Luna is able to fulfill our mission thanks to generous donations from our community. Your donations ensure every child has opportunities for dance learning.
Make a Difference
To maximize our impact and continue to spread the culture of dance, Luna raises funds through private and public grants and individual donations. You can join us in making a difference in children’s lives by sending a donation today, asking your employer if there is a matching program, recommending us to your company’s nonprofit giving program. We accept cash and stock donations.
A big THANK YOU to the following individuals and organizations for supporting Luna’s programs and efforts to bring all children to dance. These 2024-25 donors make our dancing dreams come true.
Major Donors
Periluna Circle
($50,000 + up)
California Arts Council
Clif Family Foundation
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Meri Issel & Patricia Reedy
Susan Taylor & Robert Fabry
Circle of Tides
($20,000-49,999)
Louis L. Borick Foundation
California Humanities
Clarence E. Heller Foundation
Helzel Family Charitable Fund
National Endowment for the Arts
San Francisco Foundation
TSA Real Estate LLC
Lunar Eclipse Circle
($10,000-19,999)
Banks Family Foundation
The Barrios Trust
Karen & Jeff Banks
Berkeley Civic Arts Commission
Julianne Gaynor
Tatiana Hodapp
Bernard E. & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation
Lunitidal Circle
($5000-9999)
Sally Davis-Rhodes
Yukie Fujimoto & Peter Marchetti
Paula Mitchell
Melissa Nelken & Ronald Lee
Ng Family Trust
Blue Moon Circle
($2500-4999)
Alameda County Arts Commission
Community Bank of the Bay
Mechanics Bank
Beany Wezelman
Winifred and Harry B. Allen Foundation
Harvest Moon Circle
($1000-2499)
Anonymous
Maureen Alano
Jenny Chan
Robert R. Coté
Mary Hope Dean
Tracy Gallagher & Robert Goc
Teresa Geimer
Heising-Simons Fund, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Evangel King
Louise Music
Denise Oldham
Rita Blitt Fund
Pat & Merrill Shanks
Nancy Ng
Therese McMillan
Annie So
Janice & Lanny Weingrod
Julia Zolinsky
Full Moon Circle
($500-999)
Anonymous
Carol & Ray Ellis
Patricia Freitas (in honor of Gabriella ‘Gabby’ Freitas)
Carol & Stephen Hart
Mary Claire Heffron & William Issel
Denise Hingle & James Webster
Susan & Brian Hogan
The Kofman Family (in honor of Yukie Fujimoto)
Rosalina Macisco
Will Mallari & Scott Carino
Laura Marlin
Susan Messner-Whipp
Carole Morgenstern (in honor of Bert May)
Elizabeth Ozol & Andrew Steckel
Malia Ramler & Robert Ayasse
Second Evening Art (in memory of Bob Hughes)
Judith & Dorothy Schumacher-Jennings
Kathleen Wall
Crescent Moon Circle
($250-499)
Maureen Alano
Yvonne Arnold
Carol Barton & Maureen Lynch (in honor of Elliott Barton Gring)
Barbara Bernardo
Torri Campbell
Amanda Coggin & Wolfram Arnold
Claire & David de Andrade
Ben & Lisa Fabry
Laurie Gibson
Avilee Goodwin
Lisa Haney (in honor of Jyoti SaeUn)
Carina Ho
Patricia & Juan Jayo
Mya Jones
Patricia Kates
Marcia Katz
Susan Koff
Karen & Daven Lowhurst
Beckie Masaki
Linda & Bruce McPherson
Juliana Monin & Seph Petta
Sarah Nguyen
Rachel & Larry Norton (in honor of John-Mario Sevilla)
Albertina Zarazúa & Rafael Padilla
Jane & Richard Rosario
Chantal M. Sampogna
Augusta Saulys
Renee & Bill Sherer
Lisa Simon
Diane Tom
Becky Villasenor
Adrienne Wong & Jon Simms
Donors
Anonymous (4)
Marites Abueg
Sarah Adler-Chai
Amanda Alef
Jane Armbruster (in honor of Albertina Zarazúa Padilla)
Emily A. Ban
Margaret Bayer
Cecelia Beam
Mara Beckerman Sneiderman
Megan Bierman
Beverly Blatt & David Filipek
Emily Blossom
Anne Bluethenthal
Brian Wong and Scott Hofmeister Charity Fund
Loren Bucek
Kathe Burick
Lorrania Byrd
Ariana Candell
Mady Cantor
Beth Chamberlain
Amy Chang
Clare & Terry Ciafrei
Patricia Cohen
Erika Comrie-Krupa
Katherine Csizmadia
Kathryn Cunnyngham
Duke Dang
Peggy De Coursey
David Dean
Julia Deutsch
Melissa & Joshua Dykstra
Cheryl Eccles (in honor of Patricia, Nancy, and Luna Staff)
Annie Elias & David Sinaiko
Karen & Armand Ensanian
The Estate of Bert May
Bernard Feather
Beth Fein & Michael DiFilippo (in honor of Carol Kueffer)
Aileen Frankel
Ivy Gallagher
Catherine Gallant
Kenneth Galli & Amy Witsaman (in honor of Gabriella ‘Gabby’ Freitas)
