2005 Annual Report - The Actors Fund

2005 

Annual 

Report

MISSION 

The Actors’ Fund of America 

is a nationwide human services 

organization that helps 

all professionals in 

performing arts and entertainment. 

The Fund is a safety net, 

providing programs 

and services for those 

who are in need, 

crisis or transition. 

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES & VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP 

2005 AT THE ACTORS’ FUND OF AMERICA 

FUNDRAISING 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS 

INSTITUTIONAL DONORS 

INDIVIDUAL DONORS 

BEQUESTS 

EDWIN FORREST SOCIETY MEMBERS 

IN MEMORIAM 

SUNSHINE BOYS CAMPAIGN 

PERMANENT MEMORIALS 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

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Dear 

friends, 

The Actors’ Fund of America is a nationwide human services organization 

that helps all professionals in performing arts and entertainment. The Fund 

is a safety net, providing programs and services to those who are in need, 

crisis, or transition. This is our Mission – the words have changed a bit since 

our founding in 1882 but the soul of the organization has not – and we are 

proud of that. 

Our Essential Role 

The Actors’ Fund has always met the changing needs of all entertainment 

professionals of all ages. In 2005 we helped 7,720 people in 45 states with 

compassionate, professional and comprehensive care. The Fund helped 

seniors and young people, working professionals and those struggling with 

disability. We assisted people in transition who are considering a career 

change or developing a parallel career. We helped people in crisis, whether 

personal or due to a catastrophe of nature. We were there for professionals 

in performing arts and entertainment who needed a helping hand. 

As always, we provided direct assistance and we coordinated care with 

other human services organizations and government agencies. In fact, our 

partnerships with a broad network of caring organizations are critically 

important. And often, as in the case of the response to those affected by 

Hurricane Katrina, The Actors’ Fund was among the first organizations to 

provide assistance, and then we continued to orchestrate care in a variety 

of ways. 

Support and Revenue 

In 2005 support and revenue reached an all-time high of $22.2 million. At the 

close of the year portfolio, endowments and reserves totaled $10.9 million 

and our pension trust was $4.2 million. Thousands of donors and members - 

individuals, corporations, foundations, guilds, unions and government agencies 

- make the work of The Actors’ Fund possible. One very special organization, 

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, is a constant partner and collaborator in 

what we do. We pay tribute to the remarkable BC/EFA leadership – President 

Paul Libin, Treasurer Phil Birsh and Executive Director Tom Viola – and to the 

miraculous work of thousands of volunteers in front of and back of house and 

on stage who so compassionately devote themselves to their colleagues in need. 

Highlights 

Health insurance continues to be a major concern for those in performing arts 

and entertainment. The Fund’s website is an incredible source of information 

and, when coupled with the direct counseling The Fund provides, a great way 

to gain the security of health insurance and related services. 

Decent, affordable housing continues to challenge people working in our 

community. In 2005 we took significant steps towards an expansion and 

upgrade of the Lillian Booth Actors’ Home of The Actors’ Fund in Englewood, 

New Jersey, and in partnership with Common Ground, towards creating 

Schermerhorn House, a residential facility – with a community room/theatre 

– that will provide 216 studio apartments in Brooklyn, New York. 

And The Fund adopted a strategic plan that will both clarify our goals and 

objectives into the future, and focus our resources and programs on achieving 

them. As The Actors’ Fund approaches our 125th Anniversary in 2007, we are 

taking the crucial steps to make sure we can be responsive to the most urgent, 

unfulfilled needs of those we serve – both today and into the future. 

Collaboration, respect and support are all key elements of the success of 

any organization. The Actors’ Fund is hugely fortunate to have all of these 

qualities along with dedicated and understanding leadership and a wonderfully 

competent, compassionate and expert staff. The tremendous effort that we all 

make together drives everything The Fund does to improve the lives of our 

colleagues who come to us in times of need. 

Thank you for joining The Fund and supporting our work. We urge you to give 

us a call, or to visit our website at www.actorsfund.org, to learn more about The 

Actors’ Fund today. 

On behalf of the Board of Trustees of The Actors’ Fund of America, 

Brian Stokes Mitchell 

President 

Joseph P. Benincasa 

Executive Director 

 


Joseph Benincasa

Board of Trustees 


Charles Hollerith, Jr. 

John A. Duncan, Jr. 

Nancy O’Connor 

Philip J. Smith 

Lynn Redgrave 

Bebe Neuwirth 

Jed W. Bernstein 

Philip S. Birsh 

Jeffrey Bolton 

Lillian Booth 

J. Nicholas Counter, III 

Nancy Coyne 

Merle Debuskey 

Alan Eisenberg 

Rick Elice 

John Erman 

Frances Gaar 

Joyce Gordon 

Marc Grodman, M.D. 

John C. Hall, Jr. 

Anita Jaffe 

Kate Edelman Johnson 

Steve Kalafer 

Rocco Landesman 

Alan Levey 

Paul Libin 

Kristen Madsen 

Kevin McCollum 

Western Council 

JoMarie Ward, Co-Chair 

David Westberg, Co-Chair 

Ian Abercrombie 

Paul Ainsley 

Alice Backes (emeritus) 

Robby Benson 

Theodore Bikel 

Bonnie Frank 

Lee Garlington 

Betty Garrett (emeritus) 

Danny Goldman 

Bridget Hanley 

Sutton Foster, Co-Chair 

John Lloyd Young, Co-Chair 

John Barlow 

Arthur Birsh 

Ivar Brogger 

James Burrows 

Gilbert Cates 

Irving Cheskin 

Sam Cohn 

Tyne Daly 

Edgar Dobie 

Tom Donovan 

Dasha Epstein 

Malcolm Ewen 

Thomas Florio 

Peter Gallagher 

Whoopi Goldberg 

Larry Hagman 

President 

Secretary 

Treasurer 

1st Vice President 

2nd Vice President 

3rd Vice President 

4th Vice President 

National Board of Advisors 

Audra McDonald 

Mike Mearian 

Katharine Minehart 

James L. Nederlander 

Martha Nelson 

Phyllis Newman 

Jack O’Brien 

Dale C. Olson 

A.J. Pocock 

Jane Powell 

Harold Prince 

Abby Schroeder 

Thomas C. Short 

David Steiner 

Tom Viola 

Scott Weiner 

Joseph H. Wender 

B.D.Wong 

George Zuber 

Executive Director 


Carl Held 

Richard Herd 

Jane A. Johnston 

James Karen 

Sarah Marshall 

Henry Polic II 

James Prideaux 

Charlotte Rae 

Marguerite Ray 

Joseph Ruskin 

Bernie West 

Lynn Wood (emeritus) 

Kitty Carlisle Hart 

Carole Shorenstein Hays 

Richard B. Heller 

Greg Hessinger 

Celeste Holm 

James Earl Jones 

Sidney Lumet 

Robert W. McTyre 

James M. Nederlander 

Robert Pisano 

Harvey Sabinson 

Rick Sands 

Ron Silver 

Aaron Sorkin 

Jean Stapleton 

Paul Stevens 

Artists’ Committee 

Jason Alexander 

Lucie Arnaz 

Elizabeth Ashley 

Antonio Banderas 

James Barbour 

Brent Barrett 

David Alan Basche 

Gary Beach 

Shoshanna Bean 

Kerry Butler 

Liz Callaway 

Christian Campbell 

Len Cariou 

Carolee Carmello 

Michael Cerveris 

Kathleen Chalfant 

Barbara Cook 

Gavin Creel 

John Cullum 

Alan Cumming 

Stephanie D’Abruzzo 

Tyne Daly 

Jason Danieley 

Blythe Danner 

Darius de Haas 

André de Shields 

Kurt Deutsch 

Taye Diggs 

Jonathan Dokuchitz 

Daisy Eagan 

Christine Ebersole 

Raúl Esparza 

Tovah Feldshuh 

Harvey Fierstein 

Hunter Foster 

Sutton Foster 

Abby Schroeder, Chair 

The Honorable Brendan Byrne 

Misha Dabich 

Stan Gale 

Veronica Goldberg 

Carol Herbert 

Fred Savage, Chair 

Chris M. Allport 

Scott Appel 

Cynthia Bain 

Jenn Berman, Psy.D 

Ray Bradford 

Polly Businger 

John Connolly 

Melissa Gilbert 

Michael Harrah 

Peter Gallagher 

Victor Garber 

Ana Gasteyer 

Deidre Goodwin 

Frank Gorshin 

Melanie Griffith 

Josh Groban 

Cynthia Harris 

Neil Patrick Harris 

Rosemary Harris 

Sam Harris 

Heather Headley 

Tom Hewitt 

Dee Hoty 

Ken Howard 

Cady Huffman 

Anjelica Huston 

January Jones 

Shirley Jones 

John Kander 

Richard Kind 

Ricki Lake 

Sharon Lawrence 

Michele Lee 

Lisa Leguillou 

Robert Sean Leonard 

Norm Lewis 

Laura Linney 

Brad Little 

Rebecca Luker 

Andrea Martin 

Marin Mazzie 

Idina Menzel 

Stephanie Mills 

Liza Minnelli 


Friends of the Lillian Booth Actors’ Home 

Looking Ahead Advisory Committee 

Darby Hinton 

James (Jim) Konantz 

Sharon Lieblein 

Bonnie Liedtke 

Elaine Mackie 

Jacky Olitsky 

Paul Petersen 

Lisa Rapport, Ph.D 

Nicholas Rogers 

Michael Rosenfeld 

Steven Hill 

Joanne Jacobson 

Sharon Karmazin 

Virginia Littel 

Joanne Savage 

Judy Savage 

Justin Shenkarow 

Wesley W. Staples 

Bridget Stark 

Nancy Wileman 

Henry Winkler 

Alfred Molina 

Debra Monk 

Julia Murney 

Donna Murphy 

Bebe Neuwirth 


Michael Nouri 

Orfeh 

Brad Oscar 

Elizabeth Parkinson 

Adam Pascal 

Billy Porter 

Jane Powell 

Heather Randall 

Phylicia Rashad 

Lynn Redgrave 

Alice Ripley 

Chita Rivera 

Tony Roberts 

Seth Rudetsky 

Sherie René Scott 

Neil Sedaka 

Kate Shindle 

Lewis J. Stadlen 

Frances Sternhagen 

James Stovall 

Tamara Tunie 

Leslie Uggams 

Bruce Vilanch 

Sam Waterston 

Alton Fitzgerald White 

Lillias White 

Patrick Wilson 

Henry Winkler 

B.D. Wong 

Jo Anne Worley 

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The Actors’ Fund of America is a nationwide human services organization that 

helps everyone - both performers and those behind the scenes - in performing 

arts and entertainment. Founded in 1882, The Fund serves those in film, 

theatre, television, music, opera and dance with a broad spectrum of programs 

including comprehensive social services, health services, supportive and 

affordable housing, emergency financial assistance, employment and training 

services, and skilled nursing and assisted living care. Administered from 

offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, The Actors’ Fund is a safety net, 

providing programs and services for those who are in need, crisis or transition. 

Throughout the 123 year history of The Actors’ Fund, our organization 

has continually evolved to meet the changing needs and demands of our 

communities. In 2005 that evolution continued with expanded services and 

programs designed to both assist those in need as well as provide proactive 

support, training and information to significantly enhance daily lives. 

New initiatives included expanded education services, increases in the number 

and variety of support groups offered by The Fund, new health insurance 

resources for those in the entertainment community and increased national 

advocacy efforts to enhance access to health care. 

The Actors’ Fund’s strengths as an organization allowed us to respond 

immediately with crucial assistance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and 

function as a vital safety net for those impacted by this tragedy. Outreach and 

partnerships with industry unions and guilds expanded our presence nationally 

and technological enhancements to our website and other communication 

systems allowed us to be there for those in need 24/7. 

Thanks to the support of individuals, unions, guilds, corporations and 

government agencies, The Fund was able to help 7,720 performing arts and 

entertainment professionals in 2005. 

social 

SERVICES 

In 2005, 4,431 people received assistance through 

Social Service programs at The Fund. 

