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+)

Jonathan Karpf and Kathleen Zaretsky*
Sandra Moll
Urban Community

The Groundbreakers ($25,000+)

Chris Heinbokel
Christy Martin & Cindy Melter
The Shubert Foundation
Anita Kapadia and Feroze Taraporevala

The Innovators ($10,000+)

Applied Materials Community Foundation, a corporate advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Marv & Bonnie Bamburg
Cheryl Booton and Bob Mannell
Constance & Paul Boulay
Anonymous
Anonymous
Kevin and Noelle GM Gibbs
Google Matching Gifts
Karen S. Leonard & Cheryl Lander
Charlie McCollum
Clint Moore
Nancy B. Coleman and Paul M. Resch
The Resilience Initiative, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Mary Lou Torre and Richard Hagan
Kevin Ung

The Game Changers ($5,000+)

Susan Barker
Rick & Violet Boyle, in honor of Lisa Mallette
Sarah Clish*
Karen DeHart
Benjamin Hemmen
Cayce Hill & Joe Zullo
Dan Hill
Nan Ho & Gary Miner
Richard & Peggy James
Wanda Kownacki Fund, a donor advised fund, in memory of Rick Holden
Ken Krechmer & Elaine Baskin, in memory of Rick Holden
Kuechler-Montes De Oca Family Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Mission City Community Fund
Brian & Christine O’Neill’s Giving Fund
Bill Porter
The Reis Family Foundation
San Jose Downtown Association
Santa Clara County
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
Apple Matching Gifts Fund
The Joel Dean Foundation
John and Barbara Harriman
The Hunter-Garcia Family Donor Advised Fund
Jan & Sofia M. Laskowski
Cliff Maas
David & Ada May
Lyle Merithew and Sandy Swirsky
Douglas Moore
Gillian Moran
Anonymous
Nvidia Matching Gifts
Mark & Karen Anderson Phillips
Matt & Samantha Resch
San Jose Water Company
The Thermond Philanthropy Fund
Suzanne Wittrig and Alfonso Banuelos

The Engagers ($1000+)

Adobe Employee Matching Program
Deb and Paul Anderson
Linda Anderson
Cheryl Barker
Barry Swenson Builder
Dena Behnam
Jason and Laura Bennert
Iris Berke
Alyssa Byrkit
Steven & Karin Chase
Laura Colunga In honor of Cheryl Barker
Sandi & Richard Conniff
Patricia Curia
Pat Diamond, in memory of Robert Diamond
Brad & Candace Eggleston
Laura and Glenn Ellingson
Sandra & Clayton Feldman
Steven & Dawn Gerdt
Lucille Glassman Gifting Trust
Tom Gough and Luisa Sermol
Steve Grant and Marni Kamzan, in memory of Rick Holden
Denise & Jim Heick
David and Cheryl Heiman
Intel Matching Gifts
The Kieve Foundation
Kate & Tim Leehane
Marla Lipschultz
Christine Lyon
Maria & Steve Marquis
McGeever Family Giving Trust
Christine Mengarelli and Dale Elliott
Vickie Moore
Ross Nelson*
Molly & James Olivas
Daniel Pappone
Anonymous
Christian Pizzirani & Evelyn Huynh
Noah & Heather Price
Barbara Reynolds
Myles Rowland
Carl & Marianne Salas
ServiceNow
Alexx Smith
John & Amanda Straigis
Synopsys Matching Gifts
TheatreDNA
Carol & Dan Turner*
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
Martha C. Beattie
Susan Benjamin
Aldo Billingslea
Tom and Larel Bondi
Matt & Sarah Brockmeyer
Bryan Brown In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Lisa Buchanan & John Blair
Barbara Canup
City of San Jose District 3
Janice L & Gary H Cherrier
Rosalee Clarke, in memory of Bob Clarke*
Pat and Chuck Corr
Teryn Corsiglia
Jane Decker
Joseph & Michelle Dittberner
April Durrett & Matt Reilly
William Ereneta*
Joan Escover
Anonymous
Martin & Barbara Fishman
Dan Flynn
Barbara Fraser
Jane Frommer and Stephen Boyer
Carol Garvey
Keith Garvey Good Democrat Foundation
John Gilbert
The Goldman/Singer Family Fund
David & Kate Gross
Nicole Hawkins
Susan Hayes
Catherine and Judd Heape
Rose & John Henderson
Brian and Jocelyn Herndon
Adriana Hokk
Michael Kelley & Jill Huchital
Intuit Matching Gifts
Edward James
James Kleinrath & Melody Singleton
Johnny & Katie Kolasinski
Alison & Richard Lane
Anna Lee
Roy Leonard & Tadashi Oguchi
Kathleen Magid
Lisa Mallette
Judith Marlin
Peter Mateja
Gary & Debbi Maxwell
Toby McChesney
Charles & Jean Mendoza
Micron Technologies
Jason Molenda
John Moody & John Morton
Michael Mulhern & Glen Cantrell
Barbara Murray*
Bart Perry
Maryellen Petrich*
Phil Kurjan Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Sal, Amy, Mia and Alex Pizarro
James Reber, in memory of Mary L. Reber
Glenn Reed
The Roble Road Fund
Joyce & Campbell Scott
Ellen and Bryan Shaner*
Christopher Slater
Andrew Smith
Alison Steel
Suits Litigation
Susan Tatro
Winnie Weng
Laurie Whittemore
Kendall Williams
James D. Williams
Susan Wong
Paul and Anne Younan
Susan Zaslaw and Martin Liss*
ZenBusiness

