ANNUAL DONORS
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is privileged to list the following individual donors who have contributed $1,000 or more to the annual fund. Every donor is a valued partner in The Wallis’s efforts to bring dynamic performing arts and engaging education programs to our community. For any questions regarding your donations, or if you would like to make a gift to the annual fund, please call 424.284.4701.
The following list recognizes gifts to the annual fund received from May 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this listing. To report any omissions or inaccuracies, please call 424.284.4701.
PLATINUM ANGELS
$1,000,000 & ABOVE
Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation*•
SILVER ANGELS
$250,000 – $499,999
Terri and Jerry Kohl
Gregory Annenberg Weingarten and Regina Weingarten GRoW @ Annenberg*
DIAMOND CIRCLE
$100,000 – $249,999
Cathy and Mark Louchheim*
Sandra Barros Lowy and Peter Lowy*
Arline and Buddy Pepp
Koni and Geoffrey Rich
The Simms/Mann Family Foundation
Jonathan A. Victor*
PLATINUM CIRCLE
$50,000 – $99,999
Arnon Adar
Pamela and Dennis Beck*
David C. Bohnett
Scott Dunn and Robert Moray
Sakurako and William Fisher Family
Katharyn A. Gerlich
Halle and Oliver Hammond
Stacey and Donald Kivowitz*
Daphna Nazarian*
Michael and Meeghan Nemeroff*
Honorable Vicki Reynolds and Murray Pepper
Arnold and Anita Rosenstein
Eva and Marc Stern
Susan Strauss*
Stephanie and Leon Vahn*
May and Richard Ziman*
GOLD CIRCLE
$25,000 – $49,999
Anonymous
Ahsan Aijaz
Thomas Blumenthal*
Susanna and Jim Courier
Bruce Goldsmith
Laura Gordon
Cinny Kennard
Agnes Lew
Daniel Lewis and Valerie Dillon
Linda May and Jack Suzar
Gretchen Pace
Brenda R. Potter
Ruby Family Foundation
Carole Sasiela
Joan Selwyn and Marc Selwyn, Laura and Geoffrey Wyatt, in memory of Paul Selwyn
Stephanie and Howard Sherwood*
SILVER CIRCLE
$10,000 – $24,999
Martha and Barry Berkett
Alfred E. Mann Charities
Snehal Desai and Robert van Leer
Louise and Brad Edgerton
Judy O. and Robert T. Flesh
Honorable MeraLee Goldman
Morris and Shîla Hazan Charitable Fund
Thom and Vicki Melcher, in honor of Wallis Annenberg
Moshe and Helen Sassover
Jay and Deanie Stein
Seth Weingarten
DIRECTORS CIRCLE
$5,000 –$9,999
Miles Benickes and Kathleen Reiss
Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, in memory of Paul Selwyn
Heidi Burnett
Bonnie and Ronald Fein
Sonia and Robert Freedman
Tamara and David Lachoff
Anahita and Jim Lovelace
Laura Maslon
Gloria and Richard Pink
Karen Sulzberger and Eric Lax
Karen and Richard Wolfen
AMBASSADOR
$2,500 – $4,999
Minoo Behboody, in honor of Amir Behboody
Judy Briskin
Barbara Bruser
Judy Carroll
Jill and Allen Chozen
Chester Chuang and Sean Beougher
Dan Clivner
Marlyn Day
Mrs. Diane Deshong
Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald
Kiki Ramos Gindler and David Gindler
Kathy Speer and Terry Grossman
Vera and Paul Guerin
Eva Aaronson, in memory of Bucky Hazan
Dr. Ariella D. Herman
Lynn and Bruce Heymont
Susan Howard
Cathy and Bill Kirkpatrick
Coco Klinkenberg
Barbara and Joel Marcus
Ann S. Petersen
Melissa Rosenberg and Lev L. Spiro
Allan and Paula Rudnick
ENTHUSIAST
$1,000 – $2,499
Bernadette Abbruzze
Robert Anderson
Daniel Banchik and Michael Collins
Michael Carmen
Rhea Coskey
Eunice David
Anne Dougherty and David Dobrikin
Adrienne Forst
Bertrand and Benita Ginsberg
Howard Gleicher and Damon Chen
Lessing and Sandy Gold
Carolyn and Bernard Hamilton
Patricia Keating and Bruce Hayes
Freya and Mark Ivener
Joanne Kozberg
Stewart and Grace Krakover
Judi Lawenda and Ronald D. Rosen
Anita Lorber
Jeanne and Leonard Marks
Cynthia McGranahan and Lyle
Dawn Cookie Miller
Patricia and John Nickoll
Paul Rosen, in honor of Ron Rosen
Brandi Roth and Bruce Clemens
Ronald S. Smith
Anne-Marie Spataru
Jan and Edward Woods
• In Memorium
* Multi-year Commitment
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
Special thanks to our corporate, foundation, government, and in-kind supporters whose generosity helps sustain The Wallis’s operations.
$5,000,000 & ABOVE
Annenberg Foundation*
$1,000,000 – $4,999,999
GRoW @ Annenberg Gregory Annenberg Weingarten and Regina Weingarten*
$25,000+
Colburn Foundation
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
East West Bank
Farhang Foundation
Geary's
The Roy Cockrum Foundation
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
The Leon Lowenstein Foundation Inc.
Neiman Marcus
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
South Coast Plaza
UP TO $24,999
Actors' Equity Foundation, Inc
Beverly Hills Rotary Community Foundation
City of Beverly Hills
City National Bank
Friars Charitable Foundation
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
Johnny Carson Foundation
Los Angeles County Dept. of Arts and Culture
The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation
Total Wine & More
Walt Disney Company Charitable Giving (Matching)
360 Group International, Inc
The Wallis is grateful to the following supporters whose legacy gifts through their estate help ensure and enrich future programming and operations.
The following listing recognizes donors whose Legacy Gifts of $25,000 and above to The Wallis provide continuous longterm support.
The following list recognizes gifts received as of July 31, 2025. Every eff ort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this listing. However, we apologize for any inadvertent errors or omissions.
DIAMOND ANGELS
Luanne C. Wells•
PLATINUM ANGELS
Burton E. Green Fund•
Richard Rosenzweig and Judith Henning Trust•
Janet and Maxwell Hillary Salter•
GOLD ANGELS
Steven D. Cochran Memorial Fund•
The Peggy and Walter Grauman Fellowship in Classical Music•
Bram and Elaine Goldsmith Trust•
DIAMOND CIRCLE
David Martin Finkelstein Trust•
Paul Selwyn Memorial Fund•
GOLD CIRCLE
Anonymous
• In Memoriam
CORPORATE PARTNERS
We are proud to recognize the following corporations, whose partnership helps The Wallis continue to impact the Greater Los Angeles community.