Students perform on stage as part of the Ford's theatre oratory festival. Five girls stand in front holding each other's hands above their heads. A dozen student kneel behind them.
Photo by Gary Erskine.

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.

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Photo by Gary Erskine.

Your support helps fund our National Oratory Fellows Program

The National Oratory Fellows program is a multi-year engagement with cohorts of teachers across the country. Learn more about this unique and impactful program.

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Our Reach

484,274+

Historic Site Visitors

107,895+

Theatre Patrons

95,250+

Student Virtual Field Trips

5,707

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Empowering Teachers

“As a reading specialist, I love that kids who say they hate to read have been so engaged and have learned so much about Ford’s and Lincoln.“

Donna W., Teacher in Baltimore, MD

Our professional development programs help educators learn how to use oratory and performance as strategies for teaching history.

Ford’s Theatre is dedicated to providing professional development to teachers. Our Education Department helps educators learn how to use oratory and performance in their classrooms as teaching strategies for public speaking and history. These programs provided experiential learning opportunities for teachers, enhancing their lessons. They also create a community of educators who are committed to teaching Lincoln’s legacy.

“It is not often that young people understand how much can be learned from those who came before us, but we did. We learned to mine the words of great leaders of our past so that we can be better and understand our present. We also learned that we can harness the power of our unique voices in order to create a better today and tomorrow.“

Paige Teleford

The words of student orator Paige Teleford truly illustrate the power and impact our education programs have on students and teachers. Your donations allow us to continue to empower and support educators and directly impact the lives of students across the country.

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Creating the Next Generation of Leaders

Our professional development programs help educators learn how to use oratory and performance as strategies for teaching history. Our professional development programs help educators learn how to use oratory and performance as strategies for teaching history. Ford’s Theatre is dedicated to providing professional development to teachers. Our Education Department helps educators learn how to use oratory and performance in their classrooms as teaching strategies for public speaking and history. These programs provided experiential learning opportunities for teachers, enhancing their lessons. They also create a community of educators who are committed to teaching Lincoln’s legacy. It is not often that young people understand how much can be learned from those who came before us, but we did. We learned to mine the words of great leaders of our past so that we can be better and understand our present. We also learned that we can harness the power of our unique voices in order to create a better today and tomorrow. Paige Teleford The words of student orator Paige Teleford truly illustrate the power and impact our education programs have on students and teachers. Your donations allow us to continue to empower and support educators and directly impact the lives of students across the country.
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Last year, Ford’s Theatre hosted more than 600 students on our stage, teaching them leadership, public-speaking and performance skills.

Every year, the Lincoln Oratory Festival gives local students the life-changing opportunity to perform one of Lincoln’s speeches on the historic Ford’s Theatre stage. Each class prepares for the event with help from a Ford’s Teaching Artist, who works with students on speech comprehension and performance during in-school visits. Participants in the Festival learn valuable rhetoric and oratory skills that help build their confidence and self-esteem. Last February, more than 350 students from four area schools took to our stage and recited speeches from Lincoln’s presidency.

Want to make sure that you are giving a voice to the next generation of leaders? Donate to Ford’s today.

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Preserving History

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Photo from the Ford’s 150 candlelight vigil. Photo by Gary Erskine.

“I want future generations to learn about Ford’s theatre and understand how the events there changed the course of our nation.“

Craig Strent – Member since 2008

Craig Strent, one of our longtime supporters, came to Ford’s Theatre as an elementary school student and immediately felt a profound emotional connection to the Theatre and the tragic events that took place here.

He later moved to attend college in Washington, D.C.—in part to be closer to Ford’s and Lincoln. Now, as an adult, he regularly travels to visit historic sites and collects, as he calls it, “Lincolnia.”

Craig discovered his love of Lincoln’s story at Ford’s and became a lifelong learner of history. He has now made it his personal mission to ensure that future generations have the opportunity to learn about Ford’s and understand how what happened here changed the course of our nation.

Join Craig in supporting Ford’s Theatre to preserve this history for future generations.

