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The New York Asian Women's Center thanks all of our donors for their support over the years. NYAWC receives funding from government and private sources. Below is a list of our government, foundation, corporate and individual donors that provided critical support since 2009. For information on our past donors, please view our annual reports.

Non-Gala Contributions of $100 or more from January 1, 2015 to May 31, 2015

Amerasia Bank
American Express Foundation
Blossom in Astoria
Hyunju Chang
George Chin and Gattlen Lee
Ai Young Choi
Nancy Chu
Uriel A. Clavijo
Jennifer Cohen
Consulate General of Japan in New York
Zal Dabhoiwala
Lori Dannheim
Eric Elizaga
Karen Elizaga
Justine Fisher
Judith A. and Richard G. Freedberg
Holly Friedsam
GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Jennifer Geller
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching Gift Program
Kye Ja and Ja Bum Gu
Gary Haizlip
Shana Hennigan
ICAP Services North America LLC (Special thanks to Veronica Stigeler and Coach Bill Cowher)
J. Crew (matching gift for Pau-Ling and Jean Chu)
Hoon-Jung Kim
Nancy Korff
Cassie Kuo
Tram Anh Lai
Jae Lee
Joo-Yung Lee
Justine Lee
Pauline Lee
Teena Lee
Margaret Li
Nancy Lipsitz
Chu Mei
Morgan Stanley
The MUFG Foundation
The Oasis Foundation
Youngjoon Park (In memory of Donald Gibson)
Swati Rajmane-Warren
Amanda Rubin
Thomas J. Rusling
Chasity Santoro
Sheri Severino
Jeffrey Silverman
Vannita Simma-Chiang
Starry Night Fund
Andrew Sussman
James Talbott
TJX Foundation
Toyota Motor North America, Inc
Shelley Wald
Tai Wang
Kyoko Waseda-Hida
Cinder White
Yinan Xia
Sara Yoon (Thank you to Sara Yoon and all her friends who generously donated for her birthday.)
Jarret Yoshida

2015 Phoenix Awards Benefit Gala

SPONSORS
Phoenix
Cahill Gordon & Reindel  LLP
Paul Hastings

Visionary
Ong Family Foundation
Karen Elizaga & Jay Ptashek

Innovator
Kathy Chuy & Jay Huang
Estee Lauder Companies
WAC Lighting

Benefactor
The Bahl Family
Bain Capital
BTIG LLC
Clara Chae & Julian Liau
Goldman Sachs
Ankur & Rohit Keswani
The Lee Family
Mintz Levin
MUFG
Brigette & Suok Noh
The Wald Family