Janine & Edmund Galli Trtee (in honor of Gabriella ‘Gabby’ Freitas)
Nat Gardenswartz
Nancy Geimer & Chris Vance
Avilee Goodwin
Valerie Gutwirth
Greta Hadley
Susan Hagstrom
Kris Halverson & Edward Haggerty
Wayne Hazzard
Sharon Healy
William & Patti Heidtman (in honor of Ron Reedy)
Francesca Hessler
Susanna Hostetter
Joanna Hultman
Taryn Issel
Valencia James
Tammy Johnson
Samia Karimi
Jason Katz
Lauryn Kerutis
Aileen Kim
Irina Kim
Morae Kim
Jessy Kronenberg
Adelaide Kuehn
Dawn Kwan (in honor of Jenny Chan)
James & Maritza Larreta-Moylan
Jeanne Lau
Elizabeth Lewis
Bonnie Lewkowicz
Julia Mamani
Sandra Martin (in honor of Gabriella ‘Gabby’ Freitas)
Leona Marx
Jennifer Moritz
Janine Mortan
Denise Murphy
Claudine Naganuma
Xiaole Ni
Noel Nurrenbern & Barbara Sardella
Poppy, Kim, & Patrick Nye
Casey Passmore & Joseph Swisher
Cristina Paul
Dana Perez (in honor of Gabriella ‘Gabby’ Freitas)
Seth Peterson
Shayna Raj
The Rasera-Holden Family
Sarah C. Rich
Nicole Ripley
Albirda Rose
Sylvia Salgado
Avu Sankaralingam
Gabrielle Saponara
Heidi Sawicki
Doertlis Schultze
Erika Seid
John-Mario Sevilla & Jim Nelson
Lia Shigemura & Helen Zia
Mercy Sidbury
Anna Simmons
Alesia & Andrew Singer
Mariko Soto
Genoa Sperske
Sandy Stier & Kris Perry
Hanna Takashige (in honor of Eric Masato Takashige Boehm)
Luna, Matt, and Tori Thom (in honor of Janine Mortan)
Joyce Ting
Jakey Toor
Sonja Travick
Erin Kenny Walter
LaWanda Wesley
Luke Wojtaszek
Hez Wollin
Lisbeth Woodington
Dora Zhang & Ryan Giordano
Mark Zuckerbrow
*We apologize for any inadvertent omissions. Please contact us and we will correct immediately.
Businesses & In-Kind Donors
Luna is very pleased and grateful to acknowledge the following businesses and individuals who provide goods and services to Luna’s programs. Please support these friends of Luna.
Acme Bread
Alegio Chocolate
Ashby Lumber
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
Aster Jewelers
Aurora Catering
Aurora Theater Company
Aveda
Bae Boats
BAMPFA
Baryshnikov Arts Center
Bay Area Discovery Museum
Berkeley Ballet Theater
Berkeley Bowl
Berkeley Ironworks
Berkeley Playhouse
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley Symphony
Bisou Chocolate
The Blue Door
Janis Brenner
Cakes Made By Me
Cal Performances
Cal Shakes
California State Railroad Museum Foundation
CC Made
Nicole Chabot
Charles M. Schulz Museum
The Cheese Board Collective
Claire Cristobal, Rodan + Fields
Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel
Clayroom Oakland
Clif Bar & Company
Cultured Pickle Shop
Cupcakin’ Bakeshop
Darryl Issel Art
Donkey & Goat
Ed Concepcion
eMotion Arts
Karen Ensanian
Five Little Monkeys
Flowerland
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
Tracy Gallagher
Golden Bug Kids
GolfTec
Gregangelo’s Velocity Arts & Entertainment
Jeffrey Hankinson
Insalata’s Restuarant
Isabella Boutique
Janine Watkins Ivie Art
Jason Jones
Patricia Jayo
Juanita and Maude
Kahnfections Bakery
Keter Salon
Larry Arrington Astrology
The Lawrence Hall of Science
Left Coast Sextet
Lincoln Center Theatre
Little Saint
Caren Loebel-Fried
The Lure Resort
Matthew Felix Sun Art
Momofuku Noodle Bar
Monterey Market
Norman Moore
Museum of Craft and Design
Jora Nelstein
New Ballet, San Jose
No Fricking Way, LLC
Noor & Sons Rugs
Northbrae Bottle Shop
Nubo Spa
Oakland Ballet
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland Museum of Children’s Art
Oakland Zoo
ODC/Dance
Paradox Events, LLC
Pearachute
RAMONA
Rebecca Reedy Hair
Rebecca Rigert
Rebecca Stenn
Reeve Wines
Ritual Coffee Roasters
San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Movement Arts Festival
SFMOMA
San Francisco Symphony
Sconehenge
Shotgun Players
Small Press Distribution
Sophie Tivona Illustrations
Spanish Table
Spicy Vines
Spoon Korean Bistro
Sports Basement
Theresa Cunniff Design
Trader Joe’s
Urban Ore
Urban Putt
Victory Point Cafe
Vintage Berkeley Wine Shop
Lanny Weingrod
David White
Shout out to the volunteers who help Luna flow!
Arvind Acharya
Jessica Bohn
Sarah Crowell
Nancy Geimer
Avilee Goodwin
Meri Issel
Erica Rose Jeffrey
Deborah Karp
Erin Lally
James Morris
Robin Nasatir
Chantal Sampogna
Heather Stockton
Antigone Trimis
Becky Villasenor
Erin Walter
Aijeron Wilson