Thank you to the generous leaders, donors, and champions who uplift The Ebell of Los Angeles. Your generosity and advocacy enable everything we do, driving our ongoing progress towards artistic excellence, educational accessibility, and cultural preservation. Since 1894, The Ebell has been spearheaded by visionary women and community leaders who share a belief in a more innovative and inclusive future. Thank you for carrying their torch and lighting our way.
Now and always, we extend our profound gratitude.
FY 2024-2025 Ebell Donors
$100-$499
- Charlon Franke
- Victoria Lautman
- Patricia Lombard
- Tiffany Patierno
$1-$99
- Lori Huck
FY 2023-2024
Foundations and Government
- Perenchio Foundation
- The Ahmanson Foundation
- The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
- The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
- The California Office of the Small Business Advocate
- Rosenthal Family Foundation
- LA County Department of Arts and Culture
- National Endowment for the Arts
- California Arts Council
- Artistic Scholarship Fund for Inner City Youth
- Pasadena Showcase House of the Arts
- City of Culver City Cultural Affairs Commission
100 Extraordinary Women
The Ebell recognizes the following 100 Extraordinary women for their leadership and generosity in supporting the launch of The Ebell Institute for the Study of Women’s History in LA.
- Anonymous (2)
- Liza Ameen
- Edith Arnt*, honored by Holly Kane
- Vivian Arterbery, honored by Karen Lachter
- Kay Balue
- Sherry L. Bardack
- Julie Barkan
- Julie Barker
- Janis Barquist
- Bonnie Barnes
- June Bilgore
- Blithe Bock
- Cheryl A. Bode
- Marnie Bodek
- Janna Bodek Harris
- Bookies 1
- Bookies 2
- J. Lee Braly
- Rosa Bravo
- Stacy Brightman
- Corie Brown
- Jenny Brown
- Boni Bryant
- Beth Burnam
- Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum
- Sonja Carlin
- Suzi Click
- Rita Cofield
- Sheri Cohen
- Catherine Collins
- Catherine Collins, honored by Libby Jacobson
- Anne Court
- Leah Crawford, honored by Jill Scheetz
- Carmen Davis, honored by Jill Scheetz
- Emily de la Cruz, honored by Jill Scheetz
- Shannon de la Rosa, honored by Jill Scheetz
- Linda Dean
- Myung Deering / Senior Arts Foundation
- Madeline Di Nonno
- Deborah Dir, honored by Jill Scheetz
- Linda Dishman
- Heidi Duckler
- Sr. Angela Faustina, CSJ
- Marla Felber
- Amy Forbes
- Victoria M. Franklin
- Dennee Frey
- Rachel Ghatikar, honored by Jill Scheetz
- Stella Gioia*, honored by Frances Varga
- Pauline Giscombe
- Rosalind Goddard
- Dawne Goodwin, honored by Jane Gilman
- Teresa Grimes
- Barbara Gunning
- Genevieve Haines
- Shirlee Taylor Haizlip, honored by Karen Lachter
- Mieke Holkeboer
- Toby Horn and Harold Tomin
- Lois Hornig*, honored by Constance Hornig
- Denise Hudson
- Geraldine Hurley
- Randi Jones
- Michele Jowdy, honored by Jill Scheetz
- Catherine Jurca
- Wendy Kaiser
- Kim Kelly
- Elizabeth Kennedy, honored by Geraldine Maloof and Stacy Brightman
- Elizabeth Kennedy, honored by Howard Sherman
- Gail Kennard
- Adrienne Kuhre
- Kay Lachter, honored by Vivian Arterbery
- Sharon Lawrence
- Aliza Lesser
- Mary Hornsby Lewis
- Erica Liepmann
- Margaret Light
- Joanna Linkchorst
- Jennifer Linzmeyer
- Trudi Lippman, honored by Sharon Lippman
- Carolyn LoBuglio
- Patricia Lombard
- Christine Lyden
- Kathleen Lyden*, honored by Patrick Lyden
- Anne Lynch
- Mary Macaluso*, honored by Jill Scheetz
- Dorothy Maddox
- Geraldine Maloof
- Tiia Mandell
- Christy McAvoy
- Shelley Miller
- Joyce Maddox Morandi
- Christina Morris
- Michelle Nitka Moshay
- Madelyn Murray
- Nicole Mutchnik
- Amy Phillips
- Wilma Pinder
- Marlene Pomeroy
- Wanda Poston
- Cheryl Raiss
- Sheryl Lee Ralph
- Eve Reynolds
- Christina Rice
- Brenda Richards
- Nancy Rosen
- Rosalie Roth
- Marla Ryan
- Trudi Sandmeier
- Helene Seifer
- Lisha Sevanian
- Carolyn Schechter
- Laurie Schechter
- Nancy Schechter, honored by Carolyn Schechter
- Joan Scheetz*, honored by Jill Scheetz
- Natalie Scheetz, honored by Jill Scheetz
- Paulinda Schimmel
- Nellie Scott
- Carrie H. Sebenius and Sally A. Sebenius
- Clare Sebenius
- Robyn Shreiber
- Hilary Stevens
- Stephanie Stone, honored by Michael Hjelmstad
- Jodi Sweeney
- Sona Tatiyants
- Sheila Tepper in honor of her mother, female relatives, many women friends, and dear Susie
- Daryl Twerdahl
- Erika Valencia-Quidwai
- Emily Wawro
- Maiya Williams Verrone
- Stephanie Wong
- Victoria Yust
- Allegra Yust Woods
- Anne Woodward
- Mary Yoel
* In memoriam
FY 2023-2024 Ebell Donors
$10,000-$24,999
- Kay Balue
- J. Lee Braly
- Greif Foundation
- Christy McAvoy
- Dia & Ray Schuldenfrei
$2,000-$9,999
- Yvonne Adams
- Janis Barquist
- Lauralee Gooch
- Randi Jones
- Patricia Lombard
- Geraldine Maloof
- Laurie Schechter
- Clare Sebenius
- Fran Varga
$1,000-$1,999
- Anonymous
- Shirley Ashkenas
- C. Noel Bairey-Merz, M.D.
