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: 2026 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): Gary & Cynthia Bengier, Kevin Quan & Whitney Huang Quan
Spectacular Sequoias ($5,000 to $9,999):
Courageous Cottonwoods ($1,000 to $4,999): Tony and Caroline Grant
Sacred Cypresses ($500 to $999): Anonymous, Rose Ireland
Magical Manzanitas ($100 to $499): Anonymous, Brooke Bengier, Kevin Dean, Abigail Everdell, Assia Eyuboglu, Mick & Nicole A. Halbreiner, Thor Hansen, William Klingelhoffer & Jill Brindel, Julia Kraus, Ariel Liu, Leslie Lopez, Justine Lucas, Michael S. Orland & Dr. Henry J. Spiller, Nelly & William S. Palmer, Michael & Sheila Rokeach, Adisa Sefic, Matt Smallwood, Savannah Anita Stokes, Arwen & Heather Vaughan
Amazing Acorns ($99 or less): Anonymous-4, Blake Bengier, Kelci Bengier, Emali Brophy, Carolyn Carlson, Gillian Coan, Veronica Cueto-Morris, Anna D’Agrosa, Jayvell Delos Reyes, Caroline Dollman, Maggie Evans, Heather Freedman, Holly Gosselink, Charlie Hartzer, Andrea Hollis, Ksenia Kagner, Asok & Mary Kumar, Melanie Lowery, Miriam Manda, Bianca Moya, Kaela Olsen, Richard Quan, Tino Rodriguez, Jennifer Spencer, Velvet Van Bueren, Josefa Vaughan, Logan W., Charlotte Welch, Larry Wong, Kathryn Wright
Donations in Support of, or to Honor: For Kelci Bengier: Brooke Bengier, Gary & Cynthia Bengier, Maggie Evans, Julia Kraus, Melanie Lowery, Tino Rodriguez, Matt Smallwood; For Sabine Gysens: Assia Eyuboglu “dedicated to Sabine Gysens for her support for over a decade”, For Luned Palmer: Anna D’Agrosa, Caroline Dollman, Abigail Everdell, Heather Freedman, Holly Gosselink, Mick & Nicole A. Halbreiner “For the ever-capable and brilliant Luned!”, Andrea Hollis, Ksenia Kagner, Justine Lucas, Nelly & William S. Palmer; For Logan W.: Larry Wong; For Elizabeth Welch: Anonymous-3, Carolyn Carlson, Kevin Dean, Kaela Olsen, Charlotte Welch, Kathryn Wright; For Josefa Vaughan: Rose Ireland, Asok & Mary Kumar, Leslie Lopez, Arwen & Heather Vaughan, Josefa Vaughan “dedicated To our New Staff and Awesome Team!”
Pro Bono/In-kind Donors:
Volunteers: Nicole Marco, Sanvi Saya
Youth Council: Logan W., Linh H., Mia F.
Board of Directors: Edna Arterberry, William “Bill” Bicknell, Kevin Quan, Elizabeth Welch
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: Thor Hansen, Logan W.
Core Veteran Participants: Letroy Andrews, Ray Carey, Dylan Enders, Daniel Evenhouse, Thomas Peter Graves, Thor Hansen, Bianca Moya, David Stokes, Janet Walker
Core Staff: Josefa Vaughan, Founder, Executive and Artistic Director, Lead Artist, Summer Intensive; Aim W., Operations Manager; Rachel Friedland, Bookkeeper.
Teaching Artists & Guest Presenters
Partnerships: Converge, The Point Studios at Hunters Point Shipyard, California Lawyers for the Arts, Budding Artist Foundation, BATS Improv, Beacon Pointe Advisors, San Francisco Department of Veteran Affairs, LifeSpheres (formerly Ardicare Foundation), Think Round, Inc.