Cooke School and Institute

2021-2022 Donor Report

THANK YOU!

 

$100K+

Andrea Pollack and Adam Usdan

Moody’s

Robert and Kate Niehaus Foundation

The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund

The Taft Foundation

Julia Tung and Tongwei Liu

 

 $25K-$99,999

The Hyde & Watson Foundation

Deborah and Andrew Morris

Sarah Paul and Mark Nachamie

Tracey and Robert Pruzan

Robert and Ardis James Foundation

Elsa Roe

Barbara and O. Griffith Sexton

Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation

Helen Lee-Warren and David Warren

$10K-$24,999

Benno Ansbacher

Joan Beir

BlackRock

Danielle Curi and Max Herrnstein

DE Shaw

Deloitte

Douglaston Development

June Eichbaum and Kenneth Wirfel

HSBC Bank USA, NA

Noelle Ibrahim and Khalid Abu-Eideh

Juanita Leff

Amanda and Taylor Lukof

Leslie and Victor Lewkow

Karen and Thomas Robards

Heather and Brett Rogoff

Laurel Rubin

Rosemary Suh Watts and Shawn Watts

Christine and Eamon Walsh

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Your Gift Makes a Difference

We are Grateful for Your Support!

.87¢ of every dollar donated directly supports Cooke programs

Your support is vital to our work! Thank you.

70% of our families are dependent on funding assistance to attend Cooke.

Your gift helps our students become the brave, strong adults of tomorrow!

$5K-$9,999

Anonymous Donors

SoJin Bae and Jay Kim

Wendy Banner and Geoffrey Wiener

Anastasia and Ronald Barth

Elli and David Basner

Beacon’s Closet

Marcia and Michael Beck

Ellen Bickal

Roxanne and Scott Bok

Sybil Cohen

Andrea and Paul Compton

Deborah Cooper and Daniel Sternberg

Nicole Dewey and William Seely

Patrick Duff

Stacey and Andrew Feller

Anne Garonzik

Wendy and Benjamin Goldberg

Stephanie Heilborn and Martin Quirno

Janice and Ralph James

Lori and Elliot Kloper

Robin and Brian Leach

Carmen and Ivan Lorenzana

Cia and Bob Marakovits

Patricia Nooy and Roger Miller

Janet and David Offensend

Louise Parent and John Casaly

Alina and Ozzie Ramos

Diane and Todd Restivo

Yolanda and Joe Saraceno

Lorna and Mitchell Schamroth

Michael Termini

The Esther and William Benenson Family Foundation

Anu and Pankaj Vaish

Webster Bank

Caroline and Eric Yoon

Barbara and Michael Zimmerman

Denise and Stuart Zwerling

$1K-$4,999

Maria Alba

Fanny Barberena Khowong and Khamsy Khowong

Sabine Barbier-Goldman and Jonathan Goldman

Vassilysa and Daniel Basov

Vicki Been and Richard Revesz

Katherine Bradford

Bethany Chase and Andy Weinstein

Carolina and John Ciferni

Jane Condon and Kenneth Bartels

Marisa Cotrina and Juan Carlos Lopez

Mary Ellen and John Curley

Heather and Jeffrey Damon

The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation

Margaret Downs and Henry Zachary

Kathleen and Lawrence Dunne

Michael Eaton and Michael Hoagland

 

Martha and Stephen Ellman

Eveline Erni and Gary Barton

Dag Folger

Carlie and Neal Garonzik

Lara Gerstein and Ann Hairston

E. Ann Gill and Robert Hempel

Limor Goren

Cindy and Randall Heck

Christine and Kevin Hennessey

Roberta Herter

Molly Hoagland and Rufus Collins

Rolande Jadotte and Nicholas Tangney

Tyler Juliano

Meredith Kane

Sandra and Joseph Lambert

Diana Lopez and Robert Begleiter

Arlene and Mitchel Maidman

 

 Deborah McLean and Keith Kearney

Kate and Joel Millonzi

Michelle Mintz and Jason Scharfspitz

Mutual of America

Nancy and Daniel Neff

Elizabeth Ostrow and Andrew Buchsbaum

Joyce and Daniel Pariser

Laurie and David Pauker

Deborah and Michael Pollack

Prevention 1st Foundation, Inc.

