GIVE 2025

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2025 Heckscher Museum Benefit

Thursday, October 16, 2025
6:30 – 10:30 pm

Honoring
THE BAGLEY FAMILY
BANK OF AMERICA

DEBORAH BUCK

Emcee: CYNTHIA NIXON  |  Special Guest: TONY KUSHNER

Co-Chairs
Jessica Brassler & Richard T. Cunniff, Jr. 

Oheka Castle  |  Huntington, NY

Celebrating the upcoming exhibition Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History.

Questions? Contact Caitlynn Schare at Development@Heckscher.org or 631.380.3229
Photo courtesy of Phillip Ennis

Sponsorship Opportunities

Proceeds support The Heckscher Museum of Art’s exhibitions and programs, including Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History.
The Heckscher Museum of Art is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization.

Your sponsorship gift this year will be matched!

Your support of this year’s Benefit has added value. In addition to supporting the exhibition and the Museum’s year of arts education and public programming, your sponsorship contribution will help us unlock an incredible 50% matching gift from a philanthropic Anonymous donor. This is an unprecedented opportunity for your gift to have extra impact!

Print & Mail Form

JOURNAL MESSAGE

The Heckscher Museum staff is pleased to work with sponsors on their Journal message. Contact 631.380.3229 or Development@Heckscher.org. If you are providing finished art for the Journal message, the specifications are:

  • All artwork must be print ready, 4 Color, and 300 dpi resolution
  • FULL PAGE 5 x 8 in. vertical; HALF-PAGE 5 x 3 7/8 in. horizontal

Please send Journal artwork to Development@Heckscher.org. The deadline is September 19, 2025.

To be included in the Host Committee on the invitation, sponsorships must be received by August 15, 2025.

Sponsors

Angel of the Waters Sponsors

Bank of America

Deborah Buck

Richard T. Cunniff, Jr.

Cherub Sponsor

Denise & Nic DeAcetis

Marble Sponsors

Ann Eden Woodward Foundation – Judy & Pat Woods, Trustees

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Joanne & Michael Durney

Priscilla & Robert C. Hughes

Jessica Brassler & George Kakoulides

Bruce & Cheryl Lev

Kristin & Dustin Smith

Bronze Sponsors

Robert & Linda Aquilina

The Bagley Family

Pien & Hans Bosch

Nancy & Kostas Douzinas

Elizabeth & Josh Halpern

Andrea B. & Peter D. Klein

Anita & Gordon Lamb through The Jefferson Family Charitable Foundation

Newmark

Bette & Paul Schneiderman

Jane Shallat, Barton Shallat, & Laura Shallat Benson

Copper Sponsors

Colette Buzzetta, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty

Trudy & Tom Calabrese

John Callaghan, Callaghan LLP

Susan & Jeff Futter

Lynn & Frank Gundersen

Margy Hargraves

Lady M Confections Co. LTD

Mark & Christine McAteer

William & Pamela McGuinness

Patricia Petersen

Jan Pratt

Bruce Segal

Rozita Shay, ArtFactor LLC

Brian Katz & Susan Van Scoy, Ph.D.

Sheri & Robert Zekraus

Granite Sponsors

Anonymous

Butnick & Levenson LLP

The Daniel Gale Foundation

Danielle & Leland Deane

Empire National Title Agency

Bess & David Fuchs

Nina Habib, Colleague Executive Search

Huntington African American Museum

Beverly & Toby Kissam

Denise & Mitchell Kramer

Evangelina & Raf Lanza

Jill Seiman-Mayer & Leonardo Mayer

Mercedes-Benz of Huntington – Jim Buzzetta

Michele Evola ME Design Studio

Evangeline Morphos

Eve Ellis & Annette Niemtzow

Northwell Huntington Hospital

Pen + Brush

Laura & Brian Swiggett

Sarah & Rob Trust

Gini Hanson & Brad Warner

Deedee & Michael Wigler

List as of 10.14.25

Event Donations

Thank you to the following generous in-kind donors:

Christie’s

Richard T. Cunniff, Jr.

Evangeline Knell, Identity Digital

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