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 2018-19 donors make our dancing dreams come true.
Major Donors
Periluna Circle
($50,000 + up)
Clif Bar Family Foundation
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Circle of Tides
($20,000-49,999)
Meri Issel & Patricia Reedy
Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation
Louis L. Borick Foundation
California Arts Council
National Endowment for the Arts
Lunar Eclipse Circle
($10,000-19,999)
Josephine Ng
Susan Taylor & Robert Fabry
Nancy Geimer & Chris Vance
Bernard E. & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation
Crescent Porter Hale Foundation
Morris Stulsaft Foundation
Banks Family Foundation
Berkeley Civic Arts Commission
TRIO Foundation
Lunitidal Circle
($5000-9999)
Janice Weingrod
Pat & Merrill Shanks
Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund (UC Berkeley)
Sam Mazza Foundation
Wells Fargo Bank
Clorox Company Foundation
The Gornick Fund
Blue Moon Circle
($2500-4999)
Jeffrey & Karen Banks
Therese McMillan
Denise Oldham
Harvest Moon Circle
($1000-2499)
Barbara Bernardo
Carol & Ray Ellis
Katherine Ng
Nancy Ng
Chantal Sampogna
Full Moon Circle
($500-999)
Jane Bassett-Rosario
Linda Cozzarelli
Michael Cullen
Teresa Geimer
Carol & Steve Hart
Melissa Nelken & Ronald Lee
Jim & Sharon Olson
David Shanks
New Ballet Ensemble
Crescent Moon Circle
($250-499)
Anonymous
Julie Austin
Claire & David de Andrade
William Issel & Mary Claire Heffron
Patricia Kates
Laura Marlin
Thomas Mayock
Lynn MacDonald
Malia Ramler & Robert Ayasse
Heidi Sawicki
Judith Schumacher-Jennings
Lia Shigemura & Helen Zia
Edie Silber & Steve Bomse
Paul & Patricia Snyder
Annie So
Gail Ward
Bob & Kelli Stockton
Celena Turney
Leann Pereira
Richard & Florie Wezelman
Donors
Laura Aczon
Rossana Alves
Carrie Anderson
Robin Anderson
Robert Archibald
Yvonne Arnold
Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Vicki-Marie Bassing
Margaret Bayer
Mara Beckerman
Alan Bern
Beverlee Blair
Beverly Blatt & David Filipek
Susan Bloom
Eric & Emily Blossom
Robert & Deborah Bonkowski
Jane Bowyer
Kris Bradburn & Jolie McRae
David Braden
Loren Bucek
Kathleen Burick
Janis Burger
Marcus & Sara Byruck
Susan Caliri
Kimberly Canigiula
Madeline Cantor
Kim Carlyle & Zack Baker
Kimberly Carlyle
Cherie Carson
Jon Casazza
Cindy Chan & Christopher Hazen
Amanda Chiado
Patricia Cohen
Kay Conneely
Kathryn Cunnyngham
Tina Curran
Patricia Curtis
Caroline Danielson
Margaret De Coursey
Katrina Deans
Charis Denison & Scott Hummel
Teresa Derichsweiler
Clara Di Bona
Vanina Doce-Mood
Annie Elias
Darcy & Lou Ellsworth Yow
Rima Faber
Ben & Lisa Fabry
Susan Felix
Norman & Pamela Fobert
Barbara & Paul Foster
Ellen Franz
Judy Gantz
Judith Garretson
Kimberly Gatchell
Diane Goldman
Jennifer Gong
Edward Haggerty & Kristine Halverson
Cheyenne Haven
Wayne Hazzard
Patti Heidtman
Nancy Henderson
Barry Hessenius
Molly Heth
Steven Heth
Michael Hickey & Florence Hodes
Marcia & Ricardo Hofer
Ernest Holguin & Stacy Heldman-Holguin
Rodney & Laura Howard
Antoine Hunter
Angela Johnson
Susanna Li Jue & Richard Jue
Leslie Katz
Marcia and Michael Katz-Friedman
Aileen Kim
Evangel King
Clio Korn
Diana Krampf
LaCampagne Andrea
Erin Lally
Amy Levine
Bonnie Lynn Lewkowicz
Mary Eugenie Lim
Joyce Lindenbaum
Marcia & Arthur Lloyd
Rebecca & Richard Lowe
Heather Lukens
Lynn MacDonald
Leona Marx
Laura & Robert Mazzadra
Bruce & Linda McPherson
Marilyn Merlino
Janet Meskin
Teddy (Phyllis) Milder
Juliana Monin
Chris Murchison
Denise Murphy
Judith Ng
Natascha Nikolai
Judy Nishimoto
Lisa Okuhn
Carol Opheim
Elizabeth Ozol
Albertina Padilla
Victoria Parks Cochrane
Denise Pate-Pearson
Carlos & Carrie Pedraza
Jose Perena Pratt
Liz Pisco
Phil Porter
Amanda Possel
Patricia Possel
Richard Quint
Bhavani Radhakrishnan
Sharon & David Robb
Elena Ronquillo
Erin Sacks
Dominic & Sharon Sampogna
Sara Sanderson
Gabrielle Saponara
Robert & Marianne Sawicki
Stephen & Stephanie Sawicki
Judith Scalin-Garretson
Helene & Edward Scheff
Erika Seid
Terry Sendgraff
Gillian Servais
Grace & Solomon Sevy
Gregory & Janet Shaw
Nedra Shawler
Kelcy Shepherd
Michele Simon
Mercy Sidbury
Estella Sisneros
Sandra Stier
Belinda Taylor
Margaret Glaser Teran
Diane Tom
Ellen Uyenco
Kathleen Wall
Gail Wallace
Eward Warburton
June Yoshiko Watanabe
Jim Webster & Denise Hingle
Ann Wettrich
Angela West
Linda Williams
Linda & Steven Wolan
Mimi Wolff
Nia Womack-Freeman
Adrienne Wong
Christopher & Jennifer Wu
Zong Kwei Wu
Bernadette Zermeno
*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.
Alegio Chocolate
Acme Bread
Berkeley Bowl
CC Made
Clif Bar & Company
Costco
Theresa Cunniff Design
McCutcheon Construction
Noor & Sons Rugs
Pearachute
Trader Joe’s
Paul Zinnes Photography
The amazing choreographers who presented this year at 20 Points of View:
Mary Armentrout
Arletta Anderson & Adam Smith
Byb Chanel Bibene
Janet Collard
Colette Eloi
Katie Faulkner
Cherie Hill
Antoine Hunter
Deborah Karp
Evangel King
Clarissa Ko
Claudine Naganuma
Juliette Paramor
Randee Pauvfe
RagBag Dance
Carmen Roman
Sam Stone
Simpson/Stulberg
Latanya d. Tigner
Molly Rose-Williams
The amazing panelists who presented this year at our Inclusion panel:
Suzanna Curtis
Deborah Karp
Eric Kupers
Emily Nusbaum
Judith Smith (AXIS Dance Company)
Shout out to the volunteers who help Luna flow!
Devon Anderson
Christine Atkins
Kristin Burke
Nancy Geimer
Greacian Goeke
Julia Ng Heth
Meri Issel
C.J. Logel
Rebecca Prather
Samantha Stone
Lanny Weingrod
Maura Whelehan
Nia Womack-Freeman
Paul Zinnes