Thank you to all of our MJF 63 Donors
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Virtual Festival September 25-27, 2020, and for supporting the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and the jazz artists featured throughout the weekend. You made an incredible impact and we are deeply grateful to you for joining us in support of these important causes.
Monterey Jazz Festival gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and institutional funders, whose contributions of $100 or more were received from August 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020. Your generosity supports the Monterey Jazz Festival and helps to keep this wonderful music alive and thriving. We are deeply grateful to everyone who contributed. If we omitted or misspelled the name of a generous donor, please let us know and accept our sincerest apologies. Corrections will be made to the next publication of our contributor's list.
$100,000+
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
$50,000+
- Clint Eastwood
- Monterey Peninsula Foundation
- National Endowment for the Arts: Art Works
$30,000+
- Community Foundation for Monterey County
- North Coast Brewing Company
- Quest Foundation
$20,000+
- Anonymous
- Harden Foundation
- Sally Hughes Church Foundation
$15,000+
- Janet Berry and Ted Kirkiles
- Kevin Cartwright and Steve Eimer
- Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation
- Danny Scher
$10,000+
- California Arts Council
- Nancy and William Doolittle
- Sarah Frahm and Matt Shelton
- Phyllis Panenka and David Archer
- Alicia Passerin Hunt and William Hunt
$5,000+
- Arts Council for Monterey County
- Rosalind and Howard Fisher
- Susan and Mort Fuller
- Deborah L. Gould MD
- Mimi Hahn and Larry Warcken
- Rob Hayes
- Peter Hoss Trust
- Roberta and Louis Huntington
- Judy and Gary Logan
- Patricia Mellencamp and Jonathan Pellegrin
- Diane Mitchella
- Teresa Lovering-Brown and Elliot H. Omiya
- Maryann and Peter Orr
- Barbara Paul and Tom LaFaille
- Mary K. Powell
- Rotary Club of Carmel-By-The-Sea
- Robin and Chris Sawyer
- Rick and Darian Swig
- Joanne Taylor
- The William H. Donner Foundation, Inc.
- Katrina and Michael Tschida
- Mary and Ken Wright
- Laura Zehm and Paula Black
$2,500+
- Susan and Steven Beck
- Kelly Belville
- Bill Graham Supporting Foundation
- Andrea Breaux and Larry Williams
- Andrew Butcher
- Nancy and Pat Forster
- Trudi and David Gartley
- Donna and Peter Gordon
- Dana and Rodney Heinrich
- Jackie and Peter Henning
- Allyson and Bob Kavner
- Debi and Nolan Kennedy
- Caron and Alan Lacy
- Letty Ledbetter
- Pebble Beach Company Foundation
- Julie and Benjamin Potkin
- Mary and David Ramos
- Rotary Club of Monterey
- Nancy and Scott Scheid
- Nicholas J. Simon
- The Upjohn California Fund
$1,000+
- James A. Adams
- Karlette and Carsbia Anderson
- Mary Anderson and Salvador Gutierrez
- Ginger and James Andrasick
- Colleen and John Bailey
- Andrea Biren and Richard Beal
- Lehman Black
- Gordon Brooks
- Mary and Bradford Carl
- Jeromie Clark
- Lulla and Woodworth Clum
- Rafael Costas Jr.
- Robert Danziger
- Rosalind Gray Davis
- Susan W. DuCoeur
- Anita Dunsay
- Patricia and Ron Eastman
- Maggie Eastwood
- Judy and Jay Edmonds
- Enterprise Holdings Foundation
- Monterey Peninsula Volunteer Services
- Carol Lynn Farris
- Malessia and Alfred Forrest
- Martha Gates and Spencer Commons
- Susan and David Gill
- Kathy and Mark Gorchesky
- Kimberley and Jeffrey Green
- Joan and Duane Grubert
- Elizabeth and Joseph Heston
- Lori Chavez and Tim Jackson
- Stephanie Stevenson and Stuart Jacobs
- James C. Jeffery III
- Kelly Jones
- Eva and Craig Kaplan
- Catherine Kobrinsky and Lee Evans
- Ann and Frank Lordeman
- Connie and Robert Lurie
- Sheldon S. Mann
- Paula DeDario Matori
- Sumaya and Edward Miner
- Maria and E. Philip Morgan
- Penny Morris
- Polly Osborne
- Ron and Janice Perkuchin
- Edward H. Sachtleben
- Susan Shawl
- Ruth and Elliot Sigal
- The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
- Darlene and Larry Tripplett
- The Tuffs Family
- Becky and Randy Venard
- Jan and Steve Watson
- Lauran and Jeffrey Weinmann
- Katherine and Floyd Wenglikowski
- Robin Williams
- Yellow Brick Road Benefit Shop
- Marsha McMahan Zelus
$500+
- Kate Akos
- Emmy Ames
- AT&T
- Thomas Atwood
- Linda and Michael Baker
- Christopher Barker
- David Barnard
- Natalie Baroni
- Beverly and Steve Bean
- Jeff Bluestone
- Andrea Borsuk
- Holly Byers-Ochoa and Eduardo Ochoa
- Douglas W. Caldwell
- Chuck Columbus
- Anne and Paul Davis
- James C. Emerson
- Joan P. English
- Ilene Feinman
- Jason Flamm
- David Glickman
- Google, Inc.
