our SUPPORTERS
Culture OC will thrive thanks to community members like you. By supporting our nonprofit newsroom, you help us grow our team and keep our local stories free to read for all of Orange County.
We are grateful to the individuals and foundations that make the work of Culture OC possible and are proud to list our supporters. You can become a supporter by donating today!
Arts journalism—much like theatre—provides a lens to contextualize the human experience, to make sense of the unknown and to introduce us to new ideas. Today, this service is needed more than ever.
DAVID IVERS, Artistic Director, South Coast Repertory
These are our Founding Supporters. The first 500 donors to give in support of Culture OC are part of an elite group we call —
THE CULTURE 500
Because Culture OC evolved out of our work at Voice of OC, we have included the names of those who donated to our arts and culture journalism since we began in 2018.
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We have 137 names and organizations on the list so far.
We still have room to add yours!
Wylie A Aitken
Anaheim Ballet
Marco Anderson
Mike Anderson
Arts Orange County
Payal Kumar Avellan
Janice Badgley
Randy Baker
Paul Banagas
Mike Bebb
Karen Book
Bowers Museum
Christine Boyd
Brea Gallery
Divya Breed
Barbara Bruin
Cecily Burke
Stephanie Butler
Michele Cardon
Dennis Castellano
Chance Theater
Richard Chang
Steve Chapin
Chemers Gallery
Jeffrey Coleman
Cynthia Corley
Tina Cremer
Patricia Delaunay
Scott Duncan
Lucetta Dunn
Karen DuVall
Zen Edwards
Zina Edwards
Zenthia Everett
Jeanne Favreau
Festival Ballet Theatre
Rachel Forman
John Forsyte
Christina Garner
Jessamyn Garner
Thomas Gibson
Blake and Char Gould
Jill Grabowski
Julie Ha
Kathy Harris
Julie Hatoff
Sue Henger
Karen Hernandez
Mark Hilbert
Hilbert Museum of California Art
Hoag Foundation
Paul Hodgins
Susan Hori
Michael Hornak
Judith Hutton
Ann J Irvine
Irvine Barclay Theatre
Evette Jaeger
Heide Janssen
Joe & Elaine Janssen
Alex and Kay Kaplan
Jerold Kappel
Mike Kerr and Jenny Backhaus
Venus Kitagawa-Stojsic
Lauren Klein
Melody Kneale
Peter Koch
Nick Kremer
Laguna Dance Festival
Mary Langsdorf
David Lieberman
Lawrence Light
Julia Lupton
Mary Lyons
Lyric Opera of Orange County
Edward Mace
Kay Marcantonio
Jeffrey Martin
Deborah Mayhew
Molly McClanahan
Barbara McMurray
Paul McNeff
Media Arts Santa Ana
Tracie Metzner
Harish Murthy
Lucina Moses
Cindy Murphy
Robbi Nester
Newport Beach Film Festival
Todd Nicholson
Tammy Noreyko
Cynthia Odell
Orange County Community Foundation
Pacific Chorale
Pacific Symphony
Michael Pang
Joanne Payne
Kathy Peale
Daniel Pietenpol
Mary Platt
Joan Podrow
Pretend City Children's Museum
Robin Repp
Rose Foundation
Rubin Institute for Music Criticism
Lisa Schultz
Mona Shah
Don & Sally Anne Sheridan
Sally Simmons
Six Toes Studio
Soka Performing Arts Center
Steven Sorenson
South Coast Repertory
Genevieve Southgate
Andrew Spencer
Angela Stecher
Richard and Alison Stein
Mary Stradling
Dahlia Straight
Alison Tam
Brendan Timpane
David Todd
Christopher Trela
Anne Valedespino
Voice of OC
Jon Wagner
Theresa Walker
John Webb
Courtney Widerman
Carrie William Freitas
Cory Winter
Barbara Wise
The Wooden Floor
Debora Wondercheck
Kaitlin Wright
Jane Fujishige Yada
Joyce Zohar
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