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OUR DONORS
Litquake is grateful for the continuing support from the Bay Area’s vibrant community of writers, readers, and fans of the written word.
Donors listed below have given from October 1, 2023 to date.
MUSE
$20,000+
Anonymous
Margaret and William Hearst III
Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson
Craig Newmark
LITERARY ANGEL
$10,000–$19,999
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler
Scott James and Gerald Cain
Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman
The Rock Foundation/Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock
Ellen Ullman Charitable Fund
BENEFACTOR
$5,000–$9,999
Jared Bhatti
Karyn DiGiorgio and Steve Sattler
Greg Sarris
Kevin Smokler
PILLAR
$2,500–$4,999
Nancy Calef and Jody Weiner
Evette Davis
Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne
The Hellman Family Fund
Frances Hellman and Warren Breslau
James Kass
Julius and Eleanor Kass Family Fund
PATRON
$1,000–$2,499
Anonymous
Maryann and Alex Amado
Antoinette Baker
BergDavis Public Relations
Martha Carter-Bhatti
Anne Germanacos
Patricia and Richard Gibbs
Michelle Jeffers
The Richard J. Kruger Foundation
Susan Moldaw
Sara Newmann and Doug Sovern
Caroline Paul
Marcia Schneider
Anne Schukat
Olivia Sears
Tracy Stampfli
Frances Stroh
Barbara and Charlie Winton
VISIONARY
$500–$999
Betsy Aubrey and Steve Lichtenberg
Joachim Bechtle
Medea and Bruce Bern
Judith Ann Bernhard & Byron
Spooner
Diane Carr
Tom Collins
Jordan Gill
Jennifer Hobart
Mady Jones
Amy Kaminer
Ruth Kaminer
Diana Kapp
Gretchen Kish
Nancy Klehr
Lila LaHood
Jennifer Lynch
Ana McCracken
Jason Molenda
Jacqueline Murray
Janis Cooke Newman
Patriarca Wang Family
Fund of the Horizons Foundation
Lisa Poulson
Danielle Roberts
ICON
$250–$499
Vickie Bowen
Louise and Arthur Conner
Debra Cox
Maura Devereux
Deborah Doyle
Angela Engel
Britta Stromeyer Esmail
Vendela Fehrm
Andy and Rick Goldman
Aaron Hobson
Cindy Hubert
Debby Krant and Tamim Ansary
Christine Lu and Matt LeeShana Mahaffey
Susan Mattmann
Ryan McGinnis
Maryanne McGlothlin
Lilliana Mendez-Soto
MoEr Family Fund
Laura & Philipp Muessig
Martha Neal
Debra Newman
Kathleen and Charles Piehl
Norah Piehl & Justin Hardy
Michael Pincus
Elise Proulx
Radhika Rao
Lisa Saffran
Julie Flynn Siler and Charlie Siler
Kim Teevan
Dora Wang
LUMINARY
$150–$249
Emily Alter
Joni Anderson
Kristin Aw
Lucy Jane Bledsoe
John Caperton
Roberto Haro
Mike Kappus
Janine and Matt Kovac
Mimi and Lee Kravetz
Aravind Kurwaraguru
Tony Laidig
Analee Newitz
Doug Powell
Tam Putnam
Becka Robbins
Mark Schlagenhauf
Jane Smiley
Catherine Thorpe
Terrence Tierney
Adrian Tomine
Lindsey Txakeeyang
Rina and Jacob Wiseman
CONTRIBUTOR
$100–$149
Anonymous
Leslie Absher
Sigfrid Anderson-Kwon and
Michael Kwon
Ariel Balter
Debra and Marc Barach
Julie Barton
Alison Bing
Matt Bissinger
Anita Bloch
Miles Ceralde
Hannah Darst
Jasmin Darznik
Donna Davis
Marilee Enge and George Frost
Melissa Eizenberg and Adam Diamant
Audrey Esquival
Karen Garrison and David Edelson
Sara Goetz
Gravity Goldberg
Louise Gregory
Charles Haas
Dawn Hatch
Edward Henry
Luis Herrera
Pia Hinckle
Vanessa Hua
Kristin Keane
Andrew Keeler
Shamika Klassen
Kristine Klein and William Donahoe
Ryan Kotler
Tania Malik
Tina Martin
Craig Mautner
John McMurtrie
Eliska Meyers
Jennifer Millar
Jamie Miller
Michael Montgomery
Lynda Murtha and Hartmut Gerdes
Tina Myers and Benjamin Thompson
Lori Narlock
Ellen and David Newman
Margie O'Driscoll
Claire Oldani
Priscilla Rich
Ethel Rohan
Natacha Ruck
Dana and Mike Serleth
Heather Shane
James Shearer
Jen Siraganian
Amal and Rick Smith
Neil Stollman
Jeremy Stone
Shruti Swaminathan
Patrick Taffe
Brooke Warner
Anne Wilbur
Jennifer Winch
Samantha Zeitlin
Olga Zilberbourg
BOOSTER
$50–$99
Frances Adams
Claudette Allison
Karen Sprinkel Ancelet
Lucy Bernholz
Katherine Bickford
Lisa Brickman
Susan Brunig
Lukas Bundonis
Karla Brundage
Katie Burke
Kelly Clancy
Ilene Diamond
Deborah Dinerman
Jean-Claude Ellena
Zoe Elton
Anita Felicelli
Yalitza Ferrerras
Zoe Francis
Forrest Gander
Parker Gibbs
Sara Goetz
Glen David Gold
Harriet Heydemann
Brenda Hillman
Heiki Hiss
Rachel Howard
Yeva Johnson
Sheri Joseph
Jenna Kade
Pete Kirsheman
Alan Lanee
Andrew Leong
Rachel Levin
Dong Li
Hannah Lincecum
Kathryn Ma and Sanford Kingsley
Emil Margolis
Katherine Maslyn
Maudie McCormick
Steven Meloan
Lindsey and Ken Meyersieck
Jessica Millett
Josh Mohr
Kannan Namrata
Adam Nimoy
Ethan Nosowsky
Prasant Nukalapati
Lori Ostrund
Brandon Paluzzi
Janet Parker
Katherine Perry
Minnie Phan
Francine Prophet
Sophia Raday
Maya Rath and Jonathan Ring
Lakshmi Rebbapragada
Narasu Rebbapragada
Robin Rose
Brenda Salguero
Carla Schick
Regina Schwartz
Barbara Selhorst
Jesus Francisco Sierra
Beth Spotswood
Britta Stromeyer
Rana Tahir
Adrienne Torf
Bonnie Tsui
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