2019 DONORS
The following list acknowledges all donor contributions made for the time period January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019. We thank our donors for their generous support!
To learn how your support can make a difference, please email Jamie Cataldo, Director of Individual Giving and Events.
Alan Berro / Berro Family Charitable Fund
The Canet Foundation
In Loving Memory of Anita and Stanley Hirsh
Los Angeles Unified School District
Vera R. Campbell Foundation
Tamara & Bill Bagnard
Continental Development Corporation / Melanie and Richard Lundquist
Genesis Motor America Foundation
The Lee Graff Foundation
Jeffrey and Leann Sobrato Fund
Jennifer & Rick Madden
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Rose Hills Foundation
Rosenthal Family Foundation
Marion & Craig Benell
California Arts Council
The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation
DEW Foundation
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
Gesner-Johnson Foundation
The Green Foundation
Linda Hothem / Pacific American Group
The Kathryn Caine Wanlass Charitable Foundation
Robert M. Smiland
Wells Fargo Foundation
Ameriprise Financial Foundation
Ann Peppers Foundation
Anonymous
AT&T Aspire
Jon Basalone*
Greg Berlanti
Hailey & Justin Bieber
The Capital Group
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Kelley & Eric Coleman
Creative Space
Fitzberg Foundation
Harman Family Foundation
Heller Charitable Foundation
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
In Honor of P.C. & Rosana Hsu Chao
Patti & Irwin Jaeger
Jeffrey E. Jaeger / Standard Companies
Joseph Drown Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Real Estate
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
The Mark Hughes Foundation
Max H. Gluck Foundation
Moss Foundation
Pacific Western Bank
PLUS1
Mark Posey
Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation
The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation
Trader Joe's
UCLA Center X
The Walt Disney Company
AEG
Anonymous
Avery Dennison
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation
BCM Foundation
Bel Air Investment Advisors, LLC
The Chris & Melody Malachowsky Family Foundation
COS
Elite State Trading Limited
John Elliot
Alfred Fraijo Jr.
Mitchell Frank / Spaceland
The Getty Foundation
Brian Goldsmith
Jackie & Dan Harman
The Harold McAlister Charitable Foundation
Pam & Steve Hirsh
Linda C. Hothem
Johnny Carson Foundation
Kellwood Foundation
The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Tai Lopez
Lois & Chris Madison
Meridian Textiles, Inc.
Linda & Eric Schotz
The Schreter Family
Shanghai Nine Tripod International / Andy Liu
Cindy & Bob Shearin
The Sherry Lansing Foundation
U.S. Bank Foundation
Walker Living Trust
Walter J. and Holly O. Thomson Foundation
Wells Fargo Capital Finance
YouTube
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
American Business Bank
Sheri & Noel Anenberg
The Annenberg Foundation
Anonymous
Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.
Atlas Capital Group LLC
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation
Ben B. and Joyce E. Eisenberg Foundation
Buchalter
Rena & Rene Cruz
David Kordansky Gallery
Design Collection, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
Peter Gal*
Goldenvoice
Hanz de Fuko LLC
Karen Hermelin & Mark Borman
Karen Kane, Inc.
Levi Strauss / Onyx Productions
Lionsgate
Jay Mangel
NYL Trade Limited / Sabrina Zhu
Peter & Masha Plotkin Memorial Foundation
Anne & David Rainer
Maura & Mark Rampolla
The Ratkovich Company
The Ray and Wyn Ritchie Evans Foundation
Ross Stores, Inc.
The Sage Group, LLC
Sheila, Dave, and Sherry Gold Foundation
Shuster Financial Group, LLC
Tom Stillwell
Strauss Foundation
SWAT FAME, Inc.
White Oak Commercial Finance, LLC
Whitney Young Children's Foundation
Ales Grey
Anonymous
The Appelbaum-Kahn Foundation
Amy Aquino & Drew McCoy
Sarah Arison
Atlantic Records
Sarah Aubrey
Alexa Bagnard
Pam & Jeff Balton
Edward P. Bangayan
Yuval Bar-Zemer
Frank E. Baxter
Ron Beard
Daniel Beaty
Sandra Berg*
Rachel Bloom*
Bolton & Company
Rina Brannen
Brown & Brown Insurance
Barbara Bundy
C3 Church
The Calida Group / Douglas Eisner
Valerie Casey and Larry Uhl
CIT Commercial Services
City Constructors, Inc.
