DONORS Founders Fund & Art of the Matter
See separate DONOR lists for Teacher's Honor Roll/Robertson Award; Author's Legacy; and Patrons of the Corey Medallion Award.
The generosity of your gift, annual contribution, memorial, or honoring contribution to the Founders Fund, Harris Fund, and Robertson Fund underwrites the dreams of our TYA artists. Thank you!
-Current year Donors are listed below.
SCROLL DOWN to view the Current Donor Lists, received by CTFA in each calendar year, through 2015.
('Art of the Matter' was a special grant of the Founders Fund which raised significant donations for a special initiative. More information below…)
FOUNDERS FUND - Donors Gifts received calendar year 2020
Received as of 08/05/2020.
Thank You, Donors for supporting the work of CTFA in 2020
Legacy Endowment Gift:
Awaiting Gifts
(Please consider including CTFA in your estate planning.)
Founder $1,000 to $5,000:
Lin Wright (S.P.I)
Shirley Trusty Corey (S.P.I.)
Director $500 to $999:
Suzan Zeder (S.P.I.)
Carol North Evans & Nicholas Kryah (S.P.I.)
Creator $250 to $499:
Gloria Bond Clunie
Xan Johnson (Founders, Medallion, S.P.I.)
Initiator $100 to $249:
William P. Ward & Walter M. Hill (In Memory of Ann Elgood), (In Honor of Susan D. Wood)
Gina Oliver (In Honor of Rob Krebs)
Roger Bedard (In Memory of John Tolch)
Carol North Evans and Nicholas Kryah (In Memory of John Tolch)
Ann Fisher (In Memory of John Tolch)
Mary Hall Surface (In Memory of John Tolch)
Jo Beth Gonzalez (In Memory of John Tolch)
Suzan Zeder (In Memory of John Tolch)
Mina Casmir (In Memory of John Tolch)
Susan Wood (In Memory of John Tolch)
Robyn Flatt (In Memory of John Tolch)
Initiator - Sustaining Donor (Monthly)
Dwayne Hartford
Facilitator $50 to $99:
Nancy Ball
Nancy Love (In Memory of John Tolch)
Moses Goldberg (In Memory of John Tolch)
Holly Stanfield (In Memory of John Tolch)
Joan Lazarus (In Memory of John Tolch)
Corinne "Kim" Tyler (In Memory of John Tolch)
Driving force $10 to $49:
Kat Matassarin (In Memory of John Tolch)
Sandy Asher (In Memory of John Tolch)
FOUNDERS FUND - Donors Gifts received calendar year 2019
Received as of 12/31/2019.
Thank You, Donors for supporting the work of CTFA in 2019
Legacy Endowment Gift:
Ann Shaw Trust
$ 4,631.96
(Please consider including CTFA in your estate planning.)
Founder $1,000 to $5,000:
Delmar Foundation
$3,000.00
Director $500 to $999:
Susan Wood (S.P.I.)
Dorothy Webb (S.P.I.)
Well-Spring Retirement Community (In Honor of Moses Goldberg)
Creator $250 to $499:
Gloria Bond Clunie
Joe Robinette
Kat Matassarin
Rives Collins
Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder
Robyn Flatt
Linda Hartzell (S.P.I)
Initiator $100 to $249:
William P. Ward & Walter Hill (In Memory of Ann Elgood)
William P. Ward & Walter Hill (In Honor of Susan D. Wood)
Katherine Krzys
Mina Casmir
Miriam Gonzales
Marilee Miller
Roger Bedard
Joette Pelster
Robyn Flatt
Tom Behm
Jo Beth Gonzalez
Moses Goldberg
Karen Sharp
Betsy Quinn
Susan Pearson (S.P.I)
José Casas
Roxanne Schroeder Arce
Facilitator $50 to $99:
Anne Negri
James May (In Memory Of Barbara Salisbury)
Jonathan Schmidt Chapman (S.P.I. In Honor of Suzan Zeder)
Driving force $10 to $49:
FOUNDERS FUND - Donors Gifts received calendar year 2018
Received as of 12/31/2018
Thank You, Donors for supporting the work of CTFA in 2018
Legacy Endowment Gift:
$ No Gifts in 2018
(Please consider including CTFA in your estate planning.)
