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Front cover: The National Museum of 

African American History and Culture, 

the Smithsonian’s 19th museum, stands 

on the National Mall adjacent to the 

Washington Monument. Read about its 

Sept. 24, 2016, dedication and opening 

inside this report.

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SMITHSONIAN 2016 ANNUAL REPORT
Secretary’s Letter 

A Moment for the Nation 

Thought Leaders

Endless Discovery

You Build It

2016 by the Numbers

Recognition and Reports

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The distinctive bronze corona that encloses the National Museum of African American History and 

Culture appears striking when viewed from the outside—or from the inside, as shown here. 

The new museum is a significant com-

ponent of the national Smithsonian 

Campaign. In fact, in fiscal 2016 we sur-

passed our ambitious $1.5 billion goal with 

one year still to go. More than 480,000

donors and counting have enabled our sci-

entists, educators and curators to create 

and share knowledge worldwide. 

Just as we sprint to the culmination 

of this campaign, so too do we chart the 

course for the future with a new strate-

gic plan to make us more than ever one 

Smithsonian—greater in reach, relevance 

and impact. The plan will aid us in striving 

to meet our grand challenges: Unlocking 

the Mysteries of the Universe, Under-

standing and Sustaining a Biodiverse 

Planet, Understanding the American 

Experience, Valuing World Cultures and 

Magnifying the Transformative Power of 

Art and Design.

At the Smithsonian, we ask the biggest 

questions—Where do we come from? 

How do we live together? Where will we 

go from here?—and seek answers from 

artists, scientists and historians. Our 

scholars are passionate about their work, 

as illustrated in these pages. And their 

efforts are made possible through your 

support, and for your education. 

Here is America’s Smithsonian. We 

thank you for your commitment and belief 

in our mission. 

David J. Skorton, Secretary

This year, as every year, was a period of change, innovation and

great progress for the Smithsonian. Among many accomplish-

ments, we marked an extraordinary milestone, decades in the 

making: the opening of the National Museum of African American 

History and Culture. This breathtaking museum gives proper 

place, now and forever, to a vital part of America’s story. 
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 A 

MOMENT 

 FOR 

THE 

 NATION

Attendees watch the museum dedication ceremony. Museum Director Lonnie Bunch in the A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond gallery. 

Director Lonnie Bunch, Rep. John Lewis, 

Michael Bonner and Shonda Rhimes 

reflect on the opening day of the National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture →
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and beige one to complement his gray 

suit, his daughters suggested. 

Then, his speech. He was hours from 

making it, but he wanted it to capture 

the historic moment. He went back and 

forth over passages.

“There I was in the morning trying to 

figure out if my speech was too personal,” he said. “What did it mean in the 

broader sense? When I get nervous, I 

start rewriting. After all these years, the 

the dream was going to finally happen. 

It almost didn’t make any sense.” 

But it did. This was the day the 

museum opened.

The occasion carried momentous significance, and all who were involved felt 

it that bright, clear September morning.

“The goal was to make our ancestors 

smile,” Bunch said. “For me, this day 

was the culmination of America at its 

best. The other thing I took away from 

that day, candidly, was okay, yeah, we 

did it. There were a lot of people who 

said we weren’t going get this done, 

didn’t believe in it, so there’s a part of 

me, the Jersey kid, who said, see.”

His tie knotted, his speech set, Bunch 

drew himself together. He was ready, 

just as the country was ready for the 

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture. 

The seeds for the day were planted 

in 2003, when Congress established the 

museum and allocated half of the $500 

million needed for construction. The 

museum eventually raised $313 million, 

receiving gifts from more than 140,000 

donors, including extraordinary leadership gifts from Oprah Winfrey, Robert 

Frederick Smith and Shonda Rhimes. 

These donors—along with dignitaries 

and about 7,000 others—participated 

in the opening ceremony, receptions, 

dinners and a music festival. Millions 

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or the last 12 years, Lonnie Bunch 

made tens of thousands of decisions, large and small, as director 

of the National Museum of African 

American History and Culture. He 

chose almost every quote for the 

museum’s walls, approved each story 

told in the exhibitions and oversaw, 

week by week, the construction of the 

409,000-square-foot structure on the 

National Mall.

Yet, on the morning of Sept. 24 last 

year, the museum director hesitated. 

His tie. Which one fit the gravity of the 

day? Details mattered. A pale yellow 

more tuned in from their homes, workplaces, cars, cafes and airports. 

The stage was constructed outside 

the museum, which had been designed 

to pay homage to the three-tiered 

Yoruba crowns from West Africa and 

the intricate ironwork crafted by enslaved African Americans in Louisiana, 

South Carolina and elsewhere. Bunch 

sat behind Presidents George Bush and 

Barack Obama and first ladies Laura 

Bush and Michelle Obama and beside 

Rep. John Lewis, “one of the few heroes 

I have,” he said. 

“THE GOAL WAS 

TO MAKE OUR 

ANCESTORS SMILE.” 

LONNIE BUNCH

Leaders, dignitaries, celebrities, donors and the 

public gathered Saturday morning to dedicate 

the museum. Thousands watched from seats,

the grounds of the National Mall and via 

webcast. The day received international media

coverage. Freedom Sounds: A Community 

Celebration marked the launch weekend with

free outdoor music, dance and spoken 

word performances on the grounds of the 

Washington Monument. 
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Above: Rep. John Lewis in the 

Contemplative Court. Right: Scenes from 

the museum dedication and opening day. L

ewis stood first. To be on the 

podium, on that day, was a triumphant moment. A moment he had 

worked and hoped for nearly his 

entire career. As had so many before 

him. Most especially the African 

American veterans of the Union Army 

who first dreamed of a museum almost 

exactly a century before and his colleague Rep. Mickey Leland. 

A permanent landmark in the nation’s capital. Before Lewis uttered a 

word, he scanned the audience. 

“This museum is a testament to the 

dignity of the dispossessed in every 

corner of the globe who yearn for 

freedom. All the voices roaming, for 

centuries, have finally found a home 

here in this great monument to our pain, 

our suffering and our victory.” 

His voice trembled. As he spoke, he 

remembered those who had not lived 

to see this day, the countless and 

nameless people who had given all they 

had during the centuries African Americans struggled in the United States.

“Long before I was born,” he said, 

“there were men and women who 

dreamed of the day that there would 

be an African American museum some 

place in Washington. They would have 

been very, very proud, pleased and 

happy to see this magnificent museum, 

located on the National Mall, what I call 

the front porch of America.”

“I looked out at this unbelievable 

crowd,” he said. “I looked straight ahead, 

then to the side. It reminded me of 1963

when I spoke at the March on Washington. It was almost unreal.”

In his speech, Lewis said, “we are 

gathered here today to dedicate a 

building, but this is more; it is a dream 

come true. As long as there is a United 

States of America, there will be a 

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture.” 

His words carried across the crowd: 

“IT REMINDED ME OF 1963 WHEN 

I SPOKE AT THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON.”

REP. JOHN LEWIS
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n the audience, Shonda Rhimes listened with her 14-year-old daughter, 

two sisters and parents as the bell 

was joined by the chiming of other 

bells across the city in a melodic call 

and response. 

“It was joyous,” she said, “though 

slightly heartbreaking, sitting under 

the Washington Monument feeling 

we should have done this a long time 

ago. But, we were so proud. Everything 

was so emotional, John Lewis’ speech 

and President Obama’s.” 

Late that night, after the opening 

and after the gala, Rhimes walked the 

museum with her family. They split into 

pairs on the first floor. “My daughter 

Harper and I walked at a certain pace,” 

she said. “My sisters walked at a 

certain pace and my parents walked 

at a certain pace. Harper slowed down 

and got more serious.”

“OUR ANCESTORS WERE TAKEN FROM AFRICA... 

YET THEY CONTINUED TO REBOUND. 

 WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THEY ACHIEVED.”

MICHAEL BONNER

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hat day was seared in the minds 

and hearts of Michael Bonner and 

four generations of his family. He, 

his 99-year-old mother, 38-yearold son and 7-year-old granddaughter 

sat in a reception room before they 

would go onstage. Bonner’s mother, 

Ruth, was a special guest of honor. Her 

father, Elijah Odom, was born a slave in 

Mississippi, but escaped across a river 

to freedom. He studied and worked to 

own a general store and a pharmacy 

and was the only black physician in 

Biscoe, Ark.

At the end of the ceremony, Ruth 

Bonner joined the President and first 

lady in ringing the historic Freedom Bell 

to signify the opening of the museum, 

which recounts the epic journeys of 

African Americans—similar to her 

father—from Africa through slavery to 

American society today. 

Michael Bonner, 75, detailed each 

minute of the day.

“Everyone came over to meet my 

mother,” he reflected. “We met so 

many dignitaries, but the towering 

moment was ringing the bell. Quite 

unexpectedly, President Obama invited 

the remainder of my family to come 

on stage. It was a stark reminder that 

our ancestors were taken from Africa, 

endured the horrors of slavery and injustices of Jim Crow, yet they continued 

to rebound. We are grateful for all they 

achieved and committed to building on 

their legacies.” 

Four generations 

of the Bonner family, 

the President 

and the first lady 

rang the Freedom 

Bell to signal the 

museum’s opening. 

A visitor pauses in the ground floor 

Reflections gallery, which is next 

to Slavery and Freedom 1400–1877.

She studied the artifacts, floor by 

floor. “The space is very moving,” 

Rhimes said. “When she came to 

Emmett Till’s casket, she didn’t feel 

she could see it. I understood and told 

her, ‘We can come back another time.’”

Now, the Hollywood producer and 

writer visits the museum whenever she 

is in Washington. The visual art gallery 

is named in her honor. 

“I told my daughter, ‘We gave the 

gallery to the people of the United 

States for all time,’” Rhimes said. “That 

impressed upon her the significance 

and meaning of charitable giving. You 

give what you have for what you believe.”

Months later on a winter afternoon, 

Bunch paused to reflect on how the 

opening day still reverberates through 

the country as he walked through the 

museum crowded with visitors. “I have 

great faith in an America that can 

“WE GAVE THE 

GALLERY TO THE 

PEOPLE OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

FOR ALL TIME.”

 SHONDA RHIMES

overcome some political differences, 

can occasionally straddle the world of 

race and do something that makes us 

better because we do it together,” he 

said. “Maybe I am a tad optimistic and 

naïve, but that is what I took away from 

that day.” ●

Shonda Rhimes, far right, and 

family members at the Sept. 24

museum opening. 

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This past year, 

our scholars stretched and 

challenged our thinking 

as they brought fresh perspectives 

to emerging cultural voices, 

the art of the Qur’an and 

species conservation. 

Here’s what four of them are saying.

Thought Leaders

Adriel Luis

Massumeh Farhad

Simon Rettig

Mel Songer
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Adriel Luis explores the edges of cities, forgotten industrial zones and 

deep rural landscapes in search of artists creating new cultural identi-

ties in America. Partnering with communities to showcase these new 

voices, Luis’ democratic approach is upending how curators do their 

work and museums interact with the world around them.

Most people make the assumption that museums tell you what to find important. 

I’m asking people in the community what they find important and how can I 

amplify that. 

Storytelling has been transforming, especially with the emergence of online 

platforms. We are discovering stories assumed to be on the fringe, but that relate 

to people on a massive scale. We are starting to realize that the art and cultural 

canons aren’t necessarily the best indicators of human society, the pulse of hu-

manity or society writ large. I grew up going to museums, but a lot of the ways I 

understood cultural dialogue and practices was going to swap meets, flea markets, 

block parties and cookouts. 

At a culture lab, you won’t really find spaces where people are in complete 

silence, unless they are meditation spaces. Along with the labeled text and 

curated pieces, we do our best to have ambient noise in the form of music and 

kids playing and people talking. 

We very intentionally show the seams of ev-

erything, from the art to the ways we curate it. 

We want to make the process transparent, so 

that people who are coming—if they’re coming 

as onlookers, current practitioners or aspiring 

practitioners—can see the process of how we got 

from point A to Z. 

All that is to say we are using the exhibition as a 

vehicle for community development and engage-

ment. As a curator, I am curating from the perspective of a community organizer. 

I set out in D.C. to find stories outside of the frame of how we normally think 

this city reflects the rest of the country. Doing the original culture lab at the 

the Arts and Industries Building on Memorial Day weekend, we were able to 

investigate the American identity, which is what the Smithsonian is known for, 

but looking at it from a 2016 point of view. Where are we today with American 

identity, looking at race, gender, sexuality or class? 

“

”

Adriel Luis

Curator of Digital and 

Emerging Media,

Smithsonian Asian Pacific 

American Center

With support from the Ford 

Foundation, Luis has developed 

pop-up exhibitions he calls “culture 

labs.” Launched in Washington, 

D.C., he has since taken them to 

New York City and Honolulu.

Immediate right: Washington, D.C., 

culture lab artists Antoinette Brock 

and SUPERWAXX.

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Massumeh Farhad and Simon Rettig curated The Art of the Qur’an: 

Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, the first major 

exhibition on the Qur’an in the United States—against a backdrop 

of growing misconceptions about Islam’s holy book.

mf: If 10 years ago you told me I was going to do this exhibition, I’d say, ha, never. 

In a climate where anti-Islamic feeling is on the rise—and it’s been on the rise for 

some time—we had the full support of the Smithsonian. Remarkable.

sr: We realized that surprisingly little scholarship has been done on the holy book 

of Islam. We spent a month in Istanbul at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic 

Arts, going through manuscripts page by page. These were texts collected from 

religious institutions, mosques and tombs, and we had the privilege of turning 

the pages, which made them come alive. We could get a sense of their historical 

context and the people who owned them. These manuscripts covered 1,000 years 

of production from an area that stretched from Egypt to Afghanistan. We were 

discovering how Qur’ans were made.

mf: Although the museum in Istanbul has a small staff, it holds one of the 

largest collections of Qur’an manuscripts in the world, including some of the 

oldest fragments. They were incredibly generous by lending 52 of their most 

precious examples. Once the exhibition opened, 

the impact was remarkable and we had a very 

large number of visitors, many of whom probably 

had never been to the Smithsonian before. 

sr: We’ve received more than 3,500 notes. People

flew from Atlanta, Detroit, California just to see 

the show.

mf: A rabbi came four times and brought his 

congregation. We saw all these people reading the labels, which is a real accom-

plishment, then actually talking to each other. We’ve had a comment card about a 

Muslim woman talking with a man from Israel. They were comparing notes. The 

Israeli said he didn’t know Abraham was in the Qur’an. He had come to Washing-

ton and found himself talking to a Muslim woman about something they had in 

common. This exhibition has started some dialogues and conversations, which 

are different from the conversations you hear in the media or anywhere else. 

I think that’s really important. 

”

Massumeh Farhad &

“ Massumeh Farhad, 

Chief Curator and The 

Ebrahimi Family Curator for 

Persian, Arab, and Turkish Art, 

Freer|Sackler

Simon Rettig, 

Assistant Curator of Islamic 

Art, Freer|Sackler

 Simon Rettig

The exhibition traced developmentof the 

Qur’an over 1,000 years. Koç Holding A.S.

was the principal sponsor.

Above: Qur’an. Calligrapher: Ali 

b. Mahmud al-Haravi. Iran, Tabriz, Safavid 

period, Jan. 15, 1516. Ink, color and gold 

on paper. Istanbul, Museum of Turkish 

and Islamic Arts.

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Mel Songer is part of an international team that returned 25 scimitarhorned oryx to their native grasslands in Chad in July. Extinct in the 

wild since the 1980s, the herd was fitted with GPS collars to track their 

movement and social behaviors, helping scientists build a self-sustaining 

population. Two calves have since been born to the herd.

People ask me, ‘Who really cares if we did lose the giant panda? So what?’ The socalled ‘charismatic megafauna’ I work on—giant pandas, Asian elephants, oryx, 

Przewalski’s horses—are umbrella species, meaning that if we maintain and re-

store them, we sustain their ecosystems and all their associated wildlife as well. 

So, if we are protecting a large animal, which needs a large area to survive, we 

are protecting a large ecosystem, too. We are preserving biodiversity. In my view 

the underlying goal of conservation is to sustain ecosystems while ‘keeping all the 

pieces,’ as much as possible. 

We cannot leave people out of the equation. Humans have been a part of 

nature for millions of years, and we are a part of natural systems. It’s not a real-

istic goal to just keep people out. We’ve got to understand how people are using 

these spaces. It’s a balancing act. When a species has gone extinct in the wild, 

there are a lot of factors that cause it—a change in the landscape, loss of habitat, 

and, in the case of the scimitar-horned oryx in Chad, the real kicker was pres-

sure from the civil war. 

The reserve where they were released in 

Chad is protected. It’s also the last place the 

oryx were in the wild. And, they’ve survived in 

zoos and large, enclosed ranches, which is why 

there’s a chance they can now go back to the wild 

and survive. We have to work with people to get 

their buy-in, so we don’t release 25 animals that 

are promptly shot. Strategically, we placed the 

oryx where there’s no well. They’re adapted and 

don’t need a lot of water. That isn’t true for livestock. So not a lot of livestock or 

people are coming through. 

It takes a lot of money to return a species to the wild. This is a multimillion 

dollar operation. It’s probably the biggest project in terms of scale, number of 

animals released, having GPS collars on all of them and involving so many inter-

national organizations. 

It’s an incredible opportunity to bring a range of science expertise together, 

partner with many stakeholders and develop conservation solutions that will 

make the place better for wildlife and people in a sustainable way.

“

”

Mel Songer

Conservation Biologist,

Smithsonian Conservation 

Biology Institute

Reintroducing the oryx required 

decades of work coordinated 

among the Environment Agency–

Abu Dhabi, government of Chad, 

Sahara Conservation Fund, 

Smithsonian Conservation Biology 

Institute and the Zoological Society 

of London.

Right: Scimitar-horned oryx, Chad.

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Smithsonian Science 2016

Smithsonian scientists work at the frontiers of discovery, 

from rewriting the fossil record to witnessing the formation 

of planets to decoding the world’s tropical forests→

Smithsonian scientists are 

at work on a solution to 

overfishing that threatens 

the sustainability of the 

Mesoamerican Barrier Reef 

off Belize and Honduras. 

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PLANETS IN THE MAKING

Astronomers with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory have had the bestyet look at the some of the earliest stages 

of planetary formation around a young 

star. The high-resolution images, taken 

with a radio telescope array in Chile’s 

Atacama Desert, depict bright, concen-

tric rings and dark gaps around a star 175 

light-years away. The nearest protoplan-

etary disk to Earth, scientists believe it’s 

akin to viewing a snapshot of our own 

solar system in its earliest days. 

GIANT PANDA CONSERVATION PAYS OFF

For more than 40 years, scientists and 

researchers at the Smithsonian’s National 

Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute 

have worked with their Chinese counter-

parts to rescue pandas from the brink of 

extinction. The toil has paid off: Pandas 

were upgraded from “endangered” to 

“vulnerable” in late 2016. Species recovery 

continues through the study of conser-

vation biology, reproduction, genetic 

diversity, health threats and expanding 

and connecting vulnerable forest habitat 

in the pandas’ native range. 

UZBEKISTAN

UNITED STATES

CHINA

UNEARTHING “PRE-REX”

Long before T. rex, the clever “pre-rex” 

roamed what is today the deserts of 

Uzbekistan 90 million years ago. Discovered 

by National Museum of Natural History

paleontologist Hans Sues and a team of 

international researchers, the horse-sized 

tyrannosaur Timurlengia euotica fills in an 

important gap in the fossil record. Though 

much smaller than Tyrannosaurus rex, it 

had already evolved the sharp senses of 

T. rex and its close relatives, showing that 

these features developed before these 

dinosaurs attained great size. 

PROTECTING REEFS, SUPPORTING FISHERIES

Understanding the movement of marine 

species throughout and beyond protected 

reefs is critical for creating biodiverse, 

sustainable small-scale fisheries in 

Belize and Honduras. In collaboration 

with global and local conservation or

-

ganizations, and with support from 

The Summit Fund of Washington and 

Oceans 5, researchers with the Smith-

sonian’s Marine Conservation Program

have launched an initiative to couple eco-

system models with a smartphone app for 

fishers to track their catches and sales. 

The project aims to improve management 

of marine reserves, protect fishers’ live-

lihoods and build a viable future for the 

region’s coral reef ecosystems. 

PACIFIC OYSTERS GET A SECOND CHANCE 

Once common in estuaries from Canada 

to Mexico, California’s only native 

oyster species is scarce after more than 

a century of pollution and habitat deg-

radation. Scientists at the Smithsonian 

Environmental Research Center’s lab 

in San Francisco are helping oysters 

flourish again along the Pacific coast by 

crafting innovative wetland and water-

shed management strategies, based on 

their findings published in 2016 that 

show Olympia oysters thrive in habitats 

with large local oyster networks and a 

variety of salinity conditions.

BELIZE

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Petri dishes of fungi grown in the lab from 

seeds collected at the Barro Colorado Island 

research station.

DIGGING DEEP ON BIODIVERSITY

From shielding plants against pathogens 

to helping dust-like orchid seeds germi-

nate, microbes are an essential element 

of the tropical forest—highly diverse 

habitats that also play a critical role in 

regulating Earth’s climate. 

Scientists are only starting to grasp 

how fungi and bacteria shape the forests 

and support their incredible diversity. 

Though a universe of microbial life oc-

cupies every jungle plant from treetop 

to root tip, microbes today are the least 

understood major players in tropical 

forest ecosystems. 

Smithsonian Tropical Research 

Institute scientists recently launched 

a long-term initiative to identify and 

understand the roles of microbiomes in 

tropical forests. Large-scale surveys on 

Barro Colorado Island, in the Panama 

Canal watershed and elsewhere will 

characterize how fungi and bacteria 

affect the functions of individual plants as 

well as entire plant networks. With more 

than 100 years of ecosystem research 

in Panama’s forests, the institute is 

uniquely positioned to explore this 

fast-emerging field of biology.

“Scientists increasingly recognize that 

individual organisms—birds, insects, 

VENEZUELA

“UNDERSTANDING THE 

DIVERSE LIFE IN 

TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS 

IS CRITICAL TO 

UNDERSTANDING LIFE 

ON OUR PLANET”

COLLABORATING ON CONSERVATION

Venezuela’s El Cardenalito is such an 

iconic species that it graces the country’s 

highest banknote. Yet the Red Siskin (Spinus cucullatus) is critically endangered after decades of trapping for the 

pet trade. In 2000, a new population 

was discovered in Guyana. Since then, 

National Museum of Natural History 

zoologist Michael Braun has worked 

with six Smithsonian units and more 

than a dozen partners in Venezuela, 

Guyana, Australia and the United States 

to rebuild populations through the study 

of its biology and genetics. 

In 2016, researchers completed one de-

tailed genome and draft genomes from 

nine other wild birds, vital information 

for distinguishing regional variations, 

assessing inbreeding and preventing hy-

bridization. DNA from 19th- and early 

20th-century museum specimens also 

will inform future breeding decisions 

and conservation management. 

“The effort includes habitat pro-

tection, captive breeding, sustainable 

agroforestry, education and community 

involvement, plus cutting-edge genom-

ics,” says Brian Coyle, project coordinator 

for the Red Siskin Initiative, a biologist 

at the museum. “It can serve as a model 

project for modern conservation.” 

plants, humans—are actually a blend 

of host and symbiotic microorganisms. 

For example, scores of different species 

of fungi and bacteria live within a post-

age-stamp-sized area on a leaf,” says 

Allen Herre, an institute research bi

-

ologist involved in the investigations. 

“By demonstrating the effects of these 

pursue. Their work is important, and we 

are delighted to support it,” says Dr. Jim 

Simons, chairman of the Simons Foun-

dation, a major donor to the endeavor. 

“Understanding the diverse life in tropical 

ecosystems is critical to understanding 

life on our planet,” adds foundation pres-

ident Marilyn Simons. 

microbes, we can learn how these com-

munities benefit or harm their host plants, 

and affect the function of entire forest 

communities in important ways we are 

only beginning to understand.”

“The Smithsonian Tropical Research 

Institute is conducting research that few 

organizations, if any, are in a position to 
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Darren Milligan is more than 

an educator. He’s an architect 

of a revolution in the global 

learning community. Here’s 

his take on the Smithsonian’s 

digital leadership. 

The first day the Smithsonian went 

online, flipping the switch was so 

novel and momentous that it took 

place at a ceremony in the office 

of the Speaker of the House. In the 

22 years since, that first website 

has morphed into hundreds and 

spawned mobile apps and countless social-media platforms. Today, 

far more people interact with the 

Smithsonian online than by visiting 

in person. 

This astonishes me.

The Smithsonian joined the World Wide Web from the 

halls of Congress on May 8, 1995. 

Assemble a personal digital collection online at the Smithsonian Learning 

Lab, choosing from more than 2.8 million digitized objects, like this teapot 

by African American master silversmith Peter Bentzon (ca. 1817-1829) or 

breakdance pioneer Crazy Legs’ denim jacket (1980s). 

In the decade I have worked here, the digital 

Smithsonian and its potential to inspire and 

facilitate learning everywhere have become 

so important I take them for granted. The 

internet has become the foundation, the 

very infrastructure, that enables and connects the many threads of our lives.

The ways in which we reach out and educate; 

our scientific, historical and cultural research 

and the museum experience are supercharged by this digital infrastructure. 

We—well, the more than 3 billion of us 

currently online—have the opportunity to 

access and connect, to share our own perspectives, our experiences and play a greater 

role in bringing about the increase and diffusion of knowledge through the Smithsonian.

We are in the middle of a remarkable 

moment, and this has meant amazing 

things in 2016.

Rediscover astronaut graffiti in the 

3D Apollo 11 command module Columbia 

at 3d.si.edu/apollo11cm/.

 YOU 

 BUILD 

 IT
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For me, I launched a long-held 

dream, the Smithsonian Learning 

Lab. The premise is simple. Lab 

users select Smithsonian digital 

resources, such as the National 

Portrait Gallery’s painting of 

Martha Graham dancing or a video 

of a National Museum of Natural 

History scientist explaining how 

she started her career, to build 

their own personal “collections.” 

They add educational features as 

needed online. Their choices of 

what to collect, powered by the 

lab, make magic. 

I’ve been at the Smithsonian a long time, as 

have some of my colleagues. We marvel at 

how our audiences are making the digital 

Smithsonian their own in ways we never 

thought of or could imagine. They are not 

replacing our curators and experts, but 

rather expanding upon our work.

Using cutting-edge machine learning, botanists at the National Museum of Natural 

History along with digitization teams and 

data scientists from the Office of the Chief 

Information Officer are “teaching” computers how to identify plant species, with 

greater accuracy than humans.

Thousands of digital volunteers from 

across the world are turning handwritten 

manuscripts into narratives through the 

Transcription Center (transcription.si.edu), 

a platform launched in 2014. No longer just 

unidentified pictures, these transcriptions 

make our “digitized” objects searchable and 

usable by scholars, teachers and students.

In 2016 alone, 76,546 pages were transcribed, 

including 1,000 pages from the new National 

Museum of African American History and 

Culture, the records of the Freedmen’s 

Bureau, enabling a deeper and richer understanding of the post–Civil War transition 

of enslaved people to freedom.

Explore Martha Graham’s portrait as an introduction to how she 

redefined 20th-century dance, or, as one geometry teacher did, 

use her stylized position to measure angles. 

Hear how paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner 

became a dietary detective.

Understand mathematical proportions like those found in 

this Josef Albers lithograph. 

Sample Earth’s incredible biodiversity by plunging into three 

centuries’ worth of specimens that smart scientists and smart 

machines are adding to digital collections.

Fill in your own—and our nation’s—family tree. Shown here 

are visitors to the National Museum of African American 

History and Culture’s Robert Frederick Smith Explore Your 

Family History Center.

Suddenly, a series of paintings teaches the 

principles of geometry, a sequence of videos 

are combined to explain media criticism or 

personal images are uploaded to complement 

our national collection.

The outcomes have been as varied and creative 

as our users, who are enthusiasts, teachers 

and students. In less than a year, makers have 

created almost 10,000 personalized collections, 

which can be copied and modified even more, 

as one user builds upon another’s work.

“THE OUTCOMES

HAVE BEEN AS VARIED

AND CREATIVE

AS OUR USERS.”
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At the Smithsonian American Art 

Museum’s Renwick Gallery, in a room 

designed in the 19th century to house 

William Corcoran’s prized sculpture 

Greek Slave by Hiram Powers, stands 

a replica. 

The sculpture is not a copy by Powers, 

which he did frequently, using the technology of his time, but rather a full-scale, 

polymer printout made using 3D data 

captured by the Smithsonian. And that 

data is available freely online for all who 

want to print their own.

At the National Air and Space 

Museum, an interactive wall in 

the new Boeing Milestones of Flight 

Hall allows visitors to find objects, 

and more importantly, the stories 

surrounding them, to customize 

their tours, by combining the curatorial design of the exhibitions with 

their passions and interests.

This adaptation of our digital information will continue as our audiences 

grow and technology changes. The 

pace will quicken, too, beyond that first, 

life-changing but gradual evolution that 

commenced two decades ago. 

And, if we move fast enough, opening all 

our collections and sharing all our work, 

our scientific investigations, political and 

cultural engagement and creativity will 

be available to and shared by everyone 

globally, reaching people where they are.

This idea is both audacious and thrilling. I am exhilarated to be a part of the 

Smithsonian at such an incredible 

time, as we move out of our galleries 

and into the world to play a lead role in 

this ever-growing web of collaboration, 

producing unimagined new knowledge 

and experiences. 

I hope you will join me.

Darren Milligan is the senior digital strategist, 

Smithsonian Center for Learning and 

Digital Access.

See enhanced content and share this story 

at si.edu/annualreport.

View this Qing dynasty vase 

in Freer | Sackler’s collection 

in 3D at 3d.si.edu.

“THIS ADAPTATION OF OUR

DIGITAL INFORMATION

WILL CONTINUE AS OUR

AUDIENCES GROW AND

TECHNOLOGY CHANGES.”

Download and 3D print your 

own 19th-century masterpiece 

at 3d.si.edu/downloads/1392.

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134 MILLION

Smithsonian Science Education 

Center K-12 curriculum used in

reaching 1,454 school districts and 

as well as in 

worldwide

50 STATES

6.4M STUDENTS

25 COUNTRIES

The Smithsonian is the world’s largest scientific and cultural organization. 

Here is what that means, over one year’s time, in terms of contributions to scholarship 

and audience reach...by the numbers.

Hosted 2,031

scholars 1,259

research associates using 

Smithsonian collections 

and resources 

772

fellows launching their careers

FOUR

SPECIES

Contributions to Scholarship 1

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS ,916

 2.8m

 total museum objects digitized 

408k

 this year

76

,546

pages transcribed by 6,873 

digital volunteers, 1,474 

of them new this year

OBJECTS ADDED 

TO NATIONAL 

COLLECTIONS

104

,863

95,957 

scientific specimens 

7,706 

historical artifacts

1,200 

works of art

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TO WILD 

HABITATS

 2016 BY THE

NUMBERS

111

NEW EXHIBITIONS

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In support of the summer 2017 opening 

of American Democracy: A Great Leap of 

Faith at the National Museum of American History, a combined $6 million gift 

and bequest intention by Linda and 

Pete Claussen endows and supports 

the exhibition’s opening and continuing programming. The Linda and Pete 

Claussen Hall of American Democracy 

will host the exhibition, which explores 

the nation’s commitment to popular 

sovereignty and the ideals and ideas of 

a democracy. Pete Claussen is a past 

chairman of the museum’s board and 

has served on the Smithsonian National 

Board and National Portrait Gallery 

Commission. Committed friends of the 

Smithsonian since 1997, the Claussens 

also donated the 44-seat segregation-era Southern Railway car now 

on exhibit in the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture. 

In Germany in 1936, African American 

sprinter Jesse Owens shattered barriers 

and perceptions by demonstrating that 

race was no impediment to his ability 

to compete and win in the Olympics. 

Generations of African American 

athletes who followed him used sports 

to overcome racial obstacles and gain 

participation in American society. A 

$5 million gift by Michael Jordan and 

Family to the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture 

celebrates the many African American 

athletes whose actions both on and off 

the field transformed sports, the nation 

and the world. The museum’s Game 

Changers Hall of the Sports Gallery, 

named in honor of his generosity, features the personal objects and stories 

of those who have used the power of 

sports to advance civil rights, including 

one of Michael Jordan’s own jerseys 

from the 1996 National Basketball Association Finals. 

American Democracy

linda and pete claussen

Cultural Diversity, 

Collective Heritage

the atlantic

philanthropies

Changing the Game 

michael jordan and family 

Leadership Gifts

We thank 2016’s most generous donors for their gifts of $5 million or more

The Atlantic Philanthropies’ grant of 

$12 million to the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture 

enables the Smithsonian to continue 

sharing the diverse stories that are vital 

to our collective national identity. The 

Atlantic Philanthropies’ grant supported 

the museum’s capital campaign and 

funds transformative dialogues about 

race, identity, racial equity, exclusion, 

inclusion and reconciliation through 

programming and digital learning 

resources for the public, including 

educators, students and learners, 

parents and caregivers. The Atlantic 

Philanthropies’ grant helps complete the 

picture of the American experience by 

creating greater awareness and clarity 

among museum visitors of the history 

and cultural diversity reflected in our 

collective heritage.

