Why help us?
“Time In is an amazing program that has impacted the lives of thousands of New York City students and families that may not have otherwise been granted the opportunities of culturally rich experiences.
Our school’s budget can barely support books and materials for the core content areas. It is extremely hard to tell parents that we will be unable to provide Arts education after their child has received a few years of this phenomenal program. It is even harder to tell parents that their children cannot receive the same program as others because we can only afford funding for a few classes.
We cannot imagine our school without their partnership. With aggressive financial support, this organization will continue to provide a robust program for our school and other schools that desperately need them. I strongly urge you to support our students through their efforts.”
Natasha Spann, Principal, PS 197
“We will only grasp the staggering potential of our time if we create onramps that empower ALL people to participate, regardless of background, country of origin, religious practice, gender, or color of skin.”
We’re changing the world
“We have no concept – we can read the studies, we can talk to kids – we have so underestimated how powerful children in the arts are. They’re the solution to everything. There’s so much power in that.
We’re changing the world.”
— Joyce DiDonato, Multiple Grammy Award-winner, 2018 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera
We have changed children’s lives
Time In has spent the past 14 years building onramps to level the playing field for some of New York City’s youngest and most disadvantaged children.
Time In’s signature Opera + Art + Literacy programming has:
made opera and the visual arts a central part of children’s lives,
changed the way children learn,
improved performance and test scores,
increased respect and dialogue,
gotten schools off the failing schools list,
moved from disruption to harmony, from anger to trust.
At Time In you can have a conversation with a kindergartener about Shakespeare and Britten. You can listen to a 9 year old to analyze Ellsworth Kelly, or a 6 year old explain the plot of the Marriage of Figaro; or a 10 year old speak about victimization in the work of Rashid Johnson. Or laugh until you’re blue in the face watching Harlem 5th graders turn Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte into a TV sitcom.
Children may look joyful, but they still struggle
At Time In, and in neighborhoods like the ones we serve, there are countless children whose daily fare consists of homeless or domestic violence shelters. Exhausted without a consistent place to sleep at night, they drift off, falling asleep in class. Others say they can’t sleep at night because the sound of gunfire wakes them. One tells me there is no stove in his kitchen, another is on his way to court for a restraining order against his father, another asks, please can I spend the night at your house, I don’t want to go home.
One little girl comes to school at 6:45 am so that her father can get to work on time; another, not receiving the psychological support he needs, lashes out against his classmates while staff struggles to calm him, one can’t read because it turns out, he can’t see, there are few supplies, next to nothing for art, no paper towels, few number 2 pencils, sometimes not even lined paper to write on. There is a general panic about test scores, so work becomes less and less creative, less and less childcentric, children become more and more alienated, the level of frustration rises, and children begin to feel like everything they do is wrong . . .
"This program is about love” - internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Alice Coote, OBE
“Beyond the obstacles
the potential for success is staggering”
Time In can do this job.
But we can’t do it without your support.
Help us change the world
This site is dedicated to the memory of Time In’s dearest friend, Martin Roth
Our Donors
The Board, Staff, and Children of Time In express their sincerest thanks to The William S. Paley Foundation, The Lincoln Fund , the National Endowment for the Arts, and all of the generous foundations and donors who make this incredible program available to children who would otherwise have no meaningful access to the arts.
A - B +
Penny Liebman Aaron
Jasmine Aarons
William Abbot
Alexandra Abrahams
Anne Abramson
The Acorn Foundation
Dana Aidkeman
Lauren Albert
John Alexander
Lisa Alpert
Amalgamated Bank
Albert An
Ashraya Ananthanarayanan
Ponnani Ananthanarayanan
Michele Anenberg Poma
Rebecca Anikstein
Dana Ashburn
The Assurant Fund
Mary Atkinson and Stephen Lewis
Bradley Austin
Lissa Bell Avery
Avira Inc.
