Current Donors
Thank you!
2025 Donors
Contributor list updated as of January 28, 2025. Our 2025 drive has brought in $29,290 — which includes $17,353 in general donations and monthly sustaining contributions, and $8,557 for our Kef Scholarship Fund, $2,875 for the Nest Egg Endowment Fund, and $500 for for our special East Coast Children’s Program Fund.
Please consider donating to EEFC today.
Donations of any size are always welcome!
Bands, Choruses & Dance Groups
Chubritza International Folk Band (Arcata, CA)
Gradina Folk Ensemble (Sebastopol, CA)
Intemperance Collective (Madison, WI)
Planina Songs of Eastern Europe (Denver, CO)
Corporate Donors & Matching Donations
Individual, Family & Sustaining Contributors
(monthly sustaining contributors marked with an asterisk)
Jim Avera & Barbara Babin
Martha Awdziewicz & Dennis Weis
Nancy Bannister
Judy Barlas
John Bendix, in memory of Jane Bendix
Michele Benoit
Fran Berge
Frederick Bialy
Belle Birchfield & Michael Ginsburg*
Belle Birchfield, in honor of Nikolay Kolev
Irene Blanchard*
Barbara & Joe Blumenthal
Marion Blumenthal
Leslie Boden & Jerry Kisslinger*
Carol Bloom
Susan Bolotin
Jessica Bondy
David Brock
Dean Brown & Dee Ramee
Paul Brown
Joel Bruxvoort
Sam Buchieri
Nancy Butowski
Priscilla Carlson
Christopher Castelle
Donna Clark
Joyce Clyde
Rena Cochlin
Emily Cohen & Eric Frumin*
Martha Cohen & Marc Wolman*
Steve Collins*
Olivier Conan
Sonia Connolly
Roger Cooper & Judy Olson
Jo Ann Crawford
Joyce Desaussure
Naomi Segal Dietz, in honor of Mandala
Marchette DuBois
Marlene Dworkin
Karen Eckhart
Marion Eines
Rachel Birtha Eitches
Jordan Ellison
Brad & Ashley Emmett
Sheila Ewall
Rima Fand & Greg Squared
Lila Feingold
Sarah Ferholt*
John & Gunila Feroe
Melinda Fields
Mark Forry
Rosanne Fox
Susan Frank
Erica George*
Eva & Gene Goldwater
Barbara Gottfried*
Leslie Griffin
Steven Gruverman
Thea Hambright, in honor of Michael Ginsburg & Cathie Springer
Bryn Hammarstrom & Lynne Graham
Karen Hammer
Joan Hantman, in memory of Bora Özkök, Moshe Eshayo, Atanas Kolarovski & Yves Moreau
Susan Hatlevig*
Glynis Hawley, in memory of Andy Kacsmar
Jo Hernandez
Linda & Jay Herson
Biz Hertzberg & James Hoskins*
Camille Holmes
Shirah Hopson
Morty Isaacson
Pat Iverson
Emily Jarrett Hughes
Connie Strohbehn Kaczmarczyk
Kitty Kagay
Lea Anne & Tom Kangas
Nina Kavardjikova
Alice Kazin
Solange Kellermann
Jori Ketten & Chris Erway
Monica Kirkland, in memory of good times at camp!
Karen Klevanosky
Dr. Christine Kostek
Hinda Kriegel
Noel Kropf
Rick Kruse
Julie Lancaster & Jim Schwartzkopff
Ari Langer
Michael Lawson
Sonne Lemke
Roberta Levine
Michele Levy,
in memory of years of wonderful dancing!
Sonia Lipson,
in honor of Ralph and Melinda of the Woodshed
Jim Little
Margaret Loomis & Larry Weiner
Everett Lunsford
Jim Madigan*
Linnea Mandell
Alex Marković & Cristina Ocon
Kathy Maron-Wood
Nelson Max
Katia McClain,
in memory of Dick Crum
Eileen Menteer
Amy Mills*
Matt Moran
Kathleen Mratinich
Judy Newland
Clayton Newman & Nancy McGhee
Craig Packard & Joan Dubinsky,
in memory of Mile Kolarov
Laura Pannaman,
in honor of Nikolay Kolev
Ann Partlow
Janet Pollock
Ariadne Helen Prater
Mary Proudfoot
Maclovia Quintana & Adam Waite
Polly Reetz,
in memory of Debby Bowinski
Chris Rietz & Deb Huxtable
Suzanne Rizer
Victor Robin,
in honor of Nikolay Kolev
Nancy Ruyter
Eva Salina, in memory of Corinna Snyder
Owen & Barbara Saxton
Daniel Schleifer & Johanna Walczak
Rich Schultz & Christine Montross
Wendy & Doug Shearer*
David Shochat
Bonnie Silver
Michele Simon & Jeff Garaventa
Lewis R. Smith & Melissa Miller
Marilyn Smith
Max Spitzer
Catherine Springer,
in honor of Nikolay Kolev
Suze Stentz & Richie Leonard
Stuart Family
Jane Sugarman
Teri Sykes
Debby Szajnberg*
Sarah Tanzer Talbot
Mary Ann Downs Tanaka
Demetri Tashie
Josephine Teodosijeva
Carol Toffaleti
Jan Tominaga
Randy Trigg
Yuma Uesaka
Carmen D. Valentino
Annemoon van Erp
Flora, Heshel & Zusya van Wormer
Ruth Viera
Sandy Ward & Ken Harstine
Sandy Ward,
in honor of Nikolay Kolev
Mary Wolff
Patrick Yacono
Loretta M. Yam
Danilo Yanich & Rosemarie Paolinelli,
in memory of Mary & Ben Yanich
and two anonymous donors
Please report any corrections or omissions to office@eefc.org.
