Alonzo King LINES Ballet is grateful to the generous individual and institutional supporters who help us meet our mission of touching hearts and stirring minds through dance. Donors enable LINES Ballet to develop innovative new work, while also supporting life-changing dance education. For more information on joining our list of supporters, please contact [email protected].
Thank you to the following who contributed $100 or more between July 1, 2023 and August 1, 2024.
We thank the following individuals who contributed to the Annual Fund or Gala.
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
$100,000 and Above
Anonymous
Marcia Grand
Lisa S. Pritzker
VISIONARY CIRCLE
$50,000–$99,999
Micki Klearman
Bouchra and Nicolas Pinto | Inner Child Foundation
FOUNDER CIRCLE
$25,000–49,999
Benno and Blaire Dorer
Shelby and Frederick Gans
Sandra Lloyd
Diana Smith and Brian Hertzog
Harry and Amy Schoening
Pasha and Laney Thornton
Aaron Walton
DANCER CIRCLE
$10,000–24,999
Anonymous (2)
Wynne Ahern
Lawrence Blatt
Patricia Buse
Carolyn Press Chatham and Andrew Hughes Chatham
Steve and Paula Child Foundation
Thomas France
Vanessa Ozuna Ginzton and Matt Ginzton
Frances Hellman and Warren Breslau
Shannon Houston
Kimberly M. Hughes and Steve Moazed
Korri and Daric Jackson
Patricia Lawton
Delroy and Nashormeh Lindo
Gary Pomerantz and Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz (In honor of Breanna Zwart)
Robert Rosenwasser
Jeff Schlarb Design Studio
Benjy Weinberger
Al and Mei Wong
Bart Zeigler
Breanna Zwart
DIRECTOR CIRCLE
$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous
Julie Armistead
Nandita Bakhshi
Courtney and Jennifer Benham
John Castelly
Gina Dent and Angela Davis
Christopher Dydyk and Morris Ratner
Lisa and Kenny Jackson
Ann B. Jeffries (In honor of Ron Zuckerman)
Debbie and Mitch Menaged
Richard and Myriam Misrach
Olivia Sears and Craig Bicknell (In honor of Ron Zuckerman)
Victoria and Richard Zitrin
PRODUCER CIRCLE
$2,500–$4,999
Michael Agins and Robert Hanson
Allison Ballmer
Kristine Boyden and Scott Taylor (In honor of Ron Zuckerman)
Halle Cane
Margaret Coyle
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Judy Flannery and William Wiley (In honor of Micki Klearman)
Fredeke Goodyear
Todd Wilder and Alisha Johnson Wilder (In honor of Korri Jackson)
Janet Lim Young
Betty Louie
Fran and David Meckler
Shanna O’Hare
Margaret Selby
Justin Shaffer
Susan Shaw (In honor of Ron Zuckerman)
Dennis and Rita Williams
Dan Veatch and Andres Wydler
Ron Zuckerman
AUDIENCE CIRCLE
$1,000–$2,499
Josh Aidlin and Jennifer Stuart
Alice Phelan Sullivan Corporation
Donna Ames-Heldfond
Anonymous (2) (In honor of Syam Waymon)
Shellye Archambeau
Rachel Ash and Kian Kamyab
Maria Bautista
Wendy Beak
Laura Fly Bellows
Ben Black
Maureen Blanc and George Brandt
Jeffrey A. Bluestone and Leah Rosenkrantz Bluestone
Stephen Brady and David Knoll
Access the Portal, LLC Lauren Brand and Justin Credible
Ayiko Broyard
Sarah, Mark and Sue Burger
Casey Cane
Nia Castelly
Steve and Lois Chess
Ernest Chow and Gwen Hinze (In honor of Al Wong)
Jane M. Clifford
Penelope Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser
Kayla Cummings
Melinda Davenport
Joyce Dostale
Patrick Finerty
Randi and Bob Fisher
Peter Fowler
Stanlee R Gatti
Gellman Family Giving Fund
Kathryn Goldman Schuyler and Jim Schuyler
