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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.
84% of our annual $5 million 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 2008/2009.
VisionariesBenefactors Leaders Achievers Investors Sustainers Supporters Memorials Honorariums Corporations/Foundations Government/Civic Caring Circle Members
* Caring Circle Members
Visionaries+
Anonymous
Debbie and Jeff Byron*
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Benefactors
John and Cynthia Gunn
Laurie and Jim Jarrett*
Sandi and John Thompson
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Leaders
Anonymous*
Carrie Anderson
Nasrallah and Eqbal Behbehani
Jody Buckley and Mark Horowitz
Jim and Wileta Burch
Nancy S. Drapkin
Ellen and Thomas Ehrlich*
William and Martha Ford
Betty and Donald Ostrus, D.D.S.*
Adam and Rachel Stenn Paley
- Stenn Family Foundation*
Stan and Melinda Parry*
Bud Rubin*
Carol and Mike Shealy
Elizabeth Wolf*
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Achievers
Gil and Kim Ahrens
Wendy and Bader Behbehani
Nancy S. Drapkin
Lora Eichner and Frank Dominguez
Lynn and Jim Gibbons
Susan and Harry Hartzell, Jr.
David and Alice Herbst
Professor Charles and Joan Horngren
Josephine Ingle
Ellen and Bob Jones
Chris and Dan Logan
Rachel and Adam Paley
Polly and Hank Parker
Jane M. Paulson
Robin Robinson and Carolyn Caddes
Ellen and Mike Turbow
Bill Younger
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Investors
Gil and Kim Ahrens
Jeanne and Mike Althouse
Mary Anderson and Sal Gutierrez
Brian Beckwith
Georgia Bennicas
Carolyn and Richard Brennan*
Diana and Barry Bryan
Fred and Imogene Chancellor
Aron and Mari Chazen
Bae Cheng and Yuzhe Han
Claudio and Joanette Chiuchiarelli
Chizen Family Foundation
Alison Chubb and Stephen Ruoss
Cindy and Jay Cohan
Breanne and Mark Colella
Joanie and Jay Corley
Tom and Neva Cotter
Gordon S. Covell, Sr.
George and Susan Crow
Ryan Day*
John and Ruth DeVries
Dwight Diercks
Carrie Drake*
Richard and Erin Dvorak
Rosemary and Alain Enthoven*
Heidi Feldman, M.D.
Geraldine Flanagan-Weir
Cynthia and Edsel B. Ford, II
Lisa and Laird Foshay
Julie Fouquet and George Zdasiuk
Ledger and Dottie Free
Carol C. and Joel P. Friedman, M.D.*
Thomas and Mary Kay Gallagher
Andrew Gardner
CJ Hafner and Kelly Gaffney
Janine and Darel Hodgson
James and Laura Hulburd
Leannah Hunt
Wende and Tom Hutton
Patty Irish*
Cynthia Jamplis
Ellen and Bob Jones
Sarah and Clay Jones
Geeta Kalia and Ramani Pichumani
Alice Kataoka
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Kontulis, II
Hal and Iris Korol
Alison and Steve Krausz
Carolyn Krizek-Mahoney
Tommy Lee
Susan and Ronald Lehman, II
Dale Liebes
Ian and Jean Link
Chris and Melody Malachowsky
Dina Mandoli
Juanita Mast and Jeanne Durnford*
Christopher Maxcy and Daniele Levy
Karen and Bruce McCaul
Jim Meikrantz and Carol Whiteley
Sally and Brian Mickel
Karen Moore and Peter Watkins
Mrs. Albert Moorman
Richard L. and Carol Doup Muller
Leslie and Doug Murphy-Chutorian
Pauline Navarro and Robert Russ, Jr.
Antje and Paul Newhagen
Margo Parmacek
Munro Proctor, M.D.
Douglas Quist
Jackie W. Kubicka R. Whittier Family Fndtn.
