Our Friends & Partners

The Project came together in 2015 in partnership between the University of California, Berkeley, English Department, the world’s foremost English Department, in the world’s leading public university, and altruistic community leaders in the Bay Area. Our networks have since grown tremendously—below is a non-exhaustive list of our community.


 

Donors

DONORS 2017 - PRESENT

SURREAL
James Bell 📚 ⭐
Bell Investment Advisors 📚 ⭐ Patti James 📚 ⭐
Simpson PSB Fund:
Sharon Simpson 📚 ⭐
System Property Development Company 📚 ⭐
The Wood Family Foundation 📚 ⭐

EPIC
Anonymous 📚
Jen & Mario Di Prisco 📚 ⭐
Lafayette Library & Learning Center 📚
Literary Arts Emergency Fund 📚
Mellon Foundation 📚
Richard Morrison & Marie Seed Lichauco 📚 ⭐
Lizzie & John Murray 📚 ⭐ Janet & Norman Pease 📚
Ginny & Mike Ross 📚 ⭐
Saint Mary’s College of California 📚⭐
Salesforce Foundation
Jean Shuler 📚⭐
Carey & Frank Starn 📚 ⭐
UC Berkeley Foundation 📚 ⭐
Kathy Garrison & David Wood 📚 ⭐

NOVEL
Miner Anderson Family Foundation
Shanti & Matthew Ariker 📚 ⭐
Lela & Jim Barnes 📚 ⭐
Tracey Borst & Robert Menicucci 📚 ⭐ Ellen & Joffa Dale 📚 ⭐ Diane Del Signore & Scott Strait 📚 ⭐ Liz & Ralph Long 📚 ⭐ Karen & Tom Mulvaney
Joyce Carol Oates 📚 ⭐
Penguin Random House 📚
Jeannie Simpson 📚 ⭐ U.S. Small Business Administration 📚


LYRIC
Diane Ariker, in memory of Walter Ariker
Hiroko & Peter Chastain 📚 Laura Cogan & Chris Svenson 📚⭐
Dodge & Cox 📚
Bob Egan 📚 ⭐ The McBurney Foundation 📚
Ben and Sharie Fountain
Katherine & James Moule
Dr. David Nathanson
Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir 📚 Simon & Schuster 📚


NOVELLA

Andrea Alfano & Charlie Freiberg 📚
Jim Baldocchi & Carolyn Tawasha 📚 ⭐ Michael Barbee & Lisa Morbidelli 📚 ⭐
Heidi & Josh Bersin 📚 ⭐
Erin Bydalek & Patrick Bengtsson 📚 California Shakespeare Theater Carolyn & Greg Call 📚 ⭐
Natalie Compagni Portis 📚 ⭐
Anne Cook & Chris Wornum 📚 ⭐ Cindy & Brian Deans 📚
Kevin Delucchi & Joanne Slaboch 📚 ⭐
Ian Duncan 📚 ⭐ Deb & John Edack 📚 ⭐
Roberta & Mark Emerson 📚
Lauren & Daniel Forman 📚
Diane & David Goldsmith
Graywolf Press Janie & Jeff Green 📚 ⭐
Anne & Marshall Grodin
Melinda Haldeman 📚 Deborah and Lawrence Hamilton JT Hanley & Rosemary Casey 📚
HarperCollins Publishers George Holmes 📚 ⭐
Cynthia James 📚
Doris & George Krevsky Kathy & Anthony Laglia 📚 ⭐
Monya Lane & Bob Bryant 📚
J. Lohr Vineyards 📚 Lawrence & Emily Lohr 📚 Ian Maloney & Lauren Grandante 📚 ⭐. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Sue & George Miller Carol Olson 📚 ⭐ Genaro & Maria Padilla 📚
Jacinta Pister & Richard Whitmore 📚 ⭐
Christina & Peter Reynolds 📚 ⭐
Pat Rudebusch
Pat Scott 📚 ⭐ Kate Stechschulte & David Cost
Anna & Steve Strait 📚 ⭐ Donna Williams

📚: Multi-year Donors.

⭐: 5x or more Donors.