The Entertainment Industry Assistance Program 

This year, the Entertainment Industry Assistance Program at The Fund 

expanded its support and education services, increased the number of 

affordable housing seminars offered and introduced expanded financial 

planning services. EIAP brought on a full-time social worker to oversee the 

entire financial planning program and to provide a full range of financial 

planning seminars as well as intensive one-on-one financial counseling. 

EIAP also expanded the range and scope of financial support groups offered 

to clients of The Fund. 

Mental Health 

Licensed clinical social workers provided evaluations, crisis intervention and 

counseling for individuals, couples and families. They also made referrals to 

a wide network of providers who are familiar with industry issues and offer 

high-quality, low cost services. The Fund also helped obtain supportive 

housing, day treatment, vocational rehabilitation, psychiatric care and 

medical management for individuals struggling with long-term psychiatric 

disabilities. 

Chemical Dependency 

The Chemical Dependency Program helps entertainment professionals 

and their families when there is a problem with drug and alcohol abuse 

or addiction. Social workers organized interventions, made referrals to 

treatment, helped coordinate care with treatment programs and negotiated 

on their client’s behalf with insurance and managed care companies. 

Financial assistance was also provided to help with the cost of treatment and 

other financial difficulties for eligible members and their families. 

 

As we head into 2006, The Fund will continue 

to build on these accomplishments, grow new 

services and adapt to the ever-changing needs 

of our vibrant and diverse community. 

HIV/AIDS Initiative 

This year the HIV/AIDS Initiative expanded partnerships and programs to 

meet the changing needs of both newly diagnosed and long-term HIV/AIDS 

clients, putting program focus on helping find ways not just to survive, but 

to thrive. HIV/AIDS Initiative counselors worked to create confidential, 

holistic plans and support systems to meet each person’s emotional, medical 

and financial needs. Within The Fund, the HIV/AIDS Initiative also worked 

closely with the AIDS Training and Education Project to focus on quality of 

life and help those living with HIV/AIDS find manageable and meaningful 

ways to balance the disease and their lives.

Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative 

Women who received serious medical diagnoses were provided with 

intensive case management and support services through the Phyllis 

Newman Women’s Health Initiative (PNWHI). More than 1,000 clinic visits 

were provided through the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic, 377 women 

received free flu shots, 256 women received free mammograms and 232 

received health insurance counseling. PNWHI outreach efforts included a 

presence at a number of industry-related health fairs including the Women’s 

Health Fair for Entertainment Professionals, the Complementary Medicine 

& Alternative Health Fair and the Free Health Fair for All Entertainment 

Professionals, all in New York City. Clients came from every corner of 

the industry, from actors, singers and dancers to writers, ticket sellers, TV 

producers and cinematographers. 

Senior Care 

The Senior Care Program expanded its outreach efforts this year, reaching 

out to seniors and providing information about affordable health insurance 

options, medigap policies and prescription programs. The Senior Care 

Program also provided financial support and assistance, housing referrals 

and care management services. 

Disabled Care 

The Disabled Care Program helped individuals and families who were 

coping with a short- or long-term illness or disability. Information and 

advocacy were provided to help negotiate medical bills, coordinate public 

and private benefits, arrange for home care and facilitate referrals to 

community resources. 

Conrad Cantzen Shoe Fund 

In 1945, actor Conrad Cantzen bequeathed his estate to The Fund with 

the stipulation that it be used to help actors purchase shoes so they did not 

appear “down at the heels” when auditioning. This continues to 

be an incredibly popular program with almost 1,000 

pairs of shoes purchased with help 

from the Shoe Fund 

every year. 

Funerals & Burials 

One of the earliest services The Actors’ Fund provided was assistance with 

the cost and arrangements of funerals and burials. In 1886, The Actors’ 

Fund purchased its first plot at the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn, 

New York, and in 1904 a second plot was purchased at Kensico Cemetery 

in Valhalla, New York. These plots are the final resting place for over 2,000 

members of the entertainment industry. Today, The Fund continues to assist 

with the cost of funerals and provides a gravesite with a headstone to those in 

need. 

Partner Programs 

The Actors’ Fund provides Member Assistance Programs and Employee 

Assistance Programs to a number of partner organizations. In 2005, The 

Fund provided support and helped people find solutions to a wide range of 

personal and work-related problems, including access to healthcare and health 

insurance, mental health, chemical dependency, housing, family and child care. 

This year, our partner programs included partnerships with: 

• The Actors’ Equity Foundation 

• The AGMA Relief Fund 

• The Biscotto-Miller Fund (Chicago) 

• Cable Positive Assistance Program 

• IATSE Local One Members Assistance Program 

• IATSE Local 306 Theatrical Employee Health Plan 

• IATSE Local 764 

• The Metropolitan Opera Employee Assistance Program 

• The Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund 

• The Musicians Assistance Program of the American Federation of 

Musicians Local 802 

Assistance Following Hurricane Katrina 

The extensive infrastructure established by The Actors’ Fund enabled us to 

respond quickly to the crisis in the Gulf States following Hurricane Katrina. 

Within one day of the storm, The Fund was reaching out to all entertainment 

and performing arts unions and guilds to let them know how their members, 

family members and others in the entertainment community could receive 

immediate assistance. A 24-hour emergency hotline was established so that 

no phone call would go unanswered and no request for help would be delayed. 

Every call was handled at the initial contact, and emergency assistance was 

provided within 24 hours. The Fund was able to provide emotional, material 

and financial support to evacuees, establish comprehensive outreach efforts 

and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that The Fund is there in times of need. 

 

At The Al Hirschfeld Health Clinic, Dr. Jim 

Spears works with Ed Requenez, a first year 

medical student at Columbia Medical. 

Those partnerships strengthened and grew throughout the remainder of 

2005, with the Al Hirschfeld Free Clinic opening its doors to displaced New 

Orleans residents by becoming a satellite facility of the New Orleans Musicians 

Clinic, and new alliances were forged throughout the entire entertainment 

community. In all 382 individuals affected by Katrina received services from 

The Fund and $126,183 in direct financial assistance was provided to 224 

people. But money was only a small part of it. In the six months following 

Hurricane Katrina, The Fund assisted with emergency housing, health care 

and advocacy, as well as providing assistance in dealing with FEMA and 

coordinating emergency benefit services.

health SERVICES 

In 2005, 3,955 individuals received direct assistance through the 

Health Service programs of The Fund. 

In addition, more than 400,000 individuals accessed health 

insurance information through our internet resources. 

Health Insurance Resource Center 

The year 2005 was a tremendous year of growth for the Health Insurance 

Resource Center. The Center offered the largest number of seminars ever 

as part of its commitment to educate those in our community, and the staffs 

of arts service organizations, about how to access health insurance and 

affordable, quality care. Actors’ Fund representatives spoke at a variety of 

local, state and national venues, including the AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C., 

the National Assembly of State Art Agencies Annual Conference in Idaho and 

the AFTRA membership meeting. Outreach seminars were also conducted in 

Chicago, New Jersey, Philadelphia and throughout New York City. Over 660 

people attended seminars led by the New York office and over 250 attended 

workshops hosted by the Los Angeles office, an increase of more than 50% 

over 2004. In addition, more than 800 people received one-on-one counseling 

through the Center. 2005 also saw the growth of the AHIRC website, which 

has become a premier health insurance resource on the internet, accessed not 

only by people in the entertainment industry but by thousands of independent 

contractors, individuals and small businesses. 

Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic 

The Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic provides medical care and insurance 

counseling services to under- and un-insured entertainment professionals. 

The clinic, which is located at The Fund’s Aurora Residence in Manhattan, 

is associated with the Center for Family Medicine at Columbia University 

Medical Center and is led by a full-time medical director and family physician 

from the Medical Center, along with volunteer physicians. In 2005 the clinic 

added its first full-time health insurance counselor to its patient services. The 

counselor helps people identify health insurance resources when they visit the 

clinic, assisting them in getting services and developing a long-term plan for 

Looking Ahead members Gina DeVivo, Matthew Underwood, 

Chelsea Mansolino & Ryan Sparks. 

employment & 

TRAINING 

obtaining health care. 

In 2005, 1,895 people received Employment and Training 

assistance from The Fund. 

Actors’ Work Program 

The Actors’ Work Program helped those who wanted to develop alternate 

work and increase their financial stability. This year more than 1,150 

employment placements were achieved through the program in such 

fields as temping, teaching, political campaigning and fair housing testing. 

AWP provided career counseling, job training and job placement to help 

clients find work that could be done while continuing in the entertainment 

industry or while developing a new professional direction. New partnerships 

were formed with businesses and industries where the skills of arts and 

entertainment professionals made them ideal candidates for employment, 

including tour companies, arts-in-education programs, arts administration 

and the fitness industry, as well as traditional entertainment, performing and 

production work. In addition, AWP provided tuition assistance for clients 

who wanted to return to school at such institutions as New York University, 

the Fashion Institute of Technology, Baruch College, Rutgers University, 

Hunter College, the City University of New York and the Florida Culinary 

Institute. The AWP approach is holistic, with the goal of helping find work 

that is rewarding and complements career goals while feeding the soul. 

AIDS Training and Employment 

In 2005, the AIDS Training and Employment Project (ATEP) assisted 

those with AIDS who wanted to return to the workforce or engage in other 

meaningful activities. ATEP counselors worked with individuals to assist 

them in career assessment and planning, educational advisement and 

funding, job searches and skill development, including computer training, 

proposal writing and resume creation. Working in partnership with The 

Fund’s HIV/AIDS Initiative, ATEP assisted clients in assessing their health 

status and its relationship to work, exploring possible career/job/volunteer 

opportunities, and analyzing the challenges and issues of returning to the 

workplace while living with AIDS/HIV. 

YOUNG 

performers 

In 2005, The Fund assisted 313 young performers and their family 

members with unique, pro-active, targeted programs. 

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Looking Ahead 

Young performers ages 9-18 and their families participate in Looking 

Ahead, The Fund’s program that supports young performers and helps 

them develop the values, skills and confidence they need to make successful 

transitions to fulfilling adult lives. The Looking Ahead Leadership Council 

was expanded and community service activities were added to the activity 

schedule. 

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Unclaimed Coogan Funds 

The State of California has named The Fund trustee of unclaimed Coogan 

Funds. In this capacity, funds are protected until claimed and then 

transferred to beneficiaries. In 2005, The Actors’ Fund held a total of 

$648,240 in trust, with 181 claims totaling $127,273 processed. The largest 

claim paid was for $10,308 and the smallest $3.50. As of October 31, 2005, 

almost 65 employers or payroll companies had transferred funds to be held 

in trust by The Actors’ Fund. 

supportive & 

affordable 

HOUSING 

In 2005, The Fund provided 342 individuals with Supportive and 

Affordable housing at our facilities in New York, New Jersey 

and California. 

The Lillian Booth Actors’ Home 

The Lillian Booth Actors’ Home of The Actors’ Fund of America in 

Englewood, New Jersey provides a comfortable living environment on six 

acres of property for retired entertainment professionals. The Home offers 

assisted living for seniors who may still be active but could benefit from 

special assistance as well as extended and 24-hour nursing care to residents 

who are no longer able to care for themselves. In 2005, a complete 

assessment of The Home was undertaken and the decision was made to 

expand and enhance The Home to accommodate additional residents. A 

capital campaign is planned to provide funding to add 15 beds to the facility, 

upgrade the residence and provide state-of-the-art rehabilitation facilities. 

and referral to community resources, entitlement program advocacy, 

coordination of home care and medical services, outreach, health education 

and support groups. The Aurora is also the home of The Fund’s Al 

Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic. 

The Palm View 

The Palm View in West Hollywood, California is a garden apartment 

complex which provides homes to low-income people with HIV/AIDS. 

Supportive services are provided through The Actors’ Fund AIDS Initiative 

and an on-site residence services coordinator. 

