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
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.
Sponsors
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