Benefactors 2024

Since 2000 ArtSeed has received valuable gifts of money, time, expertise, in-kind goods, professional services and patient inspiration from people in almost every walk of life. More recently we have also attracted the generosity of several funding agencies. We are very grateful for all these various kinds of support. Please let us know if there is someone we should add to this list or if you prefer your name or the level of your contribution to remain anonymous.

**Please note: 2024 donations are being processed and will be added as soon as they come in.**

Precious Pines ($20,000 or more):

Celestial Cedars ($10,000 to $19,999): David Gavrich

Spectacular Sequoias ($5,000 to $9,999): Tina Cervin

Courageous Cottonwoods ($1,000 to $4,999): Budding Artist Foundation, Kevin Quan & Whitney Huang Quan, Josefa Vaughan & Charles N. Boone

Sacred Cypresses ($500 to $999): Tony & Caroline Grant, Hamilton Zanze Real Estate Investments, William Klingelhoffer and Jill Brindel, Luned Palmer, Rosamund Palmer, Margaret Sullivan, Randy Varney & John King

Magical Manzanitas ($100 to $499): Dennis & Kate Abbe, Ravi Agarwal, JJ Ammar, Bianca Arrighi, Tom B., Evalina Barth, Frank Baumgarte, Kate Bedding, Sherwood Bishop, Charles Boone, Hava Brown, Beth Cook, Candace Forest, D Frandy, Raj-Ann Gill, Magda Grant, Beth Grinberg, Nicole Halbreiner, Audrey Heller, Rosalima & Roger Ireland, Christine Jegan, Inge Keuppens, Philip & Sally Kipper, William Klingelhoffer and Jill Brindel, Joshua Lubensky, Justine Lucas, Bradley Maiorino, Issa Martinez, Gaurav Marwaha, Julianne F. and David J. Mehegan, Dzovag Minassian, Eva Monroe, Katherine Onstott, Thomas Palmer, Marta Percolla, Jess Rolls, Greta & Manu Schnetzler, Saarika Sharma, Frank Shum, John Spriggs, Valerie Tate, Lance Trexler, Arwen Vaughan, Josefa Vaughan, The Vaughan Family Charitable Fund, Liz Volchok, Cynthia Wang, Julie & Michael Whitcomb, Jill Winegardner, Jenna Wolter

Amazing Acorns ($99 or less): Arrighi-Ronkes, Wyatt Arrighi, Edna Arterberry, Xanthe Asher, Clara Azulay, John Balestreri, Pam Buckles, Brooke Jennings, Teresa Cosgrove, Rob D., Melanie De La Cruz, Cherie Evans, Abigail Everdell, Sara Faizan, Cole Ferraiuolo, Dolly Ferraiuolo, Mark Allen Fish, Zoe Garcia, Mai Gigliotti, Narda Gillespie, Holly Gosselink, Tuan Ho, Sanjay Hortikar, Deborah & Bennett Jacobstein, Chetan Keshav, Gabriella Kula, Paola Lari, Nikki Mahmoudzadeh, Eva Maiorino, Jack Maiorino, Vera Maiorino, Trina Martinez, Marilyn Masen, RJ Merk, Annelie Nilsson, Thomas O’Leary, Benita Purifoy, Samantha Razook, Kai Roath, Will Schier, Garret Smith, Jennifer Spencer, Astrid Tallase, Jonathea Tallase, Lan Anh Tran, Eileen Tuscano, Velvet Van Bueren, Maysoun Villagracia, Kay Weber, Fiona Westphal, Heather Wilson, Rattanan “Aim” Wonghirundacha

