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 contribution of $250 or more to Literary Arts between June 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026.
THANK YOU TO OUR LEADERSHIP CIRCLE SUPPORTERS
Director’s Circle
$25,000+
Priscilla Bernard Wieden in loving memory of Dan Wieden
Tim & Mary Boyle
Wendy Burden
Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke
Ginnie Cooper & Rick Bauman
Roberta & Raymond Davis
Marilyn Epstein
Dean & Alison Freed
Elizabeth & Thomas Gewecke
Betsy & Tom Henning
Mary Hirsch
Hugh Mackworth In Memory of Josie Mendoza
Carolyn McKinney
Jan & Steve Oliva
Amy Prosenjak & Steven Guy
Bob Scanlan
Rocky & Julie Strasser Dixon
Debra Turner Hatcher
Swigert-Warren Foundation
Sustainer’s Circle
$10,000-24,999
Rebecca & Michael DeCesaro
Darren & Louise Demetre
The Eberwein Family
Cheryl Francis & Sam Tannahill
Patricia Frobes & Richard Smith
Jonathan & Jen Hill
John Holloran & Rick Rees
Mark Holloway & David Kahl
Maurice & Dori King
Molly Kohnstamm*
Jonathan & Sheila Levine
Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation
Jenny & Carter MacNichol
Katherine O’Neil & Toby Graff
Judith Peterman
Diane Ponti & Ward Greene
Raymond Family Foundation
Andrew Rowe & Bennett Burns
Starr Thomas Family Foundation
Kristin & Nicholas Walrod
Marcia & Tom Wood
Sue Wright
Contributor’s Circle
$5,000-9,999
Jill & Ken Abere
Ray & Jean Auel
Nik Blosser & Deborah Kafoury
Emi & Brett Donis
Amy Donohue & Paul McKean
Theodore & Nancy Downes-Le Guin
Fong Family Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
Carrie Watson Legacy Fund
Bob Geddes
Janet Hoffman & John Harland
Kaye Family Fund
Barbara & Jock Kimberley
Adam & A’Nova Lane
Carole Leita
Brandon Lenzi
Indira & Murali Nallakrishnan
Irene Parikhal & Ian Yolles
The Franklin and Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust
Andrew & Veronica Proctor
Halle & Rick Sadle
Snyder Charitable Fund
Donald & Roslyn Sutherland
Geoffrey Tichenor & Stephanie Engelsman
Nicholas & Kristin Walrod Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
Jackie & Bill Willingham
Carl Wilson & Evan Boone
Beverly S. Wong
Charlene Zidell
Supporter’s Circle
$2,500-4,999
Anonymous
Robert & Julia Ball
Ethel and Robert Berney and Sons Philanthropic Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation
Kermit Chamberlin & Connie Christopher*
Gustavo Cruz
Gun Denhart
Sue & Ed Einowski
Kenneth Golsan
Linda & Ronald Greenman
Nancy & Ron Gronowski
Sara & Andrew Guest
Ken & Paula Hale
Susan Hathaway-Marxer & Larry Marxer
Molly Ishkanian
Susheela Jayapal
Helen & Scott Langley
Caroline Le Guin
Heather Mahoney
Barbara & Michael Maloney
Nancy & Dick Ponzi
Robert Sacks
J. Schuberth & John Urang
Bob Speltz & Dwight Adkins
LaToya Thomas
Margaret & Tom Tuchmann
Stephanie Vance
Amy Wayson & Ken Moran
Kathleen L. Wilson
THANK YOU TO OUR ANNUAL SUPPORTERS
Individuals
$1000+
Drew Abel
Bethany Bacci
Catherine Bekooy
Maria Bezaitis & Jason Nims
Kim & Daniel Bissell
Sandra & Ben Bole
Peter & Ellen Bragdon
Peter Bromka
Jim Brunberg
Shelly & Paul Buchanan
Paul Burkhart
Karyle Butcher
Elizabeth Cameron
Meghan Carlton
Carol Cheney
Craig Child
Janie & Richard Cohen
Joan Corcoran
Chris & Kelly Criglow
Jeff Cronn
Eloise Damrosch & Gary Hartnett
Kathy Deggendorfer
Margaret Dillender
Anne Donovan
Kelly Douglas & Eric Schoenstein
Penny & Ken Durant
Diane Engelhard
Ellen Fader
Mary & Emmett J. Finneran
James Nowlan Fowler
Holly Freres
Sarah Gibbon
Bob & Lesley Glasgow
April Glister
Lois Gold & Richard Forester
Susan Greenebaum
Kristin & Avery Guest
Deborah Habel & Bruce Gulliver
Nancy & Charlie Hales
James Hampton
Thaddeus & Amy Hanscom
Ben Harris
Laura & Rocky Henderson
Steven & Deborah Hewitt Wynne
Molly Hiro & Lars Erik Larson
Edna L. Holmes Literary Arts Fund
Holmgren Family Giving Fund
Terri & Robert Hopkins
Gretchen & Gary Hull
Lauren Isaac
Barbara Jennings & Richard Teutsch Fund
Shobha Jetmalani & Alex Burt
Laura Jones & David Livermore
