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Abilities United is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization funded through a combination of public and private support including California Department of Rehabilitation, the Regional Centers, City of Palo Alto, City of Sunnyvale, fundraising events, and gifts from individuals, foundations, and corporations.

83% of our annual budget goes to direct services. You can view our most recent 990 or request our final audited financial statements prepared by Berger/Lewis Accountancy Corporation.

Our local community is critical to the health of our organization and to the well being of the people we serve. We are grateful for the generous support of thousands of individuals and organizations that have invested in the individuals at Abilities United in FY 2010/2011.

Visionaries Benefactors Leaders Achievers Investors Sustainers Supporters Memorials Honorariums Corporations/Foundations/Civic Caring Circle Members

* indicates member of the
Abilities United Caring Circle
+ indicates donor for 10 -19 years
++ indicates donor for 20+ years

Visionaries+

Geri Hadley and Ron Coté ++
Anonymous *
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Benefactors

Dorothy and Raymond Kelley
Terry Kelley
Adam and Rachel Stenn Paley +
Anonymous * ++
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Leaders

Nasrallah and Eqbal Behbehani
Jody Buckley & Mark Horowitz +
Mike and Beth Connor *++
Ryan Day *
Ellen and Thomas Ehrlich *+
Martha and William Ford
Jennifer Foster & Samuel Zucker
Laurie and James Jarrett *++
John Kriewall and Betsy Haehl
Melinda and Stan Parry *+
Bud Rubin *+
Carol and Mike Shealy
Irving Stenn, Jr.+
Elizabeth Wolf *+
Anonymous *
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Achievers

Carrie Anderson
Wendy and Bader Behbehani
Jim and Wileta Burch
Mary and Stan Doten *+
Nancy Drapkin +
Professor Charles T. Horngren *+
Leannah Hunt ++
Philip Letts +
Sue and Richard Levy +
Elizabeth and Mark Moragne *+
Antje and Paul Newhagen
Eleanor and John Sullivan
James and Dana Tananbaum
Patty and Jim White *+
Bill and Brenda Younger
Anonymous +
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Investors

Judith Adams
Gil and Kim Ahrens
Jeanne and Mike Althouse
Mary Anderson and Sal Gutierrez
Susie and Doug Barton
Georgia Bennicas
Carolyn and Richard Brennan *+
Kelly and Sam Bronfman
Michele and Steven Brown
Wallace and Tom Brunner
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Buhl
Debbie and Jeff Byron *+
Gerald Carter
Imogene & Frederick Chancellor +
Aron and Mari Chazen
Chizen Family Foundation
Breanne and Mark Colella
Tom and Neva Cotter +
Alden and Ann Danner
Anne Dauer +
Dwight Diercks
Beverly Donohue
Thomas F. Dunlop
Richard and Erin Dvorak +
Rosemary and Alain Enthoven *++
Esther Fan and Richard Twoy
James McClelland and
Heidi Feldman, M.D.
Geraldine Flanagan-Weir +
Julie Fouquet and George Zdasiuk
Ledger and Dottie Free +
Henry and Phyllis Gauthier +
Dianne Giancarlo
Lynn and Jim Gibbons ++
John and Cynthia Gunn
Susan and Harry Hartzell, Jr. *++
David and Alice Herbst +
Toni and Michael Heren +
Stacey Keare and John Hodge
Darel and Janine Hodgson+
Jen Hsun and Lori Huang
Patty Irish *
Cynthia Jamplis
Ginger and Ted Jenkins
Ellen and Bob Jones
Sarah and Clay Jones
Kathleen Justice-Moore and Steven Moore
Jere King
Drs. Hal and Iris Korol
Carolyn Krizek-Mahoney
Gigi Kubursi
Terry Lachenbruch *
Evelyn Langenwalter
Susan and Ronald Lehman, II
Jean and Ian Link
Chris and Dan Logan *
Chris and Melody Malachowsky
Jean and Dennis McCoy
Laureston & Barbara McLellan ++
Jim Meikrantz and Carol Whiteley
Karen Moore and Peter Watkins
Mrs. Albert Moorman ++
Elaine B. Morshead
Richard and Carol Doup Muller
Reni and Shantanu Narayen
Betty & Donald Ostrus, DDS *++
Gerhard Parker
Polly and Hank Parker *+
Jane M. Paulson *
Fabian Pease
Mr. and Mrs. James Peters
Mary Radu and Richard Auger +
Betty and Andris Ramans +
Gina and Michael Rayfield *+
Joan and Allan Rayfield
Bill Reller *+
Judith and David Richardson ++
David Ritson
Robin Robinson and
Carolyn Caddes* +
Roy and Ruth Rogers +
Barbara and Michael Ruder +
Monetta and Cary Salsberg +
Rachel and Simon Segars
Carol McIntosh & Larry Seiders *+
Leonard Shustek and Donna Dubinsky +
Bob and Allene Sieling
The Sinha Family
Elaine Sitterson and Ben Roschke
Ellen and Dennis Smith
Phil and BJ Sorensen ++
Joe and Christine Stafford *+
Art and Peggy Stauffer
Lynda Steele *+
Maddy and Isaac Stein *+
Joy Swift
Colleen and Geoff Tate
Clinton Tobias +
Mitch and Daren Tuchman +
Ellen and Mike Turbow *++
Susan and Sanjay Vaswani
Anne Vitullo and Jonathan Poe
Beth and Kurt von Emster *+
Kim and Sam Webster
Mary and James Weersing ++
John F. Weigen, MD*++
Mary Rosalia & James Whitehead
Terry & Carol Hutner Winograd +
Lawrence and Wanda Wong
Jack and Ruth Woodruff
Vickie and Larry Yamaoka

