Our Supporters

THE FOUNDER’S SOCIETY

The Founders Society honors the Museum’s most generous donors who have made exceptional philanthropic contributions of $250,000 or more for the advancement of the Museum’s construction, exhibitions, educational programs and collections preservation.

Albert and Lillian Small Foundation
Alper Family Foundation

$1M – $4.9M
Barbara E. Burtoff Trust
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Cooley
Property Group Partners
Tina and Albert H. Small, Jr.
Albert N. and Marshall B. Small

$500,000 – $999,999
Andrew R. Ammerman, H. Max and Josephine, and Stephen Ammerman
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Lois and Richard England Family Foundation
Events DC
Goulston & Storrs
Kay Family Foundation, Inc.
Howard Morse, Laura Loeb and Family
The Smith-Kogod Families

$250,000 – $499,999
Cathy Bernard
Stanley and Sandra Hofberg Bobb Family Foundation
Marcella and Neil Cohen; Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation
Susie and Michael Gelman
Bernard and Sarah Gewirz
Gildenhorn-Speisman-Winer Families: Gildenhorn/Speisman Family Foundation; Honorable Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn; Catherine and Michael Gildenhorn; Carol and Michael Winer
Irene and Edward H. Kaplan
Jerome A. and Deena L. Kaplan Family Foundation
The Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation
Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind
National Endowment for the Humanities
Nussdorf Family Foundation
Ourisman Family
Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation
Anita and Burton Reiner and Family
Jeffrey and Patricia Pukatch; Rita Sislen; David and Pamela Sislen; and Charlie and Patti Sislen
Stieber Family: Sol and Esther Scherling Stieber; Martha A. and Jane C. Stieber
The Webber and Hyman Families
Robert and Phyllis Wolf

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS

$100,000 – $249,999
The Abramson Family
Fleur S. Bresler
Frances and Leonard Burka
Samuel Burtoff, M.D. Foundation, Inc.
Dorothy A. Canter
Harolyn and Michael Cardozo
Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation
Dweck Philanthropies
Margie and Mickey Elsberg
Norma Lee and Morton Funger
Aaron & Cecile Goldman Family: Paula Goldman; The Aaron & Cecile Goldman Family Foundation
Dr. Michael Goldstein and Susan Bales
The Gordon Foundation
Herman and Silverman Family: Linda and Jerry Herman; and Dr. Robert and Patricia Silverman
Emily and Neil Kishter
Stuart S. Kurlander and David L. Martin
PNC Ritzenberg/McCulloch/Piper Families: Cathy and Scot McCulloch; Janne Ritzenberg Piper Trust; and Trisha and Jim Ritzenberg
Michael Salzberg and Deborah Ratner Salzberg
Cindy and Rick Zitelman Family Foundation

$50,000 – $99,000
Nancy Alper
Anonymous
Carol and Gary Berman
The Bialek/Levitt Family Stuart and Martha Bindeman Charitable Trust
David and Harriet Bubes; Alan and Nancy Bubes; Ron and Lori Bubes; Ken and Shara Bubes; Mark and Amy Bubes
Cora and John H. Davis Foundation
Sharon Rabinowitz Chard-Yaron Maiya Chard-Yaron Edelson
Meg and Sam Flax
Esther and Bert Foer
The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Foundation
Dr. Cyrus Katzen Foundation, Inc.
Peter and Ineke Kreeger
Judy Lenkin Lerner and Mark D. Lerner & Family
Karen and Bruce Levenson
Wilma Probst Levy and Louis Levy
Amy and Alan Meltzer
Lynn and John Sachs and Susan Sachs Goldman
Martha and Phillip Sagon Family Foundation
Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation
Richard and Sondra Schoenfeld
Sidney and Peggy Silver
Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation, Inc
David Bruce Smith
Judy and Russell Smith
Jeffrey and Christie-Anne Weiss
Bill and Carolyn Wolfe
Harold and Nancy Zirkin

