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)

2025 Annual Donors

$100,000+
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Family Foundation
Patty Alper Cohn and David Cohn
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Dr. Cyrus Katzen Foundation
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice

$50,000-99,999
Albert and Shirley Small Family Foundation
Richard Small Alper
Stanley and Sandra Hofberg Bobb Family
Ambassador Alfred H. Moses
Howard Morse and Laura Loeb
Shirley Small (z’l)
Tina and Albert H. Small, Jr.
Stieber Family
Dr. Diane Webber and John Webber
Christopher Wolf and James Beller

$25,000-49,999
Robert I. Schattner Foundation
Cora and John H. Davis Foundation
Diane Lipton Dennis
Sue Ducat
Kay Family Foundation, Inc.
Martin J. Kirsch Estate
Arlene and Robert Kogod
Martha and Phillip Sagon Family Foundation
Ira and Becky Mendelson
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind
National Endowment for the Humanities
Jeffrey Z. Slavin
Beatrice and Anthony Welters

$10,000-24,999
Ava Abramowitz and Neil Rackham
Susan Abramowitz and Aaron Gurwitz
Geraldine Acuna-Sunshine
Andrew R. Ammerman
Annette M. & Theodore N. Lerner Family Foundation
Lerner- Cohen-Tanenbaum Families
Judith Bartnoff and Eugene Sofer
Cathy Bernard
Bernstein Family Foundation
Sherry Bindeman Kahn and David Kahn
Mary and David Boies
Nancy Robinson Breuer and Lanny Breuer
Harolyn and Michael Cardozo
Marcella and Neil Cohen
Edwin and Nancy Colodny
Cooley LLP
Meg and Samuel Flax
Esther and Bert Foer
Ann and Thomas Friedman
Terrie Gale and Robert Adler
Robert and Kate Giaimo
Gildenhorn Speisman Family Foundation
Elisa and Kenneth Glazer
Sonia Herson
David A. and Beth Javdan
Tracy and Greg Kalik
Abbe Levin
Debbie Levy and Rick Hoffman
Jeannie Milbauer and Bill Knapp
Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation
Nussdorf Family
Brett and Deborah Orlove
Lauren and Samuel Racoosin
Barbara and Bert Rein
Lisa Reiner
Deborah Ratner Salzberg and Michael Salzberg
Dr. Robert and Patricia Silverman
Bill and Carolyn Wolfe
Jeffery and Jean Yablon
Nancy and Harold Zirkin

$5,000-9,999
Nancy Abramowitz and Mark Ellenberg
Nancy Alper
Roselin Atzwanger and Eddie Lenkin
Berman Family Foundation
Lynn and Wolf Blitzer
Debbie and Jeremy Brown
Samuel Brylawski and Gail Sonnemann
Stacy Burdett and Tom Diaz
Maria and Robert Burka
Jodi Cafritz and Mark Bronsky
Dorothy Canter
Charles and Margaret Levin Family Foundation
Thea Cohen and David Yellin
Warren Davis and Madge Henning
Dentons US LLP
Ginny and Irwin Edlavitch
Eli and Judith Lippman Family Foundation
Julius Genachowski
Peter and Denise Glassman
Alan and Ellen Glazman
GMP LLP
Debbie Goldberg and Seth Waxman
Robert and Marc Groman
Madelyn and Steve Harris
Craig Hoffman and Albert Lauber
Alexandra and Michael Horowitz
James Cafritz Family Giving Fund
Edward and Irene Kaplan
Aimee and Robert Lehrman
Samuel Lehrman
Russell Lindner
Mandy Lippman and Mark Ohan
Lois and Richard England Family Foundation
The Morningstar Foundation
Linda and Sidney Moskowitz
Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation
Lawrence Neff
Toba Penny
Orna and Randall Reiner
Carol Schwartz
Neal and Jacqueline Shear
Jake and Irene Sherman
David and Julie Silver
Marlene Singer Zakai
Judy and Russell Smith
Gigi Sohn and Lara Ballard
Dr. Stuart Sotsky
The Ford Foundation
Diane Abelman Wattenberg
Stuart and Bonnie Youngentob