Platinum Ticket
Cassidy Sehgal & Carl Kohbet
Morgan Stanley
Stephanie Yu

In-Kind
Aysha
Delta
Regal Hotels
JW Marriott

DONORS
Amy S. Ahn
Vivian Altman
Carolyn Antonio
Jane Aoyama-Martin
Ellen Archer and Jeffrey Gracer
Sophia Barberini
Adam Bendik
Barbara C. Bilello
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Alex Brooks
The Carlyle Group
Charlotte and Brian Carrihill
Albert Chan
Deborah Chan
May and Rocky Chen
Vannita and David Chiang
Stella Chiu
Tachiun Chou
Libardo Clavijo
Charlotte Edelman Cohen
Marc Coopersmith
Marcella Dear
Marylee and Robert Diamond
Ken Dingledine
Ankur Doshi
Daniel Eichner
Nieva and Fortunato Elizaga
Kristine Faula
Rhona and Leonard Feigenbaum
Sheelah Feinberg
Winnie Feng
Margaret and Jon Fenn
Stephanie Schwartz and Michael Bennett Ferdman
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Lucy N. Friedman
Robert Garretson
Goldman, Sachs and Co Matching Gift Program
Mary Haviland
Timothy Howell
Shi Ming Huang
Barbara Hymowitz
Jisoo Im
Jeanne Jackson
Joanne Jackson
Jennifer Jones
Kaori and Takahisa Juba
Lucy and Victor Kan
Maureen Kerr
HoonJung Kim
Peter S. Kim
Wesley Lau
Johanna (Josie) Lawrence
Jannette Lau and Dale Leach
Audrey Lee and Alan Wong
Bayoork Lee
Brian Lee
Debbie Lee
Donna Lee
Janet Lee
Jessica Lee
Larry Lee
Pauline Lee and Daniel Zubkoff
Teena and Teddy Lee
Lydia Leinsdorf
William G Leung
Frank Liu
Stephanie Regner Lopez
Andrea Louie
Tracy Li Chuan Mao
Geti Margolese Merriweather
Emily Margulis
Dilshad Marolia and Zal Dabhoiwala
Janet Masamitsu
Lorraine Elder Maxwell
Andrew McKenna
Jon McMahan
Lauren Rosenberg Moffitt
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Donald Mullen
Allen Murabayashi
George Ng
Gabrielle Nguyen
Matthew P. O'Dell
Michael Park
Robbin Park
Sejal Patel
Rosemarie Pavlick
Rachel Pearson
Luis Penalver
Amy Prager
Ellen and Harvey Ptashek
Xiaohong (Sophie) Qi
David Radelescu
Matthew Russman
Pamela Schaefer
Eric Segal
Veronica Stigeler and William Cowher
Joseph Strack
Meg Sullivan
Norma Tan
Athena Tapales
Brian Tenedine
Stephanie Tseng
Vinoo Varghese
Livia Wan
Tony Wang
Kyoko Waseda-Hida
Joo-Yung Lee and John Wells
Jessica Willis
Janice Won
Linda Lew Woo
Josh Wood
Yinan Xia
Helen Xu
Caroline Yoon
Kyung B. Yoon
Jarret Yoshida
Rochelle Yu and David Eun
John Yuan
Jon Zefi
Yanpo (Andy) Zhu

Non-Gala Contributions of $100 or more from October 11, 2014 through December 31, 2014

Deena Coffman
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Fifth Avenue Presbytarian Church
Nicole Gordon
Heimbinder Family Foundation
Ting Ting Hor
Roberta and Thomas Kelly
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
New York Cosmopolitan Lions Club
The Ong Family Foundation
PACT Youth Charity
PLUS Charitable Trust
Rabobank International
Matthew Russman
Blossom in Astoria
Tiger Baron Foundation, Inc.
United Nations Association Of The USA Southern NYS Division

2014 Phoenix Awards Benefit Gala

SPONSORS
Phoenix
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Visionary
Karen Elizaga and Jay Ptashek
Ong Family Foundation
Paul Hastings LLP

Innovator
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
QBE North America
WAC Lighting

Benefactor
Bain Capital Children's Charity
Clara Chae & Julian Liau
RBC Capital Markets LLC
Tronex International Incorporated

Platinum Tickets
Crowell & Moring
Hunton & Williams LLP
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation

Gala contributions of $100 or more

Anonymous
Carolyn Antonio
Violeta Antonio
Apex for Youth
The Bahl Family
Jill Bodian
Alex Brooks
Deborah Chan & Nelson Louis
Daniel Chapman
Charles B. Wang Community Health Center Inc.
Kevin Cheng
Roselle Chin
Walkin Chin
Donald Chu
Amit Cohen
Charlotte Edelman Cohen
Marcella Dear
Design Determination
Eisai USA Foundation
Nieva & Fortunato Elizaga
Lisa Feigin
Winnie Feng
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Kathleen C. Flores
Joshua Goldfein
Karen Hagberg & Mark Johnson
Mary Haviland
Jane Hom & Thomas Chu
Jay Huang
Shi Ming Huang
Stefanie Huie
Jisoo Im
Shevani Jaisingh
Kaori & Takahisa Juba
Narges Kakalia
Lucy & Victor Kan
Sumeet & Kabir Kapoor
Hoon-Jung Kim
Moon Jung (Jean) & Peter S. Kim
Sara Kim
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Korean American Community Foundation
Ichun Lai
Irene Lam
Brian Lee
Donna Lee
Jason Lee
Jean Lee & Steve McCall
Jessica Lee
Joo-Yung Lee & John Wells
Mary Jane Lee
Mary & Robert Lee
Pauline Lee & Daniel Zubkoff
Teena Lee
LoCicero & Tan, Inc.
Jonathan Lung
The Margolis Law Firm
Dilshad Marolia & Zal Dabhoiwala
Janet Masamitsu
Marc Merriweather
Benny Miao
Michael Michetti
MUFG
Allen Murabayashi
Candice Neuman
Anthony Nguyen
Marlar Oo
Robbin Park
Kevin Pfeiffer
Natalia Pitel
Ellen & Harvey Ptashek
The Rah Family
Bawani Ravindran
Yumiko Sakata
Mara & Ricky Sandler
Xavier Trevilles Schlabtor
Aaron Simpson
Mina Song
Ewout Steenbergen
Deb Stevens
Joseph Strack
Norma Tan
Tom Tao
Times Development Inc.
Derrick Tow
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP
Kyoko Waseda-Hida
Sylvia Wong
Ilyon Woo
Linda Lew Woo
Yinan Xia
Jim Yang
Michael Yap
Julien Yoo
Jarret Yoshida
Stephanie Yu

