Chappelle Event 2022
Thank you to all who supported our June 20 fundraiser with Dave Chappelle! We appreciate you! Scroll down for updates.
July 7 Update: Netflix just dropped Dave’s monologue that he gave at the June 20 event. It’s called What’s in a Name and you can watch it here.
AUCTION TIME! We have a second auction in progress with Dave memorabilia and vacation packages donated by Dave Chappelle. The auction ends July 31. Click here to bid.
DAVE CHAPPELLE MILLION DOLLAR CHALLENGE: Help us close the funding gap so DUKE ELLINGTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS can keep art at the heart of its dual academic and arts curriculum. Over the next 12 months, we challenge 1M supporters to donate at least $10 each so the school can endow its eight art departments. Please text ELLINGTON to 707070 or click here.
Download the Event Program Here
This event was hosted by the Ellington Fund, the charitable arm of Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Donations to the Ellington Fund are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
| BOARDS OF DIRECTORS | Thank you to our SPONSORS | |
| ELLINGTON FUND Leadership Ari Q. Fitzgerald, Esq., President Brenda Morris, Esq., Vice President Amy Kauffman, Vice President Priscilla Clarke, Secretary Kathleen Buhle Matthew Gray, MBA Annie Whatley Jeanette S. McCune, President of DESAP Directors Stacie Lee Banks Eliot Battle, MD Michelle D. Bernard, Esq. Sherri N. Blount, Esq. Zachary Cooper Cafritz Edward L. Cohen Francesca V. Craig Marcus R. Johnson Julia Massimino Robin Nunn, Esq. Michelle A. Persaud, Esq. Stephanie Phillipps, Esq. Steve Rabinowitz Sylvia Davis White DUKE ELLINGTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS PROJECT (DESAP) Officers Jeanette S. McCune, President Ari Q. Fitzgerald, Esq., Vice President Gregory Squires, Treasurer Kay Twomey, Secretary At-Large Members Aristide J. Collins, Jr., George Washington University Representative Edrick D. Rhodes, Kennedy Center Representative Robin Harris, Faculty Representative Stephanie Phillips, Esq., and Sylvia Davis White, Ellington Fund Representatives Ellington Fund & DESAP Ex-Officio Members Sandi M. Logan, Head of School and Principal Amber Golden, SHADE President | Diamond Dave Chappelle Gold Sacks Family Foundation Silver Ari Fitzgerald & Maria Carmona Game Changers DC Housing Finance Agency Kimsey Foundation Miner Anderson Family Foundation Influencers T-Mobile US, Inc. Dr. Eliot and Sally Battle Supporters Annette M. & Theodore N. Lerner Family Foundation, Inc. Lee’s Flower and Card Shop The Gersh Agency The George Washington University —– Abeer and Yousef Al Otaiba Brenda Morris & Terek Green Friends DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment Industrial Bank ServiceNow —– Robert Daly, Jr. & Krishna Daly Meg & Christian Clerc Ellen & Jack Coppley Robert D. Horvath, Jr. Melanie Folstad Jenkins Brothers Ellen & Paul McCabe Melissa Wyers Mary & Jeff Zients A Special Thank You to Our Donors PRM Consulting |