Claytivity Pottery Studio
Cambria & Jack Cline*
Ira & Pat Cohen
Jennifer Cooper & Jon Coleman
Hillary & Weston Cookler
Cushman & Wakefield - Gill | Burns | Yoo
Echo Park Craft Fair
Tina & Dave Dahl*
Claire & Howard Daschbach
Ofelia S. de los Santos
Gretchen & Matthew DiNapoli
Malik Ducard
East West Bank
Elizabeth Eboka
Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects
The Eli & Edythe L. Broad Foundation
Gail & Jim Ellis
E-Luck Apparel Inc.
Jill & Scott Feinstein
Kathie Foley-Meyer & Irving Meyer
Anne Geffner
Goldman Family Fund
Wendy Greene & Ted Nunn
Bobbie Greenfield
The Hale Foundation
Hanner Enterprises
Hirshan Family Foundation
Jessy Hodges & Beck Bennett
Brian Ishida
Jack and Victoria Horne Oakie Charitable Foundation
Jarritos
K-DEER
Wade Killefer
Kirkland & Ellis
Matt Klein
The Kleiner Cohen Foundation
Barbara Kreitzer
Sam Kunianski
Deborah Lacusta & Daniel Castellaneta
Lasher Foundation, Inc.
Jeanne Price Latimer
LBA Realty
Legendary Group of Companies
Connie Taylor Lockhart*
Joel Lubin
Susan Luehrs
Rachel Lyle
Michael Maltzan & Amy Murphy
Silvia & Ernie Marjoram
Ms. Jill A. McMahon and Dr. Andrew P. McMahon
Zak McNeil
Alison Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Miller
Milton and Ruth Berman Family Foundation
Montalba Architects, Inc.
Consuelo Moran
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Shari & Hadi Morshed
James Mortensen
Mark D. Muller
Nancy E. Barton Foundation
NBBJ
Nazanine & Ramin Noghreian
Fabian Oberfeld
Olipop, Inc.
Faith Olson*
Paradigm Talent Agency
Veronica Pedroza*
Kylie Peppler
Perfect Circuit
Pledgeling Foundation
Farnaz Pourzanjani
Shelley Powsner & Stephen Skrovan
Pamela Rank
Raw Material Art Supplies
Molly Rhodes
Warren Riley
John Rochester & Lawrence Fodor
Mark Sandelson
Galen & Joe Sanford
Jonathan Schreter
SCI-Arc
Segal Family - United World Foundation
Alexandra Seros
Mithra Sheybani & William Schoenholz
Shopify LA
Sideshow
Lisa & Tim Sloan
Jennifer Smith
Lisa Smith
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
Harriet & Richard Squire
Steen Family Foundation
Randi Steinberger
Matthew Steinmetz
The Stephen Philibosian Foundation
Beatrice Stotzer
Beth Tishler & Tom Grond*
David Tishler
The TR Family Trust
United Talent Agency
Vanessa Walker Oakes
Jeff Waye
Kevin Weaver
Weisz Family Foundation
Lindsay & James Wilcox
WJL Distributors / Bill Laliberte & Tracy Ellis
Juli & Michael Woronoff
Writ Large
Wurwand Foundation
213 Hospitality
The Abbe-Schneider Family
Maribeth Annaguey
Cherie Beffa
Natasha & Mitul Bisarya
Dabney Bixel
Annette & Richard Bloch
Phyllis Braxton*
Susie Buckman
Nicole Castrogiovanni
City of Los Angeles Council District 14
Owen Demers
Caia Diepenbrock
Ellen DiResta*
Maggie & Joe Drake
Jessica Arden Ettinger
Factory 1 / Patricia and David Cohenshad
Huwayda Fakhry*
Marci & Greg Foster
Kelly & Jeffrey Freid
Jacob Garcia
John Goble
Elaine Hall & Jeffrey Frymer
Sarah Hanner
Nina Hans*
Hauser & Wirth
Gene Heller
In Memory of Norman Hollyn
Horowitz Family Charitable Fund
Nathan Kahane
Kelly Kennerly
Mark Kestenbaum
Anthony King*
Rosalie Kirsch and Family
Erica & Andrew Landenberger
Alice & Peter Lassally
James Liddell
Bob Livingston
Thomas MacLaughlin
Thomas McInerney
Mercer
Ilse Metchek
Elizabeth Moroni
John Mulchaey, Ph.D.
