Our Supporters

Many thanks to the Foundations, City of Philadelphia and Individuals who provide financial support to Project 440! Special thanks to our Board of Directors, who provided valuable leadership giving through 100% participation.

The exceptional generosity of our donors enables Project 440 to support young musicians in Philadelphia, providing them with the highest level college readiness and entrepreneurship training. We recognize our donors through benefits designed to acknowledge your contribution and bring you closer to Project 440's work. Additionally, the * indicates that the supporter is a Project 440 alumni.

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Foundation Grants

  • 25th Century Foundation

  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

  • Borletti-Buitoni Trust

  • CHG Charitable Trust

  • Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation

  • D’Addario Foundation

  • Grover Washington Jr., Protect the Dream Foundation Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation

  • The League of American Orchestras’ Futures Funds, a program of the League of American Orchestras made possible by funding from the Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation

  • Leslie Miller & Richard Worley Foundation

  • The Legacy of Love Philanthropic

  • The Lewis Prize for Music

  • The Lida Foundation

  • Nancy & Adam Sorkin Giving Fund

  • Nararo Foundation

  • The Philadelphia Foundation’s Fund for Children, which is supported through generous annual contributions from the Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Phillies

  • Presser Foundation

  • Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation

Government Grants

  • Support provided by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

The A-Team ($5,000+)

  • Anonymous

  • Peter Benoliel and Willo Carey

  • Toll Brothers Inc.

  • Tobey and Mark Dichter

  • Hilary Hahn

  • John McFadden Esq. and Lisa D. Kabnick Esq.

  • Sheldon and Karen Thompson

Doing Gooders ($3,000 - $4,999)

  • Anonymous

  • Joe Hochreiter and Eileen Wachtman

Instrument for Success ($1,000 - $2,999)

  • Christopher Bryan

  • Mike Chiaburu

  • Bernard Y. Conyers, Sr.

  • Joseph Conyers

  • Henry and Katherine Donner

  • Allan Domb

  • Jon Fink

  • Peter H. LeVan, Jr.

  • J. Douglas and Maryellen Moran

    Kathlyn Gray

    Yumi Kendall

    Jonathan Pearce

    William and Jill Raich

    Harold Robinson

    Anne Faulkner Schoemaker

Seed Funders ($250 - $999)

  • Gloria Akers

  • Amy Conyers

  • Christy Barilotti

  • Michael Barnes

  • Jeff and Joanne Bates

  • Karen Bauer

  • Maria Anderson Booth

  • Cynthia U. Bullock

  • Chi Bui Campbell

  • Douglas Clark

  • James Riley Conyers

  • Bernard and Emma Conyers

  • Madeleine Crouch

  • Peggy and Mark Curchack

  • Sally Maclay Dayton

  • Lisa DeAngelis

  • Rodd DeWitt

  • Blake Espy

  • Mark and Janet Fagan

  • Xavier D. Foley

  • Judy Glick

  • Donald M. Harrison, Jr.

  • Oliver Herbert

  • James and Pamela Hill

  • Andrew Jacobson and Carol R. Overvold

  • Mary Javian

  • Adam Karasick

  • Robert Kauffman

  • Elliot Kolodny

  • Meryl Krieger

  • Reinhard and Sue Kruse

  • Johanna Steinberger Leake

  • Shonnie Lebovitz

  • Don and Gretchen Liuzzi

  • William Loeb

  • Bennie R. Mitchell, Jr.

  • Olive Mosier

  • Andrew Murdoch

  • Pascal-Louis Perez

  • Jeannine Powers

  • Judith Ramirez

  • David Reckner

  • Louis Scaglione

  • The Schultz Family Fund

  • Gerald and Susan Slavet

  • Gabriel Slesinger

  • Nancy and Adam Sorkin Giving Fund

  • Megan Speight

  • Wanda James Speight

  • Louise and David Strawbridge

  • David Eric Thomas

  • Nancy Thornton

  • Lynne Tobin

  • Jack and Ramona Vosbikian

  • Ilana White

  • Nina Wilkinson

  • Ray S.Williams

Entrepreneurs (up to $249)