Donations in Support of, or to Honor: For Priscilla Arrighi: Arrighi-Ronkes, Bianca Arrighi, Wyatt Arrighi; For Sara Faizan: Rattanan Wonghirundacha; For Sabine Gysens: Dennis & Kate Abbe, Ravi Agarwal, JJ Ammar, Tom B., John Balestreri, Frank Baumgarte, Hava Brown, Beth Cook, Cherie Evans, Mark Allen Fish, Candace Forest, Zoe Garcia, Raj-Ann Gill, Audrey Heller, Sanjay Hortikar, Inge Keuppens, Philip & Sally Kipper, Gaurav Marwaha, Dzovag Minassian, Eva Monroe, Annelie Nilsson, Thomas O’Leary, Katherine Onstott, Kevin Quan, Greta & Manu Schnetzler, Saarika Sharma, Frank Shum, Lan Anh Tran, Lance Trexler, Randy Varney & John King, Cynthia Wang, Fiona Westphal, Julie & Michael Whitcomb, Heather Wilson, Jill Winegardner; For Jackson Herren: Marta Percolla, Josefa Vaughan “In memory of Rebecca Moore”; For Linh Ho: Mai Gigliotti, Tuan Ho, For Christine Jegan: John Spriggs; For Anna Maiorino: Nikki Mahmoudzadeh, Bradley Maiorino, Eva Maiorino, Jack Maiorino, Vera Maiorino, Garret Smith; For Will Schier: Will Schier, Rattanan Wonghirundacha; For simplyMusing: Clara Azulay, Teresa Cosgrove, Dolly Ferraiuolo, Cole Ferraiuolo, D Frandy, Brooke Jennings, Joshua Lubensky, Liz Volchok; For Luned Palmer: Rob D., Abigail Everdell, Holly Gosselink, Nicole Halbreiner “In honor of The Fabulous Luned Palmer”, Gabriella Kula, Justine Lucas, Samantha Razook, Jess Rolls, Rosamund Palmer “In honor of Franki + Nico”, Thomas Palmer; For Aber Van Bueren: Evalina Barth, Kate Bedding, Pam Buckles, Melanie De La Cruz, Magda Grant, Issa Martinez, Trina Martinez, Marilyn Masen, Maysoun Villagracia, RJ Merk, Astrid Tallase, Jonathea Tallase, Eileen Tuscano, Velvet Van Bueren; For Josefa Vaughan: Sherwood Bishop “Hello Fefa!”, Charles Boone, Rosalima & Roger Ireland, Luned Palmer, Kevin Quan, Valerie Tate, Josefa Vaughan “In Memory of Pilar Rubin”, The Vaughan Family Charitable Fund, Jenna Wolter “Presidio Hill School thanks ArtSeed for an amazing visit and experience on 3/27! Thank you, Josefa!”; For Rattanan “Aim” Wonghirundacha: Sara Faizan

Pro Bono/In-kind Donors: 

Core Volunteers: Patricia Aveni, Thomas Peter Graves, Adisa Sefic, Shaye Starkey

Youth Council: Willow L., Moselle M., Sasha M., Shoshana P., Josh S., William S.

Board of Directors: Edna Arterberry, William “Bill” Bicknell, Kevin Quan, Josefa Vaughan

Advisory Board: Charles Boone, Matthew Boriskin, Annette Brinton, Tony Grant, Sabine Gysens, Jeff Hastings, Marissa Kunz & Peter Mann, Bryant Lui, Arwen Vaughan, Ann Wettrich

Apprentices & Interns: Kaila A., Patricia Aveni, Karina K., Moselle M., Sasha M.

Core Veteran Participants: Daniel Evenhouse, Thomas Peter Graves, Thor Hansen, Brent Rowden, David Stokes, Janet Walker

Core Staff: Josefa Vaughan, Founder, Executive and Artistic Director, Lead Artist, Summer Intensive;

Teaching Artists & Guest Presenters

Partnerships: Tides Inc./Tides Converge, The Point Studios at Hunters Point Shipyard, California Lawyers for the Arts, Budding Artist Foundation, BATS Improv, Waypoint Wealth Partners, San Francisco Department of Veteran Affairs, LifeSpheres (formerly Ardicare Foundation), Think Round, Inc.