SUPPORTERS

Thank you!

On behalf of Kala’s Board, staff, and artists, we thank our creative and dedicated community of supporters. Thanks for helping Kala thrive. This list represents individual and institutional giving from October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023, including annual fund, general operating, program support, membership, and event sponsorship. Thank you also to the generous artists, framers, media sponsors, restaurants, wineries, and other individuals and local businesses for providing in-kind donations for our auction and throughout the year. You all make Kala possible!

$100,000+
California Arts Council

$25,000+
City of Berkeley
Lendistry – CA Relief Fund
Joseph and Vera Long Foundation
Richard K. Robbins/Wareham Development
National Endowment for the Arts

$15,000+
Bruce Helmberger and Barbara Kuecker (Larry Chaset Arts Education Fund)
Prudence and David Lake
The Bernard Osher Foundation
The Sato Foundation
Sharon Simpson / Simpson PSB Fund
UC Berkeley Chancellors Community Partnership Fund
Bernard E. & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation

$10,000+
Archer Patterson Family Foundation
Bayer Healthcare
City of Emeryville
Fidelity Charitable – Anonymous
Mercy and Roger Smullen Fund
Maryly Snow
Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation

$4,000+
Artist Communities Alliance
Mary Austin & Brewster Kahle
Alice Beasley
California Humanities
DHR Investment Counsel / Schultz Collins Investment Counsel
Carol & Tom Foster
Estate of Margaret Hersher
Heidi & Manny Lopez/Robert & Mary Ward/Arizona Community Foundation
Mechanics Bank
Richard Nagler & Sheila Sosnow
Davis Riemer & Louise Rothman-Riemer
Amrita Singhal & Michael Tubach
StopWaste
Sustainable Arts Foundation

$2,000+
Alameda County ARTSFUND
Gretchen Dumas (Larry Chaset Arts Education Fund)
Bill Graham Memorial Foundation
Leonard Hunter (in memory of Julia Marshall)
Elizabeth Lake & Dan Francis
Ellen Lake & Chris Green
Bethany Mayer & Dale Jentzen
Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman
Josh Oliver; Steve Oliver/Oliver & Company
Sissel Waage & Steve Pickle

$1,000+
Gale Antokal
Kelley Berg & Nancy Goler
Martha Boersch & John Maynard
Lisa Bornstein
Cynthia Chen
Modesto Covarrubias & Dennis Markham
Penny Cooper & Rena Rosenwasser
Robert Cote
Kate Eilertsen
The Lisa Esherick Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation
Gavrielov Family Fund
The Green Cities Company
Maya Hara & Brian Kozumplik/Roblox
Christopher and Olga Hartwell (Larry Chaset Arts Education Fund)
Archana Horsting & Greg Harper
Sharon Jue
Roger Jungerman & Stephanie McAllister
Susan & David Kabakoff
Jeff Kelley
Klion Springwater Coven Family Foundation
Madeline & Patrick McMenamin
Meyer Sound
Perrin Meyer
Trina Ostrander & Isiah Roter
Paulson Fontaine Press, LLC
Emily Payne & John Heller
Lucy Puls
Melinda Vahedi
Donna Westerman
Kelsey Wirth & Samuel Myers

$500+
Ashby Lumber
Atthowe Fine Art Services
Trudy Barnes
Brookes Byrd
Buttrick Family
Chandra Cerrito / Arts Advisors
Kevin Chen
Marna Clark
Deborah Colson
Sharbani Das Gupta
Judith Diffenbaugh
Beth Fein (Jen Cole Artist-in-Residence Award)
Nancy Genn
Ruth Goldstone / Red Oak Realty
Sophie Hahn
Mayumi Hamanaka
Ben Hamburg
Harper & Armstrong, LLP
The Hobson Family Foundation
Kerri Hurtado
Keene Builders
Julia Kjelgaard & F Stephen Dobson
Carol Ladewig
Cynthia Lake & Jason Goldstein
Jimin Lee
LPC Real Estate Corp
Kava Massih Architects
Molly Miller & Mark Jungerman
Morse-Mattmann Charitable Fund
Janet Myers
NIAD / Rebecca Teague
Noll & Tam Architects
Robinson Family Fund
Jules Roman
Elizabeth & Byron Ryono
Koji Saida
Suha Suha Inc
Marcia Tanner
Patricia Thomas & Scott Atthowe
Stephen Thomas
Sylvia Solochek Walters
Karen Weil

