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 September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025.

$100,000+

Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation

$50,000-$99,999

Sharon Simpson

$20,000-$49,999

Orchard House
Shari Ward
Michael and Denise Weiner

$10,000-$19,999

Timothy Carlson
Jon Dickson and Dee Formusa
Estate of Helen Elaine Halliday

Michael Lazur and Mary Ellen Rockdale
Mechanics Bank
Musicians Performance Trust Fund

Jeanne Ryan
Sunjams Foundation
Hal and Marcia Wilson

$5,000-$9,999

William H. and Navid Armstrong
Bob and Carlotta Dathe
Abby Dye
E M Downer Foundation
Karin Eames
Michael Elmore

Rod Mickels and Lisa Franzel
Barbara and Roy Hodgkinson
In memory of Fred Smith
KPMG LLP
Beverly Louie
Sandy and Marc Macaulay

Alfred and Meryl Norek
Robert and Alice Bridges Foundation
Ruth Reeves
Ruby Robins
Janet Welter

$2,500-$4,999

Laura Bass
Anthony Bernhardt and Lynn Feintech
Gwen Buchholz and David Durand
Laura and Andrew Glenn
David Halligan and Simone Hoelck
Linda Ingham
Stephen Ingraham

Richard and Sigrid Jarrett
Steve Berg and Claire Kinney
Kristen Klehr
Robert and Shirley Kramer
Kenneth and Leslie Lawrence
Susan and Stephen Philpott
Marty Pigeon

Jack Pohlman
Grace Richter
Cindy and Tom Silva
Randy Soso
Allan and Carol Tobias
Mark and Christine Weaver
Susan Weinstein

$1,000-$2,499

AAA
Kim Asher
Jessica and Alfred Beerbaum
Janet Black
Dave and Madeleine Carlsen
Jacqueline Carson
Conradi Family Trust
Robert Corning
Kevin and Alicia Cragholm
Jed Daniel
Marc and Caryn David
Debra Deitch
Ed and Denise Del Beccaro
Monika Deutsche
Troy and Denisa Feddersen

Joseph Ficurelli
Angela Franz
Jan Geahry
Barb and Phil Gottlieb
Barbara and Robert Greeno
Ralph and Loella Haskew
Martha Holstlaw
Barton and Nadine Lane
April MacDonald
Theresa Madeira
Laurence McEwen and Kathy McKeown
Dirk Mellema
Gilbert Merrill
Mary Leigh Miller
Christina and Kirk Miller

David and Robin Minor
Augustus Morr
Peter Newell
Pleasant Hill Community Foundation
Kathleen Quinlan and Marc Parham
Peter and Irene Reich
Audrey Richards
Gary and Kathi Ryness
Kenneth and Carol Soult
Ronald and Katherine Stupak Foundation
Betsy Templeton
Thomas Terry
Mike Tuciarone and Nadine Peterson
Kathryne and Calvin Tucker
Theresa Yarborough-Fields

$500-$999

Linda Barron
Neil Brennan
Kenneth and Candy Caldwell
Rebecca Calzia-Bhatt
Sue and Darrell Cannon
Robin Collins
Geraldine Dye
Jane and Roger Emanuel
Jan Geahry
Marco and Christine Gonzales
Google

Donna Green
Susan Hanson
Manya Helgerson Casto
Dick and Lynne Hildebrand
Bette and Joe Hirsch
Marilyn Hughes
Aimee Johnson
Bradley and Kelly Kaplan
Mary Knott
Richard Leffingwell
Frederick Lezak

Carole Lyons
Pamela McGrath
Russell Nelson
Deborah Orel-Bixler
Mark J Powers and Albert E Moreno
Jen Martin and Steve Pugh
Nan Reuther
Carol G. Smith
Kristine Soorian and Bryce Ikeda
Dyanne Vojvoda

