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 2023-24 donors make our dancing dreams come true.
Major Donors
Periluna Circle
($50,000 + up)
Karen & Jeff Banks
California Nonprofit Performing Arts Program
Clif Family Foundation
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Meri Issel & Patricia Reedy
Susan Taylor & Robert Fabry
Circle of Tides
($20,000-49,999)
Berkeley Civic Arts Commission
Louis L. Borick Foundation
California Arts Council
California Humanities
Clarence E. Heller Foundation
Helzel Family Foundation Fund at
the East Bay Community Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
San Francisco Foundation
TSA Real Estate LLC
Lunar Eclipse Circle
($10,000-19,999)
Alameda County Arts Commission
Banks Family Foundation
Tatiana Hodapp
Morris Stulsaft Foundation
Lunitidal Circle
($5000-9999)
The Barrios Trust
Sally Davis-Rhodes
Heising-Simons Fund, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Yukie Fujimoto & Peter Marchetti
Paula Mitchell
Melissa Nelken & Ronald Lee
Blue Moon Circle
($2500-4999)
Anonymous
Community Bank of the Bay
Mechanics Bank
Beany Wezelman
Winifred and Harry B. Allen Foundation
Harvest Moon Circle
($1000-2499)
Anonymous
Melanie Allen
Rita Blitt Fund
Scott Carino & Will Mallari
Jenny Chan
Robert R. Coté
Mary Hope Dean
Mary & Stan Friedman
Tracy Gallagher & Robert Goc
Evangel King
Malia Ramler & Robert Ayasse
Pat & Merrill Shanks
Ng Family Trust
Nancy Ng
St. John’s Warehouse
Therese McMillan
Janice & Lanny Weingrod
Full Moon Circle
($500-999)
Anonymous (2)
Linda Cozzarelli
Carol & Stephen Hart
Mary Claire Heffron & William Issel
Denise Hingle & James Webster
Susan & Brian Hogan
The Kofman Family (in honor of Yukie Fujimoto)
Victor Lee
Rosalina Macisco
Laura Marlin
Louise Music
Denise Oldham
Elizabeth Ozol & Andrew Steckel
Second Evening Art (in memory of Bob Hughes)
Judith & Dorothy Schumacher-Jennings
Annie So
Diane Tom
Kathleen Wall
Crescent Moon Circle
($250-499)
Maureen Alano
Yvonne Arnold
Carol Barton & Maureen Lynch (in honor of Elliott Barton Gring)
Amanda Coggin & Wolfram Arnold
Michele DeRosa
Carol & Ray Ellis
Fidelity Charitable
Nancy Geimer & Chris Vance
Teresa Geimer
Patricia & Juan Jayo
Patricia Kates
Marcia Katz
Colleen Larkin & George Coates
Karen & Daven Lowhurst
Beckie Masaki
Albertina Zarazúa & Rafael Padilla
Chantal M. Sampogna
Augusta Saulys
Heidi Sawicki
William & Renee Sherer
Lisa Simon
Julia Zolinsky
Donors
Anonymous
Anonymous (in honor of Carol Kueffer)
Anonymous (in honor of John-Mario Sevilla)
Marites Abueg
Arvind Acharya
Sarah Adler-Chai
Jane Armbruster (in honor of Albertina Zarazúa Padilla)
Christine Atkins
Julie & Rusty Austin (in honor of Annie Jackson Whittemore)
Cheryl Banks-Smith
Rachel Barna
Cecelia Beam
Mara Beckerman Sneiderman
Barbara Bernardo & David Counter
Megan Bierman
Beverly Blatt & David Filipek
Emily Blossom
Anne Bluethenthal
Rita Bryant (in honor of Denise Oldham)
Loren Bucek
Kathe Burick
Lorrania Byrd
Susan Caliri
Mady Cantor
Diane Cash
Beth Chamberlain
Cindy Chan
Clare & Terry Ciafrei
Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Erika Comrie-Krupa
Thomas Conmy
