Our Donors

Corporate, foundation and organization supporters

Many thanks to these generous supporters of City Lights! Here’s a partial list.

Individual Donors

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The Inspiration Circle ($75,000+)

Anonymous
City Of San Jose, Office Cultural Affairs
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
The William And Flora Hewlett Foundation

The Trailblazers ($50,000+)

Knight Foundation Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Urban Community

The Groundbreakers ($25,000+)

Applied Materials Community Foundation, a corporate advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Chris Heinbokel
Jonathan Karpf and Kathleen Zaretsky*
Sandra Moll
The Shubert Foundation
Anita Kapadia and Feroze Taraporevala

The Innovators ($10,000+)

Susan Barker
Ken Krechmer & Elaine Baskin
Cheryl Booton and Bob Mannell
Constance & Paul Boulay
Anonymous
Anonymous
Kevin and Noelle GM Gibbs
Google Matching Gifts
Dan Hill
Karen S. Leonard & Cheryl Lander
Christy Martin & Cindy Melter
Charlie McCollum
Nan Ho & Gary Miner
Nancy B. Coleman and Paul M. Resch
The Resilience Initiative, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Santa Clara County
Mary Lou Torre and Richard Hagan
Kevin Ung

The Game Changers ($5,000+)

Apple Matching Gifts Fund
Marv & Bonnie Bamburg
Rick & Violet Boyle, in honor of Lisa Mallette
Sarah Clish*
Karen DeHart
Benjamin Hemmen
The Hunter-Garcia Family Donor Advised Fund
Wanda Kownacki Fund, a donor advised fund, in memory of Rick Holden
Kuechler-Montes De Oca Family Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Mission City Community Fund
Clint Moore
Brian & Christine O’Neill’s Giving Fund
Bill Porter
The Reis Foundation
Saratoga Rotary Charitable Foundation
Silicon Valley Creates
Stella B. Gross Charitable Trust
The Valley Foundation Donor Advised Fund
Virginia Walbot
Mohamed Ismail & Jessica Whittemore

The Movers & Shakers ($2,500+)

Niall Adler
The Joel Dean Foundation
John and Barbara Harriman
David and Cheryl Heiman
Cayce Hill & Joe Zullo
Jan & Sofia M. Laskowski
Cliff Maas
David & Ada May
Lyle Merithew and Sandy Swirsky
Douglas Moore
Gillian Moran
Nvidia Matching Gifts
Meredith Orr
Mark & Karen Anderson Phillips
Matt & Samantha Resch
San Jose Water Company
The Thermond Philanthropy Fund
Suzanne Wittrig and Alfonso Banuelos

The Engagers ($1000+)

Linda Anderson
Cheryl Barker
Dena Behnam
Iris Berke
Steven & Karin Chase
Laura Colunga In honor of Cheryl Barker
Sandi & Richard Conniff
Patricia Curia
Pat Diamond, in memory of Robert Diamond
April Durrett & Matt Reilly
Brad & Candace Eggleston
Laura and Glenn Ellingson
Sandra & Clayton Feldman
Steven & Dawn Gerdt
John & Lucia Gilbert
Lucille Glassman Gifting Trust
Tom Gough and Luisa Sermol
Steve Grant and Marni Kamzan, in memory of Rick Holden
The Kieve Foundation
Kate & Tim Leehane
Marla Lipschultz
Christine Lyon
McGeever Family Giving Trust
Christine Mengarelli and Dale Elliott
Vickie Moore
Richard Newton
Molly & James Olivas
Anonymous
Noah & Heather Price
Barbara Reynolds
Myles Rowland
Carl & Marianne Salas
ServiceNow
Seymour Family Charitable Account
Alexx Smith
John & Amanda Straigis
Synopsys Matching Gifts
TheatreDNA
Carol & Dan Turner*
Anonymous
Geri Weimers, in memory of Rick Holden
Nancy Wheeler

The Dreamers ($500+)

