The Ebell of Los Angeles gratefully honors the donors who enable us to fulfill our vital mission set forth by our founders in 1894. The Ebell was created to uplift women and advance the wider Los Angeles community through arts, education, service, and stewardship of our historic campus. Our donors’ visionary leadership and essential generosity make it possible for The Ebell to fulfill the promises of our past and ensure The Ebell remains a vibrant home for performing and visual arts, scholarship, and civic leadership for future generations.
Now and always, we offer our profound gratitude!
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.
- Janis Barquist
- June Bilgore
- Marnie Bodek
- Janna Bodek Harris
- Corie Brown
- Sheri Cohen
- Myung Deering / Senior Arts Foundation
- Stella Gioia, honored by Frances Varga
- Teresa Grimes
- Erica Liepmann
- Joanna Linkchorst
- Christina Morris
- Madelyn Murray
- Marlene Pomeroy
- Eve Reynolds
- Nancy Rosen
- Laurie Schechter
- Mary Yoel
2024 Ebell Donors
$10,000-$24,999
- Kay Balue
$1,000-$1,999
- Meredyth Deighton
- Clare Sebenius
$500-$999
- Alnita Dunn
- Madelyn Murray
$100-$499
- Stacy Brightman, Ph.D.
- Candace Cooper
- Tunde Garai
- Carole A. Kaiser
- Carolyn Layport
- Patricia Lombard
- Laura Louden
- Christina Morris
- Karen Smits
- Kathleen Thorpe
$1-$99
- Kim H. Cary
- Hilma Benson Dragan
- Tunde Garai
- Toby Horn
- Patricia Johnson Lowry
- Wendy Kaiser
- Elaine Lubkin
- Nancy Scher
- Romana Sheffie Selby, Ed.D.
- Mary Ann Smith
- Frances A. Varga
- Amy Vukovich
2023 Ebell Donors
$25,000 and over
- The Ahmanson Foundation
- California Office of the Small Business Advocate
- Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture
- The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
- Kay Balue
- J. Lee Braly
- The Greif Foundation
- David Kobrin /Artistic Scholarship Fund for Inner City Youth
- Christy and Stephen McAvoy
- The Rosenthal Family Foundation
- Jill and Curtis Scheetz / Total Environmental Management
- Dia and Ray Schuldenfrei
$2,000-$9,999
- Yvonne Adams
- C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D.
- Janis Barquist
- Antonio Gioia
- Randi Jones
- Patricia Lombard
- Laurie Schechter
- Clare Sebenius
- Fran Varga
- Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts
$1,000-$1,999
- Anonymous
- Shirley Ashkenas
- Julie Barkan
- Janna Bodek Harris
- Eileen Brown
- Catherine Collins
- Linda Dean
- Margaret Ecker
- Carolyn LayPort
- Anne Lynch
- Geraldine Maloof
- Mary Ruhl
- Marla Ryan
- Jacque Lyne M. Wallace
- Leilani Wilmore
$500-$999
- Anonymous
- Janna Bodek Harris
- Janice Carter
- Anne Court
- Marla Felber
- Adrienne Forst
- Dennee Frey
- Jo Friedman
- Andrea Guttag
- Barbara Herman
- Barker Family Foundation
- Toby Horn
- Lever for Change
- Susie Hanks
- Jane E. Martin
- Cosetta E. Moore
- Sheryl Lee Ralph
- Cathy Rauch
- Harold Tomin
- Janet Watson Rohman
- Jeffrey and Maylee Witham
$100-$499
- Anonymous (2)
- Irene Anderson
- Natalie Anderson-Battersbee
- Vivian Arterbery
- Sherry Bardack
- Kathryn Barnard
- Phoebe Beasley
- Janice Berger-Landau
- Lestrita Boardman
- Sandy Boeck
- Stacy Brightman
- Laurie Brown
- Sonja Carlin
- Patricia Carroll
- Elizabeth Cavanaugh
- Suzi Click
- Rita Cofield
- Juel Collins
- Jacqueline Corkill
- Patty Craig
- Phyllis Currie
- Vanessa Diaz
- Judith Day
- Patricia Drewes
- Cheryl Finley
- Amy Forbes
- Charlon Franke
- Tunde Garai
- Kathie Gauld
- Jane Gilman
- Myrna Robin Gintel
- Wendy Gladney
- Aretha Green
- Wendy Guzin
- Shirley Haian
- Phyllis Hansen
- Jacquelyn Holly
- Carol Impara
- Robin Jameson
- Marisu Jimenez
- Beverly Johnson
- Janice Johnson
- Carole Kaiser
- Wendy Kaiser
- Mary King
- Joyce Kleifield
- Suz Landay
- Larchmont Buzz
- Fallon Lebedowicz
- Linda Lee
- Marilyn Levin
- Patricia Levinson
- Joanna Linkchorst
- Janet Loveland
- Sharon Melancon
- Shannon Mitchell
- Nancy Meade
- Madelyn Murray
- Nona Negri
- Catherine O’Rourke
- Denise Parga
- Betty Ann Petitt
- Wilma Pinder
- Alegre Ramos
- Judy Reidel
- Eve Reynolds
- Brenada Richards
- Dayna Roberts
- Mrs. Clay Robbins Jr.
- Carolyn Robinson
- Rosalie Roth
- Donna Russell
- Marty Russell
- N. F. Scher
- Dia Schuldenfrei
- Cici Sears
- Lisa See and Richard Kendall
- Helene Seifer
- Ken Shirriff
- Sasha Smith
- Lorraine Spector
- Karlene Taylor
- Jo Anne Trigo
- Daryl Twerdahl
- Harriet O. Vallens
- Laura Vender
- Charlene Wasilczyk
- Rhae Watkins
- Anne Williams
- Mercedes Wilson
$1-$99
- Marilyn Ball-Williams
- Carolann Bennett
- Barbara Bruner
- Kathryn Bundy
- James Shamey Cramer
- Hilma Benson Dragan
- Juli Frankel
- Victoria Franklin
- Linda Gamero
- Give Lively Foundation
- James Harmon Walther
- Nancy Holland
- Lori Huck
- Janet Keller
- Judy Kirshner
- Aileen Level
- Carolyn LoBuglio
- Anna London
- Elaine Lubkin
- William Maxwell
- Natalie Neith
- Olivia Headley Foundation
- Ann Reynolds
- Laura Riley
- Peter Sanders
- Karen Schetina
- Mary Ann Smith
- Teryl Warren
