando Carnavali
Robert and Sheila Chazin
Judy Connorton
Aniruddha Das
Marty Dinnerstein
Anna Doumnova
Sande and Mitch Elinson
Mary Clare Eros and James J. Eros
Vicky Feinmel
Marvin Forman
Bonnie Goodman
Annie Gottlieb
Katherine Grimm
John L. Hammond
Jonny Heiss
Mary S. Holland
Devjani Huggins
Leon Axel and Barbara Kerkstetter
Ray F. Lee
Christiana M. Leonard
Lisa Matricardi
Richard & Janis Meyer
Sara & Stamos Metzidakis
Anita Michael
Jack R. Norton
Stephanie H. Pincus
Jane Poole
Ellen and Howard Polivy
Michael Rosenthal
Donald J. Semenza
Margie Smith
Veronika Solt
Otto Sontag
Trish and Arthur Toback
Margaret Tsu
James D. Vance
Barbara G. Vickrey and Martin F. Shapiro
Carl Weisbrod
Anonymous (many)
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Friends $50 – $99
Jaromy Arpad
Qais Al Awqati
Irene and Richard Braccini
Darcy Brisbane Kelley
Kristin Carotenuto
Kaylan Christianer and Andrew Teich
Kfir Eliaz and Noa Greenberg
Irina Hage
Thom Heyer & Stephen Quandt
Tim Johns
Darcy Brisbane Kelley
Jane Lobbenberg
Anne A. McDonald
Richard Meyer
Jack Norton
Nicole P. Pell
Tammy L. Remington
Carl E. Schoonover
Omri Shimron
Jane Swanson
Steven D. and Ellie P. Tobochnik
Barbara Tversky
John T. Vaughan
Mary B. Welch
David and Marcia Welles
Suzanne Wolf
Zachary Woolfe
Ljova Zhurbin
Anonymous (many)
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We make every attempt to list each of our generous supporters fully and correctly. Kindly notify us if we have made an error and we will gladly make changes as needed. Thank you.
Updated September 2025