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Living Proof: Paige Teleford

“During my high school days, I was fortunate enough to participate in the very first year of the oratory program at Central High School, offered to us in partnership with Ford’s Theatre.

In that class, we learned speeches by Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and other famous orators. Then we learned how to write our own original speeches about issues that were important to us.

Let me tell you, as a young person in the 21st century, this was an incredible experience. It is not often that young people understand how much can be learned from those who came before us, but we did. We learned to mine the words of great leaders of our past so that we can be better and understand our present. We also learned that we can harness the power of our unique voices in order to create a better today and tomorrow. We learned to speak out and bravely offer our thoughts ourselves to the world. We learned that what we had to say matters.

My classmates and I worked incredibly hard, and, as a result Ford’s Theatre, decided to create a scholarship funded to honor students who excelled as a leader and as a public speaker. I am proud to say that I was the very first to receive the Abraham Lincoln Oratory and Leadership Award. Like many who have broken barriers and were the first, I felt like I had accomplished something truly important. I had opened a door for future students to stand up and be heard. I have to say receiving this award meant more to me than receiving my high school diploma.” -Paige Telesford

Donate today to make impact with students like Paige.

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Building Student Confidence

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“You can do this – it’s just a matter of if you will or if you won’t.”
Ashley Buster, Ford’s Theatre Teaching Artist

Ashley is one of many educators that works with students to help them prepare speeches by Lincoln for a performance on the Ford’s Theatre stage.

Ashley Buster often finds herself saying this phrase to schoolchildren to convince them to do something that scares them – stand up and speak in front of a crowd. But as a Teaching Artist with Ford’s Theatre, she wouldn’t have it any other way. Ashley is one of many educators that works with students to help them prepare speeches by Lincoln for a performance on the Ford’s Theatre stage. Ashley works with kids on their speech comprehension, stage presence, and oratory skills. But she often winds up teaching them something more important – confidence and self-esteem. “All you need to do is break kids out of their shell,” she says, “and approach them on their level, offer them respect.”

Every year she makes a difference with students and coaches them as they grow from nervous and shy kids to confident orators with an appreciation and understanding of history. Her favorite experience? In one of her classes, a student joined two weeks before their final performance at Ford’s. “She was very shy and only spoke Spanish,” says Ashley, “and the whole class decided to perform parts of the speech in Spanish so she could get up on that stage and participate. And she did – it was great!” Working with kids who have language barriers and serving as a role model is one of the most rewarding things Ashley does through her work with Ford’s.

And give yourself a round of applause – generous support from donors like you allows programs like this to happen every day at Ford’s!

Continue the story: You can find out more about the Ford’s oratory programs and festival.

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Empowering Students

“The Ford’s Theatre Oratory Program has positively impacted countless students within our school.”
Jennifer, Middle School Teacher, 2015

Every year, Ford’s Theatre gives local students the life-changing opportunity to perform one of Lincoln’s speeches on the historic stage. Each class prepares for the event with help from a Ford’s Teaching Artist, who works with students on speech comprehension and performance during in-school visits. Participants learn valuable rhetoric and oratory skills that help build their confidence and self-esteem.

Our National Oratory Fellows program uses oratory and performance strategies to help teachers bring history alive in their classrooms across the country. In the spring, the teachers, along with more than 30 of their student delegates, perform original and historic speeches on the Ford’s Theatre stage.

Our Higher Achievement weekly after-school partnership connects teaching artists with sixth graders to practice drama and public speaking.

Our two-day Oratory Festival, featuring classes from D.C., Maryland and Virginia, honors Abraham Lincoln’s birthday with performances of his profound words. Ford’s Theatre teaching artists work with students over a five-month period to memorize and practice the speech to be performed.

The inaugural Lincoln Online Oratory Project was a broader version of the local festival, where classrooms from all over the country recorded videos of themselves performing famous Lincoln speeches.

Stand Up, Be Heard: Speech Residency is our final oratory performance of the year, where teachers and students from the Washington area deliver a range of original and historical speeches on our historic stage.

Your donations help us continue programs like these.