- Julie Barkan
- Marnie Bodek
- Loyce Braun
- Eileen Brown
- Catherine Collins
- Linda Dean
- Meredyth Deighton
- Margaret Ecker
- Carolyn LayPort
- Anne Lynch
- Antonio Gioia
- Marla Ryan
- Hilary Stevens
$500-$999
- Anonymous
- Vivian Arterbery
- Barker Family Foundation
- Janna Bodek Harris
- Stacy Brightman, Ph.D.
- Kristina Brown
- Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur
- Alnita Dunn
- Dennee Frey
- Andrea Guttag
- Susie Hanks
- Barbara Herman
- Toby Horn
- Wendy Kaiser
- Camille Lombardo
- Jane Martin
- Cosetta Moore
- Madelyn Murray
- Sheryl Lee Ralph
- Cathy Rauch
- Janet Watson Rohman
- Harold Tomin
- Jacque Lyne M. Wallace
- Anne Williams
- Maylee & Jeffrey Witham
- Jannice Carter Wright
$100-$499
- Anonymous
- Irene Anderson
- Natalie Anderson-Battersbee
- Sherry Bardack
- Kathryn Barnard & Ken Shirriff
- Phoebe Beasley
- Janice Berger-Landau
- Lestrita Boardman
- Sandy Boeck
- Laurie Brown
- Suzanne Buhai
- Sonja Carlin
- Patricia Carroll
- Rita Cofield
- Juel Collins
- Candace Cooper
- Jacqueline Corkill
- Suzi Click
- Patricia Craig
- Phyllis Currie
- Judith Day
- Vanessa Diaz
- Hilma Benson Dragan
- Patricia Drewes
- Amy Forbes
- Adrienne Forst
- Charlon Franke
- Fusion Academy
- Kathie Gauld
- Tunde Garai
- Jane Gilman
- Myrna Robin Gintel
- Rosalind Goddard
- Aretha Green
- Wendy Guzin
- Shirley Haiman
- Phyllis Hansen
- LaToya Hearns
- Jacquelyn Holly
- Carol Impara
- The Jackie Smith Group
- Robin Jameson
- Carole O. Kaiser
- Wendy Kaiser
- Joyce Kleifield
- Suz Landay
- Linda Lee
- Marilyn Levin
- Patricia Levinson
- Laura Louden
- Janet Loveland
- Sharon Melancon
- Erni Miller
- Nona Negri
- Catherine O’Rourke
- Denise Parga
- Betty Ann Petitt
- Wilma Pinder
- Alegre Ramos
- Cathy Rauch
- Judy Reidel
- Eve Reynolds
- Brenda Richards
- Mrs. Clay Robbins Jr.
- Carolyn Robinson
- Donna Russell
- Marty Russell
- Nancy Scher
- Cici Sears
- Lisa See
- Dorothy Sedacy
- Sasha Smith
- Karen Smits
- Sophie Dance LLC
- Lorraine Spector
- Jen Stein, Deborah Wolsh, Keller Williams Realty, Compass
- Karlene Taylor
- Kathleen Thorpe
- Jo Anne Trigo
- Daryl Twerdahl
- Harriet O. Vallens
- Laura Vender
- Miriam Vogel
- Charlene Wasilczyk
- Rhae Watkins
- Anne Williams
- Mercedes N. Wilson
$1-$99
- Anonymous
- Judith Anderson
- Cecelia Andrews
- Nurit Avesar
- Marilyn Ball-Williams
- Carolann Bennett
- Barbara A. Bruner
- Kathryn Bundy
- Kim H. Cary
- Laura Cohen
- Anne Court
- Cheryl Finley
- Julie Frances Hopkins
- Geraldine Hurley
- Beverly Johnson
- Patricia Johnson Lowry
- Janet Keller
- Judy Kirshner
- Aileen Level
- Joanna Linkchorst
- Carolyn LoBuglio
- Anna London
- Elaine Lubkin
- Laura Riley
- Yolanda Robinson
- Olivia Headley Foundation
- Peter Sanders
- Karen Schetina
- Paulinda Schimmel
- Ramona Sheffie Selby, Ed.D.
- Ginger Simpson
- Mary Ann Smith
- Amy Vuckovich
