Annual Report of Gifts

Gifts received from October 1, 2011, to September 30, 2012

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s stellar exhibitions, engaging public programs, scholarly publications, and important youth- and teacher-development initiatives would not be possible without the generosity of the many individuals, foundations, and corporations that believe in the potential of great design to improve our shared world.

$1,000,000 & Above

  • Target

$100,000-$999,999

  • Altman Foundation
  • Deutsche Bank
  • General Electric
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  • Smithsonian Institution, Collections Care Initiative
  • Smithsonian Institution, Collections Care & Preservation Fund
  • The Studio in a School Association, Inc.

$50,000–$99,999

  • Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie
  • ARTstor
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • Converse, Inc.
  • Alice Gottesman
  • Alexandra and Paul Herzan
  • Claudia Kotchka
  • Nancy A. Marks
  • Enid and Lester Morse
  • Public Funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency
  • NIKE, Inc.
  • Lisa Roberts and David Seltzer
  • Esme Usdan and James Snyder
  • The Brown Foundation, Inc.
  • The Pinkerton Foundation
  • Van Cleef & Arpels
  • Judy Francis Zankel

$25,000–$49,999

  • Adobe Foundation
  • Anonymous
  • Bloomberg
  • Deborah Buck
  • Amita and Purnendu Chatterjee
  • Beth Comstock
  • Drue Heinz Trust
  • F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
  • Michael R. Francis
  • Eric and Lisa Green
  • H. van Ameringen Foundation
  • Madeleine Rudin Johnson
  • Alexander Jutkowitz
  • Constance and Harvey Krueger
  • The Lemelson Foundation
  • Barbara and Morton Mandel
  • Moncler
  • Henry R. Muñoz III
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Nissan
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Richard & Jean Coyne Family Foundation
  • Smithsonian Collections Information System
        - Info. Management Resources
  • Smithsonian Institution, Research Equipment Pool
  • Smithsonian Women's Committee
  • The Ambrose Monell Foundation

$10,000–$24,999

  • 20x200 | Jen Bekman Projects, Inc.
  • Agnes Bourne
  • Anonymous
  • Buzzfeed
  • Coalesse
  • Design Within Reach
  • Kim and Al Eiber
  • Facebook
  • Cary J. Frieze
  • Agnes Gund
  • Hearst Corporation
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Knoll, Inc.
  • Margery and Edgar Masinter
  • May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc.
  • McDonald's Corporation
  • Marlene Nathan Meyerson
  • Debbie Millman/Sterling Brands
  • Minimal
  • Allen and Irene Natow
  • Pearson Foundation
  • Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc./
        Scott Kaplan Belsky
  • David Rockwell
  • Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
  • Richard M. Smith and Dr. Soon-Young Yoon
  • Surdna Foundation
  • The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
  • Thom Browne. New York
  • Ziff Brothers Investments

     

$2,500–$9,999

  • @radical.media
  • Alan & Katherine Stroock Fund
  • Anne Kreamer and Kurt Andersen
  • Ralph Appelbaum
  • Arup
  • Benjamin Moore & Co.
  • Daniel Berger
  • brandadvisors
  • The Netherlands Cultural Services
  • John Dawson
  • Diller Scofidio + Renfro
  • DreamYard Project, Inc
  • W. Leslie Duffy
  • Laura and Walter Elcock
  • David Firestein
  • Jeanne Giordano and Bob Frasca
  • Marilyn Garber/Bridge Gallery
  • Gluckman Mayner Architects
  • Gail E. Goldberg
  • Karen Harvey
  • Karen Heithoff
  • Allan and Barbara Heller
  • Niels Diffrient and Helena Hernmarck
  • Ed and Helen Hintz
  • Mabel Chan and Thomas Ho
  • Lisina M. Hoch
  • Richard Holbrook
  • IBM Corporation
  • IDEO
  • Kikkerland Design, Inc.
  • Yung Hee Kim/NY Projects
  • Mr. and Mrs. John Klingenstein
  • Ann B. Lane
  • LaPlaca Cohen
  • Alex Lee
  • Jack and Maria Lehman
  • Leon Levy Foundation
  • Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.
  • Ronald and Marchant Martin
  • Gardner McFall and Peter Olberg
  • Douglas M. McKean
  • Caroline and Jeremiah Milbank
  • Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation
  • Catherine Orentreich
  • Pentagram
  • Barbara G. Pine
  • Monica Ponce de Leon
  • Pratt Institute
  • R/GA Interactive
  • Raison Pure
  • Nathan Owen Rosenberg
  • Janet C. Ross
  • Salve Regina University
  • School of Design, University of Pennsylvania (PennDesign)
  • The School of Visual Arts
  • Smithsonian Institution, Research Opportunity Fund
  • Janet Stanwood
  • SToSS Landscape Urbanism
  • Daniel Streng
  • Taconic Builders Inc.
  • The Bank of New York Mellon
  • The Lauder Foundation
  • Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
  • Netherland-America Foundation
  • The Robert P. and Arlene R. Kogod Family Foundation
  • Tisch Foundation, Inc.
  • Lynn and Peter Tishman
  • Toshiko Mori Architect
  • Laurel Touby
  • Undercurrent
  • Denis Weil
  • Billie Tsien and Tod Williams
  • Douglas A. Winter

