Our Supporters
Thank you to the individuals, foundations, and businesses who make our programming possible.
We are grateful to our community of supporters who made a contributions of $500 or more to Literary Arts between June 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025.
THANK YOU TO OUR LEADERSHIP CIRCLE SUPPORTERS
Members of the Leadership Circle invest in Literary Arts by generously giving $2,500 or more.
Gifts made between 06/01/2024–05/31/2025.
Director’s Circle $25,000+
Tim & Mary Boyle
Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke
Roberta & Raymond Davis
Rocky & Julie Strasser Dixon
Sue & Ed Einowski
Finley Family Foundation – Lana & Chris Finley
Amy Prosenjak & Steven Guy
Betsy & Tom Henning
Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth
Jan & Steve Oliva
Priscilla Bernard Wieden
Sustainer’s Circle $10,000-24,999
Anonymous
Ginnie Cooper & Rick Bauman
Rebecca & Michael DeCesaro
Theodore & Nancy Downes-Le Guin
Marilyn Epstein
Eberwein Family
Ellen Fader
Cheryl Francis & Sam Tannahill
Dean & Alison Freed
Thomas & Elizabeth Gewecke
Mary Hirsch
Maurice & Dori King
Molly Kohnstamm
Jonathan & Sheila Levine
Carolyn McKinney
Corrine Oishi & Lindley Morton
Katherine O’Neil & Toby Graff
Diane Ponti & Ward Greene
Andrew Rowe & Kippe Spear
Donald & Roslyn Sutherland
Amy & Rand Thomas
Kristin & Nicholas Walrod
Marcia & Tom Wood
Sue Wright
Debra Hatcher
Contributor’s Circle $5,000-9,999
Jill & Ken Abere
Don & Mary Blair
Carl Wilson & Evan Boone
Ginnie Cooper & Rick Bauman
Janie & Richard Cohen
Darren & Louise Demetre
Amy Donohue & Paul McKean
Marilyn Epstein
Geoffrey Tichenor & Stephanie Engelsman
Barbara & Jock Kimberley
Beth Kaye
Sarah Gibbon
Bob Geddes
Janet Hoffman & John Harland
KHank Hummelt
Lyceum Agency in memory of Julie Mancini
Jenny & Carter MacNichol
Dorothy Piacentini
Andrew & Veronica Proctor
Jack Roberts
Sarah Rothenfluch
Halle & Rick Sadle
Dennis Steinman
Bob Speltz & Dwight Adkins
John & Sandra Swinmurn
Margaret & Tom Tuchmann
Jackie & William Willingham
Fong Family Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
Supporter’s Circle $2,500-4,999
Anonymous
Ray & Jean Auel
Robert & Julia Ball
Nik Blosser
Mary Brown Ruble & Craig Ruble
Gustavo Cruz
Dr. Marcia Darm
Emi & Brett Donis
Ann & Ron Emmerson
Patricia Frobes & Richard Smith
Kenneth Golsan
Nancy & Ron Gronowski
Linda & Ronald Greenman
Jonathan & Jennifer Hill
Mark Holloway & David Kahl
Jason White
Irene Parikhal & Ian Yolles
David J. & Anne Marie Johnson
Adam & A’Nova Lane
Caroline Le Guin
Marc Monaghan
Barbara & Michael Maloney
Phillip Margolin
Brendan McGowan
Cabe & Brittany Nicksic
Jan & Ed Murphy
Anne Conway & Lou Baslaw
Andrew & Veronica Proctor
Susan Hathaway-Marxer & Larry Marxer
Amy Wayson & Ken Moran
Jeanne Tobey & Shannon Spence
Philip Miller & Colleen Cain
Dorothy Piacentini
Tim Williams
Susan Winkler
Individuals
$1000+
Trish Atha
Jami Attenberg
Bethany Bacci
Jan Baross
Catherine Bekooy
Adriane Blackman
Bill Blosser
Erin Boniface & Patrick Cornell
Maureen Bradley
Peter & Julia Bromka
Virginia Burdick
Jane Carlsen & John Estrem
Anthony Cheng
Connie Christopher &
Kermit Chamberlin
Janie & Richard Cohen
Bonnie B. Comfort, Phd
Eloise Damrosch & Gary Hartnett
Roberta & Raymond Davis
Marvin & Abby Dawson
Kelly Douglas & Eric Schoenstein
Ann & Mark Edlen
Amy Edwards
Ken Edwards & Annie Edwards
Cynthia Snyder Fellows
Stephanie Fernandes
Alyce Flitcraft & Richard Solomon
James Nowlan Fowler
April Glister
Sara & Andrew Guest
William & Martha Hall
Jonathan Harms
Robert Hatt & Robert Mcconnell
Laura & Rocky Henderson
Molly Hiro & Lars Erik Larson
Terri & Robert Hopkins
Jodi Delahunt Hubbell &
Todd Hubbell
Ed Hutson
Melinda & Jim Jackson
Susheela Jayapal
Shobha Jetmalani & Alex Burt
Michael Kirshner
Susan Kramer
Carolyn Kulog
Ronni Lacroute
Helen Langley
Mary Laughlin
Kathryn & Tim Mahaffy
Katherine Mccoy
Richard H. Meeker &
Ellen F. Rosenblum
Brenda L. Meltebeke &
Scott K. Stuart
Susan & Peter Mersereau
Meghan Moran & Kirk Masterson
Laura Moulton
Neilsen Family
Justice Adrienne Nelson
Robert Nimmo & Linda Jensen
Jan & Steve Oliva
Wendy Beth Oliver
Amy O’Neill & Larry Staver
Beverly Ormseth
David & Shirley Pollock
Nancy & Dick Ponzi
Per Ramfjord
Diane & Herb Rankin
Jon Raymond &
Emily Chenoweth
Michael & Judy Rompa
Alysa Rose & David Finkelman
James Rosenbaum
Peter & Penny Serrurier
Nell & William Simkoff
Jaime Soltero Jr.
