Impact
Your support helps preserve Lincoln’s legacy and helps us inspire the next generation of leaders.
When you support Ford’s Theatre, you become part of the family, while making an impact on your community and your nation.
Donations and membership further our mission of celebrating Lincoln’s legacy and exploring the American experience. Your support helps fund educational programs like the Oratory Festivals, giving children a place on our national stage. Your funding brings the American experience to life through our performances. And your generosity inspires visitors by exploring the importance of President Lincoln and his legacy through our exhibits.
Our Annual Reach
422,667+
Historic Site
Visitors
22,342+
Students
Served
67,459+
Theatre
Patrons
920+
Teachers
Served
Impact Report
Explore the impact of Ford’s Theatre in the community.
Your Support Makes The Difference!
Bringing the Arts into the Classroom
Each year, Ford’s offers free and reduced-price tickets for Ford’s Theatre mainstage productions to local students to provide young people access to the performing arts. This important program gives students access to the arts and empowers their teachers to incorporate the arts into their classrooms! Learn more about our Student Matinees.
Empowering Students
Each year the Lincoln Oratory Festival and the Lincoln Online Oratory Project have classrooms study speeches by a diverse group of historical orators and work with a Ford’s Teaching Artist to expand their vocabulary, develop public-speaking skills and build confidence as they bring great speeches to life. These incredible programs enable students to experience how the power of public speaking can communicate ideas and inspire others. Learn more about the Lincoln Oratory Festival and the Lincoln Online Oratory Project.
Empowering Teachers
Ongoing, high-quality professional development for school-based educators is essential for maintaining positive student outcomes in the classroom and working directly with educators creates a multiplier effect for the number of students experiencing Ford’s content and pedagogy. Learn more about our Teacher Professional Development.
Preserving History
As the site of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Ford’s Theatre holds a unique place in the history of the United States. Whether through onsite tours of the historic site or virtual resources, Ford’s makes it a priority to preserve our collective history and reflect on how the past still impacts us today. Learn more about visiting Ford’s Theatre.
Ensuring Accessibility
At Ford’s Theatre, we are committed to ensuring visitors of all abilities can experience the performances, exhibits, history and programs our site has to offer. Learn more about our Accessibility Offerings.
What Your Gift Can Do
See how your donation helps Ford’s Theatre.
$250 brings a local class to One Destiny
Your support enables production of and free tickets for One Destiny, a one-act play commissioned and produced by Ford’s Theatre that revisits the events of April 14, 1865.
$100 funds school bus transportation
Ford’s provides FREE tickets and bus transportation for students. Your support provides many students with their first experience of live theatre.
Preserve Lincoln’s Legacy
Membership helps fund all of our theatrical and educational programming. Join today!
Monthly Donations
Make your donation go further with recurring gifts.
A Special Thanks
Donors and members help us make a difference every day. View the list of our donors and see who has helped us make a lasting impact in our community.
Individual Donors
Ford’s Theatre Society is pleased to recognize all individuals making cumulative annual contributions of $300 or more. The list below includes gifts received anuary 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025. To request additional information, please contact us at [email protected] or call (202) 434-9545.