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$250 brings a local class to One Destiny

Your support enables production of and free tickets for One Destiny, a short play commissioned and produced by Ford’s Theatre that revisits the events of April 14, 1865.

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$100 funds school bus transportation

Ford’s provides free tickets AND free bus transportation for students. Your support provides many students with their first experience of live theatre.

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Lincoln Oratory Festival

More than 600 students participate in the Oratory Festival and perform on the Ford’s Theatre stage. Your support helps these students develop critical skills in communication, self-esteem and leadership.

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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 $250 or more. The list below includes gifts received August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. To request additional information, please contact us at [email protected] or call (202) 434-9545.

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$50,000 and Up
  • Mr. Michael R. Hemmerich
  • Mr. and Mrs. S. Craig Lindner
  • David and Stephanie Long
  • Marlene A. Malek and the Malek Family Charitable Trust
  • Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Neidorff
  • Phebe N. Novakovic

$25,000 – $49,999
  • The Ambassador of the State of Kuwait and Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah
  • Mrs. Eva Al-Thani
  • Julia and George Argyros
  • Marcia Myers Carlucci
  • Art Collins
  • Ms. Gloria Story Dittus
  • John Farnam and Paul Heitzenrater
  • Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Gates
  • Susan and John Hess
  • Mr. Frank F. Islam and Ms. Debbie Driesman
  • Blake Johnson
  • James Lintott and May Liang
  • Mrs. Kathleen K. Manatt
  • Catherine Merrill and the Merrill Family Foundation
  • Ayesha and Timothy Molino
  • Heather M. Podesta
  • Hilary Geary Ross
  • Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Spiegel
  • Hon. Rex and Renda Tillerson

$10,000 – $24,999
  • Mr. and Mrs. BJ Agugliaro
  • Brian and Merry Anderson
  • Ms. Elizabeth Arpey
  • Jean A. Baderschneider and Patrick J. MacArevey
  • Steven and Shirley Barry
  • The Benders
  • Senator Roy Blunt and Mrs. Abigail Blunt
  • Ms. Pamela J. Braden
  • Mr. Ian Cameron
  • Mark and Desiree Crawford
  • Joseph and Kasey Crowley
  • Ray and Alysia Dempsey
  • Lawrence Duncan III
  • Mr. James W. Dyer
  • Shannon Estrin
  • Ms. Karyn McLaughlin Frist
  • The Honorable John W. Hickenlooper and Mrs. Robin Hickenlooper
  • Hon. Sven Erik Holmes
  • Drew and Samantha Hunter
  • Dr. and Mrs. Ray R. Irani
  • Hon. Alphonso Jackson and Mrs. Marcia Jackson
  • Michelle and Michael Keegan
  • Ms. Elizabeth Baker Keffer
  • Ritu and Ro Khanna
  • Mr. and Mrs. Evan A. Knisely
  • Kent and Karen Knutson
  • Marc Lampkin
  • Helmuth Ludwig
  • Lola C. Reinsch
  • Mark and Alison Russell
  • The Honorable Frederick J. Ryan Jr.
  • Charles Segars
  • The Honorable and Mrs. John Tanner
  • Louise Taper
  • Mr. Paul R. Tetreault and Mr. John Jeter
  • John and Katherine Weiland