Laura Kerr
Janice & Mark Kettler
Bruce & Susan Kilgore
BettyLou Koffel
William & Emmy Lawrence Family Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
Tim & Kathryn Mahaffy
Katherine McCoy
Murray & Pat McKean
Richard H. Meeker & Ellen F. Rosenblum
Brenda Meltebeke & Scott Stuart
Rich Meneghello
Jan & Ed Murphy
Laura Murphy
Maureen Murphy
Neilsen Family Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
Cabe & Brittany Nicksic
Corrine Oishi & Lindley Morton
Katelyn Oldham
Wendy Beth Oliver
Beverly Ormseth
Christina Orr & Nicholas Clarke
Joy & Wylie Overstreet
Heather Paulson
Geoff Peters
Laurie Price
Per Ramfjord
Patricia Reser
Jack Roberts
Sarah Rothenfluch
Molly Saguto
Katharine Sammons
Marcy Schwartz
Robyn & Kemp Shuey
Virginia Siemsen
Nell & William Simkoff
Allison Sneider
Merri Souther Wyatt Charitable Fund
Lynne Strasfeld
Stoll Family Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
Nancy & Bo Sullivan
James Thommes & Marty Majchrowicz
Michael Tingley
Jeanne Tobey & Shannon Spence
Chabre Vickers
Liz & Jason Walker
Kristi Wallace Knight & Eric Wallace
Andrea Ward
Kim Weyler
Cindy Williams Gutierrez & Michael Kirshner
Susan Winkler
Kelly Wodtke
Josh Wong
$500+
Geraldine Abere
Kassie Alderson & Michael Ward
Tracey Allen
Donald Andersen
Lizzie Angel
Arthur and Laura J. Baden Family Fund
Karin Barber
Danielle Beauvais
Broughton and Mary Bishop Foundation
Mayno Blanding
Colleen & Richard Blohm
Jonathan Bloomfield
Jodie Brauer
Ramona & Bruce Cahn
Jane Carlsen & Dan Balmer
Julie & Jim Carter
Brent & Barbara Chalmers
Bonnie Comfort
Anne Conway & Lou Baslaw
Marian Creamer
Gail Crider
Timothy Crippen & Laura Jordan
Marvin & Abby Dawson
Jennifer Director Knudsen & David Knudsen
Deborah Edward
Amy Edwards
Ken & Ann Edwards
Shauna Ensminger
Julie Falk
David & Kendra Farris
Dan Feiner
Kassim Ferris
Sheryl Fullerton
Scott Gallagher
Adrienne Gillespie
Elinor Gollay
Laura Gordon
Cathy Greenblatt
Jason & Heidi Haggart
Candace Haines
Hilary Harrison
Nancy Hayes
Ned Hayes
Susan & Rainer Hummel
Pam & Bill Hurst
Jeremy & Jenny Huwe
Kay & James Irwin
Melinda & Jim Jackson
Edith Jensen
James D. Lang & Sally Lang
Kevin Machiz & Julietta Bekker
Lynn Marshall & Spiros Koyanis
J.S. May
Carol McConnell & Robert Hatt
Jenny McGuire
Sanford Menashe
Susan & Peter Mersereau
Violet Metzler
Lora Meyer
Miller Family Giving Fund
Heather Miller
The O L Moore Foundation
Susan Moore & Phil Ottum
Meghan Moran & Kirk Masterson
Marjory Morford
David Morganstern & Elizabeth Ash
Paul Mueller
Deanna & Wilfried Mueller-Crispin
Jamie Newell
Mario Nicholas
Amy O’Neill & Larry Staver
Cadence Petros
Jennifer Phillippi
Naomi & Steve Price
Hannah Pscheid
Bonnie & Pete Reagan
Alysa Rose & David Finkelman
Charles Rosenblum
Kendra Rothert
Nadja Sailesman
Jeffrey D. Sapiro Charitable Fund
Jeffrey & Lea Scherer
Diana Schmidt
Steve & Sarah Schubert
Joyce Schwer
Shirley Skidmore & Ron Quant
Talie & Scott Smith
Virginia Smith
Abigail L. Solomon & Eric Abrams
Tullan Spitz
Dedrick Sprick
David Staehely
Kathleen Swift
Britton Taylor
Thoeresz Family Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
Dr. Christopher Thoming & Vanessa McLaughlin
Sara Turner
Jane E. Unger
Stephanie & John Volkman
Mary Ann & Tom Walker
Lorie Wigle
Aaron & Jennifer Wines
Kathryn Wood Holmes & Charles Henrikson
Morton Zalutsky
$250+
Kori Allen
Kris Anderson
Saba Anvery
Joan Baldwin
Tim & Lisa Bazemore
Howard Beckerman
Anne Bentley
Dan Berne
Eleanor & Richard Berry
Kate Berube
Lynn Boe
Larry & Marie Brigham
Joan Brinkley Smith
Larry Bruton
Joan K. Burns & Thomas B. Seibert
Nina Byrd
Michael Campbell
Ann Carter & Thomas Palmer
Becky Chinn
Clark Family Philanthropic Fund
Liana M. Colombo
Bethanne Darby
Chad Darby
India Downes-Le Guin
Paul Duden & Francesca Stevenson
Justin Dune & Carol Sanders
Erica Dunn & Phil Harris
Rachel Effros
Ann & Ron Emmerson
Jon Feldman
Sarah Felix & Susan Fry
Timothy & Pamela Fleischmann
Gabrielle Foulkes
Julie Frantz
Jennifer Froistad
