Annual Support

Cal Performances gratefully acknowledges the following generous partners whose support enables us to produce artistic and educational programs featuring the world’s finest performing artists.

Institutional Contributors

Cal Performances gratefully acknowledges the following corporate, foundation, and government partners for their generous support.

$100,000 and above
Anonymous
Koret Foundation
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
Meyer Sound
The Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation, Inc.

$50,000–$99,999
Bank of America
The Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation
Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation
Partners in Oakland Education
The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation
Zellerbach Family Foundation

$25,000–$49,999
The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Rockridge Market Hall
Taube Family Foundation
Bernard E. & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation

$10,000–$24,999
The Barrios Trust
Bear Republic Brewing Co.
The Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust
The Sam Mazza Foundation
Pacific Harmony Foundation
PepsiCo
Quest Foundation
The Sato Foundation
Wells Fargo Private Bank

$5,000–$9,999
Bertha and John Garabedian Charitable Foundation
Manicaretti Italian Food Importers
The MOCA Foundation
E. Nakamichi Foundation

$2,500–$4,999
Alameda County Arts Commission ARTSFUND
City of Berkeley

Gifts In Kind
Brown Estate
Hess Persson Estates
Market Hall Foods
Meyer Sound
PepsiCo

Individual Contributors

Cal Performances extends its sincere appreciation to the individuals who made gifts to the Cal Performances Annual Fund between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

$100,000 and above
Anonymous (2)
Diana Cohen and Bill Falik
Beth DeAtley
Jerome and Thao Dodson
Robert Ellis
Michael P. N. A. Hormel
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason and Janet Netz
Maria Manetti Shrem
Elizabeth Segerstrom
Nadine Tang

$50,000–$99,999
Another Planet Entertainment: Gregg and Laura Perloff
Helen Berggruen for Five Arts Foundation
Greg Lutz
Divesh and Diksha Makan

$25,000–$49,999
Anonymous (2)
John Atwater and Diana Nelson
Art Berliner and Marian Lever
Janice and Nicholas E. Brathwaite
Sakurako and William Fisher
Bernice E. Greene
Lynne LaMarca Heinrich and Dwight M. Jaffee Fund
Daniel Johnson and Herman Winkel
Karen Koster
Joe W. Laymon
S. Shariq Yosufzai and Brian James

$15,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Lina Au and David Stranz
Diana Bersohn
Anne Bodel and Edward Hannemann
Dr. Rupali Das-Melnyk and Dr. Ostap Melnyk
Dr. Terry Desser and Dr. Daniel Rubin
Kathleen G. Henschel and John W. Dewes
Debra Farb and Eric Sippel
Susah Marinoff and Thomas Schrag
Patrick McCabe
Donald J. and Toni Ratner Miller
Thomas King & Nelson Daher
Hing On Hsu

$10,000–$14,999
Anonymous (2)
Nancy Adler Montgomery
Joachim and Nancy Hellman Bechtle
Terrence Chan and Edward Sell
Caroline Winnett and Tristan de Frondeville
Jacqueline Desoer
Priscilla and Keith Geeslin
Ian Hinchliffe and Marjorie Shapiro
Kit and Hayne Leland
Fred Levin, The Shenson Foundation
Charles and Helene Linker
Joel Linzner and Teresa Picchi
Rich and Jennifer Lyons
Kathryn and Peter Muhs
P. David Pearson and Barbara Schonborn
Judy Redo
David Rivas
Will Schieber
Susan and Paul Teicholz
Michael Tubach and Amrita Singhal
Deborah and Bob Van Nest
Ralph Jake Warner and Toni Ihara

$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous
Nancy Orear and Teresa Basgall
Lynn Feintech and Anthony Bernhardt
Sally Glaser and David Bower
Peter Washburn and Rod Brown
Cari Cheney
Carol T. Christ
David Clayton and Gayle DeKellis
Amy Roth and Bob Epstein
Marta Falicov
Jerome B Falk
Hilary A. Fox
Jeremy Geffen
Betty Hood-Gibson
Warren Sharp and Louise Laufersweiler
Kerri and Mark Lubin
Judith Lubman
Dorette P.S. Luke
Karen and John McGuinn
Eric Allman and Kirk McKusick
Ditsa Pines
Marjorie Randolph
Rossannah Reeves
Jim and Ruth Reynolds
Brian Bock and Susan Rosin
Jennifer Braun and Raymond Ryan
Al Hoffman and David Shepherd
Dr. and Mrs. W. Conrad Sweeting
Linda J (Tik) Thurston
Larry and Pearl Toy
Carol Jackson Upshaw