The Doers ($250+)

Bill & Marsha Adler
Dale Allison
Robert B. Ames
Nanci Amolsch & Brian Buhrow
Anonymous
Allie Bailey
Abe and Jacky Baily
Anonymous
Jan & Mike Bergkamp
Steve and Marcia Block
Christina Bolognini
Jeffrey Bracco
Doug Brook
Scott Brown and Alex Fitzpatrick
Don & Becky Brownson
Anonymous
Erica Bulycz
The Burns Family
Carolyn Coulson
Randy DeBoer, In memory of Rick Holden
Jerry Di Salvo
Dirzo Family
Virginia Drake
Cheryl Duncan
Scott & Jennifer Eckerman
Karen English & John Engell
Nancy Batiloro Felder
Pam Foley
Bill & Lynn Fuller
Ron Gasparinetti & Steve Cortopassi
Google Corporation
John Angell Grant
Phil and Diane Griego
Lisa Burton Guevara
Marcie Gugenheim
Linda Guyer
Craig Hamilton
Ross Arden Harkness
David Heine & Chrisula Bloore
Laura Henderson and Jason Silva
Kimberly Mohne Hill
David & Karen Hook
Anonymous
Jon Jenkins and Renee Schell
Michael Johnson, In memory of Howard Miller
Julia Jones
Leah & Keith Jones In memory of Richard Holden
Sandra Jozefowicz
Karen Kienzle
Janikke Klem & Leon Glover
Jon Kull
Anonymous
Mike Lambert
Theresa Lees, in honor of Rick Holden
Janet Lemon
Heather Lerner
Nicole Letellier
Sarah & Joshua Levy
Amoreena Lucero
Andy MacDonald & Renee Verhaegen
Joyce Manina
William Maples
John McAvoy
Hugh & Debbie McDevitt, a donor advised fund
Bruce McLeod & Carla Befera
Judith Miller
Robert Miller
The Margot Minnium Olsen Foundation
Ryan Monsen
Guillermo Morales
Teresa & Dan Morley
Neil & Phyllis Newman
Wendy Nichols
Vivian and Kevin O’Connell
Marlene O
John & Lisa Pampuch
Cindy Panelli
Caitlin Papp
Lee Ann Payne & Chris Reber
Karen Altree Piemme
Alex Powers
Kelly & Velma Priest
Sophia Quinlan
Ray and Katie Renati
The Eddie Reynolds & Hernán Correa Family Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Michael Rhone
Kimberly Ridgeway
Kaye-Ailsa Rowan and Sally Cooperrider
Sherri R. Sager
Jennifer Sandretto
AJ Eiserloh & Emily Schwing
Sally Scofield
AJ Eiserloh & Emily Schwing
Sempra Engery Matching Fund
Anonymous
Kyle Smith
David Snow & Rosemary Elliott-Snow
Anonymous
Erin Southard
Allison & Jonathan Stanton
Dave & RuthE Stein, in memory of Todd Wright
Victoria Taketa
David Taylor & Valerie Merklin
Anonymous
Harrison-Ullmann Philanthropic Fund, a donor advised fund at the Jewlsh Silicon Valley
Paul Vallerga
Mark & Cris Vaughan
Damian I. Vega
Dianne Vega
Tom Wagner
Rebecca Wallace In memory of Mark Stern
Cathy & Randy Warshawsky
Shannon Wass
Mark and Jeri Waxman In memory of Rick Holden
Geoffrey Webster
Elisa Wells
DJ & Linda Whipple
Maggie Wilde
Kit Wilder
Nanci Williams
Tianbi Zhang
Dana Zook