Founder $1,000 to $5,000:
No Gifts in 2018
Director $500 to $999:
Xan Johnson
Well-Spring Retirement Community (In Honor of Moses Goldberg)
Creator $250 to $499:
Jo Beth Gonzalez
Susan Wood
Jenny Millinger
Linda Hartzell
John Tolch
Initiator $100 to $249:
Amy Johnson (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Deborah Hunter (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Lisa Green (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Miri Kotche (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Katherine Newcome (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Lynn Ankney (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Mary Ann Olson (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Patricia Forker (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Mina Casmir
Miriam Gonzales
Suzan Zeder
Betsy Quinn
Roger Bedard
Lorenzo Garcia
Marilee Miller
Alexandra Lopez
Carol North & Nicholas Kryah (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Carol North & Nicholas Kryah (In Honor of Dorothy Webb)
Rives Collins
Lynda Sharpe
Rick Davis (In Memory of Fred Gaines)
Ashley Hare (rec'd in 2019)
David Saar
Dorothy Webb
Virginia May
Facilitator $50 to $99:
Jennifer Eggener (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Jeffrey Matula (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Tamara Kowal (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Susan Leffin (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Eric Klossowski (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Deborah Miller (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Nan Sheppard (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Marc Iskowitz (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Jeffrey Krueger Elizabeth Tidmarsh (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Mary Lou Herman (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Mary J. Randle (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Patricia Reis (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Mary Hall Surface
Gary Minyard
Sandy Asher
Driving force $10 to $49:
Cara Sparks (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Jennifer Maves (In Memory of Gail Dippel),
Samantha Godden Chmielowicz (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Dennis & Marlene Johnson (In Memory of Gail Dippel)
Joanna Kraus
John Newman
Shirley Ledford Moore (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Shirley Ledford Moore (In Memory of Irene Corey)
FOUNDERS FUND - Donors Gifts received calendar year 2017
Received as of 12/31/2017
Thank You, Donors for supporting the work of CTFA in 2017
Legacy Endowment Gift:
$ No Gifts in 2017
(Please consider including CTFA in your estate planning.)
Founder $1,000 to $5,000:
No Gifts in 2017
Director $500 to $999:
Kathryn McManus & The Spotlight Kids Company of Madison, NJ
Gayle Sergel Brown
Moses Goldberg (Author’s Legacy)
Well-Spring Retirement Community (In Honor of Moses Goldberg)
Creator $250 to $499:
Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder
Suzan Zeder
Well Spring (In Honor of Moses Goldberg)
Jenny Millinger
Gloria Clunie,
Dorothy Webb (for Harris Fund)
John Tolch
Initiator $100 to $249:
Robyn Flatt
Miriam Gonzalez
Jose Casas
Marilee H Miller
Roger Bedard
Howard Johnson & Alexandra Lopez
Kat Matassarin (In Memory of Jed Davis & Orlin Corey)
Mina Casmir
Betsy Quinn
Jo Beth Gonzalez
Susan Wood
Michael Bobbitt,
Nancy Ball (In Memory of Anne Thurman)
Manon van de Water (In Honor of Roger Bedard)
Rosalie Contino
Elizabeth Peterson (In Memory of Leslie Fenstermaker)
Rives Collins,
Robert Colby (for 2018 Medallion Patron)
Lorenzo Garcia
Jose Casas
Virginia May (In Memory of Barbara Salisbury Wills)
Robyn Flatt (for 2018)
Facilitator $50 to $99:
Kat Matassarin (in Memory of Wally Smith)
Stacey Ardelean
Shirley Moore (In Honor of Orlin Corey; In Honor of Irene Lockridge Corey),
Carol North & Nicholas Kryah (In Honor of Roger Bedard)
Gary Minyard
Mark Lutwak & Y York,
Tom Behm
Nancy Ball
Driving force $10 to $49:
Joanna Kraus (In Honor of Roger Bedard)
Sandy Asher
Anne Negri
FOUNDERS FUND - Donors Gifts received calendar year 2016
Received as of 12/31/2016
Thank You, Donors for supporting the work of CTFA in 2016
Legacy Endowment Gift:
Ann Shaw
$ 30,034.49
(Please consider including CTFA in your estate planning.)