$1,000-4,999
Abraham & Freida Hochberg Foundation
Gary and Penny Abramson
Andrew Adelson
Jeffrey Akman
Lois Alperstein
American Friends of Yahad-In Unum
Rebecca Anhang Price and Matthew Price
Atlantic Union Bank
Barbara and Ronald Balser
Ann and Gerald Bass
Vivian Bass
William Begal and Kira Epstein
Amy and Joshua Berman
Carol and Gary Berman
Marc Bernstein and Jeffrey Burka
Kathy and Barry Bernsten
Bet Mishpachah
Richard and Suanne Beyda
Betsy and Robert Bindeman
Steve Blacher
Blake Real Estate LLC
Jared Blum and Katherine Kiggins
Ali and Jason Bovis
Jill Broderick
Betty Brody
The Honorable Ann Brown
Alan and Nancy Bubes
Laurence and Sherri Cafritz
Ellen Churchill
Joan Churchill and Thomas Klein
Clement and Sandra Alpert Designated Endowment Fund
Edward and Jacqueline Cohen
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky and Edward B. Cohen
Rose Cohen
Andy Cornblatt and Mindy Strelitz
Marjorie Corwin and Neil Schechter
Miriam Daniel and Larry Wolf
Mark and Shari Director
Joseph D. Dreyfuss II and Kathleen Dreyfuss
Marc and Nancy Duber
Margery Elfin
Margie and Mickey Elsberg
David and Eve Farber
Rachel Farbiarz and Alex Lasky
Marc and Anne Feinberg
James Feldman and Natalie Wexler
Esther and Nathan Finkelstein
Miriam Fishman and Andrew Goldsmith
Jay Freedman
Suzan and Barry Friedman
George Wasserman Family Foundation
Ricki Gerger
Margery Goldberg
Dr. Leonard J. Goldman and Dr. Lisa A. DeMarco
Michael and Janet Goldman
Andrew Goldstein and Julie Rawe
Patrick Dibattista and Alfredo Gomez
Robert and Jill Granader
Rochelle Granat and Rhoda Schulzinger
Helaine Greenfeld and Richard Mintz
Brenda Gruss and Daniel Hirsch
Beatrice Gurwitz
Sarah Gurwitz and Stephen Bergen
Sheldon Harris
Jeff and Susan Hausfeld
Melissa and Josh Hausfeld
Wendi Hausfeld-Carragher and Stuart Carragher
Mary Hays
Debbie and James Heller
Jerry and Linda Herman
Robin Hettleman and Matthew Weinberg
Ira Hoffman
Stephanie and Jeffrey Holtzman
Stephen Jacobs and Patti Durr
Jerome A. and Deena L. Kaplan Family Foundation
Jaha Kareite
Eric Kassoff and Kerry Iris
Philip Katz
Celia Goldman and Laurence Kirsch
Edward and Nancy Kopf
Noam Kutler and Stephanie Schwartz
Leslie and Bruce Lane
Dina and Jerry Leener
Karen Lehmann
Zach Lerner
Richard Lieberman and Helene Weisz
Timothy and Lisa Lindon
David Lohr
Marchick/Kurland Donor Advised Fund
Kenneth and Marlene Markison
Cathy and Scot McCulloch
Allan and Rona Mendelsohn
Jeffrey Menick
Meredith Margolis and Gary Goodweather
Mid-Shore Community Foundation, Inc.
Gary Mintz and Sue-Jean Kim
Douglas and Claudia Morse
Margery and Robert Mueller
Sally Mulholland and Gene Sittenfeld
Nicole and Allan Mutchnik
Matthew Myers
Herlene and Yaacov Nagler
Honey and Al Nashman
Neil and Betty Noble
Ohr Kodesh Congregation
Christopher Olofson
John and Lisa Ourisman
Craig Pascal
Evelyn Pascal
Ron and Joy Paul
Dr. Peggy Pearlstein
Nancy Penn
PNC Foundation
Jules Polonetsky and Naama Lewin
Jason Pressberg
Liz Price
Wilma Probst Levy
Provincial Foundation
Ellen Ranard
Sean and Anne Regan
Renay and William Regardie
Allison Remsen
Ricki and Joe Rosenberg
Susan and David Rosenblum
John and Lynn Sachs
Gerald Savitsky and Susan Small Savitsky
Ben and Holli Sax
Milton Schneider
Stacy Schusterman
Estelle Schwalb
Melissa Schwartz and David Muenzer
Rhea Schwartz
Celia Shapiro and Douglas Kamerow
Penelope and Ed Shapiro
Michael Sheetz
Cary Sherman and Ellen Kay
Howard Sherwood
Margaret Shukur
Lawrence and Roberta Shulman
Rebecca Siman
Steven and Meryl Sitver
Anayansie and James Small
Ina Smith-Tornberg
Catherine and Robert Solomon
Abby Sosland and Mark Goodman
Debbie Sosland-Edelman and Alan Edelman
Marcy Spiro
Karen and Scott Stempel
Stuart and Martha Bindeman Charitable Trust
The Larry Jaffe Memorial Trust
John Tolleris
Michael Tubman and Samir Luther
Darren Walker
Jeffrey and Linda Webber
Harvey and Diane Weiner
Christie and Jeff Weiss
Kate and Seth Wernick
Jon and Sandra Willen
Evan and Amy Winston
Robert and Phyllis Wolff
Paul Wolfson and Neil Cohen
Paul Wright
Younes & Soraya Nazarian Family Foundation
John Zeller
Cathleen Zepelin
Pat and Stuart Zuckerman