Sponsors & Donors
Sponsors & Donors
The W.E.B. Du Bois Sculpture Project is a lasting tribute to one of America’s greatest thinkers, born here in Great Barrington. We are deeply grateful to the Major Foundations, Businesses, Strategic Partners, and Individual Donors whose vision and generosity made this project possible.
Your support ensures Du Bois’s legacy will continue to inspire future generations in the community he once called home.
LEGACY
$25,000 – $150,000
Feigenbaum Foundation
Geoffrey C. Hughes Foundation
Roaring Brook
Family Foundation
Housatonic Heritage Fund
David M. Kozak
Massachusetts Office of
Travel and Tourism
Feigenbaum Foundation
Geoffrey C. Hughes Foundation
Roaring Brook
Family Foundation
Housatonic Heritage Fund
David M. Kozak
Massachusetts Office of
Travel and Tourism
JUSTICE
$10,000 – $24,999
Adams Community Bank
Berkshire Bank
Susan Caughman
Patricia & Joel Ellis
Anne G. Fredericks
Eastman Fund
Hans Morris
Diane & Deval Patrick
Deborah & William Ryan
Denise Sobel
John Studzinski
Jane & Jack Fitzpatrick Trust
Marc Fasteau & Anne Fredericks Charitable Trust
Greylock Federal Credit Union
Adams Community Bank
Berkshire Bank
Susan Caughman
Patricia & Joel Ellis
Anne G. Fredericks
Eastman Fund
Hans Morris
Diane & Deval Patrick
Deborah & William Ryan
Denise Sobel
John Studzinski
Jane & Jack Fitzpatrick Trust
Marc Fasteau & Anne Fredericks Charitable Trust
Greylock Federal Credit Union
“Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not
more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.”
~W.E.B. Du Bois
FREEDOM
$5,000 – $9,999
R. Martin Chavez
Hester Velmans &
Peter Cherneff
Carol Davis
Berkshire Taconic
Community Foundation
Velmans Foundation
Ann Henderson
Bobby Houston
Jane Iredale
Elizabeth & Thomas Marino
Pamela Pescosolido
Abby Pratt
Wheeler & Taylor
Warrior Trading
R. Martin Chavez
Hester Velmans &
Peter Cherneff
Carol Davis
Berkshire Taconic
Community Foundation
Velmans Foundation
Ann Henderson
Bobby Houston
Jane Iredale
Elizabeth & Thomas Marino
Pamela Pescosolido
Abby Pratt
Wheeler & Taylor
Warrior Trading
R. Martin Chavez
Hester Velmans &
Peter Cherneff
Carol Davis
Berkshire Taconic
Community Foundation
Velmans Foundation
Ann Henderson
Bobby Houston
Jane Iredale
Elizabeth & Thomas Marino
Pamela Pescosolido
Abby Pratt
Wheeler & Taylor
Warrior Trading
DEMOCRACY
$1,000 – $4,999
Berkshire Property Agents
Karla Arria-Devoe
Salisbury Bank
Judith Blak
Stephen Briganti
Elinor Tillinghast &
Morgan Bulkeley
Lauren Clark Fine Art
Don & Maggie
Buchwald Foundation
Barbara Zheutlin &
Jonathan Hankin
Christine Conklin &
Jay Kistler
Amy & David Sorkin
Gwendolyn &
Samuel VanSant
Robert Wechsler
Heidi & Ari Zorn
Multicultural BRIDGE
J.E. Conn
Donald Elitzer
Lee Bank Foundation
Theodore Gross
Bobbie Hallig
Anne & Peter Herbst
David Jadow
Karen Kaufman
Claudia Keenan
Friends of Great Barrington
Libraries
Guido’s Fresh Marketplace
Julie Michaels
Henry C. Jadow Trust
Eliza Hewat &
Susan Weinberg
Berkshire Property Agents
Karla Arria-Devoe
Salisbury Bank
Judith Blak
Stephen Briganti
Elinor Tillinghast &
Morgan Bulkeley
Lauren Clark Fine Art
Don & Maggie
Buchwald Foundation
Barbara Zheutlin &
Jonathan Hankin
Christine Conklin &
Jay Kistler
Amy & David Sorkin
Gwendolyn &
Samuel VanSant
Robert Wechsler
Heidi & Ari Zorn
Multicultural BRIDGE
J.E. Conn
Donald Elitzer
Lee Bank Foundation
Theodore Gross
Bobbie Hallig
Anne & Peter Herbst
David Jadow
Karen Kaufman
Claudia Keenan
Friends of Great Barrington
Libraries
Guido’s Fresh Marketplace
Julie Michaels
Henry C. Jadow Trust
Eliza Hewat &
Susan Weinberg
EQUITY
$250 – $999
Joan Ackermann
Andre Bernard
Hinda Bodinger
Suzanne Bump
Eugene Carr
Roselle Chartock
Kim & Tony Cookson
Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Nichole Dupont
Laurel Durst
Dena & John Fisher
Janet Garvey
Roberta & Steven Haas
