Foundations
- Altman Foundation
- Barker Welfare Foundation
- David Geffen Foundation
- Dance/NYC
- The ELMA Music Foundation
- Four Friends Foundation
- Hyde and Watson Foundation
- Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
- The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.
- MacMillan Family Foundation
- Mellon Foundation
- Mosaic Network and Fund
- The Pinkerton Foundation
- The New York Community Trust
- The New Yankee Stadium Benefits Fund, Inc
- Randall and Brenda Hastedt Foundation
- Thompson Family Foundation
- Wasily Family Foundation
- William Talbott Hillman Foundation
Corporations
- Marble Fairbanks
- Verizon
Government
- National Endowment for the Arts
- New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council
- New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie
- New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin
- New York City Council Member Eric Dinowitz
- New York City Council Member Kevin Riley
- New York State Senator Jamaal T. Bailey
- The Coalition of Theaters of Color
- The Cultural Immigrant Initiative
- New York City Department of Education (DOE)
- New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature
