Since 2000 ArtSeed has received valuable gifts of money, time, expertise, in-kind goods, professional services and patient inspiration from people in almost every walk of life. More recently we have also attracted the generosity of several funding agencies. We are very grateful for all these various kinds of support. Please let us know if there is someone we should add to this list or if you prefer your name or the level of your contribution to remain anonymous.
**Please note: 2025 donations are being processed and will be added as soon as they come in.**
Precious Pines ($20,000 or more):
Celestial Cedars ($10,000 to $19,999):
Spectacular Sequoias ($5,000 to $9,999): Tina A. Cervin
Courageous Cottonwoods ($1,000 to $4,999): Tony and Caroline Grant, Kevin Quan & Whitney Huang Quan
Sacred Cypresses ($500 to $999): Rose Ireland, Constance Shanahan, Anonymous
Magical Manzanitas ($100 to $499): Dennis Abbe, Ravi Agarwal, Evalina Barth, Frank Baumgarte, Kate Bedding, Theresa Berta, Sherwood Bishop, Charles Boone, Jerry & Wendy Boriskin, China Brotsky & Daniel Roth, Hava Brown, Thomas Burke, Anonymous, Beth Cook, Cherie Evans, Hamilton Everts, Assia Eyuboglu, Candace Forest, James Gallagher, Holly Gosselink, Magda V. Grant, Beth Grinberg, Nicole A. Halbreiner, Audrey Heller, Felix Horan, Liz Keim, Inge Keuppens, John King, Philip & Sally Kipper, Marissa Kunz & Peter Mann, Jenny Lefferts, Charles Lowey-Ball, Justine Lucas, Julie McKellar, Catherine Njeri, Anonymous, Nelly & William S. Palmer, Thomas & Dominique Palmer, Patricia Perez-Arce, Kathy Perry, Maria Blanca Rubin & Steve Ployhar, Murphy & Samantha Razook, Yoni Rosenbaum, Paul Saiki, Traci Scherdell, Ritu Sharma, Saarika Sharma, Malini Singh, Bette Li Spencer, Lance Trexler, Josefa Vaughan, Anonymous,
Amazing Acorns ($99 or less): Anonymous, Anonymous, Anonymous, John Balestreri, John Beech, Suhas Bhujbal, Alana Casanova-Burgess, Shan Chun, Melanie De la Cruz, Heather Cowan, Jovita Cudal, Anonymous, Aatiya Edwards, Gail Fincher, Stephanie Gorman, Sasha Grant, Claudia Grubler, Wanda Hansen, Lisa Hillstrom, Sanjay Hortikar, Deborah Jacobstein, Rattan Johal, Chetan Keshav, Mary Agnes Kumar, Daniel Leu, Wendy Lew, Anonymous, Jolene Lozano, Anonymous, Trina Martinez, Eva Marie Monroe, Shannon Murphy, Andres Navarrete, Maya Overland, Ray Pantin, Kessie Phillips, Joan Platt, Jessica Rolls, Isabel Rosenberg, Heather Schoell, Scott Schwartz, Adisa Sefic, Anonymous, Gae Shulman, Frank Shum, Betsy Shafer, Edward Smalarz, Jennifer Spencer, Phillip Spiegel, Elizabeth Stahl, Ute Stohner, Anonymous, Niels Tomijima, Anonymous, Lan Anh Tran, Velvet Van Bueren, Maysoun Villagracia, Saskia van der Wal, Anonymous, Anonymous, Jill Winegardner, Anonymous, Kathryn Wright, Andre Woon
Donations in Support of, or to Honor: For Bill Bicknell: John King, Josefa Vaughan; For Matt Boris: Jerry & Wendy Boriskin “To Matt and Josefa” ; For Amity Gallagher: Gail Fincher, James Gallagher, Josefa Vaughan; For Sabine Gysens: Dennis Abbe, Ravi Agarwal, John Balestreri (Dedicated to Katie Balestreri), Frank Baumgarte, Theresa Berta, Hava Brown, Thomas Burke, Beth Cook, Anonymous, Cherie Evans, Hamilton Everts (Dedicated to Hamilton), Assia Eyuboglu “Sabine Gysens for her support for over a decade”, Candace Forest, Audrey Heller, Sanjay Hortikar, Inge Keuppens, Philip & Sally Kipper, Daniel Leu, Julie McKellar, Eva Marie Monroe, Catherine Njeri (Dedicated to “Sabine & others like her”), Patricia Perez-Arce, Yoni Rosenbaum “With love and appreciation from Lara & Yoni”, Paul Saiki, Heather Schoell, Traci Scherdell, Ritu Sharma, Saarika Sharma, Constance Shanahan, Malini Singh (In Memory of Kabir Singh) “In support of the dreams of artists everywhere. Love and miss you so much poopsie.”, Frank Shum (Dedicated to Leung Sing Kam), Ute Stohner, Lan Anh Tran, Lance Trexler (Dedicated to Lance and Andrea), Saskia van der Wal, Jill Winegardner ; For Thor Hansen: Anonymous, Josefa Vaughan; For Emiliano Lopez: Anonymous; For Luned Palmer: Alana Casanova-Burgess, Holly Gosselink (In honor of Luned Palmer & Alan Smith), Sasha Grant (Dedicated to Leona and Margot Grant), Nicole A. Halbreiner “You are so good to continue to support ArtSeed through the years. Brava! xoxo”, Rattan Johal, Justine Lucas, Shannon Murphy, Nelly & William S. Palmer, Thomas & Dominique Palmer, Joan Platt, Jessica Rolls “Go Luned & Team! Beautiful vision!”; Scott Schwartz, Josefa Vaughan “Margaret and Franki total B’Day years!!” and “To Luned and her inspiring loved ones.”; For Curious Jane (Samantha Razook): Stephanie Gorman, Wendy Lew, Murphy & Samantha Razook, Anonymous, ; For Adisa Sefic: Deborah Jacobstein; For Luke Tan: Josefa Vaughan; For Aber Van Bueren: Evalina Barth “Dear Aber, So proud to support your wonderful artistry!”, Kate Bedding, Jovita Cudal, Melanie De la Cruz, Magda V. Grant, Jenny Lefferts, Velvet Van Bueren, Anonymous, Trina Martinez “We love your Christmas cards. Trina, Joe, and your little cousins Aika, she loves to draw and Kira. Hope you can all meet someday!”, Maysoun Villagracia; For Josefa Vaughan: Sherwood Bishop, Felix Horan, Rose Ireland, Liz Keim, Chetan Keshav, Maria Blanca Rubin & Steve Ployhar, Arwen Vaughan; For Elizabeth Welch: Anonymous, Anonymous, Isabel Rosenberg, Kathryn Wright “Go Liz!!”, Anonymous, Anonymous, ; For Ivy Womick: Charles Boone
Pro Bono/In-kind Donors: Terry Haney, Inn at the Presidio; Maha Ballerstedt and Miranda
Roumell, Frame; Victor Meyerhoff, Presidio Bowl; Rogelio Colindres, Café RX; Jeanette Cool, Sam Mazza Castle; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Volunteers: Aaron Chen, E’mani Davis, Lily Hayes, Jonathan Hao, Isabella Johnson, Open Walls Collective (Krishna Das, Aatiya Edwards, Tom Neill), Adisa Sefic, Luke Tan, Marco Torres, Lori Varkonyi, Elizabeth Welch
Youth Council:
Deputy Youth Council: Amity G., Xochitl T., Emiliano L., Markos H.-W.
Board of Directors: Edna Arterberry, William “Bill” Bicknell, Kevin Quan, Josefa Vaughan
Advisory Board: Charles Boone, Matthew Boriskin, Annette Brinton, Tony Grant, Sabine Gysens, Jeff Hastings, Marissa Kunz & Peter Mann, Bryant Lui, Arwen Vaughan, Ann Wettrich
Apprentices & Interns: Maha Ballerstedt, Amity G., Linh H., Kuan Sin Lei, Emilie M., Logan W.
Core Veteran Participants: Daniel Evenhouse, Thomas Peter Graves, Thor Hansen, Brent Rowden, David Stokes, Janet Walker
Core Staff: Josefa Vaughan, Founder, Executive and Artistic Director, Lead Artist, Summer Intensive; Aim W., Operations Manager.
Teaching Artists & Guest Presenters
Partnerships: Tides Inc./Tides Converge, The Point Studios at Hunters Point Shipyard, California Lawyers for the Arts, Budding Artist Foundation, BATS Improv, Waypoint Wealth Partners, San Francisco Department of Veteran Affairs, LifeSpheres (formerly Ardicare Foundation), Think Round, Inc.