Youngmi & DJ Nash
Jesse & Stephen Nathan
Jennie Nielsen
Brooke Nowling
Carol & Steven O'Day
The Office of Supervisor Kathryn Barger
Mary Patricia Pence & Putter Pence
Julie Penman Livesey*
Jaime E. Pierson
Allison & Drew Planting
Joseph Plotycia
Portal A
Sarah Dexter Randazzo
Linda & Lawrence Rauch
Sarah Dexter Randazzo
Linda and Lawrence Rauch
Renee and John Remeny
Michelle Rhea
Tawanna Ross
Julia Ryan
Saint Christopher Journeys
Elizabeth Sanders*
Jill Sanford
Patricia Wheeler and Jon Schotz
Leslie Shaw
Steven Sherman
Marty Smiland
Melinda Smith
Cheryl and David Snow
Kaveh Soroush*
Roberta and Anson Sowby
Mason Stoops
The Strauss Family
DaVonte and Krisheena Suarez*
Ricky Swallow
The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
Liz Tigelaar*
Sheila Tishler
Dave Ulloa
John Usher
W.M. Keck Foundation
Mrs. Eva Weisel
Amy White
Joshua Wiener
A Place Called Home
Helen & George Abe
Gayane Ahverdyan
Airbnb
Crystal Alcantra
Erikk Aldridge
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Alagappan Annamalai
Anonymous
Steve Applebaum
Amanda Archibald*
In Honor of Fred Armisen
Dion Aroner
Leslie Aronzon
Aull Things Jewelry / Sarah K. Chenault*
Auralnauts, LLC
Julian Aviles
Brett Bach
Jamie & Matthew Bakal
James Balbin
Gregory Barchie
Paul Barsky
Emma-Lorraine Bart-Plange
Robert Bates
Aaron Baumann
Betty Bennett
Liza Bercovici & D. M. Axelrad
Clarita Bernabe
Tracie Berson
Riley Billingsley / It's Personal*
Kelli Bixler
Jan & Alan Block
Nya Bloom
Jessica Bloxom
Vicki Botnick & Josh Meyer
Samuel Bouffard*
Elizabeth Boykewich*
Loyce & Joe Braun*
Cynthia Harnisch Breunig
Steve Brockmeyer
Bsumek Consulting Services /
Peter and Maria Bsumek
Joan & Allan Burns
Elizabeth Burrill*
Emily Bush*
Oliver Caiden
Stacey Capoot
In Honor of Matthew Carey
Arthur Carlson*
David Carmany
Cassell's Hamburgers
Jose Castillo
Jamie Cataldo
Jason Cavitt
Robert T. Cebs
Central City East Association
Sharifah Chammas*
Mimi Chao
Alex Chaves
Dolores Chavez*
Chinese Laundry
Hashi Clark
Scott Clark
Lisa Clements
Miles Clements
Stacey Clerx
Coastal Bridge Advisors
Zachary Cohen
Comfort LA
Whitney Cooney
Jill Cowan
Kacie Crane
Steve Crane
Laura M. Crawford
Hillary Seitz & Steven Crystal
Josef Csongei
Amy Cuenco*
Davies Associates, Inc.
Jerry Defazio
Katrina Dela Cruz*
Reena Desai
Arati Desai Wagabaza
Anthony DeSena, Jr.
Amanda Dietz
Joseph Dizon
In Memory of Tom Doncourt
Laura Donnelley
Dorothy Tenney Charitable Trust
Dr. L. Reese Kidd Foundation,
Program for Charitable Giving
Mark Driscoll
DriveWise Auto
Derek Drymon
Anna Dudka
Kathleen M. Duncan
Gracie Edscer
David Edwards
Dana Eitches
The Electric House
Paula Ely
Nick Fadely
Gerald Faich
Melinda Fishel & Matthew Kweder
Jenifer Fleming
In Honor of Jenifer Fleming
Wenda Freeman
Joseph Gallimore*
Christopher Galtt
Diana Galvez
Joaquín Garcia
Liana Gasparyan
Eva & Michael Gaw
Catherine Geanuracos
Sydnie & Herb Geismar
Stacie Gibo
Iskoui Gjevonian
Sandee A. Glickman
Judith Golden
Daniel Goldstein*
Jeremy Goldstein
Annabelle Granados
Anne Grauso*
Robb Greenspan
Todd Griffith
Taylor Grisham
Guerilla Tacos
Andrew Gumpert
Eric Gurna
Carolina Gutnisky
Nathalie Ha
Crystal Hale*
Elisha Hamilton
John Hanna
Nick Hanoian
James Harrington
Todd Harris
Will Harris
Mark Harris
Margaret Hartmann
Emily Hays
Damon Hein
David Hernandez
Kyla Heyer
Kathryn & Eric Hoek
Heather Hoffman
Liz Hogan
In Memory of Norman Hollyn
David House
Derek Hubbard
Tom Hunter
Huntington Catering
David Ince
Jean & Christopher Jarosz
Jack Jennings
Patricia Jimenez