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Sustainers

Robin and Mike Abrams
M. H. Aung, M.D. +
Penelope and Patrick Barrett ++
Karen Bartholomew
Ann and Peter Bjorklund +
Paula and Joel Blank
Shirley K. Bob
Diana and Barry Bryan
Elinor R. Burns +
Patricia Campbell ++
May Chen
Linda and Ray Chin *
Claudia Claussen
Cindy and Jay Cohan
Claudia and Bill Coleman, III
Kevin Compton
Gary and Sue Conway ++
Gordon S. Covell, Jr.
Hank V. Cox
James Cox
John and Mary Dahlquist ++
Gordon & Carolyn Davidson ++
John Davies
Rick Dill, Ph.D.
Cynthia and Dennis Dillon +
Janice and James Dingler
Jay Dore
Margaret Dorfman +
Persis Drell
Gwyn and John Dukes
Edma Dumanian
Linda and Jerry Elkind +
Jeff and Edith Fisher
Ann and Alan Fleishman
Jeri Foley *++
Eileen and Alvaro Freyre
Carol C. and Joel P.
Friedman, M.D. *++
Shriraj and Chetna Gaglani
Corinne and Manuel Galvez
Paula Gani and Hanley Chew
Mary and David Goodman *++
Michele and Michael Greenfield, M.D.
Janet and Wylie Greig
Ron Haak
Carolyn and Kelly Hafner
Sara and Mike Hammond +
Doris and Birt Harvey
Eleanor and Bruce Heister
Mary Hiland, Ph.D.
Jack Hubbard
Susan and Joel Hyatt
Eva and Ravi Jacob
Mark Jensen +
Marilyn Jones
Kristin and Peter Kerman
Edwin and Elisa Khodabakchian
Linda Kilburn & Bruce Peterson
James Marks & Patricia Kinney ++
Milt and Frances Klein *+
Mary Kneip
Janice and Albert Kogura +
Dana and Aaron Kramer
Cate and Joseph Krensavage
Laura and Gary Lauder +
Michael Laursen
Dorothy Lazier +
Carol Leynse
Dale Liebes
J. P. Marks
David F. Martin +
Juanita Mast and Jeanne Durnford *+
Molly McKenna
Billy McNair
Brian and Sally Mickel
Ed Miner
Nancy Mueller
Tami and Timothy Mulcahy *++
Leslie and Douglas Murphy-Chutorian
Valerie Newman +
Joan and Herb Pereyra
Dilbert Pickles
Margery & William Quackenbush +
Ann Rando
Michael & Paula Rantz Foundation
Susan Richardson
Joe and Linda Roark ++
Barbara & Andrew Rosenberg +
Francine and Stephen Ruvolo
Jane and Larry Solomon
Martina Sourada & Ryan Cheung
Una Stephens-Hardy +
Judy Tam
Leta and Allen Vogel
Jessica and David Weil
Kurt and Kimberly Wheeler
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Whitten
Jackie Whittier Kubicka
Jennifer and Bill Youstra
Lida and Alejandro Zaffaroni