$250-$499+
Alternative Technologies
Barbara Anderson
Ravi Arora, MD in appreciation of Anu Arora
Jim Fischer
Jane Hambleton
Loni Hancock & Tom Bates
Hunter Harris
Markus Kager
Ralph Kaywin
Joan Kiang
Jody Knowlton
Sarah Kuehl & Ben Trautman
Susan Lake & Warren Long
Maurice Levitch
Julia Lucey
Ruth Majdrakoff
Julie McCray
Robin McCloskey
Myriam and Richard Misrach
Jeanne O’Connor
Karen Olsen-Dunn
Robert Ortbal
Ladene Otsuki
Martin Paley
Jennifer Phang
Felisa Preskill & Zachary Scholz
Suzanne Schwartz & Tim Bernstein
Richard Siegesmund & Brigitta Hangartner
Joe Slusky
Mr and Mrs Michael M. Tarrow
Rich Valentine
Andrea Voinot
Sandy Walker
Eric & Marnie Welch
Janice & Lanny Weingrod

Friends of Kala/Other Supporters, up to $250
Mari Andrews
Kathy Aoki
Joan Baylie
Susan Belau
Lynn Beldner & Steve Briscoe
Daniel Benjamin
Christie Beeman & Peter Weber
Carol Benioff
William Bergstrom
Kimberly & Simon Blattner
Priscilla Birge
Joan Black & Dennis Johnson
Jeanette Bokhour
Victor P. Bonfillo
Bernard Braakman
Susan Brand
Roberta & Peter Braun
Hazel Bright
Donna Brown (Jen Cole Artist-in-Residence Fund)
Janine Brown
Inge Bruggeman
Anita Carse
Joanne and Leo Chang Family Fund
Allison Cooper
Lydia N Degarrod
Catherine De Heer
Scott Donahue
Holly Downing
Jamila Dunn
Jennifer Easton
Amanda Eicher
Stephanie Engle
Jackson Fahnestock
Nicole and Mark Fein
Gael Fitzmaurice
Sheridan Fox
Diana Goldstein
Sylvia Gonzales
Jane Gregorius
Edward Grossman*
Patience Hammond & Larry Goldman
Mary Hannah
Lyn Hejinian
Robbin Henderson & Jos Sances
Jeffrey Hill
Majbritt Hilstrom Kreps
Ann Holsberry
Byron Huey
Claudia Huguenin-Le-Lay
Spergon and Bernadette Hunt
Cynthia Ona Innis
Gisela Insuaste
Richard Ivry
Akesh Kala
Karen Kaldunski-Kato
Amy Kaufman & Harry Saddler
Audrey Kavka
Karen Kersten
Claire Kessler-Bradner
Prudy Kohler
Sally & Gordon Lake
Jeannene Langford
Carol Lefkowitz
Elise Marks
Bennett Lareau-Meredith
Laurel Leichter
James Leventhal
Philip and Sharon Linhares
William Long
Elizabeth Loughran
Linda Lu
Michael Marcus
Sue Mark
Monika Mayer
Christy McDonald
Pamela Melvin
Christine Meuris
Michelle Miller
Margaretta Mitchell
Barbara Moffat
Margaret Murray
Louise & Fred Neal
Marie Nolan
David Onek
Joanna Ong
Denise Owen
Rosa Park
Nora Pauwels & John DeMerritt
Alice & Michael Ranahan
Brian Randall
Marjorie Randell-Silver
Mariana Rexroth
Fred Richman Art Group (in honor of Richard Nagler)
Yvonne Rodesch
Kathryn Rogers
Robert and Susan Roth
Ron Moultrie Saunders
Thomas Scarpino
Liz Schiff (Jen Cole Artist-in-Residence Fund)
Michael Schwager
Emily Siegesmund (in honor of Richard Siegesmund)
Kristen Siegesmund (in honor of Richard Siegesmund)
Susan Siegesmund (in honor of Richard Siegesmud)
Mary Shisler
Edie Silber & Steve Bomse
Sarah Smelser
Claudia Smukler
Beverly Solochek
Vickie Jo Sowell
Herlinde Spahr
Julia May Starr
Deborah Stenberg-Service
Diane Stockler
Patrick Stockstill
Karen Streets (Larry Chaset Arts Education Fund)
Shana Sturm &  Ben Goldstone
Toru Sugita
Suzanne Tan
Gail Tarantino
Linda Vida
Leah Virsik
John White
Jane Whitely
Elizabeth Wilkins & James Lake
Alice Wu