The Believers ($100+)

Julia and Dmitriy Afanasyev
Peter Allen
Anonymous
Ameriprise Employee Giving Program
Anonymous
Alex Bailey
Tigran Bakchagyan
Jamie Baker
Rachel & Tom Bakker
Barb and Bob Baum
Michael Berckart
Brian & Stephanie Bianco
Steve Borkenhagen
Kirsten Brandt
Jospeh Buck & Christine Welsh-Buck Donor Fund
Kendall Callaghan, in honor of John Callaghan
Anonymous
John & Agnes Caulfield
Jeff Chandler
Anonymous
Barbara Clemmensen
Nicholas Cochran
Alice & Bill Cody
Robin Cole
Steve & Suzanne Cowan
Mark and Terrie Creamer
Elsa Cumpton
Bill and Alicia Davidovich
Chris del Pilar
Ramon & Jennifer Diaz-Arrastia
Anonymous
Anonymous
Rob & Teri Francis
Kim Gardner
Marie Gaskins In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Wayne & Estelle Glass
Barbara Goldstein
Susan and Chris Grasso In memory of Rick Holden
Kathy Gutberlet
Beverly Hansberry
Curt Hansen In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Gary Harris
Brittney Harter
Susan Hartt
Leigh Henderson
Jane Hiatt
Angie Higgins & Tom Shamrell
Roger and Karen Huitric In memory of Rick Holden
Anonymous
The James Family Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund
Holly Johnson
Russell Johnson
Rachel Kalin & Byron Stevens
Kathleen Kawakami
Carol & Roland King
KLA Foundation
Harvey & Perla Kohs, in memory of Rose Kohs
Lee Kopp
Christine Kraft In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Sandra Krakowski
Bill & Rhonda Lakatos
Colleen & Brian Lewis
Jay Seymour & Cindy Ling
Anonymous
Miles Mallette
Jim & Chris Martin
Walter Mayes*
Bill McCraw & Janet Muscio
Barbara McCreight In memory of Rick Holden
Chuck Mcloughlin In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Dennis McLoughlin In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Yvonne & Jim McLoughlin In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Anonymous
Lisa K. Miller
Michael Mitnick
Michael Munck
Mai Norman In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Michael Norris
Susan Overland In honor of Deb Anderson
Anonymous
Pintuna Inc.
Joni Podolsky, In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Basab Pradhan
Bill Prince
Roneet Rahamim & Max Tachis
Deborah Regalbuto
Jorge L. Reyes
Jackie Roach
Janice Rombeck
Kirkwood Rough
Marko Rukonic
Doug and Elizabeth Santana
Anonymous
Donna Schank In honor of Margaret McLoughlin
Ed & Kereli Sengstack
Anonymous, in honor of Christy Martin
Joe Singer*
Sally A Slocum
Janet Smick
Collette Son
Harold & Linda Spencer
Laura Sternberg
Della Thurgood
Ann Timoney
Patricia Toft
C. Trupski
Zach & Christian Vaughn-Munck
Patrick Vernaelde
Kathy Vita
Joseph Weinstein In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Christine Weldon
Richard & Carol Wells
Judy West
Laura Westley
Gerrye and Calvin Wong
Andy Younan In memory of Margaret McLoughlin
Timothy Young
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.