$2,500–$4,999
Anonymous (4)
Claire Allphin
Sallie and Edward Arens
David Mostardi and Arlene Baxter
James Scott Bays
Christopher R. Bowen
Marion Brenner
Nancy Levin and Daniel Caraco
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Davis
Marcie Gutierrez and Bret Dickey
Susan and William Epstein
The Rev. Richard Fabian
Charles and Karen Fiske
Luna Foundation
Dean Francis
Janet Flammang and Lee Friedman
Claire Greene and Walter Garms
Jacek Jarkowski and Bozena Gilewska
Mark Goor
Paul and Susan Grossberg
Nora Harlow
Nadine and James Hubbell
Renee and Michael Lankford
James and Katherine Lau
Linda Lazzeretti
James and Kathleen Leak
John Lee
Leslie Hsu and Richard Lenon
Sarah W. Freedman and Ronald Levy
Ralph and Melinda Mendelson
Marguerite Tompkins and Michael Mensik
Zina Mirsky
Julie Morgan and David Osborn
John and Amy Palmer
Trond Petersen
Linh Do and Erno Pungo
Peter Weiner and Sylvia Quast
Diana V. Rogers
Kimberly Webb and Richard Rossi
David Hoffman and Joan Sarnat
Sondra Schlesinger
Hadar Shemtov
Neal Shorstein, MD and Christopher Doane
Valerie Sopher
Jacqueline B. Stuart
Francoise and William Torchiana
Thomas Varghese
Kathryn Wagner
Beany Wezelman
Alison Teeman and Michael Yovino-Young

$1,500–$2,499
Anonymous (7)
John T Andrews
Orit Atzmon
Andrew J. & Corinne Ball
Michele Benson
Lee Bevis
Judith L. Bloom
Dr. Wolfgang and Michele J. Serocki Bluhm
Romana Bracco
Joseph Brown
James Horio and Linda Cahill
Ann and John Carroll
Susan and Stephen Chamberlin
June and Michael Cohen
Robert Corbett
Wendy Cosin
Seldon Cramer
Lori Gitter and Kathleen Crandall
Wendy Breuer and Charles Crane
Dr. John and Mrs. Charlice Danielsen
Ann E. Dewart
Yi lun Ding
Bob Dixon
David and Helen Dornbusch
Martha and Peter Downey
Aimee Dunn
Rebecca and Robert Epstein
Anne & Peter Esmonde
Kathleen Correia and Stephen Evans
Doris Fine
Thomas and Sharon Francis
Marianne and Herbert Friedman
Helen Tsao Gan
Thomas Given
Aaron Chan and Darryl Glass
Sandra and Robert Goldberg
Joan Hart
Holly Hartley
Richard Buxbaum and Catherine Hartshorn
Nicolle Henneuse
Patrick Schlesinger and Esther Hill
Randall and Anastasia Hobbet
Richard and Frances Holsinger
Ed Blumenstock and Belle Huang
Donald Bruce Hunter
Jeff and Linda Jesmok
Adib and Karin Kanafani
Michie Kasahara
Benjamin Hermalin and Ruth Konoff
Gregory La Blanc and Elizabeth Kovats
Sharon and Ronald Krauss
Theodore and Christina Kuh
Carol and Duff Kurland
Ken Yang and Ted Lakey
Carla Hesse and Thomas Laqueur
Marcia C. Linn
Cheryl Lyons
James A. and Susan Matisoff
Panos Papadopoulos and Maria Mavroudi
Dr. Roxie Mayfield-Stone
Charles and Ann Meier
Dennis and Mary Montali
David Eifler and Rachel Morello-Frosch
Robert W. Cole and Susan Muscarella
National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., San Francisco Chapter
The National Smart Set, Inc., San Francisco Chapter
Jane Neilson
Ricarda Nelson
Irina Paperno
Ellice and Jim Papp
David Rosenthal and Vicky Reich
Penny Righthand
Therissa McKelvey and Heli Roiha
Arthur & Keiko Roosa
Barbara Rosenfeld
Leslie Rupley
Danny Scheie
Margaret Schink
Pat and Merrill Shanks
Theresa Nelson & Barney Smits
Richard Berkins and Tomoko Takami
Paula Rosenthal and Theresa Thornton
Alta Tingle
Ruth and Alan Tobey
Paula M. Trauner
Andrew Chen and Helen Tu
Emily Warden
Sally Landis and Michael White
Eric and Marika Wiesen
Paul Wolf
Bart Connally & Susan Ping Wong
Mitchell and Kristen Yawitz
Angelina Yee
Peter and Gloria Yu