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Supporters

Diana Adle
Mary Ellen Akers
Kristin and Ken Allen
Judy and Doug Armstrong
Daniel Arovas
Douglas and Barbara Ayer
Alex Barkas
Gwendolyn Barry +
Ellen and Tom Barton
Stuart and Louise Beattie +
Anne and David Bernstein
John and Lu Bingham ++
Mary and Philip Bobel
Katrin Boeke-Purkis
Liz Bowman +
David Brinkley
Mary Ann Carmack, M.D. and
Rodney L. Derbyshire
Robert and Honora Carson
Nicolo Cartiglia
Susan and Jeffrey Cashen
Park and Joan Chamberlain
Pramod Chetty
Ka Man Louise Cheung
Nancy and William Cohen +
Laura Corbett
Anne-Ly Crump-Garay, D.D.S.
Dave and Judi Damrosch
Jean and Dexter Dawes +
Bunny Dawson+
Sue and James De Long
Gunderson Dettmer
Christina R. Dickerson
Kimberly and Dirk Diefendorf
Rick Doe
Carrie Drake *
Shirley and Wiliam Dvorak +
Lora Eichner and Frank Dominguez
Patricia Einarson and Matt Cuson
Gil Ellenberger
Jean Elliott
The Leonard Ely Family +
Sally and Craig Falkenhagen +
Kimberley and Timothy Farrar
Cynthia and William Floyd ++
Flo Foley
Theresa M. Frank, D.D.S. +
Chris Freckmann
Judy and Monty Frost +
Linda Gass
Patricia Gebhart
Neil Gehrels
Betsy Gifford *+
Dick and Kathy Gillam
Martha Girdlestone
Nancy and Rick Goldcamp
Christian Graber
Anne and Kenneth Graham
Joan and Bob Grant
Marion and Robert Grimm
Alexander Haedrich
Susan and Michael Hahn *
Tom and Peg Hanks
Jutta and Peter Hempel +
Tracy and Maie Herrick
Susan and Chris Hoebich +
Betsy and Stephen Holquist
James and Joi Horowitz
Nathaniel Houle
John and Sue Howe ++
Doug Huestis
David Hurwitz
Trish and Tim Jemison *
Sara and Ricardo Jenez
Paula Jones
Marya Keeth-Stronck and William Stronck
Kathleen and John Kelly
Dr. Stanley Schrier and Ms.
Barbara Klein
Brandon and Angie Knitter
Tracy Koon
Kevin Kranzusch
Poornima and Arun Kumar
David W. Lang +
Diann and Bob Lawson
Kyu and Young Lee
Ginger and Doug Levick, III ++
Doris Lin
Janet Littlefield +
Jane Mangold +
Louis Martin, Jr.
Jim Mathrusse
Daniele Levy and Christopher Maxcy
Mary and Walt McCullough
Dixie McDaniel
Ann McGuire-Nguyen and Duc Nguyen
Heidi and Forrest McHugh Pendleton
Sam and Joann Meredith
Luisa and George Miller +
Steve and Jo Mitchell
Phyllis Moldaw
Sue Monjauze *+
Anne and Philip Murphy
Arabella and George Napier
Merrill and Lee Newman *+
Matilda Nieri
Louise E. Noble and Jack A. Lutzow +
Elizabeth & Chris Nordlinger
Peggy and Boyce Nute +
Drs. Rhoda and Stephen Nutik
Amanda Oakson
Kim and Gary Palmer
Nancy and Bill Parker *++
Tina Patel and Bill Leschensky
May and Boyd Paulson, Sr.
Judy Paulson
Erica and Rich Pelavin
Talia and Edgar Pierluissi
Bob and Betsy Plaschke
Ann and William Poulson *++
Ken Prodger
Rhonda Racine
Anne and Christopher Ream +
John Recker
Gordon Reetz and Susan Lee
Gayle and Hank Riggs
Adrienne and Bryan Roberts
Sarah Rosendahl
Nancy and Norman Rossen +
Eileen Ruder & Rob Robinson
Mary Ann Russo and Jim Fenlon +
John and Diane Savage
Jeanne and Walter Sedgwick
Patrice and Jerry Sera
Kwong-Yuen Seung
Ron Meckler and Bella Shapero
Ellen Shay and Ted Selker
Dr. David Shaywitz and
Diana Brainard
Lok Sheung
John Skarpelos
Peter Skarpelos
John Slafsky and Amy Rosenberg
Edie and Christopher Smith
Stephen and Paula Smith
Chuck and Gerry Stees
Ralph and Sue Stern
Jenny and Thomas Stone
Susan Swezey ++
Gerald Swiss
Diane and R. Scott Tavenner
Susan and Carl Thomsen +
Sharon Traeger
Margie and Michael Tucker
Sherwyn Turbow
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Turk ++
Windy and Ryan Twelves
Karl G. Untch ++
Marian and Jeffrey Urman +
Kathy and Ron Vandenberg
Linda and Joe Vargas +
Linda and Perry Vartanian, Jr.
Mara and Rick Wallace
Diane Wexler and Bruce Beron
Marilyn C. Wiebenson +
Howard and Kat Wolf +
Lansing and Kingsley Wood
Thomas B. Wylegala +
Prema Wylie
Ann and Geoff Ziman
James and Lisa Zuegel +

