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OUR DONORS
Litquake is grateful for the continuing support from the Bay Area’s vibrant community of writers, readers, and fans of the written word.
Donors listed below have given from August 28, 2025 to date.
MUSE
$20,000+
Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler
Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson
The Rock Foundation/Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock
Camilla and George Smith
LITERARY ANGEL
$10,000–$19,999
Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman
Joanne Whitney
BENEFACTOR
$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous
Margaret Carlson Lynch
Craig Newmark
Reed Schmidt
Peg Stevenson and Karen Topakian
PILLAR
$2,500–$4,999
Jared Bhatti
Nancy Calef and Jody Weiner
Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne
Frances Hellman and Warren Breslau
James Kass
Julius and Eleanor Kass Family Fund
PATRON
$1,000–$2,499
Anonymous x3
Maryann and Alex Amado
Shannon Atlas
Judith Ann Bernhard & Byron Spooner
Nancy Chirinos
Evette Davis
Patricia and Richard Gibbs
Diana Kapp
Warren Kruger
Ana McCracken
Susan Moldaw and Robert Stallings
Caroline Paul
Lisa Poulson
Gregory Sarris
Emily Sellers
Tracy Stampfli
Frances Stroh
Barbara and Charlie Winton
James Wright
VISIONARY
$500–$999
Anonymous x2
Betsy Aubrey and Steve Lichtenberg
Joachim Bechtle and Hannah Herzog
Julia Cope
Tracy Freedman
Jordan Gill
Michelle Jeffers
Ruth Kaminer
Nancy Klehr
Alissa Lee
Jacqueline Luckett
Jason Molenda
Janis Newman
Kathleen and Charles Piehl
D.A. Powell
Danielle Roberts
Marcia Schneider
Terrence Tierney
Margaret Wagner
ICON
$250–$499
Anonymous
Vickie Bowen
Pia Chatterjee
Sally Durgan
Clark Freshman
Anton Gill
Pia Hinckle
Mady Jones
Amy Kaminer
Mike Kappus
Barbara Kivowitz and Richard Weissberg
Janine and Matt Kovac
Debby Krant and Tamim Ansary
Surashree Kulkarni
Matt Lee
Deborah Marcus
Susan Mattmann
Maryanne McGlothlin
Jesus Mora
Beatrice Motamedi
Tina Myers and Benjamin Thompson
Debra Newman
Norah Piehl and Justin Hardy
Natacha Ruck
Julia Flynn Siler and Charlie Siler
Hans Jorg Stahlschmidt
Linda Wang
Robert Weiner
Eric Windmill
LUMINARY
$150–$249
Anonymous x3
Poppy Alexander
Luis Herrera
Emma Jin
Sheri T. Joseph
Liz and Gabe Kind
Marianne Lonsdale
Katherine Maslyn
Tam Putnam
Priscilla Rich
Rachel Richardson and David
Roderick
Dana and Mike Serleth
Jen Siraganian
Amal and Rick Smith
Olga Zilberbourg
CONTRIBUTOR
$100–$149
Anonymous x6
Sigfrid Anderson-Kwun and
Michael Kwun
Melissa Boucher
Diane Carr
Andi Chatburn
Pamela Corson
Susan Detwiler
William Donahoe
Angela Gascho
Gravity Goldberg
Lauren Howard
Sheri T. Joseph
Jenna Kade
Mimi and Lee Kravetz
Stephanie Lee
Melissa Livanos
Sue McGarry
Moira McNamara
Larry Miller
Anne Newman
Ellen and David Newman
Rajal Nivargi
Christina Pappas
Bridget Quinn
Alice Rogers
Julie Russell
Heather Shane
Philip Shecter
Geri Spieler
Cameron Tuttle
Ariel Weiss
Linda Williams
BOOSTER
$50–$99
Anonymous
Shelley Allen
Joni Anderson
Deepa Arora
Kim Bender
Jack Boulware
Mark Brunst
Carole Bumpus
Felipe Chacon
Balakrishna Chennupati
Sydney Clifton
Mark Eisner
Anita Engles
Karen Erickson
Grant Faulkner
Doug Faunt
Zoe Francis
Lucy Friedland
Annie Gardiner
Sara Goetz
Rhyena Halpern
Eliet Henderson
Ashley Honeysett
Lila Lahood
Kiko Lenio
Bruno Costa Lewicki
Dale Martin
David Millard
Crystal Nwaneri
Russ Osterman
Tim Peek
Wendy Rolon
Jann Ronis
Benjamin Russack
Suzanne Samuel
Kathy Scott
Judith Small
Charles Smith
Kevin Stamps
Jeremy Stone
Judy Vasos
Brooke Warner
Meredith White
Sharon Wilson
Maw Shein Win
Joanne Winter
Tina Yannazzo
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