Mary Radu and Rich Auger
Michael and Gina Rayfield*
David Ritson
Penelope and Eric Roberts
Roy and Ruth Rogers
Barbara and Michael Ruder
Frances Tracy Schilling
Hans Schulze
Rachel Segars
Dorothy Seiders
Larry Seiders*
Alice Sheppard
Donna Dubinsky and Leonard Shustek, Ph.D.
Allene and Robert Sieling, M.D.
Venu and Velu Sinha, Sr.
Jim and Melanie Smith
Patrick Sproul
Jonas and Christine Stafford*
Art and Peggy Stauffer
Lynda Steele*
Madeline and Isaac Stein*
Joy J. Swift
Anna, Emily and Eric Tashman
Colleen and Geoff Tate
Jacqueline S. Thielen*
Martha W. Thompson*
Mitch and Daren Tuchman*
Elizabeth and Paul Tucker
Ellen and Mike Turbow*
Susan and Sanjay Vaswani
Anne Vitullo and Jonathan Poe
Beth and Kurt von Emster*
Mary and James Weersing
Patty and Jim White*
Matilda Wilson
Terry Hutner and Carol Winograd, M.D.
Roger Young
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Sustainers
Anonymous*
Deborah E. Addicott
Leah and John Akers-Bell
Nora Alvarez
Anne N. Baldwin*
Michael Barry
Shirley K. Bob
Fred and Sushima Bould
Liz Bowman
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Buhl
Tracey and Thomas Burbage
Marvin Burkett
Elinor R. Burns
Pierre-Luc Cantin
Daniel Chapin
Linda and Ray Chin*
William and Nancy Cohen
Mary and John Dahlquist
Raymond and Barbara Dalio
Anne and Alden Danner
Darsha Davidoff and Donald Drumright
Philip Decker
Ann and John Doerr
Dorfman Family Fund
Mary and Stan Doten*
Karen and Alan Douglass
Linda and Jerry Elkind
Gloria and Saul Feldman
Ann and Alan Fleishman
Jeri Foley*
Mr. and Mrs. David Goodman*
Michele and Michael Greenfield, M.D.
Jennifer Grimes
Ron Haak
Susan and Michael Hahn*
Carol and Dexter Hake
Lisa Friedman and Jim Harris
Eleanor and Bruce Heister
Scott Hetherington and Tracey Cole
Lise Hewitt and Geoffrey Baker
Jen-Hsun Huang
Susan and Joel Hyatt
Tim and Patricia Jemison
Mark Jensen
Kristin and Peter Kerman
Edwin and Elisa Khodabakchian
J. P. Marks and Patricia Kinney
Michael Klein
Milt and Frances Klein*
Janice and Al Kogura
Vicki and Paul Kojola*
Melanie and Thomas Kriese
Robert and Sue Larson
Gary and Laura Lauder
Bruce Leak
Kyu M. and Young S. Lee
Dr. and Mrs. R. Hewlett Lee
Ginger Levick
Charlene Liao, Ph.D.
Alfred Mandel
Peter Maresca and Linnea Wickstrom
David F. Martin
Laureston and Barbara McLellan
Varun and Mala Mehta
Nicole and Matt Miller
Nancy and Gavin Miller
Richard Miner
Sue Monjauze*
Kathleen Moore
Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Mulcahy*
Sandy Napel
Gayle Nathe
Guy and Mildred Navarro
Lee and Merrill Newman*
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd C. Paulson, Sr.