Schermerhorn House 

In 2005, The Fund entered into partnership with Common Ground 

Community, in collaboration with HS Development Partners LLC, a joint 

venture of Hamlin Ventures and Time Equities, Inc., to create a new 

supportive housing residence in Brooklyn. To be located on Schermerhorn 

Street between Smith and Hoyt Streets, Schermerhorn House will be an 

eight-story, 85,000 sq. ft. building complex featuring numerous eco-elements, 

including two rooftop gardens, a high-efficiency boiler system, the use of 

non-toxic sustainable materials and increased natural lighting. Schermerhorn 

House will provide 216 permanent, affordable studio apartments, with 106 

units targeted for low-income, working performing arts professionals and 

the remaining units for formerly homeless individuals and those with special 

needs. The complex will include a state-of-the art performance space for use 

by the entire downtown Brooklyn community. The project is expected to be 

completed in early 2008. 

The Aurora 

The Aurora Residence in New York City provided supportive housing 

to members of special low-income groups including seniors, working 

professionals and persons living with AIDS. The Aurora’s on-site social 

services for residents through Fund social workers included information 

David Mandel, Francis Eldred, Ileana Cotey & Blainie 

Logan work on crafts for Halloween at The Aurora. 

The Lillian Booth Actors’ Home, New Jersey. 

The Aurora, New York. 

The Palm View, California. 

Architectural rending of Schermerhorn House, New York. 

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FUNDRAISING 2005 

In 2005, thousands of supporters provided critical 

support that allowed The Actors’ Fund to provide 

essential services and programs and address 

unfilled needs throughout the performing arts and 

entertainment community. 

The Fund’s dedicated supporters range from individuals, foundations and 

corporations to industry unions and government agencies. Our wide range 

of donors and income streams demonstrate The Fund’s commitment to 

maintaining a healthy and balanced financial posture, including earned as well 

as contributed income. 

Institutional Support 

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS continues to raise the bar, surpassing 

themselves in their level of support. Their innovative fundraising approach 

has broken the mold, and The Fund is proud to remain BC/EFA’s largest 

beneficiary. In 2005, BC/EFA provided almost $3,460,000. 

This year The Fund is also pleased to acknowledge the Screen Actors’ 

Guild, whose sustaining support through both the Motion Picture Players 

Welfare Fund (MPPWF) and The Producers’ Industry Advancement and 

Cooperative Fund (IACF) has been crucial to our long term success and 

programmatic growth. Since 1988, both MPPWF and the IACF have been 

major supporters across several Fund program areas with gifts totaling more 

than $5,000,000. The MPPWF has had tremendous impact on The Fund’s 

Health Services, including the establishment of our free health clinic. The 

IACF continues to be our Western Region’s lead patron. 

Representing corporate, foundation, government and union funders, 

Institutional Giving was responsible for 36% of 2005 contributed income 

with a total of $4,426,770. The Fund deeply appreciates those organizations 

whose sustaining support is so vital to us. Our special thanks also to 

The Shubert Foundation and the Professional Dancers Society for their 

leadership gifts. 

Individual Support 

In the Spotlight 

The Fund’s successes in 2005 were also made possible due to the generosity 

of our In the Spotlight donors. The In the Spotlight program was launched 

in 2003 and is the major gift initiative of The Fund, with members making 

annual unrestricted gifts of $2,500 or more. In 2005, the Spotlight program 

raised its number of members and its revenue by approximately one-third 

and brought in over $1 million for the first time since its inception. 

Membership 

Our members are a critical lifeline, providing support for all programs and 

operations of The Fund. In 2005 members donated $1,851,222 in Annual, 

General Fund, Memorial and In Honor of Gifts. 

Bequests 

The Actors’ Fund is the fortunate recipient of generous support from 

many who remember The Fund in their wills, trusts, insurance policies or 

retirement plans. Gifts consist of real estate, royalties, jewelry, stock, cash 

or other items. In 2005, The Fund received $2,058,961 in bequests. 

Edwin Forrest Society 

Edwin Forrest was American’s first international star. For 50 years, until 

his death in 1872, Forrest remained the most highly paid, popular actor 

in America. His will directed that the bulk of his estate be used for the 

creation of the Edwin Forrest Home, a retirement home for entertainment 

professionals. The Edwin Forrest Society honors his memory. Founded in 

1993, the Edwin Forrest Society has grown to 368 members, all of whom 

have provided for an estate or other planned gift to The Fund. Twenty 

individuals joined the society in 2005. 

For information on any of these programs, please contact The Actors’ Fund 

at 212.221.7300 or visit our website at www.actorsfund.org. 

Lynn Redgrave (center), Actors’ Fund staff members and volunteers walk to raise money in the 2005 Revlon 

Run/Walk in New York. 

Brad Oscar, Marin Mazzie, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Phyllis Newman, Douglas Sills, JoAnne Worley and 

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Brooks Ashmanskas at the In the Spotlight party at Metrazur for a preview of the Fall Benefit Concert, ON 

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. 

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SPECIAL 

PERFORMANCES 

and 

EVENTS 

Special Performances and Events are a major source 

of fundraising support. In 2005, these efforts raised 

$2,573,561 and brought The Actors’ Fund to an 

expanded public with information about our 

programs and services. 

Special Performances 

Broadway shows (and often national tours) add a ninth performance to their 

week at The Fund’s request and hold a Special Performance to benefit 

The Fund. This wonderful tradition of caring began with the first performance 

to benefit The Actors’ Fund in 1882. Special Performances, as we know 

them today, began in 1927 with the invaluable support of Actors’ Equity and 

the League of New York Theatres. The incredible donations of time and 

effort to host these evenings extends beyond the actors on the stage - the 

producers, theatre operators and members of Actors’ Equity Association, 

Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM, Association 

of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers, the Society of Stage Directors 

and Choreographers and the United Scenic Artists Union all waive their 

compensation for Special Performances. Box office, house staff and IATSE 

members have also donated their time and labor for these events. The Actors’ 

Fund is deeply grateful for this enduring show of generosity. 

MARIO CANTONE LAUGH WHORE 

‘NIGHT MOTHER 

BROOKLYN THE MUSICAL 

TWELVE ANGRY MEN 

DAME EDNA 

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES 

HAIRSPRAY 

SPAMALOT 

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES 2005 

STEEL MAGNOLIAS 

THE PILLOWMAN 

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS 

THE CONSTANT WIFE 

DOUBT 

ONE MAN STAR WARS 

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY 

SPELLING BEE 

SPECIAL EVENTS 

NEW YORK 

The 2005 Annual Gala, There’s No Business Like Show Business, was 

held at Cipriani 42nd Street. Close to 600 generous supporters were on 

hand as Joe Torre presented The Fund’s Artistic Achievement Award to 

Billy Crystal, Melissa Gilbert presented the Nedda Harrigan Logan Award 

to SAG’s Senior Advisor John McGuire, Liz Smith and Lauren Bacall 

presented the Tom Dillon Humanitarian Award to Phyllis Newman and 

Actors’ Fund President Brian Stokes Mitchell presented The Actors’ Fund 

Medal of Honor to Roger Berlind. 

2005 also saw two exciting benefit concerts in New York. The first was a 

laugh-out-loud production of the classic Comden-Green-Coleman musical 

On the Twentieth Century. The leading roles were filled by two of 

Broadway’s most exciting talents, Douglas Sills and Marin Mazzie, who 

were joined by JoAnne Worley, Brooks Ashmankas, Brad Oscar, Christopher 

Sieber, and many others. The show was directed by Peter Flynn, 

choreographed by Denis Jones and, for the fifth year in a row, featured 

musical director/artistic producer Seth Rudetsky conducting the 29 piece 

on-stage orchestra. 

The second benefit concert was A Wonderful Life, adapted from the 

beloved Frank Capra film “It’s a Wonderful Life.” This show had never 

been produced in New York so it was the Broadway debut for the beautiful 

score by Sheldon Harnick and Joe Raposo. The show starred Brian Stokes 

Mitchell, Judy Kuhn, David Hyde Pierce, Dominic Chianese and featured 

such luminaries as Nancy Anderson, Michael Berresse, Philip Bosco, Ronn 

Carroll, Chuck Cooper, Jayne Houdyshell, George S. Irving, Marc Kudish, 

Phylicia Rashad, Marian Seldes and Karen Ziemba. It was directed by 

Carl Andress, choreographed by Denis Jones and had musical direction by 

Lawrence Yurman. Special thanks go to Pat Collins and evening co-chairs 

John and Pat Rosenwald for making the evening such a terrific success. 

(opposite page) the cast of HAIRSPRAY after their Special Performance; Brad Oscar, Brooks Ashmanskas, 

Marin Mazzie, and Douglas Sills in ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; David Hyde Pierce and the cast of A 

WONDERFUL LIFE. 

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The Fund partnered with The New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend 

series to present John Mayer: A Benefit for Broadway. The evening 

featured a live interview with John Mayer hosted by New York Times music 

critic Jon Pareles. 

“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” star Jai Rodriguez shared his story in the 

pop/rock Moulin Rouge–style production Jai Rodriguez: Xposed. 

Charles Busch and Julie Halston hosted an hilarious benefit evening of 

sketches, comedy and song called Charles Busch and Julie Halston: 

Together on Broadway. 

Audra McDonald, John Mayer, Julie Halston, and Charles Busch all lent their time and talent to help support 

The Actors’ Fund in 2005. 

LOS ANGELES 

The Actors’ Fund’s 9th Annual Tony Party at the Skirball Cultural Center 

in Los Angeles featured Elaine Stritch presenting The Fund’s Julie Harris 

Lifetime Achievement Award to Stockard Channing. Jason Graae hosted and 

entertained during commercial breaks in the live telecast of the Tonys from 

New York and JoAnne Worley was an expert auctioneer. 

A staged reading of Casablanca starred Christian Slater as Rick and Anne 

Heche as Ilsa. They were joined by Andre De Shields, Edward Herrmann, 

John Rubinstein, Ian Abercrombie, Thora Birch, Dan Castellaneta, Bruce 

Davison, Henry Gibson, Suzanna Guzman, Ken Howard, Tom McGowan, Hal 

Sparks and Michael York. 

A slew of Broadway and cabaret stars performed in Hooray For Love: A 

Celebration of the Music of Harold Arlen, and the Nedda Harrigan Logan 

Award was presented to Showtime’s Robert Greenblatt by Alan Cumming. 

NATIONWIDE 

Auction of 1000 Stars 2005 was The Fund’s most successful internet auction 

to date, raising over $250,000 in just two weeks of intense online bidding. The 

auction featured hundreds of celebrity experiences and incredible memorabilia 

from Broadway to baseball to Hollywood and beyond. 

Elaine Strich & Stockard Channing at The Annual Tony Party in Los Angeles; Christian Slater & 

Anne Heche in CASABLANCA. 

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institutional & corporate 

DONORS 

The Actors’ Fund thanks the many corporations, foundations, guilds, unions 

and government agencies whose support makes the work of The Fund possible. 

$1,000,000 + 

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS 

$100,000 + 

Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund 

Professional Dancers Society 

Screen Actors Guild-Producers Industry Advancement and 

Cooperative Fund 

The Shubert Foundation, Inc. 

$50,000 + 

Celebrate B’Way Preservation 

The Entertainment Industry Foundation 

Lehman Brothers Inc. 

MGM 

$25,000 + 

AFTRA - Industry Cooperative Fund 

Jujamcyn Theaters 

The Edith Meiser Foundation 

Motion Picture & Television Fund 

NYSAE Education & Research 

People 

Screen Actors Guild - National Office 

Season of Concern 

Verizon Communications 

Verizon International 

Institutional and Corporate Donors (continued)... 

$5,000 + 

The Abe & Frances Lastfogel Foundation 

Actors’ Equity Association (Western Region) 

The Acorn Foundation 

AFTRA - National Office 

Cambiar Investors, LLC 

The Dramatists Guild Fund, Inc. 

