El Museo thanks our 2017–18 funders and donors:
- New York State Council on the Arts
- County of Erie
- City of Buffalo
- Western New York Foundation
- Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
- Morgan Stanley Foundation
- Give for Greatness
- M&T Bank
- Glendora Johnson-Cooper
- Barbara Carr
- Deepa Sharma
- Susan McCartney
- Millie Chen + Warren Quigley
- Jordan Geiger + Miriam Paeslack
- Lorna Peterson
- Mary Ellen Mulvey
- Ruby Orcutt
- Joe Ackerman + Frani Evedon
- Elaine Chamberlain
- Sergio Rodriguez
- Mary McCutcheon
- Kathleen Taylor
- Margot Glick
- Michele Agosto
- Juan Luis Quintana
- Eric Evinczik + Mary Wyrick
- Marjorie Marcille + Carolyn Marcille
- Maiko Tanaka
- Dan + Denise Carr
- Bethany Kloc
- Rita Buckley
- Meg Krause
- Barbara Frazier
- Paula Giambrone Kerr
- Diane Smith
- Lin + Ray DeTitta
- Sara M. Dayton
- Mary St. Mary
- Bob Bailey
- Lisa + Michael Parks
- Jason + Molly Carr
- Sarah Buckley
- Amy Kempf
- Barbara Haney
- Beth + Tom Kerr
- Becky + Josh Detlef
- Ed Cardoni + Cheryl Jackson
- William Schnaithman
- Don + Miriam Lawrence
- James Cutler
- Jennifer Fendya
- Paola Kersch
- Esther Baum-Taylor
- Teresa Burgio
- Tricia Butski
- Jessica Farry
- Kamau R.E. Fields
- John Lane
- Lila Mandzyk
- Gerald Mead
- Christopher McGee
- Sherry Robbins
- Lee Anne Rose
- Julia Wald
- Xiao Yang
- Joe Ziolkowski
- Natalie Bennett
- Robert LaVallee
- Stephanie Rothenberg
- Nestor Zarragoitía
- Thomas Gleed
- Holly Baum
- Craig Centrie