Joe and Linda Roark
Barbara and Andrew Rosenberg
Carol and Gail Siri
Betty Jo and Philip Sorensen
Jeff and Jocelynn Staley
Dave Sheaffer and Lorna Thornton
Clinton Tobias
B.B. and David Veverka
Leta M. Vogel
Konrad and Marilyn von Emster
Dr. and Mrs. John F. Weigen*
Linda and Rod Whitten
Vickie and Larry Yamaoka
Jennifer and Bill Youstra
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Supporters
Grace M. Abbott
Nicole Aliaga
Ken and Kristi Allen
Lindsay and Sadick Alsadir
Florence E. Armstrong*
M. H. Aung, M.D.
Marilyn R. Austin
Pat and Penny Barrett
Gwendolyn Barry
Claude Brinegar and Karen Bartholomew
Joe and Belinda Batdorf
Michelle Becker
Lisa and Chris Benner
John and Lu Bingham
Rebecca Bingham
Joseph Belanoff and Katherine Blenko
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Boucher
Roxanne and Chet Bozdog
Joseph and Tyler Caporaletti
Moses and Allyson Cesario*
David and Julia Colella Carver
Louise Cheng
Cheng Yen Family Fund
Ka Man Cheung
Keith and Harriet Clark
Anne and Terry Clark
Carol and Evan Collins
Susan Collins
Melanie and Peter Cross
Gordon and Carolyn Davidson
Bruce Davis
Marla J. de Broekert*
Chris Deneault
Kimberly and Benjamin D'Ewart
Christina R. Dickerson
Cynthia and Dennis Dillon
Roger Eckert
Lora Eichner and Frank Dominguez
Gil Ellenberger
Linda and John L. Elman, J.D., CLU*
Leonard and Shirley Ely, Jr.*
Matthew and Mariellen Facchino
Sally and Craig Falkenhagen
Shannon and Thomas Fallon
Erik L. Feldman
Carrie Fischer
Ruth Emily Fish*
Carolyn L. Fisher
Jeff and Edith Fisher
Cynthia and Bill Floyd
Lynn Frake
Paula Gani
Henry and Phyllis Gauthier
Karen Gaydon and Geoff Badger*
Patricia Gebhart
John and Lisa Geisse
Lynn and Jim Gibbons
Mrs. Jonathan B. Gifford*
Joe Graham*
Joan and Bob Grant
Janet and Wylie Greig
Robert Grimm
Barbara Gross
Ava Guillet
Sara and Mike Hammond
Beth Harrison and Peter Hartzell
Birt and Doris Harvey
Drew Henry
Robert O. and Ruthann Herendeen*
Tracy and Maie Herrick
Maria and Matthew Hershenson
Reba and Peter Heyman
Robbie and Jim Hill
Susan and Chris Hoebich
Antoinette Holthaus
Ronald Horn
Kendra and Marc Hornbostel
Tim and Sally Howard*
Doug Huestis
Laddie and Donald Hughes
Mathew Jacob and Mary Hower
Sara and Ricardo Jenez
Joe and Ann Jensen
William Johnson
Norbert Juffa and Wei Lin
Nancy and David Kalkbrenner*
Suzanne Keith*
Kathleen and John Kelly
Jean and Thomas Kilbridge
Roger Kohler
Wanda Kownacki and John Holton
Ken Kreger
Wendy Kuehnl and Porfirio Ortiz*
Koji Kuramatsu
Terry Lachenbruch*
Ginny Langmuir*
Barbara Larson
Jim Laster, M.D.