The Ferriday Fund 

Film Funds 

Friedman FL Foundation, Inc. 

The John Golden Fund, Inc. 

IATSE, Local No. 1 (Theatrical Stage Employees) 

IATSE, Local No. 764 

James H. Shattuck Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 

MAMMA MIA Broadway, LP 

NBC Universal 

The Louis & Harold Price Foundation, Inc. 

PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP 

The Bessie Rattner Foundation 

Segal Family Charitable Fund 

The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation 

The Entertainment AIDS Alliance 

Theatrical Teamsters Local 817 

Time Equities, Inc. 

Tisch Foundation 

Twelfth Night Club, Inc. 

United Way of New York City 

$2,500 + 

Consortium For Worker Education, Inc. 

Dewitt Stern Group Inc. 

The Engelberg Foundation 

Fenwick-Keats Realty 

The Andrew & Irma Hilton Foundation 

Household Life Insurance Company 

IATSE, Local No. 33 

IATSE, National Office 

Jerome L. Stern Family Foundation 

Karen Berg Family Foundation 

Kranz & Company, LLP 

Legg Mason’s ASAE Association 

LML Music 

The Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc. 

Mellon’s Human Resources and Investor Solutions 

JP Morgan Chase 

New Theatre 

Nina Lannan Associates, Inc. 

Pace Theatrical Group, Inc. 

Paramount Pictures Corporation 

Pharmagistics 

Reed Smith LLP 

The Joseph Rosen Foundation 

Salibello & Broder LLP 

Serino Coyne Inc. 

Stratuscom Corporation 

Theatre Authority, Inc. 

Treasurers & Ticket Sellers - Local 751 

Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation 

United Scenic Artists, Local 829 

United Way of Tri-State 

Warner Brothers Studios 

$10,000 + 

Actors’ Equity Association 

Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers 

American Guild of Musical Artists, Inc. 

American Guild of Variety Artists 

CBS Corporation 

Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. 

Fox Associates, LLC 

HSBC Bank USA 

ING Financial Services Corporation 

Integrated Wealth Management 

International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600, CA 

League of American Theatres & Producers, Inc. 

Lotta Theatrical Fund 

Lucille Lortel Theatre Foundation 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 

Nederlander Producing Company of America 

Playbill Incorporated 

Richard F. Walsh/Alfred DiTolla/Harold P. Spivak Foundation 

The Shubert Organization, Inc. 

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William Morris Agency 

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individual 

DONORS 

The Actors’ Fund applauds the thousands of individuals who support The 

Fund through In The Spotlight membership, general contributions, annual 

gifts and In Honor of donations. 

$50,000 + 

Lillian Booth & Misha Dabich 

Tony Dellasalla 

Ann & Gene Dickey 

Ana Maria Jaffe 

Steve Kalafer 

Anna Strasberg 

$25,000 + 

Frances Gaar 

Marc D. Grodman, M.D. 

Kenneth F. Guarino 

Suzanne Mados 

Stanley Newman & 

Dr. Brian Rosenthal 


David A. Terveen 

Tom Viola 

$10,000 + 

John Barlow & Scott Rudin 

Lisbeth Barron 

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Benincasa 

Ira B. Bernstein 

Jeffrey & Tina Bolton 

Liz and Bruce Boulware 

Pat Collins & William Sarnoff 

Jan Cortez 

Terry A. Fassburg 

Jack & Myra Gibson 

Randy Goldfarb 

Steven Green 

Cindy L. Jamison 

Harry R. Kaplan 

Jang Don Kim 

Paula Lemire 

David and Anita Massengill 

Stephanie & Carter McClelland 


Pat Rosenwald 

Catherine Rein 

Bob Ross 

Sylvia & David Steiner 

Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara 

Charles R. Pollock 

Pamela & Allen B. Swerdlick 

Christine Urquhart 

Denise & Dean Vanech 

Sandy Wasserman 

Samuel A. Waterston 

Max Weintraub 

Anonymous (1) 

$5,000 + 

Sam & Joan Arlen 

John Attanasio 

Robert & Veronica Bailin 

Ruth Bedford 

Roger & Brook Berlind 

Richard Alan Bernsley 

Halle Berry 

Joni Berry 

David & Susan Bershad 

William K. Block 

Jane Brite 

Janice Calloway 

Mark & Oksana Carney 

John A. Cassese 

George Clooney 

Robert F. Comstock 

Cecilia Demille Presley 

Gene Dickey 

Chantalle Dinnage 

Dorothy Dixon 

John A. Duncan 

Dasha A. Epstein 

Barbara J. Fife 

Miriam Fond 

Aaron Frankel 

Gerald Gietka 

Danny Goldman Casting 

Barbara L. Goldsmith 

Kelly & Lou Gonda 

Robert Greenblatt 

Louise Guthman 

John & Sadie Hall 

The Irving Harris Foundation 

Nedenia Merrill & Ted Hartley 

Maurice J. Hill 

Lisa Hogan 

Patricia Heaton & David Hunt 

Buck Henry 

Dustin & Lisa Hoffman 

Susan R. Hoffman 

Kate Edelman Johnson 

The Karma Foundation/ 

Sharon Karmazin 

Thomas Kean 

Kathy Kinney 

Phyllis Klavan 

William Knight 

John Langdon & Karen Nichols 

Joan & Avram Lavin 

Michael Leppen 

John Maese 

Krystal Marcus 

Arlene & Neil Martin 

Mike Mearian & Judy Frank 

Cheryl & Philip Milstein 

Mrs. Gerard Oestreicher 

David & Faith Pedowitz 

Perakis Family 

A.J. & Charlotte Fairchild Pocock 

Mimi Prentice 

Harold Prince 

Joyce Randolph 

Elliott Reid 

John Barlow & Scott Rudin 

Carl & Aviva Saphier 

Cindy Secunda 

Martin E. Segal 

Suzy Shechtman 

Mace & Jan Siegel 

Dr. & Mrs. Mark Silver 

Howard Stern 

Elga & Stephen Stulman 

Phyllis N. Sussman 

Edward & Jan Turen 

Claude M. Tusk 

Suzyn Waldman 

Scott Weiner 

The Neil & Virginia 

Weiss Foundation 

Bob White 

Barbara Whitman 

George R. Zuber 

$2,500 + 

Michele J. Abo 

Meridee Alter 

Tim Amos 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Appel 

Arnold & Ruth Aprahamian 

Amnon S. Barness 

Gene Bayliss 

Orson & Alley Bean 

Roger L. Berkley 

Yogi & Carmen Berra 

Marc and Randi Berson 

Morton Blum 

Irving & Joan Bolotin 

Beebe Bourne 

Carmella Brandstetter 

Robert Brenner 

Stuart Breslow & Anne Miller 

John Bretschneider 

Mary Bromfield 

Robert Brook 

Robert & Nancy Brown 

Valerie Brown 

Steve Brustien 

Mark A. Castellano 

Rob Certilman 

Robin Charin 

Celeste W. Cheatham 

Scott W. Clearwater 

Andrew Clunn 

Michael T. Cohen 

Tracy Cohen & William Ludel 

Richard Coll 

Stewart Colton 

John Conboy 

Denise Connolly 

Milton Cooper 

Pierre & Mary Cossette 

Edna Craddock 

Edgar Foster Daniels 

Christopher D’Anna 

Tonja Davidson 

Barbara & Tim Davis 

Charles & Patricia Debrovner 


Jamie deRoy 

Kenneth Donaldson 

Nancy Downey 

Elizabeth & Michael Duncan 

John Ebey 

Amy & David Eidelman 

Janice & Bruce Ellig 

David and Judy Epstein 

Dennis G. Farina 

Jeff Feig 

Gilbert & Anita Fields 

Dorothy Foord & Family 

Edward & Lori Forstein 

James A. Fox 

Richard Frankel 

Avram Freedburg 

Budd Friedman 

John & Susanne Furse 

Michael S. Gardner 

Matthew I. Garfield 

Lynn George 

Richard Gerrig 

Myrna & Freddie Gershon 

Neil Getnick & Margaret Finerty 

Individual Donors (continued)... 

Joel Goldstein & Elaine Zelnick 

Erwin G. Gonzalez, M.D. 

Robert & Sarah Goodman 

Lawrence Gottlieb 

Janell Granier 

John DeWitt Gregory 

Jeffrey & Elizabeth Griffin 

Leonard & Jennifer Gruenberg 

Calla & Ralph Guild 

James & Kathryn Gurfein 

Philip Baker Hall 

Lloyd Hamburger 

Peter Hanson 

Gerry Harper 

Bernadette & Bert Hefke 

Florence Henderson 

Loretta M. Hennessey 

Robert Hewitt 

John F. Higgins 

Capt. Howard R. Hill, Jr. 

Judy & Jonathan Hoff 

Abigail & Steven Hoffman 

Todd Holson 

Franklin B. Horowitz 

Scott Ionin 

Max Jacobs 

Alice Jarcho 

Mr. Alfred R. Kahn 

Richard I. Kandel 

Ann & Robert Kaplan 

Robert & Florence Kaufman 

Laurie D. Kefalidis 

Robert & Anna Kelly 

Doug Kesten 

Roger Kissin 

Lawrence Klatzkin 

Martin & Barbara Klein 

George Kolber 

Ronald Krause 

Vera Rony & Marvin Kristein 

Robert Kuhbach & 

Sherrell Andrews 

Bill Kux 

Trudy Lampert 

BEQUESTS 

Over $100,000 

Estate of Doris F. Jenkinson 

Estate of Al Jolson 

Estate of Marijane Maricle 

Estate of Robert F. McDonald 

$50,000 to $99,999 

Estate of Conrad Cantzen 

Estate of Albert Hackett 

Estate of Frances Leventritt 

Estate of Howard Lindsay 

Estate of Audre Nethercott 

Estate of Anthony L. Randall 

$25,000 to 49,999 

Estate of George Hall 

Estate of Nancy Hamilton 

Estate of Winchell Smith 

$10,000 to $24,999 

Estate of Jackson Beck 

Broadway’s Lost Treasures 

Estate of George M. Cohan 

Estate of Dickinson S. Eastham 

Estate of Elizabeth Fielding Fields 

Estate of Philip A. Guibord 

Estate of Jay Hamilton 

Angela Lansbury 

Ray Larsen 

Peter Lawrence 

Jane Lebell 

Traci Lerner 

Alan Levenstein 

Carol Levitt 

Anne & Vincent Mai 

Carol Marks 

William Martini 

Thomas C. Mazza 

Lynnette McCollum 

Maureen M. McGrath 

Peter & Patricia McHugh 

Terrence & Cynthia McMahon 

Mark Megill 

Felice Michetti 

Alfred Molina 

Marilyn Monter 

Mr. Vincent A. Morano 

Franklin Moss 

Mary A. Mullin 

Gary Nacht 

Nancy & Michael Neuman 

Margaret & Joe Nidzyn 

Dale C. Olson 

Alan L. Oppenheimer 

Bruce & Nicole Paisner 

Geraldine Parker 

Amy Paulin & Ira Schuman 

Barbara Peda 

Iva M. Peele 

Dominick & Lori Peraglia 

H. Charles Pfaff, M.D. 

Richard T. Pilchen 

John & Geri Pollack 

Gail Propp 

Kenneth Quinn 

Rory Radding & Nina Duchaine 

Charlotte Rae 

Bill Rancitelli 

Martha Randall 

Arthur Raskin 

Richard E. Rauh 

Estate of Stephen Hart 

Estate of Hope Lange 

Estate of Lydia F. Lauter 

Estate of Mabel D. Locke 

Estate of Peggy Saeger 

Estate of William H. Steele 

Estate of Clifton Webb 

Estate of William Weinberger 

$1,000 to $4,999 

Estate of Richard Besoyan 

Estate of Virginia Chilewich 

Estate of Morton DaCosta 

Estate of Gertrude J. Flynn 

Estate of Joan Gilmore 

Estate of William Lanteau 

Estate of Robin Litton 

Estate of Frank Mandel 

Estate of Ruth Manning 

Estate of Eugene B. Neville 

Estate of Nancy Walker 

Estate of Barbara Whiting 

Lynn Redgrave 

Albert W. Rice IV 

Martin Richards 

Marie Ritter 

Lawrence & Janice Rogak 

Susan Romano 

Irving Scher 

Vicki Rosen-Solomon 

William Roskin 

Joseph D. Roxe 

Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Sabinson 

Gary B. Samuels 

Sheldon Sandler 

Micki Schildkraut 

Nadine Schramm 

Steve Schwartzapfel 

Lorie Slutsky 

Ted & Vada Stanley 

Janice Stanton 

James Sullivan 

Ronna Sussman 

Paul Swerdlove 

Barbara & Fred Tepperman 

Harold & Lynne Theurer 

Michael Thomas 

Norman & Doris Tipograph 

Helen & William Van Syckle 

Carol M. Waaser 

Martin Waldron 

James Wallick 

Carol G. Walter 

Geoffrey Weglarz 

Bernard & Miriam West 

Lois Whitman 

Elizabeth Kubota Whitney 

Kate R. Whitney 

Kenneth C. Whitney 

Kimberly Williams 

Donald Windham 

Neil & June Winward 

Gerard J. Wolfe 

Anonymous (5) 

Space precludes our listing the important individuals who have made donations to The Fund under $2,500. 