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$50,000 and Up
- Dr. Ray R. Irani and Mrs. Ghada Raslan Irani
- Mr. and Mrs. S. Craig Lindner
- Noémi K. Neidorff
- Phebe N. Novakovic
$25,000 – $49,999
- Mrs. Eva Al-Thani
- Jean A. Baderschneider and Patrick J. MacArevey
- Cynthia J. Brinkley and Frank Sterneck
- Danny and Samar Deep
- Ms. Gloria Story Dittus
- Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Gates
- Michael and Cynthia Hemmerich
- Mr. Frank F. Islam and Ms. Debbie Driesman
- James Lintott and May Liang
- David and Stephanie Long
- Marlene A. Malek and the Malek Family Charitable Trust
- Mrs. Kathleen K. Manatt
- The Honorable Anita B. and The Honorable Timothy J. McBride
- Catherine Merrill and the Merrill Family Foundation
- Heather M. Podesta
- Lola C. Reinsch
- Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Spiegel
- Mr. Paul R. Tetreault and Mr. John Jeter
- Hon. Rex and Renda Tillerson
$10,000 – $24,999
- Mr. and Mrs. BJ Agugliaro
- Brian and Merry Anderson
- Steven and Shirley Barry
- Wayne and Lea Berman
- Mr. Andy Blocker and Dr. Toni Irving
- Mr. Ian Cameron
- Ray and Alysia Dempsey
- Lawrence Duncan III
- Mr. James W. Dyer
- Ms. Karyn McLaughlin Frist
- Susan and John Hess
- The Honorable Sven Erik Holmes and Ms. Lois Romano
- Drew and Samantha Hunter
- Hon. Alphonso Jackson and Mrs. Marcia Jackson
- Ms. Elizabeth Baker Keffer
- Ritu and Ro Khanna
- Mr. and Mrs. Evan A. Knisely
- Alison Russell
- Robert and Diane McDonald
- Charles Segars
- Louise Taper
- John and Katherine Weiland
$5,000 – $9,999
- Anonymous
- Joyce M. Brayboy
- Steve and June Chaudet
- Joseph and Kasey Crowley
- Ms. Elizabeth Duggal and Mr. Alain Taghipour
- Jacqueline and Alexander Henry
- The Honorable John W. Hickenlooper and Mrs. Robin Hickenlooper
- In Memory of Helen Kiplinger
- Drs. Dan and Susan Mareck
- Ms. Kristin Niesz
- Martin Poretsky
- Mr. Donald Ripley
- Mr. Sam H. Roberson and Dr. Edward F. Buckley
- Brenda and William Romenius
- Paul, Renee and Eva Skafte
- Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Sommers
- Brooke and David Thomas
- Wendy Dinova-Wimmer and Robert Wimmer
$3,000 – $4,999
- Stephen and Patti Bickley
- Lucille A. Bland
- Mr. Kelly Brion and Professor Philip Tirpak
- The Honorable Susan S. Gibson and Colonel Tim Gibson
- Robert and Brenna Head
- Lyle and Elizabeth Kellman
- Helen and David Kenney
- Kent and Karen Knutson
- Patrick Landis and Ed Wilde
- Bob McDonald and David Insinga
- The Montheys
- Dr. Klint Peebles and Mr. Shannon Sloat
- Doug and Pam Robinson
- The Sheeters
- Anne and Thomas Woodson
$1,250-$2,999
- Anonymous (3)
- Caroline McDonald Aderholt
- Patrick Anderson
- Allie and Ellen Ash
- Dr. Lou Bartolo and Mr. Tony Giarrusso
- Senator Roy Blunt and Mrs. Abigail Blunt
- David C. Brough
- Bill and Nancy Calvert
- Shannen and Casey Coffin
- Jim and Kathy Consagra
- Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Coulter, Jr.
