Support – Partners & Supporters
Partners & Supporters
Through significant contributions, Griffith Observatory Foundation partners support many of the programs and resources available at Griffith Observatory. For more information on how to become a partner, please contact us by emailing development@GriffithObservatoryFoundation.org or call (213) 473-0879.
Thank you to all of our partners for building a foundation for the future!
Sustaining - $1,000,000 and Above - Lifetime Giving
| The Ahmanson Foundation | The Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Oschin Family Foundation |
| City of Los Angeles | The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation |
| County of Los Angeles | The Rose Hills Foundation |
| Ben B. and Joyce E. Eisenberg Foundation | State of California |
| Suzanne and Robert J. Gottlieb | United States Air Force |
| W. M. Keck Foundation | Weingart Foundation |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | L.K. Whittier Foundation |
| Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy | Ann Marie and Jack C. Wilder |
Annual Giving
$50,000 and Above - Annual Giving
| The Boeing Company | Orr Family Foundation |
| The John Randolph Haynes And Dora Haynes Foundation | The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation |
| Kao Family Foundation | Schweitzer Trust |
| Alan Kaye M.D. and Doreen Kaye | Windsong Trust |
| Nesbitt Foundation | |
$25,000 and Above - Annual Giving
| Amazon | Carl W. Johnson Foundation |
| BCM Foundation | Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation |
| Otis Booth Foundation | Jess and Palma Morgan Foundation |
| Capital Group | Office of Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman, 4th District |
| Max H. Gluck Foundation | The Conrad Schlum Charitable Trust |
| Tamara L. Harris Foundation, Inc. | |
$10,000 and Above - Annual Giving
| Maurice Amado Foundation | The Roddenberry Foundation |
| Event Network | Catherine and Nicola Sebastiani |
| Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation | Southern California Edison |
| Susan Bay Nimoy | Steinmetz Foundation |
| David and Joyce Primes | Teshinsky Family Foundation |
$5,000 and Above - Annual Giving
| Shana Barghouti | Network for Good |
| Terri and David Bloomgarden | Mr. William Rehwald |
| André Bormanis and Miche Donjacour | Salter Family Charitable Foundation |
| Ethan and Roni Eller | Rich and Ellyn Semler |
| Lorraine Factor | Grady and Shelley Smith |
| Eve Haberfield and David Johnson | |
Vanguard Society
| Anonymous | Arthur E. Levine |
| Libby Ghekiere | Barbara Sanborn |
Infinity Society
| Bob and Minako Borgen | Alaina and Aditya Rajagopal |
| Janet Hoult | James and Kathleen Rodgers |
| Kara Knack and Darryl Winseman | Barbara Sanborn |
| LT Skylar J. Laham, PhD | Ruth Schweitzer |
| Chris Laib and Lon Wahlstrom | Rich and Ellyn Semler |
| Inez R. Lopez | Grady and Shelley Smith |
| John Miller | Paula and Michael Verdu |
| Charley and Shirley Mims | Donald Weitzman |
| Chris Pahl | Ann Marie and Jack C.* Wilder |
| Joy Picus | |
Griffith Observatory Director Roundtable - Lifetime Giving
| Linda Duttenhaver | Lois G. Gunther |
| Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer | Morton La Kretz |
| Lorraine Factor | Margaret La Kretz-Blume |
| David Gold and Caryn Espo | Susan Bay Nimoy |
| Suzanne Gottlieb | Lynda B. Oschin, The Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Oschin Family Foundation |
Vega Members
| George Azar | Arthur Levine |
| Michael Badalucco and Brenda Heyob | Scott and Valerie Milano |
| Travis and Michele Beacham | Carol Muchin |
| Bradford Beck | Thomas Neff and Lyndon Haviland |
| Anita and Anya Bhatia | Dana Noble |
| Eddie Chen | Robinson O’Brien-Bours |
| Katie Danois and Guadalupe Isis | Lowell and Tyna Orren |
| Christina Del Villar | Daniel Posel and Jesus Roman |
| Mrs. and Mr. Sandra I. Einberg | Miguel Preciado and Vonna Pacillas |
| Leo Gard and Jill Kline | Patricia Price |
| Barry and Irena Gernstein | Kevin Randolph and Oscar Arroyo |
| Libby Ghekiere | Mrs. and Mr. Suzanne Reinhardt |
| Dean and Amanda Golick | Mr. Robert Ronus |
| Anita Goswami and Tom Wilson | Mr. Michael Salter |
| Ms. Kathy A. Henkel | Barbara Sanborn |
| Melissa Jefferson | Joan Seidel |
| Sean Johnston and Brad Parberry | Keith and Cecilia Terasaki |
| Laura and Les Landau | Barry Thorpe and Yumi Thorpe Muto |
| Dr. and Mrs. Hongpyo H. Lee | Doug Upshaw |
| Gary and Wendy Leshgold | Alex and Joseph Walker |
Arcturus Members
| Sandra and Isabel Alvarado | Ellen Hollander and A Hollander-Urbach |
| David and Amber Bendrihem | Jeffrey Horn and Laurie Zaks |
| Don and Judy Bogart | Louis Kwong MD and Charles Kwong MD |
| Juan Capdet III | Ms. Janet E. Marott |
| Patricia Casado | Ms. Katherine Oschin |
| Steve and Anne Factor | Robert Rosenberg |
| Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gold | Gary Stemple |
| Elaine and Alan Greengard |
Rigel Members
| Cindy Abrams | Patricia Kao and Richard Benoit |
| Shannon and Erik Aho | Mark Kelton and Danielle Kelton Sopko |
| Patricia Baird and J.D. Herron | Beau Kochsiek |
| Michael and Bridget Beckage | Julie Lacouture and Benjamin Blacker |
| Ann Marie Bedtke and Marc Moraes | Gregory Mahoney |
| Julie Biel | Lillian McCain |
| Dries Bredenkamp and Terrance Wright | Joseph Miano and Xiaoochun Long |
| Greg Breen and Cindy Quane | James Miller |
| Jeffrey Brooks and Dee Yarnall | Adam Miller and Analisa Areyan |
| Clarence Brown and Jeanne Johnson | Mr. and Mrs. Steve F. Mizusawa |
| Chris and Jasmine Bryant | Kasra and Shahla Mobayen |
| Fernando Chacon | Richard Oppenheim and Bernard Cummings |
| Isabel Chan and Kevin Nelson | Richard Padilla and Karina Rincon |
| Michael and Brianne Civitillo | Kimberly Pargeon and Glenn Helton |
| Carl Crum | Steven Partida |
| Robert Dakis | David Press |
| Jamie Diaz and Graciela Ramierz | Samuel Rodriguez and Amy Limas |
| Victoria and Robert DiMella | Sara and Peter Rutenberg |
| Eric Doran and Veena Padmanabhan | Edward Sachtleben |
| Elizabeth Dozier | Julie Shaperman |
| Douglas Edwards | Kevin Simpson |
| Michael Ermer | Jonathan Singerman |
| Laura Fox and John Hofbauer | Frank and Robin Stirling |
| John Fries | Robert and Kathleen Streeter |
| Jacob Goldblatt and Pilar Holland | Roy Sykes |
| Ken Goto | Gene and Janet Torncello |
| Armando Gudino | Rupert B. Watson |
| Nicole and Alvaro Gutierrez | Jay Weiner |
| Elizabeth Hernandez and Julian Aranda | Maria Cristina Wilbur and Christian Hebich |
| Mark L. Hummer | Joe Witte |
| Paul and Yvette Joffe | Richard Yiu-Wing Tam |