$1,000–$2,499

  • Acorn Hill Foundation Inc.
  • AIG Matching Grants Program
  • ASID
  • Baila Foundation
  • Laurie Beckelman, Beckelman + Capalino
  • David E. Bright
  • John Nicholson Bulica
  • Roxanne Cason
  • Susan Chalom
  • Sarah D. Coffin
  • Anne Cohen
  • Christopher Coleman
  • COLLINS
  • Paolo Cravedi
  • Tom Dair
  • Anne Marie Decker
  • Eames Demetrios
  • Hester Diamond
  • Paul Elston
  • Ennead Architects, Tim Hartung + Susie Rodriguez
  • Bonnie Fisher
  • Alex Fung
  • Alexander Gorlin
  • Susan Grant Lewin
  • Odile Hainaut
  • Ruth Ann Harnisch
  • Michael Haverland
  • Hal and Barbra Higginbotham
  • Joseph Holtzman
  • Anthony Korner
  • George Kravis II
  • Cathy Leff
  • Elaine Lustig Cohen
  • Edith W. Mac Guire
  • Fern Mallis
  • MRB Foundation
  • Shirley and Thomas Mueller
  • NADAAA, Inc.
  • Diana Nelson
  • Noreen Mary O'Grady
  • Patsy Orlofsky
  • Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor
  • Wendy Keys and Donald Pels
  • Jerome and Elise Pustilnik
  • Grant Marani and Anne Rieselbach
  • Mark Robbins
  • Deedie and Rusty Rose
  • Shirley and Roy Schnackenberg
  • Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
  • Amanda and George Sykes
  • Nora and David Tezanos
  • The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
  • Suzan Tillotson
  • Tim Tompkins
  • Madeline Weinrib
  • Ransom Wilson
  • Janice Barefoot and Nick Zocchi

$500–$999

  • Machell Apple
  • Anonymous
  • ARO
  • Artek USA, Inc.
  • ASTRO Studios
  • Judith Balkin
  • Joan Barenholtz
  • Caroline Baumann
  • Thea Benenson
  • Madeleine Bennett
  • Marion Borko
  • Glen Ellen Brown
  • Brook and Shawn Byers
  • Annie Chen
  • Elizabeth Cho
  • Scott R. Coleman
  • Bobbi and Barry Coller
  • Philip Koether and Marc Curyer
  • Carolyn Eisenhardt
  • Florence Feinberg
  • Kimberly Foster
  • Nina Gilson
  • Joan Greenfield
  • Mason D. Haupt
  • Horace and Eugenie Havemeyer
  • Heath Ceramics
  • Michelle Isaacson
  • Candace M. Jones
  • Charles and Lynn Kramer
  • Elizabeth Kujawski
  • Brenda Levin
  • Ruth Ann Stewart and David Levering Lewis
  • Marcia and William Levy
  • Adam Lewis
  • Henry and Catherine Lewis
  • Audrey Lipton
  • Material ConneXion, Inc.
  • Martha and Perry McCarty
  • Amanda Merritt
  • Joy and Allan Nachman
  • David Neill
  • Larry and Rachel Norton
  • Offi
  • Melinda Papp
  • Todd Petzel
  • Cynthia Polsky
  • Project Projects
  • Marion-Krista Ramirez
  • Suchitra S. Reddy
  • George P. Ververis, Jr. and Wynn W. Riley
  • Mark Rosky
  • Cye E. and Rona Ross
  • Calvin Roth
  • Maruchi Santana
  • Mr. and Mrs. S. Lawrence Schlager
  • Gordon I. Segal
  • Oleg Senchenko
  • Lili and Lee Siegelson
  • Sol W. & Hermina Cantor Foundation
  • Jody Falco and Jeffrey Steinman
  • Randall Ian Stempler
  • Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP
  • Ken Stevens
  • Lee and Roger Strong
  • Elizabeth Strong Cuevas
  • The Isabel O'Neil Studio Workshop
  • The New York Community Trust
  • Maleyne M Syracuse and Michael Trenner
  • Jan Vingerhoets
  • W.I.L.D. Foundation
  • Cathy Welson and Dr. Stephen Edber
  • Suzanne and Richard Willett
  • Nancy Allerston and Erich Winkler
  • Joseph Wisniewski
  • David Diamond and Karen Zukowski

GIFTS-IN-KIND

  • Adobe Foundation
  • Apple Inc.
  • Citi
  • Coalesse
  • Maharam
  • Nissan
  • Suzanne Tick / Tandus Flooring

DONORS TO THE COLLECTION

  • Elizabeth Ainslie
  • Apple
  • Artek
  • Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture
  • Henrie Jo Barth
  • Lucy Commoner
  • Carol S. Connell
  • Designtex
  • Humanscale
  • Susan Kasakove
  • Knoll Textiles
  • Jerry Kornblau
  • George R. Kravis II
  • Earl Martin
  • Microsoft
  • Nike
  • Hiroko Onoyama
  • Max Pine
  • Cindia Cameron Reyes
  • Stefan Sagmeister
  • Scrapwood Wallpaper
  • Smart Design, Inc.
  • Richard and Trudy Schultz
  • John Wright Stevens
  • From the collection of Jon N. Streep, given in his memory
  • Evan Snyderman and Zesty Meyers of R 20th Century
  • Jack Stokvis and Robert E. Stokvis
  • Eugene and Clare Thaw
  • Gift of Tillett and Rauscher, Inc.
  • Suzanne W. Todd in Memory of William & Beatrice Votaw
  • Roland Trope
  • Larry Weinberg
  • Neil and Donna Weisman