- Kelsey Gray
- Glenn Grigg and Ted Kessler
- Angela and Anthony Harris
- Jeff Henderson
- Kathleen Talbert-Hill and George Hill
- John C. Ittelson
- Duncan James
- Kate Jessell and Gregory Price
- Karen Johnson
- Jeffrey Jones
- Shirley and Thomas Kiatta
- Erin Kincheloe and Scott Ponder
- Michael J Lee
- Chris S. Logan
- Marguerite Longtin
- Nancy Shanfeld and Thomas Manheim
- Michael Mensik
- Deborah and David Miller
- Carolanne Moreno and James Goulart
- Kenneth Nash
- Cathy and Terrence O'Connor
- Mary Powell
- Barry and Deena Pryor
- Audria and Benjamin Quillian
- Kathleen and Jim Santor
- Scheid Vineyards
- Keitha Scott and Roy William Thiederman
- Larry Simpson
- Julie Stratton
- Karen and Eric Warren
- Andrew Weis
- Elizabeth Welden-Smith
$250+
- Dee and Al Adolph
- Christine Anderson
- Daniel R. Baldwin
- Chris Barker
- Robert Brittingham
- Emmett R. Brown
- Owen Brown
- Susie and Stan Brusa
- Anna and Amer Budayr
- Cydney and Kevin Causey
- Darlene Chan
- Jeff Dayton-Johnson
- Deborah Dessaso
- Barbara R. Dolbec
- Daniel Fenton
- Mitchell Gagos
- Wilbur E. Johnson
- Roxana and Harold Keland
- Lynn Koniecki
- Elizabeth A. Lorenzi
- Lois Mayol
- James McDermott and Cynthia Kurtz
- Susan Miller-Davis
- LaRosa and Daniel Montgomery
- Laura and Donald Newmark
- Ann and Steven Packer
- Daniel C. Poljak
- Jerry E. Powell
- Donna and Thomas Priesmeyer
- Pamela Baker and Stuart Reynolds
- Charles J. Sennet
- Bernadette L. Simmons
- Richard Stauffacher
- Richard W. Taylor
- Linda and Ricky Terrell
- Loretta and Arthur Traum
- Judy Wallner
- Judy and Sanford Weitzner
- Sheila and Chafic Zenni
- Cynthia and Steve Ainsworth
$100+
- Maria A. Alexander
- John Allison
- Daniel Alt
- Ronni and Luis Alvarez
- Roberta Alvarez
- Christine and David Anderson
- Jane Anfinson
- Isabella Anikst
- Janet and Wayne Asp
- Jacquie & Tom Atchison
- Carmen Banks and Ronald Steele
- Chris D. Bartels
- Avis Beiden
- Paula and Stephen Benedict
- Jacquelynn and Roland Beverly
- Rick Block
- Nadya and Bradford Bosch
- Needha Boutte-Queen
- Sheila Brittain
- Michael Caddell
- Shirley Ann Cantua
- Sharen Carey and Hal Latta
- David Chatman
- Sharol Chen
- Amy Chung and Marcos Silva
- Carolyn Claybaugh
- Margaret Clovis
- Dale Coke
- Bryan A. Collins
- Shirley and Edgard Coly
- Julie Conrad
- Barbara and Jack Cowan
- Steve Creagh
- Wanda Cromer
- Joyce Daniels
- Dan DeLapp
- Anthony Delizza
- Daryl Dichek and Kenneth Smith
- Michael O. Dickinson
- Michael Newman Dorner
- James Dunn
- Nancy and John Durein
- Cynthia Durkee-Murphy and Howard Murphy
- Sharon and David Edwards
- Eric James Epps
- Susan Fariel
- Thomas Farmer
- Robert M. Ferencz
- William Fiedler
- Karl Fields
- Thomas P. Folks
- Anne and Stewart French
- Barbara and Jon Galehouse
- Joseph Gant
- Wilfred Garand
- Linda and Hampton Gaskins
- Michael Geringer
- Michael Goodheim
- Michael E Graves
- Ramona Grey-Harris
- Ronald Griggs Sr.