SHORT STORY
Rose Lynn Abesamis-Bell & Forrest Bell Altrinsic Global Advisors
Alice Benét
Benevity
Amy Berger 📚 ⭐
Monique Bonjour Kathy & Rick Bowles
Roland Brandel Alice & Bob Breakstone 📚
Karalee Brune Lorne Buchman & Rochelle Shapell 📚
Scott Busby
Patrick Cameron & Thomas Sun Susan & Bill Caplan 📚
Vicky Chong Jill Conner
John Couch
Mary Ann Cropper 📚
Cathy & Rob Curtis 📚 ⭐ Lucy Day Leticia Del Toro & Michael Gasquy
Abby & Todd Donahue 📚
Stephen & Cyndy Dustrude Philippa Kelly and Paul Dresher
Susan Driscoll LaMay Dave Egerter & Janna Tom 📚
Noriko Enderle Andrea Faber
Tony Farrell Silvia Fernandez & Paul Ash
Bridget Flanagan Debbie Goldberg 📚
Kara & Gary Gragg
Charlene Grandfield John Gray 📚
Todd Hallowell Barbara Hardacre Cindy Heer Mary Ann Hoisington 📚
Martha & Eliot Hudson
Audrey Irwin
Blair Jackson & Regan McMahon 📚
Lisa Kaplan Father John Kasper 📚
Judy Kelly & Robert Marshak
Jonathan Kleid Jennifer Lampimaki Reuben and Stefanie Leder
Maria Lloyd Peter Laufenberg Jill Leukhardt 📚
Marianne & Michael Lonsdale 📚
Victoria Lorrekovich-Miller & Martin Miller
Sheila & Michael Madary Carla Malden
Rob Malenfant Yoni & David Mayeri
Charlotte McCaffrey 📚
Pat McHenry Christine McQuade Hsu 📚
Molly Metherd 📚
Molly Montgomery & Adam White Tyson Morgan & Selena Anderson 📚 Paul Morris
Katharine Ogden Michaels 📚
Frank Munzinger 📚
Toby and John Nady National Book Foundation
Richard Newman Janine Noel Ethan Nosowsky
Hannah Onstad Karen Plessinger Pat and Craig Pratt Elizabeth Ragain Orta Anne & Michael Ray
Megan & Mike Riera Peter Sackman 📚
Sara and Tom Schiff Francine Schulberg 📚
Kristina Sepetys
Dagmar Serota
Christina Shih 📚 ⭐
Kay Simon
Octavio Solis Estee Solomon-Gray Deborah & Michael Sosebee 📚
St. Perpetua Church
Stanford Book Club Teri Stevens
Adrienne Strait Suzanne Stuart A. R. Taylor 📚
Robert Tembeckjian
Larry Townsend Yen Trac 📚 Maria & Mark Triska Janet & Dave Van Etten 📚 Maureen Vavra 📚
Julayne & Clay Virgil
Joanne Whitt and David Buechner Sarah Williams Jamie Woolf and David Green Hertha Dawn Sweet Wong 📚
Audrey Zibelman

