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Annual Report of Gifts

Gifts received from October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009

The stellar exhibitions, engaging public programs, scholarly publications and important youth and teacher development initiatives of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum would not be possible without the generosity of many individuals, foundations, and corporations who believe in the potential of great design to improve our shared world.

Please click here for the list of Capital Campaign Donors.

$1,000,000 + ABOVE

Target

$100,000–$999,999

Alcoa Foundation
Ford Motor Company Fund
Henry Luce Foundation
Enid and Lester Morse
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Public Funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency

$50,000–$99,999

The Ambrose Monell Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Amita and Purnendu Chatterjee
Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz
GE
Alexandra and Paul Herzan
Nancy A. Marks
May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Madeleine Rudin Johnson and W. Bruce Johnson
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
Lisa Roberts and David Seltzer
Esme Usdan and James Snyder
Judy Francis Zankel
Alice Gottesman and Laurence Zuckerman

$25,000–$49,999

Adobe Foundation
Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie
Marilyn Friedman and Thomas Block
Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown
Bloomberg
Christopher and Deborah Buck
Calvin Klein, Inc.
Beth Comstock
Converse Inc.
Deutsche Bank
Drue Heinz Trust
Edith and Frances Mulhall Achilles
Memorial Fund
F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
Eric and Lisa Green
JD Carlisle Development
Constance and Harvey Krueger
Reynold Levy
Ronald M. Daignault and Teresa Maloney
Barbara and Morton Mandel
Calvin Tsao and Zack McKown, Tsao & McKown Architects
Richard Meier
Henry R. Muñoz III
Philip Koether Architects
Procter & Gamble
Richard & Jean Coyne Family Foundation
James Rosenthal
The Smithsonian Latino Center
Richard M. Smith and Dr. Soon-Young Yoon
Lauren Zalaznick, NBCU Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks

$10,000–$24,999

@radical.media
Alan & Katherine Stroock Fund
American Express Company
Anonymous
AT&T Louisiana
Dr. Leonard Polonsky and Dr. Georgette Bennett
Janna Bullock
The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Trust
Consulate General of The Netherlands in New York
Dwell
Agnes Gund
Ruth Ann Harnisch
IDEO
Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Marissa Mayer
McDonald's Corporation
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Mondriaan Foundation
The Moody's Foundation
Pentagram
The Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust
Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc./Scott Kaplan Belsky
The Robert P. and Arlene R. Kogod Family Foundation
Deedie and Rusty Rose
Fiona and Eric Rudin
SHoP Architects PC
Tupperware Brands Corporation

$2,500–$9,999

Claire and Larry Aidem
Anne Kreamer and Kurt Andersen
Anonymous
Yves Béhar
Beyer Blinder Belle, Architects and Planners
Alan J. Heller and Barbara Bluestone
Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz
Buro Happold Consulting Engineers, PC
Mickey Cartin
M.J. Cesario
Christie's, Inc.
Catherine R. and Anthony A. Clifton
Consulate General of Switzerland in New York
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States
Digitas
Michele Oka Doner and Frederick Doner
W. Leslie Duffy
Lisa and Sanford Ehrenkranz
F. J. Sciame Construction Co. Inc.
Cary J. Frieze
FXFOWLE Architects
Marilyn Garber/ Bridge Gallery
Gluckman Mayner Architects
Gail E. Goldberg
David Gibson and Ann Harakawa
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Paul Hays
Niels Diffrient and Helena Hernmarck
Mrs. Frank W. Hoch
Information Centre of Danish Crafts
Joseph R. Loring & Associates, Inc.
Kikkerland Design, Inc.
Yung Hee Kim/NY Projects
Francine and Edward Kittredge
Mr. and Mrs. John Klingenstein
Knoll, Inc.
Rachel Kohler
Tom Kundig, FAIA
Leon Levy Foundation
Sondra and David Mack
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
Peter Olberg and Gardner McFall
Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Marlene Nathan Meyerson
Sidney and Hermine Migdon
David Monn
Barbara R. Munves
The Netherland-America Foundation
OLIN
Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation
Polo Ralph Lauren
Polshek Partnership Architects
Pratt Institute
Raison Pure
Richard, Ann, John & James Solomon Families Foundation
Aileen K. and Brian L. Roberts
Suzanne F. and Ralph J. Roberts
Rockwell Group
Saks Fifth Avenue
Savannah College of Art and Design
The School of Visual Arts
Michael Shannon
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Sharf
Shahzia Sikander
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Solomon
Sprint
Amanda and George Sykes
Tai Ping Carpets
Suzanne Tick
Tim Tompkins
Gael Towey/Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Trinity Real Estate
William Campbell and Christine Wachter-Campbell
Jeff Walker
West Elm
Billie Tsien and Tod Williams
University of Michigan

