Individuals

Individual donors and friends of the Academy, on both sides of the Atlantic, whose personal generosity sustains its fellowships, public programs, and independence each year.

Founders' Circle ($1million and above)

Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation and the descendants of Hans and Ludmilla Arnhold

Chairman's Circle ($50,000/€50,000 and above)

Anonymous
Sonja & Martin J. Brand
Amy Gutmann
Johannes P. Huth
William von Mueffling
Sandra E. Peterson
Marjorie & Jeffrey A. Rosen
Carol Kahn Strauss
Maureen White & Steven Rattner
Leah Joy Zell

President's Circle ($25,000/€25,000 and above)

Blaire & Benno Dorer
Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann
Mark P. Gorenberg & Cathrin Stickney
Karl & Mary Ellen von der Heyden
Tess & Josh Lewis
Kati Marton
Christoph Schweizer
Don Vieira
Andreas Waldburg-Wolfegg

Benefactors' Circle ($10,000/€10,000 and above)

Karen Besson
Jutta von Falkenhausen & Thomas van Aubel
Martin Koehler
Regine Leibinger
James E. McGoldrick & Marie Andrée Daoust
Joseph Niehaus
Helen & Wally Obermeyer (1956-2025)
Arend Oetker
Tal & Ariel Recanati
Christine I. Wallich
Caroline A. Wamsler & DeWayne N Phillips

Ambassadors ($5,000/€5,000 and above)

Anonymous
Alexandra & Ariel Cukierman
Melissa Eidelheit-Cukierman & Daniel Cukierman
Caroline & John Flüh
Bart Friedman
Hans-Michael & Almut Giesen
Jeffrey Mark Goldberg & Pamela Ress Reeves
Emily Haber
Dinese Grace Hannewald
Joseph Leo Koerner
Harold Koh
Julie Mehretu
Marjorie Nesbitt & John J. Calaman
Cecilia Ponce Rivera & Daniel Schmitz
Ludwig von Reiche & Marie Unger
Silke & Matthias Rumpelhardt

Champions ($2,500/€2,500 and above)

Anonymous
Stephen B. Burbank
Gahl Hodges Burt
Norma Drimmer
Klaus Entenmann
Markus Hauptmann
Eva-Marie von Hippel & Georg Graf zu Castell-Castell
Candace King Weir
Jan Eloine Kuzminski
Claus Löwe
Wolgang Spoerr
Maren & Joachim Strüngmann
Klaus & Gesa Vogt
Andrew Wylie
Henning von Zanthier

Patrons ($1,000/€1,000 and above)

Anonymous
Merl & Rita Baker
James D. Bindenagel
Leon Botstein
Ruprecht Brandis
Peter Claussen
Brigitte Döring
Brigitte & Bernd Hellthaler
Marilyn & Stephen Johnston
Friederike Kendel & Justus Schmidt-Ott
Philipp Kreibohm
Gina Kuhn-Deutscher & Gabriel Deutscher
Claudia A. Arrigg & Howard K. Koh
Stephanie & Martin Korbmacher
Evi Kurz
Stephanie Manes
Susan Olsen
Norman Pearlstine & Jane Boon Pearlstine
Gisela & Bernhard von der Planitz
Klaus & Carmen Pohle
Botho & Margarete von Portatius
David Price
Ulrich Quack
Thaddaeus Ropac
Bernhard Sakmann
Volker Schlöndorff
Harald Schmid
Gjertrud Schnackenberg
Laura D’Andrea Tyson & Erik Tarloff
Christine Windbichler