Donors

DONORS 2017 - PRESENT

SURREAL
Patti James and Joe Di Prisco

Sharon Simpson

The Wood Foundation of Chambersburg, PA

System Property

James Bell

The Michael and Virginia Ross Foundation

Carey and Frank Starn

UC Berkeley Foundation

Marie Seed Lichauco and Richard Morrison

Jen and Mario DiPrisco

EPIC

Lizzie and John Murray

NOVEL
Kathleen Garrison and David Wood

(Anonymous) Berniece Patterson

Lafayette Library and Learning Center

Saint Mary's College

Janet and Norman Pease

Literary Arts Emergency Fund

LYRIC

Jean Shuler

Jean Simpson

Shanti and Matt Ariker

Hiroko and Peter Chastain

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation

Liz and Ralph Long

U.S. Small Business Administration

NOVELLA

Ellen and Joffa Dale

Tracey Borst and Robert Menicucci

Diane Del Signore and Scott Strait

Lela and Jim Barnes

Karen and Thomas Mulvaney

Miner Anderson Family Foundation

Penguin Random House

Deborah and Lawrence Hamilton

Joanne Slaboch and Kevin Delucchi

Laura Cogan and Chris Svenson

Dodge & Cox

Joyce Carol Oates

Roberta and Mark Emerson

Bob Egan

Simon and Schuster Publishing

Retzlaff Vineyards

Cynthia James

Kathleen and Anthony Laglia

Linda Bacon

David Nathanson

Diane Ariker

James Moule

Janie and Jeff Green

Katie Ricklefs and Chuck Lutz

Maria and Genaro Padilla

Carol Olson

Sharie and Ben Fountain

Heidi and Josh Bersin

Carolyn Sherwood Call and Greg Call

Christina and Peter Reynolds

Anne Cook and Chris Wornum

Andrea Alfano and Charles Freiberg

HarperCollins Publishers

Lisa Morbidelli and Michael Barbee

Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir

Carolyn Tawasha and Jim Baldocchi

Christina Shih

Jacinta Pister and Richard Whitmore

Lauren and Daniel Forman

Natalie Compagni Portis

Orinda Books

George Holmes

Kristin Hull

Monya Lane and Bob Bryant

Deb and John Edack

Erin Bydalek and Patrick Bengtsson

Lauren Grandante and Ian Maloney

Benevity

Anna and Steve Strait

Emily and Lawrence Lohr

Craig and Pat Pratt

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Ian Duncan

Cathy and Rob Curtis

Hertha Dawn Sweet Wong

Pat Scott

Melinda Haldeman

Rosemary Casey and JT Hanley

Kristina Sepetys

Robin Hampton and Jonathan Kleid

Susan and Bill Caplan

Kate Stechschulte and David Cost

Amy Berger

Ann Goldsmith

Anne and Marshall Grodin

Cynthia and Brian Deans

Diane and David Goldsmith

Donna Williams

Doris and George Krevsky

Sue and George Miller

Toby Nady

Abby and Todd Donahue

Mary Ann Hoisington

Helen Sheaff

Jen Uldricks

Taia Ergueta

Anne Taylor

Peter Sackmann

Alice and Bob Breakstone

Janet and David Van Etten

Jill Leukhardt

Francine Schulberg and Dan Hawkes

Deborah and Michael Sosebee

Yoni and David Mayeri

Alice Benet

Carla Malden

Ellen Ullman and Elliott Ross

Joanne Whitt and David Buechner

Kathy and Rick Bowles

Richard Newman

Robert Malenfant

Sarah Dods

Silvia Fernandez and Paul Ash

Marianne and Michael Lonsdale

Maureen Vavra

Christine McQuade Hsu and Michael Hsu

Julayne and Clay Virgil

Mike and Megan Riera

Yen Trac

Regan McMahon and Blair Jackson

Audrey Irwin

Debbie Goldberg

Mary Ann Cropper

Charlotte McCaffrey

Molly Metherd

Peter Laufenberg

Adrienne Strait and Sandon Griffin

Anne Rosenthal

Audrey Zibelman

Cahill Household

Carolyn and Eric Svenson

Chris Carter

Gail Waldron

John Couch

Rose Lynn Abesamis-Bell and Forrest Bell

Sara and Tom Schiff

Shoresh Foundation

Tejash Shah

John Gray

Frank Munzinger