$18,000 – $49,999
Mitchell Berliner and Debra Moser
The Honorable Stuart and Wilma Bernstein
David P. Bindeman Family Foundation
Steve Blacher
The Blond Family
Nancy Robinson Breuer and Lanny A. Breuer
The Honorable Ann Brown Samuel Brylawski and Gail Sonnemann
Rebecca and David Burka; Marcy and Scott Burka; and Jeffrey Burka
James Cafritz
Jodi Cafritz and Mark Bronsky
Arlene and Harvey Cherner
Rose and Robert Cohen
Nancy and Edwin Colodny
William H. Davis
Warren and Diane Dennis and Family
Elizabeth Dubin
Sue Ducat
Irwin and Ginny Edlavitch
Margery and Mel Elfin
Elise and Marc Lefkowitz and William and Elaine Miller
Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman
Beth and Jim Glassman
Alan and Ellen Glazman
Goldman DeMarco Family Charitable Foundation
LTC Michael Goldstein
Nancy and John Harris
Dr. Jeffrey and Susan Hausfeld; Michael and Marilyn Hausfeld; and Joshua and Melissa Hausfeld
Sonia and Joseph Herson
Paul & Annetta Himmelfarb Foundation
Alexandra and Michael Horowitz
Sherry Bindeman Kahn and David Kahn
Bruce and Leslie Lane
Bruce and Kimberly Levin
Mark Levitt and Kay Klass
Ernie and Madalyn Marcus
Ida, Philip, Marlene, Lou, and Jeff Menick
Irvin B. Nathan and Judith Walter
Brett and Deborah Orlove
Edith Chidakel Pascal and Charles M. Pascal
Debbie Levy and Rick Hoffman
Peggy Kronsberg Pearlstein
Family of Libby and Louis Pohoryles
Arnold and Diane Polinger
Lauren and Samuel Racoosin
Lisa Reiner
Susan Landis Rosenblum and David Rosenblum
Howard Schreier
Shrensky Foundation, Inc.
Gene Sofer and Judith Bartnoff
Dr. Stuart Sotsky
Mary and Jim Speyer The Speyer Foundation
Scott and Karen Stempel
Steven Sumberg
John A. Tolleris
Diane Abelman Wattenberg
Sandy and Jon Willen
Chris Wolf and Jim Beller
Linda and Bob Youngentob
Youngentob Family: Stuart; Bonnie; Marc; Dana; and Jaclyn
Shelton and Rory Zuckerman

Thank you to the following area congregations for their support of the Museum:

Adas Israel Congregation
Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation
Bet Mishpachah
Beth El Hebrew Congregation
Bethesda Jewish Congregation
B’nai Israel Congregation
Congregation Agudas Achim
Congregation Etz Hayim
Congregation Har Shalom
Fabrangen Havurah
Hill Havurah
Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation
Sixth & I
Temple Beth Ami
Temple Emanuel of Kensington
Temple Micah
Temple Rodef Shalom
Temple Shalom
Temple Sinai
Tikvat Israel Congregation
Washington Hebrew Congregation

THE 1876 LEGACY SOCIETY

A planned gift to the Museum is a legacy—a way for you to invest in the Museum’s mission. Bequests and other legacy gifts are important ways to secure the Museum’s financial future.

Benefits include recognition in Museum publications, invitations to future special programming, and the knowledge that you have helped to ensure our community’s stories will be shared and preserved.

Thank you to the members of the 1876 Legacy Society:

Carolyn S. Alper (z’l)
Richard Alper
Sandra and Clement Alpert (z’l)
Andrew R. Ammerman
Henry Brylawski (z’l)
Susan Carbo
Stanley Cohen
Margery Elfin
Mel Elfin (z’l)
Tillie Laskin Fenichel (z’l)
Norma Lee and Morton Funger
Ricki Gerger
Isabelle Gichner (z’l)
Aaron Goldman (z’l)
Paula Goldman
Rocxey Kurlen Hais (z’l)
Sidney Hais (z’l)
Margot Heckman (z’l)
David Margolies
Howard Morse and Laura Loeb
Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind
Brenda Pascal
Wilma Probst Levy and Louis Levy (z’l)
Stacy Reines
May Savage
Albert H. Small (z’l)
Russell and Judy Smith
Judith Bartnoff and Eugene Sofer
Jane Stieber
Hadassah Thursz (z’l)
John Tolleris Irvin Wolloch (z’l)

