Cora Dance Supporters

The work of Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance and its education centers - Cora Dance Alleghany (VA) and Cora Dance Brooklyn (NY) - is 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, and the Virginia Commission For the Arts with assistance from The Town of Clifton Forge, Virginia. The National Endowment for the Arts supports Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance’s Crossroads Project as part of its America250 programming in honor of the nation's semiquincentennial in 2026.

Significant institutional support is provided by The Alleghany Foundation; Bath County Arts Association; Sara Coffey/David Snyder Charitable Fund; Copper-Beech Foundation; CruiseNYC managed by NYCEDC; Emmanuel Baptist Church; Goldman Sachs; The Harkness Foundation for Dance; The Abner & Mildred Levine Family Foundation; Michael Tuch Foundation; O’Connell Organization Family Foundation; and the Tiger Baron Foundation. 

Corporate support is provided by Alcova, Aramark, Clifton Forge Women’s Club, Covington Moose Lodge, Fidelity Charitable, Highlands Community Bank, Ingevity, Jackson River Credit Union, JPMorganChase, Kroger, Peoples Bank, The Ridgely Bed, Breakfast & Gardens, Team Building Nation, Thunder Alley of Covington, Troddenvale at Oakley Farms. Additional significant support provided by Cora’s generous individual donors. THANK YOU! 

Click HERE to support Cora Dance. Thank you for supporting our artists and for keeping our performances and programs free and pay-what-you-can:

$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

Bath County Arts Association

Sara Coffey/David Snyder Charitable Fund

The Copper Beech Foundation, Inc.

The O'Connell Organization Family Foundation, Inc.

Michael Tuch Foundation

$5,001–$10,000

Aramark

Carolyn Hall and Kelly AuCoin

Melissa Johnson Dallett*

Daniel Wilson Hamilton

Cruise NYC/New York City Economic Development Corporation

$1,001–$5,000

Anya Lypo

APOTHEKE

Pat Bennett-Wilhelm* 

Tina Fallon 

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Damian Hummel

JPMorganChase

Kelsey Kramer

Gabrielle Lansner

Julian Maha

Scott Pfaffman

Denise Purvis

Brieann Reid

Janel and Matthew Reynolds*

Michael Rose

Katherine Ryan*

Emma Scott*

Barbara and Syed Shafqat

Tiger Baron Foundation

Virginia Commission For the Arts

Emmanuel Baptist Church

$500–$1,000

Stephen Bush

David Chung

Galois Cohen

Covington Moose Lodge

David and Henrietta Crandall

Lisa and Sean Dunster/The Ridgely Bed, Breakfast & Historic Gardens

Cheryl Lynn Foster

Sandra Guerrant

Sarah Haskas

Highlands Community Bank

Doug and Sue Hirsh

Goldman Sachs

Jackson River Community Credit Union

Jack Mason’s Tavern & Brewery

Megan Klinghoffer

The Abner & Mildred Levine Family Foundation

Pete & Meredith Meyers

Andres Piatti

Peoples Bank

Melissa Franco Reed

Patricia N. Snyder

Team Building Nation

Thunder Alley of Covington

Troddenvale at Oakley Farm

Katherine Willis

Rebekah Windmiller

Wilsey Bennett

Thank you to all donors of every amount for their support of our work. Cora Board Members are marked with an asterisk.

Updated on 7/1/2026.