Our great thanks to each and every one of them. 

Estate of Ulysses Dove 

Estate of Robert Downing 

Estate of John Eames 

Estate of Harvey Enders 

Estate of Sarah Flynn 

Estate of Brenda Forbes 

Estate of Truman Gaige 

Estate of Tiger Haynes 

Estate of Helene L. Heigh 

Estate of Percy Helton 

Estate of K. Kraft 

Estate of Delphi Lawrence 

Estate of Ruth McDevitt 

Estate of Jan Miner 

Estate of Barbara Morrison 

Estate of Kermit Murdock 

Estate of Mary Perry 

Estate of Channing Pollock 

Estate of Guy Raymond 

Estate of Frank Scannell 

Estate of Natalie Schafer 

Estate of Brenda Forbes Shepard 

Estate of Lois St. John 

Estate of Jeremiah Sullivan 

Estate of Kelley A. Tucker 

Estate of Denis Tyrrell 

Under $1,000 

Estate of Frederick Combs 

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Lew Center 

Angel Power, Inc. 

Estate of David Craig 

Estate of Georgine Cleveland 

Estate of Nelson V. Welch 

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The Edwin Forrest Society is made up of supporters who have provided for 

an estate gift or other planned gift to The Fund. 

Ian Abercrombie 

Paul Ainsley 

Jeffrey Albani 

Len Alexander 

Elizabeth Allen 

Gertrude A. Allen 

Valerie Allen 

Jane Altman 

Cindy Ames 

Barbara Anderson 

Douglas Andros 

Shirley Arkin 

Helen-Jean Arthur 

Mary Linda Armacost 

Madison Arnold 

Maxine Arnold 

Victor Arnold 

Ward Asquith 

W. Lee Bailey 

Millie Baron 

Jack Beers 


Melvin Bernhardt 

Jed Bernstein 

Mr. & Mrs. John Bertani 

Harriet Bigus 

Leslie Hoban Blake 

Peter Blaxill 

Jeffrey Bolton 

Bayla Sussman Bonney 

Gael Borden 

Louis Botto 

Jean Carberry Brady 

Bill Britten 

Elaine Brodey 

James E. Brodhead 

Robert J. Bruyr 

Lydia Bruce 

Mr. & Mrs. Norman 

Budd 

Lonnie Burr 

Linda Burson 

Kristin Ann Capuano 

Ruth Altman Champlain 

Irving Cheskin 

Dolores Childers 

Thom Christopher 

Emily Cobb 

Ann Connolly 

Catherine Connolly 

Isabel Cooley 

Joan Copeland 

Alex Cord 

Mark Costello 

Ann Latham Cudworth 

Joan Cunningham 

Stephen A. Daley 

Herman Aldervan Daley 

A. Daniel Danoff 

Barbara & Tim Davis 

Barbara Ann Davison 

Mark & Carolyn N. 

Dawson 

David Day 


Richard Delahanty 

Joseph Dellasorte 

Erick Devin 

Bill Dolive 

John L. Dooley 

Vincent F. Dowling 

Lee Doyle 

Phil Drach 

Kathleen Dunn 

James C. Dutton 

Harry Edwards 

Anne Einhorn 

Carol J. Emshoff 

John M. Erman 

Paula Ewin 

Mallory Factor 

Charlotte Fairchild 

Leon Fassler 

Leonard Finger 

Lola Fisher 

Michael Fisher 

Mary Fogarty 

Luther Foulk 

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene 

Francis 

Dr. Joel I. Frand 

Aaron Frankel 

Roger Franklin 

Isadore Freeman 

Naomi Freistadt 

Rita Frucht 

Luther Foulk 

Catherine Gaffigan 

Don Garner 

Mrs. Larry Gates 

Margaret Anne 

Gathright 

Joanna M. Gitterman 

Doris Blum Goerlick 

Charles E. Goff 

Henry Goldsmith 

Janet Fox Goldsmith 

Arleen Goman 

Arlene Goodman 

Gayle Gorman 

Ed Grady 

Michael Graves 

Alice Lucille Green 

Jean Greer 

Betty Ann Grove 

Charles V. Grunwell 

Henry Guettel 

Michael Hajek 

Margaret Hall 

Eugene Harbin, Jr. 

Hope Hardcastle 

Grace Harris 

Henry Harris 

Herbert & Frances 

Rainer Harris 

Viola Harris 

Mr. & Mrs. Howard 

Atlee Heinlen 

Lee Heinz 

Melody Henshaw 

Fredi Herlihy 

William Herz, Jr. 

Alan Hewitt Trust 

Robert Hewitt 

Maurice Hill 

James T. Hodson 

Charles Hollerith, Jr. 

Celeste Holm 

William Hughes 

Barbara Hunt 

Frances Ingalls 

Barbara Irvine 


Dorothy Dorian James 

Bella Jarrett 

Mary Payne Jennings 

Jane A. Johnston 

Gloria Justin 

Robert Kamlot 

Amanda KC 

Constance Kelly 

Nicholas Kepros 

Margaret Carmichael 

King 

Joan Kobin 

Anita B. Kolen 

Fred Koven 

Mr. & Mrs. David Kurlan 

William Kux 

Tom Lacy 

Francine White Lambert 

Renee Rogers Landau 

Robert F. Landau 

Lucie Landcaster 

Cyrilla Dorn Langeais 

Jean Lee 

Edward C. Leman 

Daniel Leone 

Edwin Lester Trust 

Judith Leverone 

Audrey Davis Levin 

Peter Dan Levin 

Aura Levitas 

David Lewis 

Nadine Lewis-Crane 

Philip Lindsay 

Rick Little 

Robert Livingston 

Damian London 

Mary Louise 

Joan Lowell 

James MacArthur 

Polli A. Magaro 

Edith Maison 

Frank Marino 

Paul Marin 

Ferderic Martin 

Tom Matsusaka 

Charles McCollister 

Barry E. McGuire 

William McIntyre 

Mr. & Mrs. Mike 

Mearian 

Jeffrey Mendrala 

Jaymie Meyer 

Wynne Miller 

Katharine Minehart 

Joanna Morris 

Ben Morse 

Margot Moser 

Marianne Muellerleile 

Robert Mulligan 

Sandy Leeds Mulligan 

Wallace Munro 

Donn B. Murphy 

Robert Nakashima 

Luce Neilson 

Richard Neilson 

Paul Newman, Esq. 

Stanley Newman 

Norma Novak 

John O’Leary 

Dorothy Olim 

Dale C. Olson 

Mary Orr 

Jan Owen 

Gian Eric Pace, M.D. 

Evelyn Page 

Rhoda Pauley 

Liz Pazik 

Ernestine Perrie 

Bill Perry 

John Petlock 

Vivian Petlock 

Edward A. Pfeiffer 

Ann Pitoniak 

A. J. Pocock 

Don Potter 

Dan Price 

James Prideaux 

Harold Prince 

Rosemary Prinz 

Remak Ramsay 

Joyce Randolph 

Elliott Reid 

Ann J. Reilly 

T.J. Reilly 

Maureen Wilshire 

Rhodes 

Grahame Richards 

Charles Knox Robinson 

Joan Robinson 

Gil Rogers 

Margaret Roski 

Paul L. & Marion J. Ross 

Mrs. William Edward 

Daniel Ross 

Michael Rougas 

Anne Russell 

Harvey Sabinson 

Martha Shaw Sack 

David Sacks 

Alan Sader 

Maureen Sadusk 

M. David Samples 

Raynor Scheine 

Dolly Beechman Schnall 

Robert Schnitzer 

Marion Sears 

Richard Seff 

The Edwin Forest Society (continued)... 

Ralph Shaw 

Leslie Shreve 

Jerry William Siggins 

Melvin Silverman 

Michael Simmons- 

DeFord 

Diana Shuman Skylar 

Harold F. Smith 

Mary H. Smith 

Leida Snow 

Joseph Stanton 

Helen Stenborg 

Leon B. Stevens 

Charlotte Abramson 

Lewis Allen 

Jackson Beck 

CDR Jane Barton, USNR 

Patricia Bell 

Charles Bowden 

Rosetta Le Noire Brown 

Edna Burnett 

Richard L. Charles 

Richard Crowley 

Jean Dalrymple 

Richard C. Daniels 

Harry Davies 

Tom Dillon 

Paddy Edwards 

Truman Gaige 

Elaine Stritch 

Bradford E. Sullivan 

Susan Sullivan 

W. M. Supernaw 

William Swan 

Jill Tanner 

Terry Hodge Taylor 

Harry Teter 

Richard C. Thorne 

Zubie T. Thronson 

J. Kevin Tighe 

Lee Truhill 

Florence Tustin 

The Edwin Forrest Society - In Memoriam 

Larry Gates 

Patricia Gerringer 

Frank Goodman 

Bernard Goerlick 

Lewis Harris 

Peter Harris 

Helen Hayes 

Edward Herlihy 

Harry Hickox 

Louise Hewitt 

Hildegarde 

Edna Hirst 

Joy Hodges 

Jonathan Hole 

Bernard B. Jacobs 

Barnard Hughes 

sunshine 

BOYS 

campaign 

$150,000 

AGVA Sick & Relief Fund 

Steve & Suzanne Kalafer 

$100,000 

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS 

$50,000 

The League of American Theatres & Producers 

$35,000 

Frances Gaar 


$20,000 

Anne Pitoniak 

$10,000 

John Fiedler 

Fredi Herlihy 

Richard A. Via 

Barbara Von Borstal 

Peter T. Tierney 

Lawrence C. Vincent 

Beverly Spottswood 

Voelbel 

Carol Waaser 

Honey Waldman 


Lee Wallace 

Marilyn Chris-Wallace 

Honore E. Walsh 

Cory Wayne 

Paula Laurence 

Madeline Kahn 

Richard Kiley 

Clinton Kimbrough 

Sidney Kingsley 

Kay E. Kuter 

Robert F. Landau 

Hope Lange 

Dr. Rosella Linskie 

Paul Lipson 

Lucille Lortel 

Dorothy Loudon 

J. Frank Lucas 

Margaret E. Lynn 

Joanna E. Malley 

Ruth Manning 

Fredd Wayne 

Edward Weston 

Robert Allen White 

Bart Williams 

Elizabeth Wilson 

Morgan Woodward 

David Wren 

Gretchen Wyler 

Doris Wyman 

Joel Wyman 

Annetta Toni Yager 

Betty Zimmer 

Lee Zimmer 

Marijane Maricle 

Gaylord Mason 

Frank C. P. McGlinn 

Joan Mollison 

Ken Porter 

Bob Pryor 

John Randolph 

William Edward Daniel 

Ross 

George Wallace 

Billye Ree Wallace 

Eugene W. Walton 

Paul F. Ware 

John Wingate 

Thank you to those who’ve made a dedicated contribution in 2005 to the 

capital campaign to expand the Lillian Booth Actors’ Home of The Actors’ 

Fund of America. 