John Halbreich
Beverly Hosokawa
Barbara & Roger Manring
Nicholas Mongiardo
Eileen Mooney
Peter Most
Linda & Robert Noonan
Anne O’Dwyer
Pops Peterson
Lori & Richard Robbins
Merrick T. Rossein
Susan Rothschild
Judith Wilkinson &
Lionel Delevingne
Dr. Robert C. & Tina Sohn Foundation
Laura Jordahl
Jacqueline Kain
Anne Hutchinson &
Eugene Kalish
Daniel & Sherry Kasper
Katherine Kennedy
Lucy Kennedy
David Lewis
Susan & Michael Lynch
Wendy McCain
Evan Messinger
Enid Michelman
Ward’s Nursery
Marcie Setlow &
David Scribner
Renee Loth & Bert Seger
Fiona Lewis &
David Strauss
Robin Tost
Kristine Huffman &
Reinout Van Wagtendonk
Joseph Wheaton
Andrea & Stephen White
Cynthia Wick
Michael Wise
Alice & George Wislocki
Joan Ackermann
Andre Bernard
Hinda Bodinger
Suzanne Bump
Eugene Carr
Roselle Chartock
Kim & Tony Cookson
Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Nichole Dupont
Laurel Durst
Dena & John Fisher
Janet Garvey
Roberta & Steven Haas
John Halbreich
Beverly Hosokawa
Barbara & Roger Manring
Nicholas Mongiardo
Eileen Mooney
Peter Most
Linda & Robert Noonan
Anne O’Dwyer
Pops Peterson
Lori & Richard Robbins
Merrick T. Rossein
Susan Rothschild
Judith Wilkinson &
Lionel Delevingne
Dr. Robert C. & Tina Sohn Foundation
Laura Jordahl
Jacqueline Kain
Anne Hutchinson &
Eugene Kalish
Daniel & Sherry Kasper
Katherine Kennedy
Lucy Kennedy
David Lewis
Susan & Michael Lynch
Wendy McCain
Evan Messinger
Enid Michelman
Ward’s Nursery
Marcie Setlow &
David Scribner
Renee Loth & Bert Seger
Fiona Lewis &
David Strauss
Robin Tost
Kristine Huffman &
Reinout Van Wagtendonk
Joseph Wheaton
Andrea & Stephen White
Cynthia Wick
Michael Wise
Alice & George Wislocki
“Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year.”
~W.E.B. Du Bois
SOULS
$10 – $249
Ed Abrahams
Janet Ansbro
Joseph Baker
Pauline Banducci
Barbara Blaisdell
Molly & Lou Boxer
Dr. Rachel Brier
Beth Carlson
Menoukha Case
Eloise & Tom Cathcart
Matt Chester
Edward Cobden
Dr. Evan B. Cohen
Marjorie Cohen
Constance Cooper
Katherine Dean
Diane & Peter Dillon
Stephenie Blumenthal &
Benno Friedman
Cia Elkin & Larry Gadd
Julia Lord & Lee Kalcheim
Wendy Kleinman
Karmen & Duane Kooyers
Susan Antenen &
Sam Kornhauser
Barbara & Edward Lane
Jennifer Larkin
Marjorie & Michael Lebowitz
Charles Lemmen
Stuart Lemmen
Tim Likarish
Linda & Ed Lucas
Phoebe McBee
Sally Eagle & Dan Mead
Angela Lomato &
Rev. John Nelson
Ben Elliott
Susan Engel
John Fein
Louise Feldman
Donna Fenn
Gary Frenkel
Pamela & Richard Giles
Richard Gore
Trish Gorman
Annette Guertin
Debra Guhl
Susan Halpern & Griffin Hansen
Joan Hazard
Dennis Hogan
Carolyn & Paul Ivory
Dr. Andrea Jacobson
Joan Griswold &
Roy Blount Jr.
Robi Kellerman
Daniel Klein
Judith Klein
Wendy Jennis &
Douglas Mishkin
Roberta Silman
Phil Demise Smith
Lawrence Spatz
Katherine & John Squires
Robert Strassler
David Sussman
Malijah Sylver
Jennifer Tabakan
Liana Toscanini
Sharon True
Robert Turcotte
Susan Vercheak
Ed Abrahams
Janet Ansbro
Joseph Baker
Pauline Banducci
Barbara Blaisdell
Molly & Lou Boxer
Dr. Rachel Brier
Beth Carlson
Menoukha Case
Eloise & Tom Cathcart
Matt Chester
Edward Cobden
Dr. Evan B. Cohen
Marjorie Cohen
Constance Cooper
Katherine Dean
Diane & Peter Dillon
Stephenie Blumenthal &
Benno Friedman
Cia Elkin & Larry Gadd
Julia Lord & Lee Kalcheim
Wendy Kleinman
Karmen & Duane Kooyers
Susan Antenen &
Sam Kornhauser
Barbara & Edward Lane
Jennifer Larkin
Marjorie & Michael Lebowitz
Charles Lemmen
Stuart Lemmen
Tim Likarish
Linda & Ed Lucas
Phoebe McBee
Sally Eagle & Dan Mead
Angela Lomato &
Rev. John Nelson
Ben Elliott
Susan Engel
John Fein
Louise Feldman
Donna Fenn
Gary Frenkel
Pamela & Richard Giles
Richard Gore
Trish Gorman
Annette Guertin
Debra Guhl
Susan Halpern & Griffin Hansen
Joan Hazard
Dennis Hogan
Carolyn & Paul Ivory
Dr. Andrea Jacobson
Joan Griswold &
Roy Blount Jr.