$1,000–$2,499

Del Acosta
Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation
Harry Allen
Erich Winkler and Nancy Allerston
Cetie and Anthony Ames
Anonymous
Jill Brienza
Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown
Anne Cohen
David Coiro
Aashish and Dinny Devitre
Hester Diamond
The Donald R. Mullen Family Foundation, Inc.
Al and Kim Eiber
Marjorie Fisher
Wendy Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fuller
Ms. Windi Grimes
Susan K. Gutfreund
Angela Hall
Hal and Barbra Higginbotham
Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Joseph Holtzman
Lewis Howie, AIA, LEED
Helen Rauch Hughes and Derek Hughes
The I. Grace Company, Commissioned Private Residences, Inc.
Bruce Jabbonsky, R.A.
Virginia James
Herbert Kasper
Jane and Stephen King
Gary Koepke
Claudia Kotchka
Carl Lana
Levy Hermanos Foundation, Inc.
Roger Martin
Julian and Dee McIntosh
Maxine Morris
Shirley and Thomas Mueller
Mrs. Nancy B. Negley
John Nicholson Bulica
David Nosanchuk
Noreen Mary O'Grady
Orentreich Family Foundation
Caroline Payson
Veronique and Robert Pittman
Elizabeth and Robert Pitts
Monica Ponce de Leon
Jerome and Elise Pustilnik
Jeanne Dickey Reiner and Robert Reiner
Juergen Riehm
Astrid and Cristian SabellaRosa
Marsha Soffer
Barbara Sylk
David Teiger
Nora and David Tezanos
Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew Voorsanger
James Zemaitis
David Diamond and Karen Zukowski

$500–$999

Sherry Akbar
Albert Hadley, Inc.
James Alexander
Thom Mayne and Blythe Alison-Mayne
Anonymous
AREAWARE
Ava Barbour
Joan Barenholtz
Madeleine Bennett
Mary Lynn Bergman-Rallis
Diane Carol Brandt
Mary Jane Brock
Brook and Shawn Byers
C.C. Culver
Susan Casden
CEC Stuyvesant Cove Inc
Ellen Christiansen
Scott R. Coleman
Bobbi and Barry Coller
Davis Publications
EF Smithsonian
Carolyn Eisenhardt
Joan Ann Epstein
Marcy Epstein
The Eric W. Mason Fund
Melissa Doyle and Robert Famighetti
Rochelle Fang
Florence Feinberg
Mary Ford
Kimberly Foster
Janet and J. Michael Fried
Suzanne Frye, M.D.
Stephen and Whitney Gates
David and Becky Gochman
Sunny and Brad Goldberg
Perry and Donna Golkin
Philip Gorrivan
The Grace K. Culbertson Charitable Trust
Joan Greenfield
Sarah Hartman
Horace and Eugenie Havemeyer
Andrea Hawkins
William F. Harrison and Lois Hull
Richard and Sharon Hurowitz
Ivalo Lighting Incorporated
Mai and Philip James
John Jay
Keith Kanaga
Christina H. Kang
Stuart Karten
Daniel King and Marilyn Katz
Robert G. Keller
Charles and Lynn Kramer
Laura Krey
Elizabeth Kujawski
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Lauder
Leonardo Lawson
Margo Levine
Henry and Catherine Lewis
Sir Julian Edmond Paul Lewison and Lady Wendy Lewison
Richard and Susan Marcus
Andrew McIntyre
Stephen Jackson and Taylor McKenzie-Jackson
Alf Naman
Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Neuberger
Patricia Ohnell
Pam and Vince Pagano
Tom Patti
Doris and Martin Payson
Cynthia Polsky
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Postman
Kimi Puntillo
Allan C. Rabinowitz
George P. Ververis, Jr. and Wynn W. Riley
Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP
Sascha Rockefeller
Calvin Roth
Victoria Rowan
Phyllis Sacks
Susan Sheehan
Lili and Lee Siegelson
Michael T. Sillerman
Peter Silvestri
Carmela Spinelli
Janet Stanwood
Colleen Stokes
Dr. P.R. Sundaresan
Alice Szigethy
Naomi Usher
Madeline Weinrib
George and Patti White
David and Sharynne Wilder
William McDonough + Partners
Merrill Wright
Richard and Mai Yau
Janice Barefoot and Nick Zocchi

