Funders

The programs of Cora Dance Alleghany, Cora Dance Brooklyn, and Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance are made possible with the support of public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; New York City Council Member Alexa Avilés; New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes; Alcova; The Alleghany Foundation; Amazon; Annaly Capital Management; Bath County Arts Association; Sara Coffey/David Snyder Charitable Fund; Copper-Beech Foundation; CruiseNYC managed by NYCEDC; Goldman Sachs; The Harkness Foundation for Dance; Ingevity; Jackson River Credit Union; JPMorganChase; The Abner & Mildred Levine Family Foundation; The M&T Bank Charitable Foundation; Michael Tuch Foundation; O’Connell Organization Family Foundation; The Pasker Family Charitable Fund; Tiger Baron Foundation; Virginia Commission For the Arts; and Cora’s generous individual donors. 

Updated on 7/1/2025.

Thank you to our many donors who give at all amounts to keep our programs free and pay-what-you-can. Click HERE to donate. Cora Dance is grateful to everyone listed below, and all those who have given up to $350, for their support over the past year:

$20,001 and above 

The Alleghany Foundation 

New York City Council Member Alexa Avilés

New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council

New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature

Michael Rupe

$10,001–$20,000

Sara Coffey/David Snyder Charitable Fund

The Copper Beech Foundation, Inc.

The O'Connell Organization Family Foundation, Inc.

$5,001–$10,000

Robert Aberlin 

Amazon

Bath County Arts Association

Carolyn Hall* and Kelly AuCoin

Daniel Wilson Hamilton

Meredith and Pete Meyers

Michael Tuch Foundation 

$1,001–$5,000

APOTHEKE

Annaly Capital Management

Pat Bennett-Wilhelm*

Carol Bove

Brooklyn SolarWorks

Carolyn Chave 

Eli Crumrine

Melissa Johnson Dallett*

Dvir Salon

Eberhart Kowal Family Fund

Tina Fallon 

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Bob Hopkins

JPMorganChase

Kelsey Kramer

Mary Dudine Kyle 

Gabrielle Lansner

Janine A. Lariviere

M&T Charitable Foundation

Julian Maha

New York City Economic Development Corporation

Pasker Family Foundation

Scott Pfaffman*

Denise Purvis*

Matthew Reynolds

Barbara and Syed Shafqat

Tiger Baron Foundation

Virginia Commission For the Arts

$350–$1,000

Stephen Bush

David Chung

Galois Cohen

David and Henrietta Crandall

Cheryl Lynn Foster

Shawn Gargagliano

Sandra Guerrant

Sarah Haskas

Doug and Sue Hirsh

Shyda Hoque*

Garland Humphries

Goldman Sachs

Ingevity

Jackson River Credit Union

Megan Klinghoffer

The Abner & Mildred Levine Family Foundation

Whitney Lukens

Andres Piatti

Melissa Franco Reed

Barbara Smith

Patricia N. Snyder

David Voorhees

Katherine Willis

Rebekah Windmiller

(Cora Board Members are marked with an asterisk).