- Mr. Robert W. Cover and Ms. Bonnie Lepoff
- Janice King Crawford
- Heather Beck Crowder
- The Honorable and Mrs. John H. Dalton
- Gretchen and Ken Davidian
- Frank and Nancy DeGrace
- Stephen and Maryann Dembek
- Cathi Diener
- Mr. Rob Doerschner
- Beth Eliason
- Ms. Theresa M. Fariello
- The Robert Fitch Family
- Michael and Erica Folk
- Deborah C. Gordon
- Paul Hancq
- Meg and John Hauge
- Jeff and Beth Hearrell
- Ken and Deb Hess
- Bill and Jane Hoover
- Mr. Thomas Housman
- Drs. Jonathan and Jennifer Hull
- Tamara Turoff Keough
- Nick Kereiakes
- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Kimmitt
- Mr. W. Gary Kohlman and Ms. Lesley Zork
- Dr. Michelle A. Krowl
- Sanjiv Kumar and Mansoora Rashid
- Linda Gooden and Laird Lott
- Mr. David S. Magee
- Paul Marcus
- Samantha McDermitt
- Katherine Meadows
- Dick and Pat Morin
- Jeanmarie Neal
- William H. and Mary B. Parker
- Mr. Edward A. Picard
- William Williams and Patricia Poole
- Ron and Doris Richburg
- The Rosenbaum Family
- Joe Rozek Col. (R) and Family
- Patricia and Eric Sanner
- Judd and Bev Schulke
- Al Scott
- Craig Pascal and Victor Shargai
- Mrs. Erika Souki
- sheri ratick stroud
- Alison Tanner, Evan Tanner and Lauren Tanner
- Peter and Ann Tanous
- Ms. Alyson Thomas
- Kimberley Thune
- The Tregoning Family
- The Velez Family
- Sandy and Jon Willen
- James Beller and Christopher Wolf
$600 – $1,249
- Anonymous (9)
- In Memory of Andy and Sophie Bombara
- Sandy Boyar
- Scott and Kim Boylan
- Michael L. Burke and Carl W. Smith
- The Honorable Elaine L. Chao
- Dr. Carol Ciofalo and Mr. Robert S. Tedder III
- The Honorable Emanuel Cleaver and Mrs. Diane Cleaver
- Andy and Monika Cottrell
- Valerie and John Cuddy
- Mr. Tracy Davenport
- Philip de Picciotto
- Louis Delair Jr.
- Deborah Dewey
- The Honorable Deborah I. Dingell
- Sage and Sally Eastman
- Ms. Katherine Evans
- John Farrell
- Fierce Government Relations
- Mr. and Mrs. Rick Froehlich
- Andy Green
- The Grindall Boys
- Lucia Hill
- Frank and Sherry-Lyne Holinaty
- Patricia Jackman and Stephen L. John
- Dakota Jackson
- Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Karp
- Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kelley
- Kyle Kerr and Stephen Bique
- Mrs. Janet Lardner
- Kirby Lewis
- Colonel and Mrs. James A. Lien
- John and Beth Lord
- Rebecca and David Mandel
- The Honorable Edward J. Markey and Dr. Susan Blumenthal Markey
- Shelley and Allen McCabe
- Dr. John McCain
- Kimberly and Matthew Moore
- Stanley Myles
- Ms. Sarah Nickel
- Ms. Jennifer Ormson
- Mr. Stephen Riddick
- The Honorable James E. Risch and Mrs. Vicki Risch
- Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Ritchie
- Rachel Robicheaux
- The Honorable Frederick J. Ryan Jr.
- Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Stang
- Craig and Amy Strent
- The Sussex Family
- C. M. Traugott
- Ms. Margo Trovinger
- The Honorable Michael R. Turner
- Deborah E. Walker
- Elysia and Michael Whisler
- Lori White
- Nancy and Lance Whitfill
- James Wickett
- Sarah J. Wilber and D. Paul Josuns
- Richard T. Willing
- Mary and Lance Wood
$300 – $599
- Anonymous (11)
- Rafael Agosto
- Ashley Akridge
- Bill Allen and Jenna Lane
- Bernie and Pat Alter
- Tonia and Scott Anderson
- Whitney Andresen
- Ann Griffith Ash
- Dr James M Banoczi
- Mr. Frank Blanchard
- Danuta Boczar
- Stanley Bonnette
- James and Lisa Briganti
- Sharon Beth and Jeremy Bronheim
- Janis Hoyle Buckstad
- The Burkart Family
- Blain and Peg Butner
- Ms. Kathleen Carey
- Alicia Casanova
- Brian and Allayne Chappelle
- Jon and RuthAnn Clark
- Daniel Curran and Stephanie Steele
- Philip and Joan Currie
- Dennis M. Dengel
- Darla DiLorenzo
- John Driscoll
- Dunn Family
- Mr. and Mrs. Joshua R. Eastright
- Mrs. Gwendolyn Estep
- Tracy Fisher
- Gail A. Fleming
- Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Flood
- Ingrid Fox
- Ms. Barbara Fugate and Mr. Kazuo Yaginuma
- Ambassador and Mrs. James I. Gadsden
- Joseph H. Gale
- Ms. Ana I. Garcia
- Erin Germany and Edward Meyers
- Graceful Fiduciary Management
- Grammer Family
- Craig and Laura Griffin
- Chrissy Hagerty
- John and Nancy Handy
- Lisa and Ron Hayes
- Robert E. Hebda
- Rachel Hecht
- Mark and Lisa Heitz
- Henry Henkel and Teresa McCarron
- Jim and Judy Herceg
- Sarah and Nathan Hewitt
- Harold and Edith Holzer
- Mr. David L. Horne
- Craig Horness and Mario Durham
- Brian Hudson
- Sharon Jacobs and David Perkins
- Gary and Allison Jones II
- Lawrence Kaetzel
- Mr. Sheldon Katz
- Kathy and Michael Kelly
- Tyler and Chelsea Kennedy
- Lauren Lamb
- Dave and Kathy Lambert
- William Lammers and Debbie Jackson
- Clarence D. Long IV
- Dr. Alicia Madore
- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mallon
- Andrea Marrical
- Mr. David J. Mason
- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mason
- Thomas J. McGonigle
- Edward J. Mehigen
- The Honorable Phil Mendelson
- John and Nancy Mengel
- Judy Mitchell
- Francisco Negron
- Susan J. and Stephen D. Parks
- Trevor Pascoe
- Mrs. Mary Beth Pawling
- Stan Peabody
- James Pearson
- Karen and John Pfeifer
- Elaine and Michael Prendergast
- Faye Price
- Dr. and Mrs. LeBrodes Randall
- Rachel Randash
- Reid Reininger
- David Reutzel
- Ms. Lisa Robrahn
- Jansie Rogers
- Dr. John and Karen Rowlingson
- Alan and Florence Salisbury
- Ms. Janet Saros
- Alan J. Savada and Will Stevenson
- Col. (R) William and Kristi Saxon
- David J. Saylor
- William Scaggs
- Joshua and Kimberly Shaffer
- Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Siler
- Cheryl Spohnholtz
- Tamara Srader and LeeAnn Williams
- Lori Staley
- Aileen and Jack Sullivan
- Ashton and Ryan Sullivan
- Raymond Sullivan
- LTC (R) Frank Tedeschi
- Ms. Carol Thornton
- Mr. Michael Tyler
- Gilberto and Leticia Varela
- Mrs. Mercedes Vega
- Dr. Corey and Amanda Vitello
- Ms. Barbara Vlahakis
- Drs. Jill Waalen and Douglas Schulz
- Ms. Iris Weinshall
- Ms. Mary Weiss
- Valerie and John Wheeler
- Keith K. Whipple
- Mr. William T. Whiteley
- Charles Wilkers
- Raymond and Sheri Wolfe
- Anna Wolfs
- Angus Worthing
- Mr. John Young Christine Zettell
Foundation and Government
Ford’s Theatre is grateful for the support of these organizations that allows us to pursue our mission and provide a high-quality cultural experience.
Ford’s Theatre gratefully acknowledges these corporations, foundations and government entities for their generous support. The list below includes gifts received from January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025.
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$50,000 and Above
- D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program/U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Park Service
- Share Fund
- The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
$10,000 – $49,999
- Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
- The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
- Mars Foundation
- Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation
- Dr. Scholl Foundation
- The Smart Family Fund
$1,000 – $9,999
- Dimick Foundation
- Events DC
Corporate Donors
Since its inception in 1970 by The Honorable C. William Verity, Jr., the Board of Governors has celebrated the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln and supported the exploration of the American experience through theatre and education. Today, the Board of Governors comprises corporations and associations who support and advance the mission of Ford’s Theatre through a variety of activities, including production underwriting, education program underwriting and general operating support.