 Those 

Who Make 

 It Possible

LEADERSHIP GIFTS

DONORS TO THE SMITHSONIAN

SMITHSONIAN LEGACY SOCIETY

JAMES SMITHSON SOCIETY

DISTINGUISHED BENEFACTORS

LEADERSHIP 

REPORTS 

WAYS TO GIVE 

 We

 Thank
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In October 2004, the Smithsonian Board 

of Regents appointed Oprah Winfrey a 

founding member of the National Museum of African American History and 

Culture Council. In the dozen years since, 

leading up to the museum building’s 

opening on the National Mall on Sept. 

24, 2016, she has been a dedicated volunteer and philanthropic leader whose 

involvement has been critical to this historic project and the realization of this 

long-awaited dream. With philanthropic 

contributions from The Oprah Winfrey 

Charitable Foundation, Oprah Winfrey 

helped establish the museum’s nucleus 

fund in 2008, made a gift of $12 million in 

2013 and presented an additional gift of 

$8 million in 2016. In total, her support to 

the museum through her foundation is 

$21 million, which makes Oprah Winfrey 

the museum’s largest donor. In addition, 

she has helped build the museum’s 

collection by contributing objects from 

her personal collection. With her deep 

commitment, she has played a vital role 

in bringing the museum’s narrative of 

the African American experience to the 

nation and the world, so that a more 

complete American story now may be 

shared with all.

Committed Since 

the Beginning

the oprah winfrey 

charitable foundation 

A $20 million gift from Robert Frederick 

Smith to the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture 

provides $5 million to build the new 

museum facility and a further $15 million 

to advance the museum’s digitization, 

community outreach and internship 

and fellowship programs. These three 

programs will expand the museum’s 

ability to share African American 

history and culture with audiences 

across the nation and around the 

world. The Digitization Program 

will enable the museum to acquire, 

preserve and digitize collections of a 

wide array of African American artists 

and organizations. The gift provides 

funding to license these works for 

educational purposes and build a 

sophisticated digital platform to make 

them freely accessible. Through the 

Community Outreach Program, the 

museum will enhance its partnerships 

with community-based organizations 

in key cities across the nation. The gift 

funds the development of the digital 

tools or “apps” that will enable those 

communities to digitize and upload 

images and documents and share them 

with others. By allowing individuals 

and families to contribute and curate 

their own stories, pictures and more, 

the museum can weave the story of 

all African American families into a 

narrative about the African American 

Connection, Ownership, Pride 

robert frederick smith 

experience. The intent of the donor is 

to create the connection, ownership 

and pride in the history of all African 

American families. The Internship and 

Fellowship Program provides resources 

to offer professional development 

opportunities for the next generation 

of museum professionals with an 

interest in African American history and 

culture. In recognition of Robert Smith’s 

generosity, the museum’s second-floor 

Explore Your Family History Center and 

first-floor family pavilion are named in 

his honor. The gift is the largest single 

gift the museum has received.

Charitable Foundation

Oprah W infrey

Charitable Foundation

Oprah W infrey

Leadership Gifts

We thank 2016’s most generous donors for their gifts of $5 million or more

Nation of Faiths

lilly endowment inc.

Faith and religion have long been 

intertwined in American history, 

influencing virtually every facet of 

society and culture. Within the African 

American community, religion has 

been a pillar of daily life. To advance 

research, educational programming 

and preservation of artifacts related to 

faith as experienced through an African 

American lens, a gift of $10 million 

by Lilly Endowment Inc. supports the 

creation and endowment of the Center 

for the Study of African American 

Religion at the Smithsonian’s newest 

museum. A separate gift of $5 million 

from Lilly Endowment Inc. endows a 

curatorship of American religious history 

at the National Museum of American 

History. Each of these gifts enables the 

Smithsonian not only to better tell the 

personal stories of spiritual practice 

and interpret American religious 

freedom throughout history, but also to 

partner with faith communities across 

the country to preserve local histories 

and cultures. Lilly Endowment Inc. has 

supported the Smithsonian since 1973.

Philanthropic Leader 

david m. rubenstein

David M. Rubenstein’s gift of $10 million 

to the National Museum of African 

American History and Culture helped 

build and open the museum building. 

The National Mall facility is a place 

for reflection upon four centuries of 

the nation’s history and a catalyst for 

discussion of the impact of the African 

American experience on every aspect 

of the American character. The three 

History Galleries are named in honor 

of David Rubenstein in recognition of 

this generous gift, and in them will be 

displayed two rare documents on loan 

from him: the 13th Amendment and the 

Emancipation Proclamation, the latter 

signed by President Abraham Lincoln. 

As well as chairing the Smithsonian 

Board of Regents, David Rubenstein 

co-chairs the Smithsonian Campaign, 

serves on the board of the National 

Museum of Natural History and is a 

former board member of the National 

Museum of American History. His 

generosity has extended across the 

Smithsonian to the National Zoological 

Park, Smithsonian American Art 

Museum, National Museum of Natural 

History and National Museum of 

American History. 

Like the blend of America’s diverse 

cultural backgrounds, America’s folk 

music cannot be characterized by a 

simple description. From blues and 

jazz, to country, gospel, zydeco and 

more, Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie 

Records traveled America’s back roads 

for more than 50 years to capture and 

collect as many of its folk sounds he 

enjoyed as possible. A $5 million gift 

by Edmund and Laura Littlefield of the 

Sage Foundation made it possible for 

the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and 

Cultural Heritage to receive Arhoolie 

Records’ master recordings and related 

materials and add them to the collection. 

Through the center’s Smithsonian 

Folkways label, Arhoolie’s rich and 

uniquely American musical legacy of 

hundreds of seminal folk artists, among 

them Big Mama Thornton, Mance 

Lipscomb and Flaco Jiménez, will 

continue to be available to listeners 

around the world. (Shown above: 

Edmund Littlefield.)

Folk Sounds

sage foundation
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aarp

With a $1 million 

gift to the National 

Museum of African 

American History and Culture, AARP 

supports the museum’s mission to 

explore African American life through 

economic, social, political and cultural 

experiences. By exploring stories from 

the nation’s founding to contemporary 

times, the Smithsonian’s newest 

museum encourages visitors to think 

about how they can make America a 

more just and equitable place through 

discussions of race and social justice. In 

its history of giving to 11 Smithsonian 

museums, research centers and 

programs since 1983, this is AARP’s 

largest donation to date. 

bank of america

A gift of $2 million from Bank of America 

supported Grand Opening Activities at 

the Smithsonian’s National Museum of 

African American History and Culture 

on Sept. 24, 2016. Over 100,000

attendees participated in the dedication 

ceremony, which featured remarks by 

President Barack Obama, Rep. John 

Lewis, former President George W. Bush 

and the museum’s founding director, 

Lonnie Bunch. The museum chronicles 

the role African Americans have had in 

shaping America through 85,000 square 

feet of exhibition space and thousands 

of objects. Bank of America has 

previously made gifts to this museum 

and 14 other Smithsonian museums, 

research centers and programs. 

susan breakefield fulton

A $1 million gift by 

Susan Breakefield 

Fulton to establish 

the Breakefield 

Critical Conservation 

Fund supports the 

work of the Smithsonian Conservation 

Biology Institute as it advances vital 

research to understand and sustain 

threatened species and their habitats 

worldwide. At facilities in Front Royal, 

Va., and the National Zoological Park, as 

well as at research stations and in the 

field worldwide, institute researchers 

and scientists apply the study of 

ecology, genomics, sustainability, 

behavior and reproduction to help 

endangered species including the 

black-footed ferret and scimitar-horned 

oryx, both of which have been 

successfully reintroduced to the wild 

with institute help. This is the largest 

gift to the Smithsonian to date from the 

donor, a member since 2002. 

david geffen foundation 

With its support of 

the design and 

construction of the 

National Museum of 

African American 

History and Culture, the $1 million gift by 

the David Geffen Foundation helped the 

Smithsonian successfully launch its newest museum in Washington, D.C., in the 

fall of 2016. The museum’s collections, 

exhibitions and public programs serve as 

catalysts for public discourse on the 

African American experience and the 

impact this experience has had on 

America’s ever-changing national 

identity. This is the largest gift to the 

Smithsonian by the foundation, whose 

past support has included gifts to the 

Archives of American Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

outdoor areas, the presentation of 

several groundbreaking exhibitions, 

the ongoing work of the ARTLAB+ 

afterschool program for teens, the 

creation of a mobile museum guide and 

other programming.

andréa and kenneth frazier 

When it opened on the National 

Mall in September 2016, the National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture was a long-awaited dream 

come true. A $1 million gift by Andréa 

and Kenneth Frazier helped realize that 

vision. The new facility’s exhibitions 

and programming are dedicated to 

enabling people from all walks of life, 

all over the world, to understand how 

American values and daily life have 

been influenced by African American 

experiences and contributions. The 

couple has supported the Smithsonian 

through gifts to this museum, as well 

as the National Museum of African Art, 

since 2010. 

patricia and phillip frost

To enable the 

Smithsonian to tell a 

more complete story 

of America, a 

$1 million gift by 

Patricia and Phillip 

Frost helped the Smithsonian complete 

the construction of the National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture. The new museum offers 

deep insights into the African American 

experience through explorations of 

resilience, diversity, collaboration and 

cooperation. Patricia Frost is a past chair 

of the Smithsonian National Board and 

Phillip Frost is a Smithsonian Regent 

Emeritus. The Frosts have supported 

the Smithsonian for almost 30 years and 

previously have made gifts benefiting 

the Smithsonian American Art Museum 

and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian 

Design Museum.

roger w. ferguson, jr. 

and annette l. nazareth

A $1 million gift by Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. 

and Annette L. Nazareth provided 

critical private support for the 

completion and grand opening of the 

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture in September 

2016. Visitors to the Smithsonian’s 19th 

museum can explore images, objects 

and interactive exhibits as well as 

participate in discussions, performances 

and film screenings, to understand the 

broader American experience through 

an African American lens. Roger 

Ferguson is a Smithsonian Regent.

julie and greg flynn

Julie and Greg Flynn 

have made a 

$1 million gift to the 

National Museum of 

American History. 

Their generosity will 

support American Experiments, 

educational programming that inspires 

active engagement in American civic life. 

It will be presented in the museum’s 

Wallace H. Coulter Unity Square 

beginning in summer 2017. The museum 

will expand these activities to classrooms for use by teachers, in collaboration with San Francisco’s Exploratorium. 

Julie Flynn serves on the Smithsonian 

National Board and the Smithsonian 

Campaign’s San Francisco regional Host 

Committee. The Flynns have supported 

the Smithsonian since 2014.

the sidney e. 

frank foundation

peter and cathy halstead

The Sidney E. Frank Foundation’s gift of 

$2 million helps the Hirshhorn Museum 

and Sculpture Garden create unique 

opportunities for visitors to engage 

with the art of today by reimagining the 

museum’s public spaces and programs. 

The funds support museum initiatives 

such as a redesign of its lobby and 

brown capital management 

A gift of $1 million from Brown Capital 

Management helped the Smithsonian 

achieve its most recent major milestone, 

the completion of the National Museum 

of African American History and 

Culture on the National Mall. After 

more than 100 years as a concept, and 

in the planning and construction 

phases for more than a decade, the 

museum’s grand opening weekend in 

September 2016 made national headlines and drew thousands of visitors to 

participate in its dedication. This is 

Brown Capital Management’s first gift 

to the Smithsonian.

kobe and vanessa 

bryant family foundation 

A $1 million gift from the Kobe and 

Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation to the 

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture helped fuel the 

completion of the Smithsonian’s 19th 

museum. With over 36,000 objects and 

myriad stories that serve as a testament 

to African Americans’ contributions to 

the nation’s identity, the museum 

is a place that helps all Americans learn 

how their personal stories, histories 

and cultures are also shaped by global 

influences.

sandra j. evers-manly

Sandra J. EversManly’s gift of 

$1 million supports 

the historic 

completion and 

opening of the new 

facility for the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture. 

Encompassing more than 400,000

square feet with thousands of objects, 

sculpture, memorabilia and 

photographs, including a deep collection 

of images documenting African 

Americans’ struggles during the 1960s 

Civil Rights Movement, the museum 

explores the diversity of the African 

American experience and demonstrates 

how this experience has been integral to 

change in America.

the executive 

leadership council, inc.

With its gift of $1 million to the National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture, The Executive Leadership 

Council, Inc., has enabled the 

Smithsonian to complete the threetiered facility that so magnificently 

houses this new museum. More than 

700,000 passes were distributed for 

timed-entry slots to the museum in its 

first three months, drawing diverse 

audiences from across the nation and 

around the world eager to explore the 

narratives of African American history 

presented by the museum’s inaugural 

exhibitions. The council has previously 

supported the National Museum of 

African Art.

exelon foundation

A $1 million gift from the Exelon 

Foundation helps the newly opened 

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture share stories from 

African American history, culture and 

community for a richer understanding of 

history writ large. The museum’s 12

inaugural exhibitions feature more than 

3,000 artifacts that span the 17th century 

through the current day. They vividly 

help create awareness of this nation’s 

civic and social diversity and portray 

how African American values have 

shaped present-day America.

Leadership Gifts

We thank 2016’s most generous donors for their gifts of $1 million or more
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Leadership Gifts

We thank 2016’s most generous donors for their gifts of $1 million or more

james t. and 

juliette j. george

The Smithsonian’s 

newest museum, 

the National 

Museum of 

African American 

History and Culture, invites visitors to 

examine their own cultural and 

historical influences by enabling 

conversations on diversity. A $1 million 

gift from James T. and Juliette J. George 

advances the museum’s mission of 

broadening perspectives by telling 

stories of strength, sacrifice and 

aspiration from a perspective that is 

uniquely African American, yet informs 

the experiences of every American. The 

couple have been donors to the 

museum’s capital campaign since 2014. 

joseph l. and 

emily k. gidwitz 

memorial foundation 

A $1 million gift by the Joseph L. and 

Emily K. Gidwitz Memorial Foundation 

establishes an endowment for the 

acquisition of portrait photography 

at the National Portrait Gallery. 

Photography comprises more than half 

the exhibitions on public view and a 

majority of the portraits acquired over 

the last several years. The gift is one 

of the largest in the museum’s history 

and the first to establish an endowment 

dedicated to the expansion of its 

collections. This gift, the donor’s first to 

the Portrait Gallery, ensures the museum 

can continue to portray the people 

who shape America’s evolving cultural 

identity in crisp detail.

glaxosmithkline

A $2 million gift by 

GlaxoSmithKline helped 

the Smithsonian realize 

the long-awaited dream 

of the design, 

construction and opening of its newest 

museum, the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture. 

The African American story is one of 

perseverance, fortitude and immense 

achievement, celebrated in this new 

museum through more than 3,000

objects from history, music, sports, art, 

performing arts and the military on 

display alongside changing exhibitions 

and educational programs. Among 

GlaxoSmithKline’s founders were 

leaders in the abolitionist movement, 

including William Allen, a passionate 

campaigner against slavery. 

mary livingston 

griggs and mary griggs 

burke foundation

A $2 million pledge by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke 

Foundation establishes an endowment 

to support the Japanese art program 

at the Freer | Sackler. The endowment, 

named in honor of the late Mary Griggs 

Burke, will enhance the museum’s 

Japanese art exhibitions, research and 

programming, as well as its Japanese art 

conservation. With over 11,000 objects 

spanning more than four millennia, the 

galleries’ Japanese art collection is a 

central part of a dynamic crossroads of 

art where East meets West. 

william h. gross 

With his gift of 

$1 million to 

the National 

Postal Museum, 

William H. Gross 

continues his deep 

commitment to the conservation, 

preservation and education of the public 

about the value and beauty of postage 

stamps. This most recent gift establishes 

an endowment to support the museum’s 

stamp gallery, which is named in the 

donor’s honor, and which with 200,000

objects on display is the largest gallery in 

the world dedicated to philately. The 

museum intends to build on the 

endowment with additional gifts. William 

H. Gross has given more than $10 million 

to the museum since 2009, including the 

lead gift that helped make possible the 

creation of its stamp gallery.

lyda hill

A gift by Lyda Hill of $1.15 million 

energizes the National Museum of 

Natural History’s transformation of its 

iconic dinosaur and fossil hall, which 

reopens in 2019. The funds support 

fabrication and construction of Deep 

Time, a 31,000-square-foot exhibition 

that explores how ancient forces have 

shaped all life on Earth and promotes 

understanding of our place in Earth’s 

history. The gift also supports a 

scientist working in geologic research 

and Outbreak, an upcoming exhibition 

about the interconnectedness of human, 

animal and environmental health. This 

is Lyda Hill’s largest gift to the natural 

history museum.

the robert h.n. ho 

family foundation

A gift by The Robert H.N. Ho Family 

Foundation enables the Freer | Sackler 

to open Encountering the Buddha: Art and 

Practice Across Asia in October 2017. The 

exhibition offers “encounters” through 

art; immersive spaces, including a 

recreation of a Tibetan Buddhist shrine 

with over 200 sculptures, thangkas and 

ritual objects; and a film of present-day 

worshippers at a sacred site in Sri Lanka. 

The centrality of pilgrimage within 

Buddhist tradition is conveyed by a 

digital interactive on Hyecho, the Korean 

monk who traveled across the Buddhist 

world in the 8th century. The foundation 

has supported the Freer | Sackler 

since 2010.

cathy hughes and 

alfred c. liggins iii

By making their 

$1 million gift to 

the design and 

construction of the 

National Museum 

of African American 

History and Culture, Cathy Hughes and 

her son, Alfred C. Liggins III, helped 

the Smithsonian realize a dream more 

than a century in the making. Now in 

its newly opened building, the museum 

continues to show the nation and the 

world how central African American 

innovation is to the American dream of 

economic opportunity. Cathy Hughes 

has been a Charter Member of the 

museum since 2012. 

johnson & johnson 

With its gift of $2 million to the National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture, Johnson & Johnson 

assisted with the final phases of the 

design and construction of the Smithsonian’s newest museum on the National 

Mall. This is the largest gift to date from 

the company, a contributor to 10

different Smithsonian museums and 

programs since 1991. This gift reflects 

Johnson & Johnson’s commitment to 

the museum and the role it plays in 

supporting the communities in which 

the company’s employees live and work 

and the commitment to leveraging 

diversity and inclusion to create a better, 

healthier world. 

gregory d. and jennifer 

walston johnson

A $1 million gift by 

Gregory D. and 

Jennifer Walston 

Johnson benefits 

the National Air 

and Space Museum and the Smithsonian 

Tropical Research Institute. One half of 

the gift supports conservation of iconic 

objects to be included in the first 

museum’s upcoming exhibition 

Destination Moon; the other half of the 

gift funds two institute research projects, 

investigating insect neurobiology and 

the collection of fossil specimens in 

Central and South America. Jennifer 

Walston Johnson serves on the 

Smithsonian National Board. The couple 

has supported the Smithsonian since 

2012, with previous gifts including those 

made to the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture 

and the Smithsonian Campaign. 

 

the julis-rabinowitz family

A $2 million gift directed by Mitchell 

R. and Joleen Julis on behalf of the 

Julis-Rabinowitz Family supports 

enhancements to the Hirshhorn 

Museum and Sculpture Garden’s public 

spaces and establishes the museum’s 

Future Fund. One half of the gift funds 

improvements to the museum’s lobby 

and sculpture garden and the creation of 

a welcoming and engaging environment 

to attract visitors to the museum and 

encourage them to stay. The other 

half of the gift expands technological 

offerings, develops new ways of 

presenting exhibitions and increases 

opportunities for visitors to interact 

in innovative ways with the museum 

and its art. Joleen Julis is a Hirshhorn 

trustee. This is the couple’s largest gift 

to the museum. 

carl and emily knobloch

A $1.1 million gift 

from Carl and Emily 

Knobloch helps the 

Smithsonian 

American Art 

Museum establish a 

curatorial 

endowment named in honor of Elizabeth 

Broun, who retired in December 2016

after 27 years as the museum’s director. 

The Elizabeth Broun Curatorial 

Endowment supports all aspects of the 

museum’s curatorial and collectionsrelated work, including but not limited to 

acquisitions; permanent and temporary 

curatorial personnel; travel, research, 

exhibition and installation costs; 

publications; artists’ lectures; and public 

programs. Two galleries are named for 

the donors in recognition of their 

generosity. Carl and Emily Knobloch 

have supported the museum and been 

members of the museum’s American Art 

Forum since 2006.
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Leadership Gifts

We thank 2016’s most generous donors for their gifts of $1 million or more

kovler foundation

The Kovler Foundation furthered its 

commitment to the National Museum 

of African American History and 

Culture with an additional $1 million 

gift to the museum. The gift supports 

the design and construction of the 

museum and its Emmett Till Memorial 

room. Emmett Till’s story, as well 

as the hundreds of other individual 

narratives and thousands of artifacts 

spanning all of America’s history, helps 

to convey the museum’s narrative of the 

complex, often tragic, African American 

experience that has shaped the past, 

present and future of our nation. 

The foundation has supported the 

Smithsonian since 1983 and the National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture since 2007.

dale l. lefebvre

A $1 million gift by 

Dale L. LeFebvre 

supports the design 

and construction of 

the National 

Museum of African 

American History and Culture, which 

was completed in September 2016. 

Housed within a distinctive new 

structure on the National Mall, the 

museum and its scholars use a 

comprehensive collection of objects to 

tell the inspiring and challenging stories 

of faith, hope and resiliency that define 

the African American experience, from 

slavery and segregation through today.

loida nicolas lewis, leslie 

malaika lewis and christina 

lewis halpern

At first sight of the 

bronze facade at 

the National 

Museum of 

African American 

History and Culture, Loida Nicolas Lewis 

was inspired to make a second $1 million 

gift to the museum, this one on behalf of 

herself and her daughters, Leslie Malaika 

Lewis and Christina Lewis Halpern. Her 

first gift came by way of the Reginald F. 

Lewis Foundation, founded by her late 

husband in 1987, of which she is now 

chair. Mr. Lewis is represented in the 

museum with a copy of his biography,

“Why should white guys have all the fun?”, 

his briefcase and his nameplate.

the john d. and catherine t. 

macarthur foundation

A $2 million gift by The John D. and 

Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 

assisted with the final push to complete 

the design and construction of the 

Smithsonian’s newest museum, the 

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture. It opened in 

September 2016, more than a dozen 

years after its authorization by Congress 

in 2003 and more than 100 years after 

the idea for the museum was first 

conceived. The museum’s artifacts, 

stories and educational programming 

share how American values such as 

resiliency, optimism and spirituality are 

deeply embedded in African American 

history and culture. The MacArthur 

Foundation has supported more than a 

dozen Smithsonian museums, research 

centers and programs since 1983.

victor and thaderine 

macfarlane and family

With their $1 million 

gift to benefit the 

National Museum of 

African American 

History and Culture, 

Victor and 

Thaderine MacFarlane and their family 

supported the final stages of design, 

construction and the public unveiling of 

the Smithsonian’s newest building. 

Themes of freedom, civil rights and 

justice are woven throughout the 

museum’s 12 inaugural exhibitions and 

brought to life through physical 

artifacts, interactive displays, 

sculptures and family history research 

stations, all helping to tell a deeper, 

richer American story.

rose a. mcelrath-slade

A $1 million gift by 

Rose A. McElrathSlade benefits the 

National Museum of 

African American 

History and Culture, 

a museum that pays tribute to those 

who suffered, died, endured slave ships, 

overcame slavery and marched toward a 

dream. After a century as a deferred 

dream and more than a decade in 

planning and construction, the museum 

now has come to life, evidence that 

freedom did ring, is ringing and 

continues to ring for equality and human 

rights. Rose A. McElrath-Slade has 

supported the museum since 2013.

medtronic foundation

A $2 million gift from the Medtronic 

Foundation provided momentum into 

the final phase of design and 

construction of the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture, 

which opened with more than 100,000

people in attendance. Its collections 

encompass more than 36,000 artifacts, 

and the museum holds regular film 

screenings, book readings and 

discussions to help all Americans learn 

how their personal histories and stories 

continue to be shaped by the African 

American experience.

microsoft corporation

Microsoft Corporation continues its 

long tradition of support for the 

Smithsonian with a $1 million gift to the 

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture. Along with helping 

the Smithsonian complete the 

construction of the new facility, the 

funds enable the museum to pursue its 

mission of enabling visitors from around 

the nation and the world to learn deeper 

lessons from the past, explore the 

present and be inspired for the future. In 

addition to this gift, for the last 26 years 

Microsoft Corporation has supported 

more than 20 Smithsonian museums, 

research centers and programs through 

grants and other in-kind contributions. 

michael and lori milken

With their gift of 

$1 million through 

the Milken Family 

Foundation, Michael 

and Lori Milken 

advance the National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture’s mission to demonstrate 

the ways in which America has been 

shaped by uniquely African American 

influences. In addition to thousands of 

artifacts on display in exhibitions 

throughout its 10 levels, the museum’s 

robust array of on-site workshops, 

programming for educators and remote 

video-conferencing helps learners of all 

ages discover new insights into the 

African American experience.

mitsubishi corporation

Mitsubishi Corporation’s gift of $1 million 

supports the Japanese Art Program at 

the Freer | Sackler over five years. This is 

Mitsubishi Corporation’s largest gift to 

date to the Smithsonian and supports a 

variety of the galleries’ initiatives: a 

historic reunion of three large-scale 

paintings by Japanese artist Kitagawa 

Utamaro (c. 1753–1806) during the 2017

Cherry Blossom Festival, a bilingual staff 

coordinator for museum-wide Japanese 

projects, curatorial and research 

exchanges between Freer | Sackler staff 

and Tokyo museums and a JapaneseEnglish website to further museum 

outreach in Japan. Mitsubishi 

Corporation has supported the Freer | 

Sackler and the Smithsonian since 1997.

national basketball players 

association foundation

With its gift of $1 million, the National 

Basketball Players Association 

Foundation helped the Smithsonian build 

the National Museum of African 

American History and Culture. After 

more than a decade of planning, the 

museum’s new building opened in 

September 2016. Among the museum’s 

inaugural exhibitions is Sports: Leveling 

the Playing Field, which explores the 

unique role of sports in American 

culture. The foundation represents the 

philanthropic interests of National 

Basketball Association players, who 

throughout American history have made 

significant contributions both on and off 

the court.

national football league

The National Football League’s gift of 

$1 million to the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture 

furthers the museum’s mission to 

enable a better understanding of the 

African American experience. The 

museum presents the many facets of 

this experience through its scholarship 

and exhibitions, both of which draw 

upon the museum’s collection, which 

was assembled by staff and curators 

from scratch. The inaugural exhibitions 

on history, community and culture 

showcase 3,000 objects, and more than 

36,000 objects are now incorporated in 

the museum’s permanent collection.

nationwide foundation 

A gift of $1 million by Nationwide 

Foundation to benefit the National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture helps the Smithsonian 

achieve one of its highest priorities. As 

an essential part of America’s story, 

African American experiences and 

values have helped to shape the country 

into a vibrant, diverse nation. The 

museum is devoted to promoting a 

better understanding of our collective 

past in order to address questions 

we face today and chart the course 

for tomorrow. 
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the nike foundation

With the help of a 

$2 million gift from 

The NIKE Foundation, the Smithsonian was able to put the 

finishing touches on the decades-long 

project to make its newest museum, the 

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture, a reality. The 

foundation’s generous support is noted 

at the entryway of the Basketball Alcove 

in the museum’s Sports Gallery, where 

Carl Lewis’ Nike track shoes and a pair of 

red-and-white Nike high-top sneakers 

worn by Michael Jordan are on display.

northrop grumman 

corporation

Already faced with prejudice in their 

everyday lives, men and women of color 

in the American armed forces during the 

first half of the 20th century encountered an even steeper climb toward 

equality. As the nation fought for 

freedom during World War II, the 

“Double V” campaign sought to bring 

awareness to this struggle. Through 

victory over enemies both foreign and 

domestic, the effort called for equality 

for African Americans risking their lives 

abroad for their country. A $3 million gift 

by Northrop Grumman Corporation 

supports the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture 

and its role in educating visitors on the 

ongoing legacy of African Americans’ 

contributions to American military 

service. Additionally, the company 

recently made a commitment to the 

National Museum of the American 

Indian’s National Native American 

Veterans Memorial, and it continues to 

support the National Air and Space 

Museum’s Family Heritage Days. 

Previous support includes the National 

Museum of American History and the 

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 

lynn roseman owen 

A bequest of 

$1.21 million by the 

estate of Lynn 

Roseman Owen 

benefits giant panda 

welfare and 

conservation at the National Zoological 

Park. The funds establish an endowment 

that the National Zoo will use for panda 

research and programs in captivity and 

in the wild. Lynn Owen and her husband, 

Don, who predeceased her, became 

Smithsonian members in 1983. They 

were members of the Friends of the 

National Zoo and made previous 

philanthropic gifts to support the 

National Zoo giant panda program.

tyler perry

A $1 million gift by 

Tyler Perry benefits 

the National 

Museum of African 

American History 

and Culture and 

helped the Smithsonian open its newest 

museum building to the public on Sept. 

24, 2016. The museum devotes the 

fourth-floor Culture Galleries to a 

comprehensive look at African American contributions to theater, music, visual arts and cultural expression. The 

galleries form just one part of this new 

museum, which invites all people to 

celebrate America’s history of resiliency, 

optimism and spirituality, as seen from 

an African American perspective.

william f. pickard family 

group

With its gift of 

$1 million, the 

William F. Pickard 

Family Group 

supports the 

Smithsonian’s 

completion of the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture 

museum building. Innovation and 

entrepreneurship are presented in the 

museum’s Making a Way Out of No Way 

exhibition. Among the exhibition’s 

stories are case studies of skilled 

artisans, inventors and entrepreneurs 

who achieved financial success and 

invested their wealth to help open doors 

for others.

prudential financial

In support of the grand opening of the 

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture, Prudential Financial 

provided a $2 million contribution to help 

underwrite the celebration and dedication

of the more than 400,000-square-foot 

museum building. The contribution also 

supports public lectures in honor of the 

late Dr. Clement A. Price, a professor of 

history at Rutgers University–Newark 

and a founding member of the museum’s 

Scholarly Advisory Council who 

helped shape the museum’s intellectual 

mission, exhibitions and programs. 

rolex

A Nation of Speed, a forthcoming 

exhibition at the National Air and Space 

Museum, will recount humankind’s 

desire to become the fastest on land, sea, 

air and space in the pursuit of commerce, 

power and prestige. A Nation of Speed will 

be a portrait of human ingenuity—the 

technology developed to propel people 

faster and faster—and will explore how 

the pursuit of speed has shaped 

American culture and our national 

identity. Featuring iconic vehicles from 

Mario Andretti’s Indy 500–winning race 

car to the 2004 Nemesis NXT air racer, 

the exhibition will draw upon the 

expertise and collections at the National 

Air and Space Museum and the National 

Museum of American History. A 

$1 million gift from Rolex will help to 

make A Nation of Speed possible. Rolex 

previously supported the construction of 

the National Air and Space Museum’s 

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

steve stoute family trust

A $1 million gift from 

the Steve Stoute 

Family Trust helped 

build and open the 

National Museum of 

African American 

History and Culture’s National Mall 

museum and advances the museum’s 

mission to share stories, art and culture 

of African Americans with people from 

every background and origin. From 

slavery to civil rights, as well as through 

art, sports, business and politics, African 

American experiences and values have 

shaped the course of the nation’s history.

target

A $2 million gift by Target 

helped facilitate the 

National Museum of 

African American History 

and Culture’s Grand Opening Activities, 

a series of receptions, galas, concerts, 

the official dedication and ribbon-cutting and other events celebrating the 

Smithsonian’s 19th and newest museum. 

Target’s support also extended to the 

Freedom Sounds Festival, a three-day 

public event held opening weekend and 

featuring a social media tent that enabled 

thousands of visitors to share personal 

stories. In addition to this gift, Target 

previously has contributed to the design 

and construction of the museum and, 

since 1996, has supported more than 

a dozen other Smithsonian museums, 

programs and research centers.

Leadership Gifts

We thank 2016’s most generous donors for their gifts of $1 million or more

thermo fisher scientific 

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s donation to 

the National Museum of Natural History 

of a scanning electron microscope and 

funds for a microscopy educator support 

the museum’s teen-focused Q?rius 

science education center. The combined 

value of the in-kind and philanthropic 

gift is more than $1 million. The support 

furthers the museum’s mission to 

educate young learners and enables 

Q?rius to expand its programming to 

include Microscopy Ambassadors. 