$5,000 – $9,999
  • Wayne and Lea Berman
  • Joyce M. Brayboy
  • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dubin
  • The Honorable and Mrs. Joseph B. Gildenhorn
  • Mr. Thomas B. Harding Jr.
  • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Kimmitt
  • Sho Kanagawa
  • Kyungso Kim
  • Patrick Landis and Edward Wilde
  • In Memory of Helen Calamos Kiplingler
  • Drs. Dan and Susan Mareck
  • Elaine Reuben
  • Keiji Shikata
  • Tsuneo Shimoji
  • Paul, Renee and Eva Skafte
  • Hitomi Tokuda
  • Mr. Mike Wilkins and Ms. Sheila Duignan
  • Yoshimi Yamada
  • Yujie Yang
$2,500 – $4,999
  • Lucille A. Bland
  • Scott and Kim Boylan
  • Mr. Kelly Brion and Professor Philip Tirpak
  • In Memory of Kathleen Anne Brown
  • Steve and June Chaudet
  • Pablo and Paula Collins
  • The Honorable and Mrs. John H. Dalton
  • Harvey, Pam and Ryan Ernest
  • The Honorable Susan S. Gibson and Colonel Tim Gibson
  • Jacqueline and Alexander Henry
  • Helen and David Kenney
  • Bob McDonald and David Insinga
  • The Montheys
  • Dr. Klint Peebles and Mr. Shannon Sloat
  • Doug and Pam Robinson
  • Brenda and William Romenius
  • Andrew Sheeter
  • Brooke and David Thomas
  • Kate Whitaker
  • Wendy Dinova-Wimmer and Robert Wimmer
  • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Woodson
$1,000-$2,499
  • Anonymous (8)
  • Col. Richard R. Abelkis
  • Allie and Ellen Ash
  • Barbara Benoit
  • Stephen & Patti Bickley
  • Andy Blocker
  • David C. Brough
  • Michael L. Burke and Carl W. Smith
  • Bill and Nancy Calvert
  • The Honorable Elaine L. Chao
  • Hon. Emmanuel Cleaver and Mrs. Diane Cleaver
  • Shannen and Casey Romanoff Coffin
  • Jim and Kathy Consagra
  • Mary Copperthwaite and Randy Reardon
  • The Honorable and Mrs. John Cornyn
  • Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Coulter, Jr.
  • Mr. Robert W. Cover and Ms. Bonnie Lepoff
  • Janice King Crawford
  • The Honorable and Mrs. Linda Hall Daschle
  • Frank and Nancy DeGrace
  • Stephen and Maryann Dembek
  • Cathi Diener
  • Mr. Rob Doerschner
  • Ms. Elizabeth Duggal and Mr. Alain Taghipour
  • Ms. Katherine Evans
  • Nishon and Pat Evans
  • Ms. Theresa M. Fariello
  • John Farrell
  • The Robert Fitch Family
  • The Rose and Crown Family
  • Michael and Erica Folk
  • Paul Hancq
  • Meg and John Hauge
  • Robert and Brenna Head
  • Jeff and Beth Hearrell
  • Ken and Deb Hess
  • Bill and Jane Hoover
  • Mr. Thomas Housman
  • Emma Jacobs Breast Cancer Foundation
  • Mia Kang
  • Lyle and Elizabeth Kellman
  • Tamara Turoff Keough
  • Mr. W. Gary Kohlman and Ms. Lesley Zork
  • Dr. Michelle A. Krowl
  • Sanjiv Kumar and Mansoora Rashid
  • Mr. David S. Magee
  • The Honorable Edward J. Markey and Dr. Susan J. Blumenthal Markey
  • Robert and Diane McDonald
  • Dick Morin
  • David and Helen Nagel
  • Ms. Martha Newman
  • Mr. Edward A. Picard
  • Ron and Doris Richburg
  • Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Rieu
  • Mr. and Mrs. James R. Riley
  • The Honorable James E. Risch and Mrs. Vicki Risch
  • The Rosenbaum Family
  • Joe Rozek Col. (R) and Family
  • In Memory of Mark Russell
  • Patricia and Eric Sanner
  • Judd and Bev Shulke
  • Donna and Lachlan Seward
  • Gina Shultz
  • Jason Snyder
  • sheri ratick stroud
  • Peter and Ann Tanous
  • Joseph and Sonji Turner
  • Lubbock Velez
  • Sandy and Jon Willen
  • Curtis and Lisa Williams
  • James Beller and Chrsitopher Wolf
$500 – $999
  • Anonymous (3)
  • Caroline Aland