Non-Gala Contributions of $100 or more from June 16, 2014 through October 10, 2014

Ismail Amla
Asian American Federation of New York
Judy Barber
Matthew Barnett
Michael Bennett
Roy Barnett and Susan Norton
Kabir Bindra
Thomas Castriota
Beatrice Chen
Eunice Cheung
Pau-Ling and Jean Chu
Dechert LLP
Carol Ford
Goldman Sachs Community Teamworks
Toni Hacker
Hamilton-Madison House
Monique Hieber
Roni Jacobson
Yonghee Joe
Justine Kaltenbach
Michelle and Jeremy Karem
May Lam
Katherine Lawson
Terry and Barbara Lawson
Lester Sen Hong Lim
Edward Ma
Pete McEvoy
Monica Mendoza
The Mitsui USA Foundation
Zoila Nelson
Frederic A. Nguyen
Nanako Oguri and Tomiko Oguri Bowers
Gina Ong
Salesforce.com Foundation
Lisa Schwartz
Thomson Reuters My Community Program
United Federation of Teachers
Willem Van Rijn
Eddie Yervant Vehouni
Kent Wasson
Roger and Michelle White
Noriko Yamada
Shoji Yoshisato
Peter Bruce Zlotnick

Non-Gala Contributions of $150+ from January 1 through June 15, 2014

The Allison Maher Stern Foundation
Blossom in Astoria
Charles Brenner
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Clara Chae and Julian Liau
Charles H. Chan
Yung Yu Chang
Candice and Stephen Chen
Pauline Chen
Amy Chin
Iris Chiu
Donald Chu
Karen Elizaga and Jay Ptashek
Winnie Feng
Stephanie Schwartz Ferdman and Michael Bennett Ferdman
Justine Fisher
Katie Ford
Jennifer Geller
Goldman, Sachs and Co Matching Gift Program
Paula Grande
Anita Gundanna
Ankur Keswani
Korean American Community Foundation)
Elizabeth Lee
Patrick Lin
Joseph Lovecchio
Ling Mei
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
MSD Capital
Harvey Newman
Lisa Okubo
Proskauer Rose LLP
Mara Sandler
Cassidy Sehgal-Kolbet
TD Charitable Foundation
Thomson Reuters
Tides Foundation
Tokyo Council Of Social Welfare
Joanna Tong
Peiti Tung
Linda Lew Woo
Kathleen Zaborowski