Founder $1,000 to $5,000:
No Gifts in 2016
Director $500 to $999:
Kat Matassarin (in Memory of Jed Davis & Orlin Corey)
Creator $250 to $499:
John Tolch
Susan Wood
Jenny Millinger
Dorothy Webb
Patricia DiBenedetto Snyder
Initiator $100 to $249:
Jeanne Klein (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Robyn Flatt
Marilee & Bob Miller
Susan Pearson
Jo Beth Gonzalez
Ashley Hare
Howard Johnson & Alexandra López
Susan Pearson (In Memory of Claude & Helen Pearson)
Reinette S. Stephenson (In Honor of Coleman A. & Lola Jennings)
Betsy Quinn
Rives Collins
Facilitator $50 to $99:
Aaron Routzahn
Marilee & Bob Miller (In Memory of Scot Copeland)
Mary Hall Surface
Mark & Y York Lutwok
Driving force $10 to $49:
Julie Trongeau
Marilee Miller (In Honor of Dave Lefevre/Dynamic New Media)
Aime Brockway
FOUNDERS FUND - Donors Gifts received calendar year 2015
Received as of 12/31/2015
Thank You, Donors for supporting the work of CTFA in 2015
Legacy Endowment Gift:
Jed Davis
$ 10,000.00
Ann Hill
$ 5,000.00
(Please consider including CTFA in your estate planning.)
Founder $1,000 to $5,000:
St. John's Prep School
Bill & Patricia Snyder - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Director $500 to $999:
Kat Matassarin
JE Masters - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Well-Spring Retirement Community - (Honoring Moses & Pat Goldberg)
Gayle Sergel - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Creator $250 to $499:
Joseph Robinette - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Jenny Millinger
Initiator $100 to $249:
Sawyer Hartman’s “Challenges for Charity”
Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder
Dr. Jeanne Klein-(In Honor of Jed Davis)
Robyn Flatt
Nancy Ball-(In Memory of Anne Thurman)
Jo Beth Gonzalez
Kat Matassarin - (In Memory of Jed Davis, mentor)
Dorothy Webb - (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Roger Bedard - (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Marilee & Bob Miller - (In Memory of Orlin R. Corey)
Kat Matassarin - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Mina Halliday Casmir - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Dorothy Webb - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Susan Pearson - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Roger Bedard - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Robyn Flatt - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Nancy Ball - (In Memory of
Anne Thurman, the Mother of us all!)
Tom Behm - (In Memory of Jed Davis and Orlin Corey)
Elizabeth Peterson - (Honoring Chris Guyotte)
Rosalie Contino
John & Mary Doveton - (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Lorenzo Garcia
Robyn Flatt
Suzan Zeder
Rob Goodman
Robert Colby
Manon van de Water
Gina May - (In Memory of Barbara Salisbury Wills)
Rives Collins
Gayle Sergel
Facilitator $50 to $99:
Orlin Corey - (In Memory of Edgar Webb)
Kat Matassarin - (In Memory of Edgar Webb)
Robyn Flatt - (In Memory of Edgar Webb)
Marilee Miller - (In Memory of Edgar Webb)
Toni Molloy-Tudor - (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Robyn Flatt - (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Moses Goldberg - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Carol Lotspeich - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Lynda Sharpe - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Austin Cooper - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Jean Wilhelm
Sandy Asher - (Honoring Annie & David Montgomery)
Tom Behm - (In Memory of Nat Eek)
Gary Minyard
Driving force $10 to $49:
Dustin Gragg
Mark Lutwak
Scott Mason
Edward Morris
Hazel Nitcher - (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Jeff Sachs - (In Memory of Jed H. Davis)
John Peter & Catharine Koellen - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
R.William & Janice Tusten - (In Memory of Jed H. Davis)
Amie Brockway
Getting to the Art of the Matter Special Initiative
The ART OF THE MATTER is made possible through the generous contributions to the ART OF THE MATTER campaign and the Founders Fund of the Children's Theatre Foundation of America.
