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Our Supporters
We acknowledge individual contributors, our partners in the community, and foundation and corporate supporters who, through their commitment to bringing art and culture to diverse audiences, support the work of Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning.
Special Thanks
The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning is housed in a landmark building owned by the City of New York and is funded with public funds provided through the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State’s 62 counties; the New York State Senate and Temporary President Malcolm A. Smith; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin; the New York City Council; Council Speaker Christine Quinn; the Queens Delegation of the Council; Deputy Majority Leader, Councilman Leroy Comrie; and Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall.
Support of the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning is also provided, in part, by:
Astoria Federal Savings
Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust
The Barker Welfare Foundation
The Bay and Paul Foundations
Capital One
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Con Edison
Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation
The Economist Group
The Glickenhaus Foundation
Greater Queens Chapter of the Links
Hyde & Watson Foundation
The Robert Lehman Foundation
Materials for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs/NYC Department of Sanitation/NYC Department of Education
Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation
MetLife Foundation
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
New York Community Trust
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Emma Sheafer Charitable Trust
Laura B. Vogler Foundation
We also receive in-kind support from the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation and Arizona Beverages.
The renovation and construction of the Jamaica Performing Arts Center was made possible with generous support from the Office of the Mayor, present and former Queens Borough Presidents Helen M. Marshall and Claire Schulman, the New York City Council Deputy Majority Leader Councilman Leroy Comrie, former City Councilman Archie Spigner, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and Commissioner Kate D. Levin, Citibank, and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
In addition to the support of our contributors listed above, we acknowledge individual supporters and our partners in the community who, through their commitment to audience development and interest in art and culture, support the work of JCAL.
JCAL acknowledges the following individuals for their generous support:
Partner
Curtis Jackson
Steward
Judith Rivera*
Zuri McKie
Patron
Albert Song
Supporter
David and Marianne Almon
Susan Almon
Joseph Almon
Louise Barry
Lesia Bates-Moss
Joseph and Margaret Bersito
Luther Clark
Joi Corrothers
Sondra Crandell
Michael V. Daniels
Natasha Davids
Sonya Geder-Diggs
Tishon Henry
Arlene Isaacs-Lowe
Rachel Kobren
Joseph Mattone
Maria McCoy
Michael McGrath
John L. Moore
Sonia Rivera*
Sue Schneider
Archie Spigner
Friend
Ismael and Carol Alvarez
Harold & Beulah Bell
Julia D Bien-Aime
Merissa Billingsley
Arlene Burke
Cashel Campbell
Lesly Cerrato
Audrey Chan
Linda Clark
Charmaine Codnor
Howard E. Cooper
Theora R. Davis
Sharon R. Devonish
Paula Fisher
Joseph Fioretti
Valerie Garvin
Jennifer Gellineau
Kendell Harrington
Marion Hawkins
Elizabeth Hess
Doris Houston
Dana T. Johnson
Jean K. Kellman
Eva Keith
Deborah Khan
Esther Kim
Duane Lee
Haejae Lee
Rejin Leys
Elana Mann
Augusto and Maria Marques
Ishbelle R. Martin
Marcia Y. McCalla
Murdell Morris
Gail C. Noble-Robinson
Edriel M. Noel
Theresa Osborne
Germaine Alexander Parker
Ivory Parris-Dunn
James Radigan
Patricia Ralph
Caleb and Maria Ribera
Juergen Riehm
Christopher and Lisa Rush
Jean Schneider
Braulio Tapia
Helena Thomas
Dena Toussaint
Dethress D. Ulmer-Lesley
Sophia Walsh
Rudolph E. Walters
Joan D. Walker-Warren
Sharon Webley
Ygmar E. Wiel
Alexis Williams
Eleanor Woods
Wingson Wong
Devonia Wright
Odalis Wright
* JCAL would like to extend a special thanks to our Arts Partners, who have committed to make a donation each month. Your generosity helps to sustain our organization’s work, and we truly appreciate your dedication.