Philanthropy
“All I want to do is leave the world a little better than I found it.”
Mark Damisch
2019 will be the 44th year of piano performance for Mark Damisch…a year of looking back on the abundance of memories of people and places across the globe where his family and their music have been welcomed so warmly. So too the year brings fresh and exciting new experiences and venues…from Dubrovnik, Croatia to Belgrade, Serbia to Cairo, Egypt to Nicosia, Cyprus and many other venues, each special in its own way.
One thing will not change, and that is that the Damisches will continue to donate all benefits from both domestic and international performances to local charitable causes. Through their music, Mark and his daughters Alexandra and Katherine have, to date, raised over $1 million for non-profit organizations worldwide. In partnership with these groups, the family – which sponsors its own travel and does not accept performance fees – will honor its tradition of performing to audiences comprised of the charity’s constituents, with all ticket proceeds going to the charity.
To discuss an opportunity to host a concert that benefits a non-profit organization in your region, please contact us using the form provided.
A partial list of charitable recipients:
American Cancer Society
Austrian Embassy
Belfast Crescent Arts Centre
Bemovo Cultural Center, Warsaw, Poland
Blumenthal Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel, Benefit for Holocaust Survivors
Care Austria, Vienna
Cedarhurst Center for the Performing Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL
Cemtro Cultural do Poder Judiciario
Chicago-Amman Sister Cities Program
Chicago-Osaka Sister Cities Program
Chicago-Petach Tikva Sister Cities Program
Chicago-Warsaw Sister Cities Program
Childline, CLIC – Juvenile Leukemia
Chinese People’s Association for Friendship, Shanhai/Beijing
Chinese Red Cross
Christoffel Blindenmission, Austria
Council for Jewish Elderly
Ein Gedi Kibbutz, Jerusalem
Fairygodmother Foundation
Garden of Hope / Human Trafficking, Taipei City, Taiwan
Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships, Chicago
Habitat for Humanity, Lake County, IL
Hanbit School for the Blind
Hands of Peace
Hermitage Theater Benefit for Young Boy’s Urgent Medical Needs
Holocaust Survivors Pension Fund, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem
Homeless Shelters, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hook Norton Cathedral, Windsor, UK
Illinois State Bar Association
International Centre for the Delhi Music Society
Island of Paros, Greece, Parthenon Marbles Initiative
Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami Victims, Osaka, Japan
Jewish United Fund
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
Konstantinov Palace Fundraiser for Sunrise Foundation
Lemon Creek Correctional Facility Prison Ministry
Local Orphanages, St. Petersburg, Russia
Mayors for Peace, Hiroshima, Japan
Nassaukerk Benefit for Homeless and Drug Addiction
National Academy of Music, Hanoi
National Music Conservatory, Egypt
National Library, Bucharest, Romania
Northern Light Church Replacement Project
Parkinson’s Disease Society, London, UK
Peace in the Middle East: Israel, Egypt, Jordan
Shanghai Food Depository
Sharing and Happiness Hospital, Busan, South Korea
Siem Reap, Cambodia, Educational System
Social Concerns Committee, Paris
South Africa Hospital Benefit
Special Olympics Korea
St. Petersburg International Society for Cooperation
Sue Ryder Foundation, Czech Republic
Sunrise Foundation
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk for the Cure
Ticho House, Jerusalem
U.S. Consulate, Hamburg, Germany
U.S. Consulate, Saint Petersburg, Russia
U.S. Embassy in Mexico
U.S. Ambassador’s residences in Tbilisi, Georgia, Canberra, Australia, Ulan Bator, Mongolia and
Amman, Jordan
U.S.O., Troops coming out of Iraq
Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Universite Finis Terrae, Santiago Chile, Musicians Fund
YWCA Week Without Violence