Patricia Cross
Sarah Crowell
Katherine Csizmadia
Kathryn Cunnyngham
Tina Curran
Katie Curtis
Jessica Dalton
Duke Dang
Claire & David De Andrade
Peggy De Coursey & Larry Long
Annie Elias & David Sinaiko
Karen & Armand Ensanian
The Estate of Bert May
Rima Faber
Tim Farr
Bernard Feather
Beth Fein & Michael DiFilippo (in honor of Carol Kueffer)
Barbara Foster
Julie Fry
Ivy Gallagher
Sarah Gallagher
Giedra Gershman
Greacian Goeke
Vivian Goo
Avilee Goodwin
Maya Gordon
Valerie Gutwirth
Susan Hagstrom
Kris Halverson & Edward Haggerty
Patience Hammond & Lawrence Goldman
Chenxing Han
Abe Hardin & Carol Dolcini
Amana Harris
Wayne Hazzard
Sharon Healy
Patti & William Heidtman (in honor of Ron Reedy)
Nancy Henderson
The Himnees
Florence Hodes & Mike Hickey
Marcia Hofer
Joanna Hultman
Taryn Issel
Margaret Jenkins
Tammy Johnson
Jessica Kantor & Rajit Malhotra (in honor of Chantal Sampogna)
Samia Karimi
Mary Khan
Aileen Kim
Irina Kim
April Kinkade
Susan Koff
Jessy Kronenberg
Adelaide Kuehn
Linda Kushi
Dawn Kwan (in honor of Jenny Chan)
Andrea & Tracey LaCampagne (in honor of Denise Watkins Oldham)
James & Maritza Larreta-Moylan
Julie Lebel
Elizabeth Lewis
Bonnie Lewkowicz
Debbie Ling Grant
Marcia Lloyd
Fritz Ludin
Leona Marx
Emilie Mazzacurati
Laura Mazzadra
Diane McKallip
Bruce & Linda McPherson
Janet Meskin
Marlene Millikan
Megan Minturn
Juliana Monin & Seph Petta
Janine Mortan
Denise Murphy
MVP/Good People
Abhishek Nag
Claudine Naganuma
Rebecca Navarrete Davis
Noel Nurrenbern & Barbara Sardella
Poppy, Kim, & Patrick Nye
Carol Opheim
Alicia Orozco (in honor of Albertina Zarazua Padilla)
Carol Ortiz
Phyllis Oyama & Lee Townsend
Wick Pancoast & Carrie Wilson
Philip Porter
Amanda Possel
Richard Quint
Shayna Raj
Eric Read
Sarah C. Rich
Paul Richman
Nicole Ripley
Sharon & David Robb
Richard & Jane Rosario
Albirda Rose
Derek Rusch
Sylvia Salgado
Avu Sankaralingam
Gabrielle Saponara
Sharon Sasaki
Doertlis Schultze
Erika Seid
Vicki Shabo (in honor of Chantal Sampogna’s 50th bday)
Lia Shigemura & Helen Zia
Mercy Sidbury
Edie Silber (Bomse/Silber Family Charitable Fund)
Anna Simmons
Alesia & Andrew Singer
Mariko Soto
Genoa Sperske
Sandy Stier & Kris Perry
Susan Stinson
Hanna Takashige (Eric Masato Takashige Boehm)
Laurelle Thom (in honor of Janine Mortan)
Luna, Matt, and Tori Thom (in honor of Janine Mortan)
Kim Trudell
Becky Villasenor
Helen Walker
John Watkins
Susan Watts
LaWanda Wesley
Ann Wettrich
Linda Williams
Casey Wilson
Hez Wollin
Christopher Wu
David York & Ellen Sorrin (in honor of John-Mario Sevilla)
Dora Zhang
*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 Iron Works
Berkeley Playhouse
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley Symphony
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
Shotgun Players
Small Press Distribution
Sophie Tivona Illustrations
Spanish Table
Spicy Vines
Sports Basement
Theresa Cunniff Design
Trader Joe’s
Urban Ore
Urban Putt
Victory Point Cafe
Vintage Berkeley Wine Shop
Lanny Weingrod
Shout out to the volunteers who help Luna flow!
Arvind Acharya
Jessica Bohn
Sarah Crowell
Nancy Geimer
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