These are the leaders who supported ART OF THE MATTER.
(Campaign completed 12/31/2013 List updated12/31/2014
READ MORE about WASHETERIA! below.)
Leading Player ($2,500+)
Coleman A. Jennings
Featured Player ($1,000+)
Nat Eek, Ruth Heinig, Jean Schultz, Gayle Sergel, Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder, Dorothy Webb
Star ($500+)
Orlin Corey, Kat Matassarin, Marilee Hebert Miller, Ann Marie Shaw
Player ($250+)
Mina G. Halliday Casmir, Moses Goldberg, H.T. Hambrick, Susan Pearson, Jerry Profitt, Elizabeth Quinn, Joseph Robinette, David Saar, Suzan Zeder
Initiator $100 to $249:
Sawyer Hartman’s “Challenges for Charity”
Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder
Dr. Jeanne Klein-(In Honor of Jed Davis)
Robyn Flatt
Nancy Ball-(In Memory of Anne Thurman)
Jo Beth Gonzalez
Kat Matassarin - (In Memory of Jed Davis, mentor)
Dorothy Webb - (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Roger Bedard - (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Marilee & Bob Miller - (In Memory of Orlin R. Corey)
Kat Matassarin - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Mina Halliday Casmir - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Dorothy Webb - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Susan Pearson - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Roger Bedard - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Robyn Flatt - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Nancy Ball - (In Memory of
Anne Thurman, the Mother of us all!)
Tom Behm - (In Memory of Jed Davis and Orlin Corey)
Elizabeth Peterson - (Honoring Chris Guyotte)
Rosalie Contino
John & Mary Doveton - (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Lorenzo Garcia
Robyn Flatt
Suzan Zeder
Rob Goodman
Robert Colby
Manon van de Water
Gina May - (In Memory of Barbara Salisbury Wills)
Rives Collins
Gayle Sergel
Facilitator $50 to $99:
Orlin Corey - (In Memory of Edgar Webb)
Kat Matassarin - (In Memory of Edgar Webb)
Robyn Flatt - (In Memory of Edgar Webb)
Marilee Miller - (In Memory of Edgar Webb)
Toni Molloy-Tudor - (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Robyn Flatt - (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Moses Goldberg - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Carol Lotspeich - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Lynda Sharpe - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Austin Cooper - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
Jean Wilhelm
Sandy Asher - (Honoring Annie & David Montgomery)
Tom Behm - (In Memory of Nat Eek)
Gary Minyard
Driving force $10 to $49:
Dustin Gragg
Mark Lutwak
Scott Mason
Edward Morris
Hazel Nitcher - (In Memory of Jed Davis)
Jeff Sachs - (In Memory of Jed H. Davis)
John Peter & Catharine Koellen - (In Memory of Orlin Corey)
R.William & Janice Tusten - (In Memory of Jed H. Davis)
Amie Brockway
SOHO REP (Soho Repertory Theatre, Inc.) a leading hub for innovative contemporary theatre and recipient of the 2006 OBIE Award for Sustained Artistic Excellence, joined with Brooklyn Arbor, a new public elementary school in Brooklyn with a creative, diverse student population and a magnet grant for Global and Ethical Studies.
Together they developed an episodic, site-specific, theatre experience for K-3rd graders and their families called WASHETERIA! The world of the laundromat, and the diverse community of people and objects it contains served as inspiration for the playwrights, designers, and choreographers who created a series of ever-evolving theatre pieces based on the length of a wash cycle (25 minutes).
WASHETERIA! was performed in a neighborhood storefront in 2015 and developed with the 200+ students, teachers, and parents of Brooklyn Arbor. See the WASHETERIA! website