Wills Baker
Andrew and Bernadette Banhidi
Ines Barquet
Karen Barrett
Sophia Bartlee
Sonja Bartlett
Ernest Battiforano & Kathleen Robinson
Martie Barylick
Brooke Beardslee
Robert Beitcher
Elizabeth Belfer
Pamela Bell
Elliot Bellen
Sheila Bellen
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Kim Benzel
Alejandro and Maria Jose Berenstein
Melissa & Lucy Berger
Brian Berk
Honey Berk
Liddy Berman
Tonya Bernardson
Cyndie Berthezene
Domitille Bertrand
William Hayes Biggs
Jenny Bilfield
Lincoln Bjorkman
Rene Blank
Ronald & Judith Blaylock
Shelly Block
Helen Blodgett
Natasha Blodgett
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Robert Blumenthal
BMI Foundation, Inc.
The Boas/Brandt Family
The Boathouse Restaurant
Tim Bock
Catrine Bodum
Judith Bookbinder
Bovin Family Foundation
Franklin Boyd
Deborah Bradley
Sean Brady
Robert Brandon
Louise Braverman
Clifford and Christy Brechner
Jennifer Brehl
Laura Breslaw
Alan Brewer
Alexander Brodsky
Christopher Brody
Melanie Bonfeld
Karen Brooks
Angela Brown
Margaret Brown
Martin Brown
Elizabeth Fairfax Brown
Karin Bruckner
BTIG, LLC
Marika Buchholz
Louis and Ardé Bulova Fund
Douglas Burke
Ciara Burnham
Gus Butera
Warren Butera Fund
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Johanna Cahoon
Casper Caldarola
Robert Cane
Amy Capellazzo
David Caplan
Natasha Caronna
Frank and Ruth E. Caruso Foundation
Peter Carwell
Meg Cass in honor of Soule, Fraser & Uma Lawrence
The Cassou Zoo
Fernando Castellanos
Simon Castets
Raphael Castoriano
The Catalog for Giving
Derrick Cephas
Ceri, Inc.
Ram Challa
The Charity Fund
Amita & Purnendu Chatterjee
Chatterjee Charitable Foundation
John Cheim
Carolina Chia
Ayn Choi
Scott Chosed
Jonathan Chung
City Frames
Theodore Cleary
Thalia Cody
Richard J. Cogliandro
Eileen Cohen
Jo Cohen and Matthew Cohen
Vanessa Colombo
Aaron Comess
Linda and Leonard Comess
Manena Contreras
Cooper Spirits
Cornucopia Flowers
Sabrina Coughlin
Anna Covatta
Danielle Covatta
Sabine Cranmer
Credit Suisse 2020 Matching Gifts Program
Susan Crimp
Ellie Crist
Lisa Crist
Maria Crist
John Crowe
Elisabeth Crowley
Miranda Cuckson
Caitlin Cummins
Daniel Cunningham
Elizabeth and Allen Cutler
Richard Cutrona
Giulia Dalema
Anna Daley
Hana Dalloul
Lee Ann Daly
Lucy Danziger
Andy Darrell
Alexandra Davidis
Deborah & Gerald Davis
Andrea Day
Jane Debevoise
The Dedalus Foundation
Stephen Dembski
Ian Dench
Stefan DeVocht
Lucy Dew
Isabella Di Stefano
Graham Dillard
Jerry Dohnal
Vincent D’Onofrio
Rise Van Doosselaere
Kumair Doraiswami
Olivia Douglas and David Didomenico
David Drinan
Christine Duncan
Peggy Durbin
Deborah Dwork
Deborah Dwork in honor of Miriam Marek
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Helen and Jay Edelberg
Noelle Eichenold
Steven Eickelbeck
The Eisner Family Foundation
Rosebud Elijah
Jonathan Ellant
Jill and Kyle Ellis
Marsha Ellowitz
Elmwood Charity Fund Inc.