  • Patrick and Kim Anderson
  • Leon and Robyn Andris
  • Ken Bartels and Jane Condon
  • Ted and Dora Sue Black
  • Barbara Bonessa & Alan Perkins
  • Sandy Boyar
  • Blain and Peg Butner
  • Ms. Kathleen Carey
  • Dr. Carol Ciofalo and Mr. Robert S. Tedder III
  • Therese Ciolek
  • Andy Cottrell
  • Valerie and John Cuddy
  • Philip de Picciotto
  • Louis Delair Jr.
  • Dennis M. Dengel
  • Donna Lee Diane
  • In honor of Cristina Diaz
  • Anne and Christopher Dillon
  • Dr. Amanda K. Emo
  • Catherine Fadel
  • Gail A. Fleming
  • Ingrid Fox
  • Mr. and Mrs. Rick Froehlich
  • Tim and Norene Guilford
  • Rachel Hecht
  • Lucia Hill
  • Mario Durham and Craig Horness
  • Joe Horning and Reed Young
  • Angel and Seri Irazola
  • Patricia Jackman and Stephen L. John
  • David and Pamela Julyan
  • Mr. Sheldon Katz
  • Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kelley
  • James W. Lambert
  • Ring Lardner
  • Colonel and Mrs. James A. Lien
  • Maria D. Llorente MD
  • John and Beth Lord
  • Tamera Luzzatto and David Leiter
  • McFarland Family Trust
  • James Richard Melia
  • C. and J. Orza
  • Ms. Ruth Oyen
  • Jan Powers
  • Mr. and Mrs. Peter Quern
  • Danielle Sherriff and Eric Reichenberger
  • David Reutzel
  • Martha Richards
  • Laura and David Rinn
  • Ms. Diane Robey
  • Al Scott
  • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Stang
  • Kathy Stonitsch
  • Craig and Amy Strent
  • Ms. Margo Trovinger
  • The Van Dolsons
  • Mr. and Mrs. Mark Walker
  • Ms. Iris Weinshall
  • Elysia and Mike Whisler
  • Hon. Robert Wilkins and family
  • Mary and Lance Wood
  • Mr. John Young
$250 – $499
  • Anonymous (15)
  • Mrs. Rachelle R. Aiken
  • William Allen and Jenna Lane
  • Bernie and Pat Alter
  • Ms. Deborah T. Ambers
  • Tonia and Scott Anderson
  • Ann Griffith Ash
  • The Austin Family
  • Charles and Michele Bangert
  • Dr James M. Banoczi
  • Mr. Lou J. Bartolo and Mr. Tony Giarrusso
  • Alexandra Pocorobba
  • Rosemary Beattie
  • Jeannie and Robert Binns
  • Danuta Boczar
  • James L. Bonnette
  • Debroah Brammer
  • Dr. John Brandon
  • Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bray
  • Melissa and David Brewer
  • Dillon Brothers
  • Kalyn Bruin and Bruce Adams
  • Janis Hoyle Buckstad
  • The Burkart Family
  • Greg and Maria Burkhardt
  • Dr. Arthur Burnett
  • James Campbell
  • Louis Cernak
  • Brian and Allayne Chappelle
  • Piper, Melissa and Dane Cherry
  • Jon and RuthAnn Clark
  • K.K. Copa
  • Ms. Doris A. Criswell
  • Daniel Curran & Stephanie Steele
  • Philip and Joan Currie
  • Brady Daniels
  • Bruce and Melissa Dell
  • Kathi and Michael Driggs
  • John Driscoll
  • Sage and Sally Eastman
  • Lynn Eiseman
  • Joan Eisenstodt and Joel Levy
  • The Erickson Family
  • Melissa Estes
  • Tracy Fisher
  • Brett and Sandra Flier
  • Mr. L.J. Flood and Mrs. P.L. Flood
  • Thomas Fontana in memory of Sagan Lewis
  • Kristin Fox-Siegmund
  • Lawrence Franks and Ellen Berelson
  • Ms. Barbara Fugate and Mr. Kazuo Yaginuma
  • Ambassador and Mrs. James I. Gadsden
  • Ms. Ana I Garcia
  • Brian and Erica George
  • Erin Germany and Edward Meyers
  • Deborah Goode
  • Grammer Family
  • Robert Gramss
  • The Grindall Boys
  • Caroline Ferris Hall
  • John B. and Nancy E. Handy
  • Ms. Christine Hansen
  • Hayes and Samuel
  • Lisa & Ron Hayes
  • Robert E. Hebda
  • Mark and Lisa Heitz
  • Jim and Judy Herceg
  • Sarah and Nathan Hewitt
  • Christian Hogan