- Robert Haller
- Heather Halperin
- John J. Heinsius
- Linda Henderson and Gary Vanerstrom
- Merry L Hendley
- Margaret Hillis and Duane McDonald
- Patricia and Donald Hinchberger
- Fran Horvath
- John Howell
- Lynne Hubenette
- Lindsey Humphrey
- Irene and Mark Ippoliti
- Axel Jessen
- Deidre L. Johnson
- Shelly B. Johnson
- Judy A Johnson
- J. Tyler Johnston
- Elaine and Lewis Kaplan
- Anita and Bill Kaplan
- Michael J Katz
- Patricia and Chris Kenber
- Robert Kennedy
- Yoshitaka Kinoshita
- Suzi Kirk
- Nicki and Rob Klevan
- Jean Kochis
- Anne Koetter
- Cheryl Kojina
- Terry Kono
- William Kraynek
- Jeffrey Krivis
- David Lee
- Eric Levinson
- Barbara Lopez
- Amilcar Lopez
- Susan and Ken Lopez
- Margaret and John Maloney
- Sharon H. March
- Stephen Martin
- Cristina Mayer
- Linda Maynor-Gardea and Edward Gardea
- Deirdre McCauley
- Donna and David McClung
- George Miller
- Teresa Ann Miller
- Barbara Mitchell and Bill Pardue
- Setsuko Miyakawa
- Naoma and Edward Moreno
- Karl Mosgofian
- Susan Mulvihill Liverman
- Bob Naylor
- Steve Neufeld
- Mary Newcombe
- Julie Newdoll
- Stephen Nicholas
- Janet and Bruce O'Connor
- Robert Oehlman
- Kazuhisa Ohta
- Vickie Oliver
- Rosemary and Michael O'Neil
- Atsushi Ooka
- Debra Paraiso
- Hester Parker
- Penny and Peter Partch
- Linda Rae Paul
- Brian Perez
- Carolyn and Wilson Peterson
- Margo and Bob Phillips
- John F. Podliska
- Karen E. Pointer
- Susan and Oscar Porter
- Christine PriceJudith Sulsona and William Rawson
- Todd Reed
- Steven Relyea
- Steve Rhee
- Karin Roache and Kenneth Hopkins
- Melvin Roberts
- Victor Robertson
- Carla Rosal and Matthew Binder
- Shirley and Lee Rosen
- Zia Modabber and Ted Roth
- Jinelle Rudder
- Thea and Christopher Sagen
- Kristine and John Sanda
- James Sankey
- Carol Schmeh
- Karen D Seratti
- Kevin Sexton
- Barney Sheafor
- Jenifer Shields and Timothy Orr
- Timothy Simon
- Robert Singleton
- Robin Sirakides
- William Skane
- David Skora
- Sheila and Leland Smith
- Steve Snider
- Margaret Spring
- Linda Stanley and A. Steven Jones
- Sherri and Kenneth Stoddard
- Betty Stokes
- Karin Strasser-Kauffman
- Karen and John Tarver
- Sheila and Talmadge Tatum
- Sharareh Tavafrashti
- Linda Taylor
- Allen Taylor
- Jennifer Taylor
- Wendy and Larry Taylor
- Ricky Thomas
- Jennifer Thomas and David Grey
- Vince Thompson
- Rosemary and Robert Tintle
- Aaron Torres
- Stan A Trask
- Karen Turner
- Linda Ursery-Fleming
- Anina van Alstine
- Jim and Jeri Vanderzwaan
- Sharon J. Vonderau
- Verta and Calvin Walker
- Jon Weiner
- Jackie Weiss
- Ronald and Carolyn Wetzel
- David Whaley
- Ann and Douglas Wilhelm
- Richard Wilkerson
- Marilyn Rae Willett
- R Rocque Williams
- Curtis Williams
- Ryan Wilson
- Frank W Wilson
- Rebecca and Thomas Wilson
- Marilyn Windfeldt
- Sheryl K Wobber
- Patricia A. Wright
- Hiroshi Yoshikawa
- Anne C. Yoshiwara
- Suzanne and Robert Young
- Bobbie and Benny Young
- Patricia Zavella
Gifts Received in Memory of
- Howard Brunn
- Suzanne Dewar
- Joe Hoggarty
- Hydeus Kiatta
- A. Marotta, Sr.
- Tarina"Gramie" Murray
- Sam A Wilson, MD
- Sybil Williams
- Harry Weston
- Joe Zowaki
Gifts Received in Honor of
- Rick Swig
- Donna Ziel
- Sophia, Lucas, Meradith, Peter, Natalie, Paul and Charlotte
- Bobby Phillips Family
