Our Supporters
Many thanks to the Foundations, City of Philadelphia and Individuals who provide financial support to Project 440! Special thanks to our Board of Directors, who provided valuable leadership giving through 100% participation.
The exceptional generosity of our donors enables Project 440 to support young musicians in Philadelphia, providing them with the highest level college readiness and entrepreneurship training. We recognize our donors through benefits designed to acknowledge your contribution and bring you closer to Project 440's work. Additionally, the * indicates that the supporter is a Project 440 alumni.
Learn more about Giving Levels →
Foundation Grants
25th Century Foundation
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Borletti-Buitoni Trust
CHG Charitable Trust
Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation
D’Addario Foundation
Grover Washington Jr., Protect the Dream Foundation Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation
The League of American Orchestras’ Futures Funds, a program of the League of American Orchestras made possible by funding from the Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
Leslie Miller & Richard Worley Foundation
The Legacy of Love Philanthropic
The Lewis Prize for Music
The Lida Foundation
Nancy & Adam Sorkin Giving Fund
Nararo Foundation
The Philadelphia Foundation’s Fund for Children, which is supported through generous annual contributions from the Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Phillies
Presser Foundation
Government Grants
Support provided by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund
The A-Team ($5,000+)
Anonymous
Peter Benoliel and Willo Carey
Toll Brothers Inc.
Tobey and Mark Dichter
Hilary Hahn
John McFadden Esq. and Lisa D. Kabnick Esq.
Sheldon and Karen Thompson
Doing Gooders ($3,000 - $4,999)
Anonymous
Joe Hochreiter and Eileen Wachtman
Instrument for Success ($1,000 - $2,999)
Christopher Bryan
Mike Chiaburu
Bernard Y. Conyers, Sr.
Joseph Conyers
Henry and Katherine Donner
Allan Domb
Jon Fink
Peter H. LeVan, Jr.
J. Douglas and Maryellen Moran
Kathlyn Gray
Yumi Kendall
Jonathan Pearce
William and Jill Raich
Harold Robinson
Anne Faulkner Schoemaker
Seed Funders ($250 - $999)
Gloria Akers
Amy Conyers
Christy Barilotti
Michael Barnes
Jeff and Joanne Bates
Karen Bauer
Maria Anderson Booth
Cynthia U. Bullock
Chi Bui Campbell
Douglas Clark
James Riley Conyers
Bernard and Emma Conyers
Madeleine Crouch
Peggy and Mark Curchack
Sally Maclay Dayton
Lisa DeAngelis
Rodd DeWitt
Blake Espy
Mark and Janet Fagan
Xavier D. Foley
Judy Glick
Donald M. Harrison, Jr.
Oliver Herbert
James and Pamela Hill
Andrew Jacobson and Carol R. Overvold
Mary Javian
Adam Karasick
Robert Kauffman
Elliot Kolodny
Meryl Krieger
Reinhard and Sue Kruse
Johanna Steinberger Leake
Shonnie Lebovitz
Don and Gretchen Liuzzi
William Loeb
Bennie R. Mitchell, Jr.