GIFTS-IN-KIND

Apothia
Blue Q
Classic Posters
Design Within Reach
Milton Glaser
Herman Miller, Inc.
Eric Kellenberger
Chip Kidd
Kidrobot, Inc.
James A. Lapides
Lacoste USA
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
New York magazine
Rockwell Group
Saint-Gobain Ceramics
Syd Mead Inc.
Target
Lucille Tenazas
Vranken Pommery America
Robert Wilson
WNBC4

DONORS TO THE COLLECTION

3M Specialty Materials Division
amazon.com
Max Allen
Anonymous
Barry Friedman, Ltd.
Marc and Sara Benda
Linda and Irwin R. Berman
Louise Campbell
Cappellini
Wendell Castle
Ruth Culleton
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel
Estate of Edgar Sachs
Lene Frantzen
Friedman Benda, New York
Mieke Gerritzen
Daniel Gross
Marilyn Walter Grounds
Gerald Gulotta
Lila Harnett
Joan Heitzeberg
Sheila Hicks
Greg Kuharic
David and Kelly Theresa Linton
Arthur D. Liu
Maharam
Christine Martens
Joris Maltha
Myra M. and William H. Mathers
Joseph McCrindle
Richard Meier
Men's Vogue/Condé Nast
Ben K. Mickus
Bruno Monguzzi
Nendo
NUNO Corporation
Stephen Parks
Woody Pirtle
Maya Romanoff
Michiel Schuurman
Peter Sederholm
Jan Staller
Sharon and Curtis Stetter
Ursula Suter
Roland Trope
Trove
Niklaus Troxler
Paul F. Walter
Marcel Wanders
Joan D. Wheeler
Judy Francis Zankel

Above

Tadanori Yokoo (Japan, b. 1936)
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: Tadanori Yokoo, 1974
Off-set lithograph on white wove paper
95.2 x 63.3 cm (37 1/2 x 24 15/16 in.)
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda, 2009-20-6
Cabbage chair
Designed by Nendo, Oki Sato (Japanese, born 1977), principal
Japan, 2008
Paper, resin
H x W x D: 78.7 x 74.9 x 68.6 cm (31 x 29 1/2 x 27 in.)
Gift of Friedman Benda, New York and Nendo, 2009-9-1
Table lamp with globe
Designed by William Arthur Smith Benson (English, 1854Ð1924)
Manufactured by W.A.S. Benson Ltd.
Globe made by James Powell & Sons, 1834Ð1980
London, England, circa 1900
Glass, brass, copper, wood (base), metal, wire
H x diam. (w/ globe): 74 x 14 cm (29 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Gift of Paul F. Walter, 2009-10-1