The Founder’s Award recognizes individuals whose significant commitment to providing access to the arts, promoting excellence in creative expression, and enriching Philadelphia’s cultural resources reflects the values of our founder, Samuel S. Fleisher.
Sponsorship Opportunities
If you are interested in sponsoring the 2024 Founder’s Award, please reach out to Catherine Lee, Director of Development, at clee@fleisher.org.
The 2023 Founder's Award
It was an honor to celebrate our 2023 Founder’s Awardees Allan Edmunds, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, and Signe Wilkinson, and to hear how Fleisher provided them access to the arts and activated their creative drive–just as it has for countless others.
Thank you to our sponsors for supporting the 2023 Founder’s Award.
Silver level sponsor:
Holland & Knight, LLP
Friends Level Sponsors:
AMJ Foundation
Atkin Olshin Schade
Dilworth Paxson LLP
David & Louise Strawbridge
The Goodheart Firm, P.C.
Trane
Jerry Wind & Barbara Eberlein
John Wind & Bill Osman
Judith Tannenbaum
Program Ad Sponsors
Cobra Electric
Tyler School of Art
12th Street Catering
SJP Financial
Bok Building
Mark Cement
Verus
Friend’s Central
Berman Museum of Art
BVNA
Concentric Strategy
YOWIE
Barbara Beck
Koresh Dance Company
Cardullo Mechanical
Blackhound Clay Studio
In-Kind Sponsors:
Floral event design by Beautiful Blooms
Bluecoat Gin
Fireball Printing
Prism Color
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Yards Brewing Company
Founder’s Award Host Committee:
Barbara Beck & Lawrence E. Eichel
Jolley Bruce Christman
Deborah Louchheim
Glenmede Trust Company
Holland & Knight, LLP
Deborah Louchheim
John & Susan Louchheim
Liz Price, Arnold Weiss
The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia
Steering Committee:
Lindsay Bedford
Suzanne Becker
Bill Brookover
Bill Meinel
Danielle Louchheim Geraci
Mark B. Goodheart
Thora Jacobson
John Wind
Past Recipients
Allan Edmunds, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, & Signe Wilkinson, 2023
Leticia Roa Nixon, 2022
Dr. Constance Clayton, 2021
Diane Burko, 2019
Dr. Carmen Febo San Miguel & Gayle Isa, 2018
Marsha Moss, 2017
Dr. Dennis W. Creedon, 2016
Louise Clement-Hoff, 2015
Helen Cunningham & Ted Newbold, 2014
Dina & Jerry Wind, 2013
Jill & Sheldon Bonovitz, 2012
Al West & Paige West, 2011
Carole Haas Gravagno, 2010
Louis Massiah, Pepón Osorio, & Lily Yeh, 2009
Peggy Amsterdam & Karen Davis, 2008
Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2007
James Nelson Kise, James Bennett Straw, & David A. Schultz, 2006
Frank & Betty Louchheim, 2005
Suzanne Fleisher Roberts, 2004
Dr. Luther W. Brady, Jr., 2003
Thora Jacobson, 2002
Happy Fernandez, 2001
Linda Lee Alter, 2000
Hon. Edward G. Rendell, 1999
Marian Locks, 1998
Joseph Rishel, 1997
Dorothy R. B. Manou & Melinda Whiting, 1996
Ella King Torrey, 1995
Helen W. Drutt English, 1994
Edna Andrade & William Parshall, 1993
Penny Balkin Bach & Jody Pinto, 1992
Judith Tannenbaum, 1991
Frank Gasparro, 1990
Image: Past, Present, and Future Sanctuary designed and printed by Ash Limés Castellana