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FOUNDING DONORS

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOUNDING DONORS
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is forever grateful to its Capital Campaign Founding Donors whose vision and leadership turned a dream into reality.

ENDOWMENT
The Wallis is indebted to these Founding Endowment Donors whose generosity and foresight will help sustain and enrich future programming and operations:

Burton E. Green Fund
Janet
 Maxwell Hillary Salter

$5,000,000 AND ABOVE
Wallis Annenberg / Annenberg Foundation
City of Beverly Hills
Elaine and Bram Goldsmith Family Foundation
Paula Kent Meehan
Gregory and Regina Annenberg Weingarten

$1,000,000 – $4,999,999

The Ahmanson Foundation
David Bohnett Foundation
Burton Green Fund
Betty and Fred J. Hayman
Lauren B. Leichtman &
Arthur E. Levine Family Foundation
Jonathan Bell Lovelace Family
Janine and Peter Lowy / Westfield
Zoltan E. Pali and Judit Meda Fekete-Pali
Jim and Eleanor Randall Family Foundation
Eva and Marc Stern
Jamie and Steve Tisch and Family
Lew and Edie Wasserman
The Wasserman Foundation
Luanne C. Wells

$500,000 – $999,999
Judy and Bernard Briskin
Louchheim and Marks Families
Hon. Vicki Reynolds and Murray Pepper
Arnold and Anita Rosenstein Family Foundation
Mark Siegel Family Foundation

$100,000 – $499,999

Brenda and Alan Abramson
Elgart Aster and Paul Swerdlove
John, Cathi and Alexandra Bendheim
Lynn and Les Bider Family Foundation
Joyce and Stanley Black Family Foundation
Hon. Lili and Jon Bosse and Family
Joyce Klein and Gerald Breslauer
Maynard and Linda Brittan and Family
Dottie and Marvin Chanin and Family
Steven Cochran and Dan Clivner
Cotton Incorporated
Krishna and Robert Daly, Jr.
Eunice and Hal David
Robert Day
Dorskind Family
The Suzanne M. Dorskind Trust
Phyllis and Donald Epstein
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
The Feintech Family
Esther M. Baird and Stanley R. Fimberg
Beth and Rodney Freeman
Friars Charitable Foundation
Helene V. Galen
Hon. Donna Ellman Garber
Gearys Beverly Hills
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich
The Getty Foundation
MeraLee Goldman
Steven C. Gordon Family Foundation
Grosvenor Family
In Memory of Dixon R. Harwin
Ambassador and Mrs. Glen Holden
Joan and John F. Hotchkis
Lee and Harold Kapelovitz
Donanne and Ali Kasikci
W.M. Keck Foundation
Barbara and Fred Kort Foundation
Renee and Aaron Kumetz
Leon Lowenstein Family Foundation /
John Bendheim Family
Virginia and Francis Maas
Lois and Jerry Magnin
E. Mahie and Daryoush Mahboubi-Fardi
B.N. Maltz Foundation
Emilia Pirro and Dr. Mark Mandel
Montage Beverly Hills
Neiman Marcus
Jane and Marc Nathanson
Pouran and Parviz Nazarian
Joan and Fred Nicholas
Patricia and John Nickoll
Arline and Buddy Pepp
Sumner M. Redstone Charitable Foundation
Ronald D. Rosen and Judith Lawenda
Jaclyn Barde Rosenberg
Judy Henning and Richard Rosenzweig
Ruby Family Foundation / Wendy and Ken Ruby
Tawny and Jerry Sanders
Corrine and Lenny Sands Family Foundation
Debbie and Sunny Sassoon
Lynne and Barry Scholer
Selwyn Family
Jane and Terry Semel
Richard Shapiro
Stephanie and Howard Sherwood
Anita and Robert Silverstein
The Simms / Mann Family Foundation
Susan and Peter Strauss
Linda May and Jack Suzar
Stephanie, Leon and Jason Vahn
Van Cleef & Arpels
Kerry and Simone Vickar Family Foundation
Tobey and Jonathan Victor
Sylvia Weisz
Wells Fargo
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky
Pourandokht O. Zarnegin and Family
Sigi and Marilyn Ziering and Family
Zilber Family
Anonymous (2)

$50,000 – $99,999

Capital Research and Management
The Carroll Family / Judy, Lexy and John
Carol Sheinkopf Goldsmith
Hawthorn, PNC Foundation
Lee Iacocca
The Iacocca Family Foundation
Debra Schoenfeld Kasirer and Robert Kasirer
Lynn and Norman Lear
Steven, Bertram and Camilla Marcus
The Stephen Philibosian Foundation
Sandra and Lawrence Post
The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation
Sue Tsao

​​​​​​​$25,000 – $49,999

Laura and Harvey Alpert
Ambassador Frank and Kathy Baxter
Allison and Larry Berg
James Edward Blakeley III
Marsha and Martin Brander
In Memory of Jack Colker
The Sirpuhe and John Conte Foundation
Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer
Governor Gray Davis and Sharon Davis
Anne and Kirk Douglas
Honorable David Dreier
Joseph Drown Foundation
Entertainment Industry Foundation
Mimi Alpert Feldman
Hon. Frank and Judie Fenton
Susan and David Finkelman
Gemini G.E.L.
Gloria Lushing and Arnold L. Gilberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Rochelle and Dr. Eli Ginsburg
Sharon and Herb Glaser
Sandra and Lessing Gold
Janice and Robert Goldman
Steve Gordon
Marcy and Edgar F. Gross
Lonnie Levi Israel
Linda and Jerry Janger
Laurie and Lyn Konheim
Sandra Krause /
The Maurice L. Strauss Foundation
Anita and Burton Levinson
Karen and Walter Loewenstern
Joan and William Lopatin
Nancy and Howard Marks
Matt Construction
Mercedes-Benz of Beverly Hills
Rio and Frank Morse
Ilene and Jeff Nathan
Cindy and Ken Norian
Sandy and Barry D. Pressman, M.D.
Wolfgang Puck
Joelle and Jack Rimokh
Annette, Marc and Anton Saleh
Michal and Ken Salkin
Renee and Bob Schnell
Cheryl and Michael Schwab
The Segel Family
Larraine and Clive Segil
Annette and Leonard Shapiro
Jacqueline Applebaum Sheanin and
Stephen Sheanin
Marcia and Mark J. Smith
Roger and Angelle Grace Wacker
Vicki and Raul Walters
Karen and Rick Wolfen
May and Richard Ziman