$5,000 

The Lauter Family Trust 

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permanent 

ABETHA AAYER FRANKEL 

Aaron Frankel 

WILLIAM ABRAMS 

Jonathan Freeman 

WESLEY ADDY 

Celeste Holm 

JOHN ALEXANDER 

Anna Neglia 

LUCINDA BALLARD 

Robert F. R. Ballard 

KATHARINE BARD 

Martin Manulis, Laurie, 

Karen & John Bard 

RICHARD BAUMAN 

Gilbert Parker 

MRS. MARTIN BECK 

Lynn Wood & 

Iggie Wolfington 

BRIAN BELL 

Pat & Ralph S. Bell 

RALPH BELLAMY 

Siobhan Oppenheimer 

Nicolau 

PEGGY CORNELL BENLINE 

Capt. Arthur J. Benline 

JOAN BENNETT 

The Dark Shadows Festival 

RIVINGTON M. BISLAND 

Mrs. Rivington M. Bisland 

CHRISTOPHER SEAN BIXBY 

Wilfred B. Bixby 

MAY BOLHOWER 

Committee for May 

Bolhower 

STORER BOONE 

Dom & Carol DeLuise 

BOB BOROD 

Merle Frimark 

PHILIP BOURNEUF 

Frances Reid 

HORACE BRAHAM 

Guy Sorel 

JOHN BRUCE BREDIN 

Octavia du Pont Bredin 

JACQUELINE BRITT 

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Reiff 

JOHN F. BROMFIELD 

Mary Bromfield 

GERALDINE BROOKS 

Budd Schulberg, 

Bianca Stroock, 

Gloria Stroock Stern 

ROBERT BROSSMAN 

Sylvia Brossman 

REBECCA BROWNSTEIN 

Dorothy & Benjamin 

Brownstein 

JOSEPHINE BROWN 

Mary Jane Higby 

LES BROWN 

Rozene Supple 

BETTY BRUCE 

Robert Sidney 

WILLIAM A. BUSH 

Estate of William A. Bush 

ELIZABETH CALDWELL 

The Cast & Crew of ANNIE 

(West Coast) 

SANDY CAMPBELL 


MEMORIALS 

Permanent Memorials at The Fund have been created for the following by the 

special donors listed. 

WAYNE CARSON 

Martha Randall Carson 

MADELINE CASTELLOTTI 

Broadway Cares/ 

Equity Fights AIDS 

ROSA CATANIA 


RICHARD L. CHARLES 

Dennis & Judy Jones 

MONTGOMERY CLIFT 

Sandy M. Campbell & 


MARGIE COATE 

Frances Gaar & The American 

Guild of Variety Artists 

ALEXANDER COHEN 

Bruce Helford & 

Deborah Oppenheimer 

ROBERTA BEATTY COHEN 

Jonathan Hole 

THOMAS L. COLEY 

William G. Roerick 

ELINOR FOSTER COMEGYS 

Miss Kathleen Comegys 

TED CORDAY 

Frances Reid 

CLIFFORD COTHREN 

June Prud’homme Cothren 

ROBERT CRAWLEY 

Casey Walters 

HUME CRONYN 

Susan Cooper Cronyn & 

Hallmark Global Services 

MELISSA CROSMAN 

Gertrude Milley Ortlieb 

GERTRUDE HAWORTH 

CULLITON 

Patrick Culliton 

ROBERT D. CURRIE 

Tanny McDonald Currie 

MORTON DACOSTA 

Richard & Jan Miner 

Merrell, Peter Flint, Jeanne 

Harrison, Howard H. 

Taubman, Donald & Sada 

Stewart, Lori March 

Williams, Kleina Jones and 

Michael Thomas 

TONI DARNAY 

Toni & Darnay Hoffman, 

Hobe & Randy Morrison 

LILI DARVAS 

Frances Reid 

DALTON DEARBORN 

S.H. & Helen R. Scheuer 

Family Foundation 

LESTER DEGENSTEIN 

Shirley Brownrigg 

Charitable Trust 

IRENE R. DESSAU 

Marianna Elliott & 


COLLEEN DEWHURST 


(Eastern Region) 

HOWARD DIETZ 

Doris Small 

TOM DILLON 

Robert Hewitt, Anita Jaffe, 

Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara, 

Fran Gaar 

LA RUE DONNAN 

Josip Elic and 

LaVerne Donnan 

LA VERNE DONNAN 

Josip Elic 

RALPH DOUGLAS 

Melvin Silverman 

ULYSSES DOVE 

New York City Ballet 

DAVID F. DOYLE 

Anne Doyle 

ELEANORA DUSE 


WILLIAM & 

MARGARET E. DWYER 

Thomas J. Burke, CPA 

JAMES EDWARDS 

Patrick Culliton 

MARIANNA ELLIOTT 


BOBBY FAYE 

American Guild of Variety 

Artists 

JOHN FEARNLEY 

Ruth Bedford, Elaine 

Anderson Steinbeck and 

The Rodgers & 

Hammerstein Organization 

EDNA FERBER 

Janet Fox Goldsmith 

NEIL FLANAGAN 

M.T.M. Productions 

LYNN FONTANNE 

Alan Hewitt 

NED F. FOULDS 

Claiborne Foster Foulds 

MICHAEL J. FRANK 

Thecla Frank Everson 

LYDIA LAUTER 

The Lauter Family Trust 

FLORIDA FRIEBUS 

Actors’ Equity Foundation 

(Western Region) 

EMIL FRIEDLANDER 

Mrs. Emil Friedlander 

DICK GALLAGHER 

Anita Jaffe 

JAMES W. GARDINER 

Robert Sidney 

HERB GARDNER 


JUDY GARLAND 

John Paul Davis 

MARIA GENEVIEVE GERACI 


ANDY GIBB 

Barry Gibb and 

Robin & Maurice Gibb 

RUTH GILLETTE 

John Bowab 

MARY R. GISH 

The Estate of Dorothy Gish 

PETER GLOO 

Donald J. Toumey 

ETHEL FRANK GORDON 

Eleanor Zimmerman 

RUTH GORDON 

Anonymous 

HARRY GOZ 

Margaret Goz 

Permanent Memorials (continued)... 

BERNARD GRANT 

Joyce Gordon 

ADOLPH GREEN 




JAMES GREGORY 

Anne C. Gregory 

PAULA HOUSTON GUIBORD 

Phillip Arthur Guibord 

ELECTRA SANGSTER HALL 

Margaret Nidzyn 

WALLACE A. HALL 

Theatrical Wardrobe Union, 

Local 768 

WILLIAM HAMMERSTEIN 

Alice & Phil Mathias 

GENEVIEVE HAMPER 

Anna Neglia 

BERTRAM HANCOCK 

Mr. & Mrs. James E. Barry 

BERKELEY HARRIS 

Beverlee & Scott 

McKinsey Harris 

GENE W. HARRIS 

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Harris 

SYD HART (SUSAN T. FEELEY) 

Dorsey & Whitney 

Foundation 

MICHAEL HARTIG 

Suzyn Waldman 

STEVEN HAUPT 

Anita Jaffe 

JOSEPHINE (JO) HEALY 



ROGER HELDFOND 

The Casting 

Society of America 

HAROLD W. HERZ 

His Friends 

ALAN HEWITT 

Robert & Louise Hewitt 

HORTENSE B. HEWITT 

Robert & Louise Hewitt 

PHILO HIGLEY 

Sally R. Higley 

GEORGE ROY HILL 


BETTY HANNA HOLE 

The Jonathan Hole Family 

JEAN LEHMAN HOLFELDT 

Estate of Milton I. Shubert 

RICHARD HUGHES 

Walt Witcover 

VINCENT R. IMPELLITTERI 

Elnora Hayes 

LEO JAFFE 

Anita Jaffe 

NATHAN JENNINGS, JR. 

Elizabeth Jennings 

AL JONES 

George Hunter 

ANNE JONES 

Richard Addesso 

JANE LLOYD JONES 

Heywood Hale Broun 

JUDITH JORDAN 

Charlotte Rae 

NORA KAYE 

The Nora Kaye and 

Herbert Ross Foundation 

DR. BELLE KENNEDY 

Friends & Former Students 

JOHN KENNEDY 

Actors’ Equity Foundation 


RICHARD KILEY 

Suzyn Waldman 

LOUISE KIRTLAND 

Grant Walden 

GENE KLAVAN 

Phyllis Klavan 

ESTHER KOREY 



BRUCE LAFFEY 

The DeLuise Family Trust 

BILL LARKIN 

Mrs. India Hando 

EVA LE GALLIENNE 

Eloise & Seth Armen, 

Mrs. Anne Kaufman 

Schneider 

WILLIAM LE MASSENA 



ELIZABETH LEARY 

David & Ellen Leary 

QUEENIE LEONARD 

Patience Cleveland 

DAVID LEOPOLD 

J. M. Erdelac 

TRUDIE LESTER 

Edwin Lester 

ABRAHAM LIEBERMAN 

The Estate of 

Abraham Lieberman 

WILLIAM L. LIVINGSTON 

Joel Key Rice 

SAMUEL LOCANTE 

Adeline B. Locante 

JACOB F. LOEB 

Mark & Hanna Stroock 

JOSHUA & NEDDA HARRIGAN 

LOGAN 

John R. Lehman, Mrs. Anita 

Fitelson & David Wren 

ROBERT LOGAN 

Alan & Kathryn Greenberg 

ALFRED LUNT 

Alan Hewitt 

BERT LYTELL 

The Estate of 

Grace Menken Lytell 

CHARLES MACARTHUR 

James & Helen Hayes 

MacArthur 

ELAINE MACKEY 


HARRY MACKEY 


ANNE NAYLON MADDEN 

Wilson H. Madden 

CATHERINE “TINA” MANDAS 

Mimi G. Cozzens 

& William Falkner 

TOM MARTIN 

Tom Martin 

NORA MARLOWE MCCALLION 

Friends & Family 

BILL MCCUTCHEON 

The DeLuise Family Trust 

FRANK MCHUGH 

Mrs. Dorothy Spencer 

McHugh 

MICHAEL SPENCER MCHUGH 


McHugh 

SUSAN SPENCER MCHUGH 


McHugh 

TIM MCINTIRE 

Jeanette Nolan McIntire 

& John H. McIntire 

JAMES B. MCKENZIE 

Newman’s Own, Inc. 

WILLIAM L. MCKNIGHT 

Jujamcyn Theaters 

CATHERINE MCLEOD 

Don Keefer 

BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN 

Mrs. Cora Walker 

DANIEL COBY MEARIAN 


MICHAEL CHAPMAN MEARIAN 


EDITH MEISER 

The Edith Meiser 

Foundation & Actors’ 

Equity Association 

(Eastern Region) 

JON MENSINGER 

Ms. Esther Rosenberg 

ISMAIL MERCHANT 

Anne & Vincent Mai 

EDYTHE MESERAND 

Cmdr. Jane Barton, USNR 

JAN MINER 

Colgate-Palmolive 

ELIZABETH ALLEN 

MONTGOMERY 

Doris Smolek 

JAMES MONTGOMERY 

Constance Montague 

Montgomery 

ROBERT MONTGOMERY 

Doris Smolek 

JAY MORAN 



WILLIAM MORRIS 

The Family of William 

Morris 

DOROTHY MORRO 

Mike Bramblett 

SANDRA GOULD MORSE 

Donna & John Crean 

RICHARD MULLIGAN 

Robert & Sandy Leeds 

Mulligan 

JANE KEITH MUNSELL 

Douglas & Keith Munsell 

WARREN P. MUNSELL 

Grace Carney 

MAY MUTH 


BETTY NOBLE 

Edward M. Lapidus 

CHESTER (CHET) LEO O’BRIEN 

Elnora Hayes & 

The Estate of Chester L. 