Kara Overaa and Gary Gragg

Katherine Ogden Michaels

Chuck Taylor and Lisa Cannon Taylor

Cyndy and Steve Dustrude

Janna Tom and David Egerter

Karen Plessinger

Madeline and Pat McMenamin

Maria and Mark Triska

Maria Lloyd

Martin Miller and Victoria Lorrekovich-Miller

Patricia McHenry

Patrick Cameron and Thomas Sun

Robert Tembeckjian

Todd Hallowell

Tony Farrell

Jennifer Lampimaki and Zoe Neuenschwander

Reuben and Stefanie Leder

Kay Simon

John Kasper

Judy Kelly and Robert Marshak

Dagmar Serota

Martha and Eliot Hudson

Andrea Faber

Barbara Hardacre

Bridget Flanagan

Charlene Grandfield

Cindy Heer

Jamie Woolf and David Green

Karalee Brune

Larry Townsend

Leticia Del Toro and Michael Gasquy

Monique Bonjour

Octavio Solis

Paul Morris

Philippa Kelly and Paul Dresher

Roland Brandel

Scott Busby

Sheila Madary

Susan Driscoll LaMay

Suzanne Stuart

The Stanford Book Club

Tyson Morgan and Selena Anderson

Will Kushner

Sarah Williams

Jill Conner

Altrinsic Global Advisors, LLC

Anne and Michael Ray

Ethan Nosowsky

Hannah Onstad

Janine Noel

Lucy Day

Molly Montgomery and Adam White

Noriko Enderle

Vicky Chong

Estee Solomon Gray

St. Perpetua Church

Diana Dunn

Elizabeth Ragain Orta

Lisa Kaplan

Teri Stevens

Chris Feliciano Arnold

Salesforce.org

EPIC
Anonymous 📚
Jen & Mario Di Prisco 📚 ⭐
Lafayette Library & Learning Center 📚
Literary Arts Emergency Fund 📚
Mellon Foundation 📚
Richard Morrison & Marie Seed Lichauco 📚 ⭐
Lizzie & John Murray 📚 ⭐ Janet & Norman Pease 📚
Ginny & Mike Ross 📚 ⭐
Saint Mary’s College of California 📚⭐
Salesforce Foundation
Jean Shuler 📚⭐
Carey & Frank Starn 📚 ⭐
UC Berkeley Foundation 📚 ⭐
Kathy Garrison & David Wood 📚 ⭐

NOVEL
Miner Anderson Family Foundation
Shanti & Matthew Ariker 📚 ⭐
Lela & Jim Barnes 📚 ⭐
Tracey Borst & Robert Menicucci 📚 ⭐ Ellen & Joffa Dale 📚 ⭐ Diane Del Signore & Scott Strait 📚 ⭐ Liz & Ralph Long 📚 ⭐ Karen & Tom Mulvaney
Joyce Carol Oates 📚 ⭐
Penguin Random House 📚
Jeannie Simpson 📚 ⭐ U.S. Small Business Administration 📚


LYRIC
Diane Ariker, in memory of Walter Ariker
Hiroko & Peter Chastain 📚 Laura Cogan & Chris Svenson 📚⭐
Dodge & Cox 📚
Bob Egan 📚 ⭐ The McBurney Foundation 📚
Ben and Sharie Fountain
Katherine & James Moule
Dr. David Nathanson
Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir 📚 Simon & Schuster 📚


NOVELLA

Andrea Alfano & Charlie Freiberg 📚
Jim Baldocchi & Carolyn Tawasha 📚 ⭐ Michael Barbee & Lisa Morbidelli 📚 ⭐
Heidi & Josh Bersin 📚 ⭐
Erin Bydalek & Patrick Bengtsson 📚 California Shakespeare Theater Carolyn & Greg Call 📚 ⭐
Natalie Compagni Portis 📚 ⭐
Anne Cook & Chris Wornum 📚 ⭐ Cindy & Brian Deans 📚
Kevin Delucchi & Joanne Slaboch 📚 ⭐
Ian Duncan 📚 ⭐ Deb & John Edack 📚 ⭐
Roberta & Mark Emerson 📚
Lauren & Daniel Forman 📚
Diane & David Goldsmith
Graywolf Press Janie & Jeff Green 📚 ⭐
Anne & Marshall Grodin
Melinda Haldeman 📚 Deborah and Lawrence Hamilton JT Hanley & Rosemary Casey 📚
HarperCollins Publishers George Holmes 📚 ⭐
Cynthia James 📚
Doris & George Krevsky Kathy & Anthony Laglia 📚 ⭐
Monya Lane & Bob Bryant 📚
J. Lohr Vineyards 📚 Lawrence & Emily Lohr 📚 Ian Maloney & Lauren Grandante 📚 ⭐. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Sue & George Miller Carol Olson 📚 ⭐ Genaro & Maria Padilla 📚
Jacinta Pister & Richard Whitmore 📚 ⭐
Christina & Peter Reynolds 📚 ⭐
Pat Rudebusch
Pat Scott 📚 ⭐ Kate Stechschulte & David Cost
Anna & Steve Strait 📚 ⭐ Donna Williams

📚: Multi-year Donors.

⭐: 5x or more Donors.

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