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Corporations, Foundations and Civic Organizations

5th Quarter
7-11 Store #14248
Adobe Systems Inc.
Alliance Bernstein
American Century Companies Foundation
American Express
Angel’s Bridal
Arthritis Foundation
Batteries N Bulbs
Blackstone Discover
Blue Oak Foundation *
Books Inc.
Borel Private Bank
Bothin Foundation
Cafe Zoe
Cameron Veterinary Hospital
Camino Pharmacy
Caspari
Charitable Auto Resources Inc.
Charles Schwab
Charlie’s Cheesecake Works
Chef Chu’s
Cisco Systems Foundation
City of Palo Alto, Allocation Department
City of Sunnyvale
Colella Family Charitable Fund
Congregation Beth Am
Congregation Kol Emeth
Corporate Inn
County of Santa Clara
Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Dudley-Vehmeyer-Brown Memorial Foundation ++
eBay Foundation
EDesignC
Endue Foundation
First Congregational Church of Palo Alto +
First Republic Bank
Flora Family Foundation
Ford Land Company, LLC
Ford Motor Company
Foundation For Global Community
Franklin Templeton Investments
GE Foundation
Golf Club at Boulder Ridge
Google
Great American Framing Co.
Grocery Outlet
Haddock Stanton Foundation
Hedco Foundation
Heffernan Group Foundation
Hewlett-Packard Foundation
Holiday Inn San Jose
Home Consignment Center Los Altos
Hopkins & Carley Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts
Intero Real Estate Foundation
Intersect Ent, Inc.
Intuit Foundation
iSEC
John & Alice Kataoka Trust *++
Johnson & Johnson
Jose Torres L. D. Latin Club Bar, Inc.
Kiwanis Club of Los Altos
Kiwanis Club of Mountain View +
Knights of Columbus #2677 +
La Sonorense Bakery
Ladera Travel
Leslie Family Foundation
Levitan Logistics
Lions Club of Palo Alto ++
LiveOps
Los Gatos Birdwatcher
Louis & Helen Padnos Foundation
Mabel E. Brown Family Trust
Macy’s California Inc.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Marine Science Institute
MarketRiders
Estate of Martha W. Thompson *+
MassMutual
McAlister’s Service Center
Microsoft +
Mike’s Cafe
Milagro Foundation
Milk Pail Market
Montreux Venture Management
Morrison & Foerster Foundation +
Movie Groove
National Semiconductor
Network Appliance, Inc.
NVIDIA
Occasions, etc.
Optical Associates, Inc.
Oracle +
Palo Alto Community Fund
Palo Alto Firefighter Charitable Fund
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Palo Alto Menlo Park Mothers Club
Palo Alto Weekly
Palo Alto Women’s Golf Club
Pan African City Alive!
Pfizer Foundation
Polycom, Inc.
Private Bank of the Peninsula
Public Welfare Foundation *+
Qualcomm
Sally Rathman Kadifa and Abdo George Kadifa
The Rathmann Family Foundation +
Recurrent Technologies, Inc.
Redwood City Clock and Watch Repair
Risk Management Solutions, Inc,
Rotary Club of Los Altos
Rotary Club of Palo Alto
Safeway Foundation
San Jose Mercury News +
San Mateo Credit Union
Sand Hill Foundation
SanDisk Foundation
Sapient Corporation
SaveMart Supermarkets
Silicon Valley Business Journal
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Silicon Valley Realtors Charitable Foundation
Sobrato Family Foundation
Sprinkles Cupcakes
SRI International +
Stacks
Starlite Storage
Stella B. Gross Charitable Trust
Sunnyvale Cafe
Supreme Court Health and Racket Club
Tarragon
The Amgen Foundation
Theravance, Inc.
TOSA Foundation *
Tyco Employee
United Way Silicon Valley +
USAgain, LLC
Valle Sol Restaurant & Bar
Verisign
Verisk
Webcor Builders
Wells Fargo/Wachovia Foundation +
Wendell Family Foundation
William and Lisa Ford Foundation
WSGR (Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati) Foundation
Women’s Club of Palo Alto
Wooden Horse
Woodside Atherton Garden Club
Yum Yum Tree
Zoove
Anonymous