O’Brien 

MORTIMER J. SNOOKS 

Chet O’Brien 

CARROLL O’CONNOR 

Robert & Carole Daly 

WINI SHAW O’MALLEY 

William J. O’Malley 

BETTY O’REAR 

Edward M. Skanta 

MAUREEN O’ SULLIVAN 

Mr. James E. Cushing 

26 27

Permanent Memorials (continued)... 

SIMON OAKLAND 

Gus Vletas & Marinda French Robertson 

TROY EUGENE PACKWOOD 

The Estate of Troy Eugene Packwood 

B. IDEN PAYNE 

Friends & Former Students 

BROCK PEMBERTON 

Jacqueline A. Turkel 

ELAINE PERRY 

Milton Lyon 

MIRIAM PHILLIPS 

Paul B. Modes 

THOM PHILLIPS 

Gary L. Finkel 

ELEANOR PINKHAM 

Edwin Lester 

ROY POOLE 

Marie Poole 

LETTERIA PORRAZZO 


NATALIE PRIEST 

George A. Elmer 

THOMAS PROCHNOW 

The Family of Thomas Prochnow 

WILLIAM H. PUTCH 

Jean Stapleton 

DONNA REED 

Grover W. Asmus 

CHRISTINE C. REID 

Margaret R. Jackson, Reginald & Ruth Petty 

& Elliott Reid 

BUD & CECE ROBINSON 

Anonymous, The Armin & Esther Hirsch 

Foundation, Jill Levy & J. Stephen Price 

RICHARD RODGERS 

Dorothy Rodgers 

EMMANUEL ROSENBERG 

Rita Rosenberg 

TRINI RAMOS SADOWSKY 

Lenore & Nathan Schwartz 

GLORIA SAFIER 

Constance Ford 

GEORGE SALERNO 

Cindy Ames 

HONEY SANDERS 

Kelly Gonda & The Gonda Family Foundation 

GEORGE SCHAFF 

Bernardette Casson Schaff 

MARK G. SHAPIRO 

June A. Renfrow 

CHARLES W. SHELDON 

The Estate of Julius Mandl 

JEAN SHEVLIN 

Rosemary & Marc Weiss 

ESTHER A. SHULTZ 

Catherine A. Rein 

JOHN SHULTZ, SR. 

Catherine A. Rein 

HERMAN SHUMLIN 

Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers 

CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER 

The Blodget Family 

PHYLLIS SMITH 

Richard & Sandy Cobb, Philip J. Smith and The 

Shubert Organization 

ARNOLD SOBOLOFF 

Suzanne Soboloff 

SEYMOUR MITCHELL SPECTOR 

Paul Swerdlove 

KATHRYN GUNN STEHLEY 


PAUL STEWART 

Peg La Centra Stewart 

BIANCA & JAMES E. STROOK 

Doris Small 

SHEPPERD STRUDWICK 

T. Anne Shingleton 

WILLARD SWIRE 


(National/Eastern Region) & Mary Hara 

JOHN SWOPE 

Dorothy McGuire Swope 

MARY TARCAI 

Cindy Ames 

SUSAN TEPPER 

Susan J. Tepper Charitable Trust 

SANDRA THOMAS, FOUNDER, & THE DECEASED 

MEMBERS OF THE STAGE MOTHERS CLUB 

The Stage Mothers Club 

KATE TOMLINSON 

Howard Whitfield 

BARBARA “QUANEY” TRACEY 


PHILIP TRENT 

Peter C. Trent 

KENNETH UTT 

The Dustin & Lisa Hoffman Philanthropic 

Fund 

EDITH VAN CLEVE 

Ruth Van Cleve Emerson 

VIVIAN VANCE 

John Dodds 

VICKI VOLA 

Dena Vola Iamonica 

GERALD WALKER 

Patricia M. Walker 

SYDNEY WALKER 

Barbara Walker Shive 

EUGENE W. WALTON 

Theatrical Teamsters Local 817 

RICHARD WARD 

The Cast & Crew of BRUBAKER - 

20th Century Fox 

FREDERICK WARRINER 

Tom Martin 

ADELAIDE REIS WATSON 

Michael Rowe & Kathleen Watson 

DOUGLASS WATSON 

The Cast of ANOTHER WORLD 

JEAN LEBOVIER WELSH 

Lynn Wood & Iggie Wolfington 

RUTH WHITE 

Lynn Wood & Iggie Wolfington 

ROBERT WHITEHEAD 

Roger & Brook Berlind 

MEREDITH WILLSON 

Rosemary Willson 

ELEANOR D. WILSON 

Robert Hewitt 

TRAVIS WRIGHT 

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Raoul Company 

WILLIAM LON WRIGHT 

Paul Wright 

statement of 

FINANCIAL POSITION 

as of December 31, 2005 

ASSETS 

Cash and cash equivalents 

Short-term investments 

Accounts and other receivables, net 

Bequests, contributions and 

pledges receivable, net (Note B) 

Prepaid expenses 

Long-term investments (Note C) 

Program-related investments and notes, net (Note D) 

Annuity fund investments (Note E) 

Value of interest in split-interest agreements (Note E) 

Other assets (Note G) 

Property and equipment, net (Note F) 

Total assets 

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 

Liabilities: 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses 

Deferred revenue (Note D) 

Annuities payable (Note E) 

Other liabilities 

Postretirement benefit obligations (Note G) 

Total liabilities 

Net assets: 

Unrestricted 

Temporarily restricted (Note B) 

Permanently restricted (Note B) 

Total net assets 

Total liabilities and net assets 

For a complete audited financial statement with notes, 

please call 212.221.7300 ext. 129. 

General Fund 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

2,360,343 

820,610 

328,574 

1,201,437 

271,166 

7,917,331 

15,093,447 

2,661,244 

5,199,055 

771,307 

2,590,758 

39,215,272 

2,006,728 

4,060,124 

1,785,389 

545,069 

2,901,356 

11,298,666 

15,648,484 

2,913,867 

9,354,255 

27,916,606 

39,215,272 

Nursing and 

Assisted Living 

Facilities 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

338,232 

- 

1,030,114 

50,000 

88,472 

1,832,250 

- 

- 

- 

73,888 

4,839,487 

8,252,443 

712,130 

397,164 

- 

355,369 

652,555 

2,117,218 

4,197,975 

105,000 

1,832,250 

6,135,225 

8,252,443 

$ 

TOTAL 

2,698,575 

820,610 

1,358,688 

1,251,437 

359,638 

9,749,581 

15,093,447 

2,661,244 

5,199,055 

845,195 

7,430,245 

$ 47,467,715 

$ 

2,718,858 

4,457,288 

1,785,389 

900,438 

3,553,911 

13,415,884 

19,846,459 

3,018,867 

11,186,505 

34,051,831 

$ 47,467,715 

28 29

statement of 

ACTIVITIES 

for the year ending December 31, 2005 

Unrestricted 

Restricted 

Operating activities: 

Support and revenue: 

Contributions 

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS grants (Note H) 

Special events 

Fund TIX and other revenues 

Human Services recoveries and Homes Subsidy 

Aurora revenue 

Net patient services revenue (Note B) 

Net resident services revenue (Note B) 

Bequests 

Investment return designated for current operations (Note C) 

Net assets released from restrictions (Note B) 

Total support and revenue 

General Fund 

$ 

$ 

4,044,371 

3,277,000 

2,573,561 

135,542 

699,052 

1,253,662 

- 

- 

1,139,668 

328,000 

200,473 

13,651,329 

Nursing and 

Assisted Living 

Facilities 

$ 

$ 

253,947 

- 

- 

- 

139,430 

- 

5,235,965 

1,347,708 

- 

134,000 

363,575 

7,474,625 

$ 

$ 

TOTAL 

4,298,318 

3,277,000 

2,573,561 

135,542 

838,482 

1,253,662 

5,235,965 

1,347,708 

1,139,668 

462,000 

564,048 

21,125,954 

$ 

$ 

Temporarily 

Restricted 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(564,048) 

(564,048) 

Permanently 

Restricted 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

$ 

$ 

TOTAL 

4,298,318 

3,277,000 

2,573,561 

135,542 

838,482 

1,253,662 

5,235,965 

1,347,708 

1,139,668 

462,000 

- 

20,561,906 

Expenses: 

Program services: 

Social services 

Employment and training 

Health services 

Housing 

Total program services 

$ 

$ 

5,216,971 

1,263,321 

1,096,146 

1,894,838 

9,471,276 

$ 

$ 

- 

- 

- 

7,715,484 

7,715,484 

$ 

$ 

5,216,971 

1,263,321 

1,096,146 

9,610,322 

17,186,760 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

$ 

$ 

5,216,971 

1,263,321 

1,096,146 

9,610,322 

17,186,760 

Supporting services: 

Administration and general 

Special events 

Development 

Total supporting services 

$ 

$ 

1,461,560 

2,012,623 

2,100,962 

5,575,145 

- 

- 

- 

- 

$ 

$ 

1,461,560 

2,012,623 

2,100,962 

5,575,145 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

$ 

$ 

1,461,560 

2,012,623 

2,100,962 

5,575,145 

Total expenses 

$ 

15,046,421 

$ 

7,715,484 

$ 22,761,905 

- 

- 

$ 22,761,905 

Net (loss) income from operating activities 

$ (1,395,092) 

$ 

(240,859) 

$ (1,635,951) 

$ 

(564,048) 

- 

$ (2,199,999) 

Nonoperating activities: 

New split-interest agreements (Note E) 

Change in value of split-interest and other agreements 

Realized and unrealized (losses) gains on investments (Note C) 

Grants and contributions for capital expenditures and improvements 

Endowment contributions 

Aurora social service income 

Interest and amortization income 

Other expense 

Minimum pension liability adjustment 

Total nonoperating activities 

$ 

$ 

- 

(30,038) 

(174,808) 

36,072 

- 

240,000 

807,338 

- 

(132,522) 

746,042 

$ 

$ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(117,607) 

(82,173) 

(199,780) 

$ 

$ 

- 

(30,038) 

(174,808) 

36,072 

- 

240,000 

807,338 

(117,607) 

(214,695) 

546,262 

$ 

$ 

139,928 

(145,415) 

105,260 

1,110,000 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1,209,773 

$ 

$ 

- 

183,632 

- 

- 

380,117 

- 

- 

- 

563,749 

$ 

$ 

139,928 

8,179 

(69,548) 

1,146,072 

380,117 

240,000 

807,338 

(117,607) 

(214,695) 

2,319,784 

Changes in net assets 

$ 

(649,050) 

$ 

(440,639) 

$ (1,089,689) 

$ 

645,725 

$ 

563,749 

$ 

119,785 

Net assets, beginning of year 

$ 

16,297,534 

$ 

4,638,614 

$ 20,936,148 

$ 

2,373,142 

$ 

10,622,756 

$ 33,932,046 

Net assets, end of year 

$ 15,648,484 

$ 

4,197,975 

$ 19,846,459 

$ 

3,018,867 

$ 

11,186,505 

$ 34,051,831 

30 31

statement of 

CASH FLOW 

for the year ending December 31, 2005 

Cash flows from operating activities: 

Changes in net assets 

Adjustments to reconcile changes in net assets to net cash provided by 

operating activities: 

Depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses 

Amortization of discount on bequests, contributions and pledges receivable 

Provision for doubtful accounts 

Provision for uncollectible program investments and notes 

Accretion of income on program-related notes 

Net realized and unrealized gains on investments 

Change in value of perpetual trusts 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities: 

Accounts and other receivables 

Bequests, contributions and pledges receivable 

Prepaid expenses 

Annuity fund investments 

Value of other split-interest agreements 

Other assets 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses 

Deferred revenue 

Annuities payable 

Other liabilities 

Postretirement benefit obligations 

Contributions restricted to annuity agreements and endowments 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities 