Susan Elolampi
Caryl Emerson
Steven Englander
Alicia Ernst
Lili and D. Wilson Ervin
Margaret Esposito
Margo Esposito
Erkko Etula
Paula Carleton Evans
Samuel Farber
Marisa Farina
Dana Farringon and Drew Goldman
Alfred Fatale
Dalia and Hossein Fateh
Rachel Feinstein and John Currin
Alicia Felder
Alessandro Saracino Fendi
Paola Fendi
Winnie Feng
Ann and Lee Fensterstock
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Jim and Pat Fingeroth
Benjamin Finkle
Sara Fitzmaurice and Perry Rubenstein
Katy and Rosie Foulds
David Fox
Tricia Frankel
Katherine Franklin
Bobbie and Lew Frankfort
Susan Freedman
Jennifer Freeman
Leopold & Ruth Friedman Foundation
Gary Frisoli
Ornella Frisoli
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Jane S. Gabin
Katherine Gagnon
Guzel Ganieva
Micah Ganske
Thomas Garbutt
Charlotte & Joseph Gardner Foundation
Daniele Gardner
Vanessa Giardina
Masa Gibson
Gilder Foundation
Jonathan Ginat
Timothy Giroux
Genci Gjeci
Sarah Gleacher
Andrea Glimcher
Anita Goa
Patricia Goelz
Carol Goldberg
Elyse Goldberg
Harry Goldberg
Jonathan Goldberg
Network for Good
Greer Goodman
GoodStreet.org
Andrew Gordon
Randall Gordon
The Grace Foundation
Cristina Grajales
Perry & Martin Granoff
Granoff Family Foundation
Matthew Greenbaum
Zoë Greenbaum
Judith Greenberg
Carol Greene
Maxine Greene Foundation
Greene Naftali
GreenRoom Events
Stephanie Griffin
Melanie Grisanti and Gordon McLeod
Grisanti McLeod Family Fund
Robert Grosman
Dierdre and Ben Grosscup
Afialo Guimaraes
Sara Guthrie
Dana Haddad
Christine and Andrew Hall
Emma Hall
Lisa Hall
Nancy Hament and Richard Scarola
Jennie Hamill
Nancy Hammond
Christin Hanley
Mena Hanna
Tara and Peter Hannert
David Hansen
June Hanson
Evan Harrel Family Charitable Fund
Josie Harris
Sharntai Harris
Martha Hart
Gordon Hartogensis and Grace Chao
Hauser & Wirth
Scott Hazelcorn Children’s Foundation
The Heart & Soul Charitable Fund
Jodi Hecht
Rebecca Heidenberg
Joseph Herzberg
Sharon Herzfeld
The Heyman Family Fund
Tamar Hirschl
Richard Hodosh and Helga Fisch
Mary Hoeveler
Catharine Holland
Lyssa Horn in honor of her Dad
Pamela & David Hornik
Joanna Hughes
Samantha & John Hunt
Pierre Huyghe
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
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Jennifer Ingersoll
Rosemary Ingleton
Mark Ingram
Kelley Inman
Hisayo Izumo
Matthew Day Jackson
Brian Jagde
J A M Anonymous Foundation
Kira Johnson
Patricia Johnson
Rashid Johnson
Lucile Johnson Family Foundation
Stephanie Johnson and Kaushik Ghosh
Lisa Jonas
Jennifer Joy
The K Foundation
Yuri Kageyama
Abigail Kahn
Wyatt Kahn
Phyllis Kamysek
Fredy Kaplan
Christina Karahalios
Alex Karnal
Joseph Kasenchak
Alicia Katzman
Jane Katzman
Darcy Kay
Michael Keany and Suzanne Michaud
Liya Kebede
Cushla Kelly
Allison Kempler
Susi Kenna
Ellen Kern
Jackie Kern
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Erin Kim
Kinder Morgan
Alice Diane Kisch
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John Know
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Ramsay Kolber
