OUR SUPPORTERS

Photo by Michael Palma Mir

Photo by Michael Palma Mir

Our deepest gratitude to Broadway Housing Communities for its vision and dedication in bringing the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling to life.

Extraordinary capital support from the Oak Foundation for the construction of the Museum was instrumental in making the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling a vital part of the Sugar Hill Project.  Additional capital support was awarded from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City Council, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and Capital One Bank.

Visionary leadership support for the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling was provided by ArtPlace America and The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation.  Additional planning, programming and operational support has come from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation, The New York Community Trust, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, Agnes Gund, Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, Reba Judith Sandler Foundation, West Harlem Development Corporation, Fund of Tides Foundation, The Brodsky Organization, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Capital One, N.A. and Capital One Community Renewal Fund, Con Edison, and Fiduciary Trust International. 

Special thanks to Carrie Bloxson of Harper Collins and Nic Ishaq of Macmillan Publishers for their donations of books to the Museum.

The Museum greatly appreciates public funding from the New York City Council, with the support of Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Member Inez Dickens, Council Member Mark Levine, and members of the Manhattan Delegation; from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and from New York State Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright and the New York State Office of Children and Families.

The Sugar Hill Project, an initiative of Broadway Housing Communities, was made possible with the leadership support of The Sirus Fund, and through the generosity and commitment of NYC Housing Preservation and Development; the New York City Council and Council Member Robert Jackson; Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer; Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation; NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance; NYS Energy Research and Development Authority; New York Community Trust/Delacorte Fund; Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation; Capital One Bank; Capital One Community Renewal Fund, LLC; Richman Housing Resources LLC; Corporation for Supportive Housing; Brownfield Revitalization; Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta through Capital One Bank; Federal Home Loan Bank of New York through HSBC Bank USA, N.A.; Low Income Investment Fund; and the Mulford Foundation.