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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, 2023 and May 31, 2024.

Individuals: Leadership Circle

Members of the Leadership Circle invest in Literary Arts by generously giving $2,500 or more.

Director’s Circle $25,000+

Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke
Rocky & Julie Strasser Dixon
Sue & Ed Einowski
Lana & Chris Finley
Betsy & Tom Henning
Josie G. Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth
Jan & Steve Oliva
Amy Prosenjak & Steven Guy
Priscilla Bernard Wieden

Sustainer’s Circle $10,000-24,999

Anonymous
Don & Mary Blair
Mary & Tim Boyle
Ginnie Cooper & Rick Bauman
Marilyn Epstein
Dean & Alison Freed
Thomas & Elizabeth Gewecke
Mary E. Hirsch
Ross M. Lienhart

Phillip M. Margolin
Carolyn McKinney
Katherine O’Neil & Toby Graff
Corrine Oishi & Lindley Morton
Diane Ponti & Ward Greene
Bob Speltz & Dwight Adkins
Violetta Fund
Carl Wilson & Evan Boone
Marcia & Tom Wood

Contributor’s Circle $5,000-9,999

Anonymous
Jill & Ken Abere
Elizabeth Anderson
David & Courtney Angeli
Rebecca & Michael DeCesaro
Amy Donohue & Paul McKean
Theodore & Nancy Downes-Le Guin
Bob Geddes
Sarah Gibbon
Greg Goodman & Susan Schnitzer
Barbara & Jock Kimberley
Maurice & Dori King

Molly Kohnstamm
Vanessa Morgan & Robert Quillin
Jan & Ed Murphy
Andrew & Veronica Proctor
Halle & Rick Sadle
Dennis Steinman
Donald & Roslyn Sutherland
Geoffrey Tichenor & Stephanie Engelsman
Margaret & Tom Tuchmann
Renée Watson
Jackie & William Willingham
Susan Winkler

Supporter’s Circle $2,500-4,999

Anonymous
Ray & Jean Auel
Karin Barber
Tanya Cerda
Jodi Delahunt Hubbell & Todd Hubbell
Emi & Brett Donis
Cheryl Francis & Sam Tannahill
Patricia Frobes & Richard Smith
Linda & Ronald Greenman

Nancy & Ron Gronowski
Kristin & Avery Guest
Ken & Paula Hale
Susan Hathaway-Marxer & Larry Marxer
Shannon Inukai Cuffee
Susheela Jayapal
Helen Langley
Caroline Le Guin
Jon & Sheila Levine

Barbara & Michael Maloney
Darcy Martin & Veronica Martin
Richard H. Meeker & Ellen F. Rosenblum
Anastasia & Rob Moro
Irene Parikhal & Ian Yolles
Elizabeth Reaves Walker
Mary Brown Ruble & Craig Ruble
Victor Trelawny
Amy Wayson & Ken Moran

Individuals

$1000+

Ann Barden
Catherine Bekooy
Adriane T. and Samuel S.* Blackman
Family Fund
Nancy & Roderick Boutin
Peter & Ellen Bragdon
Julia Bromka
Shelly & Paul Buchanan
Lisa & Royce Bullock
Ramona & Bruce Cahn
Jane Carlsen & John Estrem
Tom Palmer & Ann Carter
Christine & Matthew Casebeer
Connie Christopher &
Kermit Chamberlin
Anne Conway & Lou Baslaw
Louise & Darren Demetre
Amy Dice
Penny & Ken Durant
Colin Evans
Mary & Emmett J. Finneran
Fong Family Fund of Oregon
Community Foundation
Julie Frantz
Kenneth Golsan
Eric Wan & Michele Goodman
William & Martha Hall

Hanover Boorom Charitable Fund
Laura & Rocky Henderson
Jonathan & Jennifer Hill
Molly Hiro & Lars Erik Larson
Holmgren Family Giving Fund
Tony Hopson & Carla Penn-Hopson
Mitchell S. Jackson
Shobha Jetmalani & Alex Burt
Peter Johnson
Alan Jung
Eva Kripalani
Paula Kurshner
Ronni Lacroute
Jenny & Carter MacNichol
Kathryn & Tim Mahaffy
Molly McCabe
Brenda L. Meltebeke &
Scott K. Stuart
Kate Merrill
Susan & Peter Mersereau
Lora Meyer
Philip Miller & Colleen Cain
Georgina Miltenberger
Meghan Moran & Kirk Masterson
Deanna & Wilfried Mueller-Crispin
Laura Murphy
James Murray
Cabe and Brittany Nicksic