THANK YOU!
2024 Donors
Contributor list updated as of September 30, 2024. Our 2024 drive brought in $88,854 — which includes $49,843 in general donations and monthly sustaining contributions, $28,298 for our Kef Scholarship Fund and Good-To-Go Scholarship Endowment Fund, $2,504 for the Nest Egg Endowment Fund, and $8108 for our special East Coast Children’s Program Fund.
Bands, Choruses & Dance Groups
Balkan Sundays (San Francisco, CA)
Grupa Dunbarov (Vancouver, BC)
Humboldt Folk Dancers (Arcata, CA)
Mixed Bag (Columbus, OH)
Musiki Parea (Vancouver, BC)
Tuesday Night Revival Balkan Dancing (Waltham, MA)
Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band (New York, NY)
Corporate Donors & Matching Donations
Charitable Adult Rides & Services
Network for Good
PayPal Giving Fund
Individual, Family & Sustaining Contributors
(monthly sustaining contributors marked with an asterisk)
Douglas Allen
Kathie Allen
Evgeniya Angelova
Jennifer Archer, in memory of Corinna Škėma Snyder, and in honor of Marlis Kraft
Cindy Ashcraft
Chris Aston
Dan Auvil
Jim Avera & Barbara Babin
Atilla Aydin Trust (bequest)
Annie Bachar
Nancy Bannister
Judy Barlas, in memory of Corinna Škėma Snyder
Ralph Bates
Paul Beck
Lenore Bell & Bashir Yonoszai, in memory of Melvin Clark & Carolyn Clark
John Bendix, in memory of Jane Bendix
Michelle Benoit
Frances Berge
Gail Berlin
Susan, Paul & Nathan Bernacki
Frederick Bialy
Belle Birchfield & Michael Ginsburg*
Hannah Blair
Sunni Bloland
Carol Bloom
Joe & Barbara Blumenthal
Laura Blumenthal
Marion Blumenthal
Leslie Boden & Jerry Kisslinger*
Susan Bolotin
Jessica Bondy
David Brock
Dean Brown & Dee Ramee
Paul Brown
Sam Buchieri
Jeanne Busch & Tony White, in memory of Corinna Škėma Snyder, and in honor of Marlis Kraft
Nancy Butowski, in honor of Eric Frumin
Priscilla Carlson
Randy Carrico & Deborah Dukes
Matt Case, in memory of Corinna Škėma Snyder
Christopher Castelle
Erika Chin, in memory of Corinna Škėma Snyder
Morgan Clark & Batja Bell, in honor of Marlis Kraft
Jeanne Clifford
Rena Cochlin
Bruce Cochran
Emily Cohen & Eric Frumin*
Leni Cohen & Scott Wilson
Martha Cohen & Marc Wolman*
Steve Collins*
Judy Colwell
Gladys Comeau-Morales
Roger Cooper & Judy Olson
Edmund Cordray & Leslie K. Hyll
Jacqueline Corl-Seidel
Jo Crawford
Amanda Crego-Emley
Janice Darling
Naomi Segal Deitz
Tabitha Doniach
E. John Doubt
Darina Drapkin
Marchette DuBois
Marlene Dworkin
Karen Eckhart
Marian Eines, in memory of Carole Frank
Jordan Ellison
Brad Emmett
Leah Erez
Marilyn Morrison Erway
Sheila Ewall
Rima Fand & Greg Squared
Rima Fand, in memory of Corinna Škėma Snyder
Polly Tapia Ferber
Sarah Ferholt*
Melinda Fields
Jeff Fine
Mark Forry
Kathy Fors
Catherine Foster
Susan Frank
Rebecca Freed
Mike Gage & Sandy Cherin
Jeff Garaventa & Michele Simon
Erica George*
Sarada George
Erika Gerson
Ira Gessel
Jeff Giaquinto
Steve Ginzbarg
Anna Goldberg
Henry Goldberg
Melanie Goldberg
Barbara Golding
Gene & Eva Goldwater
Barbara Gottfried*
Rima Grad
Fiore Grey
Sharon Grodin
Heidi Gundlach
Thea Hambright
Bryn Hammarstrom & Lynne A. Graham
