The Vera List Center for Art and Politics is a research center and a public forum for art, culture, and politics.

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS
Each year, individuals from around the world make gifts to support the VLC. Their collective investment creates the financial foundation for our work and impact. We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals for their gifts made between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2025, and we invite you to join them by participating in one of our three giving circles—Vera’s List, The Producers Council, and The New Society:

Vera’s List
Named in honor of our founder, Vera’s List is a dynamic group of individuals who support the VLC with annual gifts at various levels up to $999, anchoring all our work in community. Click here to join Vera’s List. Or, contact Tabor Banquer, Director of Strategy and Advancement, at banquert@newschool.edu or 646.909.3564, for more information.

☨Denotes current and former board members
^Denotes current and former staff
§Denotes monthly donors

Alan Felsenthal§
Alan Lundgard
Aleksandra Wagner
Amy Jedlicka
Andra Oakes and Edwin Huddleson
Andrew Weiner§
Barbara Turkewitz
Bill Godber
Carin Kuoni☨^§ and John Oakes
Carrie Kran
Cresa Pugh§
Daniel Hill
David Calabro
David Herskovits
Elaine Angelopoulos
Elisabeth Kostin§
Elizabeth Dickey
Flurina Graf
Fran Ilich Morales Munoz
Francesca Fiore
Germaine Ingram
Gisela Kuoni
Ieva Lygnugaryte
Ingrid Schaffner☨
Jessica Kwok
Jino Rahimi§
Joan Nelson
John Bacon
John Carson
Koan Jeff Baysa☨
Laura Limuli
Lenore Malen
Leyla Öztürk§
Linda Dunne☨
Louis Massiah☨
Louise Lawler
Mendi and Keith Obadike☨
Michelle Calabro
Nancy Delman Portnoy☨
Natasha Logan
Nina Katchadourian and Sina Khajeh-Najafi☨
Rich Sheaffer§
Rose Turshen§
Ruby Lerner
Sadaf Padder☨
Sarah Han
Silvia Rocciolo☨
Simone Douglas
Sonam Singh§
Stefanie Johnson§
Steven Rand
Suzanne Kite☨
Tatiana Rais§
Tom Klem
Yevgeniy Fiks

The Producers Council
The VLC Producers Council is a group of individuals whose leadership support ensures the success of the VLC’s dynamic programs. VLC Producers Council members make annual gifts at one of the following levels: $1,000+; $2,500+; $5,000+; $10,000+; or $15,000+. Click here to join the VLC Producers Council. Or, contact Tabor Banquer, Director of Strategy and Advancement, at banquert@newschool.edu or 646.909.3564, for more information.

☨Denotes current and former board members
^Denotes staff

$15,000+
Danny Altabef☨
Francis Alÿs
Frances Beatty Adler☨
JK Brown☨ and Eric Diefenbach
Agnes Gund☨
Jane Lombard☨
Mickalene Thomas
Andrea Woodner
David Zwirner

$10,000+
Michael Cohn
Ellen Taubman☨

$5,000+
Jane and Mark Cohen
Theaster Gates
Louise Neri☨
Megan Noh☨

$2,500+
Linda Earle☨
Susan Hapgood☨
Norman Kleeblatt☨
Susan Meiselas☨
Alan Michelson☨
Anthony Williams

$1,000+
Eleanor Alper
Tabor Banquer^
Gabriella De Ferrari
Beth Rudin DeWoody and Firooz Zahedi

The New Society
The New Society is a group of individuals who have established a planned gift to secure a vibrant future for the VLC.

Click here to join The New Society. Or, contact Tabor Banquer, Director of Strategy and Advancement, at banquert@newschool.edu or 646.909.3564, for more information.

☨Denotes current and former board members
^Denotes current and former staff

Eleanor Alper
Norman Kleeblatt☨
Carin Kuoni☨^ and John Oakes

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS
Institutions, especially those from the foundation community, provide essential resources that allow us to support artists, pilot innovative programs, advance and disseminate research, and serve the widest and most diverse possible audiences. We gratefully acknowledge the following institutions for their grants made between July 1, 2022 and August 8, 2024; many grants support activities over multiple years:

$500,000+
Kettering Fund
Mellon Foundation

$300,000+
The Boris Lurie Art Foundation/The Schaina and Josephina Lurje Memorial Foundation

$100,000+
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Less than $100,000
American Chai Trust
Amherst College
Arizona State University
Australian Consulate-General in New York
David Zwirner LLC
Dayton Foundation
Hamiltro Website Design
Marian Goodman Gallery
Microsoft Corporation
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature
Terra Foundation for American Art

If you are a grant-making institution interested in supporting the Vera List Center, or would like more information about our work, please contact Tabor Banquer, Director of Strategy & Advancement, at banquert@newschool.edu or 646.909.3564.