With Gratitude

THANK YOU! Fenimore Chamber Orchestra is deeply grateful to the many individuals, foundations, businesses, and government agencies whose generosity and belief in our mission helps further enrich the cultural life of Central New York. Below is a list of generous donors whose gifts over $100 were received in FY25 (July 2024 through June 2025) and FY26 (July 2025 through November 2025). 

With heartfelt appreciation,

The Board of Directors, Artistic Director, Musicians, Staff and Volunteers
Fenimore Chamber Orchestra

*Contributions as of November 15, 2025.

Anonymous
New York State Council on the Arts
The Scriven Foundation

Millennium | $10,000+

Moody's Foundation (Martha and Nigel Swift)
Martha and Nigel Swift 

Anonymous
Dr. and Mrs. Peter Arquin
Karyl Clemens
Randy Crissman
S. Tier French
Dr. Stephen F. and Ruth Ann Heller
David and Janet Irvin
Kent Jones and Bonnie McGuire Jones
Sally Jones
Dennis Maurer
Bertine and Patrick McKenna
Roberta Mednansky
Joseph R. and Martha M. Membrino
New York Council on Nonprofits
Otsego County
Dolores Rothwell
Jean Seroka
William and Karen Streck
Rosemary Summers
Laura Wetzel
Mary Anne Whelan, MD
Daniel Hane & Thomas S. Wolf
Marianne Younkheera 

Thomas and Muriel Beattie
Community Foundation of Otsego County
Community Foundation of Otsego County (Robert and Karen Schlather Fund)
Rita Emanuel
Gregory Farmer
Cathy and George Fasanelli
|Fenimore Asset Management
Darrell Greene
Roger and Carla MacMillan
Melissa Manikas
Mohawk Valley Gives
Karen Schlather
Patricia Slater
Martha Yager
Lorraine Zimniewicz 

Rob Ainsley
Sue Canizares
Samantha Davenport
William and Cynthia Goertemoeller
Elizabeth Gould
Paul Hager
Robert and Patricia Hanft
Melinda Hardin
Thomas Heitz
Henry and Jessica Knoop
Patricia Wiley and Wendy Miller
Francis and Stephanie Nolan
Leonard Pudelka
Robert Ackerman and Roberta Shiffman
Joanne Tobey
Paul and Lizzie Uhrig
Upstate Bar and Grill
Karin and Hans de Waal
Thomas and Peggy Wright
Steve Zerby Design/Build, LLC
Darius Homayounpour and Steven Ziglar 

Ruth Berry
John Buzby
Gerald Greene
Corinne Hahn
Day Hills
Stephen Kalista
Roy Korn
Pamela Kostbar-Jarvis
Emily Plishner
Clare and James Raneri
Douglas Schoppert
Web and Helen Stayman
Suzanne Summers
Ellen Tillapaugh
David and Martha Vaules
Paul Warren
Nadene Willcox
Michael Zawadzki 

Fenimore Chamber Orchestra's programs are made possible with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.