We ❤️ Our Donors

The California Symphony gratefully acknowledges the members of our ever-growing donor family! These individuals and organizations have demonstrated a commitment to the arts and improving our community. The following reflects gifts and pledges received from February 19, 2025 through February 20, 2026.

$100,000+

Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation
Herring Family Trust

$50,000-$99,999

Sharon Simpson

$20,000-$49,999

Michael and Denise Weiner
Orchard House

$10,000-$19,999

Alfred and Meryl Norek
Beverly Louie
California Arts Council
County Of Contra Costa
Doris Marx

Estate of Helen Elaine Halliday
In Memory of Fred Smith
Janet Welter
Jeanne Ryan
Jon Dickson and Dee Formusa

Mechanics Bank
Mike Lazur and Mary Ellen Rockdale
Paul Cortese
Sandy and Marc Macaulay
Sharon Ward

$5,000-$9,999

Abby Dye
Barbara and Roy Hodgkinson
Carlotta and Bob Dathe
City of San Pablo
E M Downer Foundation

Hal and Marcia Wilson
Hazel Eshleman
Karin Eames
KPMG LLP
Michael Elmore

Robert and Alice Bridges Foundation
Ruth Reeves
Sunjams Foundation
Timothy Carlson
William H. and Navid Armstrong

$2,500-$4,999

AAA
Allan and Carol Tobias
Angela Franz
Anthony Bernhardt and Lynn Feintech
David Halligan and Simone Hoelck
Edith Richter

Joseph Ficurelli
Kenneth and Leslie Lawrence
Kristen Klehr
Laura and Andrew Glenn
Linda Ingham
Mark and Christine Weaver

Monika Deutsche
Randy Soso
Richard Goodman
Ruby Robins
Susan and Stephen Philpott

$1,000-$2,499

Alan Bergstein and Carol Joffe
Audrey Richards
Augustus Morr
Barbara Greeno
Barton and Nadine Lane
Betsy Templeton
BlackRock Charitable Fund
Cindy and Tom Silva
Conradi Family Trust
Dave and Madeleine Carlsen
Debra Deitch
Diane Crowley Young
Dirk Mellema

Dr. William Coby and Teresa Rasfeld
Ed and Denise Del Beccaro
Gary and Kathi Ryness
Gretchen Doolittle
Gwen Buchholz and David Durand
Jed Daniel
Kathleen Quinlan and Marc Parham
Kathryne and Calvin Tucker
Kelly Crawford
Kenneth and Carol Soult
Kevin and Alicia Cragholm
Laurence McEwen and Kathy McKeown
Marc David

Mike Tuciarone and Nadine Peterson
Natalie Inouye
Pleasant Hill Community Foundation
Rebecca Calzia-Bhatt
Richard and Sigrid Jarrett
Robert and Shirley Kramer
Robert Corning
Steve Berg and Claire Kinney
The Ronald and Katherine Stupak Foundation, a Donor Advised Fund of Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Theresa Madeira
Theresa Yarborough-Fields
TJT III Gifting Foundation
Troy and Denisa Feddersen

$500-$999

Barbara and Phil Gottlieb
Bradley and Kelly Kaplan
Carol G. Smith
carole lyons
Christina and Kirk Miller
Diane L Choquette
Donna Green
Frederick Lezak
Geraldine Dye
Ivor Silver
Jacqueline Carson and Alan Cox

James Reiter
Jan Geahry
Joseph and Bette Hirsch
Kenneth and Candy Caldwell
Kurt Riemer
Linda Barron
Lucy Ober-Silvey
Mark J. Powers and Albert E. Moreno
Mary Knott
Neil Brennan
Pamela McGrath

Penny Meyerhoff
Peter and Irene Reich
Richard Leffingwell
Road Runner Print Mail, Inc.
Robert and Gay Laaback
Robin Collins
Russell Nelson
Sara Soltan
Susan Hanson
Thomas DiSanto

$250-$499

Andrew Naumov
Annette Stiefbold
Barbara Langerman
Barbara Whysong
Brian Deans
Carl Graziani and Nancy Hart
Carleen Goeckel
Carol Santa Maria
Catherine A. Smith
Charlotte Foley
Christine Monsen and Amal Moulik
Daniel Levenstein
Darren and Sunshine Deffner
Deborah Orel-Bixler
Dianne Nicolini
Dick and Lynne Hildebrand
Earl Turner

Freeman and Catherine Cullom
Gail Givens
Gail Stevens and Hank Grimmick
Gary Wong
Jack and Carole Kay Lynn
Jean Fiske
Jill Fernald and Charles Levine
John Duarte
John Klein
Julia Novak
Kathe Mitchell
Kenneth Gutierrez
Linus and Stephanie Eukel
Lou and Lynnette Cabrera
Manya Helgerson Casto
Marco Gonzales
Mary Koch

Michel Taddei
Mrs. Greta Zielinski
Neil Sitzman
Nina Dickerson
Patsy Ronat
Paul Menkes and Judith Rosen
Robert and Carrol Foxall
Ron and Cathryn Ramin
Seongjun Park
Sepideh Ghafari and Joshua Weiner
Sherrie Fraser
Stephen Ingraham
Sue and Darrell Cannon
Susan Foxall
Visions in Education
Yvonne LaLanne

$100-$249

Alan and Joanne Nadritch
Ann Moriarty
Anne Hayden
Barbara Abernathy
Barbara and Robert Lenox
Barbara and Walter Knoll
Barbara Kuklewicz
Bill and Susan Kidd
Birgit Karlsson
Brittain Habegger
Cal and Agatha Sue Lee
Carla Blackmon
Celia Hasbrook
Charleen and Kurt Elste
Chevron Employee Matching Fund
Christoper and Rene Rores
Claude and Carol Benedix
Dale Deffner
Dana Norton
David and Robin Minor
Dee Thompson
Dianne Brackin
Dyanne Vojvoda
Elaine Wong
Elizabeth Summer
Erica Ferreira
Eve Gordon
Fred Riccio
Gail Murray
George Mathews

Gordon Berke
Hannelore Harwood
Helene Cavior
Ilona Frost
Ingrid Hempell
James and Beverly Dubrin
Jane B Mowry
Jane Greene
Jen Whalen
Joan and David Pierce
John And Joan Hines
Kathy Briner
Ken Bartsch
Kendall and Lana Burns
Kevin and Jill Wilk
Kim Asher
Laura Reynolds
Laurence Berger
Laurence S Oppenheim
Leslie Pfeifer
Linda and Mike Bandler
Linda Hastings
Louis and Stephanie Chase Brooner
Marilyn Mansfield
Marta VanLoan
Michael Wilt
Ms. Sandra Berggren
Nabil Azzam
Nancy Mueller

Nancy Tomkins
Nikolay Yushin
Patricia Shanahan
Paul and Cathy Witkay
Paul Miller
Peter Heyman
Peter Lindberg
Phil Gottlieb
Ralph and Loella Haskew
Rennett Macintyre
Ricardo Liberman
Robert Moon
Ron and Haleen Armijo
Ronald Rogness
Sarah Hartglass
Scott and Shirlee Graff
Shinji Eshima
Shuki Chan
Stephen and Laurel Epstein
Steven Lowe
Susan Boreliz
Teresa and Chris Washburn
Tom Stone
Valerie Petersen
Vera Bulaevskaya
Victoria Bissell
We Mail For You, Inc.
Yvonne Knight
Zev Kahn