2023 ANNUAL DONORS

$25,000k+

Albert and Lillian Small Foundation
Anonymous
Cora and John H. Davis Foundation
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Events DC
HumanitiesDC
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Kay Family Foundation, Inc.
Ambassador Alfred H. Moses
Tina and Albert H. Small, Jr.
Christopher Wolf and James Beller

$10,000 – $24,999
Andrew R. Ammerman
Cathy Bernard
Constance Burtoff
Cooley
Marc and Anne Feinberg
Esther and Bert Foer
Jay and Linda Freedman
Ann and Thomas Friedman
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Alan and Ellen Glazman
Sonia Herson
Edward and Irene Kaplan
Levy Firestone Muse LLP
Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation
Paul & Annetta Himmelfarb Foundation, Inc.
Deborah Ratner Salzberg and Michael Salzberg
Wiley Rein LLP

$5,000 – $9,999

Judith Bartnoff and Eugene Sofer
Nancy Robinson Breuer and Lanny Breuer
Dorothy A. Canter
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Deloitte
Diane Eichner
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Mark and Melanie Jacobsen
Keehn Family Foundation
Douglas Morse
Al Munzer and Joel Wind
Lisa Reiner
Orna and Randall Reiner
Neal Shear
Cary Sherman and Ellen Kay
Dr. Robert and Patricia Silverman
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Diane Abelman Wattenberg
Weiner Brodsky Kider PC

$2,500 – $4,999

Alper Family Foundation, Inc.
Nancy Alper
Richard Alper
Ivy Barsky and Susan Weiss
Ann and Gerald Bass
Stacy Burdett and Tom Diaz
Maria and Robert Burka
Stanley Cohen
Miriam Daniel
Diane Lipton Dennis
Downtown DC Business Improvement District
Margery Elfin
Ricki Gerger
Elisa and Kenneth Glazer
Melissa and Josh Hausfeld
Alexandra and Michael Horowitz
Sherry Bindeman Kahn and David Kahn
Richard M. Kulp
Philip Margolius
Mid-Atlantic Arts
Lawrence Neff
Toba Penny
Harvey Pitt
Jules Polonetsky and Naama Lewin
Lauren and Samuel Racoosin
Barbara and Bert Rein
Steven and Marie Schram
David and Julie Silver
Marlene Singer

$1,000 – $2,499

Nancy Abramowitz and Mark Ellenberg
Clement and Sandra Alpert Designated Endowment Fund
Roselin Atzwanger and Eddie Lenkin
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky and Edward B. Cohen
Debra and Vincent Ben Avram
Vincent Berg
Fae L. Brodie Revocable Trust
Samuel Brylawski and Gail Sonnemann
Richard and Sherry Burka
Edwin and Nancy Colodny
Andy Cornblatt and Mindy Strelitz
Mark Director
Yvonne and Jeff Distenfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Dreyfuss II
Ginny and Irwin Edlavitch
Margie and Mickey Elsberg
Barbara and Gary Faigen
David and Eve Farber
James Feldman and Natalie Wexler
Meg and Sam Flax
Michael and Susie Gelman
Bernard Gewirz
Christine and James Goldberg
Brenda Gruss and Daniel Hirsch
Marilyn and Murray Hammerman
Marjorie Hass
Abraham & Freida Hochberg Foundation
Philip Hochberg
Robert and Ellen Leibenluft
Paula Levine and Stuart Metro
Lichtenberg Family Foundation
Richard Lieberman and Helene Weisz
Eli and Judith Lippman Family Foundation
Meredith Margolis
Mills Family Foundation
Matthew and Louise Myers
Brenda Pascal
Dr. Peggy Pearlstein
Abe Peled
Irma Poretsky
Karyn Posner
June and Marvin Rogul
Greg and Marti Rosenbaum
Rose Safir
Edwin and Sondra Schonfeld
Estelle Schwalb
Sarah T. Shapiro
Lawrence and Roberta Shulman
Judy and Russell Smith
Catherine Solomon
Marlem and Alex Stein
The Sulica Fund
Vicki Wallshein
Rosa Wiener