Andrew Greenstein
Christine Herron
Heather and Wade King
Rich Lang
Susanne and Gary Lucas
Kevin Maas
Susan McGarry
Sherri McMullen
Jose S De Medeiros
Morgan Stanley Gift Fund
Brian and Jessica Neil
Carolyn North Strauss
Frank Petkovich
Karla Populus and Michael Tate (In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Populus)
Samira Rahmatullah
Sophia Reinders-Peterzell (In memory of Paul E. Peterzell)
Camilla Rockefeller
Janet Rollé
Oliver Roup
Randall Schwabacher and Kristine Elliott
Jacqueline Smalley
Gayle and Brian and Patrick Sullivan
Thomas Van Dyck and Anne-Frans Van Vliet
Vanguard Charitable
Sharon Vosmek (In honor of Breanna Zwart)
Cheryl and Charles Ward
Anthony and Marlene Washington
Stasia and Michael Washington
Noel Kullavanijaya and Wendy Williams
Denise Young
Joyce Zavarro and Joel Goldstein
Bart Ziegler
BENEFACTOR
$500–$999
Anonymous (2)
Nicole Avril and Dan Gelfand
Mona Baroudi and Patrick Whitgrove
Roger Peeks and Judy Belk
Raymond Bollinger
Victor P Bonfilio JD Phd (In honor of Andrea Walt)
Debbie Carleton (In honor of Tatum Quinonez)
George and Frances Carlson
Oliver Colvin
Susan Crane
Fania Davis
Lucille Dean
Harry and Michele Elam
Jennifer Fisher
Christine and Mark Fisher
Robert and Michelle Friend
Markus Fromherz and Heike Schmitz
Mauricio Garcia and Michael Clarke
John Gosselin
Mary Hentges (In support of Breanna Zwart)
Brandi Hudson
Mari Iki and Martin Maguss
Katherine and Bernie Krause
Sheri Kuehl
Steven Lei
Andrew Lindsay and Otilia Mirambeaux
Craig Lipton
Pat Loomes (In honor of Ron Zuckerman)
Vanita Louie (In support/honor of Breanna Zwart)
Elizabeth Marcus and Ira Belcove
Elvia Marta and Bayan Jamay
Andy McLoughlin
Muhammad Nadhiri
National Philanthropic Trust
Carla Oakley
Rowan Paul, MD
Katerina Petraki (In honor of Maria Spyridaki)
Ebony Pollard (In honor of Phil)
Sweta Arora and Karl Pribram
William and Hilary Roman
Douglas Shaffer and Walter Rask (In honor of Ron Zuckerman)
Laurie Skophammer
Robert Specker
Betsy Strausberg
Meyers Thomson Fund
Steven Troxler
Susan and Sanjay Vaswani
Timothy Westergren and Smita Singh
Marcus Williams
Ronald Wong
Teriha Yaegashi
Kal Yee
Teddy Zmrhal
ADVOCATE
$250–$499
Anonymous (2)
Roz Bauman
Rev. Sally Bingham
James Bullock
Anna Cammisa
Chanel Caplan
Shirley Ching
Eric Christ
Anne Cliatt (In honor of Alison Weeks)
Mark Cloutier
Cindy Cobb
Donald Cremers
Paul and Mary Ann Cummins
Alex Dadgar (In honor of Diana Smith)
Sheryl Davis
Alan Dones
Thomas Firpo and Benjamin Bowler
The Gick-Baker family
Habou Charitable Fund
Geena Haney
Dr. Douglas Hanlin and Kelvin Lynch
Carla Hartley
Rebekah and Lawrence Helzel
William Hoppin
Jayson Johnson
Winnie Koo
Ann Leonard
Tamara Lightfoot and Marvin Norman
Celia and Hugh Lin
Shauna Marshall and Robert Hirsch (In honor of Christopher Dydyk)
Patrick McCabe
Michael and Avrah Medvin
Bridget Mullen and Michael Stern
Joel Fruchtman and Maureen Murphy
Brynn Myers
Philip Perkins
Daniel Prendiville
Zakir Hussain Qureshi and Antonia Minnecola
David and Janet Rothfeld
Diana Sanson and Ben Compton
Laurel Schaffer
Paul and Ann Schwartz
Paul S. Schwartz and Marjory Ann Schwartz
Deborah Seymour Shefler
Tom Stone (In honor of Breanna Zwart)
Patrick Thompson
Jenny Thompson
Buzz and Holly Thompson
Steven Tierney
Daniel Todorov
Elise Traynum
Carolyn Tyler and Gary Love