Barbara and Victor Rocco

Harvey Shapiro

Anne and Ronald Simon

Chrystia Slywotzky

Talisa Soto Bratt and Benjamin Bratt

Trautschold Family Foundation

Claudia and Maarten van Hengel

Christiana and Kwok Yan

$500-$999

Rachel and Avi Abel

Marc Agger


Suzanne and James Aisenberg


AmazonSmile Foundation


Ellen Banner


Janet Beck


Ulka Campbell and Scot Campbell


James Capalino


Wing Sung Chan


Zhengrong Chiu and Shuet Ying Choi


Carrie Cohen and Richard Lipsey


Jeffrey Cohen


Latoya Cook


Donna S. DeCoursey and John C. Straton, Jr.


Nancy Devlin

Betina Dowdell

Byers and Ben Dowdell

Erika and Todd Drezner

Sherree Drezner

Betty and Billy English

Rachel Gallagher

Stephanie Gayden and Marc Miller

Christy Goddel and Brian Meagher


Elizabeth and Jason Hamilton


Adrienne Hepler


Frank Iannelli


Carol and Mark Jaffe


Frances Kamien and Lawrence Mattis


Richard Kassler


Melanie and Vikrant Khanderia


Susan and Thomas Kirch

Ester Mae Leonardia and Gino Tadiar

Elizabeth Lunbeck and Gary Gerstle

Carolyn and David Miller

Catherine Morris

Mike Niamonitakis

Carrie Peterson and Jay Lien

Patricia and Lewis Raibley


Carolyn Rossip Malcolm


Rose Marie and Kelly Smith


Amy Sohnen


Sierra Soucy and Zeke Tell


Gayle Spear and David Eisen


Leslie and Randy Steinman


Judy Tung


Christina van Hengel and Charles Miller


Drusilla van Hengel and Riley Patlak


Kathleen and William Weigel


Leah and Robert Wilcox


Stacie Wong


Cathy Wong and Keath Chan

$250-$499

Hana Abdurrahman and Hanif Abdur-Rahman

Anita Abraham-Inz and Richard Inz


Jonathan Aghravi


Rosemary and Jonathan Ansbacher


Susan and Albert Asebrook


Sara Barca


Lauren Baum


Caren Byrd


Patty Castella-Kealey and Timothy Kealey


Elizabeth Chisholm


Judy Choi and Philip Herter


Mary Clancy and Jamie Riches


Brian Cohen


Ruth Cowan


Theresa and William Cunningham


Kathryn and James Douthit


Ann Dowd Arancio and Lawrence Arancio

Francine Dreyfus

Deborah Farrington

Gail and Peter Ferris

Debra and Barry Frank

Deidre Freeman

Tomoko Furuya-Capozzi and Richard Capozzi

Erica and Jason Gaswirth

Faye Ginsburg and Fred Myers

Tomoko Hagane-Mullins and Timothy Mullins

Nesa Hassanein


Thomas Henk


Jill Hodge


Jennifer and Nicholas Jerez


Laurin and Norman Kleiman


Karen and William Kolb


Robyn and David Epstein

Robin Krause

Elaina LaRusso and Richard Ferrari

Avi Lebor

 