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Memorial gifts were received for

Allen Akers
Sybil Anderson
Jose Andrade
Mary Arena
Don Arries
James M. Balassi
Bo Rachel Bennett
Clark K. Benson
William A. Blankenbehler
Robert Bonnici
John and Marion Bracken
Collen Brooks
Richard L. Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chen
Mrs. Lily Chua
Doris Claussen
Harry Coblentz
Laverne Eshia
Grace M. Foley
Stephen Fong
Brian Frostman
Sue Gerard
Roy Glauz
Verena Golick
Sara Lee Gordon
David Hahn
Frank and Celine Halet
Peter J. Hampel
Bill Hardy
Sharri J.
Bob Jones
Byron Blondie Joslin
Tuneyoshi Kamae
Mrs. Toyomi Kitsuwa
Elizabeth C. Knofloch
Christian Koch
Steve Liebes
Mary MacLean
Mia Mammen
Renato G. Martinez
Hugh McLinden
Jimmy Montgomery
Isabel Mulcahy
James Pappas
Boyd C. Paulson, Jr.
James T. Perry
Peter Phillips
Bill Poulson
William Sidney Poulson
Don Quackenbush
Priya Sadrozinski
Ralph Scheer
Donald Lee Schulz
Donald Schulz
Corinne Schwander
Doc Sencenbaugh
Robert J. Smith
Roy Stark
Martha W. Thompson
Becky Tipton
Katherine Van Leer
Shushan Varda
Cecilia Vargas
Gloria Vargas
Esther Weston
Frank and Robin Yung

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Honorarium gifts were received for

