Luna Dance Institute is able to fulfill our mission thanks to generous donations from our community. Your donations ensure every child has opportunities for dance learning.
Make a Difference
To maximize our impact and continue to spread the culture of dance, Luna raises funds through private and public grants and individual donations. You can join us in making a difference in children’s lives by sending a donation today, asking your employer if there is a matching program, recommending us to your company’s nonprofit giving program. We accept cash and stock donations.
A big THANK YOU to the following individuals and organizations for supporting Luna’s programs and efforts to bring all children to dance. These 2020-21 donors make our dancing dreams come true.
Major Donors
Periluna Circle
($50,000 + up)
Karen & Jeffrey Banks
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Circle of Tides
($20,000-49,999)
Louis L. Borick Foundation
Berkeley Civic Arts Commission
California Arts Council
Clif Bar Family Foundation
Clarence E. Heller Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Josephine Ng
Lunar Eclipse Circle
($10,000-19,999)
Alameda County Arts Commission
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Meri Issel & Patricia Reedy
Quest Foundation
Susan Taylor & Robert Fabry
Bernard E. & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation
Lunitidal Circle
($5000-9999)
Arts for Oakland Kids
Pat & Merrill Shanks
Zellerbach Family Foundation
Blue Moon Circle
($2500-4999)
Jane Bassett-Rosario
Scott Carino & Will Mallari
Nancy Geimer & Chris Vance
Chantal Sampogna
Janice & Lanny Weingrod
Harvest Moon Circle
($1000-2499)
Anonymous Fund of MCF
Tracy Gallagher
Teresa Geimer
Heising-Simons Fund, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
The Gornick Fund
Mary Sarvis Fund
Melissa Nelken & Ron Lee
Benjamin A. McKee
Nancy Ng
James & Shari Ough (in honor of Annie Elias)
Malia Ramler
David Shanks
Therese Watkins-McMillan
Full Moon Circle
($500-999)
Julie & Rusty Austin
Robert Cote
Linda Cozzarelli
Clem Donahue
Stephen & Carol Hart
David Issel
Ellen London
The Estate of Bert May
Louise Music
Susan Messner-Whipp
Denise Oldham
Beany Wezelman
Crescent Moon Circle
($250-499)
Anonymous
Cecilia Beam
Marlene Beam
Stephen Bomse & Edie Silber
Rita Chenoweth
Linda Cozzarelli
Michael Cullen
Carol & Ray Ellis
Dorothy & Steve Eppler
Sophie Hahn
Wayne Hazzard
Marica Lloyd
Bertram M Mayer Estate
Linda & Bruce McPherson
Carol Morgenstern
Scott Morris
Claudine Naganuma
Sarah Nguyen
Albertina Zarazúa & Rafael Padilla
The Sampognabach Philanthropic Honeypot
Second Evening Art
Annie So
Adrienne Wong & Jon Simms
Donors
Anonymous (3)
Yvonne Arnold
Christine Atkins
Theresa Ayala
Dolores & Scott Baker
Loreta Barstow (in honor of Ben Oldham)
Marge Bayer
Lyda Beardsley
Mary Lou Belozer
Amy Berlin
Barbara Bernardo
Megan Bierman
Beverlee Blair
Beverly Blatt & David Filipek
Anne Bluethenthal
Karen Bowen & Beth Gerstein
Loren Bucek
Kimberly Carlyle
Nicole Chabot (in honor of Gusto)
Cindy Chan
Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Patricia Cohen
Katherine Czismadia
Caroline Danielson & Raja Sengupta
Clara & Richard Di Bona
Nicole Do
Annie Elias & David Sinaiko
Julie Ellis
Rima Faber
Ben & Lisa Fabry
Beth Fein & Mike DiFillipo
Susan Felix
Vivian Goo
Susan Hagstrom
Abram Hardin
Kris Halverson & Edward Haggerty
Patti & William Heidtman
Flo Hodes & Mike Hickey
Aubrey Hone
Andrea Jones (in honor of Cindy Chan)
Deborah Karp
Zoë Klein
Jessy Kronenberg
Colleen & George Larkin
Jeanne Lau
Michelle Laurençot Family (in honor of Max & Ben Oldham)
Victor Lee
Bonnie Lewkowicz
Joyce Lindenbaum
Mariangela López
Leona Marx
Diane McKallip
Marilyn Merlino
Teddy Milder
Shona Mitchell
Juliana Monin
Denise Murphy
Noel Nurrenbern & Barbara Sardella
Richard Quint
Carol Opheim
Elizabeth Ozol & Andrew Steckel
Vicki Parks-Cochrane
Denise Pate
Jose Pereña & Barney Pratt
Paul Richman
Sharon & David Robb
Shirley Rodenborn
Sharona Rubinstein (in honor of Erin Walter)
Derek Rusch
Erin Sacks (in honor Alisa Rasera-Holden)
Avu Sankaralingham
Marianne & Bob Sawicki
Stephen & Stephanie Sawicki
Danielle Scoville
Erika Seid
Leah Shana Shelleda
William & Renee Sherer
Mercy Sidbury
Lisa Simon
Margaret Southerland
Susan Stinson
Diane Tom
Kathleen Wall
Gail Ward
Ann Wettrich
*We apologize for any inadvertent omissions. Please contact us and we will correct immediately.
Businesses & In-Kind Donors
Luna is very pleased and grateful to acknowledge the following businesses and individuals who provide goods and services to Luna’s programs. Please support these friends of Luna.
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
Aurora Theater Company
Aveda
Alegio Chocolate
Acme Bread
Berkeley Ballet Theater
Berkeley Bowl
Berkeley Repertory Theater
The Blue Door
Cal Shakes
Cheese Board
Claire Cristobal, Rodan + Fields
CC Made
Clif Bar & Company
Darryl Issel Art
eMotion Arts
Five Little Monkeys
Freight & Salvage
Golden Bug Kids
Insalata’s Restuarant
Isabella Boutique
Janine Watkins Ivie Art
Jason Jones
Juanita and Maude
Keter Salon
Larry Arrington Astrology
Left Coast Sextet
Matthew Felix Sun Art
New Ballet, San Jose
Noor & Sons Rugs
Nubo Spa
Oakland Museum of Children’s Art
Oakland Zoo
Pearachute
Rebecca Reedy Hair
San Francisco Movement Arts Festival
SFMOMA
San Francisco Symphony
Shotgun Players
Small Press Distribution
Sophie Tivona Illustrations
Theresa Cunniff Design
Trader Joe’s
Urban Putt
Victory Point Cafe
The amazing educators who facilitate our Practitioner Exchanges:
Rossana Alves
Christine Atkins
Kristin Burke
Deborah Karp
Julie Lebel
Cindy Miner Kapelke
Alisa Rasera
Sam Stone
Nia Womack-Freeman
Shout out to the volunteers who help Luna flow!
Rossana Alves
Devon Anderson
Christine Atkins
Jessica Bohn
Mary Ford
Suzanne Gallo
Nancy Geimer
Tanya Grove
Sophia Guliev
Julia Ng Heth
Meri Issel
Kip Kipperman
Jessy Kronenberg
Paula Mitchell
Robin Nasatir
Dave Peattie
Serena Redwood
Schuylar Sawicki
Samantha Stone
Fawn Zech