This corps of all-teen volunteers will 

demonstrate to their peers the hidden 

wonders that super-powered 

magnification reveals. Thermo Fisher 

Scientific has supported the Smithsonian 

Astrophysical Observatory. 

toyota

Toyota has supported a wide range of 

Smithsonian museums and programs 

since 1994. The company has demonstrated its commitment and support to 

the National Museum of African 

American History and Culture with a 

$1 million gift in 2011 and now a new 

$2 million gift for grand opening 

activities. The gift helped underwrite 

three days of celebrations, including the 

Saturday, Sept. 24, dedication and 

ribbon-cutting ceremony. It also funds a 

public program planned for 2017 about 

the century-long path that led to the 

museum opening, the museum 

building’s sustainable architectural 

features and environmental responsibility in African American communities. 

The program will take place in the 

Oprah Winfrey Theater and be 

streamed to audiences nationwide.

walton family foundation

The Walton Family Foundation’s two gifts 

totaling $3.9 million in 2016 helped build 

the Smithsonian’s future and contribute 

to the nation. The foundation’s gift of $3

million supports the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture’s 

new museum facility, facility, the opening 

of which adds a vital new chapter to the 

telling of the American story. The gift is 

made in honor of James I. Cash, Jr., a 

longtime member of the Walmart board 

of directors and a member of the 

museum’s Council. A separate challenge 

grant of $900,000, to be matched one to 

one, supports the Archives of American 

Art in doubling the rate at which its 

collections are digitized, providing for 

staffing and technology over a three-year 

period. 

robert l. wright 

In 2001, Robert 

L. Wright was 

appointed as a 

member of the 

National Museum of 

African American 

History and Culture Plan for Action 

Presidential Commission, and, 

subsequently, he was elected chair of 

the commission. In 2003 under Dr. 

Wright’s leadership, the commission’s 

report, The Time Has Come, directly led 

to the congressional legislation that 

established the present museum. 

Robert L. Wright serves on the 

museum’s Council. With a gift of 

$1 million, he adds philanthropic support 

to his extraordinary legacy of leadership 

and commitment to the museum. 

Because of his efforts and those of many 

others, the museum is a place where 

young, old, American and international 

visitors may explore the African 

American experience and better 

understand its impact on the nation and 

the world.
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$1,000,000 or more

The Smithsonian gratefully acknowledges those donors who made gifts, pledges or pledge 

payments during the fiscal year 2016. 

Donors to the Smithsonian 

Recognizing our benefactors 

Anonymous

3M ▲

AARP

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Bank of America

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Diane and Hal Brierley ●

Brown Capital Management

Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation

Dr. Peter Buck

Clark Charitable Foundation

Linda and Pete Claussen ✚ 

Lily and Joseph Dewton Family Fund (Ms. Ruth E. Dewton)

Sandra J. Evers-Manly

The Executive Leadership Council, Inc.

Exelon Foundation

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. and Annette L. Nazareth ■

Sakurako and William Fisher Family ♦ ✱ ✚

Julie and Greg Flynn ✚

Ford Foundation

The Sidney E. Frank Foundation

Peter and Cathy Halstead

Andréa and Kenneth Frazier

Patricia and Phillip Frost ✚

Susan Breakefield Fulton

GE 

David Geffen Foundation

James T. and Juliette J. George

Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz Memorial Foundation ✚

GlaxoSmithKline

Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation

William H. Gross

Lyda Hill

Helen and Edward Hintz ✱ ✚

The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation

Cathy Hughes and Alfred C. Liggins III

Johnson & Johnson

Gregory D. and Jennifer Walston Johnson ✚

Michael Jordan and Family

The Julis-Rabinowitz Family ●

Kaiser Permanente

Carl and Emily Knobloch

David H. Koch ●

Robert and Arlene Kogod ■

Kovler Foundation

Mattie McFadden Lawson & Michael Lawson and Family

Dale L. LeFebvre

Loida Nicolas Lewis, Leslie Malaika Lewis 

and Christina Lewis Halpern

Lilly Endowment Inc.

Lockheed Martin Corporation

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Victor and Thaderine MacFarlane and Family

Elizabeth and Whitney MacMillan ✚ ●

Barbara and Morton Mandel ●

John and Adrienne Mars ♦ ✚

Ms. Linda Powers Massaro

Rose A. McElrath-Slade

Nion McEvoy ●

Medtronic Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Microsoft Corporation

Michael and Lori Milken

Mitsubishi Corporation

National Basketball Players Association Foundation

National Football League

Nationwide Foundation

The NIKE Foundation

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Oceans 5

Tyler Perry

William F. Pickard Family Group 

Prudential Financial

The Rhimes Family Foundation

Mrs. Lydia Puccinelli Robbins

Mr. Charles J. Robertson 

Rolex

David M. Rubenstein ■ ♦ ✱ ●

Sage Foundation ▲

John and Ginger Sall ●

Vicki and Roger Sant ✱ ●

Simons Foundation

Robert Frederick Smith

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Steve Stoute Family Trust

Target

Patrick F. Taylor Foundation ✚

Suzanne and Michael E. Tennenbaum ✚

Thermo Fisher Scientific ▲

TOYOTA

United Technologies Corporation ▲

Walton Family Foundation

Coralyn Wright Whitney ●

The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation ●

Robert L. Wright ●

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian’s regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member 

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial)

$500,000 or more

Anonymous

3D Systems, Inc. ▲

Allstate Insurance Companies

Mr. Philip D. Berlin and 

Ms. Olivia Adler

Brewers Association (U.S.)

Mrs. Deborah C. Brittain

Ursula Burns and Lloyd Bean

Margaret A. Cargill Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. James I. Cash, Jr. ●

ConocoPhillips

Jim and Janet Dicke ✱ ✚

Ralph and Patricia R. Dixon

Eustace-Kwan Family

Friends of the National Zoo

Marie M. Halff

Michael and Char Hersh

Janine and J. Tomilson Hill ●

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hogan ✚

The JoGayle Dillon Howard 

Revocable Trust

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Peter B. Kibbee

Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney ✱ ●

Peter and Paula Lunder ✚

J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott 

Foundation

MasterCard

MetLife Foundation

The Moore Charitable Foundation

Louis Bacon

LeRoy Neiman Foundation

Pearson Foundation ▲

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated

PNC Foundation

Ms. Robin Richards

The Rockefeller Foundation

David Rockefeller

John and Anne Ryan ✚ ●

SC Johnson

Saudi Aramco

Bill and Tish Slattery & the 

Slattery Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Smith 

and Family

Smithsonian Women’s Committee

Ambassador and Mrs. Nicholas F. 

Taubman ✱ ●

John Templeton Foundation

Reginald Van Lee

Visa Inc.

Zegar Family Foundation

$100,000 or more

Anonymous

1923 Fund

Rodney and Michelle Adkins ✚

Lee and Elizabeth Ainslie ●

Alfred Street Baptist Church

Basil H. Alkazzi

Ms. Carolyn Small Alper ●

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 

Incorporated

Altman Foundation

American Council of Learned 

Societies

William A. and Valerie E. Anders 

Foundation ✱ ✚ ●

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

Judy Hart Angelo and John M. 

Angelo and The Angelo Family ✚

Ms. Wallis Annenberg, 

The Annenberg Foundation

Arcadia Trust

The Argus Fund

Autodesk, Inc. ▲

Automattic ▲

BAE Systems

Barbara and Craig Barrett ■ ♦ ✱ ✚

Ms. Judith Batty

BB&T

Benjamin Moore & Co.

BET Networks, A Viacom Company

Bio-Rad Laboratories ▲

Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Foundation

Major General and Mrs. Roger R. Blunt

BNSF Railway Foundation

William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation

Ms. Nancy L. Bowker

Fleur Straus Bresler

The Bresler Foundation ●

Reginald and Aliya Browne

John and Louise Bryson

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buchanan

Peggy and Ralph Burnet ✚ ✱ ●

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cafritz ✚ ●

The Morris and Gwendolyn 

Cafritz Foundation

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell ✚

The Honorable Frank C. Carlucci and 

Mrs. Carlucci

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Mr. and Mrs. Dickie Carter

C.F. Foundation, Inc. ✚

Dave Chappelle

Amita and Purnendu Chatterjee ●

Cherokee Nation Enterprises ▲

The Chickasaw Nation

Mr. Hans Chou

Mr. and Mrs. T.Z. Chu

Chubb

Marzanne S. Claiborne and 

Leslie Wilkes

Clark Construction Group, LLC

Mrs. Dale Mason Cochran

The Ryna and Melvin Cohen 

Family Foundation ●

Comcast ▲

Conservation International

Wallace H. Coulter Foundation ●

Council on Library and Information 

Resources

Cross Company

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. ✚

Maurice J. and Carolyn D. Cunniffe ●

The Daniels Fund

Douglas and Wendy 

Dayton Foundation ✚

In May 2016, Dana Tai Soon Burgess was named the Smithsonian’s first choreographer-in-residence at the National Portrait Gallery. He will create new 

works inspired by museum exhibitions and participate in public discussions about dance and art. Here his company premiers The Foster Suite: The Remains 

of Loss and Longing on Feb. 28, 2016.
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Deere & Company

Michael and Susan Dell

Design Within Reach

Deutsche Bank

Roy & Patricia Disney Family 

Foundation

The William H. Donner 

Foundation, Inc.

Donald J. Douglass

Draper

Mr. Ariel Emanuel 

(Emanuel/Addington Trust)

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Evans, Jr.

FedEx Corporation

Ferring Pharmaceuticals ●

Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Fetter ✚

Barbara G. Fleischman

The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund

Ford Motor Company Fund ▲

Cary J. Frieze

The Funger Foundation, Norma Lee 

and Morton Funger ●

Mr. Larry Gagosian (Gagosian 

Gallery, Inc.)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Genentech, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Goings (Rick and 

Susan Goings Foundation) ✚

Google

Alice R. Gottesman ●

Anita F. Gottlieb

Government Employees Ins. Co. (GEICO)

The Grable Foundation

The Philip L. Graham Fund

Peter and Rhondda Grant

M. Hill and Cheryl W. Hammock

Mr. and Mrs. Steven K. Hamp ✱ ●

Mr. Christie G. Harris

Ms. Shirley D. Harrison

The Hartford

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley 

Charitable Trust

Alexandra and Paul Herzan ●

The William and Flora Hewlett 

Foundation

Hilton Hotels Corporation

Laurence and Susan Hirsch

Mellody Hobson and George Lucas

The Hoch Family ✚

Steven and Jane Hoch ✚ ●

Ms. Brenda Howard

Freeman A. Hrabowski III and 

Jacqueline C. Hrabowski

Judy and Bob Huret ✚

IBM Corporation

Infinity Technology, LLC

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, 

Incorporated

LaTanya, Zoe and SamuelL.Jackson●

Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. and 

Morris Washington, Ph.D. ■ ●

JCDecaux North America ▲

David and Pat Jernigan

Wendell L. and Marie Collins Johns

Madeleine Rudin Johnson and 

Bruce Barnet ●

Thomas and Adelaide Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. ●

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Mrs. Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan 

and Dr. Louis D. Kaplan ●

Connie and Dennis Keller ✱ ✚

William R. Kenan, Jr. 

Charitable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Bill S. Kim

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kinsey

Angela and Robert Kissane

Koç Holding A.S.

Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Konze

Wendy and Jerry Labowitz

F.H. Levinson Fund ✚ ●

Leon Levy Foundation

Byron and Sylvia Lewis

Ms. May Liang and 

Mr. James Lintott ●

Roy Lichtenstein Foundation

The Links Foundation, Incorporated

The Henry Luce Foundation

Mr. Rafat and Mrs. Shaista 

Mahmood

Barbara J. Mahone

Mrs. Stephany Maillery and 

Stephan Crétier ●

Mr. and Mrs. George Marcus 

(The George & Judy Marcus 

Family Foundation)

Frank and Susan Mars ●

Jacqueline Badger Mars ✚ ▲

MassMutual Foundation

Materialise USA

Bruce and Jolene McCaw Family ●

Mr. and Mrs. Mark and 

Helen McIntosh

Ms. Deryl K. McKissack

James L. and Juliette McNeil

Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Metters

Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation ●

MGM Resorts International

Minera Panamá

Ms. Victoria Miro 

(Victoria Miro Gallery)

Peggy A. Montes

Morgan Stanley

Charles H. and Helen S. Moriyama

Morris Animal Foundation

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse ●

Dr. Joel Mulhauser

Museum of Modern and 

Contemporary Art in Nusantara, 

Jakarta–Indonesia ●

Mystic Stamp Company ●

National Center for Civic Innovation

National Fish and Wildlife 

Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Newman ●

Nissan North America, Inc.

Noble Energy

Norfolk Charitable Trust

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 

Incorporated

Mr. Hidenori Ota (Ota Fine Arts)

Mr. Larry Page

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer ✚

Mary and John Pappajohn ●

PEPCO

The Pew Charitable Trusts

The Piton Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Podell ●

Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation

Poor Richard’s Charitable Trust ●

Judy Lynn Prince

J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family 

Foundation

Jonelle Procope and 

Frederick O. Terrell

Public Welfare Foundation, Inc.

Reagan National and Dulles 

International Airports ▲

Renaissance Charitable 

Foundation Inc.

Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Blair E. Richardson ✚ ●

The Nora Roberts Foundation

Mrs. Heidi Roddenberry, 

The Roddenberry Foundation

Desiree Rogers and Victoria Rogers

Rolls-Royce North America Inc.

Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute

The Brian and Jill Rowe Foundation

Walter and Lucille Rubin

The Herman J. Russell Family

Elizabeth and Philip Ryan ✚ ●

Dame Jillian Sackler, D.B.E. ✚

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

Deborah Sara Santana ✚

The Seaver Institute

Carole and Gordon Segal

Anne Robertson Sellin

Seneca Nation of Indians

Shell Oil Company Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Shiva 

(The Susan Isabel Foundation) ●

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity/Boulé 

Foundation

The Skoll Foundation

Ted Slavin Family Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Clarice and Robert Smith

Ms. Janay Marriel Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Marcus L. Smith

Robert H. Smith Family Foundation ●

Paula A. Sneed and Lawrence P. Bass

Southern Company Charitable 

Foundation, Inc.

Alan and Terri Spoon ♦ ✱

Earl W. and Amanda Stafford ●

State Farm Insurance Companies

Stevenson Family Charitable Trust ✚ ●

Stockman Family Foundation

Patty Stonesifer and 

Michael Kinsley ●

Edward and Diane Straker

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sugden

Kelso F. and Joanna L. Sutton ✚

John A. and Janet Swanson

Curtis H. and Jylla Moore Tearte

Terra Foundation for American Art

Leslie Thomasina Thornton

Stephen M. Trager

Turkish Airlines ▲

TurningPoint Foundation

Robert and Lynne Uhler ●

Esme Usdan and James Snyder ●

Antoine and Emily van Agtmael ●

Van Cleef & Arpels

Dr. Sandy Vogelgesang and 

Mr. Geoffrey Wolfe

The Volgenau Foundation

Carl and Robin Washington

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. ▲

Craig and Diane Welburn and Family

Anthony and Beatrice Welters 

and the Vincent Wilkinson 

Foundation ✚ ●

Dr. Cheryl R. Whitaker and 

Dr. Eric Whitaker

Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan ●

Bob Wilkinson

Ronald A. and Cynthia R. Williams

The Woodtiger Fund

Mr. Howard E. Woolley

The Xerox Foundation

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

$50,000 or more 

Anonymous

AAR CORP.

Accenture

Ms. Janice M. Adams

Lynette and Kedrick Adkins

AES Panamá, S.A.

American Academy of Achievement

Anela Kolohe Foundation

Anhui Huami Information 

Technology Co., Ltd.

Carol and David Appel ●

BBDO Worldwide

Eve Bernstein and Alex Gersznowicz ●

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bernstein (Jill and 

Jay Bernstein Family Foundation) ●

Barbara and James Block

Mr. Thomas R. Block and 

Ms. Marilyn Friedman ●

BMI

The David Bohnett Foundation

Booz Allen Hamilton

Ms. Carol J. Bresler and 

Ms. Carolyn Billinghurst

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Bresler

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Brodie

Burger Collection

The Keith Campbell Foundation for 

the Environment

Donald A. Capoccia and 

Tommie L. Pegues ●

Mr. William M. Carey ●

CH2M Hill Foundation

Chapman Hanson Foundation

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

The Coca-Cola Company

Comcast NBCUniversal

Ms. Elizabeth J. Comstock and Mr. 

Christopher Travers ●

Mr. Roger Crandall ✚

Cultural Heritage Administration

The Dedalus Foundation

Dr. Bertrun Delli

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Dr. Marion Deshmukh and 

Dr. Ashok Deshmukh ●

Beth Rudin DeWoody and 

Firooz Zahedi

Mr. and Mrs. Vin Di Bona ✚

Discovery Communications, Inc. ▲

Mr. John R. Dismuke 

(Barker Family Foundation)

Distribuidora Metro Oeste, S.A. 

(Edemet)

Mr. Alan Dones

Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Dotson, Jr.

The Dow Chemical Company 

Foundation

Farhad and Mary Ebrahimi ●

Ms. Raquel Egusquiza ●

Eileen Fisher, Inc.

Envision EMI, LLC

Facebook, Inc.

Mr. George A. Feldenkreis 

(Perry Ellis International)

Mr. Harve A. Ferrill and 

Ms. Karla Scherer ●

Roger S. Firestone Foundation 

(Mr. John D. Firestone, 

Ms. Gay F. Wray) ✚ ●

Martha J. Fleischman ✱ ●

Michael and Berit Francis ✚ ●

Stuart L. Fred ●

Mr. Bart Friedman and 

Ms. Wendy A. Stein ●

Friends of SCBI

Furthermore: a program of the 

J.M. Kaplan Fund

Ms. Brenda J. Gaines ✚ ●

Shelby and Frederick Gans ✚ ●

Gensler

The Honorable Joseph and 

Alma Gildenhorn ✱ ●

The Glenstone Foundation, 

Mitchell P. Rales

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Glimcher 

(The Pace Gallery, New York)

Danny and Lisa Goldberg ●

Mr. Michael Goldfarb and 

Ms. Jacqueline Kelly

Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Guggenheim Partners, LLC

Agnes Gund

Ms. Myra M. Hart and 

Dr. J. Kent Hewitt ✚ ●

Lloyd E. Herman

Elizabeth Jackson Hodges and 

C. Howie Hodges

Alan and Mitch Holyoake

Houston Zoo, Inc.

International Titanium Association

The Island Fund in the New York 

Community Trust

JMA Solutions

Christian A. Johnson Endeavor 

Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Kaplan

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kashian

Ms. Tina Kim (Kukje Gallery)

The Elbrun and Peter Kimmelman 

Family Foundation ●

Vince and Becky King ●

Colleen and John Kotelly ●

Todd and Debbie Krasnow ✱ ●

The Kresge Foundation

Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Betsy and David Lawer ✚ ●

Dr. Dallas A. Lea, II and 

DeDe Ferrell Lea

Ronald and Ayana Machen

Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin

Richard and Jane Manoogian 

Foundation

Nancy A. Marks ●

Mars Chocolate North America

Mars, Incorporated ▲

Linda A. Mars

Margery and Edgar Masinter ✚ ●

Colin and Leslie Masson ●

Mr. Terry Mazany (The Chicago 

Community Foundation)

McAdoo Family ●

Mr. H. Bruce McEver

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. McGovern ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Metz ●

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer 

Foundation

Micron Technology Foundation, Inc.

Constance Corcoran Miller ●

Gus and Deanne Miller and 

Family ✱ ✚ ●

MKM Foundation

Catherine Morrison Golden ●

Susan and Furman Moseley ✚

Ms. Meryl Moss 

(Meryl Moss Media) ▲

Stanley Motta

National Education Association

Paul Neely ♦ ✱ ✚ ●

NeXaN Charities

Mr. Guillermo Nicolas

The Orchard Hill Fund

Mr. Richard S. Paegelow

Ms. Margaret A. Pemberton

The James F. Petersen Charitable Fund 

and Debbie Frank Petersen ●

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Dr. Jorge G. Puente and 

Dr. Patricia Matos-Puente ✚

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Ragland, 

Jr. ▲ ✚ ●

Rasmuson Foundation

James Renwick Alliance

Mrs. Lucy S. Rhame (The C.K. 

Williams Foundation)

Richard H. Robb and 

Rebecca E. Crown

Charles A. Robertson

Rose Community Foundation

The Hon. Ronald A. Rosenfeld ✚ ●

Dee and Allan Roth

Valerie and Jack Rowe ●

May and Samuel Rudin Foundation

Nancy and Clive Runnells 

Foundation ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Schlessinger ●

The Shared Earth Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shealy

Jim and Marilyn Simons

Iris and Adam Singer ●

David Bruce Smith Foundation ●

South Carolina State Society

Southwest Airlines ▲

Chris Strachwitz

Tamkin Foundation, Inc. (Mr. Steven 

M. Tamkin)

Phyllis M. Taylor ✚

Marie and Gary Thunem

Mr. John K. Tsui ✚

U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance

Mr. Joseph P. Ujobai and 

Mr. Eduardo Ardiles ●

Steven and Caroline VanRoekel ●

Vault Structures, Inc. ▲

The Washington Post ▲

Dr. Soon-Young Yoon and 

Mr. Richard M. Smith 

(The Pinkerton Foundation)

Judy Francis Zankel ●

John and Sherry Ziegler

Mr. David Zwirner 

(David Zwirner Gallery)

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Recognizing our benefactors 

Energizing the Everyday: Gifts from the George R. Kravis II Collection

at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, exhibited the collector’s 

examples of electronics and home industrial design, now part of the 

museum’s collection. 
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$25,000 or more 

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Aaron

Clara Leach Adams-Ender

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Adler 

(Adler Family Foundation, Inc.)

Gwen and Gerald Adolph

Aerojet Rocketdyne

Aetna Inc.

Ms. Gabrielle M. Albert

Zelma “Zee” Allred and Drago Gligic

American Bar Association

Danté and Candace Taylor Anderson

Norman B. Anderson, Ph.D. and 

P. Elizabeth Anderson

Appian Corporation

Artnet Worldwide Corporation ▲

Dr. Angela Austin

Rosemary Austin

AZA Conservation Grants Fund

Ura Jean Bailey, Ph.D. and 

Clyde E. Bailey, Sr., Esq.

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort/

Wild Rivers Coast Alliance

The Barker Welfare Foundation

Mr. Sheldon Baskin and 

Ms. Judy Wise

Mr. Michael Anthony Beale 

The Honorable Xavier Becerra and 

Caroline Reyes, M.D. ■ ●

Robin Aleda Belle and 

James Major Belle III

The Benevity Community 

Impact Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Berlin 

(Howard R. & Joy M. Berlin 

Foundation)

Drs. Martha and Faustino Bernadett ●

Diane and Norman Bernstein

Max N. Berry ✚

Steve and Elizabeth Berry ●

Kim Keenan Blackburne and 

Joseph Blackburne

Tina Blackwell

Ms. Mary Ellen Blair (Sunrise 

Charitable Foundation Trust)

Senator Richard Blumenthal and 

Cynthia M. Blumenthal ●

Mr. William H. Bohnett ✚ ●

A. Scott and Erika Bolden

Johnnie Brooks Booker, Dalyn and 

Aiden Booker

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boulos ●

Agnes C. Bourne ●

Sharon Y. Bowen and Larry W. Morse

Mr. Todd El Bowens

Mr. and Ms. Earl Bowles

Dr. Charles M. Boyd

David and Dawn Bozeman

Leslie Hale Braxton and 

Odis Braxton, Jr.

Ms. Joyce Brayboy

Bonnie and Jere Broh-Kahn

Ms. Adrienne Brooks

Taroue W. Brooks

Frank Osborne Brown and 

Louise Tecumseh Williams Brown

Joseph C. Brown

Margaret Gasby Brown and 

Kenneth Robert Brown

Ms. Paulette Brown

Bunyan Bryant and Erika Nova

Randi Bryant-Agenbroad and 

Aaron Agenbroad

Tom and Madeleine Burrell

Antoinette Cook Bush and 

Dwight L. Bush, Sr.

Calvin, Sharon, Blake and 

Raini Butler

Mrs. William N. Cafritz

University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Minerva Campos and 

The Honorable Roel Campos ●

Canadian Wildlife Federation

Candeo Fund at International 

Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Canfield

Capitol Services, Inc.

Captivate ▲

Mr. Valentino D. Carlotti

Carolina Biological Supply 

Company ▲

Mr. Louis Carr

Dr. Iva E. Carruthers

Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D. and 

Jacqueline Copeland Carson, Ph.D.

Cascade Foundation

Denise Jefferson Casper

Mrs. David Challinor

Felicia Lynette Chambers, Esq. and 

Gloria Celestine Brown

Kevin and Damara Chambers

Chicago Botanic Garden

The Julia Child Foundation for 

Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts

Ellen-Blair Chube

The Cirlot Agency, Inc. ▲

Agnes Marie Clark

Mrs. Gwendolyn Bullock Clark

Hester Taylor Clark

J.R. Clark

Lisa Clark

Mr. Marvin K. Clark

Melvin E. Clark, Jr.

Dr. Diane B. and 

Sanford Cloud, Jr., Esq.

The Coby Foundation, Ltd., New York

Tracy M.J. Colden

Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole and 

Mr. James Staton, Jr.

Caretha and Ken Coleman

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Damian and 

Ashley McNeil Coleman

Sela and Art Collins

Dr. Claudia Conerly

Continental Building Products

Dr. Estelle Cooke-Sampson

Frank Cooper III and 

Nina Whittington-Cooper

Dr. Frederick J. and 

Dr. Marilyn McPherson Corder

Ms. Suzi Cordish 

(The Cordish Family Fund) ✚ ●

Council on Foundations

Mr. and Mrs. Maurice M. Cox

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. Craver, Jr. ●

Creekside Digital ▲

Armentha Cruise

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Cummings

Mrs. Phyllis Cunningham

Mr. Eric Daniels ●

Leah Denyatta Daughtry

Judy and Ron Davenport

Hal and Bonnie Davis

Howlie R. Davis

Kevin Michael Davis and 

Erin Margaret Texeira

Ms. Lisa Davis

Drs. Lonnie Davis and 

Victoria Edmond-Davis

Mr. Alvaro de Molina ●

Sean and Alane Dent

The Honorable Vivian Lowery 

Derryck and Mr. Robert J. Berg

Paul and Becky Dhyse

Ms. Nicole Dias

Veranda L. Dickens

Amina Dickerson and Julian Roberts

Ms. Trinh Doan and 

Mr. Michael Jermyn ●

Ms. Shawn M. Donnelley and 

Dr. Christopher M. Kelly

Mr. William H. Draper III

Mrs. Helen Runnells DuBois and 

Mr. Raymond F. DuBois, Jr.

David, Claudia, Diego and 

Santiago Duckenfield

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Duncan III

Ian J. Dunlap

Van H. Dunn, M.D. and 

Linda Spradley Dunn

DuPont

Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, 

Fort Washington, Maryland

Mr. Anyanime Ekpo and 

Mrs. Sherika Ekpo

The Honorable Rodney Ellis

Mr. Steven A. Elmendorf ●

Environmental Systems Research 

Institute Inc.

John L. and Margot P. Ernst ●

R. Denise Everson

Evolent Health LLC

ExxonMobil

Mr. and Mrs. John Fahey ■ ●

Fair Isaac Corporation

Mr. Randy Falco ●

Ferris Family Foundation

First Baptist Church of Glenarden

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Fletcher

Nathaniel and Jannet Ford

The Fordjour Family

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Clyde Forney

Wendell T. Foster, Jr. and 

T. Eloise Foster

Foundation of the American 

Institute for Conservation

James Larry Frazier, Esq.

Friends of the Royal Textile Academy 

of Bhutan

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fuentes ●

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Galloway ✚

The Edward and Betty Gardner 

Family

James and Joyce Garrett

Otis and Barbara Gates

Ken and Madge Gazzola

General Dynamics Corporation

Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Gewirz

Giant Food Foundation Inc.

Gregory M. Gill and 

Thomasina V. Rogers

Ms. Barbara Gladstone

Jacqueline Glenn, Ph.D. and 

Mattie Ruth Glenn

Darrin L. Glymph, Esq.

Ms. Joanne M. Gold and 

Mr. Andrew A. Stern

Henry H. Goldberg and Carol Brown 

Goldberg

Golden Frog, GmbH

Mrs. Dorothy Tapper Goldman ●

Mrs. Marian Goodman 

(Marian Goodman Gallery)

Mr. and Mrs. Kingdon Gould III

Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Graham

Barry and V. Michelle Granger

The Grantham Foundation for the 

Protection of the Environment

Dawn-Marie Gray

The Greater Washington Board 

of Trade

Phyllis Caudle Green and 

Ernest Green

Dr. William A. Guillory

Mr. Barton C. Hacker and 

Ms. Margaret Simmons Vining

Michele V. Hagans

Norman and Kimberly Hairston

Ira D. and Carole F. Hall

Canzetta A.W. Hamilton and 

Everett E. Hamilton, Jr.

Dr. Maria J. Hankerson

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hanlon

Lillian S. Hardy

Ms. Maggie M. Harris

Colonel Brodes Hartley and 

Dr. Jacquelyn Hartley

The Michael and Marlys Haverty 

Family Foundation ✚

The Hearst Corporation ▲

Ralph D. Heath ✱ ●

The Dorothy I. Height Foundation, Inc.

Drue Heinz Trust

Shevanne and Jan Helmer

Heritage Bank

The Hillside Foundation –

Allan and Shelley Holt ●

Roland and Sarah Hoch

Yolanda C. Holmes, M.D.

Hong Kong Economic and 

Trade Office

The Honorable Rodney E. Hood

Shelton, Jacquelyn, Jordan and 

Erin Howard

Bannus and Cecily Hudson

Shirley J. Hughes

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Humphries, Jr.

Drs. Peyton and Betty Hutchison

Ms. Elizabeth A. Hylton

IDEO, Inc.

Integrity Applications Incorporated

Intellectual Property Owners 

Education Foundation

The International Rhino Foundation

Invent Now, Inc.

Sharonda and Scottie Irving

Embassy of Italy

Mr. Jon C. Iwata ●

Dr. Maia McCuiston Jackson

Mr. and Mrs. Mustafa A. Jama ●

Mrs. Juanita T. James and 

Mr. Dudley N. Williams, Jr. 

Karen Jenkins-Johnson and 

Kevin D. Johnson

Harriette Elizabeth Johnson and 

Staci R. Hartwell

Ms. Luci Baines Johnson and 

Mr. Ian Turpin

Yewande Johnson, M.D.

Mr. Petter Johnsson

Willie and Dee Jolley

Ms. Cliftine Jones

Dr. Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones

Mr. Phinis Jones

Dr. Naida Brooks Kalloo

Mr. Alexander Kaplen (The Kaplen 

Brothers Fund)

The Katzenberger Foundation, Inc.

Donnell Lewis Kearney

Ms. Anne B. Keiser and 

Dr. Douglas M. Lapp

Clinton and Missy Kelly

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kemper 

(William T. Kemper Foundation) ✚

The John F. Kennedy Center for the 

Performing Arts

Lola G. and William A. Keyes, IV

Marjorie L. Keys

Kiehl’s Since 1851, Inc. 

F.M. Kirby Foundation

Francine and Edward Kittredge ●

The Korea Foundation

Claudia B. Kotchka

KPMG LLP

Mrs. Marie-Josée and 

Mr. Henry Kravis

Sue and Al Landon ✚

Latham & Watkins

Weldon and Constantia Latham 

and Family

Nicholas N. Leach and 

Leah Robinson-Leach

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Delane Lee

Thelma and Melvin Lenkin

The George Leon and 

Betty Barnett Family

Mr. Jonathan E. Leonard

Aaron and Barbara Levine

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Levine ●

Charlie Lewis, Jr.

Larry K. Lewis, Ph.D., 

Kathleen Y. McDuffie, Ph.D. and 

Gabriel L. McDuffie-Lewis

Cheryl Winter Lewy and Glen Lewy ✚

Ms. Jeanine Liburd

Mr. and Mrs. Delroy Lindo

Mr. and Mrs. Harley Lippman

Bruce M. Lisman and Kyla Lisman ●

LivingSocial

Drs. Carnell and Dianne Locke

Étienne and Harold Logan

Mr. Nicholas Logsdail (Lisson 

Gallery)

Lewis Paul Long

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Lore ●

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Love ✚

Reginald Love

Winston Lowe and 

Carolyn Oakley Lowe

Mr. David Lubars (BBDO 

Worldwide) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. MacDonald ✚

Macy’s Foundation

Meredith Siegfried Madden and 

Peter Madden ●

Mrs. Angie Marriott ✱ ●

Mr. John W. Marriott III

Mr. Randall Martinez 

(Cordoba Corporation) ●

Ms. Catherine Berger Mason

Mr. John Mathewson and 

Ms. Lesli Foster

Phillip Eugene Mathis

Mr. Ricardo Maybury and 

Mrs. Susan Pateras

Danielle Millicent McCoy

Henry and Celia McGee

Jamie and Kasey McJunkin

Duane, Tammy, Fallon and 

Siena McKnight

Ms. Anne Mehringer and 

Mr. John T. Beaty

Mele and Michael E. Melton, Esq.

Messiah Baptist Church of East 

Orange, NJ

Ms. Elizabeth E. Meyer and 

Mr. Michael McCaffrey

Jack, Marion, Joan, Jane and 

Audrey Miller

Ms. Connie Milstein and 

Count Jehan-Christophe de la 

Haye Saint Hilaire

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

The Ambrose Monell Foundation

Ms. Jocelyn Moore

Dr. David C. Mosby and 

Mrs. Jestine Thomas Mosby

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Moser, Jr.

Latrice Mosley-Smith

Dale A. Mott and Kenneth P. Hyle, Jr.

Mt. Ennon Baptist Church

Mr. Russell A. Muise

Muji USA Ltd.

Mr. Henry R. Muñoz III ✚ ●

Sarah E. Nash and 

Michael S. Sylvester ✚

National Academy of Sciences

National Gay & Lesbian Chamber 

of Commerce

Rodney and Cheryl Neal

Nancy Brown Negley ✚

The New York Community Trust

Dr. Sandra Nichols and 

Mr. Ronnie A. Nichols

Mr. and Mrs. George Ohrstrom II 

Mr. and Mrs. Amos L. Otis 

(SoBran, Inc.)

Michael T. Owens and 

Wanda Felton Owens

James and Raquel Page

Syrinda E. and George L. Paige

Carlos and Robin Palomares ●

Perlin Family Foundation

John O. and Joyce K. Peterson

Mrs. Theresa Peterson

Anthony T. Pierce and 

Karen Stevens Pierce

Pippins and Robinson Family

Ms. Marla Prather and 

Mr. Jonathan Schiller ●

Prince Albert II of Monaco 

Foundation

The Pritzker Traubert Family 

Foundation

Dr. Anne S. Pruitt and 

Dr. Harold G. Logan

Thomas Pumpelly

Dennis and Nancy King Quaintance

Madeline Murphy Rabb

The Rathmann Family Foundation

Ms. Abbe Raven and 

Mr. Martin Tackel ●

Mr. and Mrs. G. Jeffrey Records, Jr. ✚

Germar and Angelinia Reed

Garth C. Reeves, Sr.

Joseph Regenstein III

Mr. David P. Rehfuss and 

Mrs. Hedy S. Rehfuss

Mr. and Mrs. Avi Reichental ●

Reingold LINK ▲

Lola C. Reinsch (Reinsch Pierce 

Family Foundation)

Ms. R. Lucia Riddle ●

Toni A. Ritzenberg

The Honorable Charles S. Robb and 

Mrs. Linda Johnson Robb

Mr. François Rochon/Giverny Capital 

Inc.

Rockwell Group

Mr. Anthony J. Rodell, Jr.

Mr. Johnathan Rodgers and 

Mrs. Royal Kennedy Rodgers

Ms. Gloria Rodriguez ●

Marcos Ronquillo ✱ ●

Mr. Adam R. Rose and 

Mr. Peter R. McQuillan

Ms. Catherine Rose

Matt and Lisa Rose ●

Rosenthal Jaguar/Land Rover of 

Tysons and Chantilly

Mr. Mark Rosman and 

Dr. Jacqueline Corcoran ●

Dr. Randi Rubovits-Seitz

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas C. Ruffin

The William Byron Rumford and 

Christian Family

Sana Sabbagh

Safdie Architects

Daniel H. Sallick and 

Elizabeth Miller ●

Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference

The Honorable Robin Renee Sanders ●

Santa Barbara Foundation

Vesharn N. Scales and 

Patricia B. Scales, Ed.D.

Ambassador and Mrs. Rockwell 

Schnabel ✚

Ms. Chara Schreyer

Ryan and Vanessa Segars

The Shack Sackler Foundation

Share Fund

The Shenandoah National Park Trust

For Smithsonian Libraries’ Come Together: American Artists Respond 

to Al-Mutanabbi Street, artists and writers produced poetry, letterpressprinted broadsides and artists’ books responding to violence in the historic 

center of bookselling in Baghdad, Iraq.

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Shoniya Fund

V. Joy Simmons MD

Timothy Alan Simon and 

Kimberly Brandon

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Donnie and Pam Simpson

The Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable 

Foundation

The Society Incorporated 

“Supporting The Arts”

Oliver and Harriet Sockwell 

Foundation

Sodexo

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Mrs. Melody Spann-Cooper

Mr. and Mrs. Terry L. Speigner

Dr. Elisa Stephens ✚

Dr. Paul G. Stern

Stockwell-Frase Fund

Ms. Mara Strock

Hattie M. Strong Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sullivan 

(Sullivan Insurance Company)

Docks Sutherland

H. Patrick Swygert, Esq. ●

Telemundo Washington DC ▲

Juliana C. Terian ●

Terri Hartwell Easter Consulting LLC

Levi, Maria, Marissa and 

Sabrina Thompson

Tawana M. Tibbs and 

Bruce S. Gordon

Drs. Alan Todd and 

Michèle G. Turner

Lisa and Charles Tribbett

Lloyd and Teri Trotter

United Airlines ▲

United Launch Alliance

University of Arkansas Foundation Inc.

Gladys Gary Vaughn, Ph.D.

Mr. James G. Vella ●

Ms. Nicole Venable

Mr. Waqas Wajahat

Ms. Pretlow Wyatt Walker

WAMU 88.5 ▲

Washington Capitals

Matthew, Shawna, and 

Alexandra Watley

Dr. Erik A. Watson

Daron Watts

Mr. Deondray Tyrone Wesley

Angela K. Westwater and 

David Meitus

Annie, Stephen, and 

Christina Whatley

Louis A. Wheaton and 

Tomoko Ikeda Wheaton

Ms. Monetta White and 

Mr. David Lawrence

Mr. Alan B. Whitman ●

Tiffani K. Whittaker

The Widgeon Point Charitable 

Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher H. Wiley

John and Barbara Wilkerson ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Kennis E. Wilkins 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Willard ✱ ●

William Blair & Company, LLC

Erica Lauren Williams and 

Geoffrey Charles Williams

Mr. and Mrs. James M. and 

Sheila V. Williams, Jr.

Ms. Kelly M. Williams and 

Mr. Andrew J. Forsyth ● ▲

Lloyd A. and Valorie Williams

Michael Wesley Williams

Patrice Willoughby

Edgar Wilson Trust

Lorna Wisham

Paul R. Wood ●

World Wildlife Fund

Wrinkle in Time Foundation

Wyeth Foundation for American Art

Yares Art, New York

Frederic Yonnet and 

Carla Sims-Yonnet

Al and Pat Zollar

Zoo New England

$10,000 or more 

Anonymous

Gary and Pennie Abramson

Ms. Simone L. Acha ●

Acon Investments, LLC

Acumen Solutions

The Honorable Alfonso Leo Adderly 

and Mrs. Wilda Adderly

Advanced Fresh Concepts

The Aerospace Corporation

AgFed Credit Union

AGL Resources

AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic 

Marketing

Alarm.Com Incorporated

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Alexander

Mr. Peter Alfond 

(The Peter Alfond Foundation)

Marjie and Steve Alloy

Altria Group

Lucy and Gordon Ambach ✚

The American Institute of Architects

American Junior Academy of 

Science

American Management Association 

International

American Society of Head & Neck 

Radiology

American Trucking Association

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Joy Ammerman and 

Denis Ammerman

Ms. Lori Amos

Anchorage Museum Association

Joel and Carmen Anderson

Mr. and Mrs. Philip F. Anschutz 

(The Anschutz Foundation) ✚

Arcus Foundation

Argos Panama Com

Mr. Rahul Arora

Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Atlas Air Worldwide

Mr. Joedis Avila (Ford Motor 

Company Fund) ● ▲

Mr. and Mrs. William Aylward

Mr. Norman Aynbinder

Sibley Bacon

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. and Dianne 

Monteith Bailey

The Honorable Vicky A. Bailey

Baker Hostetler

Mrs. Jamie Baldinger

BAND Foundation

Mr. Matt Bangser 

Bank of Hawaii

Mrs. Agatha Barclay and 

Mr. Albert H. Barclay, Jr.

Bechtel Corporation

Kenneth E. Behring Family ✚

Mr. David Bell and Mrs. Carmen Bell

Werten F.W. Bellamy, Sr. and 

Phyllis Wyatt Bellamy

Tamra and Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. ●

Ann E. Berman and Daniel J. Feld ●

Mr. Andy Berndt

Dr. Michael M. and Tricia Berns

Jane and Raphael Bernstein

Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Bernstein 

(Bernstein Family Foundation) ●

BGR Group

Jewelle and Nathaniel Bickford

Robert and Dawn Birmingham

Mike Black

Marion C. Blakey ●

Governor James J. Blanchard and 

Mrs. Janet Blanchard

Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Bobins 

(The Robert Thomas Bobins 

Foundation) ●

Boeing

BOND | Creative Search

Vence and Angela Bonham

John and Carol Boochever ▲

Boris Lurie Art Foundation

Boston Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Gay F. Boswell

Ms. Elisabeth T. Bottler

Bowdoin College

Ken and Bobbye Bowdon

The Bradley Family Charitable Fund

Brand USA

Mr. Marcus Brauchli and 

Ms. Maggie Farley ●

Dan and Dara Brewster

BrightestYoungThings.com ▲

The Brown Foundation, Inc. 

of Houston

Marilyn L. Brown 

Mr. Reginald Brown and 

Ms. Tiffeny Sanchez-Brown

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Brown

Ms. Latashuia Browning

Mr. and Mrs. Randall Broz

Greg and Mary Bruch

Ms. Angelique Brunner

John and Rebecca Budd

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Burka

Ms. Sheila P. Burke and 

Mr. David Chew

Walter and Kelly Burks

Uschi and Bill Butler ●

Mr. Edward Ogden Cabot ●

Dr. Ilhan M. Cagri ●

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Campbell

Canada 2020

Capital Concerts Inc.

Capital One

Mr. Juan Pablo Cappello

Carnegie Institution for Science

Dawn V. Carr

Dr. and Mrs. Paul Carter ●

Ms. Sheryll D. Cashin and 

Mr. Marque Chambliss ●

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Cay III ●

Cedar Hill Foundation 

(Ms. Julia D. Thieriot)

Chaney Foundation Fund for Land 

Use Education

Change Happens Foundation

Cheniere Energy

Mr. Richard T. Choi and 

Ms. Claudia M. Perry ●

Christian Dior New York, Inc.

Christie’s ▲

CityCenterDC

Savanna and Charles Warfield 

Clark, M.D.

Dr. and Mrs. Delman L. Coates

Coen+Partners

James and Jane Cohan

Fern and Hersh Cohen

Bernard C. Coleman III & 

Edda Collins Coleman

The Colorado Education Initiative

Columbus Jewish Foundation

Mr. Peter Comanor

The Commonwealth Fund

Con Edison

Mr. Steve Contursi

Miss Karen E. Conway

Ms. Monica Cortes-Torres

Dr. Camille O. Cosby and 

Dr. William H. Cosby, Jr.

Covanta

Covington & Burling LLP

Crane & Co., Inc.

Daniel and Lesli Creedon

Joseph & Joan Cullman Conservation 

Foundation Inc.

Jeffrey P. Cunard ✱ ●

Ms. Lavinia M. Currier and 

Mr. Joel McCleary 

(Sacharuna Foundation)

Cvent Inc.

Julia and Frank Daniels, Jr. ✚

Dr. and Mrs. Edward A. Dauer

Dr. Chris Davidson and 

Sharon Christoph

Mr. DaRayl DeVaughn Davis

Jeffrey and Joan DeBoer ●

Deckers Outdoor Corporation ▲

Deloitte Services, LP

Embassy of Denmark

Mr. Derrick Diggs and 

Ms. Rashida La Lande

Valerie and Charles Diker ●

Discover Financial Services, Inc.

Richard Ditton

Dr. Scholl Foundation

The Max and Victoria Dreyfus 

Foundation Inc.

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

Elizabeth and Richard Dubin ●

Dun & Bradstreet

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Dyson

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Eames ●

EarthShare

The Economic Club of 

Washington, D.C.

Dean S. Edmonds Foundation

Ms. Anne W. Edwards

El-Hibri Foundation

Emagine IT

Ms. Akilah Ensley

Entertainment Software Association

Entertainment Software Association 

Foundation

ePals ▲

Mr. James Erbs and 

Ms. M. Shân Atkins

Mr. and Mrs. Emilio Estefan, Jr. 

(Gloria Estefan Foundation)

Etsy

Fandango Media, LLC

Mr. Donald C. Farley, Jr.

Farmers Insurance

FBB Capital Partners

Ms. Gabriela Febres-Cordero ●

Ms. Carol Feinberg and 

Mr. Kenneth Gilman ●

Mr. Elliott L. Ferguson II 

(Destination DC) ●

Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden

First Quality Consumer Products

Mr. L.R. Fischer and 

Ms. Anne Lavigne

Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Fischer

Charles Fishman and 

Stephanie J. Peters

The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable 

Foundation

Flos USA, Inc. ▲

FLOW Group, LLC

Dr. Ella M. Foshay and 

Mr. Michael B. Rothfeld ●

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Foster 

(John H. Foster Foundation) ●

Sarajane Foster

Foundation Financial Officers Group

Stephen D. Fox

Mr. Domonique Foxworth

Ms. Monique P. Frazier

The Freeman Companies

Kenneth W. and Janice W. Freeman 

Family Foundation

The Honorable William H. Frist, M.D/

The Dorothy Cate & Thomas F. 

Frist Foundation ●

Glen S. Fukushima ●

Mr. Mario J. Gabelli and 

Ms. Regina Pitaro

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Gage

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Garfield ●

GCM Grosvenor

Georgetown University

The Girl Friends Incorporated

Global Environment Facility

S. Taylor Glover

Mr. Bernard Goldberg (Bernard 

Goldberg Fine Arts, LLC)

Ms. Ronnyjane Goldsmith

Dr. Margaret A. Goodman

Mr. Graham C. Grady 

(Lloyd A. Fry Foundation)

The GRAMMY Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John Grisham

Mr. Ken Grossinger (CrossCurrents 

Foundation)

The Group of 50 Foundation, Inc.

Ms. Bette Hagan

Ms. Lindsey Hagan

Sonny and Kathy Hagendorf ●

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hanlon 

(Hanlon Family Fund)

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Harris

Robert Harris and 

Susan Rothermund

Patricia and Rodes Hart Foundation

Al Hartwick

Mr. Christopher Harvell and 

Dr. Lezli Levene Harvell

Peter and Tammy Harvey

Roger D. Hathaway

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. ●

The Hedda Sterne Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Jay J. Hellman

The Jane Henson Foundation

Heritage Auction Galleries

David and Lori Hess

David and Dawne Hickton ✱ ●

Dr. Avionne Hill

Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP

Hubert N. (Jay) Hoffman, III ●

Debra Hollander

Ruth S. Holmberg ✚

Dane and Barbara Holmes

Ms. Michele J. Hooper and 

Mr. Lemuel Seabrook III

Mr. Eric R. Horowitz

Virginia Hough

Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Houtzager

Howard University

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Howard

Laura Howell-Smith and 

Russell Smith and Family

The HSC Foundation

Hyatt Corporation

Embassy of Iceland

Incentive Technology Group, LLC

Independent Jewelers Organization

Inovalon

International Bar Association

International Society for Heart and 

Lung Transplantation

Investment Company Institute

Iowa Interstate Railroad

IQNavigator

Mr. Jarard Isler and Mrs. Dawn West

Jaffee Foundation Trust

Bishop and Mrs. T.D. Jakes

Jefferies Group Inc.

Dr. Paul Bishop Jenkins and 

Lisa Gillespie Jenkins

Mr. Dwight Johnson

Ms. Shirley Z. Johnson and 

Mr. Charles Rumph

Chris and Tricia Jones

Judith G. and Steaven K. Jones ●

Mr. and Ms. Terry L. Jones ●

Ms. Pamela J. Joyner

Mr. Alan Robert Kabat

Dr. Jane Kamensky and 

Mr. Dennis J. Scannell, Jr. ●

Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family 

Foundation, Inc./

Scott Kaplan Belsky ●

Mr. Ashish Karandikar 

(Apax Partners)

Sheldon and Audrey Katz

Derek Kaufman

Mrs. Frances H. Kennedy

Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Keough

Ms. Wendy Keys

Ms. Judy Kieffer

Mr. and Mrs. Gene K. Kim ●

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Dr. Kay D. Klass and 

Mr. Mark A. Levitt

John and Susan Klein

Marion K. Kochi

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kolitz 

(Kolitz Foundation, Inc.)

Don H. Kollmorgen and 

Louise Woerner

Constance and Harvey Krueger ●

Mr. Edward Krugman and 

Ms. Ethel Klein

Grace and Wayne Krumwiede

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian’s regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member Donors to the Smithsonian ✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial)

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In 2004, Frank Warren began handing out postcards and asked people to mail them back anonymously sharing a 

truthful secret. More than half a million postcards later, the National Postal Museum displays a selection of more 

than 500 of those Warren has received in PostSecret: The Power of a Postcard.
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Mr. Wayne E. Kurcz

L-3 Technologies

Pierre Laromiguiere

Ms. Sue Lashley

Mr. David Lauren and 

Ms. Lauren Bush ●

Ms. Sarah Lawer ●

Mr. and Mrs. David C. Leavy ●

Ledo Pizza System, Inc.

Barbara Lee Family Foundation

Dr. LaTasha Hoskins Lee

Dr. Egbert G. Leigh, Jr.

Mr. Stuart Levine

Mr. and Mrs. David Baker Lewis

Ms. Dorothy Lichtenstein

Mr. John M. Liebes

Lighting Services, Inc.

Emily and Joel Limerick

Mr. Lance E. Lindblom (Rauch 

Foundation, Inc.) ●

The Link Foundation

Ms. Jan W. Lipkin

Mr. Kevin Lipton (Kevin Lipton 

Family Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Little, Jr. 

(William & Helen Little Family 

Foundation)

Martha G. Locke

Steve and Betsy Loranger

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Lucier ●

Ms. Sophia Lynn and 

Mr. David C. Frederick

Mr. Michael M. Lynton ■

The Madeira School

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Magid 

(Norman and Bettina Roberts 

Foundation) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Marcellus Major, Jr.

Ambassador Robert and 

Julie Mandell ✱ ●

Dr. Claire Prouty Mansur and 

Mr. John P. Ryan ●

Mar Fund

Mr. Matthew Marks

The Marstine Family Foundation

Mr. Jeff Martin ●

Jocelyn and Robin Martin

Mr. Sandeep Mathrani and 

Ms. Ayesha Bulchandani-Mathrani

Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Mattox

Ms. Marcia V. Mayo 

(The Mayo Charitable Foundation)

Terry and Susan McCallister ●

Ms. Deanna N. McCray-James

McDonald’s Corporation

Eric and Cheryl McKissack

Amy and Marc Meadows ●

MedAxiom

MedStar Health

The Meltzer Group

Mercer (US) Inc.

Marlene Nathan Meyerson

Michael Graves Architecture 

& Design

Ms. Caroline Milbank (The J.M. 

Foundation)

Arnold Miller

Mrs. Joyce A. Milligan

Ms. Linda A. Mills and 

Mr. Will A. Butz ●

Robert A. Milton ●

Richard C. Mitchell

Mr. Haroon Danyal Mokhtarzada

Ronald and Deborah Monark

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Monsky

Betty M. Montgomery

Monumental Sports & 

Entertainment

Ms. Bridget Moore and 

Mr. Christoph M. Kotowski ●

The Claude Moore Charitable 

Foundation

Douglas and Susan Morrison

The Honorable Alfred H. Moses 

and Mrs. Fern Schad (The Alfred 

Moses Family Fund)

Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz

Jim and Marlene Moss

The Murrell Foundation

NACS - The Association for 

Convenience & Fuel Retailing

National Association of Water 

Companies

National Cable & 

Telecommunications Association

National Institute for Health Care 

Management, LLC

National Public Radio

The National Smart Set

Natixis Global Associates

Mr. and Mrs. Oz Nelson (Nelson 

Family Foundation)

Mr. Hubert Neumann (Morton 

Neumann Family Foundation)

The Newburger-Schwartz Family 

Foundation

The Honorable and Mrs. William A. 

Nitze ●

Nixon Peabody, LLP

Nordic Ware

NVIDIA ▲

Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley Obaji 

(NIS Solutions) ●

Mr. Martin E. O’Brien ●

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Scott Odell

Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Ms. Contessa Officer

Ogilvy & Mather

Ms. Cerissa M. O’Neal, Esq.

Janice Carlson Oresman

Mr. Keenan Orfalea

Ms. Christine Ortega 

(Southwest Airlines) ●

Dennis and Trudy O’Toole ●

Ms. Bola Oyedijo

Jean and Kent Papsun

Beverly and William Parker

Mr. C. Jason Payne

Clarence and Connie Pearson

Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Peled

Ms. Daphna Peled and 

Mr. Shawn Peled

Edith A. Pena

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas G. Penniman 

IV ●

Pension Real Estate Association

Carter Phillips

Kay and Dave Phillips ✚

Mr. Justin Pierce

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Pillsbury, Ph.D.

The John L. Plueger Family ●

Politico LLC

Loretta P. Polk and Bradley P. Holmes

Mr. and Mrs. Rodger E. Polk

Mrs. Vivian L. Pollock

The Potter’s House of Dallas, Inc.

Stephen and Benita Potters ●

Powers Pyle Sutter & Verville PC

Prairie Island Indian Community

Pro Helvetia

Public Broadcasting Service

Curtis Everdy Ransom

Raymond James Financial Services

Razoo Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John Daniel Reaves

Shaun Caley Regen

REI, Inc.

Ms. Damali Rhett

Linda Johnson Rice 

(Lloyd A. Fry Foundation) ●

Deborah Roberts and Al Roker

Dr. Rita Roberts and 

Dr. Terrence Roberts

Dr. Loren K. Robinson

Dr. and Mrs. R. Perry Robinson 

(The Widgeon Point Charitable 

Foundation) ●

Sara Roby Foundation

Rock Spring Financial LLC

John F.W. Rogers ●

Joseph Romito

Mr. William D. Rondina

Susan and Elihu Rose

Richard Rosman and 

Fran Morris Rosman

R&R Resources+

Ms. Jeanne Ruesch (Ruesch Family 

Foundation)

Dame Theresa Sackler

The Safer-Fearer Fund in The New 

York Community Trust ●

Mr. and Ms. Michael L. Sapir

Mr. and Mrs. George Sarlo

Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia

Crystal D. Sayles, Esq.

Mr. and Mrs. John Schwieters ●

Scoliosis Research Society

Mr. Keith L. Sermons

Asif M. Shaikh ✱ ●

Ambassador Mattie R. Sharpless

Mr. Randall C. Shepard ●

Hal and Sandy Shevers

Ms. Clara J. Shin

Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Shorter

Sidley Austin LLP

Veloisa D. Simpson

William Sipple

Mr. Andrew D. Skipper ●

Albert and Shirley Small

Mr. and Mrs. George D. Smith, Jr.

Smithsonian Networks

SNAC International

Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Snyder

Society for Human Resource 

Management

The Norman F. Sprague, Jr. 

Foundation

Diane Steed

Lakeila R. Stemmons, Esq.

Dmitri Stockton and 

Renee Allain-Stockton

David P. Storch ●

Mr. Steven M. Sumberg

Sun Chemical Corporation

Sun Life Assurance Company 

of Canada

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Greg and Susan Sutliff

Mr. Ryerson Symons 

(Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP)

Maleyne M. Syracuse and 

Michael Trenner

Mr. Faisal Tamer and 

Ms. Sara Ali Reza

Alyssa Taubman and 

Robert Rothman ●

Temple University College of 

Education 

The Tewaaraton Foundation

Mr. Henry L. Thaggert III

Thales

Ms. Lynda Thomas and 

Mr. Sandy Climan

Mr. and Mrs. Damon R. and 

Sherry Thompson

Charles and Geneva Thornton

Mr. and Mrs. Maurice B. Tobin 

(The Tobin Foundation)

Jim and Sharon Todd

Total Wine & More

Transamerica Life Insurance Co.

Courtney A. Trusty

TSG Developments Investments, Inc.

Mr. Darreld Turner ●

Ms. Marlene Marie Turner

Mr. Michael J. and 

Dr. Amy B. Tuteur ●

Dr. and Mrs. Jean-Paul Valles

H. van Ameringen Foundation

Mr. Frits Van Paasschen

Viacom, Inc.

Ms. Susanne Vielmetter

Ms. Jane Vincent

Mr. and Mrs. Adalbert Von 

Gontard III ●

Ms. Jacqueline Vossler ● ▲

Ms. Hattie Walker

Tina A. Walls

Ms. Tamara Y. Washington

Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Watson, Jr.

Watt, Tieder, Hoffar 

& Fitzgerald, L.L.P.

Ruth Lawson Webb

The Honorable Wellington E. Webb 

and The Honorable J. Wilma Webb

Ellen Bayard Weedon Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Weinberg

Wells Fargo Philanthropy Fund

Wenner-Gren Foundation for 

Anthropological Research

Nadine and Bill Westcott

Mr. Wayne W. Whalen and 

Ms. Paula Wolff ●

Ms. Leslie A. Wheelock ●

White Cube

Janice Savin Williams and 

Christopher J. Williams

Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Willis

Ms. Christine Windheuser

Ms. Pia B. Winslow

Rosemary Keates Witty

Martha R. Wood

WorldatWork

Wounded Warriors Family Support

Young Presidents’ Organization

Mr. Fred Young

Mr. Philip M. Young ●

Mr. Brian Zakrocki

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zamsky ●

The Zug Family: George, Pat, Jon 

and Erin

$5,000 or more 

Anonymous

Ms. Stephanie Ackler and 

Mr. Peter Chapin

ActioNet

Carolyn Gautier Adams and 

Greg Pratt

Mr. Paul T. Addison

Mr. David C. Aldrich

Mr. Robert L. Allbritton

Claudia R. Allen and 

Willis M. Allen, Jr. ✚

Ms. Susan Marie Allen

Alliance for California Traditional 

Arts

Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological 

Repository

American Optometric Association

Ammunition

Börkur Arnarson (i8 Gallery)

Adjoa B. Asamoah

Monique LaRocque Ashton and 

George Ashton

Association for Environmental 

Studies and Sciences

Auburn University Foundation

Mr. Roland Augustine (Luhring 

Augustine Gallery)

Mr. Tracy Augustine

Milton and Sally Avery Arts 

Foundation

Marc and Jacqueline M. Baker

Mrs. Katherine Lasher Ballenger

Baltimore Gas & Electric

Mr. Matt Bangser (Blum & Poe)

Ms. Norma Barfield

Barjeel Art Foundation

Ms. Lisa Unger Baskin

Sean B. Battle, Esq.

Susan Battley ●

Susan and Thomas Baxter

Ms. Virginia Bayer and 

Mr. Robert Hirt

Alexandra Beaty

Ms. Linda K. Beauvil

John and Delores Beck 

Mr. and Mrs. David Beddow ●

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Beers

Gabrielle de Kuyper Bekink ●

Alexander & Mabel Bell Legacy 

Foundation

Robert B. Bennett

Dr. and Mrs. David Berler ●

Dr. Allen W. Bernard

Ms. Lacy Blalock

Dr. and Mrs. E. Raymond Borun

Boston University

danah boyd, Ph.D. ●

Betty and Alex Boyle

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Bracey, Jr.

Mrs. Agnes M. Brown

Melanie R. Brown

Dr. Quincalee Brown and 

Dr. James P. Simsarian

Stephen and Kathryn Brown ●

The Brukardt Family

The Honorable Stephanie A. Bryan 

(Poarch Band of Creek Indians)

Bryn Mawr College

Mr. Eric Buehrens

Ms. Fay Bullitt

Mr. and Mrs. I. Townsend Burden III

Ms. Peggy Cooper Cafritz

C & A Marketing/Polaroid

The Honorable and Mrs. Michael 

Caplin

Jason Carter

Mr. David W. Cartwright

Mr. Vincent R. Castro

Mr. and Mrs. James Catalano

Center for Security Policy, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Chalsty

Mr. Raymond G. Chambers 

(MCJ Amelior Foundation)

Ms. Wendi Cherry

Chevron Phillips Chemical

Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

Chugach Government Solutions, LLC

Mr. Shawn Ciers and 

Mrs. Kameya Shows-Ciers

Mr. Roland H. Cipolla II ●

Close Up Foundation

Judy and Richard Cohen

Ms. Thea Cohen and Mr. Dave Yellin

George and Nina Cois

Dr. Dolores W. Cole

Ms. Tasha Coleman

The Honorable William T. Coleman, Jr.

 and Mrs. Coleman ✚

Dr. Bruce B. Collette

The Collins Family Foundation

Conner •Rosenkranz, LLC

Ms. Roberta Leigh Conner

Ms. Cecilia Conrad

Paula Cooper

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Cotton

Ruth Covo Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Crawford

Barbara K. Croissant

The Cuatrecasas Family Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Ms. Stephanie Cutter ●

The Davidson Institute for Talent 

Development

Nora Hsu Davis and Barry C. Davis

Ms. Elizabeth Deans

Mr. and Mrs. Willie A. Deese

The Charles Delmar Foundation

Delta Housing Corporation of D.C., Inc.

Ray Dempsey, Jr. and 

Alysia M. Dempsey

Rama and Arun Deva

Mr. Eduardo Díaz

Lucien A. and Catherine E. Dimino

Mr. Jim Dodge

Miranda and Robert Donnelley 

(The Donnelley Foundation) ✚

Mr. and Mrs. J. Dorsch

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Downs

Professor David C. Driskell

Duke Farms Foundation

Ms. Anita Dunn

Duval & Stachenfeld LLP

Tara Dyson, M.D.

Dr. Ralph C. Eagle, Jr.

Ms. Nancy L. Eaton ●

Elkus Manfredi Architects

Embassy Series

Energy Dialogues LLC

Dr. Sandra M. Epps

EQT Foundation

Elizabeth Reed Estridge

Mr. Gordon E. Eubanks, Jr. ●

Ms. Maria P. Evans

Drs. Steven Eversley and 

Sabiyha Prince

The E.W. Scripps Company

Mr. Robert C. Eybers

F-86 Sabre Pilots Association

Mr. Michael Fedele

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian’s regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member Donors to the Smithsonian ✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial)

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A Kickstarter campaign raised $349,026 from thousands of donors nationwide to preserve and display the red 

slippers worn by Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. The shoes are a treasure of the National Museum of American 

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Alan and Lois Fern

The Fine and Greenwald Foundation

Mrs. Shirley M. Fisher

Paul Fitzgerald

Ms. Debra J. Force (Debra Force Fine 

Art, Inc.) ●

Cynthia and Edsel Ford

Mr. Michael Forman and 

Ms. Jennifer Rice

Daniel W. Fort

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Foster

Francis Coppola Winery, LLC

Dr. Tanesha M. Francis

Ms. Christine M. Freidel and 

Mr. Douglas Varley

Mr. Charles M. Froelick ▲

Mr. Daniel Frommelt

B. Keith (BK) Fulton and 

Jacquelyn E. Stone

Dr. George D. Fulton, Jr.

Hope L. and John L. Furth

Galerie Lelong

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Gallagher

Michelle C. Garcia-Daniels

Helene Gayle, M.D.

The George Washington University ▲

Georgetown University ASFCU

Mrs. Gladys Navarro Gerbaud

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Getty 

(Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation)

Mr. Brian Gibbons (Greenberg 

Gibbons Reliable Contracting 

Foundation)

John A. and Lile R. Gibbons

Ms. Carole Furst Gigliotti

Global Environment Fund

William B. Goldstein, M.D.

Ms. Christine Gooding

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Gover

GRACE Culture Marketing

Drs. Mark Graham and 

Laneta Dorflinger, and their family

Grant Thornton LLP

Ms. Marilyn F. Graskowiak

Ms. Susan Green

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Greene

Mrs. Connie Bush Greene

Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. Gregory

Mr. Erwin M. Gudelsky

Mr. and Mrs. Bernardo J. Guiliano

Mr. Geoffrey Gund (The Geoffrey 

Gund Foundation)

Matthew and Monica Gurbach

Mr. Carroll J. Haas (Carroll J. Haas 

Foundation)

Thomas W. Haas Foundation ●

Hadley Exhibits Inc. ▲

Gloria Shaw Hamilton

Mr. Jefferson Y. Han

The Honorable Lloyd Nelson Hand 

and Mrs. Lucy Ann Hand

Hardwood Forestry Fund

Hargreaves Associates

Ms. Kathryn N. Harrison

Stan and Doris Harrison

Hebrew Home of Greater 

Washington

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hermanos

Dr. Tomás Herrera

Lilo Alfreida Hester

Hexpol Compounding

Ms. Allison Hicks (Agile Consulting 

& Environmental Services

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Higgins ✚

Frederick D. Hill (Collisart, LLC)

Dr. Alma Cobb Hobbs

Mr. Joseph Holtzman 

Mr. Mike Homer (David Kordansky 

Gallery)

Bill and Vicki Hood

William Logan Hopkins

Mr. Chris Howell, BNSF Railway

Dr. Candice Hughes and 

Mr. Louis R. Hughes ●

Mr. Christopher Hughes and 

Mrs. Susan Chapman-Hughes

Ms. Beverly J. Hunter

Mr. Ian C. Gibson-Smith ●

Mr. Rodolfo Eduardo Icaza Clare

Imagex, Inc.

Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia

Ms. Irene Hirano Inouye ✚ ●

Jack and Jill of America, Inc.

Jack & Jill of America, Inc. 

Montgomery County MD Chapter

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Lawrence V. Jackson and Family

Robert L. and Anne K. James ✚

J & AR Foundation

Esau and Janie B. Jenkins

Gill Jethroe and 

Harriet Waller-Jethroe

John Hancock Life Insurance

Carolyn Johnsen and Richard Nye ●

Mr. and Dr. Albert B. Johnson II

Dr. Yvonne T. Johnson

Ms. Ingrid Saunders Jones

Michael and Diane Jones

Thomas and Elizabeth Jones

Dr. Walter F. Jones and 

Mrs. Cheryl L. Rash Jones

J. Lisa Jorgenson and David Doniger

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Joynt, Sr. ●

Kantar Health, LLC

Mr. Omar A. Karim

Theodore and Ruth Kassinger

Mr. and Mrs. Zackeree Sean Kelin

Linda J. Kelly

The Honorable Dirk Kempthorne and 

Mrs. Patricia Kempthorne

Joseph and Paula Kerger ●

Kiewit Infrastructure Company

The Kight Family Charitable 

Foundation

Mr. John W. Kilpatrick

Ms. Lauren S. Kogod and 

Mr. David Smiley

John W. Konrad, Jr.

Ms. Michelle Kosinski and 

Mr. Kimbell Duncan

Mr. Stephen C. Koval ●

Ms. Robyn S. Kravit

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kurin

Mr. and Mrs. Vello Kuuskraa 

(Advanced Resources 

International) ●

Amb. and Mrs. Philip Lader

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Lally

Landivar & Associates, LLC

Jon Langhorst and Catherine Creese ▲

Ms. Ann E. Larimore

Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Lazarus

Ms. Anna Lee (Phila China Limited) ●

Mr. Kilbai Lee 

and Ms. Kyeongah Jung

Aimee and Robert Lehrman ●

Mr. James H. Lemon, Jr. 

(The Lemon Foundation)

Mr. Edward Lenkin and 

Ms. Roselin Atzwanger

Lettuce Entertain You Restaurant

Lawrence H. Levens

Dale and George Levert ●

Mr. Richard H. Levi and 

Ms. Susan Perry (The Hecht-Levi 

Foundation, Inc.)

Dr. Aida Tomas Levitan/

ArtesMiami, Inc. ●

Ms. Dominique Levy 

(The Dominique Levy Gallery)

Dean A. and Jennifer A. Lichtmann

Mr. Wesley D. Lin

T.E. Lindley and Lola Sue Scobey ✱ ●

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Linke

Mr. Michael Littleford

Ms. Nancy Livingston and 

Mr. Fred Levin

Ms. Gwendolyn Lohse and 

Mr. James Assey

LongHouse Reserve

Audrey Love Charitable Foundation

Dr. Sandra J. Lovinguth and 

Mr. Edward A. Lovinguth, Jr.

Mr. Lawrence Luhring (Luhring 

Augustine Gallery)

Mr. and Mrs. David Machuga

Mr. Earle I. Mack (Earle I. Mack 

Foundation, Inc.)

Mr. and Mrs. Creighton R. Magid

Ms. Phyllis Mailman (The Mailman 

Foundation, Inc.)

Mrs. Jennifer Manly

Ms. Arlene C. Manning

Mr. Dennis Manning ●

Ms. Lauren Manning

Mars Veterinary

Virginia Cretella Mars

Mary Martell and Paul M. Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. David B.H. Martin, Jr.

Mr. Mariano Martinez

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martucci ✚

Dr. Enrique Matabar

Cathie Waller Mayers

Ms. Vicki M. Mays

Ms. Dawn L. McCall ●

Ms. Mary McGrath

Mr. Lorenzo McRae II and 

Ms. Nancy Brown ●

The Honorable John J. Medveckis 

and Ms. Marina Kats, Esq.

Carol Klamm Meermans

Merck & Co., Inc.

Ms. Pamela G. Meyer

The Michelson Foundation

Dennis and Patricia Miller

Bobby and Gwen Mitchell

Melissa and Robert Mittman

Mobil Retiree Matching Gifts 

Program

The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 

Connecticut

Wendy Burden Morgan

The Moriah Fund 

(Jane E. Fox-Johnson)

Deborah E. Mosley-Bennett

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mulcahy

Quinn C. Murph

Ms. Christina R. Murray

Mr. Edward Tyler Nahem

Ms. Susan M. Napier

National Association of Insurance 

Commissioners

National Cable Satellite Corporation

National Christian Foundation of the 

Twin Cities

National Japanese American 

Memorial Foundation

National Johnson-O’Malley 

Association

NCR Unix User Group

Dr. Meika Tylese Neblett

Elizabeth R. Nesbitt

Network for Good

Katherine Neville ●

Dr. Glenda Newell-Harris

George and Deborah Nichols

Richard and Sonja Nichols

NIKE, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Obering

Occasions Caterers

Mr. Steven Ochsman 

(The Ochsman Foundation)

Amelia and Bayo Ogunlesi ●

Nels Olson and Kristen Olson

Organic Trade Association

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Osnos

Dr. Olasope O. Oyelaran and 

Dr. Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran ●

Mr. and Mrs. Chips Chapman Page 

(Robert H. and Monica M. Cole 

Foundation)

Ms. Shirley A. Page

Mr. George L. Parker

Wesley Patterson and 

Linda Pritchard Patterson

Peco Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Peet ●

Dr. Eva J. Pell and Mr. Ira J. Pell ●

Ms. Linda K. Peppers

Dr. Antonio Pérez, 

Borough of Manhattan 

Community College/CU ●

Mr. David Perlin and Ms. Skye Raiser

Pernod-Ricard USA

H.R. Perot, Jr. ●

Barbara Rescher Perry

Personal Care Products Council

Dr. Mary Kelly Persyn and 

Dr. Ian Eslick

Peters Family Art Foundation

Pfizer Inc.

Ms. Stephanie Phillipps and 

Mr. George E. Murray

Dewayne Phillips

Pike Place Market

Robert W. Pittman

Brandi and Tobias Pitts

Mr. and Mrs. John Pohl

Carol Waller Pope and 

Fred J. Grigsby, Jr.

Lester Poretsky Family Foundation

Leonard H. and Denese F. Powell

Mr. and Mrs. Terry W. Prather ●

Ms. Clara Lee Pratte 

(Strongbow Strategies)

Project Projects

Promontory Compliance Solutions, LLC

The Thomas L. and Eileen K.S. 

Pulling Fund

Ms. Betsy Quilligan and 

Mr. Kirk Freeman

Mr. David Quint (Quint Family 

Foundation)

Mr. Clinton C. Randolph

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Reed

Relman, Dane and Colfax

Mr. Todd Richter

Ms. Caroline Robbins

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins

Robertson Family Fund

Jane Washburn Robinson

Leila and Lowell Robinson ●

Mr. Robert W. Roessel, P.E. (Salt 

River Project)

Mr. John W. Rogers, Jr.

Mr. Martin Romo

Room & Board, Inc.

Samuel G. Rose and Julie Walters

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Roseborough

Mr. Clifford Ross

Mr. Mark Rothman ●

Ms. Roberta Ong Roumel

Natasha M. Rountree

Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Larry Rouvelas ●

Mr. and Mrs. Lee G. Rubenstein 

(Henry and Anne Reich Family 

Foundation)

Running Strong for American Indian 

Youth®

David W. Ruttenberg

The Honorable and Mrs. Frederick J. 

Ryan, Jr. ●

Kim Sajet and Anthony Meadows

Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund

Sasol North America

Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul II

Ms. Pam B. Schafler

Adam and Leslie Schneider

Carol Schwartz

Scott Landscape Design, Inc. ▲

Donna L. Scott, Esq.

Dr. Diane Scott-Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Seals

Douglas and Tracy Seaton

Ms. Ruth O. Selig 

The Honorable and Mrs. Ivan Selin ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Serwer

Ms. Shelby Settles Harper

Ms. Komal Shah

The Honorable Donna E. Shalala

Sophia Shaw and Art Collins ●

The Shearer Family 

Mr. Charles F. Shreve ●

Ms. Elena Shuvalov

Susan Simmons

Skanby & Gould Foundation

David Skorton and Robin Davisson

Mrs. Susan Small-Savitsky

Ms. Alexia Smith

Dr. George Alan Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Snyder

Society of Chemical Manufacturers 

and Affiliates, Inc.

Ms. Elizabeth H. Solomon

Sotheby’s

Mr. John J. Sparacio

Fredda Sparks and Kent Montavon

Mr. Timothy P. Speiss

Mr. John C. Stamato ●

Nancy and Burton Staniar

Janet Stanley

Margaret and Terry Stent

Dr. Deborah Sterling and 

Dr. Jeffrey Heibein

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome L. Stern 

(Jerome L. Stern Family 

Foundation)

Joan and Marx Sterne

Chairman Ernest L. Stevens, Jr.,

National Indian Gaming 

Association

Ms. Gina Stikes ●

Fred W. Stone

Holly and George Stone and Family

Major Willard H. Strandberg, Jr. and 

Mrs. Ann Strandberg

Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Strommer 

Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay 

Nation

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Symes III

Dr. and Mrs. James Tarver, III

Mr. Robert Taubman

James and Beatrice Taylor ✚

Mr. Tajh Taylor and 

Ms. Donna Person Taylor

Mary Ann and Anthony Terranova

Tetrad Digital Integrity (TDI)

Donna J. Thal

John Thomann and Stanton Schnepp

William E. Thomas, Jr.

Dr. F. Christian Thompson

Ms. Monique Y. Thompson

Mr. and Mrs. Samme L. Thompson

Mr. Spencer Throckmorton

Barbara and Donald Tober

Trethewey and Gadsden Advised 

Fund

Mr. William H. Truettner

TRUIST Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Mossi K. Tull ● ▲

Mr. D.W. Tunnage and Mr. Juan Ruiz

Ann and Marshall Turner ●

Ms. Kathryn C. Turner ●

Ms. Tishmall Turner (Rincon Band of 

Luiseno Indians)

Turquoise Mountain

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse J. Tyson

Mr. John H. Tyson

Uber Technologies

UnitedHealth Group

Susan A. Vallon and Andrew Beyer ●

Mr. Jan van der Lande (Kikkerland 

Design, Inc.)

Dr. Frederick and Dr. Claudette 

Varricchio

Socorro and Ernesto Vasquez

Venable, LLP

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the 

United States

Virginia Native Plant Society

Jerry Vurek

Wabash College

Mr. and Mrs. Gene A. Waddell

Mr. Shomari Wade and 

Mrs. Crystal Handfield Wade

Ambassador Kirk Wagar and 

Mrs. Crystal Wagar

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walker

The Walt Disney Company 

Foundation

Cheryl and Charles Ward

Dana T. Weekes

The Honorable and Mrs. Frank Weil 

(Hickrill Foundation) ✚

Wells Fargo Foundation

Mrs. Franc Wertheimer

Ms. Lynda Waller White and 

Harry and Christine Waller

Sue and John Wieland

Williams & Connolly

Mr. Mellor C. Willie and 

Mr. Robert J. Read

Ms. Jeanne Wilson

Mr. and Mrs. Erving Wolf (Erving and 

Joyce Wolf Foundation)

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The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’s Robert Irwin: All the 

Rules Will Change presented the first major survey of the contemporary 

artist’s work outside California since 1977 and included a work 

commissioned by the museum.
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Mr. and Mrs. S. Roy Woodall, Jr.

The World Bank

Mr. Wayne Wright

Saaraliisa Ylitalo and 

Heather Ylitalo-Ward

YourCause, LLC

Mr. and Mrs. David Zalaznick

Kenneth M. Zemrowski and 

Susan MacKeen

Zion Church

$2,500 or more 

Anonymous

ACDI/VOCA

Mr. Christopher Addison and 

Mrs. Sylvia McNeill Ripley Addison

Arthur S. Adler

Aegis Project Controls

Agile Defense, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Akridge III

Mr. Terry L. Albertson and 

Ms. Kathleen Blackburn

John and Judy Aldock

Mr. Michael Aldrich

Mr. and Mrs. Jaime E. Aleman

Ms. Kathleen B. Allaire

Alltech International, Inc.

James Alston

Ms. Aida Alvarez and 

Dr. Raymond J. Baxter ●

American Architecture Prize

American Council on Education

American Enterprise Investment 

Services, Inc.

American Folklore Society

American Indonesian Cultural and 

Educational Foundation

Gary and Mary Ann Amstutz

ANCILE Solutions

Kwame Anthony Appiah, Ph.D. ●

Arab American National Museum

Doctors Bryan, Timothy and 

Laura Arling

Louis Armstrong Educational 

Foundation Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goodwin, Jr.

Ms. Kyndall Ashe

Mr. and Mrs. Mason Ashe

Association of American Railroads

Ms. Miriam Atkins

Mr. and Mrs. Nigel Atwell

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

AVEDA Corporation

The AYCO Charitable Foundation

Capt. and Mrs. Sverre O. Bach

Zandra Bailes

Charles and Diana Bain

Jennifer and Charles Ballard

Bank of Montreal

Dan and Donna Barnes

Mr. and Mrs. Will Barnet

Ms. Yvonne N. Barry

Robert and Cathleen Bartlett

Dr. James Basker

Baton Rouge Zoo

Mr. Michael D. Baudhuin

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight J. Baum

Richard and Phyllis Beane

Laura Beauchamp and 

Christopher J. Feldmann

Dr. Janice M. Beaverson and 

Mr. Michael C. Buckler

Ms. Karen Haskins Beckles

Mrs. Nancy C. Beckley

Joyce Becton-Best

Mr. William W. Beddow

Beech Street Foundation

Ms. Carmen Alesia Bell

Bonnie and Rodney Benson

Dr. Terry Bergeson ●

Mrs. Ruth B. Berman

The Honorable Stuart A. Bernstein 

and Mrs. Bernstein

Joyce Hamilton Berry, Ph.D.

Ms. Mindy Berry

Mr. Richard S. Berry and 

Ms. Lucy Commoner

Mr. Rudy M. Beserra (The Coca-Cola 

Company)

Mr. and Mrs. Doug Besharov

Ms. Juliette Bethea

Ms. Myra Bierria

Ms. Diana J. Bingham

Ms. Maritha Blalock

Mrs. Jacqueline K. Bodin

Ms. Donna Boles

William M. Bomar

Mr. and Mrs. LaBarron N. Boone

Ms. Caroline Booth

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Borgmann

Mr. Michael Raymond Boynton

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley ✚

Patricia Bradley

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Brand

Ms. Betsy B. Bratz

Ms. Shelley Brazier and 

Mr. Thomas S. Williamson, Jr.

Ms. Carolyn L. Brehm and 

Amb. Richard Boucher

The British Council, USA

Harvey D. Brookins, Sr.

Randall Brooks

Betty W. Brown

Dr. and Mrs. Ellsworth H. Brown

Ms. Jane A. Brown

Ms. Josephine Brown

Mayola Brown

Valerie Gerrard Browne

Dr. Everett V. Bryant, MD

BuckleySandler LLP

Ms. Beverly J. Burke

LaVarne Burton

Peg and Blain Butner ▲

Mr. Jonathan Kevin Bynoe

Aja Byrd

Cornelius P. Cacho

Mr. Carl Cameron and 

Ms. Moira Hopkins

Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.

Reverend Elizabeth Carl

Drs. Claudia and Rashad Carlton

Virginia O. Carosi

Mildred Square Carrethers

Ms. Aimee D. Carter

Ken and Gwen Carter

Cary’s Baptist Church

Casey Family Programs

Caterpillar Foundation

Central New York Community 

Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cephas, Jr.

Ms. Ethel Tison Chaffin

Ms. Mary Challinor and 

Mr. Henry S. Richardson

Change Create Transform Foundation

Chateau Ste. Michelle

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cherry

Children’s National Medical Center, 

Children’s Hospital Foundation

Ms. Cecilia H. Chin

Susan Chomicz

Ms. Susanna Choy and 

Ms. Rosanna Yi

Ms. Morgan Christen and 

Mr. Jim Torgerson

Chubb & Son, Inc.

Marilyn M. Cinal

Clyde’s Restaurant Group

CNA Analysis & Solutions

Mr. Edward H. Coe, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Colbert

Mr. and Mrs. J. Steven Cole

Belinda Coleman

Deniza Houston Coleman

Mr. Keith Coleman

Tina Coleman

Collectors Club of Michigan

Colonel James M. Compton, Ret.

Ms. Mary Ann Condon

Coneway Family Foundation ✚

Ms. Carol Lee Coney

The Cooper Family

Donnette A. Cooper, Esq.

Ms. Antoinette Corcillo

Marguerite Cordice

Mr. Charles and Mrs. Andrea 

Corpening

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Melissa Courtney

Philadelphia Cousins

William K. Cromwell, IV

Susan Crudgington and 

William McElwain

Crystal Family Foundation

Mr. John B. Cullens

Mr. Claude Cummings

Frederico P. Fleury Curado ●

Ms. Kelly Curran (Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians)

Mr. Philip R. Currie

Ira Curry

Ms. Cheryl Curtis

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Curtis

Customer Value Partners, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Dailey

Mrs. Jane W. Daniels

Mrs. Joan Danziger

Dr. and Mrs. Roger Dash

Miss Imena Jayne Dautruche

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Davis

Kamer Davis

Marian Glover Davis

Mr. Martin Bernard Davis

Reverend Nehemiah Davis

Professor Peggy C. Davis and 

Mr. Gordon J. Davis

Ms. Jane DeBevoise

Scott Delaney

Arthur and Isadora Dellheim 

Foundation

Dr. Philip J. Deloria and 

Mrs. Peggy Burns ●

Delta Research and Educational 

Foundation

Jim and Barbara Demetrion

Mr. and Mrs. Al Diaz

Jaffe Dickerson

Ms. Henrietta L. Dixon

Ms. Anne Dobson

Tripp Donnelly and Amy Donnelly

Roosevelt Dorn

Suzanne Kim Doud Galli, M.D., Ph.D.

Mr. William Dougherty

Downstream Development 

Authority of the Quapaw Tribe

Ms. Kathleen M. Doyle and 

Mr. Richard Ravitch

Dr. Erin R. Drew

Dr. Henry John Drewal ●

Ms. Mary N. Dryden

Barbara M.V. Duncan

Susan Dunne ●

Mrs. Nancy Dunson

Mr. Rolston Dyer

Lt. General and Mrs. Albert J. 

Edmonds

Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Edmonds 

Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz

Dr. and Ms. Christopher Ehret

L. Palmer Eiland

Mandy and Cliff Einstein

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Eisner 

(The Eisner Foundation) ✚

Mr. Gerard Eisterhold

Elizabeth Whelan Design

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ellsworth

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Enders

Mrs. Lois England

Ennead Architects

Dr. Julio Escobar

Mrs. Willie Mae Evans

EW Howell

C.T. Fairbanks

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Fairchild

Ms. Jean E. Fairfax

Mr. Morad Fareed ●

Mr. Niall Ferguson

George M. Ferris

Mr. Joseph Fidanque III and 

Mrs.Vicky Lynn Cohen de Fidanque

Dr. Peggie A. Findlay and 

Dr. Steven E. Bush

Mr. Thomas F. Fine

Nikky Finney

Stephanie Fischer

Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fishman

Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Fiske ●

Ella M. Fitzgerald

Dick and Alison Fletcher

Mr. James W. Fletcher III (Hampton 

Foundation)

Ms. Sonia Florian 

Mrs. Nancy M. Folger

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Ford

Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society

Colonel William J. Foster, 

USAF (Ret.)

Ms. Barbara L. Francis and 

Mr. Robert Musser

The Honorable Barbara H. Franklin 

and Mr. Wallace Barnes

Ms. Sheryl Gipson Franklin

Mrs. Marilyn C. Frantsov

Elise and Stuart Fraser

Linda and Jay W. Freedman

Natalie Freeman

Dr. Thomas M. Freeman

Mr. Richard Friedberg

Dr. Alan F. Frigy

Rick and Carol Froehlich

Mr. Charles M. Froelick 

(Froelick Gallery Inc.)

Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Fthenakis

Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Fuld, Jr.

Eric H. Gable and 

Margaret A. Carson-Gable

Ms. Jatrice Martel Gaiter

Mr. Roy E. Gamble

The George Washington University 

Museum and The Textile Museum ▲

Linda George

Mr. Barry Gerald

Sumner Gerard Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard S. Gewirz 

(Bernard & Sarah Gewirz 

Foundation, Inc.)

Ranjana K. Ghose, Art of Sri 

Chinmoy

Mr. Fred O. Gibson, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Gibson

Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Gibson

Clinton Gilbert, Jr.

Dr. Michelle Denise Gilliard

Ms. Carmeyia Gillis

Mrs. Patricia Gilmartin

Ms. Sunnie Solonia Givens

Gloria Oliver Glascoe

Brian Glasser

Gluckman Tang Architects

Mr. Donald V. Goens

Mr. William H. Goines

Ila and David Good

Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Gooden

Thomas Goolsby

Jonathan and Laura Gorbach

Mr. Paul R. Gordon

Ms. Janice Granberry-Livingston

Ms. Juanita R. Green

Mr. Stuart Greenfield

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Greenip

Joanne T. Greenspun

Mr. Brenton H. Greer

Miljenko Mike Grgich

Stuart Grossman

Mr. Pierre Guerin

Ms. Nancy E. Gullick

Raymond W. Gundlach

Elizabeth W. Gwinn

Victor R. Haburchak, Jr.

Hakuta Family

The Honorable Robert and Susan Hale 

Mrs. Maureen Hamilton

Mr. Garnet W. Hammond

Mr. Max Harari

Dr. Allan L. Hardy

Mr. Roger D. Hardy and 

Ms. Renee Stevens

Harold L. Lee & Sons Inc.

Bruce and Joanne Harrell

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Harrell

Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP

Dr. Keecha Harris

Kevin Neal Harris

Sanjeanetta Harris

John Bruce and Beverly Crisp Harstad

Ms. Michelle Headen

Heath Ceramics

Mr. Pedro Heilbron ●

Dr. Cynthia T. Henderson

Mr. and Mrs. Wade Henderson

Ms. Liza Henriquez

Tina and Kevin Henry

Dr. and Mrs. Roy Heron

Lesley S. Herrmann, Ph.D. and 

Mr. Richard L. Herrmann

Mr. Peter N. Heydon

Lois Levinson Heyman

William Higginbotham, M.D.

Ms. Victoria Hill

Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Hipkins

Historical Miniatures Gaming 

Society, Inc. 

Marilyn J. Holifield, Esq.

J. Philip Holloman

Honda North America, Inc.

Horizon Industries, Ltd.

Ms. Nettie A. Horne and 

Ms. Suzanne Haynes

Mr. Timothy Howard and 

Mrs. Debra M. Howard

Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Huebner ✚ ●

Randy V. and Kelsey T. Hunt

Mrs. Adleane Hunter

Tomeika Hunter-Koski

I. Gorman Jewelers

Institute of Texan Cultures

IUCN (International Union for 

Conservation of Nature)

Dr. Barbara P. Jackson

Mr. and Mrs. Rick C. Jackson

Mr. and Mrs. Virgil B. Jackson

John E. and Barbara S. Jacob

Mrs. Jaleisha Jacobs

Lucia Bacote James

Susan Janssen 

Japan-US Friendship Commission

Ms. Wendy Jeffers and 

Mr. Anthony Orphanos ✱

Madelyn Pulver Jennings

Ms. Kelley Page Jibrell

Timothy and Pamela Jock

Ms. Patricia M. Johanson and 

Mr. Gerrit Goossen

Clarissa E. Johnson

Dr. Earl Johnson, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Johnson

Mr. Hugh Franklin Johnson II

Mr. and Mrs. Jamar D. Johnson

Kirk Johnson, Ph.D. and 

Ms. Chase DeForest

Ms. Margy Johnson (Alaska 

Dispatch News)

Mr. Paul F. Johnson and 

Mrs. Charlene K. Johnson

Ms. Susan I. Johnson ●

Willie Johnson, Jr.

Drs. Betty Jean Tolbert Jones and 

Donald Wallace Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Jones, Jr.

Dr. Climentene Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Hal Jones ●

Jo Ann Davis Jones

Ms. Whitney J. Jordan

Mr. Brad Kading and Ms. Kim Ross

Dr. Arnold and Ms. Marcia Kaplin 

Ms. Patricia Karp and 

Ms. Judith Powers

Dr. and Mrs. Ashok Kaveeshwar

Ms. Carol Keehan

Robert E. Keith, Jr. ✚

Mr. and Mrs. John Randolph Kemp

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kessler

Mr. Anthony R. Kitchens

The Reverend Jeanne Klauda

Brian and Caroline Klick

Thomas and Mary Bridget Kluwin

Christine N. Kohl

Mr. Michael Kolakowski

Richard Koseff

Joseph and Nancy Kovalik

Ms. Anne E. Kreamer and 

Mr. Kurt B. Andersen ●

Mr. Edward Kuhlmann

Leonard Kurz

Ms. Ruth Ann Kurzbauer

Ms. Jean A. Lacy

Laem System

Lafond Winery & Vineyards ▲

Mr. William Lafranchi

Ms. Gladys Lambert

Jon Langhorst and Catherine Creese

Mr. Albert G. Lauber, Jr. and 

Mr. Craig W. Hoffman

Leadership Women

Margo Leavin

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Lebowitz

Estella Lee

Mr. and Mrs. Rensselaer W. Lee III

Mr. Richard Legon

Kris and Emma Lehnhardt

The Francis & Gertrude Levett 

Foundation

Ms. Ginger Lew ●

Dr. Karl H. Lewis

National Air and Space Museum Senior Scientist Thomas R. Watters 

determined that Mercury is tectonically active, joining Earth 

as the only two such planets in our solar system. Watters’ finding 

comes through his participation in NASA’s MESSENGER Mercury 

spacecraft team.

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Mr. William H. Lewis

Yvonne L. Lewis

Ms. Frances Li and Mr. Carl Schaefer

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lieberthal

Charisse R. Lillie

Ms. Dana Beverly Anne Lodge

Walter and Elizabeth Lohmann

Mrs. W.R. Losier

Mr. Joseph Loundy

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn D. Lowry

Mr. Nicholas Lowry ●

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle B. Lukins ●

Mr. and Mrs. James MacDonald

Mr. and Mrs. Sandy A. Mactaggart

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Maeda ●

Carl Magnusson and 

Emanuela Frattini Magnusson

The Honorable and Mrs. Frederic 

V. Malek

Sara and Forbes Maner

Mr. Mahadeva Mani

Nancy and John Mannes

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Marenburg

Margerum Wine Company ▲

Ms. Jessie Maroy

Ms. Leslie E. Marshall

Michelle M. Martin

Dr. Diana Martin

Ms. Joyce L. Martin ●

Mr. and Mrs. Toshi Masuoka

James and Marsha Mateyka

Mrs. Patricia Mathews

Dr. William L. Maxwell

Mayer Brown

Ms. Linda L. Mayer

Michael and Hannah Mazer

Dr. Jonna Mazet and 

Mr. Jeffery Mazet

Mrs. Margaret McCamish

Jannie J. McCray

Mr. Maurice L. McCreary, Jr.

Ms. Eileen McDonnell

Ms. Jennifer Rose McZier

Ruby B. McZier, Esq.

Ms. Grete Meilman and 

Mr. Hanno Mott

Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG

Mr. Gerhard Meinzer

Mr. Steven A. Melnyk

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Menschel 

(Charina Foundation, Inc.)

Lynn and Philip Mento

Mr. and Ms. Michael Meredith

Mrs. Jean Meyer

Robert E. Meyerhoff and 

Rheda Becker

MGAC, Inc.

Jo and Peter Michalski

Dr. and Mrs. Prenard Mickens

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Miles, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Miller, Jr.

William and Elaine Miller 

Mrs. D. Scott Miree

David and Nicole Mitchell

John and Judith Mitchell

Mr. Michael C. Mitchell

Mobile Giving Foundation

Vivian Moore

Mrs. Anne Murray Morgan ✚

Ms. Elizabeth Morgan and 

Mr. Andrew Cosgrove

Morris, Manning & Martin, L.L.P.

Mosaic Foundation

Mr. Jelani Murrain

National Association of Realtors

The National Christian Foundation

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel 

Association

Dr. Larry D. Nelson

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Newbill

Michael Newhouse

Ms. Valerie Lynne Newman

Ms. Elaine Nichols

Mr. Leo Nicolini

Dr. Vuyisile T. Nkomo

Karen Nolen

Randy A. Noranbrock

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Norris

Mrs. Jessica Gonzalez Norte

Northern Piedmont Community 

Foundation

NYC & Company

Libby and Matt O’Connell

Andrew Oliver and Melanie Du Bois

Olson Kundig Architects

Ms. Nina E. Olson

Drs. Dorothy and Kendra Orr

Dr. Edward Otter

Sheila Owens-Collins, M.D.

Ozarks Chapter of the American 

Association of Zoo Keepers

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas G. Paleologos 

Ms. Ellen M. Paquette

Mr. Kyu Young Park and 

Ms. Im-Jeong Jang

Dr. Joel L. Parker, Ph.D.

Mr. and Ms. Steve Paskay

Nancy and Theron Patrick

Dr. and Mrs. G. Stephon Payseur

Mr. Stephen E. Peat

Paul Peck ✚

Clark Pellett and Robert Kohl

Mr. Jack Penkoske and 

Mrs. Michele Penkoske

Perkins + Will

Mr. Robert Perkins

Ms. Susan B. Perry

Susan Peters and Richard Lee

Mrs. Mechthild “Mitzi” E. Peterson

Dr. Patti McGill Peterson and 

Dr. Kate S. Woodward

Dr. and Mrs. J. Peter Pham ●

Dr. and Mrs. Preston John Phillips

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Phillips

Mr. Timothy Phillips ●

Barry and Beverly Lang Pierce

Gregory M. Pikus

Dr. Marie O. Pitts-Mosley

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 

Indians

Polk Brothers Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Polskin

Mrs. Anna Lisa Porras

Ms. Allison Porter and 

Mr. Greg Barranco

Potomac Valley Alumnae Chapter

Beryl Potter

Dr. Carol C. Halaria Pounder-Kone

Mrs. Peter G. Powers

Vincent Pradia

Mr. and Mrs. Charley Frank Pride

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Priest

Mr. Andy Proehl and 

Ms. Anne Muldoon

Mrs. Anne Proudfoot

Audrey Prout

David and Cheryl Purvis ✚

Ms. Ada Powell Quattrocchi

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & 

Sullivan, LLP

Dr. Linda Rainey

Mr. Tony Rand and Mrs. Karen Rand

Mrs. Lois S. Raphling

Mr. Bruce Rashbaum

Dr. and Mrs. M. Keith Rawlings

Vicki and Walter Ray

Ms. Stacey Hall Reddick

Jimmy and Eileen Reed

Ms. Sanae Iida Reeves

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Reynolds

Dr. Juanita Reynolds and 

Mr. Melvin Reynolds, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Gil Riboni

Ms. Alexa Rice

Veta Teresa Richardson

Mr. John F. Ring

The Ritz-Carlton

Dr. Jan Neal Roberts

Mr. and Mrs. Arturo Robinson

Dr. Lewis Robinson

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Robinson

Sharon P. Robinson, Ed.D.

Brooke and Don Rock

Susan and David Rockefeller

Ms. Frances J. Rollins

Ms. Frances Rose (Frances & David 

Rose Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Rosen 

(The Benjamin M. Rosen Family 

Foundation)

Ms. Ritta Rosenberg

Ms. Elizabeth Rossman

Ms. Rosemary Rosso

Mr. Matthew V. Roswell and 

Mrs. Susan J. Roswell

The Honorable Stanley O. Roth

Shereen and Barton Rubenstein

Dr. Carolyn B. Rudd (CRP, Inc.)

Ms. Nancy Ruskin

Mr. Duane Rutledge

Ms. Amy R. Sabrin and 

Mr. G. Evans Witt

G.G. Sampson

Sandy Spring Bank

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Scheumann ✚

Mr. Steven Schmidt

Paul and Helen Schmitz

Bruce and Cynthia Scott

Mr. Malcolm Wade Searcy

Sedarmoc

Ms. Martha Seeligson

SEI Private Trust Company

Self Help / Center for Responsible 

Lending

Sra. Aimee Sentmat de Grimal

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murray Seymour, Jr.

Talib Shareef

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Sheehan

Mrs. Tangela Wrenn Shelton

Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sherman

Eileen Shields-West and 

Wyeth West

Mrs. Mary G. Shockey and 

Mr. J. Donald Shockey

Andrew, Cindi, Jacob and Katie Shore

Mr. David K. Shumway, Jr.

Mr. David Sickey

Joel E. Simkins

Ronald Simons

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & 

Flom LLP

Mr. Sinclair Skinner

Shaka and Maya Smart

Ms. Judith Smith and 

Mr. Lonnie Spencer

Mr. Pete Smith and 

Ms. Marcia W. Marsh

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Smith

Mr. and Mrs. T. Eugene Smith

Mr. and Mrs. William K. Smith

Smithsonian Channel (SNI/SI 

Networks L.L.C.) ▲

Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Smoyer

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Snead ●

Mr. TJ Snyder

Ivia Somerville

Specter DeSouza Architects, P.C.

