We
would like to thank the following foundations, agencies, businesses
and individuals for helping River of Words to shine the light of literacy
and compassion on the world’s children. It is their support and
leadership that guides us in the work we do.
Foundations
and Government Support
Calvert
Investment
Center for Ecoliteracy
Compton Foundation
Greenville Foundation
Kern Family Foundation
Rose Foundation
Windfall Foundation
Kirkwood & Ellis Foundation
Open Circle Foundation art4environment.org
Gap Inc.
Civic Arts Commission City of Berkeley
Panta Rhea Foundation
Potrero Nuevo
San Francisco Foundation
Individual and Corporate Donors
Super
Novas ($9999 and up)
Marc Feldman, of PapaInk
Robert Hass
Terry Saracino
Margaret Schink
Paul Strasburg & Terry Saracino
Judith Stronach & Raymond Lifchez
Robin and Marsha Williams
Rays
of Sunlight ($5,000- $9,998)
Rebecca DiDomenico
Mary Parker
Samantha Sanderson
Jones & Stokes
Lightening
Flashes ($2,000- $4,999)
Alvin R. Barrett
Dick Crew
Anne Fitzgerald
Goto Media www.gotomedia.com
Cindy & Mike Kamm
Lauren Klein Hayes
John Thatcher Hurd
Jane Rogers and Michael Fischer
David and Julia York
Moon
Beams ($500- $1,999)
Amber Lotus Publishing
Larry Allen
Jonathan
Arms & Amy Dominguez-Arms
Penelope Cabot
Jennifer
Cleary
Carie De Ruiter anc Charles West
Marta Drury
Barbara B. Eastman
Michelle L. Edwards
Jessie & Barry Foster
Dennis and Sara Gronim
Betsy Henry
Pamela and Martin Krasney
Irene Linn
John Lyddon
Joe Malloy
Lynne Rappaport & Jon Frank
Jody and John Roberts
Margot Rubin and Jacqueline Charlesworth
Rober & Barbara Sanderson in honor of Samantha Sanderson
Mary Selkirk & Lee Balance
Susan and David Sibbet
Amy Thomas
Susan Swig Watkins
Zita and Jon Weil
Effie Westervelt
Fireflies
($250- $499)
Janet Adelman
Jessie Laurel Benjamin
Marty
Betts
Jack Block
John Briscoe
Margaret Cammack in honor of Samantha Sanderson
Carl Cole
Dennis Fisco
Jean Graustein
Barbara and Oakley Hall
Ruth Heller
Malcolm Margolin
William and Sally Moore
Brad Newsham
Susan North
Robert E. Russell, Jr.
Al Schwitalla
Laurie A. Wayburn
Andrew Weiner
Phil & Patricia Williams
Kimery Wiltshire
Betsy & Chris Wood
Glow
Worms ($40- $249)