Michael Aguilar
Isaac and Ethan Altamirano
Shelle Alvord
Aiden Aronson
Gwen Barry
Alex Behbehani
Shirley Bob
Carolyn and Richard Brennan
Jody Buckley
The Carver Family
Harry Coblentz
Ron Coté and Geri Hadley
Kathleen Craig
Jeremy and Andi Dehne
Denise Carbon
Mary Doten
Kim Dvorak
Ellen and Tom Ehrlich
Malrin Flamer
Alan Fleishman
Bailey Freckmann
Ivan Gendzel
Alexandra Greenfield
Ariele Greenfield
William Harris
Harry and Susan Hartzell
David Herbst
Toni Heren
Marisol Hernandez and Family
Patty Irish
Setsu Ishiyama
James W. Jarrett
Tracey Jarrett
Julia Jemison
Claire Jensenrose
Ellen Jones
Irene Joslin
Chris Kenrick
Jere King
Vicki Kojola
Benjamin Kramer
Lisa Krogh
Elias Kunnes
Jimmy Leary and crew
Daniele Levy and Christopher Maxcy
Chris Logan
Nicole Mans
Dashiell Meier
Michael Merriam
Kirk Miller
Karen Moore
Jane Paulson
Patti Plummer
Charlotte Rayfield
Gina Rayfield
Jacques Rivet
Anthe Roberts
Robin Robinson
Ryan Russ-Navarro
Juliette Rypinski
Priya Sadrozinski
Joseph Salameda
Sophia Sanchez
Mark Schulz
Ben Roschke and Elaine Sitterson
Ellen Smith
Lynda Steele
Jenny and Thomas Stone
Rachel Stone and Alan Hakimi
Martha W. Thompson
Sandi Thompson
Shari Tobias
Eryn Trumbull
Ellen and Michael Turbow
Elizabeth and Charles Turk
Robin Turk
Patrick Tweedie
Amber Twelves
Cynthia Van Zoeren
Mikhail Varghese
Anne Vitullo
Sandi Wade
Diane Warren
Amy White & Family
Carol Winograd
Elizabeth B. Wolf
Hans and Elizabeth Wolf
Betty Wright
Haru Yamori-Little
Jason Yeh

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Caring Circle Members

Florence E. Armstrong
Anne N. Baldwin
Blue Oak Foundation
Carolyn and Richard Brennan
Debbie and Jeff Byron
Moses and Allyson Cesario
Linda and Ray Chin
Michael and Beth Connor
Marla J. de Broekert
Ryan Day
Mary and Stan Doten
Carrie Drake
Ellen and Thomas Ehrlich
Linda and John L. Elman, J.D., CLU
Leonard and Shirley Ely, Jr.
Rosemary and Alain Enthoven
Ruth Emily Fish
Bonnie MacKenzie Flanagan
Jeri Foley
Carol C. and Joel P. Friedman, M.D.
Karen Gaydon and Geoff Badger
Mrs. Jonathan B. Gifford
Mary and David Goodman
Joe Graham
Grove Foundation
Susan and Michael Hahn
Susan and Harry Hartzell, Jr.
Robert O. and Ruthann Herendeen
Cecelia Horn
Professor Charles and Joan Horngren
Tim and Sally Howard
Pat W. Irish
Laurie and Jim Jarrett
Jemison Family
Nancy and David Kalkbrenner
Suzanne Keith
Chris Kenrick
Abdo and Sally Kadifa
Milton and Frances Klein
Vicki and Paul Kojola
Wendy Kuehnl and Porfirio Ortiz
Terry Lachenbruch
Ginny Langmuir
Phyllis J. Leveen
Chris and Dan Logan
Juanita Mast and Jeanne Durnford
Donald and Amalie Meyer
Cathy Crane Moley
Sue Sterling Monjauze
Elizabeth and Mark Moragne
Tashia and John Morgridge
Timothy and Tami Mulcahy
Dr. Kirk Neely and Holly Myers
Lee and Merrill Newman
Don Ostrus, D.D.S.
Nancy and Bill Parker
Polly and Hank Parker
David Parry
Stan and Melinda Parry
Jane Paulson
Joanne and Paul Pinsky
Nancy and Steve Player
Richard Pospisil
William and Ann Poulson
Rathmann Family Foundation
Mike and Gina Rayfield
William Reller
Judith and David Richardson
Robin Robinson and Carolyn Caddes
Bud Rubin
Jessie Schilling
Larry R. Seiders
Anne and Ed Seipp
Jonas and Christine Stafford
Lynda Steele
Diana Baker Steeples
Madeline and Isaac Stein
Stenn Family Foundation
Heloise Stewart
Jacqueline S. Thielen
Martha W. Thompson
TOSA Foundation
Mitch and Daren Tuchman
Ellen and Mike Turbow
Beth and Kurt von Emster
Dr. and Mrs. John F. Weigen
Elizabeth Wolf
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