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)
California Arts Council
Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation
Louis L. Borick Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Meri Issel & Patricia Reedy
Lunar Eclipse Circle
($10,000-19,999)
Banks Family Foundation
Berkeley Civic Arts Commission
Bernard E. & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation
Crescent Porter Hale Foundation
Josephine Ng
Morris Stulsaft Foundation
Susan Taylor & Robert Fabry
TRIO Foundation
Lunitidal Circle
($5000-9999)
Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund (UC Berkeley)
Clorox Company Foundation
Nancy Geimer & Chris Vance
The Gornick Fund
Sam Mazza Foundation
Pat & Merrill Shanks
Janice Weingrod
Blue Moon Circle
($2500-4999)
Jeffrey & Karen Banks
Therese McMillan
Denise Oldham
Harvest Moon Circle
($1000-2499)
Barbara Bernardo
Linda Cozzarelli
Carol & Ray Ellis
Teresa Geimer
Chantal Sampogna
Full Moon Circle
($500-999)
Clement Donahue
Carol & Steve Hart
Melissa Nelken & Ronald Lee
Nancy Ng
Jim & Sharon Olson
David Shanks
Lia Shigemura & Helen Zia
Katie Smythe
Crescent Moon Circle
($250-499)
Anonymous
Julie Austin
Jane Basset-Rosario
Scott Carino
Bob Cote
Michael Cullen
Claire & David de Andrade
Margaret Fisher
William Issel & Mary Claire Heffron
Molly M. Heth
Rod & Laura Howard
Cory Levenberg
Lynn MacDonald
Susan Messner Whipp
Malia Ramler
Edie Silber & Steve Bomse
Annie So
Dick & Beany Wezelman
Adrienne Wong & Jon Simms
Donors
Anonymous
Rossana Alves
Carrie Anderson
Yvonne Arnold
Alesia Barrett Singer
Vicki-Marie Bassing
Margaret Bayer
Mara Beckerman
Alan Bern
Barbara Bernardo
Beverlee Blair
Beverly Blatt & David Filipek
Eric & Emily Blossom
Anne Bluethenthal
Ruth Botchan
Dr. Jane Bowyer
Kris Bradburn & Jolie McRae
Loren Bucek
Kathe Burick
Susan Caliri
Madeline Cantor
Kim Carlyle & Zack Baker
Kimberly Carlyle
Cherie Carson
Jon Casazza
Cindy Chan
Amanda Chiado
Patricia Cohen
Leonard Cohen & Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Tina Curran
Patricia Curtis
Joanne Craig-Ferraz
Caroline Danielson
Carla Danziger
Katrina Deans
Charis Denison & Scott Hummel
Clara Di Bona
Mike DiFilippo
Cheryl Eccles
Darcy & Lou Ellsworth Yow
Dorothy Eppler
Rima Faber
Ben & Lisa Fabry
Bernard Feather
Margaret Fisher
Barbara & Paul Foster
Ellen Franz
Judy Gantz
Kimberly Gatchell
Jennifer Gong
Amy & George Gorman
Kristine Halverson
Patience Hammond & Lawrence Goldman
William & Patti Heidtman
Nancy Henderson
Steven Heth
Denise Hingle
Florence Hodes & Michael Hickey
Marcia & Ricardo Hofer
Antoine Hunter
Shirley & Michael Issel
Karen Jackson
Cynthia Kapelke
Leslie Katz
Marcia Katz
Marcia and Michael Katz-Friedman
Aileen Kim
Evangel King
Beat Knusel
Diana Krampf
Kelsey Krausen
Andrea LaCampagne
Erin Lally
Victor Lee
Bonnie Lynn Lewkowicz
Joyce Lindenbaum
Marcia & Arthur Lloyd
Leona Marx
Diane McKallip
Bruce & Linda McPherson
Marilyn Merlino
Janet Meskin
Teddy (Phyllis) Milder
Chris Murchison
Denise Murphy
Katherine Ng
Judy Nishimoto
Noel Nurrenbern & Barbara Sardella
Carol Opheim
Elizabeth Ozol
Victoria Parks Cochrane
Denise Pate-Pearson
Leann Pereira
Jose Perena Pratt
Phil Porter
Richard Quint
Jill Randall
Jane Real
Aimee Reedy
Patricia Reedy
Karen Reynolds
Sharon & David Robb
Elena Ronquillo
Dominic & Sharon Sampogna
Laura Saponara
Gabrielle Saponara
Heidi Sawicki
Stephen & Stephanie Sawicki
Judith Scalin-Garretson
Helene Scheff
Erika Seid
Terry Sendgraff
Grace & Solomon Sevy
Leah Shelleda
Gregory & Janet Shaw
Mercy Sidbury
Estella Sisneros
Sandy Stier & Kris Perry
Diane Tom
Margaret Glaser Teran
Esin & Hakan Tureci
Ellen Uyenco
Dana Uzzo
Orly Wahba
Gail Wallace
James Webster
Ann Wettrich
Carrie Wilson
Linda & Steven Wolan
Mimi Wolff
Nia Womack-Freeman
Jacob Woodsey
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
Jennifer Dennehy
Eric Kupers, Dandelion Dancetheater
Dwayne Scheuneman, AXIS Dance Company
Julie Slater
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