Darci & Charlie Swindells
Johanna Thoeresz
James Thommes &
Marty Majchrowicz
Stephanie Vance
Julie R. Wilson
Kathleen L. Wilson
Allison Winningstad &
Michael Dennis
Mari Souther Wyatt
Steven & Deborah Hewitt Wynne
Morton Zalutsky
Lincoln Zeve
$500+
Geri Abere, Kassie Alderson & Michael Ward, Donald Andersen, Heidi Anderson, Kris Anderson, Elizabeth Ash & David Morganstern, Danielle Beauvais, Dan Berne, Elizabeth Brown, Paul J. Burkhart, Karyle Butcher, Brent & Barbara Chalmers, Ginnie Cooper, Betsy W. Dailey, Jessica Decker, Gun Denhart, Shauna Ensminger, Barbara & Gunnar Erickson, David & Kendra Farris, Carlos Fernandez, Edmund Frank & Eustacia Su, Mark & Rebecca Frinell, Colleen Gardner, Alix Meier Goodman, Laura Gordon, Heather Guthrie & Gil Parker, Olivia & Joseph Hammerman, Mary Patt Hawthorne, Mariam Higgins, Pamela Smith Hill, Kent & Marisa Hirata, Holmgren Family, Vicki Howell, Susan & Rainer Hummel, Cheryl Ikemiya, Apricot Irving, Lauren Isaac, Molly Ishkanian, Noel Jackson, Barbara Jennings & Richard Teutsch, Robert Johnson & Amanda Bird, Laura Jones & David Livermore, Laura Jordan & Tim Crippen, Elizabeth S. Joseph, Katie Kaput, Elizabeth Leach & Bert Berney, Sara Ledoux, Erica Lewis, Carol Schnitzer Lewis, Crystal Ligori, Kathryn Madison & Jeffrey Wertz, Jane Maland, Phil Marshall, Katherine McDowell & Kenneth Lerner, Brenna McGee & Sam Goldstein, Jenny McGuire, Richard Meeker & Ellen Rosenblum, Wendi Menashe, Alia Miles, Pamela Gesme Miller, Susan Moore & Phil Ottum, Marjory Morford, Paul Mueller, Deanna & Wilfried Mueller-Crispin, Laura Murphy, Scott Nelson, Vailey Oehlke, Christina Orr & Nicholas Clarke, Rosanne Parry, Maryann Reyes, Charles Rosenblum, Charlotte Rubin, Catherine Samson, Lesly Sanocki & Manish Chandhok, Zari Santner, Jeffrey & Lea Scherer, Diana Schmidt, Paul & Lauren Schneider, Sarah Schubert, Robyn Shuey, Virginia Siemsen, Abigail Solomon, Dedrick Sprick, Brian & Laura Squilliance, Kathleen Swift, Jane E. Unger, Chabre Vickers, Julie Vigeland, Stephanie & John Volkman, Bryan Wieden, Jennifer & Aaron Wines, Gail Zuro
And many other individual donors. We are thankful for gifts at all levels.
*Deceased
We do our very best to keep accurate records. If you have a correction or update to share, please reach out to Jaycie Sabala, Associate Director of Annual Giving, at jaycie@literary-arts.org or 503-227-2583 ext. 103.
Businesses
$20,000+
Bank of America
Hoffman Law, LLC
JP Morgan Wealth Management
The Standard
Wells Fargo
$10,000 +
Angeli & Calfo, LLC
A to Z Wineworks
Bora Architecture & Interiors
Heritage Bank
Kell, Alterman & Runstein LLP
Morel Ink
Papertrees Creative
Tin House Books
ZGF Architects
$5,000 +
Amazon Literary Partnership
Humble Bundle
Lyceum Agency
NW Natural
Powell’s Books
Stoel Rives LLP
$1,000+
KB Home
Foundations & Government
$25,000+
Darion Jones
James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Oregon Arts Commission
Oregon Cultural Trust
Prosper Portland
The Regional Arts & Culture Council
The Tammis Day Foundation
Travel Portland
Zidell Family Foundation
$10,000+
Herbert A. Templeton Foundation
The Jackson Foundation
The Kinsman Foundation
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund
The Oregon Community Foundation
PGE Foundation
Raymond Family Foundation
The Reser Family Foundation
Ronald W. Naito MD Foundation
Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation
The Roundhouse Foundation
Trust Management Services, LLC
$5,000+
Irwin Foundation
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts
Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust
Wheeler Foundation
$500+
Broughton and Mary Bishop Foundation
PRESENTING SPONSORS
UNDERWRITING EVENT SPONSORS
MEDIA SPONSORS
COMMUNITY, IN- KIND, AND V ENUE PARTNERS
A to Z Wineworks, Adventures in Spanish!, Annie Bloom’s Books, Benchmark Hotels, Broadway Books
Devil’s Food, Dossier, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Flowers Tommy Luke, Heathman Hotel, Hotel de Luxe, Hotel Lucia, The Judy Kafoury Center for Youth Arts, Lange Winery, The Library Foundation, Live Wire Radio, Multnomah County Library, National Book Foundation, Needmore, Northwest Children’s Theater, The Old Church, Papertrees Creative, The Paramount Hotel, Ponzi Vineyards, Portland’5 Centers for the Arts, Portland Art Museum, Portland Parks Foundation
Sentinel, Write Around Portland , ZP Productions
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