  • Mr. Frank Holinaty
  • Harold and Edith Holzer
  • Mr. Joseph R. Hradisky and Mr. Mark A. Tecco
  • Dr. and Mrs. Jacquot
  • Stephen and Deborah Jencks
  • Ashley Jones
  • Gary L. Jones II
  • Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Keener-Farley
  • Kathy and Mike Kelly
  • Tyler and Chelsea Kennedy
  • Ms. Sylvia Kihara
  • Dana and Ray Koch
  • Lauren Lamb
  • William Lammers and Debbie Jackson
  • Charles and Jodi Lankford
  • The Lau family
  • Joe and Libby Lawler
  • John Little
  • Mariai Llornes
  • Kellen M. MacBeth
  • Janet and Steven Magel
  • Andrea Marrical
  • Mr. David J. Mason
  • Linda Mason and Paul Haspel
  • Mr. Kent Maxfield
  • Shelley and Allen McCabe
  • Thomas J. McGonigle
  • John and Nancy Mengel
  • David and Nicole Mitchell
  • Mr. Jeff Montague
  • Damian Murphy
  • Zell Murphy and Mark Wasson
  • Stanley Myles
  • Carl & Undine Nash
  • Christina Neal
  • Charles John O’Byrne
  • Jonathan ONeill
  • Jane D. Pacelli
  • Mr. and Mrs. William H. Parker
  • Steve and Susan Parks
  • Trevor Pascoe
  • Stan Peabody
  • Stephen Pitts and John Sulecki
  • Elaine and Michael Prendergast
  • Mr. and Mrs. LeBrodes Randall
  • Melissa Randol and Tom Crawford
  • Reid Reininger
  • Femi Richards
  • Frank Rinaldi
  • Tim, Kris and Dot Ritter
  • Ms. Lisa Robrahn
  • Denise Rollins
  • Dr. and Mrs. John Rowlingson
  • Happy Birthday Otis!
  • Tonya and Abe Saffer
  • Alan and Florence Salisbury
  • Ms. Janet Saros
  • Alan J. Savada and Will Stevenson
  • COL Bobby and Kristi Saxon (USA Retired)
  • David J. Saylor
  • William Scaggs
  • Gary and Robin Scher
  • Bryan and Carol Schnetter
  • Ms. Lois Schutte
  • Fran Sdao
  • Mrs. Sylvia B. Sellers
  • Joshua and Kimberly Shaffer
  • Susan Shallcross
  • Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Siler
  • Michael R. Smith and Holly A. Larisch
  • Stephen T. Smith
  • Cheryl Spohnholtz
  • Mr. Robert Stanga
  • Bob and Charlotte Stevenson
  • Lee and Barbara Strange
  • Raymond Sullivan
  • Silas Sullivan
  • Norman S. Sutherland
  • LTC (Ret) Frank Tedeschi
  • Alexander Thomson and Carol Michaelsen
  • Kathy Day and Annette Totten
  • Christine Traugott
  • The Tregoning Family
  • Benjamin Tuck and Tracy Hamblet
  • Daniel, Monique and Lauren Vigil
  • Donna and Xavier Villarreal
  • Corey and Amanda Vitello
  • Ms. Barbara Vlahakis
  • Drs. Jill Waalen and Douglas Schulz
  • John Wheeler
  • Keith K. Whipple
  • Nancy Whitfill
  • Jean Williams
  • Richard T. Willing

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 from May 1, 2022 – May 31, 2023.

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$50,000 and Above
  • D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • The Hearst Foundations
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services
  • National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program/U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
  • National Park Service
  • Share Fund
  • The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
$10,000 – $49,999
  • Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
  • The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
  • Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Dr. Scholl Foundation
  • The Smart Family Fund
$1,000 – $9,999
  • Dimick Foundation
  • The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
  • Mars Foundation

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.

Ford’s Board of Governors