Tish & Elliot Kahn
Robert Kang
Susan Kaplan
Bijou Karman
Barbara & Richard Karsting
Ari Kaye
Michelle Kelly
Laura & Jared Kennedy
In Honor of David Kim*
Laura Knollmeyer
Paul F. Kobos
Michael Komsky
Teresa & Peter Koral
Bettina Korek
Charles Korth
Daniel Krassner
Barbara Kurshan & Roger Coleman
Mary Larson
Rebecca Lee
Stacey & David Lender
Aliza & Mike Lesser
Jeffrey Levin
Jody Levin
Rosie Leyva
Maureen & Chris Liebes
Sharon & Mitchell Litt
Nina Litvak
Matt Lombard
Alma Lopez
Eleanor Lopez
Katie Lucas
Timothy Lynch
Jeff Magallanes
Divya Mallam
Rich Mallery
Lorraine Mandella
Manuela
Patrick Martinez
Mary & William Martone
Ruben Matell
Katie McCann
John McClure
Lydia Ann McCoy
Jay McDonald
Sean McDonald
John McLaughlin
Stephen McLaughlin & Lilly Urban*
Vidushi Mehrotra
Christine Meinders
Alishia Merk
Lorraine Merritt
Nick Meyer
Eleanor Meza
Susan M. Michiels*
Thomas Miller
Robert Mischel
Sasha Moraski
Jennifer Moreno
Genevieve Morgan
Nisha Morris
Patricia Morrison
Toyin Moses
Nathalie & Daryl Moss
Adam Musch
Nahal Nazer
Lisa Neitzel
NPO Solutions
Karen Nusbaum
Michelle & Robert Nydam*
Oath Inc.
Roshan Oberoi
Rick Oland
Claudia Paez
Marc Pally
Aniruddh Pandit
Para Los Niños Charter
Preston Penick
Aaron Pepper
Vannessa Perez
Judy & Jim Perzik
Michael Peters
Tina Peters
Cindy Petersen
Colby Petersen
Vy Pham
Pizzanista!
Plant Food For People
Dominique Pompa
Ana F. Ponce
Cappie Pondexter
Barrett Porter
Debora & Sheldon Presser
Helena Prigal
Claire Ralph
Fernando Ramirez
Erin Ranahan
Alexis Rappaport & Michael Royce*
Linda Gach Ray & Stephan M. Ray
Alex Reid
Sandra Rempalski
Cassie Riger*
Emily Ringquist
Drue Roberts
Alma Robinson Moses
Robert Rogers
Jocelyne Roman
Jacqueline Roth
Shelley Sackett
Vikram Sasi
Constantiune Savvides
Carol Schary & Barry Beckerman
Melinda W. Schmidt
Varda & David Schriger
Antonia D. Schuman
Shake Shack
Alan R. Shapiro
Pam Sherman
Eric Shimp
Sheila Silber*
Kamini Singh
Jack Skelley
Melinda Smith
Michael Soares
Kathy A. Sperling
Chelsea Spiller
Ezekiel Stacey
Brian Steele
The Steven M. Lewine "Building a Better World" Foundation
Chad W. Stivers
Patricia Strickland
Dennis Strum
In Memory of Carol Surface
Meagan Sutton
Bronwyn Talbot
Sam Teller*
Emily Thompson
Thornton Community Project
Liz Tigelaar*
Freya Tillem
Alycea Tinoyan*
Todd Tishler
Daena Title
Russell C. Tolman
Robert Toro
Christine Tran
Jade Tran
Christine Trudeau
Susan Truong
Becky Tucker
Natascha Uhlmann*
Jaime Valdez
Sharon Valear Robinson
Kimberly Valerio
James Van Beek
Damien Vanderpool*
David Varela
Rhonda Vargas
Alejandro Velasco
Nicholas Villalobos
Lisa Vuong
Carla Walecka
Case Walker
Tracy Walsh & Zach Balin
Aryn Walter
Charles Ward
Julia Ward
Warner Music Group
Syvia & John Warnes
Alice Waters
Michael Weinsten
Marc Weiss
John Whitcomb
Gary White
Tiffany & Jason White
Lindsey Wille
Eric Wilson
Grant Withers
Tina Wolfson
Wonderful Giving
Jennifer Wong
Kerrilee Wong
Michelle Yang
Margaret Yasuda
Rebecca York
Fountain Yount
Anne Zahorecz
Tiffany Zavatson
Sage Zermeno-Romero*
Steven Zimmerman
(*) indicates sustaining monthly donor
If any omission has been made, please contact Jenifer Fleming, Manager of Individual and Events Giving.
“I used to be a music teacher before getting into animation, and I cannot possibly put into words how important I believe arts education and resources are for all kids. I believe in your mission 100% and am incredibly honored to have an opportunity to support it!”
– Travis Marks, Donor & Storyboard Artist, DreamWorks Animation Television