Joanne Lazar
Phyllis J. Leveen*
Lynne and Ted Levin
Ann and George Limbach
Janet Littlefield
Tracy Liu
Terri Lobdell and William Johnson
Chris and Dan Logan*
Brian Loiler
Linda B. Lynch
Bonnie MacKenzie Flanagan*
Patrick Maiorano
Rosita and Joseph Marvizi
Paula and Thomas Maurano
Michelle and Robert McCauley
Mary and Walt McCullough
Deirdre E. McHugh
McKenna Family
Jim and Penny Meier
Juliet Melamid
Joanne and Sam Meredith
Donald and Amalie Meyer*
Lynda Miguel
Phyllis Moldaw
Cathy Crane Moley*
Mary Ann and John Montrym
Tashia and John Morgridge*
Dr. Kirk Neely and Holly Myers*
Ronald and Valerie Newman
Bruce and Betty Newnan
Louise Noble and Jack Lutzow
Sally and Craig Nordlund
Judith Norton
Rhoda and Stephen Nuttik
Nancy and Bill Parker*
David Parry*
Clark and Debra Patteson
Judy Paulson
Erica and Rich Pelavin
Derek Perez
Fred Perkins
Bob and Clydine Peterson
Anthony A. Pino
Elizabeth and Robert Plaschke
Nancy and Steve Player*
Richard Pospisil*
William and Ann Poulson*
Deborah Rieman
Eileen Ruder and Rob Robinson
Mary Ann Russo and James Fenlon
Martha Ryan
Carment and Carl Salas
Jessie Schilling*
Anne and Ed Seipp*
Bella Shapero
Wendy and Doug Sinton
John Slafsky and Amy Rosenberg
Jeffrey Smith
Stephen and Paula Smith
Diana Baker Steeples*
Una Stephens-Hardy
Heloise Stewart*
Barry and Joy Thompson
Susan and Carl Thomsen
Charlene Tuchman
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tucker
Charles and Elizabeth Turk
Karl Untch
Joe and Linda Vargas
Jeremy and Andi Vartanian Dehne
Vivienne and Moez Virani
Nora and Douglas Voorhies
Virginia D. Waik
Mara and Rick Wallace
Jessica and David Weil
Anne and Larry Wein
Tom and Tamara Wendoll
Connie West
Marilyn C. Wiebenson
Carol and Ray Williams
Howard and Katherine Wolf
Eric and Nancy Wright
Mrs. Jane B. Yates
Betty Zambetti
Zuegel Family
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Corporations, Foundations and Civic Organizations
Advanced Professionals
Air Systems Foundation
Allegro Framing
American Century Companies Foundation
Arrillaga Family Foundation
Blackstone Discovery
Blue Oak Foundation*
Books Inc.
Borel Private Bank
Cambria Corporation
Captain Kirk’s San Francisco Sailing
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
City of Palo Alto, Allocation Department
City of Sunnyvale
Chevy's Fresh Mex, Redwood City
Colella Family Charitable Fund
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Danford Foundation
Dudley-Vehmeyer-Brown Memorial Foundation
Farella Bruan and Martel
First Congregational Church of Palo Alto
Flora Family Foundation
Ford Land Company, LLC
Foundation For Global Community
Franklin Templeton Investments
Genentech
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School
Google
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Grove Foundation*
Hopkins & Carley
I and G Charitable Foundation
Intel
Intuit Foundation
Johnson and Johnson Family of Companies
JP Morgan Chase
Jungle Digital
KGO Newstalk Radio 810
Kiwanis Club of Mountain View
Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto
Kleitman Foundation
Knights of Columbus #2677
Lions Club of Palo Alto
LoopNet
Los Altos United Methodist Church
Microsoft
Milagro Foundation
Milk Pail Market
Morrison and Foerster Foundation
NBC11
Northrop Grumman
NVIDIA
Omidyar Network
Oracle
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Palo Alto-Peninsula Chapter of Clipped Wings
Penney's Towing
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
Public Welfare Foundation
Sally Rathman Kadifa and Abdo George Kadifa
- The Rathmann Family Foundation
Rotary Club of Los Altos
Safeway
Salas O'Brien Engineers, Inc.
Sand Hill Foundation
SaveMart Supermarkets
Sensory Inc.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Silicon Valley Realtors Charitable Foundation
Sobrato Family Foundation
Special Hope Foundation
SRI International
Stella B. Gross Charitable Trust
TOSA Foundation*
Verisign
Webcor Builders
Wells Fargo Foundation
West Ed
Winter Lodge
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati Foundation
Woodside Atherton Garden Club
Yahoo!, Inc.