4imprint
Adonna J. Amoroso. In memory of Rick Holden
Chloë Angst & Ray Burks
Anonymous
Martha C. Beattie
Susan Benjamin
Jason and Laura Bennert
Janice Berling
Tom and Larel Bondi
Lisa Buchanan & John Blair
Erica Bulycz
Barbara Canup
Janice L & Gary H Cherrier
City of San Jose District 3
Rosalee Clarke, in memory of Bob Clarke*
Patricia A. Corr
Teryn Corsiglia
Joseph & Michelle Dittberner
William Ereneta*
Joan Escover
Martin & Barbara Fishman
Dan Flynn
Pam Foley
Jane Frommer and Stephen Boyer
Carol Garvey
Keith Garvey Good Democrat Foundation
The Goldman/Singer Family Fund
David & Kate Gross
Marcie Gugenheim
Nicole Hawkins
Susan Hayes
Catherine and Judd Heape
Rose & John Henderson
Brian and Jocelyn Herndon
Adriana Hokk
Michael Kelley & Jill Huchital
James Kleinrath & Melody Singleton
Alison & Richard Lane
Anna Lee
Roy Leonard & Tadashi Oguchi
Nicole Letellier
Kathleen Magid
Judith Marlin
Toby McChesney
Jason Molenda
John Moody & John Morton
Michael Mulhern & Glen Cantrell
Barbara Murray*
Ross Nelson*
Cindy Panelli
Daniel Pappone
Susan Petit Donor Advised Fund
Maryellen Petrich*
Phil Kurjan Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Sal, Amy, Mia and Alex Pizarro
Glenn Reed
Ray and Katie Renati
The Roble Road Fund
Ellen and Bryan Shaner*
Christopher Slater
Andrew Smith & Brian Savard
Suits Litigation
Susan Tatro
Cathy & Randy Warshawsky
Winnie Weng
Laurie Whittemore
James D. Williams
Kendall Williams
Susan Wong
Paul and Anne Younan
ZenBusiness

The Doers ($250+)

Bill & Marsha Adler
Anonymous
Applied Materials Corporation
Barry Swenson Builder
Nancy & Clayton Bavor
Jan & Mike Bergkamp
Jeffrey Bracco
Anonymous
Doug Brook
Scott Brown and Alex Fitzpatrick
Anonymous
The Burns Family
Anonymous
Alice & Bill Cody
Dirzo Family
Cheryl Duncan & Jit Kapur
Anonymous
Anonymous
Nancy Batiloro Felder
Barb & Bob Fraser
Bill & Lynn Fuller
Ron Gasparinetti & Steve Cortopassi
Google Corporation
John Angell Grant
Phil and Diane Griego
Linda Guyer
Meredy & Bruce Halen
Craig Hamilton
Ross Arden Harkness
David Heine & Chrisula Bloore
Heritage Bank of Commerce
Kimberly Mohne Hill
Intel Matching Gifts
Richard & Peggy James
Jon Jenkins and Renee Schell
Janikke Klem & Leon Glover
Johnny & Katie Kolasinski
Sandra Krakowski
Jon Kull
Anonymous
Bill & Rhonda Lakatos
Mike Lambert
Heather Lerner
Sarah & Joshua Levy
Andy MacDonald & Renee Verhaegen
Lisa Mallette
Joyce Manina
Gary & Debbi Maxwell
Walter Mayes*
Hugh & Debbie McDevitt, a donor advised fund
Andrea McDonald
Bruce McLeod & Carla Befera
Charles & Jean Mendoza
Micron Technologies
Judith Miller
Robert Miller
The Margot Minnium Olsen Foundation
Guillermo Morales
Teresa & Dan Morley
Neil & Phyllis Newman
Vivian and Kevin O’Connell
Marlene O
Caitlin Papp
Lee Ann Payne & Chris Reber
Bart Perry
Alex Powers
Kelly & Velma Priest
Sophia Quinlan
Jenny Redo
The Eddie Reynolds & Hernán Correa Family Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Michael Rhone
Kimberly Ridgeway
Sherri R. Sager
AJ Eiserloh & Emily Schwing
Sally Scofield
Anonymous
Joe Singer*
Kyle Smith
David Snow & Rosemary Elliott-Snow
Anonymous
Erin Southard
Allison & Jonathan Stanton
Carl & Frances Stremmel
Victoria Taketa
Lynn K. Telford
James Towery and Karyn Sinunu-Towery, in honor of Caitlin & Olivia for a backstage peek
Anonymous
Harrison-Ullmann Philanthropic Fund, a donor advised fund at the Jewish Silicon Valley
Paul Vallerga
Damian I. Vega
Tom Wagner
Kim Walesh & Steve Polcyn, in memory of Rick Holden
Geoffrey Webster
Elisa Wells
Maggie Wilde
Amanda Williams
David & Julie Yick-Koppel
Susan Zaslaw and Martin Liss
Tianbi Zhang
Dana Zook

