WMI programs are made possible, in part, by private and public funds from:
The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the Howard Gilman Foundation.
WMI gladly accepts donations from Donor Advised Funds, is set up to receive corporate employee matching contributions, and also has a brokerage account that welcomes gifts in the form of securities, stocks, and/or bonds. Please contact Kate Winn at kate@worldmusicinstitute.org for more details on these opportunities to support WMI.
Donors FY26
$50,000+
Daisy & David Paradis
Howard Bayne Fund
Howard Gilman Foundation
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Tandon Family Foundation
$25,000 – $49,999
Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Kamala & Tom Buckner
New York State Council on the Arts
$10,000 – $24,999
Andrew Faulkner
John & Dottie Habel
Rajika & (the late) Tino Puri
$1,000 – $9,999
Alexis Daran
Anne Posel
Anonymous
Aruna Thanabalasingam
Beata Krasowska
Mark & Deb Habel
Michael Steinberg
Mandeep & Paresh Trivedi
Pinkerton Foundation
Raman & Aditya Kaul
Robert Canning
Rosemarie Sweeney
Sarah Marchal Murray
Serge Mezhburd
Soon-Young Yoon
Stevan Nicholas
Suman Gollamudi
Supriya Baghla
Virginie Dhouibi
William Marchal
Zette Emmons
$200 – $999
Amrit Basu
Bettelynn McIlvain
David Hansen & Elaine Fuchs
David Hollander
Delrosa Marshall
Edward Haber
Elizabeth Buckner
Esther Yoon
Ewa Knapik
Farah Siraj
Frank Grobman
Frank Rand
IMG Artists – Toby Tumarkin
Matt Mullenweg
Melindah Sharma
Mia MacDonald
Michael Kamal
Mike Romoff
Mladen Puljic
Mutable Music
Noreen McDonald
Paul Ascher
Philip Klint
Rachel Miller
Ralph Samuelson
Steven Schwartz
and the support of many friends and members of WMI. We are grateful for all contributions to our mission.