Major Supporters And Donors - From September through December 2013

Gavin Albert
Blossom in Astoria
Joel Armstrong
Yogesh Bahl
Michael and Heather Baker
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Dr. Sonal Bhandari and Mrs. Anand Moore
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Camus Wine & Spirits
Geralyn Cappelli
Cathay Bank
CBS Corporation
Clara Chae and Julian Liau
Deborah Chan and Nelson Louis
Rose and Lucien Chan
Teresa Chan
Jennifer Chang
Lin & Susie Chen Foundation
Michael and Patricia Chernick
Christopher Cheung
Charlotte Edelman Cohen
Zal Dabhoiwala
Anne Delaney
Eisai USA Foundation
Nieva and Fortunato Elizaga
Karen Elizaga and Jay Ptashek
Elise Grebe and Charles Brenner
Josh Goldfein
Craig Herman
Stephanie and Mario Ippolito
Kirkland and Ellis LLP
Taka Juba and Kaori Nagao
Lucy and Victor Kan
Ankur and Rohit Keswani
Peter S. Kim
Audrey Lee
Ernest Lee
Estee Lauder Companies
Jean Lee
Jessica S. Lee
Sung Jin Lee
Teena and Teddy Lee
Remedios Mendoza
Mintz, Levin, Cohen, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo PC
Mizuho Bank, USA
The Morrison and Foerster
Klara Ng
The Ong Family Foundation
Paul Hastings LLP
Nina Pineda
Tatiana B. Pouschine
QBE North America
RBC Capital Markets
Christine and Elliot Rothstein
Matthew Russman
Wynn Salisch
Cassidy and Carl Sehgal-Kolbet
Michael Shapiro
Daniel Sheng
Kevin and Maura Sheridan
Seregenti Asset Management
Joel and Beth Simon
Veronica Stiegler
Robert Sumberac
Si Pui Tan
Ronald Temple
Nathan Thomas and Amanda Lin
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Tronex International, Inc.
Mei-Ying Tsai
Purva and Andrew Tsai
Anthony Vuong
Tracy Trang Vuong
WABC-TV
WAC Lighting
Shelley and Dirk Wald
Tai Wang
John Wells and Joo-Yung Lee
Linda Lew Woo
Yinan Xia
Stephanie Yu
Daniel Zubkoff and Pauline Lee

Foundations:

Help for Children
C.J. Huang Foundation
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
The Korean American Community Foundation
Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation
Robin Wood Johnson Foundation
Tiger Baron Foundation
TJX Foundation

Government Funding Sources 2012

Consulate General of Japan in New York
Consulate General of Japan in Seattle
Kings County District Attorney’s Office
Manhattan Borough President’s Office
NYC Council Member Margaret Chin
NYC Council Domestic Violence Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative
NYC Council Member Peter Koo
NYC Department of Youth and Community Development
NYC Human Resources Administration
NYC Mayor’s Office - Criminal Justice Coordinator’s Office
NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services
NYS Department of Health
NYS Office of Children and Family Services
NYS Office of Victim Services
US Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Justice

Foundation, Corporate and Individual Supporters 2012

Ankur Gandhi
Anonymous Donor
Asian American Federation
BTIG, LLC
Daniel J. Zubkoff and Pauline Lee
Donald R. Mullen Family Foundation
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Goldman Sachs
Grace and Mercy Foundation
Hedge Funds Care
Hyde and Watson Foundation
Jason Ma and W. Vivian Lau
Jay Huang
Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga
Julian Liau and Clara Chae
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Korean American Community Foundation
Linda Lew Woo
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Michael Michetti
Mintz Levin
Morgan Stanley
Nathan Thomas and Amanda Lin
Ong Family Foundation
Paul Hastings
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rocking Moon Foundation
Royal Bank of Canada
Tai Wang
Teddy and Teena Lee
Tides Foundation
Tiger Baron Foundation
TJX Foundation
WAC Lighting

*Contributed $4,000 or more

Government Funding Sources 2009-2010

NYC Human Resources Administration
NYC Kings County District Attorney’s Office
NYC Mayor's Office - Criminal Justice Coordinator's Office
NYS Crime Victims Board
NYS Department of Criminal Justice Services
NYS Department of Health
NYS Office of Children and Family Services
U.S. Department of Justice - Office on Violence Against Women

Foundation and Corporate Supporters 2009-2010

Five Together Foundation

The Allison Maher Stern Foundation

Yoko Ono Lennon

Mei Hua Society

Edward & Ellen Roche Relief Fund

Starside Drugs

Tiger Baron Foundation

Shelley Wang

Wei Wei Wang Foundation

The Woo Family Charitable Foundation and Linda Lew Woo

*Annual contributions of $4,000 or more