Cash flows from investing activities: 

Proceeds from maturity/sales of investments 

Purchase of investments 

Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment 

Acquisition of property and equipment 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 

$ 


119,785 

1,206,222 

39,414 

48,000 

69,916 

(649,916) 

(85,976) 

(183,632) 

68,465 

(579,924) 

(32,966) 

(198,397) 

5,287 

(349,907) 

620,117 

(138,136) 

97,067 

48,791 

697,246 

(828,514) 

(27,058) 

19,874,281 

(18,477,979) 

41,836 

(816,801) 

621,337 

STAFF 

National Headquarters 

Joseph P. Benincasa, Executive Director 

Barbara Davis L.C.S.W., Chief Program Officer 

Ina Sorens Clark, Chief Development Officer 

Anthony Lopez-Linus, Chief Financial Officer 

Paul Riedel, Executive Assistant 

Development/Communication 

Louie Anchondo, Director of Special Events 

Michelle Barbeau, Director of Institutional Giving 

Megan Barrett, Major Gifts Manager 

Harry Ballard, Development Assistant 

Jose Delgado, Membership Coordinator 

David Engelman, Manager, Special Events 

Judith Fish, Director of Individual Giving 

David Gusty, Major Gifts Coordinator 

Jay Haddad, Development Assistant 

Lynne Hoppe, Director of Communications 

David Michaels, Director of Special Events & PR Western Region 

Wally Munro, Director of Planned Giving 

Amy Picar, Special Events Assistant 

Timothy Pinckney, Producer/Staff Writer 

Finance & Administration 

Connie Yoo, Corporate Controller 

Erica Chung, Accounts Payable Processor 

Carlos de Jesus, Junior Accountant 

Jian Bing Ho, Cash/Payroll Accountant 

Victor Mendoza, Senior Accountant 

Debbie Schaum, Executive Assistant 

John Sol, Account Payable Clerk 

Human Resources & Administration 

Carol Wilson, Director of Human Resources 

Joann Marie Barth, Receptionist/Office Manager 

Charlene Morgan, Human Resources Administrator 

Angelique Prahalis, Office Administration Manager Western Region 

Cash flows from financing activities: 

Advances from HIV/AIDS Services Administration 

Contributions restricted to annuity agreements and endowments 

Cash collection of endowment pledges 

Net cash provided by financing activities 

44,288 

578,514 

250,000 

872,802 

Information Technology 

Israel Duran, Director IT 

Eduardo Espinal, IT Help Desk/PC Tech. 

Human Services – Western Region 

Keith McNutt, Director of Western Region 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 

Supplemental disclosure: 

Noncash financing activities: 

Change in value of split-interest and other agreements 

$ 

$ 

1,467,081 

1,231,494 

2,698,575 

(183,632) 

Human Services – Administration 

Samuel Smith, Data Analyst 

Social Services – Eastern Region 

Tamar Shapiro, Director of Social Services 

Elizabeth Avedon, AIDS Initiative 

Janet Becker, Musicians Assistance Program - Local 802 

Nicholas Calabro, Intern, AIDS Initiative 

Emily Chase, Intern Senior/Disabled 

Amanda Clayman, Entertainment Industry Assistance Program 

Dale Daley, Coordinator, Entertainment Industry Assistance Program 

Emma Ditrino, Local 802 

Rosalyn Gilbert, Coordinator - Chemical Dependency Services 

Carol Harris-Mannes, Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative 

Gloria Jones, Administrative Coordinator 

Stephanie Linwood-Coleman, Coordinator Services - Senior/Disabled 

32 33

Social Services – Eastern Region (continued) 

Thomas Lorio, Chemical Dependency Program 

Jesus Martinez, AIDS Initiative 

Lisa Naudus, Data Assistant 

Matt Prager, Intern, Entertainment Industry Assistance Program 

Marjorie Roop, AIDS Initiative 

Robert Rosenthal, AIDS Initiative 

Lucy Seligson, Intake 

Deborah Stein, Intern Senior/Disable 

Alice Vienneau, Intern, Entertainment Industry Assistance Program 

Social Services - Western Region 

Brian McDonald, Director of Social Services 

Tina Abas, Coordinator, Entertainment Industry Assistance Program 

Roni Blau, Intake 

Judith Caswick, AIDS Initiative 

Blake Hamilton, Seniors/Disabled Services 

Jennifer Hurley, AIDS Initiative 

Verdrie McCord, Entertainment Industry Assistance Program 

Gregory Polcyn, Data Coordinator 

The Lillian Booth Actors’ Home of The Actors’ Fund of America 

Administration and Finance 

Jordan Strohl, Administrator 

Annmarie DeFeis, Administration Manager 

John Callaghan, Driver 

Kim Eng, Controller 

Victor Goldsmith, Receptionist 

Sara Gomez, Weekend Receptionist 

Jennella Joseph, Accounts Receivable Accountant 

Wendy Joseph, Receptionist 

Jessica Reial, Weekend Receptionist 

Jeanette Rivera, Manager of Human Resources 

Nursing 

Maria Box, Director of Nursing 

Caryle Benny-Caldero, Assisted Living Coordinator/Clinical Coordinator 

Doris Daly, Medical Records Secretary 

Myung Soo Donlin, Nursing Supervisor 

Louigi Nicdao, Restorative Aide 

Rose Thorne, Staff Educator/Nursing Supervisor 

Mandelia Williamson, Nursing Supervisor 

Social Services - Midwestern Region 

Tolgonay Agamez, R.N. 

Donald Towne, Director of Social Services - Central Region 

Wendy Altman, C.N.A 

Alberta Asare, C.N.A. 

Health Insurance Resource Center 

Jennifer Bailey, P.C.A. 

James Brown, Director of Health Services 

Ivy Baptiste, C.N.A 

Islyn Brown, C.N.A. 

Susan Cabrera, R.N. 

Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic 

Gertrude Cannon, C.N.A. 

Dr. Jim Spears, Medical Director 

Carina Capul, R.N. 

Janet Pearl, Health Services Manager 

Nash Chien, R.N. 

Ruth Shin, Administrative Coordinator 

Daphney Clayton, C.N.A. 

Jose Contreras, P.C.A. 

The Actors’ Work Program – Eastern Region 

Yvette Dalce, C.N.A. 

Katherine Schrier, Managing Director 

Carolyn Desantis, C.N.A. 

Icem Benamu, Career Counselor – ATEP 

Mary Edwards, C.N.A. 

Billie Levinson, Office Coordinator 

Rose Flora, L.P.N. 

Ell Miocene, Career Counselor 

Gerald Gallyot, L.P.N. 

Richard Renner, Education Coordinator 

Lovely Garcia, R.N. 

Patricia Schwadron, Career Counselor Supervisor 

Maria Grisales, C.N.A. 

Teresita Guina, R.N. 

The Actors’ Work Program – Western Region 

Kareen Harris, P.C.A. 

Jocelyn Coblenz, Coordinator 

Milagros Herbert, C.N.A. 

Bridgette Leibelt, Career Counselor 

Nafissatou Kebe, P.C.A. 

Lauren Trotter, Administrative Assistant 

Lisa Kerbaugh, L.P.N. 

Maria Kim, C.N.A. 

Looking Ahead 

Kristine Kimpo, R.N. 

Laura Campbell, Education Counselor 

Gloria King, C.N.A. 

Heather Vanian, Social Worker 

Suyeul Ko, R.N. 

Yim Siu Lau, L.P.N. 


Jerusha Makori, R.N. 

Wiesje Martin, R.N. 

Social Services 

Daisy Mattappilil, R.N. 

Ellen Celnik, Director of Social Services 

Merle Moulton, C.N.A. 

John Barrow, Social Worker 

Violet Nelson, P.C.A. 

Lorriane Chisholm, Receptionist 

Emma Nichson, P.C.A. 

Linda Sax Craig, Senior Case Manager 

Maritza Orellana, C.N.A. 

Hope Geteles, Social Worker 

Hyacinth Orzel, C.N.A. 

Seymour Hunter, Rent Coordinator 

Lissymol Sam Palakudy, C.N.A. 

Elizabeth Lawlor, Office Manager 

Bhimwatti Prettypaul, C.N.A. 

Jonathan Margolies, Social Worker Supervisor 

Jewel Romney, C.N.A. 

Thomas Pileggi, Activities Coordinator 

Roselia Santana, C.N.A. 

Elizabeth Shaw, C.N.A. 

Aurora West 57th Management Office 

Sharon Spence, C.N.A. 

Seymour Hunter, Rent Coordinator 

Kettly Titus, C.N.A. 

Raymundo Lizarraga, Superintendent 

Rose-Maguy Veve, C.N.A. 

Claudette McCee, Tenant & Intake Service Coordinator 

Cynthia Williams, L.P.N. 

Silvia Nunez, Office Manager 

Merna Williams, C.N.A. 

Raymond Peralta, Security Supervisor 

Gladys Zelaya, C.N.A. 

34 Richard Pimentel, Building Facilities Manager 

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Recreation 

Yalile Chavez, Director of Recreation & Volunteers 

Adiela Fernandez, Program Coordinator 

Cesar Garcia, Program Coordinator 

Laura Leadbetter, Program Coordinator 

Social Services 

Sheila Coleman, Director Social Services 

Patricia Peterson, Admission Coordinator/Social Worker 

Food Services 

Donald Jones, Director of Food Services 

Michael Cruz, Assistant Director of Food Services 

Rudy Acosta, Cook Supervisor 

Jorge Ayala, Cook Supervisor 

Antoni Bednarz, Utility Dishwasher 

Alieen Carigo, Dietary Aide 

Beverly Cushnie, Head Host 

Deborah Dillard, Wait Staff 

Faith Dorman, Dining Room Supervisor 

Tessa Jean Garrovillas, Wait Staff 

Narine Gordon, Wait Staff 

Roneika Hooks, Wait Staff 

Errol Hunter, Utility Dishwasher 

Michael Jackson, Cook Supervisor 

Kareem Jacobson, General Utility 

Lorianne Lane, Cook Supervisor 

Frances McCain, Wait Staff 

Maria Palacio, Wait Staff 

Jose Suson, Utility Dishwasher 

Christoper Tyrell, General Utility 

Magnus Tyrell, Utility Dishwasher 

Jean-Joseph Veve, Utility Dishwasher 

Jodi Welt-Furman, Dietitian 

Ian Wright, Utility Dishwasher 

Housekeeping & Laundry 

John Rodriguez, Director of Housekeeping 

Omar Castano, Housekeeper 

Miquelina Cuello, Housekeeper 

Doris Gonzalez, Housekeeper 

Rhonda Hunter, Laundry Attendant 

Luz Lopez, Housekeeper 

Cleveland Pickens, Housekeeper 

Helene Sabodish, Housekeeper 

Taida Santana, Housekeeper 

Maintenance & Security 

Igor Denisenko, Director of Maintenance & Security 

Hernando Sepulveda, Assistant Director of Maintenance 

As of August 31, 2006 

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Credits 

DESIGN 

Josh Levine Designs 

PHOTOS 

Jay Brady Photography 

Phil Mansfield Photography 

Bruce Glikas 

Visit our website at www.actorsfund.org

National Headquarters 

729 Seventh Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10019 

212.221.7300 t 

The Actors’ Work Program – NY 

729 Seventh Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10019 

212.354.5480 t 

The Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic 

475 West 57th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10019 

212.489.1939 


New York, NY 

212.489.2020 

THE LILLIAN BOOTH ACTORS’ HOME 

Englewood, NJ 

201.871.8882 

Midwestern Region 

203 North Wabash, Suite 2104, Chicago, IL 60601 

312.372.0989 

Western Region 

5757 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90036 

323.933.9244 

The Actors’ Work Program – LA 

5757 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90036 

323.933.9244 

The Palm View 

West Hollywood, CA 

323.933.9244 

TOLL-FREE 

800.221.7303 

www.actorsfund.org

2005 Annual Report - The Actors Fund

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