Mrs. Jennifer P. Speers

Dr. Stephen Spellman

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Spivey

Sporty’s Foundation

Starry Night Fund

Edna M. Steele Boyer

Mr. and Mrs. David Steinglass

Ms. Dama Stephenson and Family

Sam and Diane Stewart

Stoneage Arts Global

The Straetz Foundation

Strategic Analysis, Inc.

Alan & Katherine Stroock Fund

Mrs. Harriet Stroud

Strypemonde Foundation

Ms. Tanisha M. Sullivan

Dr. Carolyn E. Summers

Sunrise Ford Company

Ms. Artie Teresa Suri

Mr. and Mrs. Will Sutton

Dr. Yui Suzuki and Mr. Akio Tagawa

Patricia S. Swaney

R. Swicord and N. Kazan

Marsha E. Swiss and 

Ronald M. Costell, M.D.

TAAPR

Dr. Alan S. Taylor

Mrs. Mattie I. Taylor

Susan L. Taylor, National CARES 

Mentoring Movement, Inc.

Ms. Teresa Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Teamer, Sr.

Tellart

Riley K. Temple

Esther Terry

Mr. Larry P. Thomas, II

Mrs. Patricia D. Thomas 

(The Kathryn J. Clark Foundation)

Dr. Sherida Thomas

Ms. Mirium J. Todd

Ms. Courtney Trombly and 

Mr. Geoff Kratville

Mr. and Mrs. Barry A. Trotz

Leiutenant Colonel (Ret.) Cathy 

Nicholson Troutman

Sharon and Thurston Twigg-Smith

U.S. Bank

U.S. National Committee of ICOM

Mr. Eric Van Woerden

Mr. Michael Ventura

Mr. Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. and 

Ms. Gail W. Laster

Allen Vital

Vornado/Charles E. Smith

Dr. Barbara E. Wadley-Young and 

Mr. Allen H. Young, Jr.

Mr. Duane A. Wakeham

Dr. David Wakelyn and 

Mrs. Philippa Scarlett

Mr. and Ms. Marc J. Walfish

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wallace

Mr. and Mrs. William Lindsay 

Wallace

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jerome 

Wardlaw

Mr. James H. Ware

Colonel Mary Ann Warren

Mrs. Patricia H. Waschka

Juanita Bell Washington

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Watson

Roslyn Watson

WDG Architecture

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Weaver II

Mrs. John L. Weinberg

Mr. Marc Weiser

Frederick R. Weisman Art 

Foundation

Ms. Anne Weismann and 

Mr. Benjamin D. Gorton

Ms. Laura M. Welsh

The Honorable and Mrs. Togo D. 

West, Jr.

Ms. Elizabeth Whelan

White & Case, LLP

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph White

Linda Crichlow White and 

Eric White

Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Whitney

Mr. Barrie A. Wigmore (Barrie A. and 

Deedee Wigmore Foundation)

Undine Harris Wildman

Robert Willasch

Dr. Alicia Williams

Ms. Annie M. Williams

Mrs. Blanch Spruiel Williams

Mr. and Mrs. Euseekers and 

Sheryl Williams

Dr. Gregory Howard Williams

Mr. Jeffrey H. Williams

Lonnie Williams

Ms. Thomasina H. Williams

Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Williams, Jr.

Edwardlene Fleeks Willis, Ph.D.

JoAnn V. Willis and Chip Kahn

Kevin and Diane Wilshere

Carrie and Wayne Wilson

Dr. Margaret J. Wilson

Claude L. Winfield

Susan R. Wirths

John and Martha Wolf

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Woodcock

Captain John Woolston

WorldStrides

Ms. Deborah Wright

Deby and Robert Wulff

Irene and Alan Wurtzel

Wusthof-Trident of America, Inc. ▲

Mr. Noel Don Wycliff

Gail Yano

Peg Yorkin

Drs. Rodney and Deborah Zeitler

Ms. Patricia Zell and 

Mr. Michael D. Cox

Kathleen M. Ziffer 

Ms. Katie M. Ziglar and 

Mr. Dickinson Jenkins Miller

Ms. Mary Ziino

Margot and Paul Zimmerman

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian’s regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member Donors to the Smithsonian ✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial)

Recognizing our benefactors 

Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh’s Market Symphony, a mixed-media sound installation at the National Museum of African Art, invited visitors to experience 

the sounds and urban ambiance of the open-air Balogun market in Lagos.

In Donors to the Smithsonian (above), 

we gratefully recognize donors’ gifts, 

pledges and pledge payments received by 

the Smithsonian in fiscal year 2016. This 

began Oct. 1, 2015, and ended Sept. 30, 

2016. Gifts paid in full are recognized at 

their total amount in the fiscal year they 

are recorded. Gifts made as pledges are 

recognized at the total amount pledged 

in the fiscal year they are recorded and 

at the pledge payment amount recorded 

in subsequent fiscal years, until the 

pledge is completed. If more than one 

gift, pledge and/or pledge payment by a 

donor is recorded in a fiscal year, these 

are added together and the donor is 

recognized in the appropriate category. 

The Office of Advancement makes every 

effort to recognize donors accurately.
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corporate members 

Corporate memberships forge 

dynamic ties with businesses 

nationwide and provide 

important unrestricted support to 

Smithsonian education, research 

and exhibition initiatives. 

3M

AbbVie

Altria Group

American Civil Liberties Union

Bank of America

Bloomberg

Booz Allen Hamilton

BP America

Clark Construction Group, LLC

The Coca-Cola Company

Express Scripts, Inc.

ExxonMobil 

GatherScript Inc.

GE

Honeywell

Johnson & Johnson 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Karn Charuhas Chapman & Twohey

KPMG LLP

Maharam

Mars, Incorporated

Motorola Solutions

Napean, LLC

Nissan North America, Inc.

Oxford Economics

PEPCO

Pfizer Inc.

Piedmont Supply Company

Pratt Institute

SC Johnson

School of Visual Arts

Southern Company 

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity

Swiss Re

Texas Instruments

Time Warner

UBS

The Walt Disney Company

Wolf-Gordon

Xerox Corporation

bequests

We remember with appreciation the 

following generous donors whose 

gifts through bequests from their 

estates were received this year. 

Anonymous

Robert H. Abel

Shirley M. Abel

Henry Acad

Gerard Lee Baxter

Sandra Carroll Berger

Lina M. Berrier

Robert W. Boenig

Jacqueline Bolton

James Bond

Winifred Caldwell

Dorothy H. Davies

Ralph and Patricia R. Dixon

Betty Dostal

Gladys P. Edelman

Patricia A. Ford

Rose Frieze 

H. Sumner Gallaher

Willis Griffiths

Herbert H. Hamilton

Rita Neergaard Hansen

Percy H. Henderson

Molly K. Hewitt

Irene Hollister

Chang-Su Cho Houchins

Christine Barbara Johansson

Betty L. Kupersmith

Leslie Leonelli

Joshua M. Lepman

John M. Liebes

Bella J. May

Stephen May

Nan Tucker McEvoy

Sorab K. Modi

C. Lynn Munro

Lynn Roseman Owen

George J. Petronovich 

Edmund B. Piasecki 

Carol Cosden Price

Kenneth L. Rebar

Elizabeth Candida Ridout

Allan J. Riley 

Violette C. Rosen Firth

Ginger Hawk Rutherford

Marguerite V. Schneeberger

Suzanne Helen Scott

R.C. Shorb

Carolyn N. Stafford

John M. Takeuchi

The Society honors those who 

carry on James Smithson’s tradition 

by making legacy gifts, such as 

bequests, charitable gift annuities, 

charitable trusts, gifts of retirement 

plans or donations through other 

planned gifts. 

Anonymous

Lucian Abernathy

Ms. Simone L. Acha

Mrs. Mary Adams

Mr. Michael C. Adams, Jr.

Doctors Joseph and Seena Aisner

Harold F. Albers, D.V.M.

Mrs. Roberta M. Alden

Stephen T. Alexieff

Claudia R. Allen and Willis M. Allen, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Alward

Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya

Mr. Richard C. Andersen

William S. and Janice R. Anderson

Ms. Rae R. Anderson-Marsh

Paul G. and Alyce C. Andrus

Thelma L. Antal

Dr. and Mrs. C. Araoz

Ms. Beryl E. Arbit

Dr. and Mrs. Mark B. Ardis

Dr. and Mrs. Paul H. Arnaud, Jr.

Ms. Ruth Arnold

Ms. Joan Reading Asboth

Rudolph E. and Frances B. Atmus

Mr. Robert J. Atwater

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Avery

Rose Marie Baab

Ms. Kathy Babcock

Mrs. Christine Bach

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Baecht

Dr. Sheryl R. Bair

William and Nellie Baker

Lorraine Idriss Ball

Ms. Kimberly C. Barden

Mr. Roger Barnes

Mr. Dale S. Barnett, Jr.

Captain Celia Barteau

LeRoy T. Baseman

Betty Passmore Bass

Mrs. Florence Baston

Susan and Edwin Battley

Mr. Michael D. Baudhuin

Susan and Thomas Baxter

Heather Beachum

Mr. Gary F. Beanblossom

Cristina McGee Beard

Susan M. Beardsley

Leslie Ellen Beller

Bradford and Jennifer Benn

Bonnie and Rodney Benson

Ms. Joan Benson

Mr. and Mrs. Jason R. Beresford

Doris Bergin

Philip D. Berlin

Mr. Steven Bershader and 

Ms. Marguerite Godbold

Thomas T. Bishop and 

Clifford L. Gregory

Ms. Ann H. Bissell

Mrs. Carolyn Boday

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Boggs

George Bogumill

Margaret W. and William J.D. Bond

Ms. Barbara L. Bonessa and 

Mr. Alan L. Perkins

Mark and Eileen Boone

Colonel Charles Botula III, USAF 

(Ret.) and Mrs. Susan K. Botula

Mark C. Bowers

Ms. Jean Brackman

Dr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Bradley

Mr. Robert G. Bragg

Ms. Annelise Brand

Mrs. Linda Ann Brass-Terry II

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Breitwieser

Ms. Brenda Bridges

Penelope J. Brook

Colonel Arthur L. Brooke (Ret)

Randall Brooks

Mrs. Agnes M. Brown

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Brown

Harris and Diane Bruch

Ms. Mary M. Brunot

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bruns

Dr. Nancy D. Bryant

Rogene A. Buchholz

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Buchi

Nomie Budelier

Mr. Donald S. Budowsky

Robert F. Bulens

Café Nicholson Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Burka

Mr. Scott C. Bushnell

Bradley and Heidi Butcher

Mr. Warren F. Buxton, Ph.D., CDP

John P. Cahill

Bruce and Karen Campbell

Mr. Scott D. Capes

Ms. Margaret Capuder, RN

Dawn V. Carr

Mrs. Ruth Ogden Carroll

Ms. Beth Carter

Ms. Joyce L. Carter

Mr. Larry L. Carter

Michael W. Cassidy

Mr. and Mrs. James Catalano

Mr. James K. Cavanaugh

Kathleen A. and William J. 

Cavanaugh

Mr. Eric Chandler

Patricia and Samuel Charache

Judith L. Cherwinka

Ms. Mary Claire Christensen

Mr. Roland H. Cipolla II

Ms. Linda C. Clark

Ms. Tanya Marie Clark

Mr. Thomas L. Clark

Dorothy H.V. Clarke

Linda and Pete Claussen

Earl F. Clayton

Colleen Cleary

Mr. Jason Clock

Robert and Betsey Clopine

Ann and John Collins

Ms. Ethel A. Collins

Mr. Peter Comanor

Donald Combs and 

Lisa Grabowski-Combs

Mr. Douglas Comerdinger

James M. Compton

Drs. Joseph and Wanda Corn

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Cotton

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Covello

Patrisha Creevy and 

Albert Del Negro

Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Creitz

Mr. Curtis E. Croom

Ms. Joanne Crovets

Phillip and Betty Crum

Linda B. Cullen

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Culley

Mr. Hal J. Cunningham

Mr. James Curry

Miss Pauline R. Cushing

Ms. Candi Cutrell

Mrs. Phyllis Daderio

Mr. Carmen J. D’Angelo

Doris M. Darmopray

Mr. David Datwyler

Mrs. Lucile Daubner

James and Dorothy Davis

Nora Hsu Davis and Barry C. Davis

Mr. and Ms. Robert L. Davis

Mrs. Aila G. Dawe

Mrs. Alexandra de Borchgrave

Baroness Yvonne de Vilar

Mr. Walter Deans

Ms. Juliet DeLaricheliere

Dr. Bertrun Delli

Mr. Alan R. Dellinger

Ms. Sue A. Delorme

Ms. Patrice Kathleen Denman

Ms. Elaine A. Dependahl

Mr. Charles E. Dern

Mr. and Mrs. Roland A. DeSilva

Jeff DeTroye and 

Dr. Mary Ann Gorman

Lily and Joseph Dewton Family Fund 

(Ms. Ruth E. Dewton)

Paul and Becky Dhyse

Mr. B. Gordon Dickey

Kenneth G. and Sherry L. Dietz

Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Dix, Jr.

Dennis O. Dixon

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Dixon

Alycia and Bruce Doctor

Mr. Mark S. Doherty

Deborah G. Douglas, Ph.D.

Alan and Elizabeth Duckett

Ms. Frances Ott Dunbar

Dr. Harold A. Dundee

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Eacker

Eleanor O. Earle

Jason and Marci Eaton

Ms. Nancy L. Eaton

Mr. Gabriel H. Ebersole

Frances A. Edmonds (Mohr) and 

Michael D. Mohr

Dr. Kay Edwards

Mrs. Ruth F. Effron

Mr. George W. Elliott

Valerie A. Emerson

Mrs. Joan Engberg

Ronald W. and Sophie M. Enger

Mr. Carl B. Fausey

Ms. Beverly Feeser

Dr. Linda S. Ferber

Alan and Lois Fern

Ken Ferrara

Miss Grace C. Ferrill

Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Fincke

Ms. Gloria Fine

Ms. Rosemarie Fiorilli and 

Mr. Thomas A. Berglund

Mrs. Helen Flanagan

Ms. Emma Flitsch

Mr. Fred R. Fonck

Ms. Norma L. Forbes

Mrs. Brandon Brame Fortune

Mr. Terence J. Fortune

Mr. Ronald J. Foulis

Stephen D. Fox

Mrs. Marilyn C. Frantsov

Ms. Diane Freedman

Howard and Shirlee Friedenberg

Al and Marion Friedlander

Ms. Wendy Frieman & Colonel David 

E. Johnson, PhD USA (Ret.)

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Friendly

Gudrun Fruehling

Dr. Ann Reed Gaines

Mr. Tim Gaines

Mrs. H. Clay Gardenhire

Mr. Tim Garner

David E. Garrett

Jeff and Mary Lynn Garrett

Ms. Lois Gartlir

Suzanne Gartz

Jane W. Gaston

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Gazzola

Dr. Albert Gelderman and 

Dr. Martha Gelderman

Dr. Mary Gendernalik-Cooper

Mrs. Jill Dix Ghnassia

Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Gibson

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Gilbert

Mr. and Mrs. William Gjodesen

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Godfrey

Ms. Gaylynn Golden and 

Mr. James Basara

Mr. Michael Goldfarb and 

Ms. Jacqueline Kelly

Mr. Charles Goldsberry

Ms. Margaret K. Goldsmith

Ms. Ronnyjane Goldsmith

Ms. Mary Anne Goley

Ms. Ann M. Goode

Mrs. Ruth H. Gooding

Dr. Margaret A. Goodman

Mrs. Renee Goodstein

Cheryl Gorelick

Kenneth C. and Mary M. Gossett

Anita F. Gottlieb

Gerald and Sheila Gould

Peter and Rhondda Grant

Richard Wayne and Barbara K. Grant

Stephen M. Trager

Frances B. Wells

Suzanne Zappasodi

memorial and 

commemorative gifts

The following were honored by their 

families, friends and other donors to 

the Smithsonian. 

John M. Angelo

Cynthia M. Blumenthal

Walter D. Broadnax

Elizabeth Broun

G. Wayne Clough

Laura Evans Combs

Martha J. Fleischman

Tarry Faries

Kate Haw

Cole Johnson

Luther and Ezel Jones

Eddye Hurley Hooper Logan

Peter and Paula Lunder

John W. McCarter, Jr.

Susan Lowe Modi

Enid W. Morse

Velma Kerner Petronovich

Linda Johnson Rice

David Silfen

David P. Storch

Joseph P. Ujobai

Ruth Vurek

The Smithsonian American Art Museum deepened its holdings of self-taught, or “outsider,” artists with the gift of 93 works from the collection 

of Margaret Z. Robinson. Shown here is an untitled 1942 piece in painted and carved wood by Ulysses Davis.

Donors to the Smithsonian 

Recognizing our benefactors 

Smithsonian Legacy Society 

Making a lasting impact 
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Smithsonian Legacy Society 

Making a lasting impact 

Ms. Margaret J. Grasston

Nancy Barclay Graves

Ralph Greenhouse

Joanne T. Greenspun

Ms. Virginia Gregory

Mrs. Ruth Gresham

Alice L. Grindstaff

Marilyn Grossman

Mr. Donald J. Guiles

Lt. Col. and Mrs. Milton R. Gunther, 

USAF (Ret.)

Mr. Robert S. Guthrie

Nancy E. Gwinn and John Y. Cole

Valerie J. and D. Wilson Gyton

Mrs. Eileen Hamilton

Gloria Shaw Hamilton

Robert and Bettye Hammond

The Tom and Char Hand Foundation

Mr. Ralph Hansen

Richard W. Hardman

Mrs. Nancy M. Harlan

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harmon

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Harmon

Mr. Christie G. Harris

Ms. Margery F. Harris

Myra Maloney Hart

Miss Jeannine Hartley

Al Hartwick

Ms. D.L. Hasse

Roger D. Hathaway

Jean Mary Hauck

Patricia and Michael Hausknost

Ms. Jennifer E. Hawley

Dr. Carla H. Hay

Christine Berglund Hayes

Mr. Geoffrey F. Hayes

Ms. Johni Hays

Wilbert A. Heinz

Ms. Evelyn Heinzinger

Mrs. Joan E. Hekimian

Ms. Judith A. Henderson

Mr. Richard D. Henderson

Mr. Carl D. Herold

Michael and Char Hersh

Martha Hertelendy

Paul Hertelendy

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Herzog

Dr. and Mrs. David C. Hess

Dr. Robert J. Hickey

Mr. Daniel Higman

Mr. Jeff Hill

Mr. Charles W. Hirst

Edward J. and Ruth Hodge

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart HodgekinsonPrice

Miss K.T. Hoffacker

Sallie Holder

Ms. F. Lynn Holec

Debra Hollander

Ruth S. Holmberg

Mrs. Jane N. Holt

Ms. Hanna Lore Hombordy

Ms. Edna M. Hoover

Mary W. Hopkins

William L. Hopkins

Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.

Ms. Patricia B. Horlacher

Ms. Brenda Howard

Mrs. Anne Howat

John Hoyda

Ms. Suzanne Huber

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hugel

Mrs. Jean Humburg

Dr. and Mrs. James C. Hunt

Mr. Chris Hushak

Mr. and Mrs. Milton M. Hyatt

Ms. Marie Ann Iandoli

Keith Jackson

Karel & Virginia Jacobs Living Trust

Ms. Nancy E. Jemiola

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Jenkins

Dennis R. Jenkins

Donald R. and Judy Jensen

David S. and Pat Jernigan

Dr. Karen Jespersen

Ms. Janice M. Johnson

W. Johnson

Ms. Constance R. Jones

Diane B. Jones

Ms. Heather Jones

Ms. Katharine Cox Jones

Mr. Leonard H. Jones

Lou Josephs and Susan Koonin

Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Jue

Mr. Anthony H. Kaczmarek

Mr. Nelson Kading

Stephen and Linda Kamen

Ms. Carol Kapheim

Ms. Judy Kaselow

Steven Kazan and 

Judy Heymann Kazan

Ms. Anne B. Keiser and 

Dr. Douglas M. Lapp

Miss Rajinder K. Keith

Robert F. and Nancy L. Kempf

Mr. John B. Kendrick

Ms. Kelly A. Kendrick-Bailey

Ms. Marjorie C. Kennedy

Mrs. Rae Keogh

Peter B. Kibbee

Mary Jane Kilhefner

Anita Y. Kinard-Medeiros

Diana A. King

Mr. James W. Kinnear

Drs. Susan and Perry Klein

Mrs. Elise H. Knight

Dr. C. Wilson Kniseley

Mary Ann Knyff

Dr. Seth A. Koch

John and Mary Lu Koenig

Richard and Marilyn Kolesar

Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Konze

Ms. Amy Kotkin

Mr. and Mrs. Myron Kownacki

Dr. Ellen Kreighbaum

Grace and Wayne Krumwiede

Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Kuehl

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kurin

Margo Kurtz

Ms. Lee L. Kush

Robert A. Kutzen

Dr. Geraldine E. La Rocque

Mr. Travis S. Lamberton

Mrs. Robert H. Lando

Gilbert H. Lang, M.D.

Jane Lanham

Mrs. Mary E. Lanham

Cynthia Muss Lawrence

Mr. and Mrs. Willis Lawrence

M/SGT. Lionel L. Leblanc

Victoria A. Lech

Mr. and Mrs. Erich Lechpammer

Ms. Maryann D.B. Lee

Tonia Chenelle Lee

Mr. Bruce Leighty

Ms. Ann E. Leininger

Emily Markgraf Leslie

Ms. Rosealie Lesser

Donald J. and Marcy Leverenz

Theodore W. and Barbara Ann Libbey

Jeanie C. Linders

Mr. Michael W. Lingo

Daniel M. Linguiti and Teri A. Smurl

Ms. Eleanor L. Linkous

Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Liss

Ms. Anne R. Litchfield

Ms. Nina Liu

William and Katherine Livengood

Martha G. Locke

Dr. and Mrs. Pichon P.Y. Loh

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Long

Shirley Loo

Kurt M. Loos

Frances J. Lowe

Mrs. Karen F. Lowe

Ms. Diane Lowrance

Frank J. Lukowski

Glen and Sally Lunde

Mr. Bradley Lutz

Ms. Doris MacDaniel

Marion Maia da Cruz

Kim and Mark Mailloux

Commander and Mrs. Charles 

Maluzzi

Ms. Janean L. Mann

Nancy and John Mannes

Christian L. and Edna M. March

Reverend Ann F. Martens

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martucci

Margery and Edgar Masinter

David Mason

Mr. John L. Mason

Linda Powers Massaro

Mr. Paul Maxim

Ms. Kathleen Maxwell

Ms. Annette May

Mr. Ronald W. McCain

Robert and Cynthia McCallum

Ms. June W. McCarron

Mr. and Mrs. Brandon McCrary

Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. McCrary

Mr. Stephen McCrary

Ms. Carolyn H. McCurry

Ms. Iris McDonald

Ms. Lowen McKay

Colonel Billy McLeod

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse T. McMahan

Mr. Andrew McMahon

Ms. Lenore McMahon

Alison McNally and Bobby German

Scott and Hella McVay

Miss Nora L. Melville

Ms. Mae Mercereau

Hans and Mary Miesler

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mikuletzky

Dennis and Patricia Miller

E. Eugene Miller

Gus and Deanne Miller and Family

Jerry Miller

Sandra L. Miller

Mrs. Melissa L. Mills

Ms. Patricia Minard

Ms. Jo Ann Mitchell

Richard C. Mitchell

Mr. Sidney F. Mobell

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Montanye

Dr. Judith A. Monte

Ms. Nancy Montecalvo

Susan and Guy Moody

Marshall W. Moore

Mrs. Anne Murray Morgan

Ms. Jeri Ann Moriarty

Charles H. and Helen S. Moriyama

Marie L. Morrisroe

Jill Morrow-Gorton and 

Christopher Gorton

Robert E. Mortensen

Nancy Jean Moser

Mr. and Mrs. David Moskowitz

Marianne Muellerleile and 

Tom Norris

Ms. Carol M. Mulcox

Mr. George M. Muldrow

Dr. Joel Mulhauser

Joan C. Muzzillo and Paul R. Popick

Mr. and Mrs. Roger K. Myers

Mr. Marvin J. Nakashima

Lt. Col. Frank D. Neill, Jr. (Ret.)

David A. Neiss

Ms. Caroline K. Nelson

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nelson

Ms. Beverly A. Nichols

Jane Strauss Northern

Jeane and Joel Novak

Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. O’Brien

Mr. Homer C. Ogles

Setsuko Oka

Daniel and Rebecca Okrent

Nancy L. O’Neal

Ms. Terry O’Reilly

Ms. Jean D. Osbon

Ms. P. Gail Osburn

Tim and Debra Osburne

Mrs. Irma Padgett-Haaland

Mr. Richard S. Paegelow

James and Anne Painter

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer

Jean and Kent Papsun

Stephen Parks

Mr. Ronald P. Parola

Mr. Wayne Parsons

Mr. Robert Pastorino

Wesley Patterson and 

Linda Pritchard Patterson

Robert C. Patton, M.D.

David and Diane Pearson

Joanne M. Pearson, M.D.

Mary Ann and Carl Pearson

Paul Peck

Laura H. Peebles

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Pehta

Mr. and Mrs. James Pendergrass

Mrs. Carmalita J. Pendlebury

Elaine and Patrick Perkins

Ms. Barbara Rescher Perry

Dr. Patti McGill Peterson and 

Dr. Kate S. Woodward

Ms. Nicole Petrosky

Ms. Nancy Phillips

Ms. Barbara Ann Pike

Mr. John E. Plastino

Ms. Thelma B. Player

Mr. Don Polan

Morton and Sandra Porwick

Mrs. Ann M. Potter

Bob and Janice Pound

Mr. and Mrs. Anco L. Prak

Ms. Louise Pressman

Judy Lynn Prince

Mrs. Lakhbir Purewal

Ms. Martha Puricelli

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stanley 

Purvinis

Frank and Betty Quirk

Mrs. Mildred F. Rafaj

Ms. Beverly Ramsay

Mrs. Lois S. Raphling

Francis H. Rasmus, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John Daniel Reaves

Mr. Michael F. Reed

Ms. Sanae Iida Reeves

Mr. John L. Regner

Mr. David P. Rehfuss and 

Mrs. Hedy S. Rehfuss

Mr. Jerrold H. Rehmar

Carol A. Reich

Mr. Donald Reinking

Donna J. Rentzel

Larry D. Reser and 

Kathleen L. Toyoda

Dr. Suzanne Resnick

Jon and Emilee Reynolds

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Rice

Mrs. Robert A. Rice

Ms. Robin Richards

Mrs. Rose Marie Rick

Ms. R. Lucia Riddle

Mrs. Lydia Puccinelli Robbins

Carol O. Roberts

Ms. Susan Roberts

Janice Stultz Roddenbery and 

Thomas Peale Roddenbery

Ms. Betty Rodgers

Mr. Scott Roeth

Ms. Jeannette Rogers

Ms. Laurel Rohrer

Dr. Ruth A. Roland

Mr. Norman Roscilo

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Rosenbaum

The Hon. Ronald A. Rosenfeld

Dr. Harry Rosenthal

Dee and Allan Roth

Ms. Shari Rothstein

Dr. Randi Rubovits-Seitz

Owen F. Ruggles

Nancy and Clive Runnells Foundation

Ralph and Dorothea Hoffman 

Rushworth

Ms. Karen Russell

Louise Russell, Ph.D.

Mr. Richard T. Russell, Jr.

John and Anne Ryan

Ms. Sally D. Ryan

Mr. C.J. Ryburn

Edward H. Sachtleben

Dr. Joseph R. Salcetti

Trudy and Charles Salter

Dr. Janice E. Sanders

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph R. Santa 

Barbara

Mrs. Patricia Ann Beattie 

Santaromana

Dr. Maria C. Santoyo-Stein

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer

Donald and Marilyn Schlief

Miss Lois K. Schmidt

Ms. Deborah Schneide

Robert L. and Mary T. Schneider

Ms. Dorothy Schoech

Eva and Eric Schoettle

Ms. Jane Scholz and 

Mr. Douglas C. Balz

Mr. Russell L. Schoudt

Andrew and Beatrice Schultz

Dr. Deanna Schupbach

Mrs. Ida Maxey Scott

Ms. Sharon Scott

Elinor Scotte-Virgona

Ms. Sheryl Scull

Mr. and Mrs. William Seely

Madge Warden Selinsky

Frederic Thompson Selleck, Ph.D.

Mrs. Hope Sellers

Anne Robertson Sellin

Janice L. Settle

Robert A. and Deanne H. Seward

Ms. Diane Shaw

Mrs. Norma Gudin Shaw

Winslow T. Shearman

Mr. Jerrell W. Shelton

Ms. Louise Sherman

Dr. Gerry Shigekawa

Mrs. William H. Shopp

Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Shumate

Mary Hudson Siciliano

June and Harold Siebert

Mrs. Joan S. Siedenburg

Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silberstein

Ms. Mary F. Simons

Ms. Jeannine Sleeth

Mr. James C. Small and 

Mr. John A. Fry

Sandra and Lawrence Small

Dr. Barbara J. Smith

Denny G. Snyder

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Soldoff

Siewchin Yong Sommer

Deena R. Sosson

Dr. Alex M. Spencer

Mr. John Robin Sperry

Earl C. Spohr

Mr. and Mrs. George S. Sproesser

Ms. Marcia L. Sprules

Ms. Tellina J. Stafford

Paul and Janet Stahlhuth

Mrs. Ginger Winters Stallings

Mr. and Mrs. L. Bradley Stanford

Mr. James Starkey

Ms. Eugenia L. Staszewski

Ms. Sandra Sterling

Ms. Judith Stoeri

Kevin B. Stone

Tom and Kitty Stoner

Miss Irma Story

Ms. Amanda J. Stott

Edward and Diane Straker

Miss Iris M. Strauss

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Streckewald

Robert and Gail Strong

Randy Struthers

Joseph and Elizabeth Suarez

Mr. Lewis Suber

Delores Sullivan

Mrs. Katherine Sullivan

John A. and Janet Swanson

Marsha E. Swiss and 

Ronald M. Costell, M.D.

Mr. John Szabo and 

Ms. Theodora Fine

Ralph Edward Tamper

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Tanner

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Tanner

John Thomann and Stanton Schnepp

George D. and Mary Augusta Thomas

Henry B. Thomas and Lynette Wardle

Dr. F. Christian Thompson

Ms. Johanna W. Thompson

John and Ellen Thompson

Robert and Karen Thompson

Marie and Gary Thunem

John and Evelyn Tielking

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Mrs. Diane D. Tobin

Mr. David E. Todd

Jim and Sharon Todd

Mr. Robert Bruce Torgny

Anna Mary Tossey

David and Linda Tozer

Dr. and Mrs. Jack W. Trigg, Jr.

Kay Tuttle

Ms. Selena M. Updegraff

Fred G. and Lelia R. Valdivia

Susan A. Vallon and Andrew Beyer

Caroline E. Van Mason, Col. (Ret.)

Wouter K. Vanderwal

Dr. Lorna VanderZanden

Ms. Carol Vangelos

Dr. Frederick and Dr. Claudette 

Varricchio

Trust of Dan and Marty Vega

John Vernet

Dr. Sandy Vogelgesang and 

Mr. Geoffrey Wolfe

Jean and Davis H. von Wittenburg

Mr. Randall Wadsworth

Ms. Jannene Wagner

Patty Wagstaff

Raymond Waite

Ms. Jeanette M. Walke

Bettye S. Walker

Ms. Esperanza R. Walker

Mrs. Peggy Wall

Mrs. Elizabeth Walther

Dr. Richard Ward

Dr. Winfred O’Neil Ward

Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Watson, Jr.

Susan G. Waxter

Richard Weber

Mrs. Eric Weinmann

Mr. Les J. Weinstein

Adam Weisler

Angela Caveness Weisskopf

DarEll T. Weist and Diane Kenney

Mr. Walt Wells

Dale (Billie) L. Welton

Dr. Jacqueline H. Werner

Mrs. Laurel A. Wessman

Larry J. West

Mrs. Harriet K. Westcott

Craig and Catherine Weston

Jason Sean White

Mr. Richard Whitekettle

Mr. Dale A. Whiteside

Ms. Duncan Whittome

Ms. Vivian Wilder

Bob Wilkinson

Mr. Donald E. Williams

Ms. Jeanne Wilson

Ms. Shirley Winkler

Ms. Margaret M. Wisniewski

Rosemary Keates Witty

Dr. Michael C. Wolf

Sue Ann Wolff

Ms. Doris C. Wong

Ms. Betsy Wood

Gerald L. Wood

Martha R. Wood

ADCS Scott B. Wood, USN, Retired

Mr. Phillip S. Woodruff

David F. Wright

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wynbrandt

Sally Wyte

Mrs. Lillian Yamori

Gail Yano

Mr. Carey L. Yeager

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Yohannes

Judy Yoss

Ms. Elise Barbara Yuter

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka

Kenneth M. Zemrowski and 

Susan MacKeen

John and Sherry Ziegler

Margot and Paul Zimmerman

Mrs. Nancy Behrend Zirkle

Ms. Flavia P. Zorgniotti

The Zug Family

Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Zygielbaum

The Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network’s program in environmental and biodiversity research launched new observatory sites with partners in 

British Columbia, Washington state, Hawaii and Tasmania to complement long-term Smithsonian research along the east coast of North and Central America. 

