Gifts in support of our campaign at all levels make a difference and are greatly appreciated. We hope you will consider giving as generously as possible at this transformative moment in Aperture’s history.

Vanguard
$5 million+

Visionaries
$100,000+

Shutterbugs
$1,000+

Founders Circle
$1 million+

Sustainers
$50,000+

Luminaries
$500,000+

Framers
$25,000+

Leaders
$250,000+

Developers
$10,000+

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Donors at the Framers level and above will be recognized on Aperture’s website and on a donor wall at the entrance of our new home. Explore campaign naming opportunities.

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

Donors as of March 2026

Founders Circle

City of New York (Department of Cultural Affairs, Manhattan Borough President, City Council)
Judy Glickman Lauder
Vasant Nayak and the MurthyNAYAK Foundation

New York State Council on the Arts
Melissa and James O’Shaughnessy
Thomas R. Schiff
Jon Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović

Luminaries

Michael Hoeh

Thompson Family Foundation

Leaders

Peter Barbur and Tim Doody
S. B. Cooper and R. L. Besson
Mark Gimbel and Dede Welles
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Celso M. Gonzalez-Falla and Sondra Gilman
Elizabeth and William Kahane

Cathy M. Kaplan
Marina and Andrew Lewin
Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman
Dr. Stephen W. Nicholas and Ellen Sargent
Helen Nitkin

Visionaries

Dawoud Bey
David Dechman and Michel Mercure
Charina Foundation
Elaine Goldman and John Benis
Dr. Bruce M. Halpryn and Chas Riebe

Hemant Kanakia
Scott Mead
Leonard Milberg
Lisa Rosenblum
Anne Stark 

Sustainers

Allan Chapin
Kate Cordsen and Denis O’Leary

Jessica Nagle
Wendy Red Star

Framers

Julie Bédard 
Rob Giampietro and Susan Cernek
Lyle Ashton Harris
Kristy and Robert Harteveldt
Fredric J. Ohm and Stephen D. Houck
Philippe Laumont

The Ordover Family Foundation
Sheri Sandler
Lisa and Harry Segalas
Rhett Lee Turner
Charlotte and Scott Tracy

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.

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