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At Harlem Stage, we know the value of good ground. It’s a fertile place where seeds are sown, truth takes root, dreams blossom, and untold stories are set free. Each performance, each gathering, each voice uplifted at Harlem Stage is a seed planted. This sacred ground holds the power to nourish generations and reshape the future.
Your support touches the lives of visionary artists and dreamers alike. You help shape a world where untold stories are not only heard, but set free to travel across the world. You make Harlem Stage a sanctuary for expression, imagination, and a beacon of possibility.
When you give to Harlem Stage, you give to the power of truth-telling through art and to the uplift of our community—perhaps more important now than ever before.
Octavia Butler, award-winning science fiction writer and MacArthur Fellow, once wrote:
“All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you.”
Make your gift today. Let’s set our untold stories free.
Our Gala
In many ways, the Harlem Stage Gala is for those of us who don’t typically love galas—but who do love being in the company of kindred spirits: people who cherish diverse voices and perspectives, seek truth over spectacle, and move with purpose toward a more just and equitable world. We see our Annual Gala as more than an event—it is a living expression of Robert F. Kennedy’s belief that “each time a person stands up for an ideal, acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, they send forth a tiny ripple of hope…” Your presence, your gift, your belief—they are those ripples of hope. And every ripple matters. Together, we create the powerful current that allows Harlem Stage to set untold stories free. We hope you will join us and make Harlem Stage’s Gala an annual part of your giving.
Harlem Stage Family of Supporters
Endowment
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
The Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Public Support
New York State Council on the Arts—Chair, Katherine Nicholls
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs—Mayor Eric Adams and Commissioner Laurie Cumbo
The New York City Council—Councilmember Shaun Abreu and Councilmember Yusef Salaam
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine
Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
Foundations
Altman Foundation
Black Theatre United
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Columbia Community Service
Doris Duke Foundation
The Diana King Memorial Fund Presented by the Charles and Lucille King Family
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust
Ford Foundation
The Hearst Foundations
Howard Gilman Foundation
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
The Jerome Foundation
Jewish Communal Fund
Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts Foundation
Lambent Foundation/Tides Foundation
The Leonard and Robert Weintraub Family Foundation
The Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund
Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.
Lucille Lortel Foundation
MacMillan Family Foundation
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Metzger-Price Fund
Miranda Family Fund
The Mosaic Network and Fund
The Pierre and Tana Matisse Charitable Foundation
Pilot House
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Ruth Foundation for the Arts
The Scherman Foundation, Inc.
SHS Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Theatre Development Fund
The Thompson Family Foundation
Corporations
JoAnn Chase Company
Consolidated Edison Company
The Interpublic Group of Companies
Manhattan Beer Distributors
SESAC
West Harlem Development Corporation
William Morris Endeavor
Ziffren Brittenham LLP
Individual Donors
Anonymous • Randy Adams • Ashley Adjaye
Ronald K. Alexander* • Lisa Arrindell • Stefany & Simon Bergson
Angela Glover Blackwell* • Randy Bryant • Richard Buery
Giselle Byrd • Gayle Capozzalo • Drs. George & Mary Campbell
Geoffrey Canada • JoAnn Chase* • Christine Choi
Robyn Coles • Vicky Corman • Hugh Dancy* • Claire Danes*
Sally & John Draper • Dr. Indira Etwaroo • Susan Frost
Lisa Garcia • Stuart & Karen Gelwarg • Thelma Golden
Jessica Golden • Scott Lippstreu • Laura Greer • Agnes Gund
Monique Hanson • Drew Hawkins • Kinshasha Holman Conwill
Russell Hornsby • Margaret Hunt • Lisa Jackson
Debra James • Dwight Johnson • Terria Joseph
John Josephson • Carolina Zapf • Jenette Kahn • Michael Kenny
Steven Kirkpatrick • Brad Learmonth • Jon Gilman
Courtney Lee-Mitchell* • Kenny Leon • Channing Martin*
Frank H. McCourt, Jr. • Gay McDougall • Lawrence McRae*
Sherman & Chris Meloni • Lynn Nottage • Noreen O’Loughlin
Penwah Penwah • Stan Ponte • Terri Prettyman Bowles
Toby Rappaport • LaTanya Richardson Jackson • Rebecca Robertson
Rick Rosen • Calvin Royal III • Jacek Mysinski
Elizabeth Smith • Richard Cotton • Shadawn Smith
Edward Snowdon • Duffy Violante • Mark Thomas*
Tamara Tunie* • Erwin Underwood • Courtney B. Vance
Angela Bassett • Laura Walker • Bert Wells
Donna Walker Kuhne • Blair Washington* • Carrie Mae Weems
Alisha Johnson Wilder* • Todd Wilder* • Greg Williamson
Carol Wood Moore • Michael Young* • Patricia and Alfred Zollar