Aperture is tremendously grateful to the generous funders whose support is making our new home at 380 Columbus Avenue possible. These transformative gifts will allow us to continue our mission and cultivate a vibrant community through photography for generations to come.

Aperture’s future founders and friends in the bar at the Hotel Jerome, Aspen Conference, 1951. Photograph by Robert C. Bishop.

Founders

City of New York (Department of Cultural Affairs, Manhattan Borough President, City Council)

Judy Glickman Lauder

New York State Council on the Arts

Melissa and James O’Shaughnessy

Thomas R. Schiff

Jon Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović

Leaders

Sb Cooper and RL Besson

Mark Gimbel and Dede Welles

Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Dr. Bruce M. Halpryn and Chas Riebe

Michael Hoeh

Elizabeth and William Kahane

Marina and Andrew Lewin

Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman

Vasant Nayak and the MurthyNAYAK Foundation

Dr. Stephen W. Nicholas and Ellen Sargent

Thompson Family Foundation

Benefactors

Peter Barbur and Tim Doody

Julie Bédard

Dawoud Bey

Allan Chapin

Charina Foundation

Elaine Goldman and John Benis

Celso M. Gonzalez-Falla and Sondra Gilman

Lyle Ashton Harris

Fredric J. Ohm and Stephen D. Houck

Hemant Kanakia

Cathy M. Kaplan

Philippe Laumont

Leonard Milberg

Jessica Nagle

Helen Nitkin

Lisa Rosenblum

Sheri Sandler

Anne Stark 

Rhett Lee Turner

The names above represent gifts of $25,000 and more. 

We greatly appreciate the generosity of donors at all levels. To be a part of this moment in Aperture’s history, please contact Lisa Mantone, Capital Campaign Advisor at lmantone@aperture.org.