Olive Mosier
Andrew Murdoch
Pascal-Louis Perez
Jeannine Powers
Judith Ramirez
David Reckner
Louis Scaglione
The Schultz Family Fund
Gerald and Susan Slavet
Gabriel Slesinger
Nancy and Adam Sorkin Giving Fund
Megan Speight
Wanda James Speight
Louise and David Strawbridge
David Eric Thomas
Nancy Thornton
Lynne Tobin
Jack and Ramona Vosbikian
Ilana White
Nina Wilkinson
Ray S.Williams
Entrepreneurs (up to $249)
Danielle Allen
Shelley Anderson
Bob and Sherry Apgar
Samantha Apgar
Eduardo Ardiles and Joseph Ujobai
Marley Asplundh
Thomas Batson
Eileen and Rick Bazelon
Brenda Belkin
Charlotte H. Biddle
Robert and Ellen Bildersee
Lauren Blackwell
Meredith Boak
Tammy Brenn
Federico Antonio Britto
Christine Broome
Denise Bryant
Barbara A. Burgess
LaShanda Byrd-Williams
Ardian Cani
Robin Canter
David Thomas Cartolano
Charitable Aid Foundation
Julie Courtney
John Henry Crawford
Ken Crest
Mary Cullen
Elena Cupingood
Hon. Georganna Daher
Caroline Davidson
Miles and Susan Davis
Maggie Davis
Kaelan Josiah Decman
Gary M. Dennis
Elizabeth C. Denton
Jason Depue
Ramona Douglas
Joy Epstein
Tracy Feeney
Elizabeth Seyle Fenton
Stanley and Rena Field
Amy Flannery
Zanetta M. Ford
Michelle Freeman
Mr. and Mrs. Don Gale
Alexander George
Helen Gerhold
Johnye W. Gillans
Adrienne Girone
Ethel Goldberg
Naomi Gonzalez
Barbara Govatos
Laurel Grady
Matt Gray
Doris Schlessinger Grubin
Eileen Grycky
Elizabeth Hainen
Sarah Hartman-Caverly
Dr. and Mrs. Honigman
Elizabeth Sharon Hudson
C. Douglas Johnson
Meredith Kahrl
Carmen I. Kaplan
Victoria Kaplan and Peter Dachowski
Alice Kazal
Alexander Kehayas
Rebecca Kier
Jonah and Julia Kim
Sidney A. King
Lewis Kirk
Hannah Knauss
Jack Kolodny
Andrew Michael Kosty
Annika Kounts
Signe and Jon Landau
Lynda Large
Martha Laslavic
Elena RyannLeVan
Benjamin Levy
Julia Li
Jennifer Lin
Marquise D. Lindsey-Bradley*
Sarah Liu
Frank Machos
Michael Marks
Waverly McAlister
Broner W. McCoy
Thomas Coleman Meany
Elaine Merkel
Eliza Michiels
Dori and Karl Middleman
Betty T. Mitchell
Traci Montgomery
Patricia Moore
Sarah Mosden
Louisa and Steve Mygatt
Jedda Newton
Michael O’Bryan
Kathleen Marie Ohara
Hirono Oka
Rachel Pacheco
Doris Parent
Sun-Ly Pierce
David Poll and Rebecca Bien
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pressly
Gaia Ramsdell
Tess Rankin
Dan Rasay
James Redmon
W. Reed and Greta Kindermann
Claire Robertson-Kraft
Erica Robinson
Teresa Rodgers
Joe Roeger
Paula Rogovin
Phoebe Jane Russell
Andy Sabol
Andrew and Louise Sabol
Kyle Sanborn
Sarah and Laurence Saul
Peter Schneider
Alexis A. Schulte-Albert
Jennifer Lynn Smith
Christopher Nelson Smith
Elyse Smith
Andrea Snyder
Shelley Souza
Jules Spotts
Ann Lebowitz and Mark Steinberger
Olivia Steinmetz
Maya Stone
Andrew Tanicello
Steven Tenenbom
Stanford Thompson
Jessica Thompson
Christopher Thorpe
Connie Toll
Mark Tomko
Elena Urioste
Beth Walenta
Mark D. Walker
James Waller
Emily Waltz
Phoebe Warren
Sam and Elizabeth Warshawer
Nate West
Sarah Wittekind
Bert Witzel
Najib Wong
Harold and Linda Yaffe
Johnny and Christina Yap
Matt Young
Ziyin Zhao
In-Kind Donations
Michael & Virginia Kirwan
Peter Gulia, Fiduciary Guidance Counsel
Philadelphia Ethical Society
Philadelphia Orchestra Association
PSTV & Shelly Wolfe
Rick Urbanowski
Curtis Institute of Music
Jacob Cohen & Company, CPA's
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
21CM
MediaCopy
Michelle Shafer