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Anna Krotava
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Monica Lacy
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Darline LaLanne
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Sims Lansing
Kay-Lin Lau
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Allegra LaViola
Norah Lawlor
Brianna Lawrence
Steve and Lesa Lawrence
Beth Lawton
Sasha Lazard
Jane Lee
Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins
Gary Leeds
Marie Di Leonardo
David Lerner and Lorren Erstad
Alisa Levin
Betty Levin
Robert Levinson
John Levinson
Dan Levy
Ira Levy
Carol Lewitt
Meredith Lichtenberg
The Lincoln Fund
Bernice Lindstrom
Lauren Linowitz
Sarah Linquist and Robert Fishbone
Deanna Llandivar
Mary Lor
Alison and Tim Lord
Kenneth Lovett
Jessica Lowe
Cassandra Lozano
Fran and Peter Lubin
Natalie Lusin
Lisea Lyons
Suzanne Mack
Adam Maib
Lisa Malloy
Karen Mandelbaum
Emma Markarian
Joan Markison
Evan Marks
Anna Markus
Marlboro Victor Group LLC
Annabelle Maroney
Lise Martina and Peter Lindseth
Leslie Mason
Atsuko Masutani
Kelly Mateo
Mia Mayer
Emma Von Maur
Lindsay Maus
Mary Ellen and John McCooey
Edward McCoy
Anthony McGill
Molly McGuire
Julian McKenna
Caitlin McKoy
Sophia McNally
Julie Mehretu
Daniel Menelly
Baron Meyers
In Honor of Francis William Millane
Concetta Miller
Dan and Danitza Miller
Helene Miller
Alfredo Mineo
Judy Minor
Edward and Lucy R. Minor Family Foundation
Ray Mirza
Mary Anne Mitchell
William Mitchell
Sam Mitchell-Innes
Kelly & Ron Moelis
Momenta
Tatiana Monstyrskaya
Paola Monti
Christopher Moore
Kirsten Morehouse
Nancy Morgan
Henry Morgenbesser
Rebekah Morris
Sally Morris
Christine Morrissey
Jane Morrow
The Morse Family Foundation
Andrew Morse
Matthew B. Murphy
Anne Myer
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Edie Nadelhaft
The National Endowment for the Arts
NB and JB Family Foundation
Lawson Neal
Catharine Nepoymnyashchy
The New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
The New York Community Trust
New York Life Foundation
Mandy Newman
Shira Nichaman
Hayley Nickerson
Edward and Helen Nicoll
Eloise Nicoll
Uta Niedernberg
Irene Nikolai
Linda Norden
Nicholas Notias
Leonardo Novik
Alison Nowak
Susan and Marvin Numeroff
Dierdre O’Connell
Emer Ohanlon
Shinobu Okamoto
Anna Olafsson
Drew Olson
Open Society Institute
Jean-Pierre Ordonneau
Amanda and Anthony Orso
Virginia Osborne
George Osorio
Overbrook Foundation
Emily Owens
Glenn Oxton and Susan Power Johnston
Pace Gallery
Lucy Pagerey-Grey in honor of S. Baier
Donna Parisi and Kevin Barnsley
Doug Paul
Marc Payot and Family
Catalina Penna
Ailyn Perez
Frances Perez
Gaby Perez
Pedro Perez
Violet and Rado Petkov
Amy and John Phelan
Patience Pierce
Joan Pierpoline
Charlene Pietz
Audrey Pincus
Steve and Chris Pincus
Lorraine Pitteriff
Ohemaa Poku
Patricia Polak Pommery
Nikki Poulos
Jane Power and Stephen King
Steve Power and Chris Pincus
Polina Proshkine
Francis Proto
Publicis Kaplan Thaler
Rebecca Pyatkevich
The Quintella Family Charitable Fund
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Neil Radey Charitable Fund