Scientists at the sites measure biodiversity and ocean temperature, acidity, and water quality, and conduct experiments and modeling to understand how 

coastal ecosystems respond to change.

James Smithson Society

Our most generous members

The 589 members of the James 

Smithson Society share a deep 

commitment to the advancement 

of the Smithsonian through their 

dues and special gifts. In fiscal year 

2016, they contributed $2.4 million 

in general support to the institution. 

The membership list below shows 

members as of Sept. 30, 2016.

john quincy 

adams circle

Anonymous

Rodney and Michelle Adkins ✚

Ms. Caroline A. Amplatz (Caroline’s 

Kids Foundation)

Valerie and William Anders ✚

Mr. William H. Bohnett ✚

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Buchi ▼

Ms. Suzi Cordish (The Cordish 

Family Fund) ✚

Mr. Roger Crandall ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. ✚

Julia and Frank Daniels, Jr. ✚

Douglas and Wendy Dayton 

Foundation ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Vin Di Bona ✚

Jim and Janet Dicke ✚

Richard Ditton ▼

Sakurako and William Fisher Family ✚

Julie and Greg Flynn ✚

Cary J. Frieze ▼ =

Ms. Brenda J. Gaines ✚

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Galloway ✚

Shelby and Frederick Gans ✚

Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz 

Memorial Foundation ✚

Alfred C. Glassell, III and 

Ms. Marli Andrade ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Goings (Rick and 

Susan Goings Foundation) ✚

Gloria Shaw Hamilton ▼

Drs. J. Michael Hamilton and 

Myung H. Nam ▼

Ms. Myra M. Hart and 

Dr. J. Kent Hewitt ✚

Helen and Edward Hintz ✚

Steven and Jane Hoch ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hogan ✚

Judy and Bob Huret ✚

Gregory D. and Jennifer Walston 

Johnson ✚

Connie and Dennis Keller ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kemper 

(William T. Kemper Foundation) ✚

Sue and Al Landon ✚

Cheryl Winter Lewy and Glen Lewy ✚

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Love ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. MacDonald ✚

John and Adrienne Mars ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. McGovern ✚

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse

Sarah E. Nash and 

Michael S. Sylvester ✚

Paul Neely ✚

Nancy Patrick ▼

Everett P. and Andrea Paup ▼

Dr. Jorge G. Puente and Dr. Patricia 

Matos-Puente ✚

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Ragland, 

Jr. ✚

Mr. and Mrs. G. Jeffrey Records, Jr. ✚

Lola C. Reinsch (Reinsch Pierce 

Family Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. Blair E. Richardson ✚

Elizabeth and Philip Ryan ✚

John and Anne Ryan ✚

Deborah Sara Santana ✚

Ambassador and Mrs. Rockwell 

Schnabel ✚

Fredda Sparks and Kent Montavon ▼

Dr. Elisa Stephens ✚

Stevenson Family Charitable Trust ✚

Kelso F. and Joanna L. Sutton ✚

Mary and Steven Swig ▼

Phyllis M. Taylor ✚

Mr. John K. Tsui ✚

Mr. Clifford J. Walker ▼

John and Barbara Wilkerson ✚

joseph henry circle

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Philip F. Anschutz 

(The Anschutz Foundation) ✚

The Arctica and Abbey Foundation

Mr. Steven Bershader and 

Ms. Marguerite Godbold ▼

Robert and Dawn Birmingham ▼

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell ✚

Christopher Cope and Jamie Shaw

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Cotton ▼

Dr. Paul T. Davis ▼

Mr. Douglas D. Durst

Christopher Feldmann and 

Laura Beauchamp ▼

Roger S. Firestone Foundation 

(Mr. John D. Firestone, 

Ms. Gay F. Wray) ✚

The Michael and Marlys Haverty 

Family Foundation ✚

The Hoch Family ✚

Elaine A. Hodgson

Ms. Wilhelmina Holladay ▼

Ruth S. Holmberg ✚

Mary W. Hopkins ▼

David and Pat Jernigan ▼

Mary Jane Kilhefner ▼

Michael and Gretchen Kriss ▼

Mr. Wayne E. Kurcz ▼

Drs. Jerrold Levy and Maria Arias ▼

Ms. May Liang and 

Mr. James Lintott ▼

Jeanie C. Linders ▼

Robert R. Little ▼

Dr. and Mrs. David Machuga ▼

Elizabeth and Whitney MacMillan ✚

Mrs. Jacomien Mars

Jacqueline Badger Mars ✚ ▼

Mr. James D. Parker ▼

Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock

Madge Warden Selinsky ▼

Eileen and Michael Tanner

Mr. William J. Trenchard

Nancy Zverina ▼

samuel pierpont 

langley circle 

Anonymous

Ross Anderson ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Avery ▼

Susan and Thomas Baxter ▼

Dr. Tyson E. Becker and 

Ms. Katie Sutcliffe Becker ▼

Mr. James M. Beggs ▼

Mr. Alan Berro and Ms. Lara Kaplan

Besson/Cooper Fund ▼

William M. Bomar ▼

James E. Borleis ▼

The Honorable Stephen F. Brauer 

and Mrs. Brauer ✚ ▼

Mark and Janice Buffler ▼

Robert F. Bulens ▼

Alan Cannon

Judith L. Cherwinka ▼

Ms. Cathrine Coberly ▼

Bruce E. Cobern ▼

Karen L. Daigle, MD ▼

Mr. S.S. Dana ▼

Julia and Jim Davidson

Nora Hsu Davis and Barry C. Davis ▼

Jeffrey and Cindy Dill

Debbie Driesman and 

Frank F. Islam ▼

Cheryl Dronzek ▼

Charlotte K. Ehrenhaft ▼

Robert J. Ekman ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Forster

Sarajane Foster ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Frechette ▼

Ms. Kerry Galvin

Dr. and Mrs. William A. Geffen

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Goerke

Cheryl Gorelick ▼

Joanne T. Greenspun ▼

Mr. and Mrs. John Grisham

Mrs. Eileen Hamilton ▼

Dean and Penny Hatten ▼

Mrs. David Heebner ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Higgins ✚

Galen and Patricia Ho

Dave and Jayne Horner

John A. Hoyda ▼

The IanThom Foundation (Mr. Ian C. 

Gibson-Smith) ▼

Diane and John Ippolito ▼

The Fannie and Stephen Kahn 

Charitable Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kashian

Ms. Marilyn Katzman

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kimball

Mr. Jeffrey M. Lewis-Oakes and 

Mrs. Nicole Lewis-Oakes ▼

Susan Lindemuth ▼

Ms. Sophia Lynn and 

Mr. David C. Frederick

Phillip N. and Mary A. Lyons

Madison Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Dr. Alan R. Malouf

Virginia Cretella Mars ▼

Mary Martell and Paul M. Johnson ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Mattox

Mr. Joseph K. McLaughlin and 

Ms. Jeanne Rosenthal ▼

Richard T. McMurray ▼

Dennis and Patricia Miller ▼

C. Jay Moorhead Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Moran ▼

Mrs. Marjorie B. Morris ▼

Marie L. Morrisroe ▼

Robert E. Mortensen ▼

Richard and Cheryl Moxley ▼

Drs. James and Pamela Mulshine ▼

Mr. James A. Neal

Susann Norton ▼

Melanie and Larry Nussdorf ▼

Gilman Ordway

Mr. Keenan Orfalea

Marra E. Peché, LtCol USANC, Ret

Alan L. Perkins and 

Barbara L. Bonessa ▼

Susan Peters and Richard Lee ▼

Kay and Dave Phillips ✚

Mr. and Mrs. James Pignatelli

Ms. Toby Pippin

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Ramsey ▼

Richter Family Foundation 

(Mr. Alfred H. Richter)

Toni A. Ritzenberg ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Andrew Rothkopf ▼

Edward H. Sachtleben ▼

Ms. Susan Scanlan

Bob and Welmoed Sisson ▼

Mr. and Mrs. George D. Smith, Jr.

Sidney Stern Memorial Trust

Edward and Diane Straker ▼

Patricia S. Swaney ▼

Elaine and Dennis Swartz

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Takvorian

Tao Jones Charitable Foundation

James and Beatrice Taylor ✚

William E. Thomas, Jr. ▼

Tom and Mary Evelyn Tielking ▼

Ms. Araceli R. Vargas ▼

Duane Webber

Craig and Catherine Weston ▼

Jim and Richie Wright ▼

Ellen and Bernard Young ▼

Drs. Rodney and Deborah Zeitler ▼

Kenneth M. Zemrowski and 

Susan MacKeen ▼

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ▼ james smithson society sustaining fellow = endowed life member

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✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ▼ james smithson society sustaining fellow = endowed life member

s. dillon ripley circle

Anonymous

Lucian Abernathy ▼

David and Beryl Adcock ▼

Mr. Terry L. Albertson and 

Ms. Kathleen A. Blackburn ▼

Mr. Terry G. Aldridge and 

Ms. Patricia Thomas

Mr. Wolfram Anders and 

Ms. Michele Manatt

Ms. Anne V. Applegate ▼

Mr. and Mrs. D.R. Atkinson ▼

Mr. Joseph F. Azara, Jr. ▼

Mr. Jack Bader

Ms. Carol Baker and 

Mr. Mark Stein ▼

Mr. Malcolm G. Balfour ▼

Ms. Penny Bank

Dr. Stephanie Barak and 

Mr. Alan Barak

Ms. Yvonne N. Barry ▼

Sally and John Beals

Thomas F. and Kathleen M. Beddow

Michael and Tootie Beeman ▼

Brian and Betty Benson ▼

Pegi and Kent Bernard ▼

Jerry and Karen Birchmore ▼

Mrs. Susan Holden Blaha ▼

Mr. Robert and Dr. Jan Blancato

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blanchard

Mr. John H. Blazek ▼

Ms. Elizabeth Board and 

Mr. Robert Hines ▼

Alex Bodenstab, M.D.

Margaret W. and William J.D. Bond =

Ms. Elisabeth T. Bottler ▼

Mr. Stephen S. Bowen ▼

Mark S. Box, M.D. ▼

Sheila G. Bradford

Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Bradley

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley ✚

Donald R. Brasie ▼

Thomas and Patricia Dix Brewer ▼

Eric Briggs

Mr. Andrew Brill ▼

The Brodsky Foundation

Bonnie and Jere Broh-Kahn ▼

Penelope J. Brook ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Otis M. Brooks ▼

Ms. Laura Brouse-Long and 

Dr. William F. Long ▼

Mrs. Agnes M. Brown

David and Lois Brown

Marilyn L. Brown

Mr. William H. Browning, Jr.

Ms. Carol Bryant ▼

Patricia Budka and Kristofer Lafko

Mr. and Mrs. B.R. Burchfield ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Burka =

Mr. Eric Byunn and 

Ms. Alyssa Corinne Rieder

James E. and Linda Cafritz

Mrs. William N. Cafritz

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Cahill ▼

Kathryn Campbell ▼

Glen and Linda Cannon

Dawn V. Carr

Mr. and Mrs. Rod Case

Judy and Jack Cater ▼

Vint and Sigrid Cerf ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan L. Chang ▼

Dr. William A. Chantry, Jr.

Stuart and Helen Chemtob

Ms. Li Chu ▼

Ms. Susan T. Clark ▼

Virginia Clark and Lane Taylor

Kay L. Clausen ▼

J. Donald Cline ▼

Joan and Harvey Cohen ▼

The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family 

Foundation ▼

Gene and Elizabeth Colice ▼

Mr. Philip H. Collector

Mark Colley and Deborah Harsch ▼

Colonel James M. Compton, Ret. ▼

Ms. Ruth Boyer Compton =

Ms. Mary Ann Condon

Coneway Family Foundation ✚

Robert C. Cook

Lori Cooke-Marra ▼

Dr. Fred Goodwin Corley ▼

Elsie Moreland Corro ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Cowan ▼

Mr. Curtis W. Cox ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Crawford

Patrisha Creevy and 

Albert Del Negro ▼

William K. Cromwell IV

Kitty and David Crosby

Mr. Thomas Cushing ▼

Ronald and Jessica Dabrowski ▼

Ms. Brit J. d’Arbeloff ▼

Mr. and Mrs. C. Randall Davis ▼

Kamer Davis ▼

Carol Deane ▼

Kathy Dehm

Arthur and Isadora Dellheim 

Foundation ▼

Bernard G. and Susan Dennis, Jr. ▼

Philip de Picciotto ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry DePoyster

Geert M. DePrest and 

Laura Travis-DePrest ▼

Lily and Joseph Dewton Family Fund 

(Ms. Ruth E. Dewton) ▼

Lee and Mary Alice Dickerson

Dennis O. Dixon ▼

Adrienne Dominguez

Ms. Winnie Dong and 

Ms. Cynthia Peng

Ms. Renee Dopplick

Mr. and Mrs. J. Dorsch ▼

Dr. Brian E. Dougherty ▼

Drs. Joseph and Carolyn Drage ▼

Diane Dudley ▼

Claudia and Dennis Dulmage

Mr. Jonathan W. Ebbeler

The Eberly Family Trust =

Mr. and Mrs. Cole Ebert

Adrienne M. Edens

Dean S. Edmonds Foundation ▼ =

Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Edmonds ▼

Bradley C. Eichhorst, M.D.

Miss Babs Eisman ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Eisner 

(The Eisner Foundation) ✚

Paul D. Ekman

Loyd E. Ellis ▼

The Honorable John and 

Michelle Engler

Jean M. Esswein ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Evans

Ms. Heather Ewing

John A. Farrall ▼

Christine R. Faser ▼

Theresa Fechek, Ph.D.

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ferguson, Jr.

Michael Finan and Pamela Frazier

Nicholas Fintzelberg, Ph.D.

Mr. L.R. Fischer and 

Ms. Anne Lavigne ▼

Fischmann Family Foundation

Sue M. Fogarty ▼

Mr. Pete Ford

Jacqueline Fowler ▼

Bonnie S. Franklin

Mr. Jason E. Free

Ms. Wendy Frieman & Colonel David 

E. Johnson, PhD USA (Ret.) ▼

Mr. and Mrs. David Morgan Frost ▼

Eric H. Gable and 

Margaret A. Carson-Gable

Ms. Claire Geller-Kolchetski

Mr. Fred O. Gibson, Jr. ▼

Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Gibson ▼

Mr. Daniel Gilbert =

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Gilgan

Karyn C. Gill and 

George McC. Gill, M.D. =

Mr. Jim Goldschmidt

Ms. Mary Goodreau

Drs. David Granite and 

M.L. Oster-Granite ▼

E.A. Graves ▼

Mary and Bradford Graves ▼

Mrs. Mary J. Graves ▼

Ms. Susannah Gray and 

Mr. John Lyons

Mr. and Mrs. Bentley C. Gregg

Dr. and Mrs. H. Lee Griffin ▼

Jane and Jim Griffin ▼

Mrs. Alton B. Grimes ▼ =

Stuart Grossman ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Michael John Gunther

Robert G. Gutenstein

Carl E. Gysler ▼

Dr. Donald Hall

Jean and Henry Hall ▼

Ms. Virginia Hamister ▼

Ms. Claire L. Hampton ▼

Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Hancock ▼

Hansan Family Foundation

Mr. Shawn Hansen

Mrs. Dale S. Hanson (Libby)

Mr. Christie G. Harris ▼

Mr. Daniel W. Harris ▼

Felicie and Paul Hartloff ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Hartman, Jr.

Ms. Jill Hartman

Mr. Wayne Hathaway ▼

Dr. Carla H. Hay ▼

Mrs. John Hechinger, Sr. ▼

John E. Hennessey

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Herman

Sally M. and Stephen A. Herman

Major Barbara E. Hiatt, USAF (Ret) 

and CDR Douglas G. Hiatt, 

USN (Ret)

Captain Deborah Hinkley, USN ▼

Ms. F. Lynn Holec ▼

Dr. and Mrs. C.J. and Ginna Holmes ▼

E. Hom

Ms. Elizabeth Homan

Roland and Cynthia Hoover

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Hopkins ▼

William Logan Hopkins =

Dr. and Mrs. Ramachandra Hosmane

Katherine and Joseph Householder ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Howard

Ms. Vicki Howard ▼

Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Huebner ✚

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hugel ▼

Mr. Larry A. Hultberg ▼

Ms. Beverly J. Hunter

Ms. Irene Hirano Inouye ✚

Dr. Robert Ireland

Ms. Kay Jacks

Drs. Jay A. and Mary Anne Jackson ▼

Mr. Tyler Jackson and 

Ms. Dawn Cooper-Jackson

Susan L. Jenkins

Margaret E. Jones ▼

Michael and Diane Jones

Dr. Walter F. Jones and 

Ms. Cheryl L. Rash Jones

Wells Jones and Donna Ceravolo ▼

Kenneth L. Jordan ▼

Mr. Nelson Kading ▼

Dr. Arnold and Ms. Marcia Kaplin ▼

Richard and Leanne Kaslow ▼

Sheldon and Audrey Katz ▼

Stephen C. Keeble and Karen Depew =

Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer

Mrs. Nancy B. Kelly ▼

Ms. Jennifer Nelson Kemp

Thomas S. Kenan, III

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kendrick

Thurraya and Absolon Kent

Dr. Rebecca Kenyon ▼

Erna and Michael Kerst ▼

Coyla Ketchy ▼

Peter B. Kibbee ▼

Mrs. David Kimbell

Mr. Christopher M. Kinsey ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Kitchen ▼

Ms. Lauren S. Kogod and 

Mr. David Smiley

Ms. Leslie S. Kogod

Mr. Stuart Kogod and 

Ms. Denise Garone

Kathleen McCarthy Kostlan

Richard S. Kraus

Mr. Fred Kuenstler ▼

Mr. Jeremy Kuester

Ms. Jone D. LaBombard and 

Mr. William Noyce ▼

Dr. Rachel Lange

Mr. John K. Lapiana

Mr. James Larkin

Dr. Jorn Larsen-Basse ▼

Mr. Albert G. Lauber, Jr. and 

Mr. Craig W. Hoffman

L.L. Lawson ▼

James and Beverly Leach ▼

Donald J. and Marcy Leverenz

Canice K. Levin ▼

T.E. Lindley and Lola Sue Scobey 

William and Katherine Livengood

David Lloyd

Kirill Lokshin

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Long ▼

Shirley Loo ▼

Mrs. Marilyn Lummis ▼

Glen and Sally Lunde ▼

Ms. Linda K. Lyle

Captain Kathleen M. Lyman, 

USN (Ret.) ▼

Sandy Lyons

Matt and Laura Maasdam

CDR Rex A. Maddox ▼

Dr. Hugh Mainzer and 

Mrs. Jill Jarecki Mainzer =

Patricia A. Maloney

Merriel F. Mandell, Ph.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Karol Marcin

Drs. Susan and Daniel Mareck ▼

Mr. Reed Michael Marquand

David Mason ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Mathews ▼

Gary and Lynette Matz

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Mayer

Ms. Linda L. Mayer ▼

Laura L. McAuliffe ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. McCrary ▼

Ms. Barbara J. McDonald

Mrs. Bettie McElroy

Mary F. McFadden ▼

Carole McFee

Mrs. Elizabeth McGoldrick ▼

Joseph and Elizabeth McGowan

Mr. David J. McGrath

John R. McIntyre

Dr. Leda McIntyre-Hall

Melinda McMullen and Duncan Kime

Gerald and Paula McNichols Family 

Foundation ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Melvin ▼

Mr. Alan S. Miller ▼

Ms. Eleanor Miller

J. Ben Miller

Drs. Orlando J. and 

Dorothy A. Miller ▼

Mr. and Mrs. W. Todd Miller

Ms. Nell Minow

Mr. Thomas Miree ▼

Zareen Taj Mirza ▼

Betty M. Montgomery

Mrs. Anne Murray Morgan ✚

Joseph Morris ▼

Jill Morrow-Gorton and 

Christopher Gorton ▼

Drs. Gary L. and Carolyn R. Mueller ▼

Mr. Victor Mulas

Dr. Joel Mulhauser

Dr. Lynda Mulhauser and 

Mr. Richard Pierce

Rajesh and Radhika Murari ▼

Dr. and Mrs. William A. Murphy, Jr. ▼

Linda and J.N. Musto

Ms. Maizy Myers

Charles B. Nam ▼

Rear Admiral David J. Nash, CEC/

USN/Ret. and Carolyn K. Nash

Mr. and Mrs. George A. Needham

Dr. and Mrs. John D. Nelligan ▼

Ms. Caroline K. Nelson ▼

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nelson

Randy A. Noranbrock

Ms. Deborah A. Norton ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Merlin G. Nygren ▼

Mike O’Dell and Judy Grass ▼

Tim and Debra Osburne

Frances M. Owens ▼

Richard C. Paddock

Ms. Patricia A. Papas and 

Dr. Ray E. Tully ▼

Dr. Bette Jane Pappas and 

Mr. James C. Burks

Mr. James A. Parke ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Parker ▼

Marianne and David Pastor ▼

Barbara and Michael Pate ▼

Celeste Patrick, M.D., and 

Mr. Charles W. Patrick, Jr. ▼

Mr. Roy Peck ▼

Laura H. Peebles and Ellen Fingerman

Ms. Suzanne Perez ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Perkaus, Jr.

Barbara Rescher Perry

Dr. Patti McGill Peterson and 

Dr. Kate S. Woodward

Kirsten Peterson Johansen

Dr. Bob Pettapiece

Mr. Carter Phillips and 

Mrs. Sue J. Henry

Mr. James Pigott 

(Moccasin Lake Foundation) ▼

Peter and Michelle Pilawa

Carol Pochardt =

Sydney M. Polakoff and 

Carolyn Goldman

James C. Powell

Ms. Kirsten Powell

Judy Lynn Prince

David and Cheryl Purvis ✚

Mrs. Jenine Rabin 

Dr. William James Raduchel ▼

Mr. Jason Ray

Dr. Matthew J. Raymond and 

Mrs. Sonya Raymond ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. Reckase ▼

Ms. Laurie Reed

Carol A. Reich

Mr. Paul A. Renard ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Renyi

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Rice ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Rice

Ms. Nancy J. Robertson and 

Mr. Mark N. Cookingham ▼

Mr. David Roemer

Mary Ellen and David Rogers ▼

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Romenius ▼

Sue and Karl Rosenbaum

Mr. David J. Rosenthal and 

Ms. Jennie Scholick =

Jeanne Rosenthal ▼

Tony Rosenthal and Ruth Ganister ▼ =

Ms. Hillary Rosenwald ▼

Howard and Janice Rosser ▼

Maryà Rowan ▼

Clair Price Rozier

Dr. Randi Rubovits-Seitz

Jon and Judy Runstad

Louise Russell, Ph.D.

Noel Salinger and LeAnne Sawyers

MG (Ret) and Mrs. Alan B. Salisbury ▼

John and Ginger Sall ▼

Mr. Gary Satin

Patricia J. Sawvel

Charles Schaefer ▼

Mr. Frederic W. Schaen

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Scheumann ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Schmidt ▼

Catherine F. Scott =

Donna L. Scott, Esq.

Dr. Diane Scott-Jones

Gary Seavers

The Shack Sackler Foundation

Mr. Shelby Shapiro =

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shealy

Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Sheffield =

Mr. John W. Shepard, Sr. ▼

Mr. Thomas A. Sherard, Jr. ▼

Barbara L. Shortridge ▼

Frank Shrontz ▼

Ms. Carey C. Shuart

Mr. David K. Shumway, Jr.

Mary Hudson Siciliano ▼

William J. and Sally R. Siegel 

Foundation Ltd.

Sylvia and David Silver ▼

Dr. Robert Sing

Ms. Margaret Runge Singleton

A 2016 gift from The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund enabled Smithsonian Gardens to renovate the Kathrine Dulin 

Folger Rose Garden located at the east end of the Castle. 

James Smithson Society

Our most generous members
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Shepard and Marlene Stone ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stratton ▼

Dr. Barry S. and Mrs. Evelyn M. 

Strauch

The Tabard Inn

Dr. Larry Tabatchnick

Peter and Ann Tanous ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Teerlink ▼

Ms. Margaret Louise Tevis ▼

John Thomann and Stanton Schnepp

LTC Charles E. and Mrs. Lois J. 

Toomer ▼

Jack and Claire Tozier

Mrs. Helen Brice Trenckmann ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Jack W. Trigg, Jr. ▼

Mr. Larry Tripplett

Harvey S. Trop ▼

James T. and Patricia R. Turner ▼

Ms. Anne Ueltschi ▼

Amy and Horacio Valeiras

David and Karen Van Buren

Caroline E. Van Mason, Col (Ret.) ▼

M.A. Verso, M.D. ▼

Colonel Harold W. Vorhies ▼ =

Ms. Jacqueline Vossler

Ms. Jannene Wagner

Raymond Waite ▼

Gilbert Waldman and 

Christy Vezolles ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Edmund J. Warren ▼

Maryann Watson

Susan G. Waxter ▼

Ms. Sylvia Weaver

Ruth Lawson Webb ▼

Angela Caveness Weisskopf ▼

Linden H. and Judith A. Welch ▼

Mei Chen Welland

Gregory Werden ▼

Mr. Gregory Wernert

Mark Wilkie

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Williams

Janice Wilson ▼

Harry and Patricia Wimbrough

Ms. Sinclair Winton

Ms. Sandra Wirta ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wolford

Marvin and Eva Womack ▼

Neal L. Wood ▼

Dianne and David Worley ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Wu ▼

William and Frances Wylie

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Wysowski ▼

Mr. Raul F. Yanes

Dolores Yankauskas ▼

Linda J. Young ▼

Lieutenant Colonel and 

Mrs. Michael J. Youngson

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka

Tom Zoufaly

The Donald and Barbara Zucker 

Family Foundation

Tricia and Thom Smelter

Ms. Joan Lovat Smith

Michael and Meg Smith

Dr. Stephen D. Smith ▼

Tanya K. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. T. Eugene Smith ▼

Ms. Betty Smykal

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Snyder ▼

Mr. Robert Sokolowski ▼

Marianne and V. James Solfronk ▼

Siewchin Yong Sommer

Ms. Shirley M. Sontheimer

Lucinda T. Spaney

Mrs. Jennifer P. Speers ▼

Mr. Jonathan Spencer

Jack B. St. Clair ▼

Ms. Gay K. Stanek

Mr. Carl W. Stephens

William and Mary B. Sterling ▼

Mr. and Mrs. David D. Stirrett ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stoecker ▼

The Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall at the National Air and Space Museum opened to the public on July 1, 2016. A gift of $30 million from Boeing in 2013 

made possible the renovation of the space and cleaning and preservation of the hall’s iconic aircraft and spacecraft.

Distinguished Benefactors

Recognizing our most generous donors

The Distinguished Benefactors Room in the

Smithsonian Institution Castle honors 

theinstitution’s most generous contributors, 

individuals whose gifts total $1 million 

or more and foundations and corporations 

that have made one-time gifts of the 

same amount.

Anonymous

3M 

AAA

AARP

Charles Francis Adams

Hugh Trumbull Adams

M. Clay Adams

Rodney and Michelle Adkins

A+E Networks

Aetna Foundation, Inc.

Aflac Incorporated

The Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Lee and Elizabeth Ainslie

Airbus

Alcoa

Alfred Street Baptist Church

Basil H. Alkazzi

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 

Incorporated

Altria Group

American Airlines

American Chemical Society

American Express

American International Group, 

Inc. (AIG)

American Public Transportation 

Association

American Road & 

Transportation Builders 

Association

AMS Foundation for the Arts, 

Sciences and Humanities

Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar

Analytical Graphics, Inc.

William A. and Valerie E. 

Anders Foundation

Judy Hart Angelo and 

John M. Angelo and 

The Angelo Family

Anheuser-Busch Foundation

Apple Computer, Inc.

Arcadia Fund

Art Research Foundation

Association of American 

Railroads

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.

Herbert and Evelyn Axelrod

Bank of America 

Laura Barney

Barbara and Craig Barrett

Kenneth E. Behring Family

Max N. Berry

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos

BlackRock

Barbara and James Block

Mary and Leigh B. Block

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Winton M. “Red” Blount

Boeing 

Bombardier

Mrs. Virginia O. Boochever

F. Otis Booth, Jr.

Agnes C. Bourne

Dr. and Mrs. T.B. Boyd III 

and Family

The R.H. Boyd Company

Fleur Straus Bresler

The Bresler Foundation

Diane and Hal Brierley

Brown Capital Management 

The Brown Foundation, Inc. of 

Houston

Hildegarde Bruck and 

Alfred Egerter

Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family 

Foundation

Bente and Gerald E. Buck

Dr. Peter Buck

The Emil Buehler Trust

The Ronald Burkle Family 

Foundation 

William A. Burleson

Burroughs Wellcome Fund 

The Morris and Gwendolyn 

Cafritz Foundation

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell

Margaret A. Cargill Foundation

Susan and Jim Cargill 

Meghann and Patrick Harker

Christian Harker

The E. Rhodes & Leona B. 

Carpenter Foundation

Amita and Purnendu Chatterjee

Kenneth I. and Kathryn 

Chenault

The Chickasaw Nation

CIGNA

Clark Charitable Foundation

Clear Channel Media and 

Entertainment

Linda and Pete Claussen

The Coca-Cola Company

David A. and 

Mary Ann H. Cofrin 

The Ryna and Melvin Cohen 

Family Foundation

Dr. N. Anthony and 

Mrs. Robyn Coles

The Comer Foundation

The Joseph and Robert Cornell 

Memorial Foundation

Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

Lee H. Cruse Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Cullman,3rd

Jeffrey P. Cunard

The Daniels Fund

Peggy and Richard M. Danziger

Richard Darman

Marcel and Serge Dassault

Florence Coulson Davis

Michael and Susan Dell

Luisita L. and 

Franz H. Denghausen

Bern Dibner

Frances K. Dibner and 

the Dibner Family

Jim and Janet Dicke 

Valerie and Charles Diker 

Discover Financial Services, Inc.

Discovery Communications, Inc.

Ralph L. and Patricia R. Dixon

Patricia C. Dodge

Donald J. and Helen D. Douglass

Andreas C. Dracopoulos

Draper

DuPont

The Eberly Family Trust

Dorothy E. Ebersbach

Farhad and Mary Ebrahimi

EDS

Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz

EMC Corporation

Anne and Travis Engen

Joseph Manfred Ennis

John L. and Margot P. Ernst

Charles H. Ettl

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Evans

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Evans, Jr.

Sandra J. Evers-Manly

The Executive Leadership 

Council, Inc.

Exelon Foundation

ExxonMobil

FedEx Corporation 

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. and 

Annette L. Nazareth

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

The Fertilizer Institute

Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden

Sakurako and William Fisher 

Family

Barbara G. Fleischman

Julie and Greg Flynn

The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund

Ford Foundation

Ford Motor Company Fund

Martha Parks Forrest

The Sidney E. Frank Foundation

Peter and Cathy Halstead

Andréa and Kenneth Frazier

Charles Lang Freer

Friends of the National Zoo

Cary J. Frieze

Patricia and Phillip Frost

Fujifilm

Susan Breakefield Fulton

The Funger Foundation, Norma 

Lee and Morton Funger

Hope L. and John L. Furth

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

GE 

David Geffen Foundation

General Mills Foundation

General Motors Corporation

James T. and Juliette J. George

Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz 

Memorial Foundation

GlaxoSmithKline

The Glenstone Foundation, 

Mitchell P. Rales

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Google

Alice R. Gottesman

Arvin Gottlieb

Katharine Graham

Dr. Leonard M. Greene

Mary Livingston Griggs and 

Mary Griggs Burke Foundation

William H. Gross

The George Gund Foundation

George Gund III and Iara Lee

James E. Gysin

Thomas W. Haas Foundation

Karl H. Hagen

Myra M. Hart

The Hartford

Enid A. Haupt

William Randolph Hearst 

Foundation

Drue Heinz Trust

Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.

Edward P. and Rebecca R. 

Henderson

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ▼ james smithson society sustaining fellow = endowed life member

James Smithson Society

Our most generous members
72 73

Janine and J. Tomilson Hill

Lyda Hill

The Hillside Foundation –

Allan and Shelley Holt

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Helen and Edward Hintz

Ikuo Hirayama

Joseph Hirshhorn

The Robert H.N. Ho Family 

Foundation

Mellody Hobson and 

George Lucas

Frank and Lisina Hoch

Hubert N. (Jay) Hoffman, III

Holenia Trust

Ruth S. and A. William 

Holmberg

Janet Annenberg Hooker

Raymond J. and Margaret 

Horowitz

Grant W. Howell

John R. Huggard

Cathy Hughes and 

Alfred C. Liggins III

IBM Corporation

Intel Corporation

International Lease Finance 

Corporation

J & AR Foundation

LaTanya, Zoe and Samuel L. 