Roanne Mann and David Brodsky

Philip Meachin

Lisa and Dennis Meade

Laura Moore Brown and Paul Brown

Renée and Kurt Nicholson


Gabrielle and Michael Palitz


Cindy and David Pinter


Antoinette and Vincent Pitta


Mary Ann and Len Policastro


Maria and Johnny Rahman


Eileen Red


Laurie and Robert Rotman


Sailaja Sastry and Jason Gottlieb


Joanne and Kenneth Sold


Sharon Sullivan and James Gravitt


Cindy Surdi


Andrea Utecht


Judith Warren

Up to $249

Madina Abdurasulova and Chris Moschovitis

Priscilla Alvarez


Sam Antar


Arielle Argibay and Carlos Abraham


Grace Ann Baresich


Patrick Barnes and Kent McIngvale


Jacqueline Bediako


Muna and Krishna Belbase


Blanche Benenson and Andy Roth


Paul Binder


Frances Blackman


Roseann Bonadia


Susan and Donald Brant


William Braun


Melissa Braverman Goldstein and David Goldstein


Leslie and Frederick Bright


Leah Brock


Cathy Bryant and Eric Garner


Rachel Call


Maggie Carmichael


Cecily Chester and Michael Weinberger


Alisa Clark Ackerman and David Ackerman


Paige and Andrew Conner


Andrew Coonick


Susan and Chris Devlin


Karla and Ray Devonish

Kadiatou Diallo and Ibrahima Bah

Jennifer DiFiglia and Todd Toler


Portia Dillard and Andrzej Jakubowicz


Cathy and Jack Dinaburg


Terri Dinney


Cindy DiPrima Morisse and Laurent Morisse


Gail Donovan


Andreen Douglas


Scott Dweck


Dara Feivelson


Pat and James Fingeroth


Nancy Finton


Paul Fisher


Elanah and Steven Fishman


Yvette Forbes


Rosa Fraticelli


Clare and Frank Garcia


Linda Garrettson


Phyllis Gerstein


Susannah Gersten


Kristin Glen


Heather and Daniel Glum


Charley Gonzales


Eileen and Dominic Granito


Nancy Guzowski


Christopher Havens


Anna and Daniel Hecht

Mary Herms and Ryan Marshall

Bao Ho and Joshua Schneyer

Janet and Sat Hon

Shari Honig

Lindsay Hornthal

Christina and Willyhawk Huang

Marielena Hurvich and Clifford Hurvich


Pam Hutto and Kenneth Hochman


Stephanie Jacqueney


Tiana Jones


David Justus


Holly and Craig Kane


Jennifer Kane and Bernie Trilling


Andrea Kantor


Kathy and Eric Goldberg


Jane and John Kauffmann


Sharon Kaye-O’Connor and Brian O’Connor


Marion and Hal Kessler


Betsy and Bill King


Erin and Kevin Kinsella


Sonya Kippins


Phyllis Klein


Suzanne Knaster


Rochelle Korman


Aliza and Evan Kushner


Lane Kwederis


Marisa Lago and Ron Finiw


Alvina and Edward Lau


Mon Lee and Hongmei Zhao


Lauren Lesce and Justin Smith


Steve Lewis


Malily Li and Yu Qiang Ma


JoAnn LoFrisco and William Winston


Rainiel Lopez


Nancy Lorence


Lydia and Greg Lucas


Jamie and Joseph Luft


Billie and Thomas MacGregor


Marjorie and Charles Malone


Susie and Ken Mandelbaum


Janelle and Gregory Manning


Lane Marsh


Noreen and Mario Mastrangelo


Kimberly McCoy


Nefertari Mckenzie-Davy


Laura Mercedes Silva and Mario Silva


Frances Meyer


Susan Mintz Kantrow


Akiko Miyake


Keren Mor-Rosenbloom and Adam Rosenbloom


Virginia and Tom Murphy


Anthony Musto


Joan and Richard Nardi


Katie Niebuhr and Pete O’Brien


Nancy Novograd

Luz Padilla

John Pancetti

Jennifer Patterson and Louis Craco

Yanet Perdomo

Susan and Robert Pitiger

Matthew Pitta

Janine Pollack

Mariana and Adrian Popa


Edna Powers


Lorraine Powers


Ferid Radoncic


Daniel Rayas


Hilda Rayas


Beverly and Paul Reese


Maxine and Earl Reiss


Carrie and Antonio Rengifo


Nancy Richard


Everlidys Robles


Lynette Roman


Wendy and Hector Rosa


Norma Rosario


Juliette Rose


Fredda Rosen


Paris Roslyn Woods


Donna Ross


Brian Ross


Ellyn Roth Mittman and Lawrence Mittman

 Daniel Rothman

Kasra Sanandaji


Isaura Sanchez and Alexander Loney


Joshua Santiago


Leonor and Victor Sarmiento


Lorin Schiff and Leonard Adelson


Amy and Josh Schindler


Birgit Schwarz-Hickey and Lenny Hickey


Susan and Joel Shapiro


Kenny Silber


James Silberman


Kathy Simic


Scafford Simmonds, Jr.