Kyle Radler
Alice Radosh and Barton Meyers
Elena Ramos
Joanne Ramos
Melissa Raso
Mary-Grace Reeder
Erica and LA Reid
Hilary and Steven Reis
Steven Reisman
Amy Reiss
Olivier Renaud-Clement
Jill Rinaca
Robin Rinaca
Nick Riva
Shaiza Rizavi
Kathleen Robinson
Jeanne and Nicholas Rohatyn
Katherine Rosa
Wendi and Joe Rose Foundation
Joshua Rosen
Laura Rosenberg
Suzanne Rosenzweig
Jill Ross
Richard Roth Foundation
John and Susan Roy
Anya Rubin
Fiona Rudin
Shellee Rudner and James Harb
Allison Russo
Paul M. Russo and Allison G. Russo
Marina Rutherfurd
Catherine Ryan
Sophie Sa
Helene Safdie
Sarah Saint-Amand
Lisa Salzman
Victoria Sanger
Michael and Katherine Malyj Santiago
Mark Santora
Larry Saul
Gabrielle and Fabio Savoldelli
Cindy Saxman/Guilford Funding
Robert Saywitz
Caryn Schacht
Georgina B. Schaeffer
Donald Schapiro
Michael Schoeller
Rorianne Schrade
Liz Schulte
Lisa Schweitzer
Mara Scott
Dale Seiden
Margaret Seiler
Annabelle Selldorf
Coquelicot and Frank Sellman
Cheryl Seltzer
Sarah Setrakian
Jane Shang
Marc Shapiro
David and Beth Shaw
Joelle Shefts
Emily Sherifova
Stuart Shikiar
Arlene Shrut
Annabelle Selldorf
Robert Sherr
Igor Shteynberg
Katherine Siboni
Emily Siegel
Jayn and Jerry Siegel
Matthew Silver
Jill Simon
Alexander Simotas
Heather Sinclair
Manon Slome
The Estate of David Smith
Melissa Smith
Malavika Solanki
Stephen Spector
Zoe Sperling
Rob Speyer
Stephanie Spindell
Stage Presence
Julie Johnson Staples
Ilene and Marc Steglitz
Laura Steifman
Julian Steinberg
Ruth Steinberg
Harry Stendhal
Peter Stern
Alanna Stone
Stratus Realty
Lena Stringari
Mary Strynar
The Suh Family
Angela Sun and Family Fund
Dana Tang
Sharon Tapper
James Tate
Amanda Taylor
Eryc Taylor
Michael Tcheyan
Zeynep Tekiner
Fred Thaler
Linda Kaplan Thaler
Annette and Mitch Theiss
Phillip Thomas
Charlotte Thompson
The Lucille S. Thompson Family Foundation
Benita Cassar Torreggiani
Nilani Trent
Stephen Trevor and Stephanie Hunt
Barry and Joan Tucker
Peter Carwell Richard Tucker Music Foundation
Kristin Tunacioglu
Wayne Turett
Adrian Turner
Warren Tye
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Elizabetta Urioni
Wiesje Van Hulst
Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtmann
Andrew Voda
David Von Kittelberger
Karen Wagner
Waqas Wajahat
Joyce Watson
Betsy and Ron Weis
Karen Weissman
Finn Wentworth and David Welsh
Kimball Wheeler
Heather White
Mary L Wicker
Kathryn Widing
Stephanie Willinger
Joan Gertz Wilner
Marc Wilson
Sara Wilson and Emanuele Angelino
Adrienne and John Wing
Randall and Tamara Winn
Susan Wirshba
Barbara Wisch
Lauren Wittels
Christopher Wolf
Jenna Wolf
Jemma Wolfe
Gary Wolkowitz
Cristina Wood
Shannon Wu
Rob Wynne
Michi Yanagishita
Simon Yates
Shareen Yew
Regina Yoon
Ingrid Yorke
Michael Young & Debra Raskin
Your Cause LLC
Jean Yun
Wladyslaw Zajac
Richard Ziegelasch
Colleen Ziesig
Richard Ziesig
Angels Angels
Angel's Angels is a donation made in honor of Time In Board Member, Metropolitan Opera and internationally renowned soprano , Angel Joy Blue.
Christine, Tony and Vivienne Sachs