Amy O’Neill & Larry Staver
Josh Oliva
Wendy Beth Oliver
Judy Peterman
Nancy & Mike Phillips
Nancy & Dick Ponzi
Jon Raymond & Emily Chenoweth
Michael & Judy Rompa
Kelly Russell
Marjorie Sandor & Tracy Daugherty
Jennifer Schuberth & John Urang
Marcy & Richard* Schwartz
Pamela Smith Hill
Cynthia Snyder Fellows
Anna Truxes & Blue Young
Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust
Chabre Vickers
Stephanie & John Volkman
Kristi Wallace Knight & Eric Wallace
Kristin & Nicholas Walrod
Bryan Wieden
Tim Williams
Janet Macomber Williamson
Kathleen L. Wilson
Steven & Deborah Hewitt Wynne
Dr. Candace Young
Morton & Audrey* Zalutsky

$500+

Geri Abere, Angela Allen & Jan van Santen, Donald Andersen, Robert S. & Julia Ball, Danielle Beauvais, Kim & Daniel Bissell, Kim & Randy Boehm, Tom Booth & Megan Holden, Larry & Marie Brigham, Martha Brooke, Karyle Butcher, Christine Carr, Timothy Crippen & Laura Jordan, Gustavo Cruz, Karen & Matthew De Benedetti, Shelley Devine, Michael Donohue, Kelly Douglas & Eric Schoenstein, India Downes-Le Guin, Ken & Annie Edwards, Monica Enand & Sanjay Natarajan, David & Kendra Farris, Roshan Fernando, Miriam Feuerle, Dan Field, Edmund Frank & Eustacia Su, Ruth Frankel, Mark Frinell, Sheryl Fullerton, Colleen Gardner, Laura Gordon, The Gulliver Habel Family Foundation, Candace A. Haines, Albert Horn & Nancy Goodwin, Styx Hummel, David Irving, Lauren Isaac, Barbara Jennings & Richard Teutsch, Sara & Stephen* Ledoux, Angel & Wendy Lopez, Jane Maland, Rosemary Mannix, Pete McDowell, Jenny McGuire, Nancy McKimens & Grant Ritchie, Anne & Michael Miller, Sarah Miller Meigs & Andrew Meigs, David Millman, Arthur Momjian, Susan Moore & Phil Ottum, Marjory Morford, Timothy Morgan, Anne Marie Murphy, Nicki Nadolny, Neilsen Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, Denise Norris, Vailey Oehlke, Barbara Pallari, Bonnie & Pete Reagan, Patricia Reser, Prudence Roberts, Alysa Rose & David Finkelman, Charlotte Rubin, Carol Schnitzer Lewis, Sarah Schubert, Robyn Shuey, Nell & William Simkoff, Ellen Singer and Eamon Molloy, Merri Souther Wyatt, Dedrick Sprick, Lisa Stevens, Ann M Stinson, Kathleen Swift, Karin Taylor, Linda Taylor, Jane E. Unger, Alice Vaux, Eric & Elsa Vines, Mabsie Walters, Debra Weekley, Jennifer Whitten, Lorie Wigle, Julie R. Wilson, Aaron & Jennifer Wines, Katheryn Zabrocki, Zenith Tzedakah Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation

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 Brandon Lenzi, Development Director, at brandon@literary-arts.org.

Businesses

$20,000+

First Tech Federal Credit Union
Janet Hoffman & Associates LLC
The Standard

$10,000 +

A to Z Wineworks
Kell, Alterman & Runstein L.L.P.
NW Natural
Powell’s Books
Stoel Rives LLP

$5,000 +

Amazon Literary Partnership
Angeli Law Group
Bank of the West
Bloomsbury Publishing
Broadway Books
Powell’s Books
TooFar Media
Yakima Plastics Design & Supply
ZGF Architects

$1,000+

The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Charles Schwab
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
D.A. Davidson & Co.
Fidelity Charitable
Tin House Books
Tonkon Torp LLP

Foundations & Government Agencies

$25,000+

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation
James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation
The Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Oregon Arts Commission, a state agency funded by
the State of Oregon and the National Endowment
for the Arts
PGE Foundation
The Regional Arts & Culture Council, including
support from the City of Portland, Multnomah
County, and the Arts Education & Access Fund.

$10,000+

Henry L. Hillman, Jr. Foundation
The Kinsman Foundation
Prosper Portland
Raymond Family Foundation
Zidell Family Foundation

$5,000+

The Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund
Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust
Wheeler Foundation

$1,000+

First Interstate Foundation
Fong Family Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
Holmgren Family Giving Fund
Matthew and Christine Casebeer Family Fund
Multnomah County Cultural Coalition
Newell Family Charity Fund
Oregon Community Foundation
PM – Give Back Fund

$500+

Edna L. Holmes Literary Arts Fund of Oregon
Community Foundation
The Holzman Foundation, Inc
Irwin Foundation
The Johnson Family Foundation
Oregon Health Authority

In-Kind Support

Benchmark Resorts & Hotels, Et Fille Wines, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Grove Atlantic, Matzinger Davies, Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library, The Old Church, PDX Jazz, Ponzi Vineyards, Portland’5 Centers for the Arts, Winderlea Vineyards, and W.W. Norton & Co.