Our Supporters

We’re grateful for the dedicated public agencies, council members, foundations, and individual donors who help us bring free and low-cost dance programs to older adults across NYC. Your support helps us promote wellness, joy, and connection through movement.

Dances For A Variable Population is supported by public funds from:

the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

DVP is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York City Department for the Aging, in partnership with the City Council and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.

We are thankful for NYC Council Member support from:

  • CD 3 Erik Bottcher

  • CD 6 Gale Brewer

  • CD 7 Shaun Abreu

  • CD 9 Yusef Salaam

  • CD 16 Althea Stevens

  • CD 26 Julie Won

  • CD 39 Shahana Hanif

Institutional Supporters

  • Alpern Family Foundation

  • Columbia Community Service

  • Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

  • Jody and John Arnhold

  • Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

  • New York Community Trust

  • New York Foundation for Eldercare

  • NYU Community Fund

  • Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation administered by LMCC

  • West Harlem Development Corporation

DVP is grateful for our extraordinary
Board of Directors and Individual Donors, like you!

Board of Directors
Mary Doty
Naomi Goldberg Haas Founder, Artistic Director
Ellen Graff
Kathryn Grody
Elspeth Macdonald
Judy Rogers
Frances Sadler
Holly Schneier
Joyce Steinglass Board Chair

Leadership Support
Jody and John Arnhold

Catalyst Supporters
Faith Catlin
Noushin Ehsan
Elizabeth Gilmore
Lisa Goldberg and Steve Koob
Amy Hass
Sheila Klein
Susan Learner Barr
Christine and John Fitzgibbons
Marcia and John Lowenstein
Josefina and Gregory Lyons
Chuck Macdonald
Sandra Rivera and Peter Myette
Linda Mevorach and John Rockwell
Donna Ross
Joan Herbst Shapiro
Karlan Sick
Marc Stern
Robert and Amy Wexler

Sustainers Circle
Judith S Bernal
Raeann Bessellieu
Bria Chakofsky
Teresita Cuadrado
Lynda Kenney
Gail Ferrero
John & Lorraine Owens
Meg Richman
Sarie Teichman