$250-$499

Linda and Mike Bandler
Carol Baskett
Victoria Bissell
Catherine Bradford
Carolyn Bybee
Lou and Lynnette Cabrera
Donato Cabrera
Sandra M Cavallo
Diane Crowley Young
Darren and Sunshine Deffner
Nina Dickerson
Thomas DiSanto
James and Beverly Dubrin
Linus and Stephanie Eukel
John and Jean Fiske
Robert and Carrol Foxall
Matt and Samantha Francois
Sherrie Fraser
Gail Gabriel

Gail Givens
Carleen Goeckel
Brittain Habegger
Charles and Susan Hanson
Carl Graziani and Nancy Hart
Toni Hassard
Carolyne Hudson
Natalie Inouye
Barbara and Walter Knoll
Barbara Kuklewicz
Robert and Gay Laaback
Barbara and Robert Lenox
Daniel Levenstein
Jack and Carole Kay Lynn
Rennett Macintyre
George Mathews and Lora Osterloh
Paul Menkes and Judith Rosen
Dylan Mezzio
Richard Miles

Nancy Mueller
Gail Murray
Andrew Naumov
Dianne Nicolini
Julia Novak
Stephen and Susan Philpott
Ron and Cathryn Ramin
Kurt Riemer
Patsy Ronat
Carol Santa Maria
Jean Shuler
Gail Stevens and Hank Grimmick
Michel Taddei
Shannon Murphey
Sepideh Ghafari and Joshua Weiner
Joyce Wells
Barbara Whysong
Kevin and Jill Wilk

$100-$249

Tom and Annette Alborg
Carolyn Anderson
Ronald P. Anderson
Barbara Angius
Ron and Haleen Armijo
Nabil Azzam
Michael Baker
Claude and Carol Benedix
Alan Bergstein and Carol Joffe
Gordon Berke
Ellena Bloedorn
Anne Broome
Louis and Stephanie Brooner
Bruce and Mary Jo Byson
Judy Cabrera
Genoveva Calloway
Helene and Norman Cavior
Chevron Employee Matching Fund
Diane L Choquette
Sally and William Clarke
Janine Collins
Graham and Peggy Crow
Leslie De Giere
Dale Deffner
Casey Dixon
John Duarte
Charleen and Kurt Elste
Shinji Eshima
Jill Fernald and Charles Levine
Charlotte Foley
Susan Foxall
Freeman and Catherine Cullom
Linda Furlong

Pat George
Deanne Gilbert
Eve Gordon
Scott and Shirlee Graff
Barbara and Robert Greeno
Kenneth Gutierrez
Hannelore Harwood
Celia Hasbrook
Linda Hastings
Susan Heffernan
Peter Heyman
John And Joan Hines
In Memory Of Rosemary Yencha Daniel
In memory of Ruth and Doug Waterman
In memory of Ted Toland
Ed and Marge Joehnk
Zev Kahn
Birgit Karlsson
Jim Keldsen
Bill and Sue Kidd
John Klein
Mary Koch
George and Edith Kohut
Barbara Langerman
Cal and Agatha Sue Lee
Ricardo Liberman
Peter Lindberg
Catherine Locke
Steven Lowe
Spencer and Kelly Mains
Charlotte McConkie
Christine Monsen and Amal Moulik

Jane Mowry
Gerda Mueller
Dana Norton
Valerie Petersen
David and Leslie Pfeifer
Leslie Pfeifer
Nathanael Rakestraw
Fred Riccio
Ronald Rogness
Christoper and Rene Rores
Kathleen Rowland
Thomas Savignano
Fran Schap
Patricia Shanahan
Neil Sitzman
Belinda Smith
Donna Steinrok
Annette E. Stiefbold
Tom Stone
Elizabeth Summer
Joy Todd
Nancy Tomkins
Calvin Tucker
Kimetha Vanderveen
Marta VanLoan
Maureen Vavra
Skip Wagner
Lisa Waterman
Jen Whalen
Carolyn Wilson
Michael Wilt
Ron and Anne Woods