WMI programs are made possible, in part, by public and private funds from:
National Endowment for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the Howard Gilman Foundation. WMI PLUS and WMI PLUS At Home experiences are supported by a grant from Con Edison.


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 Gaby Sappington at gaby@worldmusicinstitute.org for more details on these opportunities to support WMI.
FY21 $10,000+ Members and Donors To Date: (listed alphabetically)
Con Edison
Andrew & Emily Faulkner
Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Howard Gilman Foundation
Howard Bayne Fund
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Thomas Kunz & Rosemarie Sweeney
Daisy & David Paradis
Corporate Members FY20
Corporate Patron Level ($4,000)
Corporate Donor Level ($2,000)
Members & Donors FY20
Members & Donors $25,000+
Thomas & Kamala Buckner
Andrew & Emily Faulkner
Howard Bayne Fund
Howard Gilman Foundation
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts
Daisy & David Paradis
Anupam & Rajika Puri
Members & Donors $10,000 – $24,999
Con Edison Foundation
Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
NYC Department of Small Business Services
Members & Donors $2,500 – $9,999
Zette Emmons
WLIW LLC – ALL ARTS
Members & Donors – $1,000 – $2,499
Kellie Castruita-Specter
Alexis Daran
GLP Music
Prasad Gudavalli
Raman & Aditya Kaul
Nora Lavori / Lavori Sterling Foundation
Rex Niswander
Anne Posel
Members & Donors – $250 – $999
Angela de Lara
Moez Doraid
Steve Dyott
Martha Fleischman
Salar Ghahramani
Global Policy Advisors
Edward Haber
Pritpal Singh Kochhar
Beata Krasowska
Marina Livanos
Delrosa Marshall
Serge Mezhburd
Casey Rieder
Valerie Rubsamen / Cedomir Crnkovic
Gargi Shinde
State Street Foundation
Michael Steinberg
Jason R. Stone
Irene Van Slyke
Kate Winn
David Wyckoff
and the support of many friends and members of WMI. We are grateful for all contributions to our mission.