  • Danielle Allen

  • Shelley Anderson

  • Bob and Sherry Apgar

  • Samantha Apgar

  • Eduardo Ardiles and Joseph Ujobai

  • Marley Asplundh

  • Thomas Batson

  • Eileen and Rick Bazelon

  • Brenda Belkin

  • Charlotte H. Biddle

  • Robert and Ellen Bildersee

  • Lauren Blackwell

  • Meredith Boak

  • Tammy Brenn

  • Federico Antonio Britto

  • Christine Broome

  • Denise Bryant

  • Barbara A. Burgess

  • LaShanda Byrd-Williams

  • Ardian Cani

  • Robin Canter

  • David Thomas Cartolano

  • Charitable Aid Foundation

  • Julie Courtney

  • John Henry Crawford

  • Ken Crest

  • Mary Cullen

  • Elena Cupingood

  • Hon. Georganna Daher

  • Caroline Davidson

  • Miles and Susan Davis

  • Maggie Davis

  • Kaelan Josiah Decman

  • Gary M. Dennis

  • Elizabeth C. Denton

  • Jason Depue

  • Ramona Douglas

  • Joy Epstein

  • Tracy Feeney

  • Elizabeth Seyle Fenton

  • Stanley and Rena Field

  • Amy Flannery

  • Zanetta M. Ford

  • Michelle Freeman

  • Mr. and Mrs. Don Gale

  • Alexander George

  • Helen Gerhold

  • Johnye W. Gillans

  • Adrienne Girone

  • Ethel Goldberg

  • Naomi Gonzalez

  • Barbara Govatos

  • Laurel Grady

  • Matt Gray

  • Doris Schlessinger Grubin

  • Eileen Grycky

  • Elizabeth Hainen

  • Sarah Hartman-Caverly

  • Dr. and Mrs. Honigman

  • Elizabeth Sharon Hudson

  • C. Douglas Johnson

  • Meredith Kahrl

  • Carmen I. Kaplan

  • Victoria Kaplan and Peter Dachowski

  • Alice Kazal

  • Alexander Kehayas

  • Rebecca Kier

  • Jonah and Julia Kim

  • Sidney A. King

  • Lewis Kirk

  • Hannah Knauss

  • Jack Kolodny

  • Andrew Michael Kosty

  • Annika Kounts

  • Signe and Jon Landau

  • Lynda Large

  • Martha Laslavic

  • Elena RyannLeVan

  • Benjamin Levy

  • Julia Li

  • Jennifer Lin

  • Marquise D. Lindsey-Bradley*

  • Sarah Liu

  • Frank Machos

  • Michael Marks

  • Waverly McAlister

  • Broner W. McCoy

  • Thomas Coleman Meany

  • Elaine Merkel

  • Eliza Michiels

  • Dori and Karl Middleman

  • Betty T. Mitchell

  • Traci Montgomery

  • Patricia Moore

  • Sarah Mosden

  • Louisa and Steve Mygatt

  • Jedda Newton

  • Michael O’Bryan

  • Kathleen Marie Ohara

  • Hirono Oka

  • Rachel Pacheco

  • Doris Parent

  • Sun-Ly Pierce

  • David Poll and Rebecca Bien

  • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pressly

  • Gaia Ramsdell

  • Tess Rankin

  • Dan Rasay

  • James Redmon

  • W.  Reed and Greta Kindermann

  • Claire Robertson-Kraft

  • Erica Robinson

  • Teresa Rodgers

  • Joe Roeger

  • Paula Rogovin

  • Phoebe Jane Russell

  • Andy Sabol

  • Andrew and Louise Sabol

  • Kyle Sanborn

  • Sarah and Laurence Saul

  • Peter Schneider

  • Alexis A. Schulte-Albert

  • Jennifer Lynn Smith

  • Christopher Nelson Smith

  • Elyse Smith

  • Andrea Snyder

  • Shelley Souza

  • Jules Spotts

  • Ann Lebowitz and Mark Steinberger

  • Olivia Steinmetz

  • Maya Stone

  • Andrew Tanicello

  • Steven Tenenbom

  • Stanford Thompson

  • Jessica Thompson

  • Christopher Thorpe

  • Connie Toll

  • Mark Tomko

  • Elena Urioste

  • Beth Walenta

  • Mark D. Walker

  • James Waller

  • Emily Waltz

  • Phoebe Warren

  • Sam and Elizabeth Warshawer

  • Nate West

  • Sarah Wittekind

  • Bert Witzel

  • Najib Wong

  • Harold and Linda Yaffe

  • Johnny and Christina Yap

  • Matt Young

  • Ziyin Zhao

In-Kind Donations

  • Michael & Virginia Kirwan

  • Peter Gulia, Fiduciary Guidance Counsel

  • Philadelphia Ethical Society

  • Philadelphia Orchestra Association

  • PSTV & Shelly Wolfe

  • Rick Urbanowski

  • Curtis Institute of Music

  • Jacob Cohen & Company, CPA's

  • Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

  • 21CM

  • MediaCopy

  • Michelle Shafer