$1,000–$1,499
Anonymous (5)
Raymond Adams
Christina Back
Paul and Linda Baumann
Barbara Bell
Patricia Berkowitz
Henry Cook
Michele and Larry Corash
Margaret and Michael Cullen
Barbara Droscher
Jennifer & Len Dulski
Andrea Eichhorn
Dana Engel
Alan Mark and Jeffrey Fraenkel
Douglas Franks
Daniel and Kate Funk
Andreas Gapp
Clara Gerdes
Richard and Sally Goodman
Katherine and Nelson Graburn
Eileen Murphy and Michael Gray
Hilary Gutman
Carol Baird and Alan Harper
Maxine Hickman
Harold and Rose Hoskins
May Johnston
Eberhard Spiller and Riki Keller-Spiller
Allan Heskin and Mary Kelly
Cathy and Jim Koshland
Judy Krolikowski
Karen J. Kubin
Charles Cohen and Sharon Lambert
Carl N. Lester
Judy Levin
Frank and Ildiko Lewis
David Moore and Judy Lin
Elena Moser and Janet Linder
Randy Schekman and Sabeeha Merchant
Professor Jeremy Thorner and Dr. Carol Mimura
Garry Parton
Garrett Loube and Marcia Rodgers
Mary C. Russi
Helen Schulak
Terry Senne
Betsy Smith
Cindy and Steve Snow
Mike Destabelle and Jen Steele
Maureen Steiner
Susanne Stevens
Karen Carlson Sugarman
Dwight Tate
Lily Thalheimer
Ann Bauman and Kelly Thiemann
George P. Haley and Theresa Thomas
Tobey, Julie and Lucy Roland
Georgia R Turner
Marilyn Schuster and Susan Van Dyne
Stephen C Vance
Christine Wildsoet
Susan Young

$500–$999
Anonymous (7)
Martha Salzman & Jay Aleck
Carol Kersten and Markus Aschwanden
Vivian and David Auslander
Todd and Diane Baker
Linda and Michael Baker
Barbara Bennett
Susan Bertolli
Lishelle Blakemore
Janet Perlman and Carl Blumstein
Thomas Bosserman
Patricia Kates and Henry Brady
George and Yvette Breslauer
Angela Chan
Paul Mariano and Suzanne Chapot
Antoinette Chatton
James H. Abrams and Thomas Chiang
Eileen and Victor Chieco
Robert Paul Corbett
Bruce Kerns and Candis Cousins
Linda Cozzarelli
Paul Gill & Stephanie D’Arnall
Jolinda Decad
Robert and Loretta Dorsett
Beth and Norman Edelstein
Mr. James Hawley and Ms. Diane Ehrensaft
The Ramie-Adams Family
Lewis Feldman
Marc and Kris Fisher
John Zimmermann and Diana Graham
Michael Marletta and Margaret Gutowski
Hunter Harris
Carole Hickman
Joan and David Hollinger
Wilma Horwitz
Bradford Humphrey
Lynn Jehle
Ron Rosenbaum and Loretta Kane
Lauren Kerr
Janice T. Koyama
Tim Barber & Joel Krajewski
Carol Eisenberg and Raymond Linkerman
Ana Maria Martel
Charles and Laurene McClain
Francine J. Miller
Richard and Myriam Misrach
Barbara Moffat
Letitia D. Moore
Caitlin Mullins
William Lloyd Roller and Vivian Nelson
Lester Olmstead-Rose
Denise Owen
Mona L Radice
Naomi Rapport
Donald Regan
Dennis Reno
Janet and Michael Rodriguez
Jeffrey Ross
Nathan Sayre
Stefan Hastrup and Gary Schilling
Laurie Schoeffler
Michael Scott
Barbara and Steven Segal
Carlo and Greti Sequin
Donna Shea
Boris Shekhter
Steven Shladover
Holly English and Fred Smagorinsky
Alison Gopnik and Alvy Smith
Kris Antonsen & Susanne Stolcke-Antonsen
Gretchen Stone
Rune Stromsness
Elizabeth Werter and Henry Trevor
Mary E. Brennan and Brian Ullensvang
Annie Walrand
Sheryl and Robert Wong
Sheng Wu
Ming Zhao

Honorary Gifts
Lina Au and David Stranz in honor of Jeremy Geffen
Romana Bracco in honor of Tabitha Rowell
Peter and Jayne Davis in honor of Sylvia Lindsey
Shelby & Frederick Gans in honor of Jeremy Geffen
Fred Levin, The Shenson Foundation in honor of Jeremy Geffen
Alan Mark and Jeffrey Fraenkel in honor of Jeremy Geffen
National Coalition of 100 Black Women in honor of Sylvia Lindsey
Paul Wolf in honor of Deb Van Nest and Eddie Orton
Richard and Myriam Misrach in honor of Lance Nagel
W. Conrad and Bessie Sweeting in honor of Sylvia Lindsey

Memorial Gifts
Anonymous in memory of Professor David Jenkins
Raymond Adams in memory of Jo Anne Adams
Vivian and David Auslander in memory of Patricia Mote
Linh Do and Erno Pungo in memory of Julie L. and Nhan V. Do
Michael P. N. A. Hormel in loving memory of James C. Hormel
Theodore and Christina Kuh in honor and memory of Bettine Kuh
Judith Lubman in memory of Stanley Lubman
Dr. Roxie Mayfield-Stone in memory of Barry Stone, MD
Barbara Rosenfeld in memory of Alan Michael Miller, M.D., J.D.
Leslie Rupley in memory of Bill Rupley
Marjorie Randolph in memory of Anne Shortall
Danny Scheie in memory of Daric Wolkenhauer
Maureen Steiner in memory of Ruth A. Steiner
Jacqueline B. Stuart in memory of Michael Harrison
Emily Warden in memory of Robert Warden