Jessica Vapnek
Heidi Wagner (In memory of Hanna Christie)
Amanda Wilkinson
Jasper Williams
Shuaky Xiong
FRIEND
$100–$249
Leah C Aden (In honor of Doris Jones)
Lada Alexeenko
Anonymous (8)
Anjali Austin
Keith Bauman
Patrick Cahill
Ellen Chang
David Chase
Eunice Chee
Carlos Clark
Karen Clark
Susie Cohen and Barry Weingast
Martin and Kathleen Cohn
Peggy da Silva and Dan Hodapp
Sophie de Morelos
Ted and Patricia Dienstfrey
Jane Drake
Sheila and Jack Dubin
Janet Duff and Robert Logue (In honor of Theo Duff-Grant)
Christine Evans and Nicholas Ross
Fidelity Charitable
Gabriele Fienburgh
Maggie Fillmore and Mark Huffman
Jan Fisher and Guillaume Shearin
Sandra Flow
Constance Ford
Brian Forney and Jack Thompson
Liz Fracchia
Wilhelmina Frankfurt
Vadim Geshel
Mark Girsang
Gary Goss
Kate Greer
Linsey Grinder
Stuart Hanlon
Eric Heitz
Paul Henderson
Abigail and Teri Jackson
Dr. Stephanie Jee
George Elbaum and Mimi Jensen
Clennita Justice
Dr. Kerry Keen and Nina Ebbighausen
Rose Adams Kelly
Marjorie Kirk
Barbara Kirsch
Janet L Whittington
Marie-Paule and Richard Laden
Deborah Lawn
Gem Le
Dean Loumbas and Douglas Hayward
Susan Magley
Mai Manchanda
Rena Marie-Guidry
Eileen Marrinan
David Meders
Rebecca Nestle
Johnnie Norway
Lester Olmstead-Rose
Lee Richlin
Jessica Romm
Fred Rosenblum
Ramotse Saunders
Susie Schlesinger
Steven Navon Schonberger
Marci Seville and Susan Rutberg
Heather Shane
Donna Shea
Janet Rogers and Lawrence Simi
Ellen and David Smith
Stephanie Somersille
Monica Song
Bettina Sporkenbach
Lisa Stevens
Julie Strong
Joseph Tally
Timothy Crosby and Robin Terra
Alicia Torre and Jonathan Nimer
Christine Tsang
Zhaoyang Tuo
Bessie Carmichael PK
Debbie and Rob Verity
Pierre and Regina Vilanoba
Jeff White
Lynne Winslow
Paul Wyman
Trudi and Jeffrey Zelikson
Erica Ziegler
We thank the following foundations, corporations, and agencies for their support.
$500,000 and Above
Mellon Foundation
$100,000–$499,999
BMO (Season Presenting Sponsor)
Grants for the Arts
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
San Francisco Human Rights Commission
Skyline Foundation
$50,000–$99,999
The Kimball Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
The Shubert Foundation
$25,000–$49,999
BNP Paribas
Crescent Porter Hale Foundation
Morris Stulsaft Foundation
$10,000–$24,999
The Dexter F. and Dorothy H. Baker Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
The Koret Foundation
New England Foundation for the Arts
The Bernard Osher Foundation
$5,000–$9,999
New Music USA
The En Pointe Society invites supporters to make a significant impact on LINES Ballet’s ability to operate a first-rate dance company. Funds contributed to the En Pointe Society are restricted for company operations, including dancer salaries, dancer health and wellness, and related costs. Donors who contribute to the En Pointe Society make a measurable, meaningful impact and enthusiastically demonstrate their generous support for our extraordinary dancers and company. To learn more about joining this group of supporters, please contact [email protected].
Anonymous
Benno and Blaire Dorer
Micki Klearman
We thank the following who contributed goods or services.
Constellation Brands
KQED
RJ Muna
SF Magazine
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Microsoft
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