Victoria Gelber
Lisa & Glen Giovannetti
Marnie Gleason
Katie Gold
Gray Family Foundation
Lynn Green
Elizabeth Grulke
Shauna Hahn
Charles Hale
Oscar Harrison Mayer
Tom & Janice Harvey
Janie & Gary Hibler
Emily Hicks Charitable Fund
Gaynor Hills
John & Susan Hoover
Albert Horn & Nancy Goodwin
Lisa Howlett
Joe Hull & Elicia Harrell
Kathleen Huntington
Kathi Inman Berens & Brad Berens
Jill Jarrett
Peter & Anne Jarvis
Frances Jensen
Chris Mack
Kathryn Madison & Jeffrey Wertz
Richard & Elizabeth Marantz
Susannah Mars-Johnson
Marsie Martien
Julie & John McAllister
Melinda & Don McCoy
Katherine McDowell & Kenneth
Lerner
Sandra Mico
Middleton Family Fund
Mary Monnat
Claudia Montagne
Emily Moon
Mark & Jessica Moore
Clint & Donna Moran
Eileen Odum
Alfred & Eileen Ono
Christine Pallier
Peter Pappas & Nancy Kelly
Rowena Paz Norman & Luke Norman
Katie & Richard Peterson
Alison & Richard Petralia
Judy & Alan Potts
Thomas & Catherine Quillin
Michelle & Jay Rafter
Andrew Recinos
Judith Rice
Teri Rowan
Linda & Michael Salinsky
Martha Sandstead
Lesly Sanocki & Manish Chandhok
Francis & Jaymi Sladen
Chelsea Smith
Pamela Smith Hill
Elizabeth A. Stephens
Laura Stepp
Greg & Martha Struxness
Tracy Subisak
Steven & Marcia Taylor
Glen Ulmer
Michael Viera
Julie Vigeland
Lorraine Vinograd
Sally Visher
Zoey Wagner
Barb Wayson & Mike Wyman
Leann Wells
Julie Wilson
Peter Wong
*Deceased
Thank you to many other individual donors. We are grateful for gifts at all levels.
We do our best to keep accurate records. If you have a correction or update to share, please reach out to development@literary-arts.org.
Businesses
$20,000+
Hoffman Law LLC
The Standard
Wieden + Kennedy
Wells Fargo
$10,000 +
A to Z Wineworks
Angeli & Calfo, LLC
Bora Architecture & Interiors
JP Morgan Foundation
JP Morgan Wealth Management
Kell, Alterman & Runstein LLP
Libro.fm
Morel Ink
Stoel Rives LLP
ZGF Architects
$5,000 +
Amazon Literary Partnership
American Century Investment Foundation
BMO
$1,000+
Loyal Legion
NVIDIA
NW Natural
Pence Contractors
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts
Powell’s Books
Foundations & Government Agencies
$25,000+
City of Portland Office of Arts & Culture
James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation
Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation
Oregon Arts Commission
Oregon Cultural Trust
Tammis Day Foundation
United States Treasury
Zidell Family Foundation
$10,000+
Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation
Energy Trust of Oregon
Fred W. Fields Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
The Jackson Foundation
The Kinsman Foundation
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund
Oregon Community Foundation
PGE Foundation
Prosper Portland
The Reser Family Foundation
Ronald W. Naito MD Foundation
Roundhouse Foundation
Tides Foundation
Travel Portland
$5,000+
The H.W. and D.C.H. Irwin Foundation
Herbert A. Templeton Foundation
Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust
The Skanner Foundation
Wheeler Foundation
The Willard L. and Ruth P. Eccles Foundation
Media Sponsors
FINN Partners
Live Wire Radio
Oregon Public Broadcasting
The Oregonian
Papertrees Creative
Portland Business Journal
Portland Monthly
Weinstein PR
Willamette Week
Community, In-kind, and Venue Partners
A to Z Wineworks
Adventures in Spanish!
Annie Bloom’s Books
Broadway Books
CHO Wines
Devil’s Food Catering
Elysian Brewing Company
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Flowers Tommy Luke
Heathman Hotel
Hotel Lucia
The Judy Kafoury Center for Youth Arts
Lange Winery
The Library Foundation
Multnomah County Library
National Book Foundation
Needmore Designs
The Old Church
Ponzi Vineyards
Portland Arts Museum
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts
Powell’s Books
Ranger Chocolate
Ritual Dyes
Salt & Straw
Schilling Cider
Sentinel Hotel
Sokol Blosser Winery
Smith & Connors
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