Ginny and Eric Skar


Deborah and Jeffrey Stevenson


Joseph Subar


Patricia Thorpe


Keith Torjusen


Damicela Toro


James Tung


Sandra Vanderbrook


Steve Viuker


Charles Vorbach


Philip Waldrop


Gretchen Walsh and John Parauda


Mary Walsh and Paul Chester


Karen and David Waltuck


Lois Weiss


Carolyn Weston


Manjaree Wijesinghe


Barbara Wolf


Tricia Wong and Wayne Chin


Diane and James Woods


Elizabeth Worley


Ana Zuniga


 

Cooke Partners


 

Cooke wishes to thank corporate and community internship hosts and in-kind partners for their generosity.

 

Abigail Kirsch Catering

American Institute of Architects

Animal Haven 

Atlantic Theater 

Barbuto 

Barclays Pro Bono Program

Barry’s Bootcamp

Beacon’s Closet

Bella Vita Fitness

Bouley at Home

Boulud Sud

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music

Brooklyn Roasting Company

Café Grumpy

Caviarteria

CVS

David Chesner

DNS Wines

Dr. Tal Dagan

Dr. Shai Shinhar

Empowered Sports

Épicerie Boulud

FLY Center

Frenchette

 

Gallop NYC

Gigi’s Playhouse

God’s Love We Deliver

Huertas

Institute of Culinary Education

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Jack Mulqueen

Jams

Job Path

La Central

Levain Bakery

Little Thinkers Day Care

Loring Place

Luv Michael

Manna Catering

Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities

Mc Gowan Builders

Meals on Heels

Moët Hennessy USA

Morningside Park

News America Marketing

Nobu Downtown

Northwell Hospital

Oceana

Ole & Steen

PAWS

Peasant

Riverside Park Conservancy

Robert at The Museum of Arts and Design

Roger Nembhard

School of Visual Arts

Shuka

Silicon Harlem

Silvermirror Spa

St. John’s University

Strategic Group

Stride NYC

Tao Downtown

Taproot Foundation

Tarzian Hardware 

Taste Buds Kitchen

Taverna Di Bacco

Tech Kids Unlimited

The Bright Pursuit 

Trinity SAFH

Vic’s

Villanelle

Karen and David Waltuck

Barbara Wolf

Together with its world-class educators, Cooke works tirelessly to refine special education, within a community that is student-centric, well rounded and deeply meaningful to every individual.

Your support makes it all possible, and we are grateful!


 

2019-2020 Financial Highlights


 

 

Revenue

Education …………………………….$25,502,320

Contribution and Special Events ..$1,443,306

Consulting, Training and Misc ….. $1,342,006

Total Revenue:

$28,287,632

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Expenses

Education ……………………………..$20,254,903

Administration ……………………….. $3,010,491

Fundraising ………………………………. $664,718 

Total Expenses:

$23,930,112

 

 

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
Cooke School and Institute admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Planning Giving

Legacy giving is very important to Cooke’s sustainability.  Please contact Michael Eaton at Advancement@Cookeschool.org for more information.

Through the Affinity Membership Program, TD Bank will make an annual contribution to Cooke School based on the activity of all participating members’ TD Bank accounts.

Eligible accounts include:

  • Checking – Business & Consumer

  • Savings

  • Money Market

  • Certificate of Deposit

  • Retirement

If you are already a TD Bank customer, please visit any one of their locations and ask to have your balances included as part of the Cooke’s Affinity Membership Program (code: A1923).

Please see the Affinity Membership Program flyer for more information.