Jackson

Johnson & Johnson

Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.

Christian A. Johnson Endeavor 

Foundation

Gregory D. and Jennifer Walston 

Johnson

James A. Johnson 

Robert L. Johnson

Michael Jordan and Family

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

The JSM Charitable Trust, 

James S. McDonnell III, 

John F. McDonnell

The Julis-Rabinowitz Family

Kaiser Permanente

Georgette and Herman 

Kamenetz

Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan

The W.M. Keck Foundation

Herb Kelleher

Connie and Dennis Keller

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

R. Crosby Kemper

William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable 

Trust

Peter B. Kibbee

Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney

John S. and James L. Knight 

Foundation

Carl and Emily Knobloch

David H. Koch 

Robert and Arlene Kogod

Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. 

Konze

The Korea Foundation

Kovler Foundation

Kraft Foods

The Kresge Foundation

Constance and Harvey Krueger

B.Y. Lam Foundation

Lannan Foundation

Dale L. LeFebvre

Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak

Robert Lehrman

The Lemelson Foundation

Thelma and Melvin Lenkin 

Barbara Riley Levin

Edith S. and Arthur J. Levin

Frank Levinson Family 

Foundation

Leon Levy Foundation

Loida Nicolas Lewis, 

Leslie Malaika Lewis and 

Christina Lewis Halpern

The Reginald F. Lewis 

Foundation, Inc.

Rod Lewis and Family

Life Technologies Corporation

Life Technologies Foundation

Lilly Endowment Inc.

The Links Foundation, 

Incorporated

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Jeffrey H. Loria

Los Alamos National Laboratory 

Foundation

Jon and Lillian Lovelace

Lower Manhattan Development 

Corporation

The Henry Luce Foundation

Peter and Paula Lunder

The Lunder Foundation

Elizabeth Carolyn Lux 

Foundation

The John D. and Catherine T. 

MacArthur Foundation

Victor and Thaderine 

MacFarlane and Family

Elizabeth and Whitney 

MacMillan

Barbara and Morton Mandel 

Richard and Jane Manoogian 

Foundation

Christian L. and Edna M. March

Nancy and Edwin Marks

Alice S. Marriott Lifetime Trust/

J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott 

Foundation

Mars, Incorporated

Frank and Susan Mars

John and Adrienne Mars

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal 

Nation

Margery and Edgar Masinter

Colin and Leslie Masson

McDonald’s Corporation

Rose A. McElrath-Slade

Nan Tucker McEvoy

Nion McEvoy

MCI WorldCom

James L. and Juliette McNeil

Medtronic Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon 

Foundation

Merrill Lynch & Co. 

Foundation, Inc.

Barry and Wendy Meyer 

Foundation

MGM Resorts International

Microsoft Corporation

Michael and Lori Milken

Gus and Deanne Miller and 

Family

Mitsubishi Corporation

Sidney Mobell

The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 

Connecticut

The A.P. Møller and Chastine 

Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation

Monsanto 

The Moore Charitable 

Foundation

Louis Bacon

The Claude Moore Charitable 

Foundation

Gordon and Betty Moore 

Foundation

Mark & Brenda Moore and 

Family

Morgan Stanley

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse

Susan and Furman Moseley

Motorola Foundation

Robert O. Muller

NAMM - International Music 

Products Association

National Asphalt Pavement 

Association

National Association of Realtors

National Basketball Association

National Basketball Players 

Association Foundation

National Business Aviation 

Association, Inc. 

National Football League 

National Mining Association

National Stone, Sand & Gravel 

Association

Nationwide Foundation

Paul Neely

Nancy Brown Negley

Leroy Neiman Foundation

H. Duane Nelson

New York Life

The NIKE Foundation

The Nippon Foundation

Nissan North America, Inc.

Nordic Council of Ministers

Northrop Grumman Corporation

NYSE Foundation

Oceans 5

Occidental Chemical 

Corporation

Ocean Conservancy

Carroll O’Connor and 

Nancy Fields O’Connor

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 

Incorporated

Oneida Indian Nation (New 

York)

Timothy and Linda O’Neill

Yoko Ono

Orkin Exterminating Company, 

Inc.

Bernard and Barbro Osher

Lynn Roseman Owen 

The David and Lucile Packard 

Foundation

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer

Mary and John Pappajohn

Richard D. and Laura A. Parsons

Pearson Foundation

Paul Peck

The PepsiCo Foundation

Tyler Perry

Peterson Family Foundation

John L. Peterson

The Pew Charitable Trusts

William F. Pickard Family Group

Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc.

Pitney Bowes Inc.

Robert W. Pittman

The John L. Plueger Family

Poor Richard’s Charitable Trust

Colin and Alma Powell

The Principal Financial Group

J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family 

Foundation

Prudential Financial

The Prudential Foundation

Pucci Family Foundation

Franklin D. Raines

Ralph Lauren Corporation

Rasmuson Foundation

Raytheon Company

Reve Foundation

Donald W. Reynolds Foundation

The Rhimes Family Foundation

Rice Family Foundation

Si and Betty Robin

Robinson Helicopter Company 

Sara Roby Foundation

Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock

David Rockefeller

The Rockefeller Foundation

Rolex

Rolls-Royce

Samuel G. Rose and 

Julie Walters

Susan and Elihu Rose

Arthur Ross Foundation

Valerie and Jack Rowe

David M. Rubenstein

Walter and Lucille Rubin

Arthur M. Sackler

Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

Dr. Elizabeth Sackler/The Arthur 

M. Sackler Foundation 

Else Sackler

Dame Jillian Sackler, D.B.E.

Dame Jillian & Dr. Arthur M. 

Sackler Foundation for the 

Arts, Sciences & Humanities

John and Joy Safer 

Sage Foundation

John and Ginger Sall

Roger and Victoria Sant 

Deborah Sara Santana

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco

Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul II

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer

SC Johnson

Nina and Ivan Selin

Seneca Nation of Indians

Shell

Frank B. and Faye Sherry

Shirley Phillips Sichel

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity/Boulé 

Foundation

Paul Singer

Simons Foundation

Sketch Foundation

Bill and Tish Slattery & the 

Slattery Family Foundation

Ted Slavin Family Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Albert and Shirley Small

Small World Institute Fund at 

Silicon Valley Community 

Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Smith 

and Family

Robert Frederick Smith

Clarice and Robert Smith 

Robert H. Smith Family 

Foundation

Smithsonian Networks

Soil Science Society of America

Guenther and Siewchin Yong 

Sommer

Southern Company Charitable 

Foundation, Inc.

The Speedwell Foundation

Michael and Jenny Messner 

and Family

Alan and Terri Spoon

Earl W. and Amanda Stafford

The Starr Foundation

State Farm Companies 

Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Margaret and Terry Stent

Stevenson Family Charitable 

Trust

Tom and Kitty Stoner

Patty Stonesifer and 

Michael Kinsley

Steve Stoute Family Trust 

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sugden 

Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center

The Summit Fund of 

Washington

Kelso F. and Joanna L. Sutton

Target

Nicholas F. and Eugenia 

Taubman

Patrick F. Taylor Foundation

John Templeton Foundation

Suzanne and Michael E. 

Tennenbaum

Terra Foundation for American 

Art

Textron Aviation

Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw 

Charitable Trust

Thermo Fisher Scientific

The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Time Warner Foundation

Timex Corporation

TOYOTA

TRW

Earl S. Tupper

Turner Foundation, Inc.

TWA

Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. 

Udvar-Hazy

Richard O. Ullman Family 

Foundation

UnitedHealth Group

United Parcel Service

United Soybean Board

United States Mint

United States Postal Service

United Technologies Corporation

The Upton Trust

Esme Usdan and James Snyder

Anne van Biema

Van Cleef & Arpels

Reginald Van Lee

Verizon

Verizon Foundation

Teodoro Vidal

The Commonwealth of Virginia

VOLVO

Jean and Davis H. von 

Wittenburg

Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest 

Fund

Walmart

The Walt Disney Company

Walton Family Foundation

Warner Bros.

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.

Craig and Diane Welburn 

and Family

Wells Fargo

Anthony and Beatrice Welters 

and the Vincent Wilkinson 

Foundation

Alexander and Annie B. Wetmore

Coralyn Wright Whitney

John and Barbara Wilkerson

Mike Wilkins and Sheila 

Duignan

Norman C. and Catherine M. 

Willcox

The Oprah Winfrey 

Charitable Foundation 

Harry Winston Hope 

Foundation, Inc.

Harry Winston Research 

Foundation, Inc. 

Ronald Winston

The World Bank

Robert L. Wright

Xerox Corporation

Zoetis

The Smithsonian Academy

The recognition society 

for the Smithsonian’s 

most generous donors 

is open to individuals 

who give $1 million 

or more to Smithsonian museums, research centers 

and programs. Smithsonian Academy members’ 

extraordinary generosity enables the institution to 

thrive and continue to diffuse knowledge across 

the nation and around the world. They participate 

in one-of-a-kind opportunities and explore the 

ideas, discoveries and new knowledge that make the 

Smithsonian a vibrant national treasure. 

To learn more, contact Laura Gobbi at 202.633.5877

or smithsonianacademy@si.edu.

Distinguished Benefactors

Recognizing our most generous donors
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Michael M. Lynton

Citizen of New York

John W. McCarter, Jr.

Citizen of Illinois

Porter N. Wilkinson 

Chief of Staff to the Regents 

Cathy Helm 

Inspector General 

As of May 6, 2017

The Smithsonian is honored to have as its campaign Honorary 

Committee these accomplished citizens from every field of 

endeavor. Artists, athletes, scientists and national leaders, 

The volunteer campaign Co-chairs oversee campaign 

fundraising, programming and stewardship; guide the Steering 

Committee’s work with Smithsonian advisory boards and 

advancement staff; and inform the Smithsonian Board of Regents 

of campaign progress.

honorary chairs 

Campaign Leadership

Sharing the campaign with the nation 

campaign co-chairs 

Barbara M. Barrett

Sakurako D. Fisher

The Honorable Ben Nighthorse 

Campbell

Renée Fleming

Mia Hamm

Mellody Hobson

Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015)

President and 

Mrs. George W. Bush

President Bill Clinton and 

former Secretary of State 

Hillary Rodham Clinton

members

Michael Krzyzewski

Robert Langer

Ralph Lauren

Eva Longoria

Captain James A. Lovell, USN (Ret.)

George Lucas

they represent the very best of America. Through their service, 

they raise awareness of the Smithsonian Campaign and 

inspire generosity.

The Campaign Steering Committee is the all-volunteer board 

that provides fundraising leadership to the Smithsonian 

Campaign. Drawn from the advisory boards of Smithsonian 

museums, programs and research centers, committee members 

offer insight, expertise, relationships and guidance to the 

four campaign co-chairs, the Secretary and the Smithsonian’s 

Valerie Anders

Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

Exhibition Service

Stuart H. Bohart

National Museum of African Art

Peggy P. Burnet

Hirshhorn Museum and 

Sculpture Garden

Jeffrey P. Cunard

Freer | Sackler

James F. Dicke II

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Harold R. Denton

Smithsonian Environmental 

Research Center

Martha J. Fleischman

Archives of American Art

Alma Gildenhorn

National Portrait Gallery

Steven K. Hamp

National Portrait Gallery

Ralph D. Heath

National Air and Space Museum

Dawne S. Hickton

National Air and Space Museum

Edward R. Hintz

Smithsonian National Board

Erin K. Hogan

Smithsonian Science Education Center

Wendy Jeffers

Archives of American Art

Bennie F. Johnson, Jr.

Anacostia Community Museum

Robert N. Johnson

Asian Pacific American Center

Dennis J. Keller

Smithsonian National Board

Gilbert H. Kinney

Archives of American Art

Todd Krasnow

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Tom E. Lindley

Smithsonian Environmental 

Research Center

Robert A. Mandell

National Museum of Natural History

Angela Marriott

National Zoological Park and 

Smithsonian Conservation Biology 

Institute

Augustus C. Miller

Smithsonian Libraries

Paul Neely

National Museum of American History

John M. Nolan

National Postal Museum

Ziad S. Ojakli

National Zoological Park 

and Smithsonian Conservation

Biology Institute

Catherine Podell

National Portrait Gallery

Franklin D. Raines

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture

Marcos G. Ronquillo

Smithsonian Latino Center

Roger W. Sant

National Museum of Natural History

Daniel H. Sallick

Hirshhorn Museum and 

Sculpture Garden 

Asif M. Shaikh

National Museum of African Art

Nicholas F. Taubman

National Museum of American History

Joseph P. Ujobai

National Portrait Gallery

Stephen H. Willard II

Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

Exhibition Service

Randall L. Willis 

(Oglala Lakota)

National Museum of 

the American Indian

campaign steering committee 

advancement staff. In fiscal year 2016, Campaign Steering 

Committee members, together with their fellow advisory 

board members, contributed $51.4 million to the Smithsonian 

Campaign, demonstrating their commitment to the campaign, 

the Smithsonian and the nation.

Yo-Yo Ma

Arnold Palmer (1929–2016)

Dr. Condoleezza Rice

Cal Ripken, Jr.

Eric Schmidt

Edward O. Wilson

Barbara M. Barrett

Citizen of Arizona

John Fahey

Citizen of Washington, D.C.

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. 

Citizen of Washington, D.C.

Michael Govan

Citizen of California

Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Citizen of Pennsylvania

The Smithsonian was created by an act of Congress in 1846

in accordance with the terms of the will of James Smithson of 

England, who in 1826 bequeathed his property to the United 

States of America “to found at Washington, under the name of 

the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase 

and diffusion of knowledge.” After receiving the property 

Board of Regents

Sakurako D. Fisher

Julie Applebaum Flynn

William J. Galloway

Shelby M. Gans

Ronald Gidwitz

Rick Goings

Bonnie W. Gwinn^

Myra M. Hart

Edward R. Hintz

Nancy Hogan

Michele J. Hooper

Emily Z. Huebner, Ex officio

Judy S. Huret

Jennifer Walston Johnson

Dennis J. Keller

Jonathan M. Kemper

Paul G. Koontz

Betsy Lawer

Cheryl Winter Lewy

David M. Love

Smithsonian National Board 

Leadership, advice and philanthropy 

The Smithsonian’s institution-wide volunteer advisory board 

advises the Secretary and other Smithsonian leaders, acts as 

an ambassador for the Smithsonian in communities across the 

country, spreads the news of the Smithsonian Campaign and 

sets an example of philanthropic leadership that inspires giving 

in others.

Through its 47 members and 185 alumni, the National 

Board’s volunteers also serve the Smithsonian by contributing 

leadership 

Robert D. MacDonald, Chair

Brenda J. Gaines, Vice Chair

Allan R. Landon, Vice Chair

Philip K. Ryan, Vice Chair

members

Rodney C. Adkins

Gordon M. Ambach

Valerie Anders

Lisa V. Bennett

William H. Bohnett

Peggy P. Burnet

Cissel Gott Collins, Ex officio

Suzi Cordish

Roger W. Crandall

Wendy W. Dayton

Vin Di Bona

Trevor Fetter

The Chief Justice of the 

United States, Ex officio, Chancellor

David M. Rubenstein

Citizen of Maryland, Chair

Steve Case

Citizen of Virginia, Vice Chair

The Vice President of the 

United States, Ex officio

John Boozman

Senator from Arkansas

Patrick J. Leahy

Senator from Vermont

David Perdue

Senator from Georgia

Tom Cole

Representative from Oklahoma

Sam Johnson

Representative from Texas

Doris Matsui

Representative from California

Jacqueline Badger Mars

Thomas D. McCloskey, Jr.

Kevin M. McGovern

Jahm Najafi

Sarah E. Nash

Denise O’Leary

Jorge G. Puente

G. Jeffrey Records, Jr.

Kenneth Ricci

Kristin M. Richardson

John Cutler Ryan

Deborah Sara Santana

Marna Schnabel

Elisa Stephens

Fredericka Stevenson

Michael E. Tennenbaum

John K. Tsui

Robert H. Tuttle

L. John Wilkerson

Deborah L. Wince-Smith

honorary members

Robert McC. Adams

William S. Anderson

Max N. Berry

L. Hardwick Caldwell III

G. Wayne Clough

Frank A. Daniels, Jr.

Patricia Frost

James M. Kemper, Jr.

Jean B. Mahoney

Paul Neely

Sandra Day O’Connor

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.

Lloyd G. Schermer

Frank A. Weil

Gay F. Wray

^ Leave of absence in 2016

As of May 6, 2017

their advice and service through committees and ad hoc 

working groups. In 2016, 34 members and alumni served 

on 17 Smithsonian advisory boards and as non-Regent members 

of committees of the Board of Regents. Their extraordinary 

commitment to philanthropy is shown through gifts totaling 

$16.1 million, which fueled the momentum of the Smithsonian 

Campaign. This figure includes $1.7 million in unrestricted board 

annual giving.

David M. Rubenstein

Alan G. Spoon

and accepting the trust, Congress vested responsibility for 

administering the trust in the Smithsonian Board of Regents. 

It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States, the Vice 

President of the United States, three members of the United 

States Senate, three members of the United States House of 

Representatives and nine citizens. 
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Endowment Report

Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2016

The Smithsonian’s first endowment 

dates to 1846, underscoring the 

institution’s focus on the long term. 

The Endowment’s value on Sept. 30,

2016, was $1,351.1 million, and its 

return for fiscal year 2016 was 

6.8 percent. Contributors to the Endowment’s performance 

were investments in venture capital, private equity and real 

estate, as well as selection of investment managers. Fiscal year 

receipts from gifts and bequests added $48.1 million to the 

Endowment. Over the past decade, the Endowment’s annualized 

net investment return has averaged 5.8 percent, the Endowment 

has grown from $842.8 million to $1,351.1 million, its annual 

payout has doubled to $68 million and it has contributed $599.5

million in private support to institution-wide programs. In 2016, 

Institutional Investor recognized the Smithsonian as Foundation of 

the Year for its investment innovation and leadership. 

Comparative Performance

as of sept. 30, 2016

Trailing 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years

Smithsonian Endowment 6.8% 6.2% 8.7% 5.8%

Policy Benchmark 7.4% 3.3% 5.9% 3.5%

20.0% Private Equity & Venture Capital 

20.8% Marketable Alternatives

Asset 

Allocation

as of sept. 30, 2016

25.3% Global Equity 

9.2% Emerging Markets

10.1% Fixed Income and Cash

14.6% Real Assets

9/30/2006

9/30/2010

9/30/2008

9/30/2007

9/30/2009

9/30/2011

9/30/2012

9/30/2013

9/30/2014

9/30/2015

9/30/2016

1,200

800

400

200

600

1,000

1,400

Millions

Endowment Value Over Time

17.7% Contributions & Private Grants

53.2% Federal Appropriations

Revenues

in percent, fy 2016 

4.7% Endowment Payout

4.9% Other

7.8% Government Grants & Contracts

11.7% Business Activities

26.4% Other Operating Expenses

49.2% Salaries & Benefits

8.4% Business Activity

16.0% Capital Expenses

Expenses

in percent, fy 2016 

Financial Report

Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2016

The Smithsonian receives funding from federal government 

appropriations, other governmental entities and private sources. 

Public dollars conserve national collections, sustain basic 

research, educate the public, provide for administrative and 

support services and operate, maintain and protect the 

Smithsonian museum and research complex. Private funds 

leverage federal dollars and provide the critical difference 

for carrying out innovative research, developing and building 

new facilities, opening groundbreaking exhibitions, 

reaching out to America’s diverse communities, endowing 

positions and strengthening national collections. The 2016

annual audit was conducted by KPMG LLP and is available 

at si.edu/About/Policies.

Financial Activity

in millions of dollars, fy 2016 and fy 2015

2016 2015

Operating Revenue $1,541 $1,274

Operating Expenses 1,366 1,137

Increase in Operating Net Assets 175 137

(Decrease) Increase in Other Assets 17 (86)

Total Increase in Net Assets 192 51

Financial Position

in millions of dollars, fy 2016 and fy 2015

total funds

Trust Federal 2016 2015

Assets $2,843 $1,870 $4,713 $4,517

Liabilities 434 448 882 878

Net Assets 2,409 1,422 3,831 3,639

Growth in Net Assets

in millions of dollars, over five years

2012 $3,039

2014

2013

2015

2016

$3,241

$3,588

$3,639

$3,831

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17.7% Contributions & Private Grants

53.2% Federal Appropriations

Revenues

in percent, fy 2016 

4.7% Endowment Payout

4.9% Other

7.8% Government Grants & Contracts

11.7% Business Activities

26.4% Other Operating Expenses

49.2% Salaries & Benefits

8.4% Business Activity

16.0% Capital Expenses

Expenses

in percent, fy 2016 

Financial Report

Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2016

The Smithsonian receives funding from federal government 

appropriations, other governmental entities and private sources. 

Public dollars conserve national collections, sustain basic 

research, educate the public, provide for administrative and 

support services and operate, maintain and protect the 

Smithsonian museum and research complex. Private funds 

leverage federal dollars and provide the critical difference 

for carrying out innovative research, developing and building 

new facilities, opening groundbreaking exhibitions, 

reaching out to America’s diverse communities, endowing 

positions and strengthening national collections. The 2016

annual audit was conducted by KPMG LLP and is available 

at si.edu/About/Policies.

Financial Activity

in millions of dollars, fy 2016 and fy 2015

2016 2015

Operating Revenue $1,541 $1,274

Operating Expenses 1,366 1,137

Increase in Operating Net Assets 175 137

(Decrease) Increase in Other Assets 17 (86)

Total Increase in Net Assets 192 51

Financial Position

in millions of dollars, fy 2016 and fy 2015

total funds

Trust Federal 2016 2015

Assets $2,843 $1,870 $4,713 $4,517

Liabilities 434 448 882 878

Net Assets 2,409 1,422 3,831 3,639

Growth in Net Assets

in millions of dollars, over five years

2012 $3,039

2014

2013

2015

2016

$3,241

$3,588

$3,639

$3,831
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Ways to Give 

Your support helps educate, inspire and bring people together

To ensure a dynamic and vibrant future, 

the Smithsonian is undertaking the most 

ambitious fundraising campaign goal 

ever to be set by a cultural organization. 

The Smithsonian Campaign is sparking 

discovery, telling America’s story, 

inspiring lifelong learning and reaching 

people everywhere. Never before has 

your gift been more valued or made so 

great an impact.

Online Giving 

Donating to the Smithsonian online is 

fast, easy and secure. Make your taxdeductable gift at:

si.edu/onlinegiving

Membership 

With members from across the nation, 

the Friends of the Smithsonian and 

James Smithson Society provide support 

for the campaign and the institution’s 

mission and strategic plan priorities. 

Those who join may enjoy a wide 

variety of benefits and events. Annual 

membership levels range from $75 to 

$25,000 and above.

800.931.3226, membership@si.edu

si.edu/onlinemember

Many individual Smithsonian museums 

and research centers offer their own 

memberships. To learn more, visit the 

website of the museum that interests you.

Planned Giving

Those who provide for the Smithsonian 

through their estate plans or life income 

gifts build a strong future for the 

institution. Smithsonian Legacy Society 

members are kept well informed of 

the latest exhibitions, programs and 

scientific discoveries and have exclusive 

opportunities to participate in memberonly events.

888.419.7584, legacy@si.edu

si.giftlegacy.com

Corporate Memberships 

and Sponsorships

Corporations play a vital philanthropic 

role in today’s Smithsonian. We welcome 

corporate engagement and offer 

membership through the Smithsonian 

Corporate Membership Program.

Contact us to learn more about 

how a Smithsonian partnership can 

complement your corporate objectives.

202.633.0016, scmp@si.edu

si.edu/corporate 

For Further Information

To learn how you can support the 

Smithsonian and its dynamic mission 

“for the increase and diffusion 

of knowledge,” please contact: 

Zully Dorr

Acting Assistant Secretary 

for Advancement

Office of Advancement

Smithsonian Institution

1000 Jefferson Drive S.W., Room 124

MRC 027, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.4300, giving@si.edu

si.edu/giving

The Smithsonian Women’s Committee celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016. Since 1966, the 

volunteer group has raised more than $11.5 million, awarded more than 1,000 grants within the 

Smithsonian and funded seven endowments through such signature events as its annual Smithsonian 

Craft Show and Craft2Wear Show. 

Philanthropy Report

Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2016

This report gratefully acknowledges the transformative 

generosity of our donors. Thousands of individuals, members, 

foundations, corporations and others have made gifts to 

the Smithsonian Campaign this year. Every gift advances the 

institution’s ambitious vision to discover new knowledge 

■	 $153.7	 Individuals

■ 62.6 Foundations

■ 46.5	 Corporations

■ 10.5 Other

$273.3 Total (in millions)

■	 $103.1	 Facilities & Public Spaces

■ 85.4 Exhibitions, Education & Public Programs

■ 47.1 Museums & Research Centers, General Support

■ 18.9 Smithsonian General Support

■ 11.9 Research

■ 6.9 Acquisitions & Collections

$273.3 Total (in millions)

23% Foundations

56% Individuals 

Funds Raised 

by Source

in percent, fy 2016 

4% Other

17% Corporations

Purpose of 

Funds Raised

in percent, fy 2016 

31% Exhibitions, Education 

& Public Programs

38% Facilities & Public Spaces 

3% Acquisitions & Collections

4% Research

7% Smithsonian General Support

17% Museums & Research Centers,

General Support

and educate and inspire future generations. These charts 

provide information on the sources and uses of private dollars 

contributed to the Smithsonian in fiscal year 2016, the most 

successful single fundraising year in the institution’s history. 
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administration

David J. Skorton

Secretary

Albert G. Horvath

Under Secretary for Finance & Administration, 

Chief Financial Officer

Richard Kurin

Acting Provost, Under Secretary for Museums 

and Research

Patricia L. Bartlett

Acting Assistant Secretary for Education and Access

Zully Dorr

Acting Assistant Secretary for Advancement

John K. Lapiana

Acting Assistant Secretary for Communications 

and External Affairs

Gregory R. Bettwy

Chief of Staff to the Secretary

Judith E. Leonard

General Counsel

Era L. Marshall

Director, Office of Equal Employment 

and Minority Affairs

To contact staff members listed above, 

call 202.633.1000.

museums

Anacostia Community Museum

Lori D. Yarrish, Acting Director

1901 Fort Place, S.E.

Washington, D.C. 20020-3230

202.633.4839

Arts and Industries Building

Rachel Goslins, Director 

MRC 526, Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.6263

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Caroline Baumann, Director

2 East 91st Street

New York, N.Y. 10128-0669

212.849.8400

Freer | Sackler

Julian Raby, The Dame Jillian Sackler Director of the 

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art

MRC 707, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.0456

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Melissa Chiu, Director

MRC 350, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.2824

National Air and Space Museum 

and The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Gen. John R. Dailey (USMC, Ret.), John 

and Adrienne Mars Director

MRC 310, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.2350

National Museum of African American History 

and Culture

Lonnie G. Bunch III, Founding Director

MRC 1400, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-37012

202.633.4751

National Museum of African Art

Christine Mullen Kreamer, Acting Director 

MRC 708, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.4610

National Museum of American History, 

Kenneth E. Behring Center

John L. Gray, Elizabeth MacMillan Director

MRC 622, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.3435

National Museum of the American Indian

Kevin Gover, Director

MRC 590, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.6700

National Museum of Natural History

Kirk Johnson, Sant Director

MRC 106, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.2664

National Portrait Gallery

Kim Sajet, Director

MRC 973, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.8276

National Postal Museum 

Marshall Emery, Acting Director

MRC 570, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.5500

National Zoological Park

Dennis W. Kelly, Director

3001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20008

202.633.4442

Smithsonian American Art Museum 

and its Renwick Gallery

Stephanie Stebich, The Margaret and Terry Stent 

Director 

MRC 970, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.8430

research centers

Archives of American Art

Kate Haw, Director

MRC 937, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.7940

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Michael Atwood Mason, Director

MRC 520, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.1141

Museum Conservation Institute

Robert J. Koestler, Director

4210 Silver Hill Road

Suitland, Md. 20746-2863

301.238.1205

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Charles R. Alcock, Director

60 Garden Street

Cambridge, Mass. 02138

617.495.7100

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Steve Monfort, John and Adrienne Mars Director

1500 Remount Road

Front Royal, Va. 22630

540.635.6522

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Anson H. Hines, Jr., Director

647 Contees Wharf Road

Edgewater, Md. 21037

443.482.2208

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Anne Van Camp, Director

MRC 507, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.5908

Smithsonian Libraries

Nancy E. Gwinn, Director

MRC 154, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.2240

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama)

Matthew Larsen, Director

9100 Panama City Place

Washington, D.C. 20521-9100

011.507.212.8086
education and outreach

Office of Fellowships and Internships

Eric Woodard, Director

MRC 902, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.7070

Smithsonian Affiliations

Myriam Springuel, Interim Director

MRC 942, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.5300

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

Lisa Sasaki, Director

MRC 516, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.2691

Smithsonian Associates

Frederica Adelman, Director

MRC 701, P.O. Box 23293

Washington, D.C. 20026-3293

202.633.8628

Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access

Stephanie L. Norby, Director

MRC 508, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.5297

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service

Myriam Springuel, Director

MRC 941, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.3137

Smithsonian Latino Center

Eduardo Díaz, Director

MRC 512, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.1240

Smithsonian Science Education Center

Carol L. O’Donnell, Director

901 D Street S.W., Suite 704-B, MRC 952

Washington, D.C. 20024

202.633.2972

As of May 6, 2017

Image Captions P. 2, Secretary of the Smithsonian 

David J. Skorton; p. 18, female scimitar-horned 

oryx in grassland near the release site, Chad; 

p. 20, Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Rock Cay, 

Utila, Honduras; p. 24, middle, upper and lower, 

Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, right, Olympia oyster, 

Ostrea Lurida; p. 27, launching the Smithsonian 

website, May 8, 1995, U.S. Capitol Building, 

Smithsonian staff member Peter House and 

Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich; p. 28, upper 

left, Martha Graham, Paul R. Meltsner, 1938, oil 

on canvas, National Portrait Gallery; lower right, 

Josef Albers, 1973, serigraph on paper, Hirshhorn 

Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Joseph H. 

Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981; p. 29, Acacia berlandieri,

National Museum of Natural History collection; 

p. 29, Frederick Smith Explore Your Family History 

Center, National Museum of African American 

History and Culture, Robert, Sept. 24, 2016; p. 66, 

Rick Stuart-Smith, Reef Life Survey, a partner of the 

Smithsonian’s Tennenbaum Marine Observatories 

Network MarineGEO. 

Image Credits Cover: Alan Karchmer; p. 3, Logan 

Werlinger/The George Washington University; p. 4, 

John Barrat; p. 5, Dominic Chavez; p. 6, Benjamin 

Sullivan; p. 7, top, AP Photo/Pablo Martinez 

Monsivais, middle, AP Photo/Cliff Owen; p. 8, 

Dominic Chavez; p. 9, above, Jahi Chikwendiu/

The Washington Post/Getty Images, below, Ben 

Sullivan; p. 10, Leah L. Jones; p. 11, above, Dominic 

Chavez, below, Joel Mason-Gaines; p. 14, Les 

Talusan; p. 15, Dominic Chavez; p. 16, courtesy 

of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, p. 17, 

Dominic Chavez; p. 18, Tim Wacher; p. 19, Dominic 

Chavez; pp. 20-21, iLCP/Luicano Candisani; p. 22, 

pre-rex painting, Todd Marshall; Atacama Large 

Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Christoph 

Malin; p. 23, middle, top and bottom, iLCP/Luicano 

Candisani; p. 24, Gerard Hoffmann; p. 25, Camilo 

Zalamea; p. 26, upper right, Hugh Talman, below, 

Dominic Chavez; p. 27, upper and lower, Eric Long; 

p. 29, lower, Shauna Collier; p. 30, Eric Long; p. 30, 

upper, Roy Blunt; p. 39, Julie and Gregg Flynn, 

Abigail Tarsches Photography; p. 47, Jeff Malet; 

p. 48, Matt Flynn; p. 51, Maria Carolina Sanchez; 

p. 52, Jim O’Donnell; p. 55, Jeff Malet; p. 56, Cathy 

Carver; p. 59, NASA/JHUAPL/Carnegie Institution 

of Washington/USGS/Arizona State University; 

p. 65, Turquoise Mountain; p. 66, Ross Whippo; 

p. 69, Elizabeth Miller; p. 68, Eric Long; p. 79, Nancy 

Ostertag; other photos, Smithsonian. Leadership 

Gifts photos, pp. 35-45, courtesy of donors, unless 

otherwise noted. 

The Smithsonian’s 2016 annual report is available 

online at si.edu/annualreport. 

Scott Tennent, Director of Advancement 

Communications 

Bill Tabor, Editor and Project Director 

Laura Hambleton, Editorial Direction 

Michelle Donahue, Laura Hambleton, 

Darren Milligan, Writers 

Elizabeth McNeely, Elizabeth Sherman, 

Contributing Editors

Studio A, Design 

Marcela Luna, Design Concept 

Special thanks to photographer Dominic Chavez for 

his contributions to this report. 

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containing 10 percent post-consumer waste.