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
Elaine Angelopoulos
John Bacon
Koan Jeff Baysa☨
David Calabro
Michelle Calabro
John Carson
Elizabeth Dickey
Simone Douglas
Linda Dunne☨
Alan Felsenthal§
Yevgeniy Fiks
Francesca Fiore
Bill Godber
Flurina Graf
Sarah Han
David Herskovits
Daniel Hill
Andra Oakes and Edwin Huddleson
Germaine Ingram
Amy Jedlicka
Stefanie Johnson§
Nina Katchadourian and Sina Khajeh-Najafi☨
Tom Klem
Elisabeth Kostin§
Carrie Kran
Gisela Kuoni
Jessica Kwok
Louise Lawler
Ruby Lerner
Laura Limuli
Natasha Logan
Alan Lundgard
Ieva Lygnugaryte
Lenore Malen
Louis Massiah☨
Fran Munoz Ilich Morales
Joan Nelson
Mendi and Keith Obadike☨
Sadaf Padder☨
Nancy Delman Portnoy☨
Jino Rahimi§
Tatiana Rais§
Steven Rand
Silvia Rocciolo☨
Ingrid Schaffner☨
Rich Sheaffer§
Sonam Singh§
Barbara Turkewitz
Rose Turshen§
Aleksandra Wagner
Andrew Weiner§
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 June 30, 2025; 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.