Funding & Sponsorship

Funding for SpeakeasyDC comes from a combination of earned income from ticket sales, class registrations, and professional contracts and contributed income from local government grants,  private foundations,  and  individual donors.

OUR DONORS FY09-10

Government
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, funded in part by the the National Endowment for the Arts

Foundations
Humanities Council of Washington, DC

Individuals

Bringing Down the House $1000
Catherine Crum & Bo Pham, The Mostyn Foundation

Encore Performance $500
Candace Bertotti, Mike Boyd, Brett Carnell, The Johnson Family Foundation, Nell Minow and David Apatoff

Standing Ovation $250
John Canon, Melissa Gragert, Jane Materna, Amy Saidman, Ellouise & Jim Schoettler, Brian Teft

Hootin’ & Hollerin’ $100-$249
David Chapman, Rachel and Brett Cohen, Michael and Judith Cotter, James Farmer, Gerry Hendershot, Peter Hornbostel, Carol Krafka, Joanna Lowell,  Meredith Maslich, Laurie Meer, Susan Ogden, Robert & Virginia Revere, Judy Robbins, Robert Rozier, Elizabeth Russell, Cecilia Saad, Amy Wilson

Whistles & Cheers $50-$99

Amy Couchoud, Becky Eisen, Dustin Fisher, Stephanie Garibaldi, Jody George, Derek Hills, Jennifer Howe, Molly Kelly, Nancy LeRoy, Kareem Mansour & Leslie Andrus, Jim McNeill, Melanie Minzes, Christine Henry-Morelewicz & Peter Morelewicz, Darrell and Delia Perry, Sinead Quinn, Rob Revere,  Gail Rosen & Jo Tyler, Marc Spiegel, Sarah Watkins, Jennifer Westberg

Polite Applause up to $49
David Austin, Mark & Annette Benbow, Kriya Kaping, Curt Lund, Joey Maranto, Karen Polis, Lilah Pomerance, Catherine Sheehy, Shoshanna Sumka