Robi Kellerman
Daniel Klein
Judith Klein
Wendy Jennis &
Douglas Mishkin
Roberta Silman
Phil Demise Smith
Lawrence Spatz
Katherine & John Squires
Robert Strassler
David Sussman
Malijah Sylver
Jennifer Tabakan
Liana Toscanini
Sharon True
Robert Turcotte
Susan Vercheak
SOULS
(continued)
$10 – $249
Cynthia Rogers &
Paul Dryfoos
Amy Rudnick &
Ben Hillman
Jason McCandless
Lee McClelland
Carol McGlinchey
Elizabeth Meek
Tina Miller
Linda &
Robert Noonan
Lily Michaels &
Casey Ogren
Thomas O’Reilly
Marilyn Orner
Max Page
Sandra Pantorno
George Pattison
Diane Pearlman
Eleanor Peterson
George Raymond
Christopher &
Tracey Richards
Robert Rosen
Ada Rosmarin
Carolina Palermo Schulze
Margaret Moulton &
Rob Shaeffer
Diane Wortis & Joe Bozza
Diane Sigor & John Horan
Abbie Von Schlegell
Karen Shreefter
Rosemarie Siegel
Malvina Wasserman
Elizabeth Weiner
Randy Weinstein
William Welch
Marjorie Wexler
Jean & Peter Whitehead
Nicki Wilson
Patricia Ann Woods
Geoffrey Young
Cynthia Rogers &
Paul Dryfoos
Amy Rudnick &
Ben Hillman
Jason McCandless
Lee McClelland
Carol McGlinchey
Elizabeth Meek
Tina Miller
Linda &
Robert Noonan
Lily Michaels &
Casey Ogren
Thomas O’Reilly
Marilyn Orner
Max Page
Sandra Pantorno
George Pattison
Diane Pearlman
Eleanor Peterson
George Raymond
Christopher &
Tracey Richards
Robert Rosen
Ada Rosmarin
Carolina Palermo Schulze
Margaret Moulton &
Rob Shaeffer
Diane Wortis & Joe Bozza
Diane Sigor & John Horan
Abbie Von Schlegell
Karen Shreefter
Rosemarie Siegel
Malvina Wasserman
Elizabeth Weiner
Randy Weinstein
William Welch
Marjorie Wexler
Jean & Peter Whitehead
Nicki Wilson
Patricia Ann Woods
Geoffrey Young
“The most important thing to remember is this: to be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.”
~W.E.B. Du Bois
Gratitude to Our Local
Supporters and In-kind Donors
First Congregational Church of Great Barrington
Macedonia Baptist Church
SoCo Creamery
Blackshires Community Empowerment Foundation
Librarians of the Mason Public Library
Robbie’s Community Market
Jamie Goldenberg & HART
Domaney’s Liquors & Fine Wines
Special Thanks to Our Strategic Partners
1Berkshire
The W.E.B. Du Bois Center at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Art Forms Architecture
The Town of Great Barrington
Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires
Embrace Boston
Multicultural BRIDGE
Chesterwood
The Great Barrington W.E.B. Du Bois
Legacy Committee
Blackshires Community Empowerment Foundation
Barrington Stage Company
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Housatonic Heritage
Friends of the Great Barrington Libraries
Librarians of the Mason Public Library
Senator Paul Mark
Morais Concrete Service
The Great Barrington Libraries’
Board of Trustees
Joe Aberdale & The Great Barrington Department of Public Works
1Berkshire
The W.E.B. Du Bois Center at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Art Forms Architecture
The Town of Great Barrington
Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires
Embrace Boston
Multicultural BRIDGE
Chesterwood
The Great Barrington W.E.B. Du Bois
Legacy Committee
Blackshires Community Empowerment Foundation
Barrington Stage Company
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Housatonic Heritage
Friends of the Great Barrington Libraries
Librarians of the Mason Public Library
Senator Paul Mark
Morais Concrete Service
The Great Barrington Libraries’
Board of Trustees
Joe Aberdale & The Great Barrington Department of Public Works