The Believers ($100+)

Ameriprise Employee Giving Program
Robert B. Ames
Deb and Paul Anderson
Anonymous
Rosalie Arntzen
Alex Bailey
Tigran Bakchagyan
Jamie Baker
Rachel & Tom Bakker
Jim & Laurie Bamburg in honor of Marvin Bamburg
Barb and Bob Baum
Thomas Becker
Michael Berckart
Anonymous
Steve Borkenhagen
Anonymous
Kirsten Brandt
Don & Becky Brownson
Jospeh Buck & Christine Welsh-Buck Donor Fund
Alyssa Byrkit
Kendall Callaghan, in honor of John Callaghan
Carrier Matching Gifts
Anonymous
John & Agnes Caulfield
Anonymous
Barbara Clemmensen
Nicholas Cochran
Robin Cole
Darryl and Carolyn Compton
Carolyn Coulson, in memory of Joan Coulson
Steve & Suzanne Cowan
Mark and Terrie Creamer
Elsa Cumpton
Bill and Alicia Davidovich
Chris del Pilar
Denise Delong
Louis Delucas
Jerry Di Salvo
Ramon & Jennifer Diaz-Arrastia, in memory of Jean Buchanan
Anonymous
Anonymous
Rob & Teri Francis
Kim Gardner
Wayne & Estelle Glass
Barbara Goldstein
Kathy Gutberlet
Beverly Hansberry
Brittney Harter
Susan Hartt
Denise & Jim Heick
Leigh Henderson
Jane Hiatt
Angie Higgins & Tom Shamrell
Anonymous
Vilma Huertas
Anonymous
The James Family Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund
Holly Johnson
Russell Johnson
Kathleen Kawakami
Katherine Kessler In memory of James Beseau
Carol & Roland King
Harvey & Perla Kohs, in memory of Rose Kohs
Lee Kopp
Lucinda Lawson
Colleen & Brian Lewis
Katherine Linnemann
Anonymous
Amoreena Lucero
Miles Mallette
Anonymous
Maria & Steve Marquis
Jim & Chris Martin
Martinka Charitable Fund
Lynda Maynard
Bill McCraw & Janet Muscio
Scott McQueen
Anonymous
Lisa K. Miller
Michael Mitnick
Darrel Monda
Michael Munck
Michael Norris
Ed O’Brien
Susan Overland In honor of Deb Anderson
Anonymous
Karen Altree Piemme
Basab Pradhan
Roneet Rahamim & Max Tachis
Jorge L. Reyes
Jackie Roach
Anonymous
Suzanne Rostamizadeh
Kirkwood Rough
Marko Rukonic
Doug and Elizabeth Santana
Shannon & Scott Santandrea
Anonymous
Ken & Margaret Schieck
Joyce & Campbell Scott
Sempra Engery Matching Fund
Ed & Kereli Sengstack
Anonymous, in honor of Christy Martin
Sally A Slocum
Janet Smick
Collette Son
Harold & Linda Spencer
Dave & RuthE Stein, in memory of Todd Wright
Laura Sternberg
Larry & Carmen Stone
David Taylor & Valerie Merklin
John & Cici Teter
Della Thurgood
Ann Timoney
Patricia Toft
C. Trupski
Zach & Christian Vaughn-Munck
Patrick Vernaelde
Christine Weldon
Richard & Carol Wells
Laura Westley
DJ & Linda Whipple
Gerrye and Calvin Wong
Charnnee’ Young & Joseph Hidde
William Zavlaris In honor of Marv Bamburg
Jennifer Zeyl

*Sustained Giving Program
Those donors marked with an asterisk (*) are members of City Lights’ Sustained Giving Program, and have their donations charged automatically each month to provide invaluable, ongoing support throughout the year.