Marcia and William Andrew
Armstrong
Paint
Kenny Ausubel
Barbara Baer
HM Baird & Dorothy Voorhis
Joan Baranow
Steven Barclay
Janice Barker
Karen A. Benke
John Blaustein
Heather Bloch
Professor Jack Block
Irene and Robert Blum
Robert E. Boone
Margaret Bowman
Theodore Braiman
Richard & Cheryl Brandon
Lucia & Joe Breault
Donna Brookman
Robert & Julie Buelteman
Wileta and Jim Burch
Mary Burns
Bettina Buschel
Michael Carabetta & Karen Smidth
Jack Chin
Russ Cohen
Computer Associates
Judyth Collin
David & Carla Crane
Katherine Carver
Suzanne Darley
Melinda Dart
Lucille Day
Basil De Pinto
Margaretha Derasary
Virginia Dobbins
Sally Dommerich
Douglas and Patricia Donaldson
Samuel & Debbi Dooley
Elinor Dowling
Ron Dulin
Richard Elefant & Diana Jacobs
Julie Ellison
Phyllis Faber
James Fadiman
Jessie Farrell
Susan Flynn
Cathy Fogel
Joan Fournier
Chris & Tim Frahm
Annette M. Franz
Walter J. Freeman
Naomi Freeman
Kate Friedman
Nicole Friend
Ligia Giese and David Kojan
Fred & Annette Gellert
J. Ruth Gendler
Mary Pat George
Elizabeth Goldman
Cathy and Steven Goldsmith
James & Ruth Gravanis
William Hack
Susan Halpern
Irene Harriet and Robert Blum
Margaret Handley & Leif Hass
Mark A. Handschy and Terri H. Vernon
Davida Hartman-Griffin
Lynn Hejinian
Marilyn Heilman
Jennifer and Adam Hersch
Linda Higham
Laura Hill
Ina Hillebrandt
Jimmye and Helen Hillman in honor of Robert Hass
G. Raymond Hodil, Jr.
James Hormel
Allan and Marion Hunt-Badiner
Susana L. Ives
Katherine Jordan
Ronna Kabatznick
Leah Kaizer & David Salk
Margaret Kaplan
Stephanie Kaza
Susan Keegin
Dorka Keehn
Belle Kevin
Kirkland and Ellis, LLP
Clea Kore
Clifford Knapp
Parker Krasney in honor of Samatha Sanderson
John Kuriawa
Thomas Lammers
Jean Lapez
Gary Lazar & Laurie Stern
Sarah Liu
Takashi Maeda
Mike and Harriet Maher
Linda Rose Maio
Clare Marcus
Trevis Markle
Marian T. Martinez
Alexandra McGee
Sylvia McLaughlin
Donald McQuade
Karen Meryash
Samuel and Mary D. Mills
Richard Misrach
Amy and Roldolfo Montero
Nick & Sloane Morgan
Donald and Ann Morrow
Patricia Mulvey
Robert and Carol Murphey
Michael Nash
Meryl Natchez
Terry Oden
Cindy and Dennis O'Keefe
Ellen Oliensis
Jack Ostofsky
Edward Pancoast
Robert & Ruth Paradise
Sharon Paquin
Anne Peterson
Willis K. Polite
Richard Ponzio
Richard Quartoroli
Sasha Rabin
Susan Riback
Katherine Roberts
Chandler and Eleanor Robbins
Nina Robinson
Margaret Rooker
Steven Rood
Lynne & Marty Rudolph in honor of Samantha Sanderson
Wayne D. Rutherford
Lynne McMahon Santos
Kristin and Paul Seeman
Beth Setrakian
Jill K. Schulte
Susie Schlesinger
Tamara Schwarz and Dan Rademacher
Jon Scieszka
Carol Lee Shanks
Harvey Shapiro
Evelyn Siegel
Marica and Murray Silverstein
Gail Simpson
Harriet Simpson
Jean B. Siri
Georgia Skyes
Harvey Smith
Carol Snow
Martin and Evelyn Siegel in memory of Judith Stronach
Susan Stone
Richard Taylor & Tracy Grubbs
Adam & Janice Thacer
Mary Tischler
Gregory Van Liew
Peter Vorster
Sarita Waite
Betty Ann Webster
Deborah Wells
Urban G. Whitaker
Susan Willman & Patrick O'Brien
Robert Wise
Jonathan and Susan Wittwer
Walter Wright
Kristie L. Yeckel
Jennifer York & Joe Ruffatto
Flint
Sparks
Lisa
Alonso
Susan Lamb Bean
Richard Beidleman
Janet Cobb
Theresa Cohen
Lucille Day
Suzanne D’Coney
Arthur and Diane Dion
Rene DiRosa
Jean Doran
Robert Faber
Florelyn Fine
Megan Gavin
Kamran Golriz & Jacqueline Elbing-Omania
Evelyn Gottlieb
Susan Gottlieb
Ruth C. Hadlock
Paul Hammes
Keh Ming Hsueh
Xiao Hu
Jon and Denise Hughes
Sarah Lamstein
Joan Latta
Rebecca Lawton
C. Le
Lenore Letterman
Betty Levin
Henry Little
Jean Lomino
Laurina Lyle
Arthur Mansbach
Karen Maryash
James D. McCavitt
Christian McEwen
Sue Morgan
Liz Muller
Laura Shaw Murra
Dirk Neyhart
Janice Oakley
Patricia B. Olsen
Wendy Osborne
Jack Ostrofsky
Laura Paradise
Katherine Rose
Linda Rosen
Judith Rymer
Susan Santone
Patricia Scanian
Jill K. Schulte
Georgia Skyes
Kim Stokely
Tim Sullivan
Barbara Tandy
Lisa Ann Vanderfin
Kjersten Walker
Charles and Judith Walsh
Thom Ward
Robin Webster
Jonathan and Marriane Williams
Mathew Wong
Sylvia Yee & Brian McCaffrey
Shafia Zaloom
In-Kind
Donors & Volunteers
Starlights
Amsterdam Art
Jill Perlstein, American Booksellers Association
Robert Boone & Josh Ungar, Anacostia Watershed Society
Jonna Anderson
Kjersten Walker, Berkeley Outlet
Glen Billy
Susan Brooks
John Cassidy and KLUTZ publications
Kathleen Goodwin & Richard Blair, Color & Light Studios
Copy Express
The Framer’s Workshop
GE Real Estate
Aleta George
Beth Goldman,Suzanne Marcus, Todd Adler and Brian Smith, John Wilson
and Kim Moore of Heller Ehrman
Heyday Books
Andy Hilliard
Kimpton Group of Boutique Hotels
John Cole, Pat White, Anne Boni, Maurveen Williams,The Library of
Congress Center for the Book
The Lazy Girls
Ed Lui
Dan McIlhenny
John McShane
Frank McGrath
Sachiko Nagai Kabori
David Rinehart, web developer
Joe Ruffatto
Southwest Airlines
Lee Stimmel
Barbara Vanderborght and Arden Wong, San Francisco Public Library
Bill Evenson, Senstar-Stellar Systems
The BlowUp Lab
Tara Thomas
Arun
Tok, Skipping Stones
Jim Tyler
University of California, Berkeley
Chris Wahlberg, photographer
Crystal Geyser
Fetzer Vinyards
West Coast Print Center
D. Potter