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Memorial gifts were received for:
Betty Wright
Barbara Barnhill
Bo Rachel Bennett
Wallace Byron
Marie Cacace
Martha Catania
Stephanie A. Chancellor
Harry Coblentz
Jim and Marsha Drumright
Grace M. Foley
Edith Gale
Thelma Gordon
Sam Grasso
David Hahn
Bill Hardy
Benjamin Hartzell
Lisa Higgins
Bob Holmes
Paddy Johnston
Bob Jones
Robert A. Jones
Jules Kahn
Elizabeth C. Knofloch
Janet Kelley Kohler
Michael Kroeker
Choong P. Lee
Steve Liebes
Renato G. Martinez
Maynell Maxwell
Larry Phelan
William Sidney Poulson
Clifford Preston
Edda Ritson
Oliver Ryder
Ralph Scheer
Corinne Schwander
Phyllis Seidman
Doc Sencenbaugh
Jose M. Silva
Connie Sonnichsen
Carsten and Constance Sonnichsen
Mimi Stewart
Lillian M. Taylor
Connie Untch
Brian Wittick
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Honorarium gifts were received for:
Abilities United Early Intervention Program
Abilities United Employment Services Staff
Jeanne Althouse
Debi Alvey
Carrie Anderson
Brooke Armer
Sarah Bassett
Carolyn Bassett
Helen Bassett
Dr. David R. Bassett, Jr.
Dr. David Bassett, Sr.
Joanna Bassett
Robert Bassett
Thandi Batdorf
Alex Behbehani
Carolyn and Dick Brennan
Eric Burns
Jeff and Debbie Byron
Denise Carbon
The Chimalus Gang
The Chooch
Lora Christen
Ron Cote and Geri Hadley
Bryce Dolinko
Carrie Drake
Ellen and Tom Ehrlich
Madeleine and Anders Ekholm
Mary and Len Ely
Dorothy Ettlinger
Carla Ettlinger
Rob Ettlinger
Matthew Facchino
Heidi Feldman
Dawn Ferrer
Alan Fleishman
Bethany Fong
Bailey Freckmann
Carol and Joel Friedman, M.D.
Daisy Gaffney
Michele and Michael Greenfield, M.D.
Susan and Harry Hartzell, Jr.
David Herbst
Cole and Chase Hetherington
Ben Hinkle
Nate Hopkinson
Patty Irish
Marilou and Hugh Isola
Tracey Jarrett
Laurie and Jim Jarrett
Joe Joe and Jennifer Kaufman
Katherine Kavahagh
Chris Kenrick
Kelly Kizzier
Janet Kohler, long time volunteer
Vicki Kojola
Iris Korol
Michael Kroeker
Eli Kunnes
Ellen Leanse
Sid and Linda Liebes
Carol and Dan Livingston
Michael McGrath
Dashiell Meier
Karen Moore
Christina Moseman
Pauline Navarro
Courtney Nordlund
Bob O'Connor
Adrienne and Jay Oliff
Kimberly Phelan
Clifford Preston
Nancy Quinn
Mike, Gina, Charlotte and Sam Rayfield
Robin Robinson and Carolyn Caddes
Ryan Russ-Navarro
Oliver Ryder
Sophie Sankar
Esther Schuelke
Joan Senter
Gilda and Tom Senter
Ellen Shay and Ted Selker
Jill Stanley
Lynda Steele
Marilyn and Bill Stocker
Jackie Thielen
Martha Thompson
Sharon Tobias
Peter Untch
Michael, Konnor, Beth and Kurt von Emster
Brooke Walker
John Weigen
Greg Whitehead
Adam Wolf
Alice Wolf and Robert Wolf
Elizabeth B. Wolf
Eric Wolf
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Local Government, Civic and Religious Organizations
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
Martin and 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
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
Nancy and David Kalkbrenner
Suzanne Keith
Chris Kenrick and Mark Chandler
Milton and Frances Klein
Vicki and Paul Kojola
Wendy Kuehnl and Porfirio Ortiz
Terry Lachenbruch
Ginny Langmuir
Phyllis J. Leveen
Chris and Dan Logan
Bonnie MacKenzie Flanagan
Juanita Mast and Jeanne Durnford
Donald and Amalie Meyer
Cathy Crane Moley
Sue Sterling Monjauze
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
Nancy and Steve Player
Richard Pospisil
William and Ann Poulson
Rathmann Family Foundation
Mike and Gina Rayfield
Bill and Carolyn 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