Joan Hantman, in memory of Yves Moreau
Susan Hatlevig*
Emerson Hawley, in honor of Marlis Kraft
Glynis Hawley & Andy Kacsmar
Jim & Marie Hayes
Riccardo Heald
Jo Hernandez
Biz Hertzberg & James Hoskins*
Tom Hixon
Frances Hoenigswald
Vita Hollander
Camille Holmes
Susan Hovorka
Lanita Hyatt
Morty Isaacson
Patricia Iverson
Emily Jarrett Hughes
Jill Johnson
Nicole Johnson
Connie Strohbehn Kaczmarczyk
Lea Anne & Tom Kangas
Lea Anne Kangas,
in memory of Corinna Škėma Snyder
Carole & Paul Kantor,
in memory of Bill Jones
Nina Kavardjikova
Solange Kellermann,
in honor of Eric Frumin
Bette Kelley
Atid Kimelman
Bill King
Karen Klevanosky
Katy Kondrat
Marlis Kraft & Miriam Zemel,
in memory of Jay Zemel
Noel & Judy Kropf,
in honor of Marlis Kraft
Rick Kruse
Craig Kurumada
Julie Lancaster & Jim Schwartzkopff
Ari Langer
Thos Lankston
Michael Lawson & Lori McConnell
Michael D. Leach
Beth LeaMond
Sonne Lemke
Roberta Levine
Mark Levy & Carol Silverman
Sara Lindberg
Sonia Lipson,
in honor of Ralph Iverson & Melinda Fields
James Little
George Long
Margaret Loomis & Larry Weiner,
in honor of Marlis Kraft
Rachel MacFarlane
Barbara MacLean
Jim Madigan*
Linnea Mandell*
Linda Mansdorf & Michael Sternberg
Konstantin Marinov
Jana Marioposa Muhar
Alex Marković
Mary Marshall
Helen Marx
Katia McClain
Jim & Nancy McGill
Michael McKenna & Debbie Webb
Eileen Menteer,
in memory of Theodor Vasilescu
Margaret Miller,
in memory of Corinna Škėma Snyder
Melissa Miller
Amy Mills*
Mary Mischenko & Paul Gabbert
Kathy Molga
David Moseley
Ken Moss
Matt Moran
Kathleen Mratinich
Fanche Nastev
Judy Newland
Len Newman & Lisa Shochat,
in honor of Marlis Kraft
Olga Nikolic-Litwin
David Owens
Craig Packard
Laura Pannaman
Ann Partlow
Nancy J. Peterson
Fabian Philippoussis
Robert Pleshar & Elisabeth Johnson
Holly Plotner
Ariadne Prater & Mitchell Allen
Denys Proteau
Maclovia Quintana & Adam Waite
Susan Reagel
Chris Rietz & Deb Huxtable
Suzanne Rizer
Thorn Roby
Rebecca Rubin
Eva Salina,
in memory of Corinna Škėma Snyder
Owen & Barbara Saxton
Daniel Schleifer & Johanna Walczak
Robert Schulz
Leslie Scott
Alysha Shaw
Wendy & Doug Shearer*
David Shochat
Bonnie Silver,
in honor of Eric Frumin
Jonathan Skinner,
in honor of Laura Pannaman and in memory of Martha Forsyth
Lewis Smith
Cathie Springer
Suze Stentz & Richie Leonard
Daniel Stern
Stacey Sternberg
Ilana Stoelting
Helen, Jon & Evan Stuart
Howard Susser
Teri Sykes
Debby Szajnberg*
Terri Taggart
Sarah Talbot Tanzer
Ingrid I. Talmadge
Ben Thomas
Holly Thuman
Dina Trageser
Randy Trigg
Barbara & John Uhlemann,
in honor of Marlis Kraft
Carmen D. Valentino
Annemoon van Erp
Frances Wieloch
Flora, Zusya & Heshel van Wormer
Robin Van Zak
Velko Vechev,
in memory of Bill Lanphier
Ruth Viera
Johanna Walczak
Sandy Ward & Ken Harstine
Barbara Whittlesey
Sue Williard
Shana Winokur
Mary Wolff
Kimberlee Wollter
Beth Wright,
in memory of Yves Moreau
Patrick Yacono
Loretta M. Yam
Janet Yeracaris
Naomi Zamir
Alan Zemel,
in honor of Marlis Kraft
and two anonymous donors
Please report any corrections or omissions to office@eefc.org.
THANK YOU!